Regulation Amending the Regulation on Determination of Animal Health Rules for Import and Transit of Certain Live Cloven-Hoofed Animals
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This regulation updates the primary Turkish legislation governing the import and transit of live cloven-hoofed animals (such as cattle, sheep, goats, and pigs) by making several nomenclature and institutional updates. The Ministry name is changed from 'Gıda, Tarım ve Hayvancılık' to 'Tarım ve Orman' throughout the text. The international animal health organisation is updated from its former acronym OIE to the current WOAH (World Organisation for Animal Health). One table in Annex-2 is revised, though the specific new content of the table is not provided in the amending text. The regulation enters into force on its date of publication.
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Key Changes
- Ministry name updated from 'Gıda, Tarım ve Hayvancılık' to 'Tarım ve Orman' in Articles 3 and 14
- International organisation acronym changed from OIE to WOAH in Article 5
- The phrase '(OIE)' replaced with '(WOAH)' and 'OIE' with 'WOAH' in Article 5(1)(d)
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Obligations
What this law requires
Replace all references to 'Gıda, Tarım ve Hayvancılık' (Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock) with 'Tarım ve Orman' (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) in Article 3, paragraph 1 of the primary regulation
Replace all references to 'OIE' with 'WOAH' (World Organisation for Animal Health) in Article 5, paragraph 1, subsection (d) of the primary regulation
Replace all references to 'Gıda, Tarım ve Hayvancılık' (Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Livestock) with 'Tarım ve Orman' (Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry) in Article 14, paragraph 1 of the primary regulation
Update the first row of the table in Annex-2 of the primary regulation according to the amendments specified in Article 4
Ensure all import and transit procedures for live cloven-hoofed animals comply with animal health rules as updated by this regulation effective from the publication date