Animal Disease Act (Germany)
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Animal Disease Act |
| Abbreviation: | TierSG |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Issued on the basis of: | Art. 74 para. 1 No. 17, 20 GG |
| Legal matter: | Special administrative law |
| References : | 7831-1 |
| Original version from: | June 23, 1880 ( RGBl. P. 153) |
| Entry into force on: | April 1, 1881 |
| New announcement from: | June 22, 2004 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1260 , ber.p. 3588 ) |
| Last revision from: | June 26, 1909 (RGBl. P. 519) |
| Entry into force of the new version on: |
May 1, 1912 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 2 para. 87 G of December 22, 2011 ( BGBl. I pp. 3044, 3052 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
April 1, 2012 (Art. 6 para. 1 G of December 22, 2011) |
| Expiry: | May 1, 2014 (Section 45 Paragraph 1 Sentence 2 G of May 22, 2013, Federal Law Gazette I p. 1324, 1347 ) |
| GESTA : | C086, F030 |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The Animal Diseases Act (TierSG) was a German danger mitigating legal law to prevent serious threat to livestock and human health from possibly contagious or suspected of being infected animals or by putting contaminated meat or other animal products . A number of ordinances on animal diseases , such as the Avian Influenza Ordinance , were issued on this basis.
The Animal Diseases Act was revised on May 22, 2013 as the Animal Health Act (TierGesG).
Legal history
Pre-constitutional law
The Animal Disease Act was based on the "Law on Defense and Suppression of Cattle Diseases" of June 23, 1880 (RGBl. P. 153) , which was expanded with a new announcement of May 1, 1894 ( RGBl. P. 409). With the "Viehseuchengesetz" of June 26, 1909 (RGBl. P. 519) , which came into force on May 1, 1912, it was revised. The pre-constitutional law later became federal law , whereby the legislative competence according to Art. 74 Abs. 1 Nr. 17, 20 GG was given.
Animal Disease Act and Animal Health Act
The last new announcement of the Animal Diseases Act, in which considerable changes were taken into account, is dated June 22, 2004 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1260 , ber. P. 3588 ).
With the law for the prevention and control of animal diseases (Animal Health Act - TierGesG) of May 22, 2013 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1324 ), a consolidated new version came into force on May 1, 2014.
scope of application
The area of application according to § 1 TierSG was aimed at combating epidemics in animals. Animal diseases within the meaning of the law (Section 1 (2)) were diseases that occur in animals and that can be transmitted to animals or humans (so-called zoonoses ).
Supervisory authorities
The implementation of the Animal Disease Act and the supplementary ordinances were the responsibility of the competent state authorities. These are usually the state ministries or senators responsible for veterinary affairs. In addition, there are central research centers in the federal states that have laboratories and experts (state laboratories). There animal bodies, organs, sera, blood or other samples can be examined for animal diseases. At the lower municipal level, there are specialist authorities, which are usually referred to as the Veterinary Office or Office for Veterinary Affairs and are responsible for a district or an independent city. There official veterinarians were involved in the implementation of the law. The animal disease funds set up in the Länder also served to implement the compensation regulations of the Animal Disease Act .
At the federal level, the Friedrich Loeffler Institute (FLI) on the island of Riems , the Federal Institute for Risk Assessment in Berlin, the Federal Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) in Braunschweig and the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) in Langen (Hessen) took on the task of combating animal diseases in their own laboratory animal facilities . In the area of the Federal Armed Forces, the implementation of the TierSG was the responsibility of the Federal Armed Forces Medical Service , which, along with the medical service, also organizes the veterinary system.
In § 4 TierSG the legal basis for the activity of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut was created as an independent higher federal authority in the business area of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Animal Health Act (TierGesG) of May 22, 2013 ( BGBl. I p. 1324 ); Validity over. from May 1, 2014.
