Livestock establishments, live animals, aquatic animals

Draft Order of the Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food of Ukraine "On approval of the criteria for determining the existence of a significant impact of the proposed veterinary and sanitary measure or approved emergency veterinary and sanitary measure on export capacity of foreign countries; approval of types of terrestrial livestock establishments, establishments for keeping and raising aquatic animals that pose a high risk of animal diseases spreading, and maximum volumes of aquatic animals husbandry that do not require approval of establishments".

In order to improve the mechanisms of prevention and control of infectious diseases of animals according to the Law of Ukraine "On Veterinary Medicine", that stipulates the necessity of the approval or registration of livestock establishments depending on the type of risk of the activity, the draft Order approves:

• the criteria for determining the existence of a significant impact of the proposed veterinary and sanitary measure or approved emergency veterinary measure on export capacity of foreign countries;
• the types of terrestrial livestock establishments that pose a high risk of animal diseases spreading;
• the types of establishments for keeping and raising aquatic animals that pose a high risk of animal diseases spreading; 
• maximum volumes of aquatic animals husbandry for which approval of establishments is not required.