What is Act No. 166 / 1999 Coll.?

Act No. 166 / 1999 Coll., on Veterinary Care and on the Amendment of Certain Related Acts (Veterinary Act) — Act on Veterinary Care and the amendment of certain related laws (Veterinary Act).

When it became Act No. 166 / 1999 Coll. effectiveness?

Act No. 166 / 1999 Coll. became effective 28.09.1999.

Is Act No. 166 / 1999 Coll. still valid?

Yes, Act No. 166 / 1999 Coll. is still valid and effective.

How many times was it Act No. 166 / 1999 Coll. amended?

Act No. 166 / 1999 Coll. has 43 time versions of the text.

Act No. 166 / 1999 Coll.

Act on Veterinary Care and the amendment of certain related laws (Veterinary Act)

Valid Law Effective from 28.09.1999

Text versions: 01.01.2026 01.07.2025 01.04.2025 01.01.2024 01.10.2022 All versions (42)

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166

THE LAW

of 13 July 1999

on veterinary care and amending certain related laws

(veterinary law)

Parliament has decided on this law of the Czech Republic:

ČÁST PRVNÍ

HEALTH

HLAVA I

BASIC PROVISIONS

§ 1

This law implements the relevant European Unionprovisions (1) and, following the directly applicable European Union rules (hereinafter "European Union rules') (1a), lays down veterinary requirements (hereinafter" animal health requirements') for breeding and animal health and products, regulates the rights and obligations of natural and legal persons, the system, the competence and competence of the public administration in the field of veterinary care, and certain professional veterinary activities and their exercise.

§ 2

Veterinary care

Veterinary care under this law includes:

(a) animal health care and protection, in particular the prevention and spread of diseases communicable directly or indirectly between animals of susceptible species (hereinafter referred to as disease) and other animal diseases and their control, the protection of human health from diseases communicable from animals to humans;

(b) care for the health of animal products and feedingstuffs and the protection of human health against its damage or the risk of animal products;

(c) the protection of the territory of the Czech Republic against the introduction of animal diseases and diseases communicable from animals to humans and from the import of animal products which are harmful, animal by-products, derived products and feed from abroad;

(d) the protection of the environment against adverse effects related to animal husbandry, the production and processing of animal products or the treatment, processing or disposal of animal by-products and derived products, as well as the protection of animals and their production against risks from the contaminated environment;

(e) veterinary rendering;

(f) the supervision of compliance with the obligations and requirements laid down in this Act, the specific legislation1b) and the European Union2) (national veterinary surveillance).

§ 3

Basic concepts

(1) For the purposes of this Act:

(a) any breeder who owns or holds an animal or animals or is authorised to take care of them, whether for consideration or free of charge, including for a transitional period;

(b) holdings of any construction, establishment or place where the livestock is kept or kept, including open-air farming. Where more than one herd is kept on the holding or more than one group of livestock which may become ill with the same disease or disease communicable from animals to humans (hereinafter referred to as "susceptible animals'), each or each group shall be a separate epidemiological unit having the same health status,

(c) livestock used primarily for farming, fattening, work and other economic purposes, in particular cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys and their cross-breeds, poultry, runners, rabbits, farmed game, fish and other aquatic animals, bees, bees, bumble bees and insects intended for human consumption or for the manufacture of processed animal protein;

(d) livestock intended for slaughter and processing and the meat of which is intended for human consumption;

(e) the introduction of animals by the concentration of livestock of different breeders at the designated place and for the intended purpose, if the registered animals are under the breeding code (8);

(f) animals suspected of being infected with animals which show clinical signs or post-mortem changes which give rise to suspicion of being infected with animals or animals which, according to the results of the examination, are to be considered as suspected of being infected with an animal;

(g) animals suspected of being infected with animals which do not show clinical signs or post-mortem changes which suspect that they are a specific disease of animals but which, on the basis of the epidemiological or other information obtained, may be considered to have come into contact directly or indirectly with its source;

(h) by isolation of the temporary, operational and locally separated location of animals suspected of being infected or of animals suspected of being infected ("suspected animals") during which preventive, diagnostic and, where appropriate, therapeutic actions are carried out to prevent the introduction or spread of animal diseases;

(i) quarantine the temporary isolation of animals prior to their entry into the herd or prior to their movement from a holding during which preventive and diagnostic operations are carried out and the health of the animals are monitored;

(j) an outbreak as referred to in Article 4 (40) of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(k) the disease situation in a specific territory or holding;

(l) the health reasons for the presence and possible spread of the disease;

(m) animal products

1. the products referred to in points 1.1, 1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 2.1, 3.1, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 4.1, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6., 7 and 8.1 of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 853 / 2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council,

2. colostrum intended for human consumption;

3. blood intended for human consumption;

4. bee products intended for human consumption;

5. crocodile meat intended for human consumption;

6. insects intended for human consumption,

7. products obtained exclusively from the processing of unprocessed products referred to in points 1 to 6 which are intended for human consumption,

8. highly refined products as referred to in Section XVI of Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 853 / 2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council,

(n) health-friendly animal products animal products which comply with the health requirements laid down in this Act, with specific legislation (3) and European Union3a);

(o) animal by-products by-products as referred to in Article 3 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 1069 / 2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(p) derived products derived from products obtained pursuant to Article 3 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1069 / 2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(r) feed as referred to in Article 3 (4) of Regulation (EC) No 178 / 2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(s) animal feed which complies with the health requirements laid down in European Union4a);

(t) veterinary medicinal products in bulk which are intended for animals, in particular dietetic, vitamin, mineral and cosmetic products, or for specific laboratory diagnostics of animal or disease agents diseases from foodstuffs of animal origin; products subject to specific legislation (5) are not considered to be veterinary products;

(u) veterinary technical means of equipment, apparatus, equipment, materials or other objects or products, including accessories, used alone or in combination with the necessary programme equipment intended for use in animals for the purposes of prevention, investigation, diagnosis, monitoring, treatment or mitigation of disease, injury or disability, replacement or modification of the anatomical structure or physiological process, or control of pregnancy, and which do not achieve their principal intended function in or on the body of the animal by pharmacological or immunological action or by affecting the metabolism of which such functions may be supported; products intended for the labelling of animals and which are introduced into the body of the animal for that purpose shall also be considered as veterinary technical means,

(v) the withdrawal period referred to in Article 4 (34) of Regulation (EU) 2019 / 6 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on veterinary medicinal products and repealing Directive 2001 / 82 / EC, as amended,

(x) slaughter of the slaughter animal for the use of its products in a manner which is not contrary to the rules on the protection of animals against offense6),

(y) the killing of the animal, if not for slaughter, in a manner which is not contrary to the rules on the protection of animals against torture, 6)

(z) veterinary goods animals, animal products, animal by-products, derived products, feedingstuffs and other products and articles, if they can carry disease agents;

(aa) articles which may bear disease agents, live animal diseases for research or other purposes, and articles used in the treatment and transport of animals, animal products and feedingstuffs, in particular water, feed, litter, means of transport, packaging, tools, tools and work aids, and other objects, if for other reasons they may be carriers of disease agents;

(bb) by putting into circulation offers for sale, sale or other form of supply for consumption, including storage and transport for sale or other supply for consumption;

(cc) trading between Member States of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as "the Member State") in animals and animal products originating in the Member States, as well as in animals and animal products originating in countries which are not a Member State (hereinafter referred to as "third countries") under the customs procedure for free circulation in the Member States,

(dd) the means of transport is part of a road vehicle, a railway vehicle, an aircraft or a ship, intended for the carriage of goods and a container used for road, rail, air or water transport;

(ee) the consignment referred to in Article 3 (37) of Regulation (EU) 2017 / 625 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(ff) the approval of an agreement to carry out a particular activity on the basis of compliance with the conditions laid down by this law;

gg) registration of entry in the list,

(hh) the official veterinarian of the veterinary authority; the official veterinarian shall also be considered to be the veterinarian of the Ministry of Defence or Armed Forces of the Czech Republic, or the veterinarian of the Ministry of Interior or, where appropriate, of the organizational units of the State or services of the Police of the Czech Republic, where such doctors have been entrusted with the tasks assigned to official veterinary surgeons under this Act,

(ii) a private veterinarian performing a veterinary medical and preventive activity in an entrepreneurial manner;

(jj) an approved veterinarian, a private veterinarian approved by the Regional Veterinary Administration of the State Veterinary Administration or the Municipal Veterinary Administration of Prague, the State Veterinary Administration (hereinafter referred to as the Regional Veterinary Administration) for the performance of certain of the statutory activities,

(kk) a private veterinarian, or a veterinarian of the Ministry of Defence or Armed Forces of the Czech Republic, or a veterinarian of the Ministry of Interior or, where appropriate, of the organizational bodies of the State or services of the Police of the Czech Republic, where such doctors carry out veterinary treatment and preventive activities in the holding or in the breeding of animals,

(ll) an animal shelter facility providing temporary care for stray and abandoned animals or abused animals,

(mm) the colony of bees which is made up of mothers, workers and drones and which is occupied by a bee's work,

(nn) bee work of wax comb built by worker bees, including outside frames; part of the bee's work is the bee's fruit at all stages of development and the glycid and pollen stocks,

(oo) veterinary rendering activities for the collection, collection, transport, storage, disposal and further processing, use or treatment of animal by-products and derived products, capture of animals without pan. 62) and of stray and abandoned animals 23a) and their quarantine or isolation;

(pp) a rendering undertaking of an establishment which processes animal by-products using standard or alternative processing methods, but in particular pressure sterilisation, and which in the designated territorial area (hereinafter referred to as the "seabed") is obliged to collect and transport animal by-products.

(2) Where animals are referred to in this Act, this means, depending on the nature of the matter and circumstances, semen, egg cells, embryos, hatching eggs, fertilized eggs and bee breeding.

(3) Where there is talk of venison in this law, this means for the purposes of this law the body and all edible parts of wild game bodies. 7)

(4) Where a part of the territory of a country is referred to as a region in European Union legislation, this means the region for the purposes of this law. 7a)

(5) Where, in the context of legal relations regulated by European Union regulations, concepts whose content and meaning are not defined in this law but in those regulations are used in this law, the definition of those terms in those regulations shall be based, for the purposes of this law, on the definition of those terms.

(6) Where this law refers to free movement of persons or recognition of professional competence concerning a Member State, it shall also mean another Contracting State of the Agreement on the European Economic Area or the Swiss Confederation.

(7) Where reference is made in this Act to movements of animals or animal products concerning a Member State, this shall also mean another Contracting State to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.

HLAVA II

ANIMAL HEALTH AND PROTECTION

Oddíl 1

Obligations of breeders

§ 4

(1) The breeder shall:

(a) keeping animals in a manner, environment and conditions which require their biological needs, physiological functions and health and prevent damage to their health;

(b) monitor the health of the animals and, where justified, provide them with first aid in due time and request professional veterinary assistance;

(c) prevent the emergence and spread of diseases and other animal diseases and fulfil the obligations laid down in this Act or following it to control those diseases or other diseases of animals (7c);

(d) provide the necessary synergy and assistance in order to properly carry out the required examination of the animal, sampling, protective vaccination or any other professional veterinary activity such as the fixation of the animal, the demonstration of the pet animal;

(e) administration to animals of medicinal products subject to veterinary prescription only as instructed by the veterinarian;

(f) ensure that dogs, as well as foxes and badgers held in captivity, are vaccinated against rabies in force from 3 to 6 months of age and then re-vaccinated during the period of effectiveness of the previous vaccine used, keep the vaccination document for the duration of the vaccination and submit it to the official veterinarian on request,

(g) ensure that, without delay and to the extent strictly necessary to rule out suspicion of rabies disease, an animal which has injured or has come into direct contact with a person in a manner or circumstances which may give rise to suspicion of the disease by that disease is examined;

(h) comply with the obligations arising from European Union7g);

(i) to ensure that examinations, health tests and compulsory preventive and diagnostic operations are carried out in the framework of veterinary health control, animal health and welfare checks, to the extent and time limits laid down by the Ministry of Agriculture (hereinafter referred to as the Ministry of Agriculture) in accordance with Article 44 (1) (d), maintain their results for at least 3 years and submit them to the official veterinarian upon request. If laboratory testing of samples is also necessary, this shall be carried out in the laboratory referred to in Section 52 (3).

(2) Only animals which, according to the results of the examination, fulfil the conditions laid down by this Law and by the Breeding Act may be used for the insemination, transfer of embryos and natural breeding. 8)

(3) The keeper of the dog must ensure that the dog is marked with an electronic chip which complies with the technical requirements laid down in Annex II to the European Union Code on the animal health conditions for the non-commercial movement of pet animals 48 ("the electronic chip"), with the exception of a dog which was marked with a legible tattoo carried out before 3 July 2011. The breeder of the newly born dog is obliged to ensure the marking of the dog by electronic chip before offering the dog for sale or handing the dog to the new breeder, but no later than 3 months of age of the dog. The keeper of the dog shall also ensure that the identification number of the dog is recorded in the document of vaccination of the dog. The dog's identification number means an alphanumeric code displayed by an electronic chip that allows identification of a specific dog.

(4) The obligations of the breeder of the dog referred to in paragraph 3 shall not apply to breeders of experimental animals, suppliers of experimental animals or users of experimental animals under the Animal Protection Act 6), armed forces, security corps, military police or municipal police 68) as regards dogs used to perform the tasks of municipal police.

(5) A breeder who holds 3 or more female dogs over 12 months of age is obliged to notify the Regional Veterinary Administration in writing or through the Information System of the State Veterinary Administration no later than 7 days from the date on which the number of female dogs over 12 months of age has reached 3 or more breeding animals; in the notification, the breeder shall indicate the number of animals kept and the place where they are kept.

(6) The breeder referred to in paragraph 5 is also required to notify the Regional Veterinary Administration in writing or through the State Veterinary Administration Information System of the reduction of the number of female dogs of his or her breed older than 12 months under 3, no later than 7 days from the date on which this occurred.

(7) If more common household breeders live in which 3 or more female dogs are kept over 12 months of age, only one of them shall be required to report in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 6.

(8) The notification obligation referred to in paragraphs 5 and 6 shall not apply to:

(a) animal shelter;

(b) a hotel or a boarding house for animals;

(d) armed forces, security forces, military police or municipal police68); or

(e) breeders of guide or assistance dogs under special legislation69).

§ 4a

(1) The breeder is obliged to ensure that dogs, cats and ferrets, when moved in the framework of a non-commercial movement between Member States or between Member States and territories and third countries pursuant to Article 13 (1) of the European Union Code on animal health conditions for the non-commercial movement of pet animals (48), comply with the conditions laid down in this Regulation.

(2) Where more than five animals referred to in paragraph 1 are moved which do not comply with the conditions referred to in Article 5 (2) of the European Union Code on the animal health conditions applicable to the non-commercial movement of pet animals (48), the breeder shall ensure compliance with the requirements laid down in Title IV.

(3) A document enabling the identification of the animal and the control of its health status (passport) 49, 50, shall be issued by a veterinarian approved for that activity by the Regional Veterinary Administration. The passport is a public deed.

(4) When issuing and completing the passport, the authorised veterinarian shall proceed in accordance with Article 22 of the European Union Code on the animal health conditions for the non-commercial movement of pet animals 48) and shall keep the records referred to in Article 22 (3) of the European Union Code on the animal health conditions for the non-commercial movement of pet animals 48) for at least 3 years, transmit these records to the Chamber of Veterinary Doctors of the Czech Republic (hereinafter referred to as the Chamber) and submit them to the official veterinarian upon request.

(5) The approval of a private veterinarian may be suspended or withdrawn by the Regional Veterinary Administration if the latter has issued a passport with demonstrably false information, completed incompletely or incorrectly, or in breach of the conditions laid down in this Act or European Union Regulation on the animal health conditions for the non-commercial movement of pet animals 48).

(6) The passports referred to in paragraph 3 shall also be issued by a university carrying out an accredited master's study programme in the field of veterinary medicine and hygiene approved by the Regional Veterinary Administration for this activity. The rights and obligations of a veterinarian authorised to issue passports shall apply mutatis mutandis to a university approved to issue passports. The approval of a university for the issue of passports may be suspended or withdrawn by the Regional Veterinary Administration if the higher education institution has issued a passport with demonstrably false data, filled in incompletely or incorrectly, or in breach of the conditions laid down in this Act or European Union Regulation on the animal health conditions for the non-commercial movement of pet animals 48).

(7) The Chamber is responsible for the registration of passports. The Chamber shall allow the veterinary authorities to obtain from the register all information necessary for the performance of veterinary supervision.

(8) The implementing legislation shall lay down in more detail the labelling of dogs, cats and ferrets for pet animals and shall lay down the method of production, issue and numbering of passports, the keeping of their records, the manner and time limits for the transmission of the data to that register, the content of that register, the requirements for recording the passport data and its model.

§ 4b

(1) The Central Veterinary Administration of the State Veterinary Administration ("the Central Veterinary Administration") shall register on written request:

(a) a person for the purpose of producing passports, hereinafter referred to as "the passport manufacturer," who shall accompany the application with a design of a passport conforming to the model in the implementing legislation; and

(b) a person for the purpose of the distribution of passports ("passport distributor").

(2) The passport manufacturer must:

(a) ensure that passports conform to the model laid down in the implementing legislation;

(b) to affix passports to a number from a series allocated by the Central Veterinary Administration in accordance with Article 21 (3) of the European Union Code on animal health conditions governing the non-commercial movement of pet animals 48),

(d) to transmit the records of the passports produced by the Chamber in the manner laid down in the implementing legislation and, on request, to the State Veterinary Administration,

(e) notify the Central Veterinary Administration without undue delay of changes to the data relevant for registration; and

(f) notify the Central Veterinary Administration of the cessation of the production of passports.

(3) The passport distributor must:

(a) to supply passports only to veterinary surgeons or universities authorised to issue passports under § 4a;

(b) keep records of passports delivered pursuant to Article 23 (2) of the European Union Code on the animal health conditions for the non-commercial movement of pet animals (48) for at least 3 years;

(c) to transmit records of passports delivered pursuant to Article 23 (2) of the European Union Code on animal health conditions governing the non-commercial movement of pet animals 48) The Chamber shall submit them to the State Veterinary Administration in accordance with the implementing legislation and upon request,

(d) notify the Central Veterinary Administration without undue delay of changes to the data relevant for registration; and

(e) notify the Central Veterinary Administration of the termination of passport distribution.

§ 4c

The marking of the dog referred to in Article 4 (3) or the marking of pet animals by electronic chip pursuant to the European Union Code on the animal health conditions for the non-commercial movement of pet animals (65) shall be carried out by a private veterinarian or a university carrying out an accredited master's programme of veterinary and hygiene studies.

§ 5

(1) The livestock farmer is also obliged to:

(a) ensure, to the extent appropriate to the animal species, the manner in which they are kept and the housing of cleaning, disinfecting, disinfecting and exerting stables, other premises and facilities in which animals are kept, as well as cleaning and disinfection of technological equipment, means of transport, machinery, tools, tools, work aids and other objects which come into direct contact with animals, use products approved under this Act or specific legislation (9a), follow the instructions for their use and treat the animal by-products as provided for in this Act and European Union9b);

(b) in the event of a risk of introduction into and proper functioning of an animal-to-human disease or disease,

(c) to use water for feeding animals which does not endanger the health of animals and the health of their products and to use only healthy feed for feeding animals;

(d) to administer to animals only medicinal products in accordance with the rules for their use in the provision of veterinary care (5), veterinary products approved under this Act, additives in accordance with specific legislation4) and to comply with the conditions for the administration of certain substances and preparations to animals whose products are intended for human consumption (§ 19), to provide the necessary synergy to the authorities which carry out sampling and investigations in connection with the implementation of the monitoring plan for the presence of certain substances and their residues in animals, animal products, feedingstuffs and water (hereinafter referred to as the "monitoring plan for certain substances and their residues"), and to comply with the measures adopted on the basis of this investigation;

(e) not to administer to animals substances and preparations the use of which is not authorised in livestock or in animals whose products are intended for human consumption (Sections 19 (1) and (3) (9c);

(f) submit to the official veterinarian, on request, the records provided for in specific legislation9d) and allow access to such records also to a private veterinarian who issues a certificate of animal health and the disease situation at the place of origin (hereinafter referred to as the "health certificate"),

(g) in the case of farmed game, notify the Regional Veterinary Administration at least 7 days in advance of the commencement and cessation of its breeding activity in relation to farmed game farming;

(h) deliver to the slaughterhouse only animals for slaughter with true and fully stated food chain information in accordance with Section III of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853 / 2004 laying down specific hygiene rules for food of animal origin; the designated period within the meaning of point 3 (c) of Section III of Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 853 / 2004 shall be 60 days before the date of delivery of the slaughter animal to the slaughterhouse;

(i) to place on the market only animals not authorised or prohibited (4) substances or preparations (§ 19), keep records of when and when medicinal products and substances likely to be adversely affected by animal products have been administered to animals, submit such records to the veterinarian without delay in order to record the administration of medicinal products to animals or the vaccination of animals, retain those records for at least 5 years, submit them to the official veterinarian on request and comply with the withdrawal periods.

(2) The pestilence of the bee fruit and the rotting of the bee fruit is prohibited.

(3) A breeder who, as an entrepreneur, (10) maintains livestock for business purposes is also obliged to:

(a) ensure that only persons eligible for such activity under specific legislation11 are employed in the treatment of animals and the acquisition of their products and have basic knowledge of animal welfare and hygiene requirements for the acquisition of animal products;

(b) ensure that the persons referred to in (a) are informed of the obligations referred to in paragraphs 11 and 12 and of the way in which a private veterinarian is contacted rapidly;

(c) to process, submit to the Regional Veterinary Administration, including the relevant amendments, a national eradication programme of one or more diseases, diseases communicable from animals to humans and agents of those diseases and diseases, no later than 60 days after the date of publication of the animal health programme on the Ministry's website, and follow this programme.

(4) The breeder keeping poultry in the course of his business is also obliged to report these facts to the Regional Veterinary Administration immediately after a reduction in food and water intake, a decrease in egg production or increased mortality of poultry beyond the limits laid down in the implementing legislation.

(5) Breeders who keep insects intended for human consumption or for the production of processed animal protein shall be subject to the obligations of livestock farmers referred to in points (a) to (e) and (i) of paragraph 1.

(6) Breeders operating a bumble bee plant which is separated from the environment shall be subject to the obligations of the livestock breeders referred to in points (a) to (c) of paragraph 1.

(7) The implementing act provides for:

(a) animal health requirements for the environment in which animals are kept, for their treatment and protection against diseases and diseases communicable from animals to humans and for their marketing;

(b) which substances and preparations may not be put into circulation and administered to animals which cannot be administered to animals of certain species and which substances and preparations may only be administered to animals of certain species under certain conditions and these conditions;

(c) the procedure for the processing of contingency plans and recovery programmes of breeders, the aspects under which those plans and programmes are to be processed and what they are to contain;

(d) in which cases and under which conditions the State Veterinary Administration may authorise, within the limits laid down by European Union legal acts, the mitigation of animal health and welfare requirements;

(e) the limits on the decline in food and water intake, the decrease in egg production or the increased mortality of poultry over which farmers who, as entrepreneurs, hold poultry for business purposes are obliged to report these facts to the Regional Veterinary Administration.

§ 5a

(1) An operator of an establishment or carrier subject to registration or approval under Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council or under Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019 / 2035, in particular Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019 / 2035 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020 / 686, is required to apply to the Regional Veterinary Administration for approval or registration under Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

(2) The obligation referred to in paragraph 1 shall not apply to:

(a) breeders of registered animals under the Breeding Act (8) who are required to register their holdings under the Breeding Act (8);

(b) persons under Article 13a (1) of the Animal Protection Act (6) who have a notification obligation under the Animal Protection Act (6).

The persons referred to in points (a) and (b) shall be deemed to be registered under Article 84 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

(3) The Regional Veterinary Administration shall register, with the exception referred to in paragraph 2, in accordance with Article 93 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council,

(a) operators' establishments as referred to in Article 84 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(b) the carrier referred to in Article 87 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019 / 2035; and

(c) the animal segregation operator referred to in Article 90 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

(4) The Regional Veterinary Administration, in accordance with Articles 97, 99 and 100 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council, shall approve the establishments referred to in Article 94 (1) or Article 95 (a) of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council and suspend or withdraw approval under the conditions laid down in the Regulation.

(5) The obligation to keep records pursuant to Article 102 to 105 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019 / 2035 shall not apply to operators referred to in Article 102 (4) of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

(6) Operators of establishments, carriers or dispatch of animals registered by the Regional Veterinary Administration in accordance with paragraph 3, or operators of establishments approved by the Regional Veterinary Administration in accordance with paragraph 4, unless they are subject to an obligation to keep data in the Stážových zárodních zárodních nákladně (8), shall be required to keep records kept pursuant to Article 102 to 105 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019 / 2035 for a period of 3 years.

(7) Operators of establishments, carriers or animal segregation operators registered by the Regional Veterinary Administration in accordance with paragraph 3, or operators of establishments approved by the Regional Veterinary Administration in accordance with paragraph 4, shall notify the Regional Veterinary Administration within 7 days of the date on which these events occurred,

(a) the amendments provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council or by European Union provisions adopted on the basis thereof;

(b) the cessation of its activities.

(8) Registration under Article 84 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council is not subject to registration and alerts under Article 102 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council are not required to maintain:

(a) breeders of registered animals under the Breeding Act (8) who are not required to register their holdings under the Breeding Act (8);

(b) breeders operating a bumble bee plant which is not separated from the environment.

§ 5b

(1) An operator of aquaculture establishments or groups of aquaculture establishments subject to registration or approval under Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council or under Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council, in particular Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020 / 691, is required to apply to the Regional Veterinary Administration for approval or registration under Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The registration referred to in Article 172 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council shall not apply to aquaculture establishments referred to in Article 3 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021 / 2037.

(2) The obligation to apply for approval under paragraph 1 shall not apply to aquaculture establishments referred to in Article 176 (2) of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council; such establishments shall be subject to registration only.

(3) The Regional Veterinary Administration shall register aquaculture establishments or groups of aquaculture establishments in accordance with Article 173 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

(4) The Regional Veterinary Administration shall, in accordance with Article 181, 183 and 184 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council, approve aquaculture establishments or groups of aquaculture establishments referred to in Article 176 (1), Article 177, Article 178 (a) or Article 179 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council and suspend or withdraw approval under the conditions laid down in the Regulation.

(5) Operators referred to in paragraph 1 and operators of aquatic animals intended for aquaculture establishments or for release into the wild pursuant to Article 188 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council shall be required to keep records kept pursuant to Article 186 to 188 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020 / 691 for 3 years.

(6) The records referred to in Article 186 (1) (c), (d) and (e) of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council are not required to be kept by aquaculture operators referred to in Article 4 (1) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021 / 2037. The records referred to in Article 188 (1) of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council shall not be required to keep the carriers referred to in Article 4 (2) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021 / 2037.

(7) Operators of aquaculture establishments or groups of aquaculture establishments registered by the Regional Veterinary Administration in accordance with paragraph 3 or approved by the Regional Veterinary Administration in accordance with paragraph 4 shall notify the Regional Veterinary Administration within 7 days of the date on which these events occurred,

(a) the amendments provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council or by European Union provisions adopted on the basis thereof;

(b) the cessation of its activities.

§ 5c

The Regional Veterinary Administration shall approve a private veterinarian for establishments referred to in Article 5a or 5b where such approval is required by Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council or by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019 / 2035, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020 / 686 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020 / 691. The approval of a private veterinarian for this activity may be suspended or withdrawn by the Regional Veterinary Administration if it has been implemented in breach of the requirements laid down in this Law, Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council or Commission Delegated Regulations adopted on the basis thereof, in particular Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019 / 2035, Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020 / 686 and Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020 / 691.

§ 5d

(1) An operator keeping insects intended for human consumption or for the production of processed animal protein is required to apply to the Regional Veterinary Administration for registration of its establishment and to fulfil the obligations under Articles 84 and 102 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The Regional Veterinary Administration shall register those establishments in accordance with Article 93 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

(2) The operator of an establishment registered by the Regional Veterinary Administration in accordance with paragraph 1 shall keep records maintained in accordance with Article 102 of Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council for 3 years.

(3) The operator of an establishment registered by the Regional Veterinary Administration in accordance with paragraph 1 shall notify the Regional Veterinary Administration within 7 days of the date on which such events occurred,

(a) the amendments provided for in Regulation (EU) 2016 / 429 of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(b) the cessation of its activities.

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Citation	Act No. 166 / 1999 Coll., on Veterinary Care and on the Amendment of Certain Related Acts (Veterinary Act)
Regulation Type	Law
Author	-
Collection	Code of Laws

Date of Promulgation	30.07.1999
Effective from	28.09.1999
Effective until	-
Status	Valid

Legal Areas: Finance Economic (State) Fees Labour law Education, Education, Education Administrative offences Administrative law Constitutional (state) law General internal administration Fundamental human rights Health Agriculture Eligibility for the pursuit of certain professions (activities)

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Act No. 166 / 1999 Coll.

Act on Veterinary Care and the amendment of certain related laws (Veterinary Act)

Contents

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HLAVA I

§ 1

§ 2

§ 3

HLAVA II

Oddíl 1

§ 4

§ 4a

§ 4b

§ 4c

§ 5

§ 5a

§ 5b

§ 5c

§ 5d

Oddíl 2

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