NEW REGULATION REQUIRES PASSPORTS FOR LIVESTOCK

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• Publication Date: October 1, 1951
• Content Type: REPORT

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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY REPORT
INFORMATION FROM
FOREIGN DOCUMENTS OR RADIO BROADCASTS CD NO.
COUNTRY Yugoslavia
SUBJECT Agriculture - Livestock
HOW
PUBLISHED Irregular newspaper
WHERE
PUBLISHED Belgrade
DATE
PUBLISHED 7 Feb 1951
LANGUAGE
THIS DUCUMEMT CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE NATIONAL DEFENS0E
Of THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE MEANING OF ESPIONAGE ACT 5
S C.. 31 AND 32. AS AMENDED. ITS TRANSMISSION OR THE REVELATION
Of 15 CURrEXTS IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS PRO-
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HIITEII RY LAW REPRODUCTION OF THIS FORM IS PRO NI SITED
DATE OF
INFORMATION 1951
SUPPLEMENT TO
REPORT NO.
THIS IS UNEVALUATED INFORMATION
NEW EEZULATION REQUIRES PASSPORTS FOR LIVESTOCK
A new regulation, effective 7 February 1951, rules that in order to
f-,cilitate control and prevention of contagious livestock diseases; trading
in 'livestock in Yugoslavia can be done only on the basis of livestock pass-
-tec Trading in livestock is defined as a change in ownership la change
_n quarters Livestock are defined as cattle, buffalo, horses, mules, hin-
donkeys, sheep, goats, and hogs.
The Livestock passport ~s an official document which attests to the
health, origin, and ownership of a head of livestcck
As evidence of an animals health, this document is valid for 10 days
fr.-Ye the date of issue; as proof of ownership it is valid for one year from
toe date of issue.
Healthy livestock are defined as those which are not sick and not in-
feLted with any contagious livestock disease, which originate from a nonin-
fected stable, and which veterinary health regulations allow to be put on
the market.
The animal s origin is defined as the area under the jurisdiction of the
municipal or city people's council, where the animal was quartered for 40
days previous to the issuance of the passport.
The livestock owner is obliged to have livestock passports when-.
i. Transfer of ownership is made by purchase, sale, trade, gift, inheri-
tance, etc.
2 Taking or shipping Livestock to a fair, exhibit, contest, etc., re-
gardless of whether the fair, etc.., is held where the livestock are perma-
nently quartered or not; and when moving cattle to another, locality for
pasture or new quarters.
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3. When livestock are being moved to new quarters because their owner
has had to change his place of work.
The above r
by rail, ship, or any other means of transportation.
The republic Minister of Agriculture is authorized to prescribe other
instances when livestock passports are or sssary.
Horses, mules, and hinnies belonging to Yugoslav Army units and
establishments are exempted from the above regulations.
Livestock passports are green or red. The green is used
and
donkeys; large
nnies, and issued
livestock, such as cattle, buffalo, horses, mules, hi
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the rid for small livestock, such as sheep, goats, and hogs.
for large livestock may not be used for small livestock, or vice versa.
The municipal or city people's council is authorized to issue a live-
f
stcck passport for livestock quartered less than 40 days in itwheres
it i a collective passport; or if it is a single passpor,
transfer is to be made, or if a veterinary attests to the health of the
livestock.
Impounded or confiscated livestock, and those belonging to Yugoslav
Army units will be issued passports by the municipal or city people's coun-
cil in the area where the new owner has his permanent residence, on the
basis of a receipt from the miitary unit or establishment or state agency
transferring ownership to the new owner.
Completion of passport forms, transfers, and receipts are to be legible,
in ink, cr typed.
The use of printed signatures or initials is not authorized on live-
stock passports; they are to be signed in full.
Livestock passports are issued in the language of the republic con-
e-.rued.
Passports for large livestock are issued for each head except for
sucklings, which are included with their mothers.
A collective passport may be issued for small livestock, providing
they are the same breed and belong to the same owner.
Livestock documents are issued on the owner's request, on the basis
of one of the following documents- (1) written certificate of the animal's
elivlivestock
origin and health condition; (2) former
ckrpassport~(i)dividual,
collecti-re, local, or foreign); (3) e
military unit, or establishment, orystthe ate magency afrom which pthelowner ohasil,
acquired the animal.
The number of the document upon which it is based is stamped on the
new passport.
For checking purposes, the passport issuing authority may request the
owner to present the livestock for inspection.
u. When livestock are to be slaughtered for public or private consump-
eulations apply whether livestock are herded, transported
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Localities under veterinary health quarantine may not be indicated in
passports as places of destination for livestock without special authoriza-
tion from the veterinary concerned. In such cases, the Passport will cooh
tain the name of the authorizing agency,
the authorization was issued.
When transfer of ownership is made for only part of the livestock
included on a collective passport, passports for the transferred animals
may be issued individually or collectively.
Owners must have passports for pigs, goats, or lambs up to 6 weeks old
.rich are sold on the market for public consumption. Suc`.. passports are
not transferred to the purchaser.
Livestock passports must contain precise Informationionsnumber of live-
st.?ock, breed,. sex, age, c , special
The certificate of origin and health, the document on which the live-
stock passport is issued, must contain the owner's name and address, de-
tailed description of livestock with all distinguishing of features, andected
5.ge; a statement that they are not infected or suspected _ being
with any livestock disease; and a statement that they come from a noninfected
stable.
Certificates of origin and health are kept on file for 3 years after
livestock passports are issued.
For livestock raised by private owners, certificates of origin and
net'th are issued by a person designated by the municipal or city people's
beard; for cattle raised cn state farms, farm work cooperatives, farm
enterprises, and establishments, the certificates are issued by the author-
of the above-mentioned farms, cooperatives, and enterprises.
por:, in an Ewithach of ownership reversedofntheedocu-
ment.
Extensions to expired livestock certificates of origin and health
are entered on the reverse side of the document and are valid for 10 days.
Such extensions may be granted only when there is no objection from a
veterinary and health viewpoint.
Entries pertaining to changes in ownership, extension of health certi-
ficates, or changes in places of destir.atien are made by the municipal or
city people's council which issued the passport, or by the council in whose
area the cattle are now located.
If necessary during transport, extensions of health certificates and
changes in places of destination are made by the responsible veterinary
at the railroad station or harbor, if the destination change is within
state borders; by the border veterinary service if the new destinatio
-cross state borders; or by the veterinary of the srez or city pnopio
council in whose area the health certificate has expired or change of des-
tination has occurred.
A change of destination may be effected only if the livest
health requirements.
f
y
port is valid and if the livestock satis
Any changes occurring in .lv=o-", . - -- -- -
etc_., are to be reported by the
f an ear
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brandings, castration, loss o
owner to the responsible municipal or city people's council for necessary
ort.
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Inaccurate data entered in a livestock passport are to be reported to
the responsible municipal or people's council.
Animals born in transit are entered on the mother's passport, Such
entries are made by the municipal or city peoples council at the place
of destination.
Deletion of entries on collective livestock passports is done by the
municipal or city peoples council or by a person authorized to inspect'
meat and livestock earmarked for slaughter.
Entries of livestock disposed of by sale, gift, etc., or which have
died, been killed, or lost, or those earmarked for normal consumption but
not killed in slaughterhouses are deleted and new passports for livestock
remaining are issued by the municipal or city peoples council in whose
area the livestock was disposed of, etc.
The person authorized to inspect stock for slaughter and meat deletes
entries for livestock slaughtered for public or private consumption
If during rail or ship loading, transloading, or transport, it is
necessary to delete individual animals from a collective passport because
they have died, been slaughtered from necessity, ted toireducesthe
load, etc.. deletion is to be done qy the tion _.r harbor concerned, in such cases, the veterinary will issue the
owner a written receipt for livestock deleted.
Owners of livestock passports which have been lost or have disap-
peared may be given duplicate passports providing the old passports are
proclaimed invalid, and the necessary information gatherredeto"compile a.
new passport. A duplicate of a livestock passport is marl"
in re.'1 ink.
The municipal or city people sicouncil whsch issued
or transferred ownership rights
cate passports, except in cases when the livestock in question are no longer
located in the municipal or city peoples council's area. The duplicate
then will be issued by the council in whose area the livestock is located.
it is the owner's responsibility to provide all necessary data for filling
out the xuplicate passport.
If the municipal or city peoples council responsible for issuing
duplicates of livestock passports refuses to do so, it will give an ex-
p).anation to the owner> Decisions of this kind may be appealed to a
higher people's council within 8 days from the date of the explanation
livestock passports issued abroad are valid in Yugoslavia, providing
the.. are approved by the border veterinary service.
Livestock imported from abroad must be transported or driven to their
new destination by the shortest route.
If livestock passports are not approved by the border veterinary service,
the srez Commission for Agriculture, or the municipal or city peopleis coun-
cil at the destination, will )lace the animals in quarantine, ivesgate
the method and route of transportation, and the health of the livestock, and
forward this data to the responsible republic Ministry of Agriculture.
Transfer of ownership or confirmation of health condition may not be
effected by foreign livestock passport; the foreign document must be re-
pi.aced'by a Yugoslav livestock passport.
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Deletion of livestock from foreign collective livestock Passports is
done as prescribed for domestic passports.
If there are no contagious livestock diseases in the area of a munic-
ipal or city people's council and adjoining regions, the passports of live-
stock-earmarked for export will affirm that for the past 40 days there
were no livestock contagious diseases icipalborpcityd
peoples council or in adjoining regions.
on the reverse of the passpo_t below the statement certifying to the health
cf the animal.
The provisions of this regulation also apply to livestock earmarked
for export, unless othezwise regulated by agreements made with the export
countries concerned.
The internal Revenue Law prescribes that a special fee be charged for
is uance, of livestock passports and for transfer of livestock ownership.
If a collective passport is issued, a fee is charged for each head of live-
stock listed in the document. No fee is charged for certificate of origin
and health
Authorities issuing livestock passports must keep
and duplicates issued, changes of ownership,
erulcates, will andpchacges in destination. The republic Ministries of
A&-_c
0bsclete livestock passports and collective passports for livestock
hic.h have been disposed- of are kept on file for 3 years by the issuing
agency.
The Commission for Agriculture of the srez executive council or the
city people's council supervises the issuance and tran_sfeer `fivest
t? ok
Details of. su::h supervision are recorded in special kept for this purpose.
assports
Passports found to be incorrect are taken away from. their owners.
If incorrect data can be corrected within the provisions of this regula-
tion, the corrected passport is returned to the owner:
Livestock owners who violate regulations will be fined a maximum of
5,000 dinars-,
For taking livestock from their permanent quarters to another
place without a valid livestock passport.
2. For failing to report to the proper authority changes which make
identification difficult, such as change of originnalpcolor, nn ewe brtheandings
loss of an ear, etc, and failure to present the p
necessary changes recorded.
3. For failure to record a change of ownership.
The executive councils of srez or city people?s councils enforce the
provisions of this law as regards legal proceedings and imposition of fines.
Minis-
The republic Ministries of Agriculture in coordination with the nil
tries s of Finance are authorized to training courses for personnel
to be employed
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