Decision No. 76/2006/QD-BNN Establishing the Animal Health Agency Region II under the Department of Animal Health based on the Hai Phong Animal Health Regional Center

Pursuant to …;

Establishing the Animal Health Agency Region II under the Department of Animal Health based on

 the Hai Phong Animal Health Center

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MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

 OF VIETNAM

Pursuant to the Government Decree No. 86/2003/NĐ-CP dated July 18, 2003 stipulating the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development;

Pursuant to the Government Decree No. 33/2005/NĐ-CP dated March 15, 2005 detailing the implementation of certain provisions of the Animal Health Ordinance;

Considering the proposal of the Director of the Department of Animal Health and the proposal of the Head of the Cadre and Civil Servant Affairs Department,

Pursuant to …;

Article 1. Position and Functions

1. Establish the Animal Health Agency Region II under the Department of Animal Health based on the Hai Phong Animal Health Center.

2. The Animal Health Agency Region II shall perform state management functions in animal health and diagnose, test animal diseases and animal products within the assigned region.

3. The Animal Health Agency Region II shall have legal personality, its own seal, and be entitled to budget funds from the State budget as prescribed by law. The headquarters of the Animal Health Agency Region II shall be located in Hai Phong City.

4. The scope of operation of the Animal Health Agency Region II includes provinces and centrally governed cities (hereinafter referred to as provinces): Hai Phong, Hai Duong, Hung Yen, Thai Binh, Bac Ninh, Bac Giang, Quang Ninh, Lang Son, Cao Bang, Bac Can, Thai Nguyen, Tuyen Quang, and Ha Giang.

Article 2. Tasks and Authorities

1. Participate in drafting normative legal documents, plans, programs, projects, standards, procedures, technical regulations on animal health.

2. Guide, urge, and inspect the implementation of normative legal documents, programs, projects, standards, technical procedures on animal health for provincial Animal Health Sub-departments.

3. Regarding disease prevention and control:

a) Monitor disease situations; create epidemiological maps; propose measures to prevent and control animal diseases in the region.

b) Coordinate and support provincial Animal Health Sub-departments in diagnosing, identifying diseases, and organizing disease prevention and control activities.

c) Regularly inspect and diagnose animal diseases at breeding facilities as prescribed.

d) Guide and evaluate the construction of disease-free zones and regions.

4. Regarding quarantine of animals:

a) Implement quarantine of exported, imported, temporarily imported for re-export, temporarily exported for re-import, transshipped, and transiting animals and animal products.

b) Directly handle or guide and supervise the handling of waste, transport vehicles, containers, animals, and animal products as prescribed.

c) Manage animal quarantine stations at border gates, railway stations, airports, ports, and international post offices according to the assignment of the Director of the Department of Animal Health.

5. Regarding slaughter inspection:

a) Directly inspect slaughtering of export-bound animals at slaughterhouses in the region.

b) Guide and inspect hygiene, disinfection, decontamination of storage and packaging equipment; handle animals and animal products that do not meet veterinary hygiene standards and manage waste at export-bound slaughterhouses.

6. Regarding veterinary hygiene inspection:

a) Inspect veterinary hygiene conditions at quarantine isolation sites, monitor the quarantine isolation of exported and imported animals and animal products according to the guidance of the Department of Animal Health.

b) Inspect veterinary hygiene conditions of slaughterhouses, preservation, preliminary processing facilities of exported and imported animals and animal products, and breeding facilities according to the assignment of the Director of the Department of Animal Health.

c) Inspect veterinary hygiene of exported, imported, transshipped, temporarily imported for re-export, temporarily exported for re-import, transiting, and diverted through Vietnam animals and animal products.

7. Participate in disseminating knowledge, educating laws, conducting specialized veterinary inspections. Participate in implementing agricultural extension and food safety in the field of animal health in provinces in the region.

8. Participate in research, application of scientific and technological progress, and international cooperation according to the program and plan of the Department of Animal Health. Coordinate with provincial Animal Health Sub-departments in organizing training and upgrading skills and expertise in animal health.

9. Carry out fee and tax collection as prescribed.

10. Manage organization, cadres, labor, finance, and assets of the Agency as prescribed.

11. Implement administrative reform, comply with information and periodic, ad hoc reporting systems as prescribed by the Department of Animal Health.

12. Perform other tasks assigned and delegated by the Director of the Department of Animal Health as prescribed by law.

Article 3. Organizational Structure

1. The leadership of the Animal Health Agency Region II shall consist of a Director and Deputy Directors appointed and relieved from duty by the Director General of the Animal Health Department in accordance with regulations and the分级管理干部的规定和部的干部管理体制。

The Director shall be responsible to the Director General and to the law for the activities of the Agency and the tasks assigned.

The Deputy Director shall assist the Director, and shall be responsible to the Director and to the law for the performance of tasks delegated by the Director.

2. Management structure:

a) General Affairs Department.

b) Inspection and Slaughter Supervision Department.

c) Epidemiology Department.

3. Subordinate units:

a) Animal Quarantine Stations.

b) Diagnostic and Disease Testing Station.

The Stations mentioned in Clause 3 of Article 3 shall have their own seals to perform tasks as prescribed.

The Ministry authorizes the Director General of the Animal Health Department to stipulate the duties of the management structure and issue decisions on establishing animal quarantine stations at border gates, railway stations, airports, ports, international post offices, and the diagnostic and disease testing station subordinate to the Animal Health Agency Region II.

The staffing of the Animal Health Agency Region II shall be arranged by the Director General of the Animal Health Department according to the quota allocated by the Ministry to the Department.

The Director General of the Animal Health Department shall manage the recovery and return of the seal of the Hai Phong Veterinary Center to the authority issuing the registration certificate for the seal according to regulations.

Article 4. Responsibilities for Implementation

1. This Decision shall take effect fifteen days after its publication in the Official Gazette. Decree No. 1601 NN-TCCB/QD dated December 12, 1994 of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development on transforming the Hai Phong Animal Quarantine Center into the Hai Phong Veterinary Center and previous regulations of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development that conflict with this Decision are hereby abolished.

2. The Director General of the Animal Health Department shall provide detailed guidance for the implementation of this Decision.

3. The Director General of the Animal Health Department, the Head of the Office, the Director of the Cadre and Civil Servant Department, the Heads of relevant agencies and units under the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Director of the Animal Health Agency Region II shall be responsible for implementing this Decision./.