Comparative Study on Animal Health Law between Canada and China

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Comparative Study on Animal Health
Law between Canada and China

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• Part 1 Background of the Project
• Part 2 Whole Target of Project
• Part 3 Working Achievements in2007
• Part 4 Comments and Suggestions
• Part 5 Follow-up Research

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Background of the Project

• In the course of Animal Health Extension
  Services Project implementation, both Canadian
  and Chinese hopes to understand in-depth animal
  health legal system and legislation mechanism of
  each other, and all believe that studying those
  are all-important to the project.
• In addition, The Animal Epidemic Prevention Law
  of PRCis emending, which need a series of
  matching regulations. At present, Matching
  Regulation Study Project goes along ,and matching
  regulations are under making, and several
  regulations should refer to habitual rules of the
  world and good experiences of developed country.
  So both Canadian and Chinese experts reach
  consensus to the project, and China-Canada
  cooperation project, Animal Health Extension
  Services Project office decides to begin the
  study, and carry out by Qingdao Oriental Animal
  Health Law Science Institute. The research
  keystone is animal health legal system of Canada,
  and hope to provide some habitual rules and good
  experiences for China.

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Whole Target of Project

• Comparative Study of the Legislation (Acts and
  Regulations) Covering Animal Health in China and
  Canada wants to find differences and
  similarities through studying on legislation and
  regulations of animal health on China and Canada.
  The highlight differences and these points could
  be suggested to Chinese authorities, legislative
  changes are considered for inclusion in the law
  or in its supporting regulations.
• In order to achieve the purposes, our priority
  studied the animal health legal system of Canada,
  compared the legislation of China and Canada, and
  summarized some advanced experiences for China.
  Working group hopes this project could be better
  implemented by participators and implementers
  under animal health legal system. At the same
  time, these could provide reference to Chinese
  animal health legislation.

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Working Achievements in 2007

• 1. Gathering and Formalizing the Related
  Materials
• Working group has collected 36 acts and
  regulations of Canada, analyzed and studied all
  those materials and formed research report.
• During study of the project, workgroup held 6
  seminars and participated several China-Canada
  Project policy proseminars, and translated 12
  acts and regulations of Canada.

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Working Achievements in 2007

• 2. Research on Legislation Mechanism and
  Legislative Process in Canada
• (1) Study on the types of bills
• (2) Study on Legislative Process

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Working Achievements in 2007

• 3. Clearing up the Animal Health Legal System of
  Canada
• veterinary organizations,
• veterinary officers
• prevention and control of animal disease
• inputs
• animal food safety
• animal protection and welfare

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Working Achievements in 2007

• 4. Studying on Two Legal System for References
• (1) Research on drafting private bills
• Bill proposals by relative Organizations or
  Corporations
• Keystone of Legislation Are Operation
• Bills Prescribe the Contents and Items that
  Government Should Provide
• Corporations Keep the Law on Initiative Estate

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Working Achievements in 2007

• (2) Researches on administrative system of
  veterinary profession
• Research on Qualification Admittance
• Research on Examination Management System
• Research on Registration System
• Research on Veterinary Self-discipline and
  Further Education System

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Working Achievements in 2007

• 5. Completing compiles of regulations and study
  report and having them printed
• (1) Completing Compiles of Regulations in Canada
• (2) Completing Study Report named Comparative
  Study of the Legislation (Acts and Regulations)
  Covering Animal Health in China and Canada.
• (3) Printing All the Materials Mentioned Above

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Comments and Suggestions

• To propose China government to sparkplug the
  enterprise-promotion mode in legislation
• To refer to the advanced experiences of Canada in
  the stipulation of matching-regulations on animal
  health in China.
• Making stamping-out policy should refer the
  helpful experience of Canada
• To do follow-up research of this subject

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Follow-up Research

• 1. Time and Fund of Follow-up Research
• In order to study more systematically, workgroup
  advice to use another 3years seizing the details
  of Canada animal health legal system and the
  expect expenditure of all of the works are
  150,000 Canadian dollars.

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Follow-up Research

• 2. Plans of every year
• (1)In the year of 2008
• In 2008, work group will emphasize on
• studying of the law and regulation of
• veterinarian and disease control.
• (2)In the year of 2009
• In 2009, work group suggest the study
• emphases should be put on the field of
• animal-origin food safety and inputs (refer
• to feeds and animal drugs).
• (3)In the year of 2010
• On the basis of the research from 2007 to
  2009,
• it is considered that studies of animal
  protection
• and welfare should be the research emphases in
  
• 2010, so as to make Chinese animal health to
• reach a new level.

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• 3.Advantage of Setup and Staff
• As a non-profit registered NGO, Qingdao Oriental
  Animal Health Law Science Institute is a unique
  research institute of this kind in China. It is
  engaged in research, consultation, cultivation,
  training and legal services of animal health.
  Including those who graduated, 5 doctors and 22
  masters had made their contributions here, Lead
  by experienced expert Prof. Chen Xiangqian, on
  research programs regarding Animal Health.

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• The main duty of the institute includes research
  on conditions and theories of legal norm and
  legal system of foreign and domestic animal
  health, training of internal and external animal
  health law, consulting service and legal services
  on animal health legal affairs for internal and
  external clients, and cooperating with relevant
  educational institute on training postgraduate
  students in the area of animal health law
  science.

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• Since this institute was founded in June 2000,
  more than ten essential research programs were
  accomplished. Such as Reformation of Veterinary
  Management System, Comparative Studies on Animal
  Health Law Science, Research of Applied Mechanism
  of SPS Agreement, Research of Settlement of
  Disputes on International Trade about Animal
  Products, Official Assessment of Technical Trade
  Measure on Animal Health, etc. additionally this
  institute had taken part in several missions of
  drafting out the bills on animal health. Most of
  the research results were adapted by the
  government during the reformation of the National
  animal health system and the legislation on
  animal health.

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