Article 1. The basic concepts used in this Law Chapter 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS OF THE Law ON Livestock Breeding

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The following basic concepts are used in this Law:

1) the breeding queen of bees is a breeding fertilized female that ensures the reproduction of a breeding bee family;

2) a breeding bee family is a highly productive family of purebred, high–class bees that persistently transmit their breed characteristics to their offspring.;

2-1) republican register of breeding animals – a set of data on the number, breeds, and productivity of breeding animals;

3) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 27.11.2015 No. 424-V (effective six months after the date of its first official publication);

4) breeding certificate – a document confirming the pedigree, productive and other qualities of breeding products (materials), issued by the Republican Chamber, in accordance with the procedure approved by the authorized body;

5) studbook – a set of data on the most valuable breeding animals of a certain breed in terms of origin, productivity and other qualities;

6) breeding value – the level of breeding animal traits and the possibility of their transmission to offspring;

7) breeding animal – a purebred animal conforming to the breed standard and registered in the Republican Chamber in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan on breeding livestock;

8) an individual card of a breeding animal is a form of primary on–farm accounting containing data on its origin, productive and other qualities, drawn up in accordance with the procedure determined by the authorized body.;

9) Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 10.10.2022 No. 144-VII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

10) the distribution center for the sale of seeds and embryos of breeding animals (hereinafter referred to as the distribution center) is a legal entity that has notified the authorized body in the field of livestock breeding about the beginning (termination) of activities for the acquisition, storage and sale of seeds of breeding animals, embryos;

11) breeding livestock is a branch of animal husbandry covered by a system of breeding work aimed at reproducing animals with high genetic potential, their conservation and breeding;

11-1) Excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 10.10.2022 No. 144-VII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

12) the authorized body in the field of livestock breeding (hereinafter referred to as the authorized body) is a state body responsible for the management and implementation of state policy in the field of livestock breeding;

13) breeding center – a legal entity that has notified the authorized body of the beginning (termination) of activities related to the maintenance of breeding breeding animals, engaged in the receipt, accumulation, acquisition, storage and sale of seeds of breeding breeding animals, embryos;

14) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 27.11.2015 No. 424-V (effective six months after the date of its first official publication);

15) breeding products (material) – breeding animals, as well as seeds, embryos, incubation eggs, day-old chicks, eggs, larvae and juveniles of fish, breeding queens of bees, breeding bee colonies and bee packages obtained from breeding animals;

16) breeding animal producer - a male specimen of a breeding animal used for the reproduction of farm animals;

17) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 27.11.2015 No. 424-V (effective six months after the date of its first official publication);

18) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/10/2012 No. 36-V (effective after ten calendar days after its first official publication);

19) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 07/10/2012 No. 36-V (effective after ten calendar days after its first official publication);

20) agricultural animals (hereinafter referred to as animals) – all types of animals, birds, fish and bees directly related to agricultural production cultivated by humans;

21) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 27.11.2015 No. 424-V (effective six months after the date of its first official publication);

22) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 27.11.2015 No. 424-V (effective six months after the date of its first official publication);

23) bee package – a layer separated from the breeding bee family, which includes a breeding fertilized uterus, brood (in a honeycomb package), live bees and bee feed necessary for transportation;

23-1) boniter (classifier) – an individual who has notified the authorized body of the beginning (termination) of activities for the provision of bonus services;

23-2) bonitirovka – assessment of animals according to a set of economically useful characteristics (pedigree, productive qualities, exterior and constitutional features) with the assignment of the appropriate class;

23-3) breeding cattle of the meat sector of the first category – purebred cattle conforming to the breed standard, having information on at least three rows of ancestors, confirmed paternal origin based on molecular genetic examination and registered in the Republican Chamber;

23-4) genomic assessment is a predictive assessment of the genetic value of selected animal traits based on their genomic information, carried out in accordance with the procedure determined by the authorized body.;

24) breeding cattle of the meat sector of the second category – purebred cattle that meet the breed standard, have information on at least three rows of ancestors and are registered in the republican Chamber;

24-1) tagging is the designation of a breeding animal by applying a number (tags, tattoos, brands), fixing the tag and chip, and banding, allowing accurate identification of the corresponding animal.;

24-2) pedigree – information about the origin of a breeding animal;

25) lineage – a group of breeding animals in a breed descended from outstanding progenitors, whose breeding and productive qualities are maintained and improved by an appropriate selection and selection system;

26) factory type is a group of animals that is part of a breed, which, in addition to the properties common to this breed, has some of its own distinctive features in terms of productivity, physique and constitution, better adaptability to the conditions of the breeding zone, and resistance to diseases.;

26-1) the breeder is the owner of the animal's mother at the time of its birth;

27) index assessment is a method of determining the level of breeding value of an animal based on the characteristics being selected, carried out in accordance with the procedure determined by the authorized body.;

28) cross – a group of animals descended from the crossing of one line with another line of animals;

29) manual mating – mating of individually selected animals under the supervision of a specialist;

30) ancestral flock of bird breeds and crosses – the number of male and female birds used to reproduce the parent flock of bird breeds and crosses;

31) the parent herd of bird breeds and crosses is the number of male and female birds, the hybrid offspring of which are used for the production of hatching eggs or meat;

31-1) specialized laboratory – an accredited legal entity or its structural subdivision acting on its behalf, as well as an accredited structural subdivision of a legal entity performing molecular genetic examination;

32) molecular genetic examination is a study of the biological material of an animal, carried out in order to assess the reliability of its origin and (or) identify genetic abnormalities.;

33) breeding and breeding work – a set of measures aimed at improving the breeding qualities of animals;

34) the information base of breeding and breeding work is an automated system for collecting, accumulating and processing data on breeding animals and animals involved in the breeding process, used to improve and enhance the genetic potential of animals, as well as to account for breeding products (material), accompanied by an operator designated by an authorized body;

34-1) the card of an agricultural animal involved in the breeding process is a form of primary on–farm accounting containing data on its origin, productive and other qualities, drawn up in accordance with the procedure determined by the authorized body.;

34-2) purebred animal – an animal that has been bred using one breed since its approval;

35) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 27.11.2015 No. 424-V (effective six months after the date of its first official publication);

36) excluded by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 27.11.2015 No. 424-V (effective six months after the date of its first official publication);

36-1) purebred animal – an animal obtained as a result of:

mating of purebred parents of the same breed;

mating of two animals of related, genotypically similar breeds with a blood content of at least 75 percent for one of the two breeds;

crosses of unrelated breeds in the presence of a blood fraction of one breed of at least 93.75 percent;

creation of a new breed involving two or more unrelated breeds;

37) purebred breeding is the breeding of breeding animals of the same breed in order to consolidate and typify the characteristics inherent in this breed, using animals of related breeds in breeding and breeding work.;

37-1) labeling – textual and (or) graphic information applied to breeding material and (or) to its packaging;

38) a breed with a limited gene pool is a group of rare and unparalleled animals of the domestic breed, necessary for use for breeding purposes and in danger of extinction.;

39) insemination technician - an individual who has notified the authorized body of the beginning (termination) of activities for the provision of artificial insemination services for animals;

40) a breed is a group of animals of the same species of common origin, formed under the influence of human creative activity in certain economic and natural conditions, quantitatively sufficient for breeding "in itself" and possessing economic and breeding value supported by selection, selection, creation of technological conditions appropriate to their genotype, as well as a certain specificity in morphological, physiological and economically useful properties that distinguish it from other breeds of the same species;

41) breed standard – minimum requirements for the phenotypic, productive and (or) other indicators of breeding animals of the corresponding breed, approved by the republican chambers;

42) an embryo is an embryo that develops from a fertilized egg;

43) embryo transplantation is a biotechnological technique for obtaining more offspring from breeding animals;

44) embryo transplantation specialist - an individual who has notified the authorized body of the beginning (termination) of activities for the provision of services for the receipt, cryopreservation and transplantation (transplantation) of embryos of breeding animals.

The footnote. Article 1 as amended by the Law of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 12.01.2012 No. 540-IV (effective after ten calendar days after its first official publication); as amended by the Laws of the Republic of Kazakhstan dated 10.07.2012 No. 36-V (effective after ten calendar days after its first official publication); dated 17.01.2014 No. 165-V (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); dated 29.09.2014 No. 239-V (effective after ten calendar days after the date of its first official publication); dated 27.11.2015 No. 424-V (effective six months after the date of its first official publication); dated 10.10.2022 No. 144-VII (effective sixty calendar days after the date of its first official publication).

The LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN dated July 9, 1998 No. 278.

This Law defines the legal, organizational and economic bases for carrying out activities in the field of breeding livestock, is aimed at preserving and increasing the gene pool of breeding animals, as well as reproducing and improving their productive qualities, regulates the activities of government agencies, individuals and legal entities engaged in the field of breeding livestock.

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