Official adress to the Romanian Gouvernament

Ministry of Food and Agriculture
The National Agency for Amelioration and Reproduction in Zootechny “Prof. Dr. G. K. Constantinescu”

SGG 17/8979 – 08.08.2000

To
Mr. Radu Stroe, General Secretary,
The Romanian Government’s General Secretariat

Dear Mr. Secretary General,

After analyzing the administrative complaint registered with you under the number 20/5497/RS/12.07.2000 (submitted to you one day before
the Government’s meeting during which it was to be discussed the draft of the Governmental Decision for the completion of HG 1223/1996), complaint received from the so called “Romanian Kennel Association”, signed by Petru Munteanu in his capacity as president of the above “association”, we bring to your attention the official position of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture:
1.There is no association legally registered under the name of the “Romanian Kennel Association” with headoffices at 61, Popa Tatu Str., and has no registered president with the name of Petru Munteanu.
2.There is one association called the “Romanian Kennel Association” registered under the number 4407/PJ/1976 with head offices at 128, Calea Mosilor, having as president Mr. Vasile Maier, as per the final Civil Decision nr. 606 of 17 March 1999 issued by the Bucharest Tribunal and the one dated 30 June 1999 of the Bucharest Court, judged as final on 24 August 1999. Moreover, the letter nr. 033/30.06.2000 of the Romanian Kennel Association, addressed to Mr. Prime Minister, which copy we herewith attach, confirms all of the above and, more, informs us about the annulment of the stamp illegally used by Mr. Petru Munteanu.
3.The claimant misled the national and international public by illegally using the name of the association who they tried to substitute, with tragic repercussions today. They also mislead the International Kennel Federation (IKF). Only through a last minute intervention of our Ministry we could avoid Romania being expelled from the Federation, as well as the Romanian participation at the World Championship in Milan with the Romanian Shepherd dogs presentation.
4.Considering the approval of the legal measures to establish the Romanian National Kennel Authority as well as establishing the common measures necessary in order to avoid a possible international conflict which might arouse due to the fact that the IKF ignored the decisions made by the Romanian instances, received by them in official translation, the FCI therefore established a working meeting in Vienna, on 13 August 2000 with the representatives of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. This underlines once more the necessity of a fast approval of the Governmental Decision for the completion of HG 1223/1996, in the form presented by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.
5.The proposal regarding the establishment of the Romanian National Kennel Authority as a specialized commission, internationally representative, was made following preliminary consultations with the FCI and based on its statutes. We notice that the FCI’s statutes provides for the existence of a sole habilitated organization, expressly approved as such by the countries’ Governments (such habilitation was
granted in Romania by the Ministry for Food and Agriculture only for the Romanian Kennel Association with headoffices at 128, Calea Mosilor).
6.With regards to the so-called violation of the free association right and to the relationship between the public authority and the representatives of the associations, as described by the Ordinance 26/2000, we consider such allegations false and obviously meant
to mislead. The statutes of the Romanian National Kennel Authority, as stipulated by the draft for the completion of HG 1223/1996, mentions that this Authority will act as a centralized specialized commission which will elaborate the technical norms and the methodology for the entire kennel activity.
The Authority will also make available a series of means and instruments necessary for the carrying out of the kenneling activity. The Authority will, by no means, become an administrative structure for the management of the activities carried out by various kennel associations and foundations, as erroneously presented by the claimant. Moreover, according to the legislation in force, especially Law 40/1975 and HG
1223/1996, preparation of the technical programs of breeding, improvement and reproduction of all animal species are the task of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture and its specialized subordinated structure. The Romanian National Kennel Authority, subordinated to the ANARZ, will have as main task the elaboration of the methodological norms regarding the breeding, improvement and reproduction of dogs, as ANARZ is currently doing for other animal species.

We also send you, attached, an analysis of the files submitted by the claimant as well as by other legally constituted associations to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture for an updated evaluation of the kenneling activity in Romania. The analysis contains references to the above-mentioned files that, at your request, we will be glad to submit to you for further analysis.

Sincerely,

General Manager
Sorin Chelmu. "

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