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The last version of the ICAR Statutes
approved by the General Assembly held in Niagara
Falls, USA on 20 June 2008, are available, for now,
only in
English.
French and German translations are under
preparation
ICAR Statutes: An introduction
ICAR is today the
world-wide organisation for the standardisation of
animal recording and productivity evaluation. Its
aim is to promote improvement of farm animal
recording and evaluation through the formulation of
definitions and standards for the measurement of
traits of economic importance. The Organisation is
registered in Paris, France, in accordance with
French law as an international non-governmental
(INGO) and non-profit organisation.
ICAR’s mission is
to provide benefits to its member organisations
through actions that they cannot do efficiently
themselves:
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providing
information and services which help member
organisations to develop, operate and manage their
business;
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providing
information and services which promote benefits of
recording and evaluation, thereby increasing the
demand for the services provided by ICAR member
organisations;
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providing
guidelines and standards which facilitate the
provision of services and the exchange of
information by member organisations both
nationally and internationally; and
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providing a body
through which member organisations can work
together to achieve shared objectives.
The present
structure of ICAR as a registered non-profit INGO
provides for full participation of its members in
developing - among other things - guidelines and
recommendations on the basis of the sound scientific
evidence. Guidelines represent a minimum of the
requirements set up to ensure a satisfactory degree
of uniformity of recording among member countries,
and a maximum flexibility in the choice of methods.
Created in Rome in
March 1951 as a small regionally bound organisation,
ICAR evolved in recent years to international
status. The actual Statutes were developed as
follows:
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Decision of the
General Assembly to empower the Board to proceed
with such a registration and to make the minor
changes to the Statutes as may be required to
comply with the French Law; Rotorua (New Zealand)
22nd January, 1998.
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Approval by the
Board of the proposed Statutes; Paris (France) 5
March, 1999.
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Declaration and
presentation of the new Statutes to the
Préfecture de Police; Paris (France) 29
March, 1999.
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Recognition by
the French Republic as an Association Loi 1901;
19 April, 1999.
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Published in the
Journal Officiel No. 20 of the 15 May,
1999.
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Final adoption by the General
Assembly in Bled, Slovenia, on the 16 May, 2000.
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Modified and approved by
the General Assembly held in Kuopio, Finland on 9
June 2006.
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Modified and approved by
the General Assembly held in Niagara Falls, USA on
20 June 2008
ICAR By-Laws
The General
Assembly, held in Niagara Falls (USA) on 20 June
2008, approved the last version of the ICAR By-laws.
This last version is actually under preparation. The
previous version approved in 2006 in Kuopio can be
downloaded here
here
(90 Kb)
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11/08/2008
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