National legislation

This Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, which is composed of eight articles and two Annexes, lays down requirements for production, importation and marketing of the following products made from fruits: jams, jellies, marmalades and sweetened chestnut puree. Annex 1 specifies minimum amount...

This Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, which is composed of eight articles and four Annexes, lays down provisions with respect to fruit juice, fruit juice from concentrate, concentrated fruit juice, dehydrated or powdered fruit juice and fruit nectar. Art. 2 provides definitions...

This Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, which is composed of eight articles and two Annexes, lays down requirements for the acquisition, production, importation and marketing of honey. Art. 2 provides definition of honey for the purposes of the present Decree. Art. 3...

This Government Ordinance, which is composed of 15 articles and one Annex, establishes: (a) sanitary requirements for direct sale and delivery of small quantities of primary products to the final consumer or to local retail establishments directly delivering to the final consumer, and the duties and...

This Government Ordinance, which is composed of 14 articles and three Annexes, lays down: (a) requirements of the construction and equipment of food establishments (art. 2-5); (b) procedures of the delivery of food of animal origin from the retail establishment to other retail establishments that are...

This Act lays down some amendments and addenda to the Act on foodstuffs. In particular, the present Act amends provisions concerning requirements for safety, composition, technological processes, packaging, labeling, storage and transport of foodstuffs (art. 3 of the amended Act) and establishes the system of rapid...

This Government Ordinance lays down some amendments to the Ordinance laying down requirements for water intended for human consumption and quality control of water intended for human consumption. In particular the present Ordinance establishes obligations of natural persons and legal entities and amends water quality paarmeters...

The first part of this Act amends 11 points of the Act on foodstuffs. In particular, the Act amends conditions of food sales (art. 12 of the amended Act), provisions concerning control of foodstuffs (art. 19), and sanctions (art. 28 and 29). The second part of...

This Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture establishes the contents of nutritional statement, the manner of marketing of nutritional value and the manner of its calculation. The notice is published in the Bulletin 22/2009 of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic and can be...

This Government Ordinance amends 14 points of the Ordinance establishing conditions of support within common organization of the market in wine. In particular, support to investments can only be given to the following measures: (a) investments to implement and comply with food standards and production standards;...

This Government Ordinance lays down that the national reference laboratory for infected birds responsible for the coordination of diagnostic methods established by the amended Ordinance and their use in approved laboratories in the Slovak Republic is listed in Annex 3 parts I and II. ...

This Government Ordinance, which is composed of 15 articles and three Annexes, prohibits marketing of substances listed in Annex 1 which are intended to feed of kinds of animals whose meat and products are intended for human consumption. It is also prohibited to: (a) give to...

This Government Ordinance, which is composed of four articles and one Annex, establishes calculation of costs of: (a) official food control authorities associated with the control of food of plant origin entering the territory of the Slovak Republic from a state which is not the member...

This Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Health establishes requirements for non-processed fishery products, prepared fishery products and processed fishery products intended for human consumption, requirements for their importation from third countries, for handling them and their placing on the market. ...

This Government Ordinance, which is composed of 29 articles and two Annexes, establishes conditions of support within common organization of the market in wine for the following activities: (a) promotion on markets of third countries; (b) restructurization of viticulture; (c) crop insurance; (d) investments; (e) the...

This Government Ordinance, which is composed of 48 articles and six Annexes, lays down: (a) health requirements for placing aquaculture animals and products on the market, their import and transit; (b) minimum preventive measures aimed at increasing awareness and preparedness of the authorities and enterprises dealing...

This Act in particular lays down provisions concerning licensing for packing caviar. The Ministry makes decisions relating to changing licenses, processing, packing or repacking caviar intended for export or re-export within the Community. ...

This Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, which is composed of seven articles and one Annex, sets out details on (i) technical measures concerning the cultivation of genetically modified plants, (ii) a specialized plan of cultivation of genetically modified plants, (iii) minimum distances among cultivations. ...

This Government Ordinance, which is composed of ten articles and four Annexes, concerns the quality of water intended for human consumption and lays down: a) obligations of natural persons and legal entities that manufacture and supply water intended for human consumption; (b) obligations of natural persons...

This lays dow rights and obligations of legal persons and individuals involved in the cultivation of varieties of genetically modified plants. Furthermore, the Act regulates the registration of clands where genetically modified plants are cultivated and sets out conditions for dealing with genetically modified plants and...