National legislation

The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the levying of fees and expenses for the use of services of the Bavarian State Office for Health and Safety of Food. Article 3 lays down services free of charge and article 4 deals with the amount of...

The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to fees and costs for use of services of the Bavarian State Office for the Environment and the Bavarian State Office for Health and Food Safety. The text consists of 7 articles. ...

Article 1 of the above-mentioned Ordinance introduces some amendments to the Meat Hygiene Ordinance in its consolidated version of 29 June (BGBl. I p. 1366). Whereas article 2 amends the Poultry Meat Hygiene Ordinance in its consolidated version of 21 December 2001 (BGBl. I p. 4098,...

An Act to implement the Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on genetically modified food and feed, and the Regulation (EC) No. 1830/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms...

The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the designation, domicile and district of competent authorities in the field of agriculture, forestry, food and genetic engineering. In particular, the Ordinance deals with the following authorities: the Environment, Agriculture and Geology State Office, Forestry State Office, State...

The present Ordinance introduces the Directive 2002/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to food supplements into German national legislation. It concerns the sale of food supplements which are sold as food and...

The present Ordinance introduces the Council Directive 2001/112/EC relating to fruit juices and certain similar products intended for human consumption into German national legislation. The said Ordinance lays down particular standards applicable to fruit juices, similar products and fruit nectars intended for human consumption. Article 2...

The present Ordinance implements the Milk Quality Ordinance of 9 July 1980 (BGBl. I p. 878). The text consists of 7 articles as follows: Sampling (1); Classification of samples (2); Maintenance of sampling facilities (3); Examination (4); Calculation of prices (5); Penalties (6); Sphere of application...

Part 2 of the Ordinance implements the the Butter Ordinance of 3 February 1997 (BGBl. I p. 144). Article 5 lays down provisions relating to sampling of German dairy products. ...

The purpose of the present Ordinance is to implement the Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy. The Ordinance is applicable to the: 1) description, categorization and typification of waters; 2)...

The present Ordinance introduces the Council Directive 2001/110/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to honey into German national legislation. It applies to the different types of honey defined under article 3. For the purpose of this Ordinance, "honey" is the natural sweet substance produced by Apis...

The present Ordinance lays down provisions concerning residue limits of harmful substances in foodstuffs. According to article 1, foodstuff listed in the Annex may not be brought into circulation if it exceeds the indicated maximum residue limits. The text consists of 5 articles and 1 Annex....

The present Law enforces the Meat Labelling Act of 26 February 1998 (BGBl. I p. 380). In particular, the Law lays down provisions relating to the efficient and correct enforcement of the afore-mentioned Act. The Law consists of 3 articles as follows: Competences (1); Fees and...

The present Ordinance implements Council Directive 2001/113/EC relating to fruit jams, jellies and marmalades and sweetened chestnut purée intended for human consumption of 20 December 2001. The text consists of 7 articles as follows: Sphere of application (1); Ingredients (2); Labelling (3); Ban on marketing (4);...

The present Ordinance introduces the Council Directive 2001/111/EC relating to certain sugars intended for human consumption into German national legislation. The said Ordinance lays out particular standards applicable to certain sugars destined for human consumption. Packaging and labelling requirements are set out in Article 2. The...

The present Law lays down provisions relating to competences in view of the enforcement of the following Acts: Food Security Act of 20 August 1990; Fertilizer Ordinance of 26 January 1996; Wine Act of 16 May 2001; Ecological Production Act of 10 July 2002; Plant Protection...

The present Law lays down provisions relating to the public health and veterinary service, food and consumer protection and food survey. The purpose of the Law is to conserve and promote the public health system in respect of both humans and animals, as well as consumer...

Article 1 of the above-mentioned Ordinance amends article 10a of the Foodstuff Labelling Ordinance in its consolidated version of 15 December 1999 (BGBl. I p. 2464). Article 2 introduces some amendments to the Foodstuff Import Ordinance in its consolidated version of 20 April 1999 (BGBl. I...

The present Ordinance introduces some amendments to the Ordinance on spirits of 29 January 1998 (BGBl. I p. 310). Inter alia article 10 relating to definitions is reworded; an article 14 concerning transitional provisions is also added. ...

An Ordinance to implement the Commission Regulation (EC) No 1019/2002 of 13 June 2002 on marketing standards for olive oil. In particular it refers to article 9, paragraph 2, relating to establishments carrying out packaging facilities. The Federal Institute for Agriculture and Food is empowered to...