National legislation

This Decree prohibits acting contrary to article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 258/97 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 January 1997 concerning novel foods and novel food ingredients. The person responsible for placing on the Community market shall submit a request to...

"Micro nutritional substances" are substances intended for human consumption which are indispensable for the functioning of the human mechanism, which are not supplied by the human mechanism itself, and which have to be consumed in small quantities (art. 1). It is forbidden by article 2 to...

The Regulation is made under the Commodities Act and implements the Community legislation on fishery products and bivalve mollusks, notably Council Directive 91/492 and Council directive 91/493. The Regulation prescribes rules relative to handling, processing and packing and placing on the market of fresh and treated...

This Ministerial Regulation implements EC Council Regulation (EC) 2081/92 respectively 2082/92 concerning the protection of geographical indications and designation of origin for agricultural products and foodstuffs respectively the certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs. The Regulation makes, inter alia, provision for the registration...

This Ministerial Regulation, based on article 30 a of the Meat Inspection Act, implements provisions of EC Council Directive 92/5/EC which amends Directive 77/99/EC. The Directive lays down rules regarding public health issues in trade in meat and meat products between member states. Requirements which shall...

This Decree, made under the Commodities Act, implements provision of Council Directive 90/496/EEC on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs. It prohibits the placing on the market of food for which a nutritional claim is made, that does not comply with these Regulations and, in general, provides rules...

This Ministerial Regulation formulates rules relative to food for special nutritional purposes implementing EC Council Directive 89/398/EC). The Directive gives criteria which should be complied with in trade of products for food for special nutritional purposes. Food for special nutritional purposes is defined as food which...

This Ministerial Regulation formulates rules relative to ionizing radiation of food and beverages in the interest of public health and fair trade. The Regulation is not based on EC legislation but refers norms of to the Recommended International Code of Practice for the Operation of Iraddiation...

The provisions of this Ministerial Regulation implement EC Council Directive 89/107/EC. "Food Additives" are defined in article 1 as all substances whether having or not nutritional value and which as a rule by themselves are not consumed as food and which as a rule are not...

The Decree is a general rule which lays down the basic measures to regulate the quality requirements and the organization of the control of quality fish and fisheries products in order to improve marketing. As such, it establishes the conditions to which fish and fisheries products...

Article 1 of the Residue Decree of 1964 prescribes that the quantity of pesticide as referred to in article 16 of the Pesticides Act shall be established by the Minister of Health and the Environment and the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries by Regulation in relation...

This Act establishes the Principal Product Branch for Agricultural Products and product branches for sowing seeds, grains, potatoes and feedstuffs. These Branches shall be semi-public organization for enterprises involved in production or processing of and the trade in products obtained from the cultivation of land. The...

The quantity of pesticide as referred to in article 16 of the Pesticides Act shall be established by the Minister of Health and the Environment and the Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries by Regulation in relation to specified food and beverages. These quantities shall be in...

This Act establishes an arrangement for the development of the market for agricultural products, including fishery products from aquaculture. It lays down rules relative to the internal market for these products and provide for the collaboration of Product Branch Organizations in this respect. It also provides...

This Act establishes the Product Branch for Fish and Fish Products, a semi-public organization for enterprises involved in fishery, the processing of fish products for food or animal feed and the trade in fish or fish products. The Product Branch shall act as regulatory body for...

This Act establishes a Product Branch for dairy products obtained from cow milk. The Branch shall be semi-public organization for enterprises involved in production or processing of and the trade in dairy products including imported products. The Product Branches shall act as regulatory body for the...

This Act establishes the Principal Product Branch for Agricultural Products and product branches for sowing seeds, grains, potatoes and feedstuffs. These Branches shall be semi-public organization for enterprises involved in production or processing of and the trade in products obtained from the cultivation of land. The...

This Act establishes a Product Branch for Margarines, Oils and Fats of plant or animal origin. The Branch shall be semi-public organization for enterprises involved in production or processing of and the trade in Margarine, Oil and Fat products including imported products. The Product Branches...

This Act establishes a Product Branch for vegetables and fruit. The Branch shall be semi-public organization for enterprises involved in production or processing of and the trade in vegetable and fruit products obtained from the cultivation of land including imported products. The Product Branches shall act...

The Act contains rules relative to the indication of nutritional values and other prescribed indications on the packaging of goods and the placing of goods on the market. “Goods” is defined in article 1 so as to include food, beverages within the meaning of Directive 107/202....