National legislation

This Decree-Law institutes the Portuguese Agency for Food Safety, APSA, and regulates its running. In particular, the Decree-Law defines APSA’s legal status, mission, structure and functions. The Agency takes over the functions and competences of the extinguished Agency for Quality and Food Safety, AQSA. The Decree-Law...

This Decree-Law, composed of 35 articles, establishes the regime of penalties applicable to the non compliance with the legal provisions on production, trade, transformation and transport of wine and other wine derived products. The Decree-Law defines the competent authorities, rules on the preventive measures. Moreover, it...

This Decree-Law, composed of 4 articles and one Annex, introduces into the national legal system The Commission Directive 2003/95/EC on food additives other than colours and sweeteners. The Annex amends the Decree-Law No. 365/98 of 21 November 1998 and establishing purity criteria applicable to food additives...

This Decree-Law, composed of 18 articles and 3 Annexes, introduces into the National legal system the EU Commission Directive 2003/120/EC amending Directive 90/496/EEC on nutrition labelling for foodstuffs. ...

This Decree-Law, composed of 9 articles, defines the implementing rules of the Regulation (EC) No. 1830/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the traceability and labelling of genetically modified organisms and the traceability of food and feed products produced from genetically modified organisms....

This Decree-Law, composed of one article, modifies Decree-Law No. 72/2003 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms. In particular, it refers to GMO application to food and feed. ...

This Normative Dispatch, composed of 6 articles, rules the registration procedures for the recognition and protection of designations for spirit drinks in accordance to Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1576/89. ...

This Decree Law, composed of 13 articles, introduces into the National legal order the EU Commission Directive 2003/40 establishing the list, concentration limits and labelling requirements for the constituents of natural mineral waters and the conditions for using ozone-enriched air for the treatment of natural mineral...

This Decree-Law, composed of 17 articles and 2 Annexes, establishes the conditions for the commercialization of frozen, deep frozen and defrost fishery and aquaculture products. It rules on temperature, labelling and sale standards and establishes the procedures for calculating net weight. It establishes, as controlling authorities,...

This Decree-Law, composed of 27 articles and 1 Annex, introduces into the National legal system the EU Commission Regulation No. 1019/2002 on marketing standards for olive oil. It establishes specific standards for retail-stage marketing of particular olive oils and olive-pomace oils. In particular, marketing standards concern...

This Decree-Law, composed of 12 articles and 2 Annexes, transposes into national law the EU Directive No. 2001/110, of the Council of 20 December relating to honey production and marketing. Offences and penalties for illegal activities are appended to the text. Annexes specify: denominations, descriptions and...

This Decree-Law is composed of four articles and one Annex. It introduces in the national legal system Commission Directive 2001/15/EC on substances that may be added for specific nutritional purposes in foods for particular nutritional uses. Moreover, it amends Decree-Law No. 241/2002 defining criteria applicable to...

This Decree-Law fixes tax rates for the collection, transformation and distribution of bird and mammal meat subproducts, including specific risk material (MRE). The State will tax the agents responsible for this activity removing itself from the foresaid activity, these measures aim at fighting the BCE epidemic....

This Decree-Law implements Commissions Directive No. 2001/30/CE, 2 May, regarding purity criteria of some specific food additives, adds a new Annex to Decree-Law No. 365/98, 21 November. ...

This Order establishes official terms concerning financial competencies in which quick tests will be put into action regarding supervision of mad cow disease (EET) as well as laboratory fees. ...

This Order is composed of II Annexes. Annex I refers to authorized pre mixture producers and Annex II to compound producers. ...

This Regional Decree approves new composition, duties and competencies of the Regional Direction of Agriculture (DRA). It consists of 4 chapters and 1 annex specifying the responsability of such local administration, the aim of which is to promote agricultural production and trade agricultural products, carry out...

This Decree-Law, composed of 25 articles and 3 Annexes, regulates the quality of water used for human consumption. It aims at protecting human health from harmful effects caused by water contamination, by ensuring that it is wholesome and clean. It introduces into national legal system the...

a) Order No. 427/87 of 4 June; b) Order No. 473/87 of 4 June; c) Order No. 66/88 of 2 February; d) Order No. 110/88 of 2 February; e) Order No. 73/90 of 1 February; f) Order No. 74/90 of 1 February; g) Order No. 75/90...

This Decree-Law approves EC Directives concerning plastic box to be used in food packaging. It consists of 16 articles and 8 annexes establishing the requirements to be satisfied in order to produce plastic boxes to be used in food packaging and specifying unauthorized substances to be...