National legislation

The present Ordinance has been adopted to amend the Ordinance of 26 August 2005 establishing veterinary police measures against poultry contagious diseases. The Ordinance is supplemented by inserting new provisions concerning the obligations of persons engaged in the breeding of poultry and in the marketing of...

With a view to preventing the outbreak and spread of avian flu, the present Ordinance lays down particular veterinary police measures, including checks on farms and quarantine. Article 4 lays down rules aplicable to fresh poultry products, whilst article 5 applies to poultry products imported from...

By way of implementation of Directive 2004/47/EC, the purity criteria applicable to mixed carotenes and beta-carotenes laid down in the Annex to Ministerial Decree No. 684 of 1996 shall be replaced by those established in the present Decree. ...

The present Legislative Decree, which has been enacted pursuant to Directive 2002/99/EC, sets out the general animal health rules governing all stages of the production, processing and distribution within the Community as well as the introduction from third countries of products of animal origin and products...

There is hereby established the legislative framework applicable in the Molise Region as regards the gathering, cultivation and marketing of truffles for human consumption. Truffles shall not be placed on the market unless they belong to the species listed in article 3. The gathering of...

The present Decree lays down amendments to Decree of 27 August 2004, which established maximum residue limits for active substances in foodstuffs and feedingstuffs. In particular, Anexes 2, 3 and 4 to that Decree are modified and supplemented, in accordance with Anexes hereby attached. ...

There are hereby laid down at the regional level provisions to implement Directives 2001/42/EC, 2003/4/EC and 2003/78/EC which concern respectively the assessment of the effects of certain plans and programmes on the environment, public access to environmental information and the sampling methods as well as the...

Articles 3 and 5 of Legislative Decree No. 77 of 1993 concerning nutrition labelling for foodstuffs are supplemented by the present Decree, by way of implementation of Commission Directive 2003/120/EC. ...

This Legislative Decree sets out the penalties to be applied in case of infringement of the provisions laid down in, on the one hand, Regulation (EC) No. 1829/2003 concerning genetically modified food products and feedstuffs and, on the other hand, Regulation (EC) No. 1830/2003 concerning the...

Particular amendments are hereby laid down to Presidential Decree No. 128 of 1999, so as to put it in line with Directive 2003/13/EC, which has modified Directive 96/5/EC on processed cereal-based foods and baby foods for infants and young children. Annexes I and II shall be...

Particular amendments are hereby laid down to Decree No. 500 of 1994 concerning infant food, so as to put it in line with the provisions contained in Directive 2003/14/EC, which has amended Directive 91/321/EEC on infant formulae and follow-on formulae. According to article 5 of Decree...

The present Decree establishes sampling and analysis methods to be followed to carry out the official control of the levels of tin in canned foods prescribed, at the European Community level, by Directive 2004/16/EC. ...

The present Decree lays down detailed measures applicable to the placing on the market of eggs, particularly as regards marking and packages. ...

The maximum residue limits to be applied to certain active substances of phytosanitary products which are present in products destined to human or animal consumption, established by Ministerial Decree of 27 August 2004, shall be replaced by those set out in the Annex hereby attached as...

The Abruzzo Region hereby promotes the adoption of traceability systems to be applied in respect of agricultural products and foodstuffs, with a view to ensuring the safety of food products and guarantee consumers’ right of information. ...

According to article 5(4) of Ministerial Decree of 27 May 2004, persons engaged in the production of fresh milk shall adopt a written set of instructions concerning the procedures for the identification and traceability of milk. Such set of instructions shall be adopted by following the...

By way of implementation of Directive 2002/33/EC, some amendments are hereby laid down to Annex A to Legislative Decree No. 28 of 1993 and to Legislative Decree No. 674 of 1996 in matter of health requirements applicable to animal by-products. ...

By way of implementation of Directive 2003/95/EC, this Decree establishes the purity criteria which shall apply to certain food additives, in particular those listed out in Annex II hereto. Such purity criteria shall replace those laid down under Decree No. 356 of 1997, which, actually, has...

With a view to implementing Directive 2003/121/EC (which amends Directive 98/53/EC concerning the sampling methods and the methods of analysis for the official control of the levels for certain contaminants in foodstuffs), this Decree lays down particular amendments to Annex I to Ministerial Decree of 23...

This Decree has been adopted in implementation of Commission Directive 2003/78/EC. The sampling for the official control of the levels of patulin in foodstuffs shall be carried out in accordance with the methods fully described in Annex I. Annex II describes the sample preparation and methods...