National legislation

The amendments of the Milk Products Ordinance of 15 July 1970 (BGBl. I p. 1150) deal with the following articles: The following sentence shall be added to article 3, paragraph 1: "Article 9 of the Ordinance on additives is to be applied." The following sentence shall...

An Ordinance to implement EU regulations on the production of brandy. Article 1 establishes that, according to EU regulations, only certain substances are to be used for the production of brandy. Then the Ordinance deals specifically with the production of German brandy. Unless the product has...

Moreover, this Ordinance amends the Meat Hygiene Ordinance of 21 May 1997 (BGBl. I p. 1138), the Ordinance of 10 Mai 1976 on minced meat, the Ordinance of 18 April 1997 on importation and finally the Ordinance on milk of 24 April 1995 (BGBl. I p....

Article 1 of this Ordinance contains the amendment of the Fish Hygiene Ordinance of 31 March 1994 (BGBl. I p. 737). In particular, article 22 dealing with importation of fish from third countries shall be replaced. Article 2 concerns the amendment of the Ordinance on milk...

The present Law lays down provisions relating to the sustainable development of agricultural economy and rural areas. In particular, its specific purpose is to create a favourable framework for a sustainable development of agriculture and to promote the production of safe and high quality food. The...

The present Law implements the Federal Meat Hygiene Act in its version of 30 June 2003 (BGBl. I p. 1242, 1585). Article 1 names the Ministry of Women, Labour, Health and Social Affairs as responsible for the execution of legislation on meat hygiene. The text consists...

Article 2 contains supplementary regulations as to the production of butter, and article 3 as to the marking and labelling of butter. The Ordinance deals also with issues such as various qualities of butter and the production of high quality butter, namely "German Quality Butter" as...

The present Ordinance implements the Milk Quality Ordinance of 9 July 1980 (BGBl. I p. 878). The text - consisting of 9 articles – deals with the following aspects: sampling, classification of sample, maintenance of sampling facilities, advisory service, calculation of prices, quality control, monitoring and...

The purpose of the present Ordinance is to implement, inter alia, the Milk Quality Ordinance of 9 July 1980 (BGBl. I p. 878, 1081). The text consists of 5 articles as follows: Competences (1); Authorization of sampling devices (2); Quality characteristics, number of samples and evaluation...

An Ordinance to ensure the quality of bananas within the EU. The competent authority is the Federal Institute for Agriculture and Food. Before the first unloading takes place, the appropriate party has to forward data relating to the cargo of bananas expected to arrive. At the...

The present Ordinance implements the Council Directive 75/440/EEC of 16 June 1975 concerning the quality required of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the Member States. The Ordinance applies to surface waters and parts thereof used for abstraction of public potable water...

The present Act amends the Meat Hygiene Act of 8 July 1993 (BGBl. I p. 1169).The amendment concerns article 5, No. 2, of the above-mentioned Act dealing with slaughterhouses, meat production plants and cool-houses. The Act consists of 2 articles. ...

The amendments concern article 3 dealing with labelling requirements for foodstuffs composed of animal parts. If foodstuff is composed of protein this must be shown on the label. Annexes 1 and 2 are also amended. The Ordinance consists of 2 articles. ...

The present Ordinance amends the Ordinance on frozen food of 29 October 1991 (BGBl. I p. 2051). The amendments concern article 2: paragraph 5 on "Local plants producing frozen food" is added; articles 2a and 2b are also added. The former deals with transport and the...

Fish, molluscs, crustaceans and other food coming from or produced in Albania may not be marketed. Article 3 sets out penalties in case of violation. The Ordinance consists of 4 articles. ...

The above-mentioned Ordinance amends the Ordinance on fish products from Japan of 24 April 1995. The amendment concerns the addition of article 1a whereby article 1 does not apply to fish products in the trade before 27 April 1995. Article 4, paragraph 2, is repealed. The...

This Ordinance repeals the following Ordinances: Ordinance on marketing of certain foodstuff from Brazil of 25 September 1992 (BGBl. I p. 1671); Ordinance on marketing of certain foodstuff from Ecuador and Columbia of 14 February 1992 (BGBl. I p. 262); Ordinance on marketing of certain foodstuff...

The present Ordinance implements the Federal Wine Act of 8 July 1994 (BGBl I p. 1467), the Wine Ordinance of 9 May 1995 (BGBl I p. 630) and the Wine Inspection Ordinance of 9 May 1995 (BGBl I p. 630, 655). The text consists of 32...

The present Ordinance implements, inter alia, the Federal Wine Act in its version of 8 July 1994. In particular the Ordinance lays down provisions relating to the efficient enforcement of the afore-mentioned Act. The Ordinance specifies, modifies and enlarges in details certain aspects of the said...

The present Ordinance deals with the implementation of the Act on Wine of 8 July 1994. It specifies, modifies and enlarges in details certain aspects of the said Act. The Ordinance deals with issues such as quality wine, labelling marketing, cases of violations, etc. The text...