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Act containing rules relative to prevention of hoarding of goods in exceptional circumstances (Hoarding Act).

Country/Territory
Netherlands
Document type
Legislation
Date
1962 (2012)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food security Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Benelux, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

This Act provides for measures to prevent hoarding of goods including food in times of war, insurrection, natural calamities, etc. the Act, among other things, grants regulation-making powers to the Minister of Agriculture to prevent excessive purchase and storage of products as mentioned in the first comma of article 1 of the Agriculture Act

Full text
Dutch
Website
www.overheid.nl