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Cabinet Regulation No. 96 of 2005 on Procedures by which Market Supervision Institutions Request and Receive Samples of Goods, and Handle them after a Laboratory or Other Types of Expert-Examination

Country/Territory
Latvia
Document type
Regulation
Date
2005
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Latvijas Vēstnesis, 21, 08.02.2005.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Consumer protection Public health Access-to-information Internal trade Procedural matters Research Inspection Enforcement/compliance
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Northern Europe
Abstract

These Regulations prescribe the procedures by which market supervision institutions shall request and receive samples of goods, as well as by which they shall handle them after a laboratory or other type of expert-examination. These Regulations apply to non-food consumer goods. Market supervision institutions shall take samples at the places where goods are located. On behalf of a market supervision institution, samples of goods shall be requested and taken by an official of the market supervision institution. An official of the market supervision institution, when requesting and taking samples, shall present a service identification card.

Full text
English/Latvian
Website
likumi.lv

References - Legislation

Implements

Law on the Safety of Goods and Services (2004)

Legislation | Latvia | 2004 (2014)

Keyword: Consumer protection, Public health, Access-to-information, Internal trade, Food quality control/food safety

Source: FAO, FAOLEX