Cattle Notification Ordinance 2014.

Subject

Livestock, Food & nutrition

Keyword

Poultry products Meat Data collection/reporting Registration Internal trade Enforcement/compliance Offences/penalties Cattle Rodents Sheep/goats Poultry

Geographical area

Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe

Abstract

The present Ordinance by the Federal Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, the Environment and Water Resources is made under the Market Organization Act 2007 (BGBl. I, No. 55/2007). The purpose of the Ordinance is to enforce, inter alia, the Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1249/2008 laying down detailed rules on the implementation of the Community scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and the reporting of prices thereof of 10 December 2008. In particular, the Ordinance lays down provisions relating to notification requirements in the sectors cattle and meat, eggs and poultry. The text – consisting of 14 articles – deals , inter alia, with the following aspects: sphere of application, definition of terms, form requirements, notification requirements for cattle and beef, notification requirements for pigs and pork, for sheep and sheep meat, for eggs, for poultry and poultry products and final provisions.

Full text

German

Website

www.ris.bka.gv.at

References - Legislation

Implements

Market Organization Act 2007.

Legislation | Austria | 2007 (2015)

Keyword: Agricultural commodities, Agricultural development, Internal trade, International trade, Institution, Food quality control/food safety, Animal welfare

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1249/2008 laying down detailed rules on the implementation of the Community scales for the classification of beef, pig and sheep carcases and the reporting of prices thereof.

Legislation | European Union | 2008

Keyword: Meat, Cattle, Sheep/goats, Swine, Classification/declassification

Source: FAO, FAOLEX