Decree implementing the Ecological Agriculture Act. Country/Territory Czechia Document type Regulation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Collection of Laws No. 53 of 2001. Subject Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants Keyword Ecological production/organic production Agricultural commodities Food quality control/food safety Transport/storage Packaging/labelling Animal production Cattle Sheep/goats Swine Rodents Equine-animals Poultry Apiculture/sericulture Marking/identification Registration Fertilizers/nutrients Plant production Geographical area Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries Entry into force notes The Decree enters into force on the day of publication in the Collection of Laws. Abstract This Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture sets out detailed provisions to implement the Ecological Agriculture Act. It specifies the animal species that may be bred through ecological methods (cattle, equines, swines, sheep, goats, rabbits, poultry, fishes and Central European ecotypes of bees Appis mellifera). Moreover, as regards cultivation of plants, it establishes that the following may be used in ecological agriculture: barnyard, fertilizers, subsidiary soil substances, subsidiary plant preparations and substrates established by specific provisions and specified in Annex 3. The Decree is composed of the following Sections: (1) General provisions; (2) Cultivation of plants; (3) General provisions concerning breeding of selected animals; (4) Requirements for breeding selected animals; (5) Food production; (6) Certification, marking, transport and registration; (7) Final provisions. Full text Czech Website www.podnikame.cz References - Legislation Implements Organic Farming Act No. 242/2000. Legislation | Czechia | 2000 (2022) Keyword: Basic legislation, Ecological production/organic production, Research, International trade, Inspection, Agricultural development, Apiculture/sericulture, Farming, Registration, Agroecology, Food quality control/food safety, Certification, Ecofriendly products/ecofriendly processes, Animal production, Biotechnology, Packaging/labelling Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Decree amending the Decree implementing the Ecological Agriculture Act. Legislation | Czechia | 2004 Keyword: Ecological production/organic production, Agricultural commodities, Cattle, Poultry, Sheep/goats, Swine, Equine-animals, Apiculture/sericulture, Animal production, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX Decree amending the Decree implementing Ecological Agriculture Act. Legislation | Czechia | 2003 Keyword: Ecological production/organic production, Agricultural commodities, International trade, Food quality control/food safety, Animal reproduction, Animal production, Planting material/seeds, Plant production Source: FAO, FAOLEX