Decree-Law No. 119/2012 creating the Sanitary and Food Security Fund Plus. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Legislation Date 2012 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República, I Série, No. 115, 15 June 2012. Subject Livestock, Food & nutrition, Cultivated plants Keyword Special fund Food quality control/food safety Food security Standards Tax/levy Agricultural development Consumer protection Animal health Plant protection Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Decree-Law enters into force on the day after its publication. Abstract This Decree-Law, consisting of 19 articles, creates, within the Ministry of Agriculture, the Sea, the Environment and Land Planning, the Sanitary and Food Security Fund Plus, and the food security tax. The Fund is an autonomous entity, without legal personality and endowed with administrative and financial autonomy. The objectives of the Fund aiming to protect food safety and consumer health and to comply with European quality standards are: a) to finance the costs of carrying out official controls in the field of food safety, animal health and plant protection; b) to support the prevention and eradication of animal and plant diseases including parasite infestations, sanitary controls, testing and other measures for the screening, purchase and administration of vaccines, medicinal products and plant protection products, slaughter and destruction of crops; c) support the preservation of genetic heritage or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies; d) encourage the development of the quality of agricultural products. The provisions of this Decree-Law do not apply to the Autonomous Regions of the Azores and Madeira. Full text Portuguese Website www.dre.pt References - Legislation Implemented by Order No. 107-A/2017 setting the value of the "food security tax" for the year 2017. Legislation | Portugal | 2017 Keyword: Special fund, Food security, Tax/levy Source: FAO, FAOLEX