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Milk Registration Ordinance 2001.

Country/Territory
Austria
Document type
Regulation
Date
2001 (2005)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich, Part II, No. 241, 13 July 2001, pp. 1343-1346.
Long title
Ordinance by the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Resources on duty to report milk.
Subject
Food & nutrition
Keyword
Food quality control/food safety Milk/dairy products Inspection Processing/handling Treated food
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Western Europe
Entry into force notes
The present Ordinance enters into force on 1 July 2001.
Abstract

These Regulations lay down implementing measures for common organization of the market in milk and milk products provided for in the Council Regulations 1255/1999 of 26 June 1999. “Agrarmarkt Austria” (AMA) shall be responsible for the execution of this Ordinance. The Ordinance contains at the outset a definition clause of certain terms used therein such as “milk”, “raw milk”, “full fat milk”, “cheese”, “butter”, “dairy product”, “milk powder”, “milk producing plants”, etc. Article 4 establishes that milk producers and milk producing plants have to report to the said "AMA" the amount of milk handled and processed to milk powder, butter, cheese. They have also to indicate the number of employees, and other details. Article 5 fixes the certain intervals of these reports and the forms they have to use. Article 9 specifies that entitled persons must allow access to their premises for inspection by competent authorities, i.e., the “Agrarmarkt Austria”, the Ministry for Agriculture and Forestry, and various bodies of the European Community. The text consists of 10 articles.

Full text
German
Website
www.ris.bka.gv.at

References - Legislation

Implements

Council Regulation (EC) No. 1255/1999 on the common organisation of the market in milk and milk products.

Legislation | European Union | 1999

Keyword: Milk/dairy products, Food quality control/food safety, Internal trade, International trade

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Ordinance amending the Milk Registration Ordinance 2001.

Legislation | Austria | 2005

Keyword: Food quality control/food safety, Milk/dairy products, Inspection, Processing/handling, Treated food

Source: FAO, FAOLEX