Law No. I-734 on the State Regulation of Economic Relations in Agriculture. País/Territorio Lituania Tipo de documento Legislación Fecha 1994 Fuente FAO, FAOLEX Materia Agricultura y desarrollo rural, Alimentación y nutrición Palabra clave Legislación básica Productos agrícolas Desarrollo agrícola Crédito Control de calidad de los alimentos/inocuidad de los alimentos Seguridad alimentaria Área geográphica Europa, Europa y Central Asia, Países de la Unión Europea, Europa Septentrional Entry into force notes The Law enters into force from 31 March 1995. Resumen The objective of this law is to regulate the economic relations between agricultural economic entities and state institutions and agricultural market partners, to establish the basic state regulatory measures of these relations, to facilitate the implementation of agrarian policies and to sustain the balance of agricultural market. Agricultural entities means farmers' farms, agricultural companies and other enterprises registered in accordance with the procedure established by the Laws of the Republic of Lithuania, the annual income from the sales of tradable agricultural produce and production services for agriculture account for more than 50 % of the total income. Economic relations between agricultural entities and the State institutions and agricultural market partners shall be regulated according to the procedure established by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania by: 1) guaranteeing the buying up of agricultural produce according to the quotas; 2) supplementing or selling the part of state food product reserves; 3) supporting agricultural investments; 4) regulating the import and export of agricultural produce and food products; 5) controlling the quality of the produce; 6) restricting the activities of agricultural entities which dominate on the market; 7) promoting or limiting the production of certain agricultural produce; 8) protecting the interests of agriculture by international agreements. The Law consists of 3 Sections that contain 17 articles. Section 1 (arts. 1-4)lays down general provisions. Section 2 (arts. 5-15) regards state regulation. Section 3 (arts. 16-17) regards implementation of state regulation. Texto completo Inglés