Fertilizers Act.
Country
Type of law
Legislation
Abstract
An Act to regulate the trade in fertilizers. It lays down the admitted composition of fertilizers and the conditions for marketing them, including, inter alia, application procedures to the relevant Ministry. Furthermore, fertilizers have to be entered in a Register of Fertilizers. Article 18 deals with the identification and labelling requirements. No variations are allowed in the maximum values of heavy metals. Import of fertilizers is allowed only if all requirements are fulfilled. The supervisory body is the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry. Article 24 concerns the procedures for examination of samples, and article 25 details the cases in which the confiscation of fertilizers may take place. This Act consists of 35 articles.
Attached files
Long title of text
Act on trade on different kinds of fertilizers.
Date of text
Entry into force notes
Articles 6, 18, 19 and 21 enter into force on 1 January 1990; article 30 enters into force on 1 July 1987.
Repealed
Yes
Serial Imprint
Bundesgesetzblatt für die Republik Österreich Text No. 488, 28 November 1985, pp. 3589-3596.
Source language
English
Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Bundesgesetz vom 7. November 1985 über den Verkehr mit Düngemitteln, Bodenhilfstoffen, Kultursubstraten und Pflanzenhilfsmitteln (Düngemittelgesetz – DMG).
Repealed by