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Order No. 512 on the Danish Agricultural Agency's duties and powers.

Country
Denmark
Type of law
Regulation
Source
FAO , FAOLEX
Abstract
The Danish Agri-Fish Agency is regulated by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries and the purpose of this Order is to set regulations regarding the agricultural and fisheries development through the Agency's administrative supervision. The goal of this document is to implement the Ministry's business and environmental policies related to inspection, certification, consultancy and legal activities within the agriculture and fishery sectors. The Agency is also responsible for the administration of financial subsidies related to the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EGLF), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and European Fisheries Fund (EFF). Inspection shall be undertaken by the Agency under the Animal Keeping Act, Animal Protection Act, thee Food Act and Act on feedstuff. The administrative Board shall be responsible for the monitoring and inspection tasks on behalf of the Ministry of Environment in adherence to Environmental, Hunting, Chemical and Nature Protection Acts. The Agency s administration duties extend to the Urban and Rural Acts, and to the Fisheries Development Act in relation to subsidies allocated for local activities. Cross-compliance of powers for the protection of animal welfare conferred by an authority under the Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries shall be exercised by the director of the Danish AgriFish Agency in accordance to article 24a, sections 2-3, 6.
Attached files
http://faolex.fao.org/docs/pdf/den143819.pdf
Web site
http://www.retsinformation.dk
Date of text
Entry into force notes
1 May 2015.
Repealed
Yes
Source language

English

Legislation Amendment
No
Original title
Bekendtg relse om NaturErhvervstyrelsens opgaver og bef jelser.
Implements
Act relevant to agriculture financial support (No. 875).
Act No. 1172 relative to financial support for environment protection measures in small-scale agriculture and related matters.
Law on subsidy suspension to commercial fishermen (No. 1081 of 1993).
Act on cessation of aid to farmers (No. 676 of 1995).
Act on subsidy of agricultural structural development and of ecological production in agriculture and fisheries (No. 192 of 1999).
Act on structural methods in the fishing sector (No. 316 of 2001).
Act on subsidies for innovation, research and development of food, agriculture and fishery commodities (No. 421 of 2000).
Fishery Development and Aquaculture Act (No. 1552 of 2006).
Rural Development Act (No. 316 of 2007).
Fisheries Act.
Operation of Agricultural Land Act (No. 1041 of 2023).
Act on cultivation of genetically modified crops (No. 28 of 2017).
Act relevant to seeds, potatoes and plants (No. 12 of 2017).
Act on apiculture (No. 197 of 2009).
Plant Pest Act (No. 14 of 2017).
Act on governmental guaranteed loans to younger farmers (No. 1202 of 2009).
Act on Green Development and Demonstration Program (No. 1502 of 2009).
Agricultural Property Act (No. 116 of 2020).
Act on purchasing cooperatives for small farmers in rural areas (No. 15 of 2017).
Act on land distribution and property trade for agricultural purposes (No. 1051 of 2023).
Ecology Act (No. 1203 of 2022).
Act on soil fertilizers (No. 417 of 2011).
Act on buffer zones (ecotones) (No. 894 of 2014).
Act on the administration of EU regulations of the Cooperative Agricultural Policy scheme financed by the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (No. 115 of 2020).
Act on processing data concerning the use of pesticides in agriculture (No. 100 of 2017).
Food Act (No. 46 of 2017).
Animal Keeping Act (LBK no. 9 of 06/01/2022).
Act on agricultural use of fertilizers and plant cover (No. 388 of 2017).
Rural Development Act (No. 18 of 2017).
Maritime and Fisheries Fund Act (No. 19 of 2017).
Implemented by
Repeals
Order No. 559 on the Danish Agricultural Agency's duties and powers.
Repealed by