Law No. 4235/2014 on Administrative measures, procedures and penalties for the implementation of EU and national legislation related to food, feed and animal health and welfare sectors.

This Law, consisting of 72 articles divided into four Chapters, establishes Administrative measures, procedures and penalties for the implementation of EU and national legislation related to food, feed and animal health and welfare sectors, and provides for amending the Law no. 4036 of 2012. This Act and the regulatory acts adopted in accordance with the enabling provisions contained therein lay down administrative measures, procedures and penalties applicable to non-compliance with the provisions of EU and national legislation referred in Article 65 of Part C, and in the event of non-compliance with any other provision of EU and national law on food, animal feed, animal welfare sectors. The competent authorities for the implementation of Articles 1 to 36 shall be: a) Ministry of Rural Development and Food, through its competent departments and the Food Safety Authority (EFET); competent central authority for the organization of official controls as defined in Article 2 (1) of Regulation (EC) No. 882/2004 (OJ L 191); and b) services to which the competent central authority entrust official controls and which are designated as competent authorities for carrying out official controls.