Legislative Decree No. 102/2005 concerning agri-food markets regulation under Law No. 38/2003.

The Legislative Decree has the scope to complete the modernization process, launched with the Law No. 38/2005, of the agri-food markets. The Decree includes provisions concerning inter-professional agreements, contract farming and sales, to ensure the correct functioning of the market and create competition as well as to favour improvement of farmers contractual position and ensuring a high level of human health and of consumer interests protection.
Heading I regulates the producers organisation, their rules, structure, recognition, membership requirements and operational programmes; Art. 8 lays down provisions to guide producer organisations in managing market crisis. Heading II concerns the supply chain agreements, the scope of these agreements is to integrate the different supply chain levels and enhance the agricultural and agri-food products values while taking into account supply chain and consumers’ interests. Heading III lays down provisions concerning framework contracts; it establishes their purposes (e.g. to match demand and supply, food security; food quality among others), forms and conditions, etc.