ACT AMENDING FOOD ACT  , 7.11.2014/881  
 
By decision of Parliament  
section 3, subsection 1, paragraph 20; section 6, paragraph 31; and title of chapter 6 a  of the 
Food Act (23/2006), section 3, subsection 1, paragraph 20 as amended by Act 365/2013 and 
section 6, paragraph 31 and title of chapter 6 a as amended by Act 503/2014, shall be 
amended, and  
new paragraphs 21 —23 to section 3, subsection 1 as it is in Acts 352/2011 and 365/2013, a 
new paragraph 32 to section 6 as amended in part by Acts 1137/2008, 352/2011, 365/2013 
and 503/2014, and new sections 54 d and 54 e to the Act shall be added as follows:  
 
Section 3  
European Union legislation  
This Act also appl ies to the implementation of the following European Union legal 
instruments concerning food and food control, and to statutes issued under them, in so far as 
their implementation is not governed by other legislation:  
20) Council Regulation (EC) No 1224/200 9 establishing a Community control system for 
ensuring compliance with the rules of the common fisheries policy, amending 
Regulations (EC) No  847/96, (EC) No  2371/2002, (EC) No  811/2004, (EC) No  768/2005, 
(EC) No  2115/2005, (EC) No  2166/2005, (EC) No  388/2 006, (EC) No  509/2007, (EC) 
No 676/2007, (EC) No  1098/2007, (EC) No  1300/2008, (EC) No  1342/2008 and repealing 
Regulations (EEC) No  2847/93, (EC) No  1627/94 and  (EC) No  1966/2006, hereafter the 
Fisheries Policy Control Regulation ; 
21) Regulation (EU) No 11 51/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council on quality 
schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs, hereafter the Quality Scheme Regulation;  
22) Regulation (EU) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the 
definition, des cription, presentation, labelling and protection of geographical indications of 
spirit drinks and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1576/89 No 110/2008;  
23) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 laying down general rules on the definition, 
description an d presentation of aromatized wines, aromatized wine -based drinks and 
aromatized wine -product cocktails . 
 
Section 6  
Definitions  
In this Act:  
31) controlled housing conditions  mean controlled housing conditions defined in Article 1(2) 
of Commission Regulatio n (EC) No 2075/2005 laying down specific rules on official controls 
for Trichinella in meat, hereafter the Trichinella Regulation;  
32) PDO/PGI/TSG product  means products with a protected designation of origin or 
protected geographical indication for agricu ltural products and foodstuffs and traditional 
specialities guaranteed  products referred to in the Quality Schemes Regulation.  
 
Chapter 6 a  
Quality schemes for food and officially recognized controlled housing conditions  
 
Section 54 d  
Registration of a PDO/PGI/TSG product  
Provisions on the conditions for the registration of PDO/PGI/TSG products, operators eligible 
to apply for such registration, processing of applications and the related opposition procedure, European Commission powers to grant and cancel such registration, and the use, protection 
and control of a PDO/PGI/TSG product are laid down in the Quality Schemes Regulation.  
The Finnish Agency for Rural Affairs processes the application for the registration of a 
PDO/PGI/TSG product, organises the national objection procedure, and decides on the 
fulfilment of the conditions for registration in Finland subject to conditions laid down in the 
Quality Schemes Regulation. If the conditions are fulfilled, the Finnish Agency for Rural 
Affairs publishes  the decision and submits the application to the European Commission.  
Further provisions on the application for registration and how the objection procedure is to be 
organised and the applications and decisions published may be issued by Decree of the 
Mini stry of Agriculture and Forestry.  
 
Section 54 e  
Notification of the manufacture of a registered PDO/PGI/TSG product  
 
A food business operator that manufactures a PDO/PGI/TSG product shall notify the control 
authority referred to in sections 30 —32 of the n ame and place of manufacture of the product 
before placing the product on the market. The control authority shall be notified without 
delay of the interruption or termination of the manufacture.  
 
Further provisions on the operators subject to the notificat ion obligation, information to be 
included in the notifications and how the notifications are to be provided may be issued by 
Decree of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.  
 
This Act enters into force on 1 January 015.  
 
Provisions in force upon the en try in to force of this Act shall apply to matters pending upon 
the entry into force of this Act. Food business operators that upon the entry into force of the 
Act manufacture registered PDO/PGI/TSG products shall provide the notification referred to 
in section 54 e, subsection 1 by the end of 2015.