Source: https://www.riigiteataja.ee/en/eli/ee/530102013020/consolide
Timestamp: 2019-08-18 05:34:33
Document Index: 417156319

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 8', '§ 10', '§ 12', '§ 161', '§ 18', '§ 19', '§ 20', '§ 21', '§ 23', '§ 24', '§ 26', '§ 28', '§ 30', '§ 41', '§ 8', '§ 10', '§ 12', '§ 161', '§ 18', '§ 19', '§ 20', '§ 21', '§ 23', '§ 24', '§ 26', '§ 28', '§ 30', '§ 33', '§ 33', '§ 83', '§ 33', '§ 41']

§ 8 [Repealed - RT I 2010, 72, 542 – entered into force 15.10.2010]
§ 10 [Repealed - RT I 2010, 72, 542 – entered into force 15.10.2010]
§ 12 [Repealed - RT I 2010, 72, 542 – entered into force 15.10.2010]
§ 161 Border inspection posts and places of exercising supervision over imported non-animal feed
4 REGISTRATION AND APPROVAL
§ 18 Registration and approval
§ 19 Registration of undertaking
§ 20 Approval of undertaking
§ 21 Suspension of validity of approval decision and registration
5 SATATE REGISTER OF FEEDINGSTUFFS
§ 23 State Register of Feedingstuffs
§ 24 Supervisory authority
§ 26 Rights and obligations of supervisory officials and authorised veterinarians
§ 28 Organisation of supervision
§ 30 Taking of feed samples
§ 41 [Repealed - RT I 2009, 48, 321 – entered into force 23.10.2009]
22.04.2010 RT I 2010, 21, 107 01.01.2011, enters into force on the date which has been determined in the Decision of the Council of the European Union regarding the abrogation of the derogation established in respect of the Republic of Estonia on the basis provided for in Article 140 (2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Council Decision 2010/416/EU of 13 July 2010 (OJ L 196, 28.07.2010, p. 24 - 26).
(3) For the application of measures regarding feed, the Minister of Agriculture may, within his or her competence, enact legislation regarding issues in which a Member State has the right to decide according to the legislation of the European Union.
[RT I 2010, 72, 542 - entry into force 15.10.2010]
(3) The Veterinary and Food Board submits the guide complying with the requirements as laid down in Article 21 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council to the Ministry of Agriculture who shall forward it to the European Commission.
(6) The Minister of Agriculture shall establish a list of undesirable substances and the maximum allowed quantities for the content thereof in feed.
(2) The labelling requirements for feed intended for particular nutritional purposes shall be established by the Minister of Agriculture.
(4) The names and descriptions of feed material categories published on the labelling of compound feed for pets shall be established by the Minister of Agriculture.
(4) Premixtures and feed additives shall be transferred or delivered for other purpose only to the feed business operator whose undertaking has been approved or registered for that purpose.
[RT I, 04.07.2013, 1 - entry into force 14.07.2013]
(9) The requirements on the content and format of the application for the permission specified in subsection (8) of this section shall be established by the Minister of Agriculture.
(10) The small quantities of primary production of feed and the requirements for placing thereof on the market shall be established by the Minister of Agriculture.
§ 8. [Repealed - RT I 2010, 72, 542 – entered into force 15.10.2010]
§ 10. [Repealed - RT I 2010, 72, 542 – entered into force 15.10.2010]
The Minister of Agriculture shall establish a list of purposes for feed intended for particular nutritional purposes and of methods needed for fulfilling such purposes.
§ 12. [Repealed - RT I 2010, 72, 542 – entered into force 15.10.2010]
(4) The requirements for handling medicated feed shall be established by the Minister of Agriculture.
(3) The requirements on the content and format of the application submitted for the receipt of a written consent for the conveyance to Estonia and use for research of feed specified in subsection (1) of this section and the procedure for processing the application shall be established by the Minister of Agriculture.
(2) Feed specified in Annex I to Commission Decision 2007/275/EC concerning lists of animals and products to be subject to controls at border inspection posts under Council Directives 91/496/EEC and 97/78/EC (OJ L 116, 04.05.2007, p. 9–33), and Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 laying down procedures for veterinary checks at Community border inspection posts on products imported from third countries (OJ L 21, 28.01.2004, p. 11–23), (hereinafter animal feed) may be conveyed from third countries to Estonia on the bases and pursuant to the procedure as laid down in the Veterinary Supervision over Trade in, Import and Export of Animals and Animal Products Act.
(3) [Repealed - RT I 2010, 72, 542 – entered into force 15.10.2010]
(4) [Repealed - RT I 2010, 72, 542 – entered into force 15.10.2010]
(5) If, upon conveyance of feed unspecified in Annex I to Commission Decision 2007/275/EC and Annex IV to Commission Regulation (EC) No 136/2004 (hereinafter non-animal feed) from a third country to Estonia, the compliance of feed must be inspected at a border inspection post or at the place of exercising supervision pursuant to the relevant legislation of the European Union, the Veterinary and Food Board shall be notified of the conveyance of such feed to Estonia from a third country at least twenty-four hours before the submission of feed for exercising supervision.
(8) The procedure for notification of conveyance of non-animal feed from a third country to Estonia, requirements for the content and format of the notification application and the list of documents annexed to the application shall be established by the Minister of Agriculture.
(10) Inward processing procedure and procedure for processing under customs control shall be applied only if feed is processed in an undertaking approved or registered under this Act.
§ 161. Border inspection posts and places of exercising supervision over imported non-animal feed
(2) The Veterinary and Food Board shall, upon the request of a person, determine a border inspection post through which non-animal feed can be imported and the place of exercising supervision over non-animal feed if a competent authority or Member State has the right of determination thereof according to the relevant legislation. The place of exercising supervision shall be in a place accepted by the Tax and Customs Board.
(3) The list of border inspection posts and places of exercising supervision shall be published on the website of the Veterinary and Food Board.
(4) For the making of decision on entering a border inspection post or place of exercising supervision over imported non-animal feed specified in subsection (2) of this section in the list specified in subsection (3), the Veterinary and Food Board shall assess the compliance thereof on the basis of the data submitted by the applicant as well as at the border inspection post or place of exercising supervision.
(5) If the border inspection post or place of exercising supervision over imported non-animal feed complies with the requirements established in the relevant legislation of the European Union, the Veterinary and Food Board shall make a decision on entry thereof in the list specified in subsection (3) of this section.
(6) If the border inspection post or place of exercising supervision over imported non-animal feed does not comply with the requirements specified in the relevant legislation of the European Union, the Veterinary and Food Board shall make a decision to refuse the entry thereof in the list specified in subsection (3) of this section.
(7) The Veterinary and Food Board shall make the decision specified in subsection (5) and (6) of this section within thirty days as of the receipt of the application for entry of a border inspection post or place of exercising supervision over imported non-animal feed in the list specified in subsection (3).
(8) The Veterinary and Food Board shall make a decision to exclude a border inspection post or place of exercising supervision over imported non-animal feed from the list specified in subsection (3) of this section if:
(9) The requirements for the content of application for entry of a border inspection post and place of exercising supervision over imported non-animal feed specified in subsection (2) of this section in the list specified in subsection (3) of this section, the list of documents annexed to the application and the procedure for processing the application shall be established by the Minister of Agriculture.
Chapter 4 REGISTRATION AND APPROVAL
§ 18. Registration and approval
(1) The undertaking of a feed business operator or part thereof (hereinafter undertaking) shall be registered if it engages in the activity as laid down in Article 9 (2) a) of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(2) An undertaking shall have an approval in the case as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council or if the undertaking engages in the manufacture of medicated feed.
(3) The requirements for the content and format of an application for registration and approval of an undertaking, the list of documents annexed to the application for approval and the procedure for processing of applications shall be established by the Minister of Agriculture.
(4) The feed business operator shall pay state fee for exercising supervision for every undertaking which engages in the activity as laid down in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council pursuant to the rate specified in the State Fees Act. State fee shall not be paid for an undertaking which engages in the sale of packaged feed in retail business.
(5) The feed business operator shall submit to the Veterinary and Food Board, by the tenth date of the first month of each quarter, the following data for the preceding quarter concerning his or her undertaking which engages in the manufacture or processing of feed in the case of which the requirements as laid down in Article 5 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council shall be followed:
§ 19. Registration of undertaking
For registration of an undertaking, a relevant application shall be submitted to the Veterinary and Food Board. The Veterinary and Food Board shall register the data on the undertaking in the State Register of Feedingstuffs within three business days as of the receipt of the application.
§ 20. Approval of undertaking
(1) For the making of decision on approval of an undertaking, including the conditional approval as laid down in Article 13 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council, the Veterinary and Food Board shall evaluate the compliance of the undertaking with requirements on the basis of the data submitted by the applicant as well as on-site.
(2) The Veterinary and Food Board may make the decision on approval of an undertaking as laid down in Article 17 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the basis of the data submitted by the applicant.
(3) The Veterinary and Food Board shall make a decision to refuse the approval of an undertaking if the undertaking does not meet the requirements on the basis of the evaluation results.
(4) The Veterinary and Food Board shall make a decision to approve or refuse the approval of an undertaking within three months as of the receipt of the application and all documents necessary for the making of the decision. The applicant shall be notified of the decision in written form or by electronic means within five working days as of the making of the decision.
(5) The Veterinary and Food Board shall forward the list of approved undertakings and data on the amendment of approval decisions to the European Commission.
§ 21. Suspension of validity of approval decision and registration
(1) The Veterinary and Food Board shall suspend the validity of the approval decision or registration partially or in full in the cases as laid down in Article 14 of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(2) The feed business operator shall be notified of the decision to suspend the approval or registration of an undertaking within five working days as of the date of making the decision.
(3) The feed business operator shall suspend the handling of feed to the extent specified in the given decision as of notification of the decision to suspend the approval or registration of an undertaking.
(1) The Veterinary and Food Board shall revoke the approval decision or registration of an undertaking partially or in full in the cases as laid down in Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(2) The feed business operator shall be notified of the revocation of the approval decision or registration of an undertaking within five working days as of the date of making the decision.
(3) The feed business operator shall stop the handling of feed to the extent specified in the given decision as of the date of notification of the decision to revoke the approval decision or registration of an undertaking.
Chapter 5 SATATE REGISTER OF FEEDINGSTUFFS
§ 23. State Register of Feedingstuffs
(1) The State Register of Feedingstuffs (hereinafter register) is a national register established by the Government of the Republic on the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture which processes data concerning the feed business operators whose undertakings are approved or registered, and concerning undertakings and their areas of activity with the aim of maintaining records thereon and ensuring efficient supervision.
(2) The chief processor of the register is the Ministry of Agriculture and the authorised processor of the register is the Veterinary and Food Board.
§ 24. Supervisory authority
State supervision over compliance with the requirements specified in the relevant legislation of the European Union, this Act and the legislation established on the basis thereof concerning the handling of feed shall be exercised by the Veterinary and Food Board.
(1) With a contract under public law entered into on the basis of subsection 13 (4) of the Veterinary Activities Organisation Act, a local office of the Veterinary and Food Board may authorise a veterinarian or a legal person (hereinafter authorised veterinarian) to exercise supervision over the compliance of activities and feeding of animals as laid down in Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(2) Supervision over performance of the administrative tasks specified in subsection (1) of this section shall be exercised pursuant to the procedure specified in the Veterinary Activities Organisation Act. In case the contract under public law is terminated unilaterally or another reason becomes evident which prevents the authorised veterinarian to continue the performance of administrative tasks, the further performance of administrative tasks shall be organised pursuant to the procedure specified in the Veterinary Activities Organisation Act.
(3) An authorised veterinarian shall have the right to receive remuneration for exercising supervision over the compliance of activities and feeding of animals as laid down in Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council pursuant to the procedure established in subsection 19 (5) of the Veterinary Activities Organisation Act.
(4) The rates of remuneration for services provided in the framework of exercising supervision over compliance of activities and feeding of animals as laid down in Article 5 (1) of Regulation (EC) No 183/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council shall be established by the Minister of Agriculture.
§ 26. Rights and obligations of supervisory officials and authorised veterinarians
(1) Supervisory officials of the Veterinary and Food Board (hereinafter supervisory official) and authorised veterinarians shall be entitled to:
1) inspect, unhindered, the compliance with the requirements of relevant legislation of the European Union, this Act and legislation established on the basis thereof in an undertaking in the presence of the feed business operator or his or her representative;
2) request necessary information from the feed business operator, copies and extracts of relevant documents and to record the situation present at the time of inspection by using equipment therefor;
3) take samples without charge, order expert assessment and perform other necessary operations.
(2) Supervisory officials and authorised veterinarians shall maintain business secrets which become known to them in the course of exercising supervision. A business secret may be disclosed if maintaining it would endanger human or animal health or the environment. The following data are not deemed to be information subject to business secrecy:
(3) Expenses which a supervisory official or authorised veterinarian causes to a feed business operator during exercising supervision under this Act shall not be compensated, except for the expenses caused by unlawful activities which shall be compensated pursuant to the provisions of the State Liability Act.
(1) Upon detection of an offence, a supervisory official or authorised veterinarian shall issue a precept in which he or she shall:
1) call attention to the offence;
3) require the conduct of operations necessary for the termination of the offence and the prevention of future offences, including the removal of feed from circulation;
4) set the term for compliance with the precept.
(2) A precept shall be communicated to the feed business operator against a signature on site or delivered to the feed business operator by post or by electronic means within three working days as of issue of the precept.
(3) Contestation of a precept does not release the person from compliance with the precept.
(4) The supervisory authority has the right to apply coercive measures pursuant to the Substitutive Enforcement and Penalty Payment Act in order to ensure compliance with precepts. The upper limit of penalty payment is 640 euros.
§ 28. Organisation of supervision
(1) State supervision exercised over handling of feed shall be organised pursuant to the control plan prepared on the basis of Article 41 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(2) Data concerning the results of state supervision except for information subject to business secrecy or other non-disclosed information shall be published on the website of the Veterinary and Food Board.
(3) The specific procedure for exercising supervision over conveyance of feed from third countries to Estonia shall be established by the Minister of Agriculture.
(4) The tariff classification of the feed upon release for free circulation of which state fee shall be paid for supervisory operations according to the rates specified in subsection 236 (3) of the State Fees Act shall be determined by the Minister of Agriculture.
[RT I 2010, 21, 107 - entry into force 01.01.2011]
(5) The Veterinary and Food Board shall be the liasion body for the purposes of Article 35 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
§ 30. Taking of feed samples
(1) The procedure for taking of feed samples in the course of supervision shall be established by the Minister of Agriculture.
(2) A batch of feed may be used or transferred only after receipt of a corresponding permission from the supervisory official.
(1) Samples taken in the course of supervision shall be analysed in order to verify the compliance of feed according to the official methods of analysis of the European Union or international standard methods in case of lack thereof.
(2) [Repealed - RT I 2009, 48, 321 – entered into force 23.10.2009]
(3) Samples taken in the course of supervision shall be analysed by the Veterinary and Food Board in laboratories accredited for performing relevant analyses which are independent from the feed business operator and which comply with the requirements as laid down in Article 12 of Regulation (EC) No 882/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
(4) Information on the laboratories in which samples taken in the course of supervision are analysed shall be published on the website of the Veterinary and Food Board.
(7) The expenses of analysing samples taken in the course of supervision shall be covered from the state budget.
(8) If feed does not comply with the requirements on the basis of the results of analysis, the expenses of analysing samples shall be borne by the feed business operator except for the operator who pays state fee for supervisory operations.
(2) Authorisation to operate as a reference laboratory shall be granted to a laboratory by a directive of the Minister of Agriculture, which shall set out the scope of the authorisation.
(3) The procedure for applying for and grant of the authorisation to operate as a reference laboratory and the criteria for authorisation shall be established by the Minister of Agriculture.
(4) If a reference laboratory fails to perform its functions as required or does not comply with the requirements specified in subsection 31 (3) of this Act, the Minister of Agriculture shall specify a term for the elimination of deficiencies and may suspend the validity of the directive specified in subsection (2) of this section partially or in full.
(5) If the deficiencies are not eliminated within the specified term, the Minister of Agriculture shall revoke the directive specified in subsection (2) of this section partially or in full.
(1) The provisions of the General Part of the Penal Code and of the Code of Misdemeanour Procedure apply to the misdemeanours provided for in §§ 33–37 of this Act.
(2) The Veterinary and Food Board is the extra-judicial body which conducts proceedings in matters of misdemeanours provided for in §§ 33–37 of this Act.
(3) A court or the extra-judicial body which conducts proceedings in matters of misdemeanours specified in subsection (2) of this section may, pursuant to § 83 of the Penal Code, apply confiscation of the substance or product which was the direct object of the commission of a misdemeanour provided for in § 33 of this Act.
(1) [Repealed - RT I 2009, 48, 321 – entered into force 23.10.2009]
(3) [Repealed - RT I 2009, 48, 321 – entered into force 23.10.2009]
(5) [Repealed - RT I 2009, 48, 321 – entered into force 23.10.2009]
(6) [Repealed - RT I 2009, 48, 321 – entered into force 23.10.2009]
(7) [Repealed - RT I 2009, 48, 321 – entered into force 23.10.2009]
§ 41. [Repealed - RT I 2009, 48, 321 – entered into force 23.10.2009]
(4) [Repealed - RT I 2009, 48, 321 – entered into force 23.10.2009]
1Commission Directive 82/475/EEC laying down the categories of ingredients which may be used for the purposes of labelling compound feedingstuffs for pet animals (OJ L 213, 21.07.1982, p. 27–28), amended by Directives 91/334/EEC (OJ L 184, 10.07.1991, p. 27) and 98/67/EC (OJ L 261, 24.09.1998, p. 10–31); Council Directive 90/167/EEC laying down the conditions governing the preparation, placing on the market and use of medicated feedingstuffs in the Community (OJ L 92, 07.04.1990, p. 42–48); Commission Directive 98/68/EC laying down the standard document referred to in Article 9 (1) of Council Directive 95/53/EC and certain rules for checks at the introduction into the Community of feedingstuffs from third countries (OJ L 261, 24.09.1998, p. 32–38); Directive 2002/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on undesirable substances in animal feed (OJ L 140, 30.05.2002, p. 10–22), amended by Directives 2003/57/EC (OJ L 151, 19.06.2003, p. 38–41), 2003/100/EC (OJ L 285, 01.11.2003, p. 33–37), 2005/8/EC (OJ L 27, 29.01.2005, p. 44–45), 2005/86/EC (OJ L 318, 06.12.2005, p. 16–18), 2005/87/EC (OJ L 318, 06.12.2005, p. 19–24), 2006/13/EC (OJ L 32, 04.02.2006, p. 44–53), 2006/77/EC (OJ L 271, 30.09.2006, p. 53–55), 2008/76/EC (OJ L 198, 26.07.2008, p. 37–40), 2009/8/EC (OJ L 40, 11.02.2009, p. 19–25), 2009/141/EC (OJ L 308, 24.11.2009, p. 20–23) and 2010/6/EC (OJ L 37, 10.02.2010, p. 29–32) and Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 (OJ L 87, 31.03.2009, p. 109–154); Commission Directive 2003/7/EC amending the conditions for authorisation canthaxanthin in feedingstuffs in accordance with Council Directive 70/524/EEC (OJ L 22, 25.01.2003, p. 28–30); Commission Directive 2008/38/EC establishing a list of intended uses of animal feedingstuffs for particular nutritional purposes (Codified version) (OJ L 62, 06.03.2008, p. 9–22), amended by Directive 2008/82/EC (OJ L 202, 31.07.2008, p. 48–49). [RT I 2010, 72, 542 – entered into force 15.10.2010]