2018/0126/LT
EC/EFTA
LT Lithuania
  • C50A - Foodstuffs
2018-06-28
2018-04-09

Products manufactured in accordance with the national quality scheme for agricultural products and foodstuffs

Draft Order of the Minister for Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania amending Order No 3D-524 of the Minister for Agriculture of 29 November 2007 on the national quality scheme for agricultural products and foodstuffs

The draft defines the voluntary national quality scheme for agricultural products and foodstuffs in line with the criteria set out in Article 16(1)(b)(i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council. The draft defines the procedure on the production, recognition, certification, oversight and voluntary labelling with a special quality label for agricultural products and foodstuffs, the quality of which goes beyond the safety requirements and animal and plant welfare requirements of EU and national legislation and the properties of which include the natural, nutritional and environmental benefits achieved through the use of certain farming or production methods.