Decree No. 119/2013/ND-CP dated October 9, 2013 of the Government on sanctioning administrative violations in the terms of veterinary medicine, livestock breeds and livestock feeds

 THE GOVERNMENT

Decree No.  119/2013/ND-CP dated October 9, 2013 of the Government on sanctioning administrative violations in the terms of veterinary medicine, livestock breeds and livestock feeds

Pursuant to Law on organizations of Government dated December 25, 2001;

Pursuant to Law on handling of administrative violations dated June 20, 2012;

Pursuant to Law on fisheries dated November 23, 2003;

Pursuant to Ordinance on veterinary medicine dated April 29, 2004;

Pursuant to Ordinance on livestock breeds dated March 24, 2004;

Pursuant to the Government's Decree No. 08/2010/ND-CP dated February 05, 2010, on management of livestock feeds;

At the proposal of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development;

The Government promulgates Decree providing for sanction of administrative violations in the domains of veterinary medicine, livestock breeds, and livestock feeds,

Chapter 1.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of regulation

1. This Decree provides for acts of administrative violations, the sanctioning forms and levels, remedial measures, competences of sanction and making minutes on administrative violations in domains of veterinary medicine, livestock breeds, and livestock feeds (including fishery breeds, fishery feeds, products for environmental treatment and rehabilitation in fishery livestock and aquaculture).

2. Acts of administrative violations in the domains of veterinary medicine, livestock breeds, and livestock feeds specified in this Decree include:

a) Violations or regulations on disease prevention and treatment, animal-epidemic combat; quarantine of animals and animal products; control of slaughtering, preliminarily processing and processing animal products, veterinary hygiene inspection; management of veterinary drugs, veterinary-use bio-products, microorganisms and chemicals; products for environmental treatment and rehabilitation in fishery livestock and aquaculture; veterinary practice;

b) Violations of regulations on management and conservation of livestock gene sources; experiment of new livestock breeds; production, trading, export and import of livestock breeds; management of the quality of livestock breeds;

c) Violations of regulations on production and process of livestock feeds; trading, use of livestock feeds; export and import of livestock feeds; experiment of livestock feeds.

3. Other acts of administrative violations related to the domains of veterinary medicine, livestock breeds, and livestock feeds not specified in this Decree shall apply to the following Decrees:

a) Violations of regulations on goods banned trading; trading in smuggled goods; counterfeits; stamp, label, packages of counterfeits; goods with expired dates, undefined origin shall apply Decree on sanctioning administrative violations in domains of trading, production, and sale of counterfeits, the banned goods, and protection for consumers' rights;

b) Violations of regulations on goods’ label; announcement of the applied standards; announcement of standard conformity; announcement of technical-regulation conformity shall apply Decree on sanctioning administrative violations in domain of standards, measurement and quality of products and goods;

c) Violations of regulations on advertisement shall apply Decree on sanctioning administrative violations in cultural, sport, tourism and advertisement activities;

d) Violations of regulations on re-export of animals, animal products, loading and unloading of goods, transport of animals, animal products improper with roadmap shall apply Decree on sanctioning administrative violations and enforcement of decision on sanctioning administrative violations in the customs area;

dd) Violations of regulations on food safety shall apply Decree on sanctioning administrative violations in domain on food safety;

e) Violations of regulations on opposing officials on duty shall apply Decree on sanctioning administrative violations in domain on security, social order and safety; social vices prevention; fire prevention and fighting; domestic violence prevention. 

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