Law on the establishment of a Federal Institute for Agriculture and Food (BLEG)

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BLEG

Date of completion: 02.08.1994

Full quote:

" Law on the establishment of a Federal Institute for Agriculture and Food of 2 August 1994 (BGBl. I p. 2018, 2019), most recently by Article 11 of the Law of 9 December 2010 (BGBl. I p. 1885).

Status:

Last amended by Art. 11 G v. 9.12.2010 I 1885

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Footnote

(+ + + Text evidence from: 12.8.1994 + + +) 

  

The G was decided as Article 1 G 780-8/1 v. 2.8.1994 I 2018 (BLEGuÄndG) by the Bundestag with the approval of the Bundesrat. It's gem. Article 96, second sentence, of this G came into force on 1 January 1995; § 8 (1) and 16 (16) are in accordance with. Art. 96 sentence 1 G v.2.8.1994 I 2018 entered into force on 12 August 1994. Unofficial table of contents

Content Summary

§ 1	Legal Form, Name, Seat
§ 2	Tasks
§ 3	Organs
§ 4	President
§ 5	Management Board
§ 6	Rights and duties of the Management Board
§ 7	Advisory Councils
§ 8	Substitutes and oversight
§ 9	Administrative budget
§ 10	Economic plan, credit authorization
§ 11	Officials
§ 12	Employees, Workers
§ § 13	up to 15 (omitted)
§ 16	Correction of names

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§ 1 Legal form, name, seat

In the division of the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection) a federal law-capable institution of public law is set up by the merger of the Federal Institute for Agriculture and Rural Development ( Market regulations and the Federal Office of Nutrition and Forestry. The institute bears the name "Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung" (Federal Institute for Agriculture and Food). It has its headquarters in Bonn. Unofficial table of contents

§ 2 Tasks

(1) The Federal Institute is responsible for the tasks which have hitherto been entrusted to the Federal Institute for Agricultural Market Regulations and the Federal Office for Food and Forestry (Bundesamt für Ernährung und forestry). Its tasks include:

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the regulation and order of agricultural markets and the implementation of the common organization of the markets in so far as it is competent to do so by law or regulation;

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the provision of the measures required for the implementation of measures referred to in Article 3 (1) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005 of 21 June 2005 on the financing of the common agricultural policy (OJ L 327, 30.12.2005, p. 1), as amended by Article 14 (2) of Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005, even in so far as the Bundesanstalt is not responsible for the implementation of the measures,

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the performance of tasks of food security and food security, in so far as it is competent to do so by law or regulation;

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the procurement, keeping and recovery of supplies of food and feed for security of supply,

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within the framework of its activities, the investigation, development and testing of new forms of marketing to improve the market's market,

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the granting of authorisations and the implementation of other legislation relating to the movement of goods and services across frontiers with products from the food, agriculture and forestry sectors, to the extent that it is competent to do so by law or regulation,

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the implementation of other tasks carried out by law or regulation;

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the administration of administrative tasks of the Federal Government, for which no other competence is established by law and with the implementation of which it is entrusted by the Federal Ministry.

(2) In carrying out their commercial and technical tasks, the Federal Institute of Business Administration shall serve itself. Unofficial table of contents

§ 3 Institutions

(1) The institutions of the Federal Institute shall be the President and the Administrative Board. (2) The tasks and powers of the institutions shall be determined by the Statute, insofar as they are not governed by this Law. Unofficial table of contents

§ 4 President

(1) The President shall conduct the business and shall administer the assets of the Federal Institute on its own responsibility in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Articles of Association and the instructions of the Federal Ministry. The President has a permanent representative (Vice-President). (2) The President has a permanent representative (Vice-President). Unofficial table of contents

§ 5 Board of Directors

(1) The Administrative Board shall consist of up to 28 members, up to a maximum of

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six representatives of agriculture, including garden and wine-growing, forestry and the fishing industry,

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three representatives of the consumer,

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three representatives of wholesale and foreign trade,

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two representatives of the retail trade,

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two representatives of the food trade,

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two representatives of the food industry,

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two representatives of agricultural cooperatives,

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a representative of the agricultural trade,

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a representative of the Federal Ministry,

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a representative of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology,

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a representative of the Federal Ministry of Finance,

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four representatives of the supreme federal authorities for food, agriculture and forestry.

The members of the Board of Directors must fulfil the conditions for eligibility to the German Bundestag. (2) The representatives of the groups referred to in the first sentence of the first sentence of 1 to 8 (economic groups) shall be appointed by the Federal Ministry on a proposal of the appoint and discontinue their respective top-class associations. Your order will be made for a period of four years; if a representative fails prematurely, his successor will be appointed for the remainder of the term of office. (3) The representatives of the Federal Ministries shall be appointed by the relevant Federal Ministries, the representatives (4) The representative of the Federal Ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany is chairing the Board of Directors. Unofficial table of contents

§ 6 Rights and duties of the Management Board

(1) The Administrative Board shall:

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advises the Federal Institute on the performance of its technical tasks, in particular it may give its opinion on the business report and the clearance of accounts with a view to its future activities; it shall be regularly informed by the President of the activities of the In so far as the President has a right to provide information and to be consulted, he shall be entitled to inform the President of the Federal Office of the Federal Republic of Germany

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is the establishment of specialised advisory councils and their activities are consistent with each other.

It shall submit proposals to the Federal Ministry for matters relating to the Federal Institute's technical duties and shall be submitted by the Federal Ministry in all the fundamental questions relating to the Federal Institute, in particular the appointment of the Federal Agency. Presidents and Vice-Presidents, and amending the Statute. Sentences 1 and 2 shall not apply to the tasks pursuant to § 2 (1) sentence 2 no. 2. (2) The representatives of the economic groups shall not be bound by any orders or instructions and shall have their office provided to the best of their knowledge and consciences. (3) The Members of the Board of Directors act on a voluntary basis. (4) The Board of Directors shall adopt its rules of procedure, which require the approval of the Federal Ministry. Unofficial table of contents

Section 7 Technical Advisory Councils

(1) Professional advisory councils may be formed for the technical fields. They shall be composed of experts from the producers, trade, processors and consumers who, on a proposal from the respective centres of excellence and, where not represented in the latter, shall also be appointed by the Bundesfachfederations of the Board of Directors appointed and dismissed. In addition, representatives of the Federal Ministry and the Supreme State authorities are members of the advisory councils; with regard to their appointment and dismise, Section 5 (3) applies accordingly. (2) The advisory councils have the task of the institutions of the Federal Institute in questions of the respective department directly. In this respect, the President and the Administrative Board shall have the right to a request for information and to be heard. (3) Paragraph 6 (2) to (4) shall apply accordingly. Unofficial table of contents

§ 8 Statutes and supervision

(1) The Federal Ministry is authorized, in agreement with the Federal Ministry of Finance, to adopt the statutes of the Federal Agency in agreement with the Federal Ministry of Finance, by means of a regulation which does not require the approval of the Federal Council. The Articles of Association shall, where necessary, include in particular provisions on:

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the appointment of the top-of-the-line associations according to Article 5 (2), the activities of the Board of Directors and the composition of the Advisory Councils;

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the rights and obligations of the institutions of the Federal Institute and the Advisory Councils;

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the transfer of the power of drawing to employees of the Federal Institute,

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the structure of the Federal Institute,

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the financial management, economic management and accounting of the Federal Institute,

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the borrowing pursuant to § 10 (4) and (5).

(2) The Federal Institute is subject to the legal and professional supervision of the Federal Ministry. The Federal Ministry may issue instructions to the Federal Office. The Federal Institute is obliged to provide the Federal Ministry with information on the management and to submit the documents to the Federal Agency. (3) The Federal Office does not fulfil its tasks or only insufficiently, so the Federal Ministry has the power to carry out the tasks themselves or to have them carried out by a special envoy. Unofficial table of contents

Section 9 Administrative budget

(1) The Bundesanstalt shall issue the revenue to be expected in the administrative area and the expenditure likely to be incurred in an administrative budget. The establishment and implementation of the administrative budget, payments, accounting and accounting shall apply in accordance with the rules applicable to the Confederation. (2) The administrative budget shall be the President of the Commission. noted. It requires the approval of the Federal Ministry for its effectiveness, which also extends to the appropriateness of the approaches. The Federal Ministry reimburses the Federal Institute for the compensation of the approved administrative budget the administrative expenditure which is not covered by its own revenue. (3) After the end of the financial year, a bill of revenue and expenditure shall be charged. in the administrative area. The bill is to be examined by the Federal Ministry. The Federal Ministry gives discharge. Unofficial table of contents

§ 10 Economic plan, credit authorisation

(1) The Federal Office shall present the expenses and income which are expected to be incurred outside the administrative area in the tasks referred to in Article 2 (1) before the beginning of the financial year in an economic plan. The economic plan shall be drawn up by the President. The Federal Ministry reimburse the expenses of the Federal Ministry for the expenses incurred by the Federal Ministry (2).

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for tasks in accordance with Article 2 (1), second sentence, No. 1 and 2, of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund and the Federal Budget,

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for the other tasks from the federal budget, unless otherwise provided by law.

(3) After the end of the financial year, a balance sheet, a profit and loss account and a business report shall be drawn up in accordance with the guidelines of the Federal Ministry. § 9 (3) sentence 2 to 4 shall apply. (4) The Bundesanstalt shall be authorized to borrow for the purpose of financing the value of the goods which have been intervened and for which the funds are not allocated for this purpose for the purpose of self-management. (5) In order to fulfil their task pursuant to Article 2 (1), second sentence, point 2, the Bundesanstalt shall receive federal liquidity assistance in order to provide the necessary expenses, to the extent that corresponding funds from the budget of the European Union are still available. are not made available. Unofficial table of contents

§ 11 Officials

(1) The Federal Institute has a capacity for the thermal conductivity. Their officials are federal civil servants. (2) The officials of the grade B are appointed by the Federal President. In addition, the President of the Federal Institute shall appoint the officials. (3) The Federal Ministry shall be the Supreme Service Authority for the President and the Vice-President of the Federal Institute. For the other officials, the top service authority is the President of the Federal Institute. Unofficial table of contents

§ 12 Employees, Workers

The collective agreements and other provisions applicable to employees of the Federal Labour Office shall apply to the employees and workers of the Federal Institute. Unofficial table of contents

§ § 13 to 15 (omitted)

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Section 16 Correction of names

The Federal Ministry is authorized to apply the terms "Federal Office of Food and Forestry" and "Federal Institute for Agricultural Forestry" by means of a decree-law which does not require the approval of the Federal Council. Market regulation "by the name" Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung " (Federal Institute for Agriculture and Food).