EUROPEAN REGULATION IN THE VETERINARY SANITARY AND FOOD SAFETY AREA, A COMPONENT OF THE EUROPEAN POLICIES ON THE SAFETY OF FOOD PRODUCTS AND THE PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS: A 2007 RETROSPECTIVE. PART ONE: THE ROLE OF EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS IN LA
EUROPEAN REGULATION IN THE VETERINARY SANITARY AND FOOD SAFETY AREA, A COMPONENT OF THE EUROPEAN POLICIES ON THE SAFETY OF FOOD PRODUCTS AND THE PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS: A 2007 RETROSPECTIVE. PART ONE: THE ROLE OF EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS IN LA

Summary/Abstract: The EU legislation applicable to the veterinary sanitary and food safety area constitutes an important component of the legislation underlying the Common Agricultural Policy, not only with respect to its objectives, but also the anticipated reform for the upcoming period. The four fundamental principles acting as the foundation for the establishment and existence of the European Union – the free movement of persons, the free movement of services, the free movement of goods and the free movement of capital – are faithfully reflected in the legislative content. Since the agro-alimentary sector represents one of the propelling forces of the growth and development of the European Union, the regulations specific to this sector are perceivably equal, regardless of the field that they are regulating. The present paper aims to perform a brief radiography of the main European institutions and the role that they play in laying down and passing the legislation specific to the veterinary sanitary and food safety area, mostly that with judicial effects which is based on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The implementation of the veterinary sanitary and food safety legislation represents a ”sine qua non” obligation of the member states, otherwise sanctioning procedures and mechanisms of the European Union are activated, up to the activation of the infringement procedure. The accession of Romania to the European Union in 2007 posed an important challenge, one of the post-accession requirements being represented by passing and/or transposing the suitable legislation.

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