Urzędowa kontrola żywności w Polsce wobec porozumienia CETA
Official control of foodstuffs in Poland in regard to CETA agreement

Author(s): Małgorzata Korzycka
Subject(s): Public Administration
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: CETA trade agreement; official control of foodstuffs; border control; precautionary principle
Summary/Abstract: The complex free-trade agreement CETA (Comprehensive Economicand Trade Agreement) is aimed to simplify trade relations between theEU and Canada. CETA preserves European standards which as a rulewere not subject to negotiations. This concerns food security, labourrights and environmental protection.In relation to food law and official control of foodstuffs, DeclarationNo. 7 concerning the protection of the precautionary principle in CETAis important. Moreover, it is worth stressing that no CETA provisionscontravene EU norms (including those on food safety, environmentalprotection or consumers), and therefore in order to export Canadiangoods to the EU, they must comply with all EU standards and regulations. The official control authorities in Poland have precisely describedcompetences regarding commercial exchange with third countries, Canadaincluded, mainly on border controls. Border controls comprise atleast systematic monitoring of documentation, random identificationchecks as well as, where applicable, direct checks, including procurementof samples for laboratory examinations.The provisions of CETA, having correspondence to competences ofthe official food control bodies, set down new tasks for these bodies, notonly on a national and European level, but also in relations with a countryon another continent – thus global.

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