Food Security and Provisioning Act
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Law on ensuring the basic supply of food in a supply crisis and measures to prevent a supply crisis |
| Short title: | Food Security and Provisioning Act |
| Abbreviation: | ESA |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Commercial administrative law , agricultural law |
| References : | 780-11 |
| Issued on: | April 4, 2017 ( BGBl. I p. 772 ) |
| Entry into force on: | April 11, 2017 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 275 VO of June 19, 2020 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1328, 1360 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
June 27, 2020 (Art. 361 of June 19, 2020) |
| Weblink: | Text of the ESA |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The German Food Security and Prevention Act ( ESVG ) aims to ensure an adequate supply of food and agricultural products in the event of a supply crisis .
history
The law's precursors were the Preventive Food Act and the Food Security Act. The Food Prevention Act was enacted as a result of the Chernobyl disaster . It only applied to non-military supply crises, such as those threatening natural disasters or strikes. In the case of a defense , however, the Food Security Act applied.
Both laws were merged in 2017 in the new Food Security and Provisioning Act.
content
According to Section 1 (1) of the Act, there is a supply crisis
if the federal government has determined that
- 1. The coverage of the vital need for food in essential parts of the federal territory is seriously endangered
- a) in the event of tension according to Art. 80a of the Basic Law or in the event of a defense according to Art. 115a of the Basic Law or
- b) as a result of a natural disaster, a particularly serious accident, an act of sabotage, an economic crisis or any other comparable event and
- 2. this threat cannot be eliminated, cannot be eliminated in good time or can only be eliminated with disproportionate means without sovereign intervention in the market.
If the Federal Government determines that such a crisis has occurred, various state control measures can be issued to avert the consequences of the crisis.
A pandemic can also be considered a natural disaster .
Web links
- Basic information on the law on the revision of the law to ensure nutrition in a supply crisis
- www.ernaehrungsvorsorge.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ New version and repeal of related ordinances by the law on the revision of the law to ensure nutrition in a supply crisis
- ^ Stephan Rixen: Corona - sovereign measures . In: NJW-aktuell . No. 12/2020 , March 20, 2020, p. 14 .
