On Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia

On Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia

Law of Georgia

On Amendments to the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia

Article 1🔗

The following amendments shall be made to the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia (Bulletins of the Supreme Council of the Georgian SSR, 1984, Supplement to No. 12, Art. 421):

1. The Code shall be supplemented with Articles 1794–1795 as follows:

“Article 1794. Falsification by a testing laboratory of a wine laboratory test report, falsification by a certification body of a wine certificate

1. Falsification by a testing laboratory of a wine laboratory test report, falsification by a certification body of a wine certificate, by deliberately entering incorrect data therein, –

shall entail a fine in the amount of GEL 5,000.

2. The same act committed repeatedly, –

shall entail a fine in the amount of GEL 20,000.

Article 179⁵. Placing in an export batch, or exporting, products that do not correspond to the products indicated in the wine certificate🔗

1. Placing in an export batch, or exporting, products that do not correspond to the products indicated in the wine certificate, –

shall entail a fine in the amount of GEL 10,000.

2. The same act committed repeatedly, –

shall entail a fine in the amount of GEL 20,000.”.

2. Article 239 shall be supplemented with paragraph 39¹ as follows:

“39¹. Reports on the offences provided for by Articles 1794–1795 of this Code shall be drawn up by the authorised civil servant of the National Service for Food Safety, Veterinary and Plant Protection – a state sub-agency institution within the governance sphere of the Ministry of Agriculture of Georgia.”.

Article 2🔗

This Law shall enter into force on the 15th day after publication.

President of Georgia M. Saakashvili

Tbilisi,

11 July 2007.

No. 5244-rs