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, Annex to No. 12, 1984, Art. 421):

1. The Code shall be supplemented with Article 44⁴ reading as follows:

“Article 444. Sale of non-iodised salt, import and sale of expired iodised salt and other falsified fortified food products

Sale of non-iodised salt (except for the cases provided for by paragraphs 1 and 3 of Article 5 of the Law of Georgia “On the Prevention of Diseases Caused by Deficiency of Iodine, Other Microelements and Vitamins”), import or sale of expired iodised salt or other falsified fortified food product –

shall entail a fine of GEL 500 to 2000.”.

2. Article 239 shall be supplemented with paragraph 51 reading as follows:

“51. The protocol on the administrative offences provided for by Article 44⁴ of this Code shall be drawn up by the authorised officials of the services of the Ministries of Labour, Health and Social Protection, and Agriculture of Georgia and of the Customs Department of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia.”.

Article 2.🔗

This Law shall enter into force 6 months after publication.

President of Georgia M. Saakashvili

Tbilisi,

25 February 2005.

No. 1056–Is