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Berlin, August 22nd, 2016. If the CETA free trade agreement between the EU and Canada is applied “temporarily” as planned, it can become permanent. The reason: Even if a national parliament does not ratify the CETA treaty, the agreement could still be applied. This is the conclusion reached by an expert opinion by international law expert Prof. Wolfgang Weiß from the University of Speyer. “The 'provisional' application of the CETA treaty makes the national ratifications meaningless,” criticized Weiß. The EU Commission is planning to put the CETA free trade agreement as a whole "provisionally" into force before one of the national parliaments of the EU has voted on it ...
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Electronic cash registers must in future have a certified technical security device. The Federal Cabinet decided on July 13, 2016 with the "Draft of a law to protect against manipulation of basic digital records". This effectively combats tax evasion through manipulated cash register records ...
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Many companies take on interns, especially during the holiday season. One group consists of schoolchildren who use the summer vacation to perhaps gain knowledge and experience in a company for a later career choice. During such an internship, students are legally insured against accidents with the BGN. Because they are integrated into the company during this time and are subject to the instructions of the employer with regard to working hours, location and type of activity ...
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Berlin. The food clarity project has been collecting consumer complaints about the presentation and labeling of food for five years. In the case of products with the potential to be deceptive from 2014, around half of the labels have now been improved. Above all, consumers criticize ingredient promises that are not kept ...
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Brussels / Aachen. Oecher puttes, a spicy black pudding, is part of everyday life for the people of Aachen. It comes on the table with apples, potatoes and onions or mashed potatoes and sauerkraut - and is popular at picnics and during Carnival. The European Commission is now awarding it the "geographically protected indication" (PGI) quality mark. The seal stands for the close connection between a product and the area of origin: at least one of the production stages - production, processing or manufacture - must be carried out in the area of origin ...
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Bonn. "Regulation on food for special consumer groups" - this is the simple short title of the new EU Regulation No. 609/2013, which from July 20, 2016 is supposed to do away with the hodgepodge of foods that are aimed at certain people with special nutritional needs. It replaces what was previously known as diet law, including - for the time being only in part - the national dietary ordinance.
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Erfurt. In food processing companies, the employer must ensure that his employees wear clean and suitable hygienic clothing. His duties also include cleaning these clothes at his own expense. The plaintiff is employed in the slaughterhouse of the defendant. The defendant provides the plaintiff with white hygienic clothing for his work. For cleaning these clothes, she deducts 10,23 euros per month from his net wages ...
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Hamburg. The food-enjoyment-restaurants union (NGG) welcomes today's decision by the Federal Labor Court in Erfurt, according to which employers in the German slaughterhouse industry are prohibited from withholding parts of their wages for cleaning hygienic clothing. Claus-Harald Güster, deputy chairman of the NGG, said: "We expressly welcome today's judgment and see our legal opinion confirmed ...
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Federal Cabinet decided to include the industry in the Posted Workers Act.
On February 26, 2014, the Federal Cabinet passed a bill to amend the Posted Workers Act. This means that the "slaughtering and meat processing" sector is included in the law on posting of workers. This is the prerequisite for the minimum wage agreement that the employer and the trade union in this sector concluded in January to be able to be declared generally binding for all companies and employees by ordinance. Federal Minister of Labor Andrea Nahles:
“In the meat industry in particular, wages and working conditions were wild for years. And it is precisely here that not only the physical strain is very high, but also a particularly large number of employees who are posted here from abroad. So it was good that the meat industry finally agreed on a minimum wage agreement. The prospect of the general minimum wage from next year has caused a lot of movement here. We are now quickly including the industry in the posting law so that the minimum wage will soon apply to everyone in the meat industry. And with the tariff package, we will then quickly open the Posting Act even further, facilitate the declaration of general binding and introduce the statutory minimum wage. It's time everyone got their hard work reward. "
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BLL reacts to allegations of the Hessian consumer center
The Federation for Food Law and Food Science e. V. (BLL) vehemently rejects the accusation that the food industry is lying, tricking and camouflaging in connection with the presentation of the latest publication by the Hessen consumer association. "The German manufacturers adhere to the law applicable throughout Europe and produce safe, high-quality food, the presentation of which complies with the legal requirements," explains BLL Managing Director Christoph Minhoff. "The food industry stands behind the principle that it is generally forbidden to market food under misleading names or packaging. The title" food lies "is therefore an affront to the 4,8 million people who work for the food industry and Ensure the food of 82 million citizens every day. " To call this publication a "guide" is the real misleading. According to the definition of the Dudens, a guide is a book that contains instructions and tips for practice in a specific area. But instead of giving the consumers factual and objective explanations of the applicable labeling and presentation requirements and thus contributing to strengthening education, the buyers are obviously denied consumer competence and their own judgment.
Today, the buyer can find out all the necessary information on every product, such as the sales description, the ingredients, the best-before date or the quantity. First and foremost, consumers need factual and easily understandable information about the meaningful labeling elements that are already available, because these provide clarity and transparency and can prevent disappointment. Anyone who knows that all ingredients are listed in the list of ingredients in descending order of their weight percentage will not be disappointed due to certain quantities in the product. "It would be desirable if the consumer advice centers would give consumers assistance here, where the relevant information can already be found on the packaging, instead of accusing an entire industry of lying and deceit," emphasizes Minhoff.
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With a view to the result of the federal election, the BLL reaffirms its demand for a policy that safeguards the legitimate interests of consumers, but also safeguards the function of the food industry as the engine of Germany as a business location.
With a view to the result of the Bundestag election, the Bund für Lebensmittelrecht und Lebensmittelkunde e. V. (BLL) expressed his call for a policy that safeguards the legitimate interests of consumers, but also safeguards the function of the food industry as the engine of Germany as a business location. "The task of the new federal government is to create the framework for a balanced market that takes consumer and company interests into account and brings them into harmony," explains Christoph Minhoff, BLL General Manager.
