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What it is

How standard agri-food contracts get official approval in Spain

BOE step 7 of 7 · Passed

It is a government bill. Introduced by the Government. It was introduced on 13 September 1999. Introduced by: Gobierno.

Official title: Government bill regulating standard contracts for agri-food products.

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Source: Congreso de los Diputados, file 121/000183· updated 11 Nov

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  1. The law regulates the approval of standard agri-food contracts that apply in more than one Autonomous Community. An approved standard contract serves as a model that operators may voluntarily follow.
  2. To be approved, contracts must include at least the identification of the parties, the contract term, the subject matter (product, quantity, quality, deliveries), prices and payment terms, how disputes are resolved, and the powers of the monitoring committee.
  3. Each approved standard contract must have a monitoring committee, which is nonprofit and made up equally of both sides, that oversees and promotes the contract. If it collects financial contributions from signatories, it must have its accounts externally audited.
  4. Recognized interprofessional organizations and representative organizations of production and of processing and marketing may request approval. The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food reviews the contract's viability and decides, setting the approval term, which can be extended.
  5. Disputes between the parties go first to the monitoring committee and, if unresolved, to arbitration. The law classifies minor, serious and very serious offenses, with fines, and assigns sanctioning authority to different bodies of the Ministry depending on severity.
  6. It repeals Law 19/1982 on contracting agricultural products and its implementing rules. Contracts approved before this law remain governed by the previous rules until their term ends. The law takes effect three months after publication in the official gazette.

Who it affects

  • Agri-food system operators (farmers, fishers, processors and marketers): They may voluntarily align their contracts with the approved standard contract.
  • Interprofessional and representative sector organizations: They are the ones who may request approval of standard contracts.
  • Monitoring committees: They must oversee contracts, send data to the Ministry and audit their accounts if they collect contributions.
  • Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food: It approves, extends and sanctions standard contracts covering more than one Autonomous Community.
  • Autonomous Communities: They may approve contracts in their territory and must report them to the Ministry.

Words worth knowing

Homologación (approval)
Official recognition that a standard contract meets the law's requirements and can be used as a model.
Contrato tipo (standard contract)
A model contract that parties may use as a reference for their own contracts if they wish.
Organización interprofesional agroalimentaria (agri-food interprofessional organization)
A group bringing together producers, processors and marketers of the same food sector.
Arbitraje (arbitration)
A way to settle disputes where an impartial third party issues a decision the parties accept in advance.
Organización común de mercado (common market organization)
A set of European Union rules governing the market for certain agricultural products.

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Where it stands

How far did it get?

It took 7 of 7 steps. It reached BOE, and today it is passed.

  1. Introduced13 September 1999Someone registers the text in the Congreso.
  2. Admitted14 September 1999The Bureau of the Congreso accepts it and, for a members’ bill, the plenary decides whether to consider it.
  3. Amendments20 September 1999Groups propose changes.
  4. Committee4 November 1999A committee goes through the text in detail.
  5. Plenaryno dateAll 350 deputies vote.
  6. Senate8 November 1999The Senate can pass it, amend it or veto it.
  7. BOE16 December 1999It is published in the Official State Gazette (BOE) and comes into force.
See the 7 official steps on a timeline
Sept 1999Oct 1999Nov 199911. 13 September 1999: Presentación22. 14 September 1999: Comisión de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca Publicación desde 14/09/1999 hasta 20/09/199933. 14 September 1999: Calificación44. 20 September 1999: Comisión de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca Enmiendas desde 20/09/1999 hasta 04/11/199955. 4 November 1999: Comisión de Agricultura, Ganadería y Pesca Aprobación con competencia legislativa plena desde 04/11/1999 hasta 08/11/199966. 8 November 1999: Senado desde 08/11/1999 hasta 16/12/199977. 16 December 1999: Concluido - (Aprobado con modificaciones) desde 16/12/1999 hasta 04/04/2000

Was there a plenary vote?

We have no plenary vote linked to this law in the Congreso’s data.

What happens next

What happens now?

It is law, or will be once published in the BOE. It comes into force on the date its own text sets.

The same initiative in the other chamber:

Published in the BOE: Act 2/2000, of January 7, regulating standard contracts for agri-food products.

Sources

Where does all this come from?

  • The data comes from the open files of the Congreso, the Senate and the BOE, unaltered.
  • Each deputy’s province is the one of their seat on the day of the vote.
  • We only say “passed” or “rejected” when the majority needed is certain; otherwise we say which side had more votes.

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