Ref. Ares(2021)1982544 - 19/03/2021
Communication according to Article 139.1 for area (b) under Article 1(2)
Article 139
Penalties
1. Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of this
Regulation and take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties
provided for shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States shall, by 14
December 2019, notify those provisions to the Commission and shall notify it without delay of
any subsequent amendment affecting them.
2. Member States shall ensure that financial penalties for violations of this Regulation and of the
rules referred to in Article 1(2), perpetrated through fraudulent or deceptive practices, reflect, in
accordance with national law, at least either the economic advantage for the operator or, as
appropriate, a percentage of the operator's turnover.
Article 1 (2)
b) deliberate release into the environment of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) for the
purpose of food and feed production
National law
Zákon č. 151/2002 Z. z. o používaní genetických technológií a geneticky modifikovaných
organizmov v znení neskorších predpisov. Naplnenie skutkovej podstaty správnych
deliktov upravuje § 28, spôsob uloženia sankcie upravuje § 29 a priestupky upravuje §
30 (https://www.epi.sk/zz/2002-151)
Zákon č. 184/2006 Z. z. o pestovaní geneticky modifikovaných rastlín v
poľnohospodárskej výrobe. § 9 (priestupky) a § 10 iné správne delikty
(https://www.epi.sk/zz/2006-184)