Implementing Regulations of The Agriculture Law

Inspectors may detect violations as follows: 111| Implementing Regulations of the Agriculture Law 1. Entering licensed or unlicensed agricultural or veterinary facilities and verifying their compliance with the provisions of the Law, its Regulations, and the decisions and instructions issued by the Ministry, and handling reports; 2. Detecting violations through field inspection, aerial photographers, and others; 3. Accessing records, verifying the safety of devices and equipment, checking the legal situation of working staff, and ensuring that they hold the necessary licenses from the Ministry; 4. Drafting a report including the following: a) Place, date and time of violation; b) Name of inspector(s); c) Violator's name, activity, address, and a copy of the facility’s records and data; d) Specified and accurate description of the agricultural sector resources subject of the violation, as well as the vehicles and tools used or suspected of being used in committing the violation; e) Seized items subject of the violation which are quickly damaged or the preservation of which requires great expenses; f) Determining the violation and the damages resulting therefrom, and documenting proof of the violation, whether through video recording, photographs, or other means; g) Signing the report by the inspector, and by the violator, if any; if the latter refuses to sign, his refusal shall be recorded in the report. The violator shall be notified to report to the Ministry pursuant to the approved forms. 5. Investigating the person responsible for the violation and any party associated therewith, hearing their statements and investigating their defense, and recording the same in the report prepared for this procedure, which includes the following: a) Place, date, and beginning and ending time of investigation; b) Name of the investigator; c) Name, activity, and address of interrogatee; d) Identifying the violation attributed to the interrogatee; e) Questions addressed to the interrogatee and his replies thereto; 112| Implementing Regulations of the Agriculture Law f) Signing the report by the investigator, and by the interrogatee, if any; if the latter refuses to sign, his refusal shall be recorded in the investigation report. 6. If the perpetrator of a violation or his address cannot be identified, the following measures shall be carried out: a) A report of the violation, shall be drafted, including the data set out in paragraph (5) of this Article; the Ministry or its designee shall, in coordination with the relevant agencies, remove the violation. b) The violator shall bear the expenses of removing the violation and the penalties resulting therefrom as soon as he becomes aware thereof; if he fails to cooperate and insists on his violation, a request shall be submitted to the competent agencies. c) If the inspector is unable to notify a violator who has no fixed address, a request shall be submitted to the competent agencies, including the necessary information, to obligate said violator to pay the fine.