The Ministry of Agriculture formulates public policy, as well as organizes, coordinates and controls the implementation of the policy in the areas within the competence of the minister of agriculture.

The central Government:

• Regulates with economic measures the production of agricultural products and foodstuffs;
• Carries out direct payments and compensatory allowance;
• Carries out intervention in buying-up and other intervention-based regulatory measures;
• Promotes and establishes export and import procedures.

EU funding, such as the Common Agricultural Policy programme, is administered by the National Paying Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture.

Local authorities are responsible for:

• Participation in the administration of specific agricultural production quotas (at present, only milk production quotas);
• Registration of agricultural holdings and farms;
• Participation in the administration of activities related to declarations of agricultural land and crops;
• Implementation of programmes pertaining to the liquidation and monitoring of natural disasters, communicable diseases of animals, determination of losses and damages caused to the agriculture by hunted animals and wild animals belonging to the strictly protected species;
• Registration and technical maintenance of tractors, self‑propelled and agricultural machines and their trailers;
• Participation in the administration of implementation of rural development measures;
• Management and usage supervision of state owned hydrotechnical and melioration constructions.
  

Responsible ministries/bodies

Ministry of Agriculture