Central level

State competences

• Responsibility for basis legislation and general planning and coordination of economic activity;
• Management of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
• Design and implementation of the Rural Development Programme.
• Support to development of agricultural activity and subsidies;
• Establishment of basic global directives for regulation of national agricultural market;
• Determination of aid requests, where the country is assigned a maximum total amount of aid for the whole national territory.
• Monitoring frameworks and strategies.
• Databases including Agrarian Geographic Information System.
• Ecological farming policies.
• Management of grants and subsidies other than EAFRD.

Regional level

Regional level authorities are responsible for:

• Development of agricultural policies, in line with global directives and European norms;

• Management of subsidies, determination of aid requests, payment, control and sanction.

Local level

Provincial competences

• Securing coordination and provision of municipal services.
  

Municipal competences[1]

• Protection of traditional activities and exploitations.
• LEADER group management and formulation.
• Devising and implementing measures at the local level to promote growth in agricultural sector.
• Promotion of local produce.

Responsible ministries/bodies

Central

Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Food

Sources

RDP and EAFRD, Spain, Country Files, European Commission

Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias, Guía para el fomento del empleo verde en los pequeños municipios, 2011, p.34. [Spanish Federation of Municipalities and Provinces, Guide for the promotion of green employment in small Municipalities, 2011, p.34].

Ley 45/2007, de 13 de diciembre, para el desarrollo sostenible del medio rural [Law 45/2007 of 13.12.2012 on the rural sustainable development].

Real Decreto 430/2020 de 3 de marzo por el que se desarrolla la estructura orgánica básica del Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación [Royal Decree of 3 March 2020 on the structure of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery and Food].

[1] These competences shall be exercised in accordance to the conditions defined in the Regional and State laws, therefore there might be slight differences from one Autonomous Community to the other.