The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is the public administration body in charge of policy making and adoption of regulations in the plant health field.
The Phytosanitary Directorate was established in 2008, as the single authority responsible for plant health, according to Article 5 of the Law on plant health protection and started to work in 2009.
The Phytosanitary Directorate is a public administration body in charge of the direct implementation of regulations and administrative and other professional activities and is in charge of co-ordination and contacts related to phytosanitary field.
Phytosanitary Inspection is the part of the Directorate for Inspection Afairs, established in 2011.
Phytosanitary inspection performs inspection supervision over the implementation of the Law on Plant Health.