Law No. 166 “On agricultural development.”

This Law establishes legal relations between citizens, legal persons, state executive bodies and local self-government for the development of agrofood sector of the national economy. It regulates the relations between rural producers of agricultural commodities, state bodies and local self-government directed at implementation of state policy in the sphere of agricultural development and production of agricultural commodities with a view of provision of the population with food. The scope of this Law shall be: (a) to ensure food security; (b) to ensure stable development and functioning of agro-industrial sector; and (c) creation of favourable conditions for rural livelihoods. Achievement of the aforesaid objectives shall be ensured by: (a) crediting of agro-industrial complex; (b) export regulation in the agro-industrial sector; (c) ensuring veterinary, sanitary and phytosanitary safety; and (d) training of staff for agro-industrial sector. State regulation of agrofood markets shall be carried out by: (a) state purchasing and commodity interventions; and (b) protection of internal market.