Regional Legislative Decree No. 3/2020/A approving the organization and functioning of the Institute for Food and Agricultural Markets (IAMA-IPRA).

This Regional Legislative Decree approves the organization and functioning of the Institute for Food and Agricultural Markets (IAMA-IPRA). It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Institute entitled to provide a set of services to its, citizens and companies linked to agriculture, livestock and agri-food trade, allowing them to implement and consolidate production and marketing systems leading to the technical and economic success of their activities. In particular, IAMA-IPRA is responsible to: verify and control the conditions for granting community, national and regional aid; monitor the evolution of agricultural markets in terms of the marketing and processing of agricultural and livestock products; implement regional policy within the scope of the quality regimes provided for in the applicable regulations; manage the regional slaughtering network and the classification of milk in the Autonomous Region of the Azores.