Ministerial Order No. 11/2016 establishing and regulating the functional structure of the General Directorate for Livestock and Veterinary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAP).

This Ministerial Order, consisting of 30 articles divided into five Chapters, establishes and regulates the functional organic structure of the General Directorate for Livestock and Veterinary of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MAP). The Directorate is a service that integrates the direct State administration under the MAP, responsible for ensuring the overall orientation and integrated coordination of all MAP services with responsibilities in the areas of livestock and veterinary, according to the Government's programme, policies and programmes of the MAP. It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the above mentioned Directorate, entitled to: Collaborate in the definition of policies, programmes and plans relevant to the livestock and veterinary area; Coordinate, guarantee and promote the execution, articulation and monitoring of the implementation of policies, plans, programmes and strategies of livestock and veterinary; Ensuring sustainable and quality animal production, in order to ensure public health; Internally coordinate and grant licensing in the livestock and veterinary industry; Coordinate the enforcement of the law with regard to the hygienic conditions of import, export and breeding of animals, preparation, transport, storage and sale of meat and products of animal origin; etc.
This Ministerial Order is divides as follows: Functional structure (Chap. II); Direction, Chiefs and Human Resources (Chap. III); Finance (Chap. IV); Final and transitional provisions (Chap. V).