(1) Placed under the authority of a Head of Department, the Non-Conventional Breeding, Beekeeping and Companion Animals Service is responsible for:

• monitoring the application of regulations on non-conventional farming, companion animals and beekeeping products;
• the study and inventory of non-conventional, apical and companion animal farms;
• monitoring and technical control of non-conventional livestock establishments, beekeeping and companion animal farms;
• monitoring the operation of non-conventional farms, companion animals and beekeeping;
• the promotion of medium and large non-conventional and apical livestock farms;
• support for the setting up of non-conventional, beekeeping and companion animal breeding projects;
• the promotion of non-conventional breeding, beekeeping and companion animal farming;
• the examination of applications for approval, authorisation to create and authorisation to open non-conventional breeding, companion animal breeding and beekeeping establishments;
• the examination of technical advice files on the import and export of animals from non-conventional farms, companion animals and beekeeping products;
• the collection of livestock statistics on the said farms;
• the promotion and monitoring of quality labels for non-conventional livestock products and beekeeping, in conjunction with the administrations concerned;
• monitoring the traceability of non-conventional livestock products and beekeeping.