(1) Placed under the authority of a Head of Department, the Department of Livestock Breeding, Camels, Equines and Donkeys is responsible for:

• monitoring the application of regulations on the breeding of large livestock, camels, horses and donkeys;
• the implementation of actions contributing to the development and modernization of the production of large livestock, camels, horses and donkeys;
• the promotion of medium and large farms of large livestock, horses, camels and donkeys;
• monitoring and technical control of livestock breeding companies, horses, camels and donkeys;
• monitoring the exploitation of products from livestock farming, horses, camels, donkeys and their derivatives;
• support for the setting up and implementation of livestock breeding projects, horses, camels and donkeys;
• the examination of applications for approval, authorisation to create or authorisation to open establishments for the breeding of large livestock, horses and camels;
• the examination of technical advice files on the import or export of large livestock, horses and camels;
• the promotion of the livestock / meat, livestock / milk, equine and camel sectors as well as the promotion of the products of the said farms;
• participation in the collection of statistics on livestock farming on large livestock, horses, camels and donkeys;
• the promotion and monitoring of quality labels for livestock products, horses and camels, in conjunction with the administrations concerned;
• monitoring the traceability of livestock products for large livestock, horses and camels.