(1) Placed under the authority of a Director, the Directorate of Veterinary Services is responsible for:

• the development, monitoring, implementation and evaluation of government policy, strategy and programmes in the field of health protection and veterinary public health;
• participation in the development of programmes in the field of health protection and veterinary public health;
• the implementation of programmes and projects in the field of health protection and veterinary public health;
• the development and monitoring of the application of regulations in this area
• health protection and veterinary health inspection;
• the organisation and monitoring of veterinary health protection;
• the veterinary health police;
• validation and implementation of animal disease contingency plans;
• veterinary health inspection of foodstuffs of animal and fishery origin and the fight against zoonoses;
• monitoring and controlling the movement of animals and products of animal and fishery origin;
• the examination of applications for authorisation to create and authorisation to open operating establishments in the fields of livestock, fisheries and animal industries;
• the examination of technical advice files on the import or export of foodstuffs of animal and fishery origin, in conjunction with the administrations concerned;
• the examination of applications for marketing authorisation for veterinary medicinal products, in conjunction with the administrations concerned;
• the supply of veterinary equipment and medicines to the decentralised services;
• monitoring the activities of veterinary pharmacies, laboratories and the marketing of veterinary inputs;
• monitoring and controlling the activities of veterinarians in private practice;
• relations with international organisations in the field of animal health and veterinary public health;
• the follow-up of cross-border veterinary or animal health issues;
• issues related to the economics of animal health;
• the popularization of scientific and technical documentation on veterinary health and public health;
• determining and monitoring the application of standards in terms of health protection, public health and veterinary inputs;
• the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the veterinary health mandate.

(2) It shall include:

• The Sub-Directorate for Health Protection and Epidemiological Surveillance;
• The Sub-Directorate of Pharmacy and the Private Veterinary Sector;
• The Sub-Directorate of Veterinary Health Inspection and Public Health.