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Alyaksandr Lukashenka has signed Decree No. 109 “On Increasing the Effectiveness of the State Veterinary Service”, which comprehensively amends Decree No. 252 of 28 June 2019.
As his press service reports, the document establishes clear subordination of state veterinary service bodies and organisations to the Department of Veterinary and Food Supervision of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food.
The department’s leadership receives expanded powers: the department director, who also serves as deputy minister of agriculture and food, is granted the right to issue mandatory written instructions, suspend the issuance of veterinary documents, demand disciplinary action and the suspension from duty of chief veterinarians in regions and districts, and approve personnel decisions at all levels.
Heads of veterinary services in regions and districts receive similar powers within their respective territories.
The decree also details state supervision functions with an emphasis on inspection measures using checklists. It separately establishes the personal responsibility of veterinary service managers at the national, regional and district levels for the effectiveness of their work.