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The Inspectorate for Agriculture, Forestry, Hunting and Fisheries performs supervision of the implementation of regulations in the areas of agriculture, the protection of agricultural land, the functioning of agricultural communities, and the promotion of agricultural products and foodstuffs, wine, and other wine- and grape-based products.

The Inspectorate also supervises the procedures for the implementation of measures falling within the competence of the Agency of the Republic of Slovenia for Agricultural Markets and Rural Development.

Its inspection tasks relating to the implementation of regulations also include the areas of forestry, hunting, the protection of species of wild fauna, and marine and freshwater aquaculture.

The Inspectorate carries out official controls in the areas of the quality, labelling and safety of wine and other wine- and grape-based products, rural development, agricultural policy measures, zootechnics, the identification and registration of animals, the implementation of breeding programmes, the operation of selection centres, the provision of public services in agriculture, and good agricultural practice.

It provides supervision of the trade in organic and mineral fertilizers and their use and in soil improvers and their use in arable and pasture areas, in the area of animal by-products and derived products not intended for human consumption. 

The Inspectorate also supervises the use of biodegradable waste, the protection of water and agricultural land against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources, and the coexistence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming.

Leadership

Organisational units

  • Agricultural Inspection Service

    Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
    Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Agriculture, Forestry, Hunting and Fisheries

    Dunajska cesta 58
    1000 Ljubljana

  • Forestry Inspection Service

    Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
    Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Agriculture, Forestry, Hunting and Fisheries

    Dunajska cesta 58
    1000 Ljubljana

  • Wine Production Inspection Service

    Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
    Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Agriculture, Forestry, Hunting and Fisheries

    Dunajska cesta 58
    1000 Ljubljana

  • Hunting and Fisheries Inspection Service

    Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
    Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Agriculture, Forestry, Hunting and Fisheries

    Dunajska cesta 58
    1000 Ljubljana

  • General and Legal Affairs Service

    Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
    Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Agriculture, Forestry, Hunting and Fisheries

    Dunajska cesta 58
    1000 Ljubljana

  • Območna enota Celje

    Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food
    Inspectorate of the Republic of Slovenia for Agriculture, Forestry, Hunting and Fisheries

    Opekarniška cesta 2
    3000 Celje

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