From 2025, the Agricultural Data Centre’s tasks will be taken over by the Rural Support Service
Starting from January 1, 2025, all the services previously provided by the Agricultural Data Centre (ADC) will be delivered by the Rural Support Service (RSS).
No changes will be introduced to the range of paid services, and clients will continue to have access to all existing systems and registers. The procedure for animal registration, as well as the European Union’s requirements for the registration and identification of animals, will remain unchanged.
This decision was made to establish a unified system, ensuring simplified and flexible oversight of the agricultural sector while reducing the fragmentation and overlap of state administrative functions.
The consolidation of functions under the institutions subordinate to the Ministry of Agriculture will facilitate faster exchange of information between institutions and private individuals, thereby improving and simplifying services provided to the public and enhancing their quality. Since RSS has nine territorial units – regional agricultural administrations – farmers will continue to receive the necessary services in their regions.
RSS will also adopt the practices of previous years, ensuring that farmers can order and receive animal identification tools. Additionally, RSS will represent national interests in international organizations overseeing and evaluating agricultural animals, including the International Committee for Animal Recording (ICAR) and the Interbull Centre for the evaluation of breeding bulls.
A commission established by the Ministry of Agriculture will ensure the inventory of ADC’s material and non-material assets, financial resources, and obligations by December 31, 2024, as well as the transfer of archives and record-keeping to RSS. Changes related to the reallocation of funding between institutions will be carried out within a single state budget sub-program. The commission will also assess the number of personnel to be transferred from ADC and prepare the ADC’s closing balance sheet.
Source of information: Rural Support Service