Implementing Regulations of The Agriculture Law

The Ministry shall regulate, license, monitor, and oversee public markets pursuant to the following: 1. Coordinating with the relevant government agencies in the establishment and technical and administrative supervision of public markets for agricultural sector products; 2. Specifying appropriate sites for establishing permanent and seasonal public markets for agricultural sector products, in coordination with the relevant agencies, pursuant to the controls, requirements and procedures specified by the Ministry; 3. Setting the necessary rules to regulate purchases, sales and auctions in public markets; 4. Specifying working days and hours in the market and taking the necessary measures for proper management thereof, taking into account the differences between various markets and seasons; 5. Recording quantity and price data in the Ministry's system and issuing statistical market reports; 6. Enacting biosecurity measures in public markets to preserve public health and ensure the safety of agricultural sector resources; 7. Obligating all market dealers (agricultural practitioners, sellers, agents, merchants, service providers/investors, associations, and others) to obtain the necessary permits to engage in business in these markets, pursuant to the controls and standards set by the Ministry; and 8. Detecting violations and imposing penalties on violators of the market's operating rules.