Federal Minister Horst Seehofer : Minister’s Office; Parliamentary State Secretary Ursula Heinen; State Secretary Gert Lindemann; Parliamentary State Secretary Dr.Gerd Muller. State Secretary Gert Lindemann : Directorate General 1(Central Affairs Directorate) – Organisation; Personnel; Budget; Organisation, Personnal, Budget, Planning and Coordination of the Research Sector; General Legal Questions; Fiseal Affairs; Information Technology; Internal Service. Directorate General L(Political Staff, Policy Principles, Renewable Resources) – Press; Cabinet, Parliament and Protocol Affairs, Visitor’s Service; Strategic Communication; Policy Issues and Strategies; Policy Planning Staff; Renewable Resources; Trade Fairs. Directorate General 2(Consumer Protection, Food Biotechnology and Genetic Engineering) – Consumer Protection in the Information and Service Society, Public Health, Commercial Transactions and Financial Services; Food Policy and Dictary Enducation; Genetic Engineering Supply; Emergency Planning; Biological Diversity, Genetic Resources; Environmental Affairs. Directorate General 3(Food Safety, Veterinary Affairs) – Food Control and Inspection; Food and Meat Hygiene; Food Additives, Dictary Supplements; Risik and Crisis Management; Food Law, Protection from Deception; Veterinary Medicines; Animal Nutrition; Animal Protection; Animal Breeding; Animal Diseases. Directorate General 4(Agricultural Markets, Planning Bases, Social Affairs) – Crop Products(Arable Crops, Wine, Fruit and Vegetables); Social Policy in Agriculture; Animal Products(Liverstock, Meat, Eggs, Milk); Sales Prodmotion, Quality Labels; Statistics; Market and Price Observation; Profitability of Farms, Surverys; Foreign Agricultural Trade. Directorate General 5(Rural Areas, Plant Production, Forestry and Forest-based Industries) – Development of Rural Areas; Sustainable Rural Development; Income Combination; Individual Farm Affairs; Organie Farming; Crop Production; Plant Protection; Horticulture; Water Management; Technology, Construction Engineering and Transportation; Forestry and Forest-based Industries Hunting. Directorate General 6(EU Affairs, International Affairs, Fisheries) – EU Coordination; International Trade Issue; World Food Affairs; EU Budget; IACS; Fisheries Affairs, Sea and Inland Fisheries, EU and National Fisheries Legistation; Preservation of the Marine Environment; EU Fishery Regulations; Business Relations with Third Countries.