S.L. 549.44 ст. 32Strategy and programme development. S.L. 549.27

The competent authority shall:

(a) develop a national strategy and other relevant policies and plans, action plans and related programmes aimed for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity;

(b) adapt existing strategies, plans or programmes to reflect, inter alia, the measures set out in these regulations, the related regulations and the Convention on Biological Diversity (Incorporation) Regulations;

(c) as far as possible and as appropriate, integrate the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity into relevant sectoral or cross-sectoral plans, programmes and policies; and

(d) promote the integration of conservation policies and sustainable use of biodiversity in plans, programmes and policies prepared by other authorities.