Pest County Government Office is a checkpoint in two capacities:

1. Competent authority as established in Regulation (EU) No 511/2014 on compliance measures for users from the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization in the Union.

Pest County Government Office acting in its competence nature conservation checks among others whether users comply with their obligations, have obtained prior informed consent and have established mutually agreed terms. 

2. Checkpoint  for the area of licensing, distribution and control of products developed with the utilisation of genetic resources or traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources as established in Government Decree No. 3/2016. (I.20.) on certain rules of implementation of international and European Community legal acts on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from their utilisation.

Pest County Government Office acting in its competence of crop production, food chain management, forestry, hunting and fisheries management process any request or notification received in the course of any proceedings falling within their competence and concerning the utilisation of genetic resources and traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources.