The Board for the Authorisation of Plant Protection Products and Biocides (Ctgb) has the duty of taking decisions on the authorisation of pesticides; based on the 2007 Plant Protection Products and Biocides Act. The Board takes decisions on the authorisation of pesticides within the framework of the rules and legislation concerned. The Board is an independent administrative body. The general framework and supervision is provided by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (Plant Protection Products) and the Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment. Other departments involved are the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport and the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment.