<s>[INST] The next text is a question of a member of the European parliament:"The White Paper on Food Safety (COM(1999)719 final) was published inJanuary 2000. Chapter 4 is concerned with establishing a European Food Authority (EFA). Chapter 5 considers legislation on food safety.  Existing legislation enables Member States to collect fees for controls of products of animal origin (sections 86-87). There is a lack of uniformity in setting and charging fees. The legislative review will extend application of this principle to other areas.  Whether producers should contribute to the cost of official controls of their products is an old question. If this principle is applied unevenly it will result in a distortion of competition. In some quarters it is felt that food control is a central task of the State and should therefore be paid for entirely from public funds to avoid any hint of a conflict of interests.  Does the Commission advocate full public funding for official controls? If not, what funding mechanism does it prefer? In what way will the Commission avoid a situation whereby the funding of public controls leads to a distortion of competition because the different Member States use different funding systems?"
Analyze carefully the text and assign it to the most relevant policy area among those listed below. Do not explain your answer and return only a number.
Policy area numbers: 1 = Macroeconomics
2 = Civil Rights, Minority Issues and Civil Liberties
3 = Health
4 = Agriculture and Fisheries
5 = Labour, employment and pensions
6 = Education
7 = Environment
8 = Energy
9 = Immigration
10 = Transportation
12 = Law and Crime
13 = Social welfare
14 = Regional and Urban issues and Planning
15 = Banking, finance and domestic commerce issues
16 = Defence
17 = Space, science, technology, and communications issues
18 = Foreign trade
19 = International affairs and foreign aid
20 = Governance and government
21 = Public Lands, Water Management and Territorial Issues
23 = Culture and media
[/INST]. Answer = [4]. </s>
The White Paper on Food Safety (COM(1999)719 final) was published inJanuary 2000. Chapter 4 is concerned with establishing a European Food Authority (EFA). Chapter 5 considers legislation on food safety.  Existing legislation enables Member States to collect fees for controls of products of animal origin (sections 86-87). There is a lack of uniformity in setting and charging fees. The legislative review will extend application of this principle to other areas.  Whether producers should contribute to the cost of official controls of their products is an old question. If this principle is applied unevenly it will result in a distortion of competition. In some quarters it is felt that food control is a central task of the State and should therefore be paid for entirely from public funds to avoid any hint of a conflict of interests.  Does the Commission advocate full public funding for official controls? If not, what funding mechanism does it prefer? In what way will the Commission avoid a situation whereby the funding of public controls leads to a distortion of competition because the different Member States use different funding systems?