Chapter 1 Objects and content

Chapter 2 Organizing and administering

Chapter 3 Allocation of grants, etc.

Chapter 4 Disposal and repayment of grants

Chapter 5 Information to be information and control, etc.

Chapter 6 Delegation and redress

Chapter 7 Penalty provisions, etc.

Chapter 8 The entry into force, etc.

Promotion of Green and Demonstration Programme

We, by God's grace, the Queen of the Danes, do our thing.

The parliament has adopted the following law, and we know that the following law has been approved by Parliament's consent :

Chapter 1

Objects and content

§ 1. The aim of the law is to be pursued through a research and innovation effort, organised in a Green Development and Demonstration Programme on food, land use, fisheries and aquaculture. The Program is referred to as the GUDP.

Paragraph 2. Under the GUI, grants are awarded to projects contributing to a competitive and sustainable food and non-food production, including contributing to the development of business potential, growth, employment, working environment and further development of a market drive, in the environmental sector, at the same time, ensuring that a high level is ensured in the following areas :

1) Climate, environmental protection and nature conservation.

2) Animal welfare.

3) Food safety and health.

Paragraph 3. Offer, cf. paragraph 2, shall be granted

1) development and demonstration projects as well as for research projects that provide the basis for the implementation of development and demonstration projects,

2) the promotion of active cooperation between public and private operators ; and

3) strengthening the interaction between the GUI and international programmes on food, land use, fisheries and aquaculture.

Chapter 2

Organizing and administering

§ 2. The Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries designates a board of directors of the GUDP. The Management Board shall consist of a President and seven Members.

Paragraph 2. Four members of the Management Board shall be designated by the Minister for Economic and Industry, the Minister for the Environment, the Minister for Science, Technology and Development, and the Minister for Climate and Energy.

Paragraph 3. The Management Board shall be appointed for a period of four years with the possibility of re-nomination.

§ 3. The Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries provides secretarial assistance to the board of the GuDP.

Paragraph 2. The Minister shall establish the rules of procedure of the Management Board

Paragraph 3. The Minister may lay down rules on access by the Management Board to the Chairman and Secretariat of the Board, including matters of an urgent nature.

§ 4. The Management Board shall draw up proposals for strategy for the GUDP on the challenges and exploitation of potentials in the development of competition and sustainable food, land use, fisheries and aquaculture. Furthermore, the Administrative Board shall draw up proposals for an action plan for concrete action areas under the GUDP, including quantifiable objectives and indicators of action. The action plan shall form the basis for the Management of the Management of the Management of Projectings within the meaning of the law.

Paragraph 2. The Administrative Board shall, in the context of specific ecological research efforts, be required to create the basis for the implementation of development and demonstration projects in the area of ecology, the focus on focal areas and so on from the Board of Directors of the Internationally ; Centre for Research in Organic Jordanian and Food Systems, which is known as ICROFS.

Paragraph 3. The Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries accepts the Management Board's proposal for a strategy and action plan.

§ 5. The Management Board shall obtain technical advice from the Strategic Research Council in accordance with the law on research advice, etc. The Management Board may, in addition, obtain scientific advice from the Strategic Research Council for other purposes ; project searches, in accordance with the law on research advice, etc.

Paragraph 2. The Management Board shall obtain technical advice concerning the eco-logistics area of the Ecological Food Council, cf. Section 4 of the Ecology Act.

k. 3 . The management board of the GUDP shall collect the recommendation of the Board of Directors of ICROFS concerning applications for subsidies for ecological research activities.

Paragraph 4. Before preparing proposals for strategy and action plans, the Management Board shall be invited by appropriate authorities and stakeholders in food, agricultural, fisheries, aquaculture and the environment sector.

§ 6. The Management Board shall advise, within the law, the Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries on relevant initiatives, including in the face of barriers to the implementation of new knowledge and competition-and sustainable technologies in the food sector- Grounders, fisheries and aquaculture.

Paragraph 2. The Management Board may, within the law, advise on schemes for grants which may be granted by the minister under the rural area and the fishing development law.

Paragraph 3. The Minister may lay down rules on the Management of the Management Board pursuant to paragraph 1. 2.

§ 7. The Management Board shall give a recommendation to the Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries regarding the maintenance of the costs of analyses, evaluation and impact assessment of operations, etc. in the field of the law and the dissemination of the results of the action.

§ 8. Whereas the minister of food, agriculture and fisheries lays down rules on the law and, where applicable,

1) the accounts and audits relating to projects to which pledges are made ;

2) the publication of the results of the projects to which an undertaking is committed,

3) payment of grants and contributions provided under the law ;

4) evaluation of the GUDP and

5) the preparation of annual reports.

Chapter 3

Allocation of grants, etc.

§ 9. The Management Board shall take on the basis of the action plan, cf. Section 4 (4). 1, Decision on the application of the appropriation laid down on the annual financial laws, and a decision on the call for project applications.

Paragraph 2. The minister for food, agriculture and fisheries shall lay down, inter alia, in accordance with EU State aid rules, rules on the granting of project grants, including the granting of grant conditions and maximum subsidy rates.

Paragraph 3. The Minister may lay down rules on grants to projects that may obtain grants under other legislation, including that no subsidy may be granted under this law.

§ 10. The Management Board shall decide on grants for development and demonstration projects and research projects that provide the basis for the implementation of development and demonstration projects.

Paragraph 2. For the purpose of determining whether grants are to be made, the Management Board shall make an assessment of the fulfils of the law, the value of the project, the quality of the project, the impact, the impact, relevance, social and professional considerations of the project, as well as organizational requirements ; relationships.

Paragraph 3. The Management Board shall publish in the case of the calls for the projectlications of the maximum subsidy rates to be applicable to the projects to which the call relates, cf. however, section 9 (4). 2. The Management Board shall also publish the criteria set out in paragraph 1. 2 is included in the assessment of the individual project applications for grants.

§ 11. Commitments for grants in accordance with section 10 may be granted to projects carried out by

1) owners, compels and users of land-use holdings, business fishing vessels and aquaculture facilities ;

2) private enterprises and industry organisations and similar,

3) associations,

4) self-weighting institutions,

5) public and private research institutions, and

6) groups or associations of those under No 2 ; 1-5 Parties.

§ 12. The Management Board may offer commitments to projects promoting cooperation between public and private operators as well as for projects that strengthen the interaction between the GUI and international programmes and activities relating to the territory of the law.

Paragraph 2. The Management Board may contribute to international research, development, innovation and demonstration programmes if the Board considers that cooperation will benefit the development of the Danish food, agricultural, fisheries and aquaculture sector. and have ensured that the funds will be distributed in open competition and in accordance with a professional quality assessment, cf. however, paragraph 1 3.

Paragraph 3. The allocation of funds for forums, which shall be distributed and administered to international programmes, in accordance with the provisions of the Management Board, paragraph 2, the approval of the minister of food, agriculture and fisheries as regards the amount of the funds, the legal framework for the distribution of funds, general appropriation and its clearance of accounts, as well as auditing.

§ 13. It is a condition for obtaining an assurance of grants under the law that the project or activity has not commenced until a commitment has been made.

Chapter 4

Disposal and repayment of grants

§ 14. The Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries lays down rules to be repaid, in full or in part, in cases where the subsidy is obtained from the subsidy of a commercial earnings.

§ 15. Offer by this law shall lapses if :

1) the beneficiary of the grant has been inaccurate or misleading or disorientate information of the significance of the decision,

2) the conditions for grants are no longer met or

3) the grant consignee shall disregard its obligations under the law or provisions laid down in accordance with the law.

Paragraph 2. The Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries may lay down rules on the repayment of subsidiary subsidies and a decision on the loss of grants pursuant to paragraph 1. 1.

Paragraph 3. Deposits to be repaid, cf. paragraph 2, shall be repaid in addition to the interest. The interest rate supplement shall be calculated from the date of the refund of the refund, for repayment, and with the reference rate with addendum laid down in the interest rate above. However, the interest rates shall be at least 50 kr.

Chapter 5

Information to be information and control, etc.

Information to be confidential

§ 16. The beneficiary shall, throughout the period of compliance with the conditions of grants under the law or rules granted under the law, must inform the Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries, where the conditions of grant are no longer fulfilled.

Paragraph 2. The beneficiary shall, throughout the period in which the conditions of grants under the law or the rules laid down pursuant thereto, must be fulfilled at the minister ' s request to submit a statement as to whether or not the conditions of subsidy are still fulfilled.

Control, etc.

§ 17. The Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries or the Minister authoritiates this shall at all times against appropriate credentials without a court order of access to sites owned or operated by a natural or legal person who has received pledges for grants under the law. Similarly, the Minister or the Minister shall authorise this, access to accounts, business books, papers, etc., including material stored in electronic form, in order to provide information for the solution of tasks ; pursuant to the law or to the rules laid down by the law.

Paragraph 2. The undertaking received by the minister or the minister shall, at the request of the minister or the minister, shall provide the necessary guidance and assistance in the implementation of the control and the material referred to in paragraph 1. 1, shall be provided or sent to the Minister or to whom the minister is authorized on his request.

Paragraph 3. The police shall provide, where necessary, assistance for the implementation of the checks referred to in paragraph 1. The Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries may, after negotiation with the Minister of Justice, lay down rules on this subject.

Paragraph 4. The Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries may lay down rules on the control of the projects to which grants are granted under the law.

§ 18. The Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries or the Minister authorists this may, in other public authorities, obtain the information necessary to verify compliance with the law and the rules that have been issued under The law, for registerling and the composition of information in control purposes.

Chapter 6

Delegation and redress

§ 19. The Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries shall be able to lay down rules on access to justice, in accordance with the law to an authority under the Ministry of Justice, in order to appeal against the authority ' s decision, including that the complaint cannot be brought to the other ; the administrative authority and the authority ' s access to resume a case after a complaint has been lodged.

Paragraph 2. Decisions taken by the Administrative Board of the GuDP pursuant to the law or pursuant to rules granted under the law may be subject to the Secretary of State only as regards legal matters.

Chapter 7

Penalty provisions, etc.

20. Unless higher penalties have been inflited on the other legislation, the penalty shall be punished by fine ;

1) provide false or misleading information or information of the importance of decisions taken under the law, and, incidentally, inaccurate or misleading information or information which the person concerned has a duty to : to submit in accordance with section 16 and Section 17 (3). 2.

2) acts in breach of conditions laid down in a decision taken pursuant to the law,

3) refrain from handing out or submitting the documentation or submission of the information, including information and documentation, etc. stored in electronic form, the duty of which the person concerned has a duty to submit or submit in accordance with section 16 and 17 (1). 1,

4) fail to grant access to the inspection authority to fishing vessels, soil holdings, research establishments or undertakings, etc., which have received consent for grants under the law, cf. § 17, paragraph 1. 1, or

5) fail to provide the inspection authority and assistance at the time of the check to be carried out in accordance with section 17 (3). 2.

Paragraph 2. In rules issued under the law, penalties may be imposed on penalties for infringements of the rules or conditions laid down in accordance with the rules.

Paragraph 3. Companies can be imposed on companies, etc. (legal persons) punishable by the rules of the penal code 5. Chapter.

Chapter 8

The entry into force, etc.

§ 21. The Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries sets the time for the law or parts of the law to enter into force and may, in particular, establish that parts of the law may enter into force at different times.

Paragraph 2. The Minister shall determine the time of cancellation of the law. 421 of 31. May 2000 on the promotion of innovation, research and development, etc. in the food, soil and fisheries sector (innovation law).

Paragraph 3. Applications submitted before the time of cancellation of the law referred to in paragraph 1. 2 will be treated according to the current rules in force.

§ 22. The law does not apply to the Faroe Islands and Greenland.