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The State Council Regulation On Compensation In Organic Production

Original Language Title: Valtioneuvoston asetus luonnonmukaisen tuotannon korvauksesta

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Council Regulation on compensation for organic production

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In accordance with the decision of the Council of State, certain provisions of the (13/04/2014) Pursuant to:

ARTICLE 1
Scope

This Regulation lays down Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (eafrd) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005, Below Rural regulation , the aid referred to in Article 29, hereinafter referred to as: Compensation for organic production , implementation. The compensation for organic production is part of the rural development programme for mainland Finland approved by the European Commission for the period 2014-2020. The compensation may be granted and paid during the period of validity of the development programme within the limits of the funds allocated to the State budget.

ARTICLE 2
Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation:

(1) With a commitment The commitment to organic plant production and the commitment to organic livestock production;

(2) Farmer On certain aspects of the programming of the farm payments (13/04/2014) The active farmer referred to in Article 2 (4);

(3) Basic block The farmer's cultivated area and the geographical area under his control, or any other area which is restricted by the municipality's border, the limit of ownership, the border of the aid or the contract area, the water, district or power, the road, the forest or any other The corresponding limit;

(4) Growth block A single parcel of land belonging to one of the basic parcels, which cultivates one plant species or a mixture of plant species for a specific purpose, and which is a Regulation of the Council of State on good agricultural and environmental requirements (2006) In accordance with Article 3 (1), treated as an uncultivated field or temporarily uncultivated or not used for agricultural purposes.

ARTICLE 3
Commitment

The commitment shall begin on 1 May of the year of commitment. The year and period of commitment shall start on 1 May and end on 30 April.

The undertaking given by the farmer remains in force, even though the farmer does not apply for an annual fee if the non-application of the fee has been incurred as a result of a number of programmes, as referred to in Article 13 (2) of the Farmers' Compensation Act.

§ 4
Eligible sector in the

Commitment is given in the Council Regulation on environmental compensation (195/2015) The eligible area referred to in Article 4. The undertaking may also be made available only in respect of the arable land eligible for the holding which, during the period of the commitment period, shall have open-sea vegetables within the meaning of Annex 1. If a commitment is made only for the cultivation of open vegetables, the arable land subject to the undertaking may be cultivated not only with open vegetables but also other crops. In addition to the commitment to the cultivation of open vegetables, there can be no other commitment on the farm.

The commitment shall be made from all arable land eligible for the farm and a permanent grassland area, which is a field of land use. The exclusion of fields where the production of the sales plants referred to in Annex 2 is difficult or withdrawn from agricultural use during the commitment period may be excluded. The commitment cannot be made from the field of arable land to cultivate food for the purpose of energy production. However, a farm may be grown on a farm, either in normal or natural terms. The production of cane sugar shall be organised in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 834/2007 on organic production and labelling of organic products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 2092/91, hereinafter referred to as: Organic regulation , in accordance with A farm may have other than organic production in the event of a greenhouse effect where, in greenhouse gases, different species of plant species or varieties are grown and production units have been organised in accordance with the organic farming regulation and does not include: The commitment.

The arable sector, which is the subject of a commitment, shall remain eligible for compensation, even if it is not subject to compensation for organic production or, if it is retained as a fear within the meaning of paragraph 1, to another farmer.

The minimum rate of growth eligible for the smallest liability is 0,01 ha. A non-cultivated area is not eligible for compensation. The non-cultivated area shall not be regarded as a field of arable land managed by uncultivated fields or temporarily uncultivated.

§ 5
Increase in the field of arable land

In the second and third commitment years, in the light of the budgetary situation of the State, in the light of the budgetary situation of the State, the eligible areas referred to in Article 4 of the Order of the Council on Compensation for the Environment shall not exceed five hectares. Where the arable area covered by the Organic Commitment is less than five hectares, the arable sector may not exceed one hectare.

If the increase in the area is greater than the maximum, the farmer may be given a new set of commitments in the period from 2016 to 2020, within the limits of the budgetary envelope of the State budget. If no new commitment is made, the fields of arable land shall be grown in accordance with the terms of the undertaking without compensation.

ARTICLE 6
Discretionary indemnity

In the second and third commitment years, the commitment shall be added to Article 5 in the light of the budgetary situation of the State, taking into account the budgetary situation of the State, as referred to in Article 5 (1) to (4) of the Council Regulation on environmental compensation. Ineligible areas.

§ 7
Adding an unrecoverable sector to eligible basic parcels

In view of the budgetary situation of the State, in view of the budgetary situation of the State budget, the farmer shall, on application by the farmer, add up to 0,1 ha of the arable land area per year or a permanent grassland area which is In the form of land use, but on the basis of which there was no prior right to compensation for organic production.

Article 7 applies from 1 January 2016.

§ 8
Replacement of compensation

The farmer shall be able to change the substitution between the eligible area referred to in Articles 4 and 6 and the sector transferable to organic production which is irrecoverable. The condition is that the replacement capacity should be replaced by the entire basic block. The basic parcel can be shared with the exchange. The replacement shall not be changed if the replacement sector is less than 0,5 ha per farm.

The replacement shall not be changed if the exchange leads to an increase in the level of compensation. The replacement may only be changed permanently. The replacement may only be exchanged between sectors owned by the farmer.

The application procedure for the application of agricultural aid shall be governed by the procedure laid down in (192/2013) .

§ 9
Increased commitment in the area of commitment

The commitment may be accompanied by an eligible area of arable land and a permanent grassland area which is a field of land use and which has been the subject of a commitment by the farmer who has made another commitment and has been notified by this farmer. The previous commitment in the year of the annual aid application. Two farmers, both of which have given an established commitment, may, during the period of the commitment period, change the eligible area covered by commitments.

ARTICLE 10
Removal of a viable sector from the commitment

If, after the first year of commitment, the eligible arable sector is declared uncultivated or found to be under such supervision, it shall lose its eligibility. Also, the arable sector, which is the subject of an established commitment, to be removed from agricultural use, greening aid and a young farmer's Regulation (12/04/2015) Article 7 (2) loses its eligibility. The farmer shall repay the compensation paid to the sector which has lost its eligibility.

ARTICLE 11
Use of the sector under commitment to non-agricultural activities

Article 7 of the Decree of the State Council on aid for greening aid and the support of a young farmer may also be used for non-agricultural activities.

ARTICLE 12
Commitment and environmental commitment

The farmer who has made the commitment must also give the environmental commitment referred to in Article 5 of the Law on Compensation for Farming, which is the subject of the 'Organic Commitment'. However, the farmer shall not be allowed to choose a block-specific measure within the meaning of Article 14 of the Decree of the Council of State on the environmental compensation referred to in Article 14 of the Decree on the environmental compensation referred to in paragraph 8 of that article. Alternative plant protection.

ARTICLE 13
Organic animal production and animal welfare compensation

Where a farmer has made a commitment to livestock production, he shall not be allowed to choose, in respect of the animal species concerned, a Regulation of the Council of State (121/2015) The measures referred to in Article 4 (1) (7) and (8), (2) (2) to (5), (3) (4) and (5) and (4) (6).

A commitment to organic livestock production may be provided if the measures referred to in paragraph 1 are replaced or abandoned.

ARTICLE 14 (12/05/709)
Minimum requirements for commitment

The farm must comply with the legislation on fertilisers (1839/2006) For the use of phosphorus. However, in the case of phosphorus, the annual surplus or deficit may be offset during the compensatory period ( Phosphorus ). The maximum length of the equalisation period is five years. The compensatory period for phosphorus must be started when the permitted annual phosphorus level is exceeded. The phosphorus balance may also be started when the quantity of phosphorus is below the permitted annual quantity. The beginning and end of the smoothing period shall be recorded in the parcel-specific notes.

Council Regulation on the limitation of emissions from certain agricultural and horticultural products (12/04/2014) And the values of manure analysis shall not be used in the cross. 100 % of the total phosphorus content of manure and potatoes is taken into account. The total phosphorus of the manure, meat-and-bone meal and food processing from fur animals, as well as the total phosphorus in the treated sachets and sewage sludge, shall be taken into account for 60 %. The phosphorus contained in the organic fertilizer preparation shall be taken into account on the basis of the raw material that is most in the fertilizer preparation.

Plant protection products must comply with the legislation on plant protection products (1563/2011) , the general principles of integrated pest management. On the farm, plant protection products may only be disseminated by the person who has obtained the examination referred to in Article 10 of the Law on Plant Protection Products, or who has obtained the right to organise that examination or who is in force. On natural handicap payments and the Regulation of the Council of State on agri-environmental payments 2007-2013 (366/2007) The training referred to in paragraph 4.  

The plant protection product used on the farm for the distribution of plant protection products shall be tested in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 4 of the Plant Protection Products Act. A new plant protection attack does not need to be tested until five years after its acquisition if it meets the requirements of the Council Regulation on the safety of machinery (12/0/2008) And the provisions of the EN ISO 16119 series or, if the plant protection syringe was acquired before 15 December 2011, the provisions of the SFS-EN 12761 standard series. Professional-use tractors shall be tested once no later than 26 November 2016 and every five years thereafter. If the application instrument has previously been tested within the meaning of Article 28 (3) of the Council Regulation on natural handicap payments and agri-environmental payments in 2007-13, the instrument does not need to be tested again until five years Testing has passed.

§ 15
Keeping agricultural land open

The farmer who has made the commitment shall keep the arable area covered by the undertaking open, as provided for in Article 6 of the Order of the State Council on the basis of transparency, greening aid and the support of a young farmer.

ARTICLE 16 (12/05/709)
Basic requirements for commitment

The farmer who has made a commitment shall comply with the basic requirements:

1) Articles 14 and 15;

(2) Article 12 (1), (2) and (4) of the State Council Regulation on good agricultural and environmental requirements;

(3) Article 10 (1), (7) and (8) of the Decree on the limitation of emissions from agriculture and horticulture, and Articles 11 to 13; and

(4) the statutory management requirements for cross-compliance, and the Regulation of the Council of Ministers on the monitoring of compliance with them and good agricultural and environmental requirements (19/2015) The tenth statutory management requirement laid down in Annex 2 for the use and treatment of plant protection products.

§ 17
Execution of organic production

A prerequisite for the adoption of a commitment is that the farmer or the person responsible for the holding has completed a basic course of at least five days of organic farming or other equivalent training in organic farming Exercise.

In addition, in addition to the provisions laid down in paragraph 1, the establishment of a commitment to animal production shall be subject to the condition that the farmer or the person responsible for the farm management has completed at least two days' training in organic farming.

In the case of agriculture in Community form, the person responsible for managing the farm must fulfil the training requirement required by the undertaking. The certificate of compliance with the training requirement shall be submitted in the year of the commitment no later than the last application date of the area payments to the Centre for Business, Transport and the Environment.

ARTICLE 18
Registration in the organic production control system

The farmer shall submit an application for accession to the control system referred to in Article 27 of the Organic Regulation in the year of application of the commitment in respect of the last day of application of the area payments. The first production check carried out by means of a system of means of life, transport and the Agency shall be the first undertaking in the year of commitment by 15 June at the latest. The farmer shall be part of the control system throughout the commitment period.

The farmer must be part of the control system as regards arable crops and greenhouse gases. In addition, the adoption of an organic livestock production commitment shall be subject to the approval of the farmer in the control system for the animal species covered by the undertaking. The conversion of the production direction shall be notified to the control system.

§ 19 (12/05/709)
Transfer of arable land to organic production

In the case of a farm which has been made a commitment, all the fields covered by the undertaking must be transferred to organic production. Organic farming in the farm sector must start from the beginning of the first year of commitment of at least five hectares or, in the case of the cultivation of open-grown vegetables referred to in Annex 1, or the good agriculture of cross-compliance. And of horticultural crops referred to in Annex 1 to the Decree of the Council of State on environmental requirements, or in the field of horticultural crops referred to in Annex 1 to the regulation on environmental compensation. All parcels shall be organic at the latest from the second year of commitment. Organic production can also be transferred by sector of growth.

The cultivation of fields added during the commitment period shall comply with the provisions laid down in paragraph 1 for the initiation of organic farming.

§ 20
Organic crops

On a farm which has been made a commitment, a total of at least 30 % of the total number of sales crops referred to in Annex 2 shall be grown during the commitment period. On the fourth and fifth commitment years, a farm with a commitment to transfer the fields to organic production shall, on average, be at least 30 % of the sales made available in the Annex Of the sector concerned. Where a farmer makes a new commitment in the case referred to in Article 5 (2), the above time limits shall be determined on the basis of an earlier commitment.

By way of derogation from paragraph 1, in the area covered by the undertaking as a whole, the grassland shall be cultivated only on a farm whose harvest is mainly used for the feeding of livestock to or with its own livestock. Animal feed for the farm animals that have been committed. A maximum of 25 % of the area covered by the commitment can be found in the medium and natural environment. However, if the area referred to above is greater than this, compensation may be paid for the sector, which may be obtained by dividing the sum of the other arable areas eligible for payment by three. The entire sector covered by the undertaking may be a green fertiliser for a maximum period of two consecutive years. However, if the cultivation of horticultural crops is the subject of a commitment, at least one hectare of arable land must be cultivated in horticultural crops. A single pelt can be a green fertiliser for a maximum of three years in a row.

ARTICLE 21
Organic livestock production

On a farm that has been made a commitment, organic livestock production must be continuous during the commitment period. However, the animal species in production may vary. For the calculation of the number of animals, account shall be taken of dairy cows, suckler cows, other bovine animals, sheep, goats, sows, sows, sows, sows, fattening, fattening, etc. in the farmer's farm, in the case of organic livestock farming, dairy cows, sheep, goats, sows, fattening And chickens, rods, broilers, turkeys, geese and ducks, and the suckler birds mentioned above. Production buildings must be under the control of the farmer.

The farm referred to in paragraph 1 may also have non-organic livestock production if the animals are of a different species than those in organic livestock production and their treatment is organised in the production units In accordance with

§ 22
Calculation of animal quantity

For the calculation of the number of livestock units within the meaning of Article 8 (3) of the Law on Compensation for Farmers, account shall be taken of the average number of animals in the livestock unit during the calendar year in certain agricultural aid Regulation of the council (105/2015) In accordance with Articles 4 and 5. In the event of a change in the animal species, the number of animals shall be calculated on the basis of the approval of the initial inspection of the organic production control system for that species. On the basis of a statement by the farmer, the calculation of the average may not take account of the need for the production method or of the basic repair, extension or conversion of the livestock building or of force majeure. The number of livestock units during short-term production break from the obstacle.

Animals of a Community-shaped company can only be read in favour of one single farm which is wholly under the control of the members of the family undertaking under the (176/2015) In accordance with Article 10.

ARTICLE 23
The amount of compensation for organic production

The compensatory payment for organic production shall be as follows:

Production sector Euro per year
Organic production 160
-open vegetable production; 600
Organic livestock production 134
§ 24 (12/05/709)
Paying compensation for organic production

Compensation for organic production may be paid in respect of eligible areas included in the Organic Commitment notified in that year by means of an aid application in a manner determined by the EAFRD and managed by the farmer during that year No later than 15 June. The arable sector, which cultivats food for the purpose of energy production, is not remunerated for organic production. If the farm has only made a commitment to the cultivation of vegetables, the compensatory allowance for organic production will be paid annually on the basis of the crop.

Compensation for organic production shall be paid in the first year of commitment only after the production check on the farmer's farm has been approved. The compensation is paid for sectors which have already been transferred to organic production.

If the growth block has winters, the compensation for organic production may be paid, provided that the management of the farmed field complies with the requirements of the Council Regulation on good agricultural and environmental requirements And that the main part of the parcel area is the harvesting and marketable crop. Unless, in the main part of the block, it is possible to produce harvest and marketable yields due to winter damage, no compensation can be paid out of the parcel unless the winter destruction area is sown again in the spring.

For the farmer who has chosen the measure referred to in Article 14 (1) or (2) of the State Council Regulation on environmental compensation, compensation may be paid only for organic fertiliser products which are organic Allowed. The compensatory payment for organic production shall not be paid for the arable sector to which the farmer has opted for the parcels measure referred to in Article 14 (4) (a) of the Council Regulation on the environmental compensation, or In accordance with Article 39 (1), (2), (8) or (13) of the Council Regulation on natural handicap payments and agri-environmental payments in the period 2007-2013 and the Council Regulation on natural handicap payments and agri-environmental aid Article 22 (644/2000) Of the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (eaggf). In addition, the compensatory payment for organic production shall not be paid for the arable sector covered by the agreement referred to in Article 27 (3) of the Council Regulation on environmental compensation.

In accordance with Article 23, the farmer entrusted with the production of animal production shall be paid annual compensation for organic livestock production, in addition to the compensation for crop production, provided that: The stocking density requirement referred to in Article 8 (3) of the Farmers' Compensation Act is met on the farm. If the stocking density requirement is not met in the year of commitment or conversion from animal production to crop production, compensation shall be paid only for the remainder of the commitment period. Compensation for organic livestock production shall not be paid in addition to the compensation for the production of vegetable production.

The smallest eligible area of growth for which organic production is paid is 0,05 hectares.

ARTICLE 25
Extension of commitment

If the farm has normal livestock production and the entire arable land area is grassland, the commitment cannot be continued within the meaning of Article 8 (4) of the Law on the Compensation of Farmers, if the animals are not moved For organic production or on the farm, no crops are grown within the meaning of Article 20 (1).

In the case of livestock production, the commitment to organic production may be continued within the meaning of Article 8 (4) of the Law on Compensation for Farmers, provided that the farm produces organic production at the latest in the last year of commitment. Domestic animal products or live organic livestock for sale. Where a farmer makes a new commitment in the case referred to in Article 5 (2), the above period shall be determined on the basis of an earlier commitment.

If, after the end of the commitment, the farmer begins to cultivate his farm in a non-organic way, he may give a new commitment no earlier than two years after the start of the growth period in which the farm has started to be grown other than Organically.

§ 26
Monitoring data on compensation for organic production

The obligation to provide the support authority with the information necessary for the monitoring and evaluation of organic production compensation is provided for in Article 71 of the Rural Development Regulation.

§ 27
Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on 24 March 2015. However, Article 7 shall not apply until 1 January 2016.

ARTICLE 28
Transitional provisions

Where a farmer has maintained a contract within the meaning of Article 45 of the Decree of the State Council of 2007 to 2013 on compensatory allowances and agri-environmental payments, the fulfilment of the training requirement referred to in Article 17 (1) of this Regulation Is not required. Where a farmer has been in possession of an agreement within the meaning of Article 46 of the Decree of the State Council of 2007 to 2013 on compensatory allowances and agri-environmental payments, the training requirements referred to in Article 17 (1) and (2) of this Regulation Are not required.

Where a farmer has made 2013 a contract within the meaning of Article 45 or 46 of the Decree of the Council of State for Compensation for Natural Disputes and Agricultural Environment for the period 2007-2013, which will be converted from certain programme-based farmers' compensation By virtue of Article 8 of the Law on organic production referred to in Article 8 (1) of this Regulation, the 30 % requirement for marketing plants must be complied with as from 1 January 2016. If the above agreement was concluded in 2014, the requirement shall apply from 1 January 2017.

Annex 1

Open vegetables

Tarhaherne, bush, white, white, Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, cauliflower, pelvis, turnip, turnip, parsnip, cerebellum placenta, sails, pickles, squash, spinach, soft cobbler, rhubarb, beet rich, yellow beet, Diarrhoea (containing red onion and icy diarrhoea), red cabbage, savoy cabbage (curl cabbage), Brussels sprouts, broccoli, broccoli, lettuce, lettuce, zucchini, rapeake, garlic, melon, garlic, other vegetables, asparagus, Herb (less than 5 years).

Annex 2

Sales crops

Fall-wheat, spring wheat, durum wheat, spring wheat, spring trout, rye, autumn ruis, fodder barley, malt barley, autumn barley, oats, cereal crops, mixed crops, cereals and oilseeds, crop, milling, quinoa, quinoa, maize, Sugar corn, other cereals, food peas, fodder peas, mixed crops of protein crops and oilseeds, mixed crops of protein crops and cereals, bull bean, soybean, meal potato, potato starch, starch potato, early potatoes, seed potatoes, Sugar beet, tobacco, fibre sokkonen, halibut (Camelina, "Cheapflax", spring trypsi, autumn rape, spring rape, autumn rape, autumn rape, sunflower, sunflower seed, hops, hemp, fibre hemp, oil flax, oil flax, oil flax, fibre flax, seed spices and pharmaceutical plants, rail, rubber, mustard, pharaohs (energy production), tarhaherne, hedgebean, white cabbage, Chinese cabbage, cauliflower, cauliflower, pelvis, turnip, turnip, tumbleweed, turnip, sails, pickles, spinach, spinach, spinach, spinach, soft cobbler, rhubarb, Beet rich, yellowish beet, canine (containing red diarrhea and Diarrhoea), red cabbage, savoy cabbage (curl cabbage), Brussels sprouts, broccoli, broccoli, lettuce, lettuce, zucchini, rapeake, garlic, garlic, garlic, melon, other vegetables, parsa, apple, steaks (berry production), Pear, other fruit, prunes, dungeons, cherry, grapes, blackcurrant, red currant, whine, raspberry, raspberry and malavadelma, strawberry, mesimarja, hedge trimming, sasquad (berry-skis), other soft fruits, ornamental plants (less than or more than 5 years), cut-green and cut (less than Over 5 years), nurseries (under or over 5 years, berry, fruit and ornamental plants), herb plants (under or over 5 years), fencing flower. Controlled production in the following seeds: apila, English lashes, Italian grass, grass, timotei, grassland.

Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (32013R1305); OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 807/2014 (32014R0807); OJ L 227, 31.7.2014, p. 1

Entry into force and application of amending acts:

11 JUNE 2015/709:

This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 June 2015.

Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (32013R1305); OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 487 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 807/2014 (32014R0807); OJ L 227, 31.7.2014, p. 1