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Law No. 37 From 11 March 2010 Concerning The Classification Of Farms And Agricultural Holdings

Original Language Title: LEGE nr. 37 din 11 martie 2015 privind clasificarea fermelor şi exploataţiilor agricole

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LEGE no. 37 37 of 11 March 2015 (* updated *) on the classification of farms and agricultural holdings ((updated on 26 November 2015 *)
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---------- The Romanian Parliament adopts this law + Article 1 (1) This law regulates the implementation of a uniform framework for the implementation of programs with funding from the national budget and from community funds (2) For the purposes of this law, the following terms and expressions have the following meaning: a) agricultural farm-the basic economic unit for agricultural production consisting of the agricultural land and/or the premises in which the buildings, storage facilities, agricultural machinery and equipment, other annexes, animals and birds, as well as the related utilities that compete in the pursuit of agricultural activities; b) farmer-natural or legal person or group of natural or legal persons who have in the property or in use an agricultural farm in which they carry out, alone or together with their family members or other associated members, agricultural production; c) agricultural holding-the form of organisation consisting of all units used for agricultural activities and managed by a farmer situated in the territory of the same Member State of the European Union; d) Economic dimension-is determined on the basis of the total standard production of the agricultural holding, expressed in euro, established in accordance with the provisions Regulation (EC) No 1.242/2008 of the Commission of 8 December 2008 establishing a Community typology for agricultural holdings; e) total standard production-represents the standard value of gross production (SO), determined in accordance with the provisions Regulation (EC) No 1.242/2008 . ---------- Lit. e) a par. ((2) of art. 1 1 has been amended by section 4.2 1 1 of art. unique from LAW no. 285 285 of 19 November 2015 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 874 874 of 23 November 2015. + Article 2 (1) Farms and agricultural holdings may have one or more owners and may be private or associative property, and their legal form is in accordance with the provisions of the legislation in force. (. Depending on the general type of farming activity, the holdings shall be classified as follows: A. Specialized holdings-crops 1 1) holdings specialising in field crops; 2) farms specialising in horticulture; 3 3) holdings specialising in permanent crops. B. Specialized holdings-animal production 1 1) holdings specialized in the breeding of grazing animals; 2 2) holdings specialized in the breeding of granivore animals. C. Mixed holdings 1 1) mixed crop holdings; 2 2) mixed holdings of animal husbandry; 3 3) mixed holdings of crops and animal husbandry; 4 4) unclassified holdings. + Article 3 (. Depending on the economic size, farms and agricultural holdings shall be classified and defined as follows: a) subsistence farm-agricultural holding having an economic size below 1.999 SO; b) semisubzsistance farm-agricultural holding having the economic dimension between 2,000-7,999 SO; c) small farm-agricultural holding having the economic size between 8,000-11,999 SO; d) farm of medium size-agricultural holding having the economic dimension between 12,000-250,000 SO; e) large farm-farm holding having economic size over 250,000 SO. ---------- Alin. ((1) of art. 3 3 has been amended by section 2 2 of art. unique from LAW no. 285 285 of 19 November 2015 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 874 874 of 23 November 2015. (2) The semi-subsistence farms referred to in par. ((1) lit. b) can process from their own production traditional products, in compliance with the legal provisions in force. (3) The farms and agricultural holdings referred to in par. ((1) lit. c)-e) represent forms of merging of agricultural land and may also order own processing units, in compliance with the legal provisions in force. + Article 4 Repealed. ---------- Article 4 has been repealed by point (a). 3 3 of art. unique from LAW no. 285 285 of 19 November 2015 published in MONITORUL OFFICIAL no. 874 874 of 23 November 2015. + Article 5 Within 30 days from the date of entry into force of this law, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will develop the methodological norms for its application, which will be approved by Government decision. + Article 6 The date of entry into force of this Law shall be repealed Government Emergency Ordinance no. 108/2001 on agricultural holdings, approved with amendments and additions by Law no. 166/2002 , with subsequent amendments and completions, published in the Official Gazette of Romania, Part I, no. 352 352 of 30 June 2001. This law was adopted by the Romanian Parliament, in compliance with the provisions of art. 75 75 and art. 76 76 para. (2) of the Romanian Constitution, republished.
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES PRESIDENT
VALERIU-STEFAN ZGONEA
SENATE PRESIDENT
CĂLIN-CONSTANTIN-ANTON POPESCU-TARICEANU
Bucharest, March 11, 2015. No. 37. -----