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83

GOVERNMENT REGULATION

of 22 March 2023

laying down the conditions for granting direct payments to farmers

The Government orders pursuant to § 2c (5) of Act No. 252 / 1997 Coll., on Agriculture, as amended by Act No. 85 / 2004 Coll., Act No. 291 / 2009 Coll., Act No. 179 / 2014 Coll. and Act No. 382 / 2022 Coll., and § 1 (3) of Act No. 256 / 2000 Coll., on the State Agricultural Intervention Fund and on the amendment of certain other laws (Act No. 441 / 2005 Coll., Act No. 291 / 2009 Coll. and Act No. 179 / 2014 Coll.:

ČÁST PRVNÍ

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 1

Subject matter

This Regulation, following the directly applicable provisions of the European Union ("the European Union Regulation ') 1 and in accordance with the Strategic Plan of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union in the Czech Republic, regulates the conditions for granting direct payments

(a) basic income support for sustainability;

(b) payment for small farmers,

(c) additional redistributive income support for sustainability;

(d) climate and environment schemes;

(e) additional income support for young farmers; and

(f) production-related income support.

§ 2

Applicant for direct payment

(1) The State Agricultural Intervention Fund (hereinafter referred to as the Fund) may apply for the grant of the direct payment referred to in Article 1 by a natural or legal person who is an active farmer under Article 4.

(2) The applicant referred to in paragraph 1 shall submit to the Fund an application for direct payment by 15 May of the relevant calendar year, using the single application form containing the geospatial information issued by the Fund for the relevant calendar year (hereinafter referred to as "application year").

§ 3

Agricultural activity

For the purposes of this Regulation, agricultural activity (2) shall be considered to be agricultural production in accordance with Article 2e (3) (a) to (e) of the Agriculture Act and the maintenance of the soil block part in a condition for grazing livestock.

§ 4

Active farmer

(1) An active farmer under the European Union Regulation (3) is a natural or legal person who is an agricultural entrepreneur or an organisational component of a State for which at the date of application, at least 1 hectare of agricultural land is registered in the land use register according to user relations (hereinafter referred to as "land use register") or 1 large livestock unit is registered in the central livestock register under the breeding law (hereinafter referred to as "central register") and the conversion coefficient referred to in Annex 1 to this Regulation; and

(a) whose total annual amount of direct payments, following an application for the previous calendar year, is not more than EUR 5 000;

(b) which in the previous calendar year of the Fund:

1. Has submitted an application for aid for production-related income under crop-based direct payment measures where the area for which the application was submitted was at least 10% of the total area of agricultural land declared in the application; or

2. the crop declaration provided that the area of cereals and oilseeds covered by the declaration and the area of crop-based measures covered by the application were at least 30% of the total area of agricultural land declared in the application,

(c) which, in the previous calendar year, has submitted to the Fund a request for the grant of an integrated fruit production, an integrated production of vegetables, multi-annual production crops, strawberry and potatoes under agri-environmental climate measures or under successive agri-environmental measures, or an application for an aid for agricultural land with a type of agricultural crop of orplant and vineyard under organic or downstream agricultural measures, provided that the area for which the application was submitted was at least 10% of the total area of agricultural land declared in the application; or

(d) which has complied with the average stocking density of the livestock referred to in Annex 1 to this Regulation during the period 1 June to 30 September of the previous calendar year (hereinafter referred to as the "control period") of at least 0,3 livestock units per hectare of agricultural land kept in the land use register with the type of agricultural crop arable land, permanent grassland or permanent culture.

(2) An active farmer is also a natural or legal person who is an agricultural entrepreneur, and

(a) the minimum income or income from the agricultural activity on its total income or income for the last officially concluded period shall be at least 30%, while at the same time the maximum proportion of the annual amount of direct payments on the basis of an application submitted for the calendar year for which the agricultural income or income for the last officially concluded period shall be not more than 80% of its total income or income from the agricultural activity;

(b) whose agricultural activity is necessary to ensure further activities in the field of science, research, education and teaching, testing, production of propagating material and its circulation or management and management of the property of the Czech Republic;

(c) which has started farming in the calendar year in which it first applies for direct payments;

(d) which has started farming in the previous years or in the year of application but has not applied for direct payments for a period of three years immediately preceding the application; or

(e) which is a farmer of livestock of the category of dairy cows and calves kept in the central register and is not registered on the date of application in the land use register.

(3) If the farmer has not submitted a request for direct payments in the previous calendar year, the Fund shall:

(a) the total amount of direct payments by multiplying the number of hectares declared by the farmer in the calendar year of submission of the aid application by the national average payment per hectare for the previous calendar year, the national average payment per hectare for the previous calendar year being determined as the average of the sum of the individual direct payment rates in the previous calendar year; and

(b) for the assessment of the proportion referred to in paragraph 2 (a), the annual amount of direct payments on the basis of the application submitted for the calendar year to which the agricultural income or income for the last period of accounting closure will be evidenced.

(4) The average livestock stocking density referred to in paragraph 1 (d) shall be calculated over the control period as a proportion of the average number of livestock applicants converted into livestock units referred to in Annex 1 to this Regulation for the control period established from the central register and the average area of agricultural land kept in the land use register with the type of agricultural crop arable land, permanent grassland or permanent culture registered to the applicant for the control period. Horses kept by the applicant and placed on the holding of the applicant for a central registration period shall be included in the effort calculation.

(5) To demonstrate the data referred to in paragraph 2 (a), the applicant shall submit together with the application:

(a) an auditor's report confirming the compliance of the applicant with his accounting records of his or her total income or income and of his or her agricultural income or income; or

(b) a copy of the tax return with all the annexes for the most recent period of accounting, showing the applicant's total income or income, together with the tax and accounting documents proving the income or income from the agricultural activity for the same financial year, including an inventory of the accounting documents, at least to the extent that the percentage referred to in paragraph 2 (a) is fulfilled, and it must be clear from the income or tax documents that the payment has been made to the applicant.

(6) In order to demonstrate the data referred to in paragraph 2 (b), the applicant shall submit, together with the application, a document setting up it stating that the agricultural activity is necessary to ensure its further activities in the field of science, research, education and teaching, testing or management and management of the property of the Czech Republic, or to demonstrate registration in the production and putting into circulation of propagating material.

§ 5

Application for direct payment

The application for direct payment under the European Union4 Code) contains:

(a) the list, area and type of agricultural culture of the parts of the soil blocks under the Agricultural Act registered in the land use register of applicants covered by the application for direct payment referred to in Article 1;

(b) the list and area of the main crop on all parts of the soil blocks registered at the date of application to the applicant in the holding of use of the agricultural crop standard arable land, grassland, eel or area with multiannual production crops and information on:

1. Intercrop grown before that main crop pursuant to Article 10 (3) of the Government Regulation governing rules on cross-compliance of payments to farmers;

2. other crops grown in parallel with that main crop as part of soil protection technology in accordance with Section 8 of the Government Regulation governing rules on cross-compliance of payments to farmers;

3. the subsowing of other crops grown as part of soil protection technology in accordance with Article 8 of the Government Regulation governing rules on cross-compliance of payments to farmers; or

4. the fact that the area is used for scientific or research activities or testing activities and the evidence proving this for the purposes of cross compliance control under the Act on Agriculture (10);

(c) the list and area of non-production areas in accordance with the terms of the Government Regulation governing rules on cross-compliance of payments to farmers and to this Regulation; and

(d) a declaration by the applicant that it undertakes to comply with the cross-compliance rules under the Government Regulation governing cross-compliance rules for farmers throughout the calendar year on the agricultural land managed by it.

ČÁST DRUHÁ

BASIC AID FOR SUSTAINABLE REVENUE

§ 6

Application for basic income support for sustainability

(1) Where an applicant for basic income support for sustainability grows on one of the parts of the soil blocks listed in the application for basic income support for the sustainability of rapidly growing timber, he shall indicate in the application, in addition to the elements set out in Section 5:

(a) species of rapidly growing timber and their cross-breeds grown on soil block parts; and

(b) the calendar year of the establishment of the crop with rapidly growing trees and the calendar year of the last washing, if it has already been or will take place in the calendar year of application.

(2) Where an applicant for basic income support for sustainability grows on one of the parts of the soil blocks referred to in the application for basic income support for the sustainability of hemp, the application shall include, in addition to the elements set out in Article 5 (8) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022 / 1173 of 31 May 2022 laying down detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2021 / 2116 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the integrated administration and control system in the field of the common agricultural policy and the application shall be accompanied by a recognition note (5) on the certification of hemp seed or an official label and a declaration stating that the Fund shall immediately notify the start of the flowering of hemp on the relevant part of the soil block referred to in the application for basic income support for sustainability.

(3) Where an applicant for basic income support for sustainability grows on one of the parts of the soil blocks listed in the application for basic income support for the sustainability of the poppy crop, he shall indicate in the application, in addition to the particulars set out in Section 5, the poppy variety.

§ 7

Conditions for granting basic income support for sustainability

(1) The Fund shall provide the applicant with basic income support for area sustainability, which is:

(a) registered in the land use register on the applicant at least from the date of the application to the Fund by 31 August of the year of the application;

(b) managed by the applicant in the year of submission of the application for the period during which it is registered in the land use register of the applicant; and

(c) maintained in accordance with cross-compliance rules under a government regulation governing cross-compliance rules for farmers throughout the calendar year.

(2) The applicant shall farm the eel referred to in paragraph 1 (b) by making a mower, pasture, including the destruction of the non-passports, or by mulching within the period of 31 August of the year of the application, this condition shall not apply to applicants under the climate and environment arrangements.

(3) The applicant shall manage permanent grassland and grassland in accordance with paragraph 1 (b) by:

(a) grazing areas, including the disposal of dodules, the condition of which does not apply to areas with an average gradient exceeding 10 °; or

(b) mows with removal of biomass or mulch within the deadline of 31 August of the year of application.

(4) The condition referred to in paragraph 3 shall not be deemed to be infringed if the area concerned is covered by Articles 12 (1) (d), 15 (1) (d) or by a government regulation governing agri-environmental climate measures.

(5) Paragraph 3 shall not apply where, for the part of the soil block indicated in the application, it is otherwise stated:

(a) agri-environmental measures under a government regulation governing agri-environmental measures;

(b) organic farming measures under a government regulation governing the conditions for implementing organic farming measures;

(c) the climate and environment regime;

(d) a favourable opinion of the nature conservation authority received by the Fund not later than the date on which the cleft, pasture or mulch referred to in paragraph 3 were to be implemented; or

(e) Paragraph 3j of the Agriculture Act.

(6) In the case of an agricultural culture of rapidly growing timber grown in breeding plantations, the Fund shall provide basic income support for sustainability only for species of rapidly growing timber and their cross-breeds grown in breeding plantations in the Czech Republic listed in Annex 2 to this Regulation meeting the maximum length of the harvest cycle referred to in Annex 2 to this Regulation.

(7) Where the applicant grows hemp or poppy seed, the Fund shall provide basic income support for sustainability only for seed of varieties published in the Common Catalogue of Varieties of Agricultural Plant Species on 15 March of the year of the application.

(8) If the applicant has not fulfilled the condition referred to in paragraph 1 (a) or (b) or paragraph 3 on the part of the soil block or part thereof, the Fund shall not provide basic income support for sustainability for the part of the soil block referred to in the application or part thereof; the area of the soil block part or part thereof shall not be included in the area determined.

(9) The minimum area for basic income support for sustainability shall be 1 hectare of eligible area for payment of basic income support for sustainability.

(10) Agricultural land with agricultural culture is not eligible for basic income support for sustainability.

ČÁST TŘETÍ

PAYMENT FOR SMALL FARMS

§ 8

Conditions for granting payment to small farmers

(1) The application for payment for small farmers contains a list, area and type of agricultural culture of the parts of the soil blocks covered by the application, which the applicant has registered in the land use register at the date on which the application is submitted and is the subject of a declaration of all agricultural land.

(2) The Fund provides the applicant with a payment for small farmers in the area of agricultural land of not more than 4 hectares, which is:

(a) registered in the land use register on the applicant at least from the date of the application to the Fund by 31 August of the year of the application;

(b) managed by the applicant in the year of submission of the application for the period during which it is registered in the land use register of the applicant; and

(c) maintained in accordance with cross-compliance rules under a government regulation governing cross-compliance rules for farmers throughout the calendar year.

(3) The applicant shall, as referred to in paragraph 2 (b), farm permanent grassland and grassland by means of grazing, including the destruction of lapels, by carrying out a cutting with the removal of biomass or by mulching within a period not later than 31 August of the year of the application, the condition for the disposal of lapels not applying to an area with an average inclination exceeding 10 °.

(4) The applicant shall manage the eel as referred to in paragraph 2 (b) by making a mower, pasture, including the destruction of the non-passports, or by mulching within the period of 31 August of the year of application.

(5) Paragraphs 7 (4) and 7 (5) (a), (b), (d) and (e) shall apply mutatis mutandis for the purposes of assessing the conditions for granting the payment to small farmers.

(6) Where the applicant for payment for small farmers grows on one of the parts of the soil blocks referred to in the application for payment for small farmers of rapidly growing timber or hemp, the application for payment for small farmers shall indicate the information referred to in Article 6 (1) or (2). The Fund shall pay small farmers if the applicant fulfils the conditions laid down in Article 7 (6) and (7).

(7) Where the applicant applies for payment to small farmers, he may not apply for other direct payments under Section 1.

(8) The Fund shall reject an application for payment to small farmers where:

(a) the applicant submits an application for payment to small farmers, together with an application for a further direct payment; or

(b) the total area of agricultural land registered on the applicant on the date of application is more than 10 hectares.

(9) The minimum area for payment for small farmers shall be 1 hectare of eligible area for payment for small farmers.

(10) Agricultural land with agricultural culture is not eligible for payment for small farmers.

ČÁST ČTVRTÁ

ADDITIONAL REDISTRIBUTIVE SUPPORT FOR SUSTAINABILITY

§ 9

Conditions for granting additional redistributive income support for sustainability

(1) The Fund shall provide the applicant with additional redistributive income support for sustainability on agricultural land, on which the applicant fulfilled the conditions for providing basic income support for sustainability in the year of application, pursuant to Article 7.

(2) In the event of a reduction or failure to provide basic income support for sustainability, additional redistributive income support for sustainability shall be reduced or not provided in the same way.

(3) Additional redistributive income support for sustainability may be granted at an area of up to 150 hectares of agricultural land for which basic income support for sustainability may be granted.

ČÁST PÁTÁ

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT SCHEMES

§ 10

The scheme for climate and environment is

(a) the basic pan-Faroe eco-payment;

(b) premium-based all-fair eco-payment;

(c) an eco-payment to promote sustainable nutrient management;

(d) eco-payment to support new landscape elements;

(e) an eco-payment to promote crop rotation; and

(f) an eco-payment to support the maintenance of landscape elements.

§ 11

Applications submitted under the climate and environment scheme

(1) The application for a basic pan-Faroe eco-payment contains a list, an area and the type of agricultural culture of the soil block parts covered by the application. Where the applicant applies for the grant of a premium of a pan-pharem eco-payment, an eco-payment to promote sustainable nutrient management, an eco-payment to support new landscape elements, an eco-payment to support crop rotation or an eco-payment to support the maintenance of landscape elements, he shall at the same time submit an application for the provision of a basic pan-pharem eco-payment.

(2) The application for a basic pan-Faroe eco-payment in addition to the requirements of Sections 5 (b) to (d) contains:

(a) a list of parts of land blocks or parts thereof registered in the land use register to applicants with a culture other than permanent grassland in an environmentally sensitive area under the Government Regulation on cross-compliance rules for payments to farmers (hereinafter referred to as "the environmentally sensitive area"), on land rich in carbon under the Government Regulation on cross-compliance rules for farmers (hereinafter referred to as "land rich in carbon") and in the Natura 2000 area and which have been registered in the land use register for at least 1 day with the agricultural crop of permanent grassland, with the exception of land block parts or parts referred to in points (b) and (c),

(b) a list of parts of land blocks or parts thereof registered in the land use register to applicants with a culture other than permanent grassland in the Natura 2000 area, as regards the area referred to in Article 15 (2) (c) and (d) of the Government Regulation governing cross-compliance rules for payments to farmers which, in the period from the submission of the single application for the previous calendar year, have:

1. the applicant has used permanent grassland for at least 1 day as an agricultural culture; or

2. the immediately preceding user used permanent grassland in land use records on the date of cessation of use with culture;

(c) the list of parts of land blocks or parts thereof registered in the land use register to applicants with agricultural crops of fruit orchards referred to in Article 5 (2) (c) of the Government Regulation governing the rules on cross-compliance of payments to farmers in an environmentally sensitive area, vineyards referred to in Article 5 (2) (d) of the Government Regulation governing the rules on cross-compliance of payments to farmers and the rapidly growing timber in breeding plantations referred to in Article 5 (2) (e) of the Government Regulation on cross-compliance of payments to farmers, which, in the period since the submission of the single application for the previous calendar year, have been

1. the applicant has used permanent grassland for at least 1 day as an agricultural culture; or

2. the immediately preceding user used permanent grassland in land use records on the date of cessation of use with culture;

(d) a list of land block parts or parts thereof registered in the land use register to applicants with a culture other than permanent grassland outside an environmentally sensitive area, carbon-rich land and Natura 2000 area which, in the period since the submission of the single application for the previous calendar year,

1. the applicant has used permanent grassland for at least 1 day as an agricultural culture; or

2. the immediately preceding user used permanent grassland in land use records on the date of cessation of use with culture;

(e) a list of parts of the soil blocks or parts thereof which have been registered in the land use register at the date of end of use of the relevant part of the soil block by the applicant with a culture other than permanent grassland outside an environmentally sensitive area, carbon-rich land and Natura 2000 area which, in the period from the submission of the single application for the previous calendar year,

1. the applicant has used permanent grassland for at least 1 day as an agricultural culture; or

2. the immediately preceding user used permanent grassland in land use records on the date of cessation of use with culture;

(f) a list of land block parts or parts thereof with agricultural culture of permanent grassland recorded in the land use register as an applicant outside an environmentally sensitive area, carbon-rich land and Natura 2000 area, which the applicant has grazed between 31 October of the previous calendar year and the date of the single application;

(g) a list of parts of soil blocks with agricultural culture of permanent grassland and grassland with an area of at least 12 hectares indicating whether the concerned part of the soil block will be left out of the disgruntled area or pasture under § 12 or 15; and

(h) an indication of the reason for the temporary non-use of the area for agricultural purposes where the area of the land block parts covered by the application is different from that of the land block parts which the applicant has registered in the land use register at the date of application and is the subject of a declaration of all agricultural land.

(3) Where the applicant has not submitted a single application in the previous calendar year, the date of 15 May of the previous calendar year shall apply for the purposes of paragraph 2 (b) to (e).

(4) The application for a basic all-fair eco-payment shall not indicate a surface area of not more than 0,1 hectares.

§ 12

The basic whole-history eco-payment for permanent grassland

(1) The Fund shall provide the applicant with a basic, all-fair, crop-based, agricultural land-based eco-payment of permanent grassland,

(a) which is registered in the land use register on the applicant at least from the date of the application to the Fund by 30 September of the year of the application;

(b) which is managed by the applicant in the year in which the application is lodged for as long as the applicant is registered in the land use register referred to in (a);

(c) for which the applicant, by 31 July of the year of application, in the case of zone H1 under the regulation governing the conditions for implementing the measures for areas with natural constraints, where that part of the soil block is at least 50% in that area, within the period before 31 August of the year of application, ensures that:

1. grazing, including the disposal of the neoplasms, the condition of which does not apply to areas with an average gradient exceeding 10 °; or

2. Biomass slits; and

(d) on which the applicant leaves at least 12 hectares of undisturbed area on the part of the soil block with an area of at least 12 hectares when carrying out the axe referred to in (c) (2)

1. an area of at least 3% of the determined area of the soil block part,

2. an area not exceeding 15% of the determined area of the soil block part, and

3. By 15 August, in the case of zone H1 under the Regulation governing the conditions for the implementation of the measures for areas with natural constraints, if that part of the soil block is at least 50% in that area, by 15 September of the year of application,

when assessing the area of the soil block part for the purposes of meeting the conditions referred to in this paragraph, the area of the soil block part listed in the land use register shall be deducted from the area of the soil block part concerned.

(2) Paragraph 1 (c) and (d) shall not apply unless otherwise specified for the part of the soil block in question:

(a) agri-environmental measures under a government regulation governing agri-environmental measures;

(b) a favourable opinion from the nature conservation authority received by the Fund at the latest on the date on which the crop or pasture referred to in paragraph 1 was to be implemented; or

(c) Paragraph 3j of the Agriculture Act.

(3) The applicant must make an application no later than 31 October of the year of application

(a) grubbing-up of land block parts or parts thereof which have been recorded in the land use register for at least 1 day from 1 April 2015 with agricultural crops of permanent grassland, to agricultural crops of permanent grassland situated in an environmentally sensitive area, carbon-rich land and Natura 2000, with the exception of the area referred to in (b) and (c);

(b) the grubbing-up of the area corresponding to the area of land blocks or parts thereof in the agricultural culture of permanent grassland in the Natura 2000 area as regards the area referred to in Article 15 (2) (c) and (d) of the Government Regulation governing the rules on cross-compliance of payments to farmers which, in the period from the submission of the single application for the previous calendar year, have been

1. the applicant has been using permanent grassland as an agricultural culture for at least 1 day and registered in the soil register on the date of application with a culture other than permanent grassland; or

2. the immediately preceding user used permanent grassland in land use records on the date of cessation of use with culture;

(c) grubbing-up of areas with agricultural crops of fruit orchards as referred to in Article 5 (2) (c) of the Government Regulation on cross-compliance rules for farmers in an environmentally sensitive area, vineyards as referred to in Article 5 (2) (d) of the Government Regulation on cross-compliance of payments to farmers which, in the period from the submission of the single application for the previous calendar year, have been introduced into the agricultural crop under Article 5 (2) (c) of the Government Regulation on cross-compliance of payments to farmers

1. the applicant has been using permanent grassland as an agricultural culture for at least 1 day and registered in the soil register on the date of application with a culture other than permanent grassland; or

2. the immediately preceding user used permanent grassland in land use records on the date of cessation of use with culture;

(d) grubbing-up of the area corresponding to the area of soil block parts or parts thereof into the agricultural culture of permanent grassland outside an environmentally sensitive area, Natura 2000 area and carbon-rich land which, in the period from the submission of the single application for the previous calendar year,

1. the applicant has been using permanent grassland as an agricultural culture for at least 1 day and registered in the soil register on the date of application with a culture other than permanent grassland; or

2. the immediately preceding user used permanent grassland in land use records on the date of cessation of use with culture;

(e) grubbing-up of the area corresponding to the area of land block parts or parts thereof that have been registered in the land use register at the date of end of use of the relevant part of the soil block by the applicant with a culture other than permanent grassland outside an environmentally sensitive area, Natura 2000 area and carbon-rich land which, in the period from the submission of the single application for the previous calendar year

1. the applicant has used permanent grassland for at least 1 day as an agricultural culture; or

2. the immediately preceding user used permanent grassland in land use records on the date of cessation of use with culture.

(4) Non-compliance with the conditions referred to in paragraph 3, except for carbon-rich land and Natura 2000 areas referred to in paragraph 3 (a), shall not be affected if the agricultural culture is transformed into permanent grassland.

(a) in the context of the termination of land-use arrangements under the Law governing land-use arrangements and following the decision on the exchange or transfer of property rights to agricultural land for the part of the soil block, there has been a change in the type of agricultural culture of permanent grassland to another type of agricultural culture referred to in this Decision;

(b) arable land under organic farming;

(c) another permanent culture;

(d) area under a government regulation governing the afforestation of agricultural land;

(e) the landscape element;

(f) area under agro-forestry as defined by the Government Regulation governing agro-forestry measures;

(g) an area with a culture of fruit orchards as referred to in Article 5 (2) (c) of the Government Regulation governing the rules on cross-compliance of payments to farmers on which the original grassland is still present;

(h) the area under vines under Article 5 (2) (d) of the Government Regulation governing cross-compliance rules for payments to farmers on which the original grassland is still located;

(i) the area with rapidly growing timber in the breeding plantations referred to in Article 5 (2) (e) of the Government Regulation governing the rules on cross-compliance of payments to farmers on which the original grassland is still located;

(j) an agricultural area of another culture; or

(k) an area of not more than 0,1 hectares per area.

(5) Non-compliance with the condition laid down in paragraph 3 (a) with regard to carbon-rich land is not subject to conversion of permanent grassland by agricultural culture

(a) in the context of the termination of land-use arrangements under the Land Adjustment Act and following the decision on the exchange or transfer of property rights to agricultural land, the soil block has changed the type of agricultural culture of permanent grassland to another type of agricultural culture referred to in this Decision;

(b) a landscape element; or

(c) not more than 0,1 hectares for each area.

(6) Non-compliance with the condition laid down in paragraph 3 (a) and (b) in the case of Natura 2000 area is not affected if the agricultural culture is transformed into permanent grassland

(a) in the context of the termination of land-use arrangements under the Land Adjustment Act and following the decision on the exchange or transfer of property rights to agricultural land, the land block has changed the type of agricultural culture of permanent grassland to another type of agricultural culture referred to in this Decision; or

(b) not more than 0,1 hectares for each area.

(7) Where the applicant has not fulfilled the condition referred to in paragraph 1 (a), (b) or (c) or point (d) (2) of paragraph 1, the Fund shall not provide a basic, pan-Faroe eco-payment for permanent grassland for that part of the soil block; the area of the soil block part or part thereof shall not be included in the area determined.

Citation	Government Decree No. 83 / 2023 Coll., laying down the conditions for granting direct payments to farmers
Regulation Type	-
Author	-
Collection	Code of Laws

Date of Promulgation	31.03.2023
Effective from	01.04.2023
Effective until	-
Status	Valid

Government Decree No. 83 / 2023 Coll.

Government regulation on the conditions for granting direct payments to farmers

Contents

ČÁST PRVNÍ

§ 1

§ 2

§ 3

§ 4

§ 5

ČÁST DRUHÁ

§ 6

§ 7

ČÁST TŘETÍ

§ 8

ČÁST ČTVRTÁ

§ 9

ČÁST PÁTÁ

§ 10

§ 11

§ 12

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