Biological Georgia

Beneficiaries of the measure can be considered natural and legal persons or groups of natural or legal persons, who are active farmers.

Active Farmer:

1. Active farmers are those who declare agricultural land consisting of more than 50% of land conserved in nature in a condition suitable for grazing or cultivation, without exercising the minimum agricultural activity on it.
2. With the exception of the farmers of the above paragraph, farmers who received direct payments of up to € 5,000 (five thousand euros) for the previous financial year are considered active farmers. Specifically for the year of applications 2015, the total amount of direct payments to which the farmer was entitled in accordance with Council Regulation (EC) 73/2009 (OJ L 30 / 31.01.2009) as amended and in force, before the reductions and the exceptions provided for in Articles 21 and 23 of that Regulation, for the 2014 application year and for each subsequent ‘n’ application year, the previous ‘n-1’ application year shall be taken into account.
3. Farmers who received direct aid of more than € 5,000 (€ 5,000) for the previous financial year are considered to be active farmers if they prove that the annual amount of direct aid is at least 5% of the total income earned from non-profit agricultural activities in the most recent financial year for which data are available. Specifically for 2015, the total amount of direct payments to which the farmer was entitled under Regulation (EC) 73/2009, before the reductions and exemptions provided for in Articles 21 and 23 of that Regulation, shall be taken into account. year of applications 2014 and for each subsequent year “n” the previous year of applications “n-1” is taken into account.

Farmers who have received direct aid of more than € 5,000 (€ 5,000) for the previous financial year, and who run airports, railways, water networks, real estate companies, stadiums and outdoor recreation areas, are considered to be farmers. prove any of the following: aa . or that the annual amount of direct payments is at least 5% of the total income from non-agricultural activities in the most recent financial year for which data are available. ββ
. or that their agricultural activities are not insignificant and in particular that the total income derived from agricultural activities, in the most recent financial year for which such data are available, represents at least 1/3 of the total income obtained in the most recent economic year for which data are available. γγ . or that the main business or corporate purpose is to engage in agricultural activity.The audit is based on data kept at the Ministry of Finance. The above are proved with tax documents that come from the Ministry of Finance and are submitted, whenever and in any way requested, to OPEKEPE or to the competent offices for receiving applications from the beneficiaries.

4. In case of non-submission of a single aid application in the previous year 2015, the check of compliance with the condition of the active farmer according to points 2, 3 and 4, is based on the calculation of a theoretical direct support aid, which is the product of the average national aid direct support per hectare for 2014 with the number of eligible hectares declared by the farmer in 2015.

Measure 11 has the following Sub-Measures and Actions:

Sub-measure 11.1: Aid for conversion into biological practices and methods

• Action 11.1.1: Aid for conversion into organic practices and production methods in agriculture
• Action 11.1.2: Aid for conversion into organic practices and production methods in livestock

Sub-measure 11.2: Conservation aids in biological practices and methods

• Action 11.2.1: Conservation aid for biological practices and production methods in agriculture
• Action 11.2.2: Conservation aid for biological practices and production methods in livestock

A candidate can apply for support for more than one action.

Farmers who are included in the previous program (Measure 214 RDP 2007 – 2013) submit an application in sub-measure 11.2 and their commitments start from the day after the expiration of the contract they have signed under the actions of the previous program.

The commitments of sub-measure 11.2 are for a period of five years, with the possibility of an annual extension after the end of the initial period and after a relevant invitation.
The commitments of sub-measure 11.1 are for three years. After the successful completion of their three-year commitment to convert the cultivation / breeding system into an organic one, they can, if they wish, and after a relevant invitation, join the respective actions of sub-measure 11.2.

Commitments of beneficiaries:

The commitments of the beneficiaries start from the date of issuance of the decision of Integration of Measures of Measure 11 that includes them.
In particular, in the case of the issuance of the decision of Integration of Transactions of sub-measure 11.2 in a time during which the contractual obligations of the beneficiaries of the Invitations No. 74/4119 / 13-01-2012 and 800/19605 / 17-02-2012 have not expired of Measure 214 of the RDP 2007-2013, for the included in the actions 1.1 “Organic agriculture” and 1.2 “Organic livestock” plots, pastures or farms, respectively, the commitments of these beneficiaries, in case of their inclusion in the actions of sub-measure 11.2 , start from the day after the end of the contract in the framework of actions 1.1 and 1.2 of Measure 214 of the RDP 2007-2013, respectively.

The beneficiaries must, annually, be covered by a legal contract with a consultant, who belongs to the branch of PE of Agriculture or TE of Agricultural Technologists.
To keep constant the size of the area of ​​the parcels / pastures and the type of animals with which they joined the measure, except in cases of force majeure – exceptional circumstances.
To keep stable the parcels with which they have joined the measure, as it is not allowed to change the parcels for which the commitments of the present have been made. In the case of pastures, parts of these pastures may be renewed with parts of other pastures.

To comply with the requirements of organic farming.
Apply for payment annually.
To accept and facilitate all the prescribed audits by the competent national and union auditing bodies.
To keep a file of the beneficiary, as defined in point 21 of article 4 hereof, which is kept for an additional three (3) years after the completion of the commitments.

MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF AID € / ΣΤΡ / YEAR
CULTURE TYPE	NEW BENEFICIARIES	OLD BENEFICIARIES	CULTURE TYPE	NEW BENEFICIARIES	OLD BENEFICIARIES
Olive growing	67.9	50.5	Winter cereals	12.2	12
Raisin	71.9	63.9	Alfalfa, clover	58.5	57.4 & nbsp;
Table grapes	& nbsp; 90	& nbsp; 90	Other livestock legumes	& nbsp; 43	& nbsp; 49.1 & nbsp;
Wine grapes	84.5	65.7	Legumes	45.6	49.1 & nbsp;
Apples	64.4	53.2	Cotton	49.6	51.6
Nuts	90	90	Flaxseed oil Sunflower Sorghum and other arable crops	& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 52.9	& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 49.3
& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; Citrus	& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 34.5	& nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; 33.4
Maize livestock	& nbsp; 60	& nbsp; 60	Aromatic medicinal plants	& nbsp; 60	& nbsp; 60
Edible maize	56.3	54.4

• Olives at least 8 trees / acre

Dairy cattle

MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF AID € / 1MZK / Ha / YEAR
Sheep and goats	211	& nbsp; 247 & nbsp;
Cattle with meat production / mixed direction	267	280
333	347

• Cattle over 6 months, sheep and goats over 12 months

& nbsp;

Cattle include cow breeding and buffalo farming. The aid heights have been calculated for grazing densities of 1 MZK per hectare (Ha). If the grazing density for the integrated holding is less than 1MZK per hectare (Ha), the aid per hectare (Ha) is calculated by multiplying the grazing density by the corresponding reinforcement of the relevant table. If the grazing density of the integrated holding is greater than 1MZK per hectare (Ha), the aid per hectare (Ha) does not change and corresponds to that of the relevant table.

& nbsp;

& nbsp;

Excluded from membership:

1. parcels included in the measure of afforestation of agricultural land
2. parcels that are co-owned, in the sense of the declaration of the parcel with a percentage of co-ownership less than 100% in the EAE of the candidate for the year 2016.

The Public Expenditure of this call amounts to four hundred and forty three million (443,000,000) euros.

The above amount is allocated indicatively to the actions as follows:

A. Sub-measure 11.1: One hundred million (100,000,000) euros

• Action 11.1.1: Sixty-six million (66,000,000) euros
• Action 11.1.2: Thirty four million (34,000,000) euros

B. Sub-measure 11.2: three hundred forty three million (343,000,000) euros

• Action 11.2.1: one hundred and eighty three million (183,000,000) euros
• Action 11.2.2: one hundred and sixty million (160,000,000) euros

The support is granted on an annual basis and per hectare of agricultural land, in order for the beneficiaries to be compensated for the lost income, additional costs and transaction costs which, where appropriate, entail the conversion or maintenance of organic farming practices, in accordance with the principles and organic production methods.

Period and process of submitting applications for support:

The submission of applications for support under this call, takes place during the period from 24-01-2017 to 22-02-2017.

Program Summary