Beneficiaries

The funding may be provided by:

• active farmers registered with the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture, with a VAT number in the agricultural field identified by code Ateco 01 and operating on a utilised agricultural area of at least 1 hectare cultivated with organic farming systems;
• farmers associations registered with the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture, with a VAT number in the agricultural field identified by code Ateco 01, which together reach a utilised agricultural area of at least 50 hectares cultivated with organic farming systems.

The areas concerned must: 

• not be in “maintenance" and never have benefited from premiums under measure 214 - action 1 of the RDP 2007/2013; 
• remain in the possession of the beneficiary holders for the entire duration of the commitment.

Objectives

Encouraging the conversion to organic farming of areas cultivated by conventional or integrated farming methods.

Selection principles

The evaluation of Submeasure 11.1 provides for a subdivision into macro-criteria, does not provide for a minimum admissible score and has a maximum score that can reach 100 points, as defined for:

• territorial scopes, up to a maximum of 60 points, which in turn are differentiated as follows:
  • areas vulnerable to nitrates of agricultural origin in relation to the need for containment (max 30 points);
  • areas of the "Natura 2000" Network in relation to the need to maintain compatible conditions and reduced use of pesticides and fertilizers in order to protect the species and habitats present there (max 30 points).
     
• beneficiaries, up to a maximum of 40 points in turn differentiated as follows:
  • active farmer who associates with others (max 30 points);
  • farm with a single farm body (max 10 points).

The types of operations activated have no relevance for the purposes of scoring. In the case of companies belonging to more than one type of area subject to environmental problems and/or of high environmental value, the score will be assigned proportionally. In the case of equal scores, priority will be given to applications for support for larger areas of intervention.

Scope of support 

The premium, broken down by type of crop, will be paid annually for each hectare of land on which it is committed to implementing organic farming methods.