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Act No. 441 for the development and the promotion of the juvenile entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector.

Country/Territory
Italy
Document type
Legislation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana No. 298, 22 December 1998.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development
Keyword
Financial agricultural measures Agricultural development Subsidy/incentive Youth
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

Following the Community legislation this Act is intended for the development and the promotion of the juvenile entrepreneurship in the agricultural sector. This Act is especially directed to young farmers under 40 years of age. Setting-up aid to young farmers under 40 years of age shall be granted on condition that: (a) the young farmer is established as head of the holding, (b) sets up as a farmer practising farming as his main occupation or begins, after having set up as a part-time farmer, to practise farming as his main occupation. (c) The occupational qualifications of the young farmer are at a satisfactory level at the time of his setting up or at the latest two years thereafter; (d) the holding requires a volume of work equivalent to at least one ULU, which must be achieved at the latest two years after the setting up (art. 2) Regions in granting aid shall give priority to mountain and less-favoured areas. The bank for the agricultural development shall give up to the 60 percent for loans for land purchase and on increasing the production capacity. (16 articles)

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Italian