Direct Support Scheme Obligations Act. Country/Territory Germany Document type Legislation Date 2004 (2011) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAct regulating cross-compliance by farmers in the framework of common provisions on direct payments and other support schemes. Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Agricultural development Financial agricultural measures Subsidy/incentive Farming Enforcement/compliance Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The purpose of the present Act is the efficient enforcement of Council Regulation (EC) No. 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers of 19 January 2009. The text consists of 6 articles as follows: Sphere of application (1); Basic requirements for the management, maintenance of agricultural land (2); Conservation of permanent grassland (3); Data protection (4); Transfer of power (5); Publication of legal provisions (6). Full text German Website www.bmj.de References - Legislation Implements Council Regulation (EC) No. 73/2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No. 1290/2005, (EC) No. 247/2006, (EC) No. 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No. 1782/2003. Legislation | European Union | 2009 Keyword: Agricultural development, Financial agricultural measures, Subsidy/incentive, Special fund Source: FAO, FAOLEX Implemented by Permanent Grassland Ordinance Mecklenburg -Vorpommern. Legislation | Germany | 2008 Keyword: Agricultural development, Authorization/permit, Pastoralism, Grazing Source: FAO, FAOLEX Permanent Grassland Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2011 (2013) Keyword: Agricultural development, Authorization/permit, Pastoralism, Grazing Source: FAO, FAOLEX Permanent Grassland Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2009 Keyword: Agricultural development, Authorization/permit, Pastoralism, Grazing Source: FAO, FAOLEX Permanent Grassland Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2008 (2013) Keyword: Agricultural development, Subsidy/incentive, Financial agricultural measures, Enforcement/compliance, Pastoralism, Grazing Source: FAO, FAOLEX Thüringer Erosion Protection Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2010 Keyword: Agricultural land, Subsidy/incentive, Classification/declassification, Financial agricultural measures, Enforcement/compliance, Erosion, Soil conservation/soil improvement, Soil pollution/quality Source: FAO, FAOLEX Ordinance of the Saxon State Government on the implementation of the common agricultural policy. Legislation | Germany | 2005 Keyword: Agricultural development, Authorization/permit, Enforcement/compliance, Grazing Source: FAO, FAOLEX Cross-Compliance Ordinance. Legislation | Germany | 2010 (2012) Keyword: Agricultural development, Financial agricultural measures, Subsidy/incentive, Farming, Institution, Enforcement/compliance Source: FAO, FAOLEX