Federal Law No. 563-FZ amending Federal Law No. 260-FZ amending Federal Law No. 264-FZ on agricultural development. Country/Territory Russian Federation Document type Legislation Date 2018 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Fisheries Keyword Agricultural commodities Financial agricultural measures Fiscal and market measures Contract/agreement Crops/grasses Subsidy/incentive Aquaculture Geographical area Arctic, Asia and the Pacific, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States), Eastern Europe, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Pacific, North-West Pacific Entry into force notes This Federal Law enters into force of 1 March 2019. Abstract In the Federal Law No. 260-FZ amending Federal Law No. 264-FZ on agricultural development a new definition is given to the term mortality of livestock, specifying the causes thereof. It also introduces the period of application for state support in the sphere of agricultural insurance by agricultural producers that must be fixed in normative legal acts of the supreme executive bodies of the regional administrations. State support for agricultural producers are shall be granted in accordance with agricultural insurance contract that meets the following requirements and conditions: (a) insurance of agricultural insurance objects against the effects of the events provided for in Article 8 of this Federal law, or from the effects of one or more such events is subject to an agricultural insurance plan specified in article 6 of this Federal Law; (b) insurance of crops and perennial plantations if agricultural insurance contract is concluded: 1) in relation to one or several types of agricultural crops, perennial plantations on the entire area of land sites in a subject of the Russian Federation, in which agricultural producers grow such crops and perennial plants; 2) no later than fifteen calendar days after the end of sowing or planting crops, except for perennial plants, as well as perennial grasses of past years; 3) until the end of the growing season (transition to winter dormancy) of perennial plants; (c) in case of insurance of farm animals if insurance contract is concluded: 1) in relation to all available livestock of a farmer or several livestock species in a subject of the Russian Federation; 2) for a period of not less than one year; (d) when insuring one or several objects of commercial aquaculture (commercial fish farming) contract for agricultural insurance is concluded: 1) in relation to one or several types of objects of commercial aquaculture (commercial fish farming) of a fishfarmer; 2) agricultural insurance contract is concluded for a period of not less than one year; and (e) agricultural insurance contract entered into force and agricultural producers paid at least fifty percent of insurance premium accrued under this contract. Full text Russian Website publication.pravo.gov.ru References - Legislation Amends Federal Law No. 260-FZ amending Federal Law No. 264-FZ on agricultural development. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2011 Keyword: Agricultural development, Agricultural commodities, Subsidy/incentive, Contract/agreement Source: FAO, FAOLEX