Guidelines on the granting of subsidies for the Lower Saxony and Bremen Agri-Environmental Programme. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Niedersachsen Document type Miscellaneous Date 2011 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Environment gen. Keyword Subsidy/incentive Financial agricultural measures Agricultural development Farming Pollution control Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Entry into force notes The present Guideline enters into force on 1 October 2011. Abstract The present Guidelines lay down provisions relating to the granting of subsidies for the Lower Saxony and Bremen Agri-Environmental Programme. The text consists of 8 articles as follows: Purpose of subsidy, legal position, object of subsidy (1); Beneficiaries of subsidies (2); Prerequisites for subsidies (3); Nature of subsidy (4); Type of subsidy (5); Other provisions on subsidies (6); Procedures (7); Final provisions (8). Full text German Website www.niedersachsen.de