Order No. 2/2017 amending Order No. 31/2015 on the regime to apply the action No. 3.1 for "Young farmers" under the PDR 2020. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Regulation Date 2017 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Agricultural development Subsidy/incentive Rural employment Youth Business/industry/corporations Financial agricultural measures Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Order enters into force on the day after its publication. Abstract This Order establishes the 2nd amendment to the implementing regime to apply the action No. 3.1 for "young farmers" integrated in the Measure 3 "Valorisation of agricultural production" of Area No. 2 "Competitivity and organization of production" of the Rural Development Programme for the Continent (PDR 2020). Amendments deal with the following: the situation where the young farmer, as the person responsible for the holding, formally assumes ownership and direct management of the agricultural holding, and is registered with the tax authority with agricultural activity and with the paying agency as beneficiary; the situation in which the young farmer has no other regular occupation in the normal period of work, whether paid or not, and obtains his income exclusively from agricultural activity, without prejudice to receiving public support and other income that does not derive from professional activity; the acquisition of ownership of the agricultural holding or any of parcels through the National Land Bank or other public initiatives to facilitate access to land; the hierarchy of the selection criteria, as well as the respective factors, formulas, criteria, are defined by the managing authority, the payment of the young farmers installation fee, etc. Full text Portuguese Website www.dre.pt References - Legislation Amends Order No. 31/2015 establishing the implementing regime to apply the action No. 3.1 for "young farmers" under the PDR 2020. Legislation | Portugal | 2015 Keyword: Agricultural development, Subsidy/incentive, Rural employment, Youth, Business/industry/corporations, Financial agricultural measures Source: FAO, FAOLEX