Potato Subsidy and Potato Starch Premium Ordinance 2008. Country/Territory Austria Document type Regulation Date 2006 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleOrdinance by the Federal Minister for Agriculture and Forestry, Environment and Water Resource on subsidies for potatoes and a premium for potato starch. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Vegetables/legumes Subsidy/incentive Offences/penalties Geographical area Europe, European Union Countries, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance implements various Community Regulations as laid down in article 1. The Ordinance sets out regulations dealing with the payment of subsidies for potatoes and a premium for potato starch. Article 2 names AMA (“Agrarmarkt Austria”) as responsible for the execution of the present Ordinance. The text consists of 16 articles divided into 5 Parts as follows: General provisions (1); Provisions for production of potato starch (2); Subsidy for potatoes (3); Premium for production (4 Full text German Website www.ris.bka.gv.at