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Regional Act No. 76 providing on biological agriculture.

Country/Territory
Italy
Territorial subdivision
Marche
Document type
Legislation
Date
1997
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bollettino Ufficiale Regione Marche No. 3 of 9 January 1998.
Subject
Agricultural & rural development, Food & nutrition
Keyword
Ecological production/organic production Financial agricultural measures Research Basic legislation Subsidy/incentive
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, Mediterranean, Southern Europe
Abstract

This Act provides for the promotion and diffusion of biological productions and for the transformation and marketing of these products. The Act establishes a Commission for the biological agriculture and establishes the functions of the Regional Agency for the Agroalimentar Sector (ASSAM). The Agency shall make experiments in the sector of biological agriculture and shall prepare the plan for the conversion of traditional agriculture into biological agriculture and promote studies in this sector. Further the Act sets out the requirements to be fulfilled in order to consider a product as biological and provides for the recognition of associations of biological producers. Biological producers will receive regional contributions for research, professional training plans and for the promotion of biological products. (17 Articles).

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Italian