Regional Law No. 2751-KZ “On development of agricultural consumer cooperation”. Country/Territory Russian Federation Territorial subdivision Krasnodar Document type Legislation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Cooperative/producer organization Agricultural commodities Business/industry/corporations Credit Consumer protection Financial agricultural measures 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 Regional Law enters into force the day after the date of its official publication. Abstract This Regional Law defines the basic directions of the regional state in sphere of agricultural consumer cooperation, is directed on creation of favorable social and economic conditions for the organization and development of agricultural consumer cooperatives, including agricultural consumer credit cooperatives. The objectives of agricultural consumer cooperation shall be as follows: (a) stimulation of voluntary association of agricultural producers, including citizens conducting private subsidiary farms, for joint production or other economic activities based on the association of their property contributions in order to meet material and other needs; (b) increase of profitability and financial stability of agricultural producers, including citizens who run private subsidiary farms, through their active participation in the activities of agricultural consumer cooperatives; (c) assistance to agricultural consumer cooperatives in increasing the production of agricultural commodities, as well as in increasing the competitiveness of their products and services; (d) promotion of commodities and services produced by agricultural consumer cooperatives on the consumer market; and (e) increase availability of financial resources for organizations included in the system of agricultural consumer cooperation. Priority directions of the development of agricultural consumer cooperation shall be as follows: (a) improve the efficiency of small business agricultural entities that are members of agricultural consumer cooperatives; (b) granting state financial support; (c) support of multi-level organization and functioning of agricultural consumer cooperation; (d) improvement of crediting of agricultural consumer cooperatives; (e) improvement of material and technical equipment of agricultural consumer cooperatives; and (f) organization of the system of procurement, processing and trade of agricultural commodities, wholesale food markets with the participation of agricultural consumer cooperatives and credit cooperatives. Full text Russian Website rg.ru References - Legislation Amended by Regional Law No. 3750-KZ amending Regional Law No. 2751-KZ “On development of agricultural consumer cooperation”. Legislation | Russian Federation | 2018 Keyword: Cooperative/producer organization, Agricultural commodities, Business/industry/corporations, Financial agricultural measures, Subsidy/incentive Source: FAO, FAOLEX