Sugar Subsidies Ordinance. Country/Territory Germany Document type Regulation Date 1986 (2010) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleOrdinance on the granting of subsidies for the production of sugar. Subject Food & nutrition Keyword Sugar Subsidy/incentive Processing/handling Geographical area Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Ordinance provides for the enforcement of various EU-directives concerning subsidies for sugar production. Article 4 establishes that the application on behalf of producers shall be made in writing to the competent authority. The text – consisting of 14 articles – deals with the following aspects: sphere of application, competence, conditions, authorization of producers, application form, simpliefied proceedings and forms. Full text German Website www.bmj.de; www.bgbl.de