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Council Regulation (EC) No 73/2009 of 19 January 2009 establishing common rules for direct support schemes for farmers under the common agricultural policy and establishing certain support schemes for farmers, amending Regulations (EC) No 1290/2005, (EC) No 247/2006, (EC) No 378/2007 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1782/2003 (repealed)
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1.Member States may provide for financial compensation to be paid to farmers for economic losses caused by the outbreak of an animal or plant disease or an environmental incident by way of financial contributions to mutual funds.
2.For the purpose of this Article:
(a)‘mutual fund’ shall mean a scheme accredited by the Member State in accordance with its national law for affiliated farmers to insure themselves, whereby compensation payments are made to such farmers affected by economic losses caused by the outbreak of an animal or plant disease or an environmental incident;
(b)‘economic losses’ shall mean any additional cost incurred by a farmer as a result of exceptional measures taken by the farmer with the objective of reducing supply on the market concerned or any substantial loss of production;
(c)‘an environmental incident’ shall mean a specific occurrence of pollution, contamination or degradation in the quality of the environment related to a specific event and of limited geographical scope. It shall not cover general environmental risks not connected with a specific event, such as climate change or acid rain.
3.As regards animal diseases, financial compensation may only be granted in respect of diseases mentioned in the list of animal diseases established by the World Organisation for Animal Health and/or in the Annex to Decision 90/424/EEC.
4.Member States shall ensure that economic losses for which financial compensation is granted in accordance with other Community provisions, including Article 44 of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 and any other health and veterinary or plant health measures, shall not be further compensated in accordance with paragraph 1.
5.The mutual funds shall pay the financial compensation directly to affiliated farmers who are affected by economic losses.
The source of the financial compensation paid by the mutual funds shall come from:
(a)capital stock contributed to the funds by affiliated and non-affiliated farmers or by other operators in the agricultural chain; or
(b)loans taken out by the funds on commercial terms; and
(c)any amounts recovered in accordance with paragraph 11.
Any initial capital stock shall not be contributed by public funds.
6.The financial contributions referred to in paragraph 1 may relate to:
(a)the administrative costs of setting up the mutual fund, spread over a maximum of three years;
(b)the repayment of the capital and interest on commercial loans taken out by the mutual fund for the purpose of paying financial compensation to farmers;
(c)the amounts paid by the mutual fund from its capital stock as financial compensation to farmers.
The minimum and maximum duration of the commercial loans eligible for a financial contribution shall be determined by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 141(2).
Where financial compensation is paid by the fund in accordance with point (c) of the first subparagraph, the public financial contribution shall follow the same rhythm as that for a commercial loan of minimum duration.
7.Any financial contribution shall not exceed 65 % of the cost referred to in paragraph 6. Any cost not covered by financial contributions shall be borne by the affiliated farmers.
Member States may limit the costs that are eligible for a financial contribution by applying:
(a)ceilings per fund;
(b)appropriate per unit ceilings.
8.Member States' expenditure on the financial contributions shall be co-financed by the Community from the funds referred to in Article 69(1) at a rate of 75 %.
The first subparagraph shall not prejudice any powers of Member States to cover their participation and/or the participation of affiliated farmers in the financing of the financial contributions in full or in part through compulsory collective liability schemes in the sectors concerned. This shall be possible notwithstanding Articles 125l and 125n of Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007.
9.Member States shall define the rules for the constitution and management of the mutual funds, in particular for the granting of compensation payments to farmers in the event of crisis and for the administration and monitoring of compliance with these rules.
10.Member States shall submit to the Commission an annual report on the implementation of this Article. The form, content, timing and deadlines of the report shall be laid down by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 141(2).
11.Where a farmer is granted financial compensation by a mutual fund under this Article any legal right for the recovery of damages for the compensated economic losses which the farmer may have under any provisions of Community or national law against any third party shall be transferred to the mutual fund in accordance with rules to be established by the Member State concerned.
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