Müller GbR - 39615 Seehausen (Altmark), Hanseatic City - Agricultural subsidies 2022 (2023)

As a result of the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the farm payment that applied up to and including 2014 was replaced by a system of direct payments consisting of a basic payment, a redistribution payment, a greening payment and, where applicable, a young farmer payment. It is also based on a system of payment entitlements, which were in principle reallocated to farmers in 2015 upon request according to the amount of eligible land they declared. The farmer declares his eligible land and payment entitlements in each claim year, whereby the activation of a payment entitlement with one hectare of eligible land results in the payment of the basic payment.

All payment entitlements in a region (usually = federal state) had the same value at the beginning of the current funding period in 2015. The different values ​​of the payment entitlements in each region were gradually reduced between 2017 and 2019, so that they have had a uniform value throughout Germany since 2019.

The basic premium serves to secure income and risk protection for farms and also as financial compensation for the much higher environmental protection, animal welfare and consumer protection standards in the EU compared to the production requirements of competitors on the world market. Like all other direct payments, it is directly linked to compliance with numerous other requirements (so-called "cross-compliance instrument"). In addition to 13 existing EU regulations and guidelines for nature, environmental, animal and consumer protection, compliance with which is constantly and strictly checked, specifications for erosion prevention have been prescribed as additional services to be provided, as have measures for maintaining soil fertility and water protection . The removal of landscape elements such as hedges, rows of trees and copses is also prohibited. Through minimum requirements for ground cover in areas taken out of production and the preservation of ecologically valuable structural elements as retreat areas for wild animal species in intensively used agricultural landscapes, the direct payments make a contribution to the preservation of regional cultural values ​​and to climate protection.

The promotion of agri-environmental and climate protection measures rewards voluntary environmental services by farmers, farmers' associations and other land managers that are not compensated for by market product prices. The promotion of extensive cultivation methods and the rewarding of active agri-environmental and climate protection measures, especially on ecologically particularly valuable areas, make a central contribution to climate protection (especially avoidance of emissions), to soil and water protection, to the preservation and promotion of biodiversity and species diversity. , as well as for the preservation, care and design of a regionally typical cultural landscape and a traditional landscape.

Companies that take part in agri-environmental and climate protection measures therefore receive financial compensation to compensate for the additional costs incurred with particularly environmentally friendly production methods and/or the loss of income resulting from reduced yields.

Quelle: European Commission, Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development. Updated: June 2021

Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and EU agricultural spending

The core objectives of the CAP are market-oriented support for agriculture and an innovative and growth-oriented policy for rural development, taking into account the objectives of environmental, resource and climate protection. Funding comes from two EU agricultural funds, the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF, also known as the 1st pillar of the CAP) and the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD, also known as the 2nd pillar of the CAP).

The 1st pillar includes direct payments for farms and regulations on agricultural markets. The 2nd pillar promotes the development of rural areas. Without the CAP, agriculture and many rural areas in Germany would face even greater economic, social and environmental challenges than they do today.

In addition to the production of healthy and varied food and the production and utilization of renewable raw materials, agriculture and forestry provide a large number of services for society. As the main land users, farmers and foresters assume a special responsibility for the preservation of nature and the environment. They farm and maintain a large part of the country, maintain the infrastructure in rural areas and shape the social structure in the villages.

These diverse services can only be provided to their full extent with support from public funds. Through regular and risk-oriented controls, the federal and state governments ensure that appropriate consideration is provided for the public funds.

direct payments

The direct payments to farmers were originally introduced as partial compensation for the reduction in support prices for important domestic agricultural products in order to ensure that farms continue to have a decent income. As a result, support for agriculture was gradually shifted from product-based price support to direct payments to farmers that were decoupled from production.

The system of direct payments was fundamentally redesigned with the 2005 agricultural reform. While the subsidies were previously linked to the production of certain agricultural products, the majority of direct payments (over 98%) in Germany have since been granted in the form of the so-called "business bonus" regardless of the type and scope of agricultural production ("decoupling"). This eliminated incentives for excess production. Farmers can adjust their farms flexibly and according to the farm's marketing opportunities. Furthermore, due to the decoupling, the direct payments do not have a trade-distorting influence on prices and production in other countries of the world, especially in developing countries. This reorganization of the support system also makes it easier to adapt to more site-specific and environmentally friendly management methods. The few direct payments that were previously tied to production have either been abolished in recent years or integrated into the system of decoupled farm payments. Since application year 2012 (fiscal year 2013), only the decoupled farm payment has been granted in Germany.

With the previous support of the price level and also in the system of coupled direct payments, regions with high yields and producers of products with high support benefited in particular. In order to mitigate these effects and to distribute the funds more fairly, a gradual redistribution took place in Germany, which has resulted in regionally uniform support per hectare of eligible area (arable land, permanent grassland and permanent crops) since 2013.

From 2005 there was a staggering of the payments that a company receives as a whole (“modulation”). This tool was further expanded as part of a review in 2009. The first €5,000 in direct payments from a farmer was granted in full. Additional direct payments have now been reduced by 10%, following a gradual increase. Direct payments from a farmer exceeding €300,000 were reduced by a further 4%.

In 2013 another fundamental reform of the common agricultural policy was decided. As a result of this reform, the farm payment granted up to and including 2014 was replaced by a system of direct payments from 2015 consisting of a basic payment, a redistribution payment, a greening payment and, where appropriate, a young farmer payment. Basic, greening and young farmer premiums will be paid out for the first time from the EU budget year 2016.

The redistribution premium took the place of modulation and serves to better promote small and medium-sized businesses.

The direct payments are directly linked to compliance with numerous conditions (so-called "cross-compliance instrument"). These include numerous existing EU regulations and guidelines for nature, environmental, animal and consumer protection, as well as measures to maintain land in good agricultural and ecological condition, such as requirements to prevent erosion and to protect ground and surface water. These requirements are constantly checked and violations are sanctioned. Greening measures are mandatory for agricultural areas not used for production. The removal of certain landscape elements - such as hedges, rows of trees and copses - is not permitted even if their removal would enable the farmer to produce much more profitably. By preserving ecologically valuable structural elements as a retreat for flora and fauna in intensively used agricultural landscapes, the direct payments combined with cross-compliance contribute to the preservation of regional cultural values.

agricultural market measures

In the course of progressive liberalization of agricultural markets, the importance of EU agricultural market measures has decreased considerably. In the meantime, they mainly have the character of a so-called “safety net” in the event of extraordinary market disruptions. With the safety net z. B. to react to extreme market price fluctuations without the need for constant intervention in the markets.

Against this background, the market measures in their current form continue to be of great importance. They help to stabilize the agricultural markets in the EU and thereby ensure a continuous supply of high-quality and safe food at reasonable prices to European consumers. In addition, together with direct payments, they help farmers to secure a calculable income. As a consequence of liberalization, farmers and consumers still have to adjust to stronger market and price fluctuations for agricultural products and food.

Payments for market support measures are received not only by farms, but also by retail and food companies.

Some measures also pursue nutrition policy goals, e.g. B. the subsidies for school milk and school fruit. For others, the focus is on structural improvement measures and strengthening competitiveness, such as the support measures in the wine sector, or market stabilization, e.g. B. intervention and private storage aid.

The market-supporting instruments primarily include the following measures:

- Public intervention
- Aid for private storage
- School fruit and vegetable program
- School milk program
- Aid in the fruit and vegetable sector
- Support measures in the wine sector
- Aid in the beekeeping sector

You can find a detailed description of the individual agricultural market measures by searching for agricultural payments. As soon as a recipient has received payments for a specific measure, a description of the measure is displayed there.

Promotion of rural areas

The EU and the Member States see the development and strengthening of rural areas as a key area of ​​responsibility. As part of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) - with national co-financing funds (federal, state, local) - a wide range of development measures are promoted, which benefit the entire rural area and the local population.

The funding measures are aimed not only at farmers and foresters, but also at many other actors in rural areas (e.g. municipalities, food processing companies). Further details, in particular the offers of the individual countries, can be viewed at http://www.netzwerk-laendlicher-raum.de.

By far the largest part of the EAFRD funds in Germany flows into the following funding areas:

- Compensatory allowance for less-favoured areas
- Agricultural investment promotion
- Measures to improve the market structure
- Agri-environment-climate measures including promotion of organic farming
- Preservation and enhancement of rural heritage
- Integrated rural development
- Leader
- Coastal and flood protection
- Forest environment and other forest measures

You can find a detailed description of the individual support measures for rural areas by searching for agricultural payments. As soon as a recipient has received payments for a specific measure, a description of the measure is displayed there.

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Law on the publication of information on the payment of funds from the European Funds for Agriculture and Fisheries

§ 2 Publication

(1) The federal authorities responsible for the payment of funds from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and, to the extent that these funds are paid by the federal states, the competent federal state authorities and, in the case of the European Fisheries Fund, the competent administrative authority shall publish the information

1. Article 111 paragraph 1 in conjunction with Article 112 of Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 in conjunction with Articles 57 to 62 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 908/2014 of August 6, 2014 with implementing provisions for the regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards imprest accounts and other bodies, management of funds, clearance of accounts and provisions on controls, guarantees and transparency (OJ L 255, 28.8.2014, p. 59) and

2. Article 119 in conjunction with Annex V of Regulation (EU) No. 508/2014 in the currently applicable versions by direct entry on a joint website operated by the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (Federal Agency) in accordance with Article 111 paragraph 1 Subparagraph 2 of Regulation (EU) No. 1306/2013 in conjunction with Article 59 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 908/2014 and in the case of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund in accordance with Article 119 in conjunction with Annex V of Regulation ( EU) No. 508/2014. Sentence 1 applies in the case of a municipality or an association of municipalities only if the tasks under this Act have been transferred to the municipality or the association of municipalities by state law.

(2) Each publishing body is responsible under data protection law for the information it publishes, in particular for the legality of its collection, the admissibility of publication and the accuracy of the information. Data subjects can assert their data protection rights with any of the publishing bodies from which they have received payments. This office forwards the application to the responsible office after clarification of responsibilities.

(3) In consultation with the Federal Office for Information Security, the Federal Institute shall create a security concept for the website that meets the requirements set out in Articles 24, 25 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of individuals with regard to the processing of personal data, on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119 of 04.05.2016, p. 1; L 314 of 22.11.2016, p. 72; L 127 of 23.5.2018, p. 2) corresponds to the necessary technical and organizational measures in the applicable version. The security concept must be checked at regular intervals to ensure that it corresponds to the state of the art.

(4) Everyone is entitled to view the website free of administration costs.

(5) The published information will be deleted two years after the first day of publication on the website.

You can access the ZID via the website www.zi-daten.de. User registration is via the company number and the associated PIN. Further information on the assignment of the company number and the PIN is also available on the ZID website.

If you still have questions after viewing and checking the information provided in the ZID, the following contact persons are available for clarification regarding the respective funding measure.

The responsible bodies for the information published on this website about recipients of funds from the EU agricultural funds are also listed here.

Bund
- Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE)
- HZA Hamburg-Jonas

Federal states

Bund
Responsible for the content of the EU agricultural funds as well as contacts for individual questions and information

Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE)
Deichmanns Aue 29
53179 Bonn
Phone: +49 228 / 6845 - 3837
Fax: +49 30 / 1810 6845 - 3837
E-Mail: zedea@ble.de
Internet: www.ble.de

HZA Hamburg-Jonas
Süderstraße 63
20097 Hamburg
PO Box 11 14 53
20414 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 / 23 95 - 5
Fax: +49 40 / 23 95 - 7001
E-Mail: poststelle.hza-hamburg-jonas@zoll.bund.de
Internet: www.zoll.de

Federal states

Bayern
Responsible for the content of the EU agricultural funds as well as contacts for individual questions and information

Bavarian State Ministry for Food, Agriculture and Forestry
P.O. Box 22 00 12
80535 München
Phone: +49 89 / 2182 - 2130
Fax: +49 89 / 2182 - 2651
E-Mail: transparenz@stmelf.bayern.de
Internet: www.stmelf.bayern.de

Brandenburg
Ministry for Agriculture, Environment and Climate Protection of the State of Brandenburg
Unit 34
Henning-von-Tresckow-Str. 2-13
House S
14467 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 / 866 - 7654
Fax: +49 331 / 866 - 7603
E-Mail: poststelle@mluk.brandenburg.de
Internet: mluk.brandenburg.de

Berlin
Ministry for Agriculture, Environment and Climate Protection of the State of Brandenburg
Unit 34
Henning-von-Tresckow-Str. 2-13
House S
14467 Potsdam
Phone: +49 331 / 866 - 7654
Fax: +49 331 / 866 - 7603
E-Mail: poststelle@mluk.brandenburg.de
Internet: mluk.brandenburg.de

Hamburg
Responsible for the content of the EU agricultural funds as well as contacts for individual questions and information

Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg
Authority for Economy, Transport and Innovation
Alter Steinweg 4
20459 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 / 428 41 - 0
Fax: +49 40 / 427 31 - 3729
E-Mail: bwvi-transparenz@bwvi.hamburg.de
Internet: www.hamburg.de/bwvi

Hesse
Responsible for the content of the EU agricultural funds as well as contacts for individual questions and information

Economic and Infrastructure Bank Hessen (WIBank)
- legally dependent institution in the Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale
Strahlenbergerstraße 11
63067 Offenbach am Main
Phone: +49 6441 / 4479 - 1250
Fax: +49 6441 / 4479 - 1260
E-Mail: Zahlstelle.Egfl.Eler@wibank.de

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Responsible for the content of the EU agricultural funds as well as contacts for individual questions and information

Ministry of Agriculture and Environment Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Paulshöher Weg 1
19061 Schwerin
Phone: +49 385 / 588 - 6162
Fax: +49 385 / 588 - 6024 o. 6025
E-Mail: egfl-eler@lm.mv-regierung.de
Internet: www.lu.mv-regierung.de

Lower Saxony - Bremen
Responsible for the content of the EU agricultural funds as well as contacts for individual questions and information

Lower Saxony Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection - EU paying agency
Calenberger Straße 2
30169 Hannover
Phone: +49 511 / 120 - 2275
Fax: +49 511 / 120 - 99 - 2275
E-Mail: eu-zahlstelle@ml.niedersachsen.de
Internet: www.ml.niedersachsen.de

North Rhine-Westphalia
Responsible for the content of the EU agricultural funds as well as contacts for individual questions and information

The director of the Chamber of Agriculture NRW as state representative - EU paying agency
Nevinghoff 40
48147 Münster
PO Box 59 80
48135 Münster
Phone: +49 251 / 2376 - 715
Fax: +49 251 / 2376 - 332
E-Mail: InfoZahlstelle@lwk.nrw.de
Internet: www.landwirtschaftskammer.de

Rhineland-Palatinate
Responsible for the content of the EU agricultural funds as well as contacts for individual questions and information

Saarland
Responsible for the content of the EU agricultural funds as well as contacts for individual questions and information

Ministry of Environment and Consumer Protection
Reference A/5
Paying agency EAFRD/EAGF
Keplerstraße 18
66117 Saarbrucken
Telephone: +49 681 / 501 - 4628 or 4867
Fax: +49 681 / 501 - 4099
E-Mail: transparenz@umwelt.saarland.de
Internet: www.umwelt.saarland.de

Saxony
Responsible for the content of the EU agricultural funds

Saxon State Ministry for the Environment and Agriculture
P.O. Box 10 05 10
01076 Dresden
E-Mail: EU-Zahlstelle-SMUL@smul.sachsen.de

Contacts for individual questions and information

State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology
Pillnitz Square 3
01326 Dresden
Phone: +49 351 / 2612 - 1450
Fax: +49 351 / 2612 - 1099
E-Mail: transparenz.lfulg@smul.sachsen.de

Saxony-Anhalt
Responsible for the content of the EU agricultural funds as well as contacts for individual questions and information

Ministry for the Environment, Agriculture and Energy of the State of Saxony-Anhalt
Leipziger Strasse 58
39112 Magdeburg
Phone: +49 391 / 567 - 3243
Fax: +49 391 / 567 - 3291
E-Mail: zahlungen.info@mule.sachsen-anhalt.de
Internet: www.mule.sachsen-anhalt.de

Schleswig-Holstein
Responsible for the content of the EU agricultural funds

Ministry for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of the State of Schleswig-Holstein
Mercatorstraße 3
24106 How
E-Mail: transparenz@melur.landsh.de

Contacts for individual questions and information

State Office for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of Schleswig-Holstein - Flintbek branch
Hamburg highway 25
24220 Flintmouth
Phone: +49 4347 / 704 - 0
E-Mail: Poststelle-flintbek@llur.landsh.de

State Office for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of the State of Schleswig-Holstein - Lübeck branch
Meesenring 9
23566 Luebeck
Phone: +49 451 / 885 - 1
E-Mail: Luebeck.Poststelle@llur.landsh.de

State Office for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of the State of Schleswig-Holstein - Itzehoe branch office
Breitenburgerstrasse 25
25524 Itzehoe
Phone: +49 4821 / 66 - 0
E-Mail: Itzehoe.Poststelle@llur.landsh.de

State Office for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of the State of Schleswig-Holstein - Flensburg branch office
Bahnhofstrasse 38
24937 Flensburg
Phone: +49 461 / 804 - 1
E-Mail: Flensburg.Poststelle@llur.landsh.de

Thuringia
Responsible for the content of the EU agricultural funds

Thuringian Ministry for Infrastructure and Agriculture
P.O. Box 90 03 62
99106 Erfurt
Phone: +49 361 / 379 - 00
Fax: +49 361 / 379 - 9950
E-Mail: poststelle@tmil.thueringen.de

Contacts for individual questions and information

Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas
department 5
Uhlandstrasse 3
99610 Sömmerda
Phone: +49 361 / 57 401 3402
Fax: +49 361 / 57 401 3099
E-Mail: EU-Transparenz@tlllr.thueringen.de

Baden-Wuerttemberg
Responsible for the content of the EU agricultural funds

Ministry for Rural Areas and Consumer Protection Baden-Württemberg
PO Box 10 34 44
70029 Stuttgart
E-Mail: poststelle@mlr.bwl.de
Contacts for individual questions and information

Regional Council Freiburg
Kaiser-Joseph-Strasse 167
79098 Freiburg
Phone: +49 761 / 208-0
Fax: +49 761 / 208-394200
E-Mail: poststelle@rpf.bwl.de

Karlsruhe Regional Council
Palace Square 1-3
76131 Karlsruhe
Phone: +49 721 / 926 - 0
Fax: +49 721 / 926 - 6211
E-Mail: poststelle@rpk.bwl.de

Regional Council Stuttgart
Ruppmannstrasse 21
70565

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