Division 5.2 National legislation

In Italy, Law 88/88 regulating interprofessional (meaning sector-wide) agreements, cultivation contracts and sales of agricultural products. More specifically, Article 5(1)(b) of law 88/88 provides that interprofessional agreements must determine the product concerned by the agreement, the modalities and the timing for its delivery and the minimum price. Incentives (especially in terms of preferential aid) are offered to producers and processors complying with the terms of interprofessional agreements. Law 88/88 has found application in a number of agricultural sectors, including tobacco, where APTI and UNITAB concluded a number of interprofessional agreements (providing for cultivation contract prices expressed in the form of minimum prices or price ranges) between 1999 and 2001.