{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1359/annex-III/division-5/division-F500",
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  "legislation": "eur/2005/1359",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1359/2005 of 18 August 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 2390/1999 laying down form and content of the accounting information to be submitted to the Commission for the purpose of the clearance of the EAGGF Guarantee Section accounts as well as for monitoring and forecasting purposes",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1359",
  "path": "annex/III/division/5/division/F500",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "F500:",
  "heading": "product code/rural development sub-measure code",
  "text": "The Member States must draw up their own lists of codes, to be detailed in the explanatory note to the payment file(s).\nIn the case of rural development measures, indicate where applicable a code per sub-measure implemented (e.g. type of agri-environmental measure). For the budget line for rural development expenditure in the new Member States (budget post 050404000000) a one-character or two-character code corresponding to the following list must be expressed:\nCode\nSignificance\nA\nInvestment in farms\nB\nStart-up assistance for young farmers\nC\nTraining\nD\nEarly retirement\nE\nLess-favoured areas and areas with environmental restrictions\nF\nAgri-environment and animal welfare\nG\nImproving the processing and marketing of agricultural products\nH\nAfforestation of agricultural land\nI\nOther forestry measures\nJ\nLand improvement\nK\nReparcelling\nL\nSetting up farm relief and farm management services, setting-up consulting services in farms and agricultural vulgarisation\nM\nMarketing of quality agricultural products\nN\nBasic services for the rural economy and population\nO\nRenovation and development of villages and protection and conservation of the rural heritage\nP\nDiversifying agricultural activities and activities close to agriculture to provide multiple activities or alternative sources of income\nQ\nManaging agricultural water resources\nR\nDeveloping and improving infrastructure connected with the development of agriculture\nS\nEncouraging tourist and craft activities\nT\nProtecting the environment in connection with agriculture, forestry and landscape management and improving animal welfare\nU\nRestoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and introducing appropriate prevention instruments\nV\nFinancial engineering\nX\nRespect of standards\nY\nRecourse of consulting services regarding respect of standards\nZ\nVoluntary participation of farmers in food quality systems\nAA\nMeasures of producer groups in the area of food quality\nAB\nSemi-subsistence farms in the restructuring process\nAC\nProducer groups\nAD\nTechnical assistance\nAE\nComplements to direct payments\nAF\nComplements to State aid in Malta\nAG\nFull-time farmers in Malta\nIn the case of the restructuration and conversion of vineyard (budget post 050209071650) measures codes must be expressed. These codes refer to the definitions of the measures defined by the competent authorities of the Member States in accordance with Article 13(2)(a) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1227/2000.\nIn the case of export refunds: F500 is only required if F804 contains ingredients for which export refund is fixed. Then in F500, the code of the goods (in principle the CN code declared in box 33 of the SAD; 8 digits) must be indicated for non-annex 1 goods, or the product code for the final processed agricultural products.\nFor the small farmer scheme the following code list should be employed:\nCode\nWhere the flat rate payment contains:\nA\nan area aid element\nB\nan animal premium element\nC\nboth an animal premium and area aid element",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/1359/annex/III/division/5/division/F500",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:54:23.349719+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}