# 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, Division F500:: product code/rural development sub-measure code

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

The Member States must draw up their own lists of codes, to be detailed in the explanatory note to the payment file(s).
In 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:
Code
Significance
A
Investment in farms
B
Start-up assistance for young farmers
C
Training
D
Early retirement
E
Less-favoured areas and areas with environmental restrictions
F
Agri-environment and animal welfare
G
Improving the processing and marketing of agricultural products
H
Afforestation of agricultural land
I
Other forestry measures
J
Land improvement
K
Reparcelling
L
Setting up farm relief and farm management services, setting-up consulting services in farms and agricultural vulgarisation
M
Marketing of quality agricultural products
N
Basic services for the rural economy and population
O
Renovation and development of villages and protection and conservation of the rural heritage
P
Diversifying agricultural activities and activities close to agriculture to provide multiple activities or alternative sources of income
Q
Managing agricultural water resources
R
Developing and improving infrastructure connected with the development of agriculture
S
Encouraging tourist and craft activities
T
Protecting the environment in connection with agriculture, forestry and landscape management and improving animal welfare
U
Restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and introducing appropriate prevention instruments
V
Financial engineering
X
Respect of standards
Y
Recourse of consulting services regarding respect of standards
Z
Voluntary participation of farmers in food quality systems
AA
Measures of producer groups in the area of food quality
AB
Semi-subsistence farms in the restructuring process
AC
Producer groups
AD
Technical assistance
AE
Complements to direct payments
AF
Complements to State aid in Malta
AG
Full-time farmers in Malta
In 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.
In 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.
For the small farmer scheme the following code list should be employed:
Code
Where the flat rate payment contains:
A
an area aid element
B
an animal premium element
C
both an animal premium and area aid element

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2005/1359/annex/III/division/5/division/F500 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-1359/annex-III/division-5/division-F500
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