Article 36 Risk management

Support under this measure shall cover:

For the purposes of this Article, ‘farmer’ means active farmer within the meaning of Article 9 of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013, as applicable in the F4relevant authority concerned.

For the purpose of points (b), (c) and (d) of paragraph 1, ‘mutual fund’ means a scheme accredited by the F5relevant authority in accordance with its national law for affiliated farmers to insure themselves, whereby compensation payments are made to affiliated farmers for economic losses caused by the outbreak of adverse climatic events or an animal or plant disease or pest infestation or an environmental incident, or for a severe drop in their income.

F6The relevant authority shall ensure that overcompensation as a result of the combination of this measure with other F7... support instruments or private insurance schemes is avoided.

In order to ensure the efficient use of F9support for rural development, the F10appropriate authority may make regulations concerning the minimum and maximum duration of the commercial loans to mutual funds referred to in point (b) of Article 38(3) and Article 39(4).

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