# Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 352/78, (EC) No 165/94, (EC) No 2799/98, (EC) No 814/2000, (EC) No 1290/2005 and (EC) No 485/2008, Article 12: Principle and scopeFarm Advisory System

Extent: E

1. The relevant authority must have in place a system for advising beneficiaries on land management and farm management ('farm advisory system'). That farm advisory system shall be operated by designated public bodies and/or selected private bodies.
2. The farm advisory system shall cover at least the following:
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(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) measures at farm level provided for in rural development programmes for farm modernisation, competitiveness building, sectoral integration, innovation and market orientation, as well as for the promotion of entrepreneurship;
(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(e) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
3. The farm advisory system may also cover, in particular:
(a) the promotion of conversions of farms and the diversification of their economic activity;
(b) risk management and the introduction of appropriate preventive actions to address natural disasters, catastrophic events and animal and plant diseases;
(c) the minimum requirements established by the law applying in the constituent nation, as referred to in Article 28(3) and 29(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013;
(d) the information related to climate change mitigation and adaptation, biodiversity and protection of water, as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
The relevant authority must have in place a system for advising beneficiaries on land management and farm management (“farm advisory system”). That farm advisory system shall be operated by designated public bodies and/or selected private bodies. That system shall cover ... the maintenance of the agricultural area as referred to in point (c) of Article 4(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1307/2013.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1306/article/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1306/article-12
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