Chapter VI
POLICIES ON ENCOURAGEMENT OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE DEVELOPMENT
Article 16. Prioritizing application of policies tailored for organic agriculture development
1. Priority shall be given to funding for science and agricultural extension to execute agricultural extension research or projects, especially on insect resistant varieties, organic fertilizers, biological pesticides and veterinary herbal drugs.
2. Producers and traders of organic products or inputs for organic production are prioritized to be eligible for the applicable investment encouragement policies tailored for agriculture and rural areas:
a) Policies on assistance for small and medium enterprises; policies on encouragement of investment in agriculture and rural areas;
b) Policies on assistance for agricultural cooperatives; policies on cooperation in production and sale of farm produce, and building large scale fields; policies on vocational training for rural laborers;
c) Credit policies for agriculture and rural development; policies for granting loans to encourage investment in hi-tech and clean agriculture development;
d) Policies on varieties, capital, and technology in cultivation and harvest of herbal ingredients;
dd) Policies on assistance for trade promotion and trademark development;
e) Policies on assistance for “Vietnam Green Label” attachment, for environmentally friendly facility;
g) Other relevant policies;
h) At the same time and for the same purpose, the facility shall only select one of the policies prescribed in Points a, b, c, d, dd, e and g of this Clause.
3. Contents of assistance policies, assistance, conditions for provision of assistance, funding sources and mechanism for provision of assistance from state budget shall comply with applicable documents concerning the assistance policies in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article.
Article 17. Some special policies on assistance for small enterprises, cooperatives, farms, households and groups of households producing organic products
1. Contents eligible for assistance, and assistance:
a) Provide assistance to cover 100% of expenses for determining areas eligible for organic production: baseline survey, topographical survey, and soil, water and air sample analysis approved by the competent authority;
b) Provide lump sum assistance to cover 100% of expenses for applying for issuance of the certificate of conformity with TCVN (applicable to first or reissued certificate);
c) Regarding provision of assistance in training in organic production, provide assistance in accordance with the Government’s regulations on agricultural extension;
d) Regarding provision of assistance in building and multiplying organic production models according TCVN, provide assistance to cover expenses for purchasing insect resistant varieties, organic fertilizers and biological pesticides, regarding cultivation models; expenses for purchasing breeds, organic feeds and permitted veterinary drugs, regarding husbandry and aquaculture models and expenses for multiplying models in accordance with the Government’s regulations on agricultural extension.
2. Funding sources:
a) Assistance covered by state budget in accordance with applicable regulations;
b) Funding from other programs and projects that are being executed;
c) Donations from domestic and foreign organizations and individuals;
d) Other legal capital raised as prescribed by law.
3. Principle of providing assistance
a) The central government budget shall provide assistance for projects the expenditures on which are to be covered by the central government and approved by the central government authority. The assistance shall be provided in accordance with this Decree and applicable regulations on the basis of balancing financial resources and development policies in each period. The disadvantaged areas that are yet to balance budget within the central government budget's balancing capability shall be eligible for partial assistance by the central government budget;
b) The local government budget shall provide assistance for projects the expenditures on which are to be covered by the local government and approved by the People’s Committee of the province or authorized specialized authority and for local small enterprises, cooperatives, farms, households and groups of households producing organic products as prescribed in Point b Clause 1 of this Article. Where necessary, the People’s Committee of the province shall, according to current situation and local government's financial resource balancing capability, request the People's Council to consider deciding to promulgate additional assistance policies in addition to the policies specified in this Decree;
c) Regarding the projects funded by grant aid, the assistance provided by a donator under the donation agreement or assistance agreed upon by the representative of the donator, Ministry of Finance and governing body shall be provided. If the donator’s representative and the Ministry of Finance have yet to agree upon the assistance, the assistance specified in this Decree shall be provided.
4. Conditions and procedures for providing assistance:
a) Regarding the contents eligible for assistance specified in Points a, c and d Clause 1 of this Article:
The contents eligible for assistance must be included in the project approved by the competent authority;
A commitment to provision of reciprocal capital (in addition to the assistance by the budget and the state) for completion of the items included in the approved project shall be made.
The facility is eligible for assistance in investment according to the progress of the project.
Procedures for proposing, appraising and approving a project shall comply with the Law on Public Investment, Law on State Budget and their instructional documents; relevant regulations of law on management and use of funding for agricultural extension, funding for performance of science and technology tasks, funding from other programs and other funding.
a) Regarding the contents eligible for assistance specified in Point b Clause 1 of this Article:
Small enterprises, cooperatives, farms, households and groups of households producing organic products shall submit a written request for assistance in applying for issuance of the certificate of conformity with TCVN, enclosed with satisfactory result of internal self-assessment of conformity with TCVN and copy of the first certificate of conformity with TCVN (in the case of applying for reissuance) to an authorized specialized authority (the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development or Department of Health or Department of Industry and Trade).
The specialized authority shall, according to the written request and self-assessment result, select a certification organization in accordance with regulations of the law on bidding and provide certification funding for the certification organization that wins the bid.
5. Farmers, organizations and individuals are encouraged to participate in Participatory Guarantee System (PGS, which is a system based on the active participation of farmers, sellers, consumers and other entities). Organizations and individuals participating in PGS are eligible for the policies specified in Points b and c Clause 1 of this Article.
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