The new PAC fixed concrete supports for the organic sector.

The EC has published a guide that provides a general summary and useful references on the rules applicable to the organic sector.

The new Common Agricultural Policy -PAC-, approved for the period 2014-2020, contemplates concrete measures aimed not only at producers in the organic sector, but also to processors and retailers that comply with the specific regulations for the production and labeling of organic products..

In this line, from 2015 Each Member State of the European Union will allocate the 30% of your direct payments to finance aid for those farmers who carry out sustainable or environmentally beneficial activities.

The European Commission has published aGuide to support opportunities for organic producers in Europe´ which provides a general summary and useful references on the standards applicable to production processes, transformation and trade of organic products, including rules relating to conversion.

Among the opportunities listed in the guide, rural development measures stand out, for a period of 5 to 7 years, for the conversion and maintenance of biological practices; a specific line of aid aimed at the conversion that, for a maximum period of 3 years, will finance compensation for loss of income.

On the other hand, exist concrete aid for innovation in the ecological sector, financing for the promotion and improvement of knowledge about organic farming and a specific fruit consumption plan and milk distribution program in schools.