Proposal to support Spain's food and farming sector

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1. The bill would declare the food system a strategic and essential sector and set goals such as guaranteeing food security, improving the sector's profitability, protecting it from imports, and valuing the work of farmers and livestock breeders.
2. It would create annual minimis aid for owners of farms in crisis, while an income stabilization insurance is developed. The Ministry of Agriculture, together with the autonomous communities, would determine each year the affected sectors.
3. In crisis situations, the minimum VAT rate would apply to energy and to raw materials and inputs bought by agricultural, livestock and forestry producers.
4. It would strengthen monitoring of agricultural markets and trade with third countries, with early warning systems for serious disruptions, and would study strategic reserves of basic foods.
5. It would review the combined agricultural insurance system to improve coverage, pricing and reinsurance, and would amend the agricultural insurance law so that insurance can also cover income risks that farmers cannot control.
6. It would promote carbon farming so farmers and livestock breeders can sell absorbed carbon on the emissions market, and would amend the waste law to adjust the treatment of agricultural and forestry plant waste, allowing authorized burning for plant health or fire prevention reasons.

Who it affects

• Farmers and livestock breeders: They would receive crisis aid, pay less VAT on inputs, be able to insure their income and sell carbon capture.
• Food industry and distribution: They would be included in the protected food system and could market emission reductions.
• Owners of small and micro farms: They would be exempt from the waste hierarchy for plant waste.
• Public administrations: They would have to strengthen market monitoring, create early warning systems and assess the rural impact of new rules.

Words worth knowing

Minimis aid (ayudas de minimis)

Small public aid that the European Union allows without special procedures.

Combined agricultural insurance (seguros agrarios combinados)

Public insurance system covering farmers against damage such as droughts or frosts.

Waste hierarchy (jerarquía de residuos)

Preferred order for handling waste: prevent and recycle first, dispose of it only as a last option.

Carbon market (mercado de carbono)

Market where rights or offsets for emitting or absorbing carbon dioxide are bought and sold.

Proposición de ley

A bill introduced by a parliamentary group; it is not in force until passed.

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