#2026-387Approval Rules for France Services Agriculture Advisory Bodies
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The decree sets the rules for approving advisory and support bodies in the France Services Agriculture network. These bodies may be approved to advise people who want to start farming or transfer an agricultural holding. Approvals are issued by the regional prefect for up to three years. Approved bodies must meet the conditions in the official specifications, provide information when requested, and accept document-based checks. If they no longer comply, their approval can be suspended for three months, renewed once, and then withdrawn fully or partly if the problems are not fixed.
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Key Changes
- Creates a formal approval system for France Services Agriculture advisory and support bodies
- Limits approvals to a maximum of three years with a common expiry date for each three-year period
- Allows regional prefects to request information, suspend approvals, and withdraw them if bodies fail to comply
Obligations
What this law requires
Advisory and support bodies in the France Services Agriculture network must obtain approval from the regional prefect before carrying out advisory or support missions for persons planning to start farming or transfer an agricultural holding.
Applicants for approval must submit an approval application file to the competent administrative authority, with content, presentation, and examination procedures set by order of the Minister for Agriculture.
Approved advisory and support bodies must meet the conditions and comply with the operating procedures set out in the official specifications for each approved mission they perform.
Approved advisory and support bodies must provide the regional prefect, upon request and at any time, information enabling verification that approval conditions remain satisfied and that approved missions are performed according to the official specifications.
Approved advisory and support bodies must not oppose document-based checks by the regional prefect concerning how their approved missions are carried out.