Article 32

Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain Regulations · European Union

1. With a view to: maintaining and improving the ecological stability of forests where the protective and ecological role of these forests are of public interest and where the costs of maintenance and improvement measures for these forests exceed the income from forestry, maintaining fire-breaks through agricultural measures, payments for relevant measures shall be granted to the beneficiaries provided that the protective and ecological values of these forests are ensured in a sustainable manner and the measures to be carried out are laid down by contract and their cost specified therein. 2. Payments shall be fixed between the minimum and maximum amounts set out in the Annex, on the basis of the real costs of the measures carried out, as previously stipulated in the contract. CHAPTER IX PROMOTING THE ADAPTATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.