Art. 70 Ordinance of October 23, 2013, on Direct Payments in Agriculture (DPO) - Contribution for Abstaining from the Use of Insecticides, Acaricides, and Fungicides in Perennial Crops After Flowering

The contribution for abstaining from the use of insecticides, acaricides, and fungicides in perennial crops after flowering is paid per hectare in the following areas: a. in fruit growing, for orchards as defined in Art. 22, para. 2, OTerm; b. in viticulture; c. in berry cultivation.

The cultivation must be carried out without the use of insecticides, acaricides, and fungicides after flowering. The use of plant protection products authorized under the Ordinance of September 22, 1997, on Organic Farming is permitted.

The use of copper per hectare per year must not exceed: a. in viticulture and pome fruit cultivation: 1.5 kg; b. in stone fruit cultivation, berry cultivation, and other fruits, except pome fruits: 3 kg.

The requirements referred to in paras. 2 and 3 must be met on a surface area for four consecutive years.

The stage "after flowering" is defined by the following phenological stages according to the BBCH scale in the monograph "Phenological Stages of Cultivated Monocotyledons and Dicotyledons": a. in arboriculture, code 71: for pome fruits "fruit diameter up to 10 mm, fruit drop after flowering," for stone fruits "the ovary enlarges, fruit drop after flowering," for other fruits "beginning of fruit formation: the first fruits appear at the base of the cluster; drop of unfertilized flowers"; b. in viticulture, code 73: "the fruits (berries) reach the size of buckshot, the clusters begin to hang down"; c. in berry cultivation, code 71: "beginning of fruit formation: the first fruits appear at the base of the cluster; drop of unfertilized flowers."