Green report

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The Green Report is published annually by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management and contains a detailed description of the situation in Austrian agriculture and forestry. It primarily serves as a comprehensive information and reference work. The results of the approximately 2000 voluntary bookkeeping companies form an essential basis for this. In the preparation of the Green Report, the § 7 Commission takes a central position; it clarifies the content by mutual agreement. The commission consists of one member each from the parties represented in the National Council, the presidential conference of the Austrian Chambers of Agriculture, the Austrian Chamber of Commerce, the Federal Chamber of Labor and the Austrian Federation of Trade Unions.

Emergence

In 1960 the grand coalition (consisting of the SPÖ and ÖVP) agreed on the first agricultural law. Federal Minister Eduard Hartmann arranged for the first Green Report to appear in 1960 and since then a new edition of this information and reference work has been published annually.

Legal basis

The Green Report is based on the Agriculture Act 1992 § 9. This provides that the Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management has to submit an annual report on the situation in Austrian agriculture. According to Section 9 (3), data must be provided in the Green Report, which contains the economic situation of Austrian agriculture from the previous calendar year, structured according to size and type of farm as well as production areas. Furthermore, it is regulated that the Green Report must contain the position of agriculture within the Austrian economy, the international agricultural framework, the development of agricultural foreign trade and agricultural production as well as the effects of the funding measures . According to Paragraph 4 of the LW Law 1992, the results of over 2000 accounting companies, which form the core of this report, must be used for the Green Report.

meaning

The Green Report serves as the basis for agricultural and promotional policy measures. In the international context, it is used by organizations such as the OECD and FAO . For the Federal Ministry of Finance , this provides the basis for setting the flat-rate rates. Furthermore, it often formed the basis for planning in the industrial and commercial sector, especially in upstream and downstream areas. In addition, it is an important instrument for estimating expenditure in the context of the national income calculation. In addition, the Green Report is an important reference work for banks, experts and research.

Contents of the Green Report

The Green Report is divided into eight chapters.

  • General economy and agricultural sector
  • Production and Markets
  • Agricultural structures and employment
  • Evaluation results of the accounting companies
  • Measures for agriculture, forestry, environment and water management
  • Sustainable development of agriculture, forestry and water management
  • Agriculture in an international context
  • Recommendations of the § 7 Commission

Green reports from the countries

All Austrian federal states each write their own Green Report on the situation of the respective federal states, since agriculture is also a national competence according to the constitution.

literature

  • BMLFUW, 2011. Green Report 2011 - Report on the situation of Austrian agriculture and forestry . 52nd edition, Vienna.
  • BMLFUW, 1960. Green Report 1959 - Report on the situation of Austrian agriculture and forestry . 1st edition, Vienna.
  • BMLFUW II / 5, 1999. How is the Green Report created. 40 years of the Agriculture Act and the Green Report . Der Förderungsdienst- Spezial- 12/1999, 47th year.
  • Agriculture Act 1992 as amended: §9

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