MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD ANNUAL REPORT ON THE SITUATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURE (AGRARIAN REPORT 2016) 1 AGRARIAN REPORT 2015 List of abbreviations 8 SECTION А 11 I. NATIONAL ECONOMY SITUATION AND DEVELOPMENT. MACROECONOMIC FRAMEWORK. PLACE OF THE AGRARIAN SECTOR WITHIN THE NATIONAL ECONOMY 11 II. DEVELOPMENT Of THE AGRARIAN SECTOR IN 2015 17 1. Use of agricultural land and structures in agriculture 17 1.1. Use of lands for agricultural purposes 17 1.2. Use of agricultural lots 18 1.2.1. System for Identification of Agricultural Lots 18 1.2.2. Submission of support applications – campaigns 2015 and 2016 20 1.3. Registration of farmers 20 1.4. Participation of the State Land Fund in land relations in Bulgaria 21 1.4.1. Providing real estate from SLF for rent or lease 21 1.4.2. Distribution of pastures, grasslands and meadows of state and municipal land fund under Art. 37 and of the OUALA 21 1.4.3. Establishing limited real rights on land from SLF 22 1.5. Activities and contracts for maintenance of the Map of restituted ownership and registers 22 1.6. Land relations 22 1.6.1. Consolidation (merger) of agricultural lands 23 1.7. Activities to protect agricultural land 23 2. Economic and production results in 2015 and projection data for 2016 24 2.1. Economic accounts for agriculture for 2015 24 2.1.1. Value of the gross production of sector Agriculture 24 2.1.2. Value of the final production 26 2.1.3. Interim consumption 27 2.1.4. Gross Added Value 28 2.2. Production results in plant production 28 2.2.1. Grain production 29 2.2.2. Oil seed crops 31 2.2.3. Technical crops 32 2.2.4. Medicinal crops and aromatic crops 32 2 2.2.5. Fruits 33 2.2.6. Vegetables 35 2.3. Production deliverables from livestock breeding 40 2.3.1. Cattle breeding and buffalo breeding 45 2.3.2. Sheep breeding and goat breeding 49 2.3.3. Pig breeding 52 2.3.4. Horse breeding 56 2.3.5. Poultry raising 56 2.3.6. Apiculture 59 2.3.7. Rabbit breeding 62 2.4. Status of organic farming in Bulgaria in 2015 62 2.4.1. Operators in the control system 63 2.4.2. Lands in the control system 64 2.4.3. Organic livestock breeding 67 2.4.4. Market for organic products 69 2.4.5. Financial support of organic farming 69 2.5. Viticulture and wine-production 70 2.5.1. Production of grapes 70 2.5.2. Wine production 75 2.5.3. Export and import of wine 76 III. TRADE IN AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES 83 1. Level and dynamics of foreign trade with agrarian goods in 2015 83 2. Geographical distribution of foreign trade in agricultural commodities 84 3. Structure of exports and imports by groups of commodities 90 4. Development of foreign trade in agricultural commodities in 2016 97 IV. SUPPORTING THE AGRARIAN SECTOR 97 1. Implementation of the EU Common Agricultural Policy 97 1.1. Support under the first pillar of CAP 97 1.1.1. Direct payments per area, national additional payments and specific support 9 7 1.1.2. Mechanisms for market support by sectors 108 1.1.2.1. Sector “Field crops” 108 1.1.2.2. Sector “Meat and Apiculture” 108 3 1.1.2.3. Sector “Milk” 111 1.1.2.4. Sector “Fruits and Vegetables” 115 1.1.2.5. Sector “Wine” 119 1.1.2.6. Sector “Sugar” 120 1.1.2.7. Sector “Promotional Programmes” 121 1.1.2.8. Quality policy - protected designations 124 1.1.3. Trade mechanisms 125 1.1.3.1. Licensing of exports 125 1.1.3.2. Licensing of imports 126 1.2. Support under the second pillar of CAP 126 1.2.1. Rural Development Program 2007 — 2013 126 1.2.1.1. Analysis of the progress reached under the implementation of RDP 2007 — 2013 and for achieving the objectives, by axes 127 1.2.1.2. Financial application of RDP 2007 — 2013 135 1.2.2. Rural Development Program 2014 — 2020 137 1.2.3. Progress on the implementation of the RDP 2014-2020 in 2015 138 1.2.4. Progress on the implementation of the RDP 2014-2020 in 2016 138 1.3. Additional state aid 140 1.3.1. State aid 140 1.3.2. Short-term crediting 144 1.3.3. Investment schemes for support of SFA 144 V. ACTIVITIES RELATED TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION 148 1. Control of agricultural and forestry machinery 148 1.1. Condition of mechanization in agriculture and structure of machinery stock and tractor fleet 149 1.2. Registration of agricultural and forestry machinery 150 1.3. Technical examinations of machinery 150 1.4. Capacity to operate machinery and issuance of certificates 150 2. Hydromelioration 150 2.1. Control of the activities related to the operation of the irrigation facilities and the service “water supply 15 1 for irrigation” 2.2. Activities for operation and maintenance of dams and facilities for protection against harmful water 151 impacts 4 3. Crop protection 153 3.1. Phytosanitary control 164 3.1.1. Border phytosanitary (quarantine) control over imports of plants and plant products 164 3.1.2. Control of production of plants and plant products 164 3.1.3. Control of export of plants and plant products 165 3.1.4. Testing, registration and control of plant protection products 165 3.1.5. Training of agricultural producers 167 4. Fertilizers 168 4.1. Registration of fertilizers 168 4.2. Control of fertilizers in marketing 168 4.3. Use of fertilizers 168 4.4. Control for compliance with the rules for good agricultural practice, program of measures for limitation of 170 contamination with nitrates for the purposes of control over agrarian ecological measures and cross compliance 5. Plant Variety Testing, Field Inspection and Seed Control 171 6. Control and monitoring of grain and grain products 176 6.1. Control of public warehouses, granaries and other facilities for grain storage 176 6.2. Grading harvest ‘2015 176 7. Food safety 178 7.1. Health and welfare of animals 178 7.2. Information system for identification and tracking animal movement 184 7.3. Control activities 185 7.3.1. Food safety 185 7.3.2. Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) 190 7.3.3. Control of veterinary medical activities, veterinary products and feed 192 7.3.3.1. Control of veterinary medical activities 192 7.3.3.2. Control of veterinary products 198 7.3.3.3. Control of feed 199 7.3.3.4. Verification of efficiency of the official control of feed 209 7.3.4. Risk assessment centre 210 7.3.5. Legislative changes in the field of food safety 211 8. Selection and reproduction in livestock breeding 212 5 8.1. Management of national genetic resources in livestock breeding 212 8.2. Control and coordination in breeding activities 216 9. Agricultural science, training and advisory activities 217 9.1. Scientific research activities and scientific services to agriculture provided by the Agricultural academy 217 9.1.1. Scientific products created and introduced to production 218 9.1.2. Transfer of knowledge and scientific products and vocational training 218 9.1.3. Qualification Structure of researchers 218 9.1.4. International cooperation 219 9.2. Advisory activity 219 9.3. Trainings 223 9.4. Improvement of the link “scientific research – advice in agriculture – agricultural business” 223 9.5. Information provision 223 9.6. Agrochemical analyses 224 9.7. Activity of NAAS under measure 143 of RDP 224 9.8. Activity of NAAS under measure 2 "Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services" of 225 RDP 2014-2020 10. Prevention of hail 226 VI. FORESTRY 227 1. Characteristics of forest areas 227 2. Changes in forest areas 229 3. Management of forest areas 231 3.1. Afforestation and protection against erosion 231 3.2. Felling in forests 233 4. Use of timber and of non-wood forest products 234 4.1. Use of timber 234 4.2. Use of forest products other than wood 237 5. Protection of forest areas 237 5.1. Events conducted by EFA on protection of forest areas against diseases, pests and other damages and 237 fires 5.2. Events conducted by the state forest enterprises on protection of forest areas against diseases, pests 240 and other damages and fires 6. Protected areas 240 6 7. Forest certification 242 8. Non-State forests 243 9. Hunting sector 243 10. Protection of forest areas and control 245 11. Strategic planning, improvement of the legal base and international activities 247 12. Financing and investments in forest areas 249 12.1. Executive Forest Agency 249 12.2. State forest enterprises 250 13. Administrative service 250 13.1. Register of persons performing forestry activity 250 13.2 Information Services 251 VI. FISHERY 251 1. Catch and production of fish and other aquatic organisms 251 2. Import and export of fish and fish products 261 3. Operational Programme “Fisheries Sector Development” (OPFSD) financed by the European Fisheries 266 Fund (EFF) 4. Agenda for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries 2014-2020 275 5. Common policy in the fisheries sector 278 SECTION B 279 PRIORITIES AND OBJECTIVES OF THE POLICY IN THE AGRARIAN SECTOR, MEASURES AND ACTIONS 279 FOR THEIR CARRYING OUT IN 2017 ANNEXES 293 7 List of abbreviations BFSA Bulgarian Food Safety Agency BSMAEC Bulgarian Survey for Monitoring the Agricultural and Economic Conjuncture GDP Gross Domestic Product GVA Gross Added Value BSS Bulgarian State Standard BNB Bulgarian National Bank BEP Biological and Economic Properties BRC Bulgarian Red Cross RES Renewable energy sources VMP Veterinary Medicinal Products BCP Border Check Points BCRP Border Crossing Points GMO Genetically Modified Organism FRM Forest reproductive materials FEPP Forest Economic Plans and Programs SFH State Forest Holdings VAT Value Added Tax SHA State Hunting Areas SOEs State-Owned Enterprises SLF State Land Fund SFA State Fund Agriculture SFA-PA State Fund Agriculture – Paying Agency EFTA European Free Trade Association EAFRD European Agricultural