Sale - takeover of a farmis performed during full transfer of a farm (including transfer between spouses). This is the case with which you will probably be faced in your project to set up in France.

The seller must not have reduced the surface area of his farm by more than 50% over the past 6 years and by more than 15% over the past 3 years.

Application for sale-takeover of a farm is made on special ADASEA form. It is done jointly by the seller and the person taking over the farm, before transfer.

Contact local Safer and ADASEA advisors to ensure that your project meets Sale – Takeover of a farm conditions!

If you wish to take over a farm which does not have, or no longer has rights attached to production (Ewes premium, PMTVA): you can make an application for rights.

Files should be collected from the DDAF or the ADASEA and handed in to the ADASEA of the county in which the farm is situated. Unless regulations change, applications should be submitted before 31^st October for ewes and before 30^th November for suckling cows for the following year (for example before 30^th November 2005 for the 2006 campaign).

They are then studied by the County Agricultural Orientation Commission.
Allocations are defined according to rights available in the county reserve and to chosen priorities.

Contact local advisors (ADASEA) in advance in order to assess the availability of rights in the county in which the farm is situated!
Remember too to contact SAFER which sometimes has bonus rights to allocate to candidates it installs.

This is for breeders who no longer use all or some of their rights. The offer enables them to transfer them to the county reserve, 85% of them are the object of compensation (0.50 € per “ewe” right and 10 € per "suckling cow" right in 2004).

NB! A producer cannot offer his rights if he has benefited from an allocation of definitive rights free of charge over the previous three campaigns.

Files for definitive rights should also be set up with the ADASEA.
 
They can be drawn up year round, but must be registered before 31st October for ewes rights and before 30th November for suckling cows rights in order to be effective for the forthcoming campaign.

In parallel, it is also possible to request for offer temporary rights to premium (for one year). Temporary transfers happen at the same time and on the same forms as the application for premium.

A producer must use at least 90% of his rights every year. Rights offered on a temporary basis are deemed to be used.

- Temporary transfer cannot be permanent, after of loan period of a maximum of 3 years, the producer can no longer lend his rights for the next two years.  

- In case of allocation of definitive rights free of charge from the reserve, no right can be transferred over the next three campaigns, whether on a temporary or definitive basis. In case of failure to comply with usage rules, unused rights will be allocated to the reserve, without compensation.

Rights to produce are tools that ensure control over production.

To set up in dairy production, it is essential to have a production reference. A young person setting up generally benefits from the seller’s reference.  

If it happens that this reference is insufficient to guarantee the new farmer a decent income, an additional reference can be requested from the County Agricultural Orientation Commission which may grant it, or not, depending on dairy availabilities and current regulations.

For more information contact local advisors.