Remote sensing control of arable and forest land, area-based subsidies

The National Administrations of Finland, France, Germany, Greece and Portugal, with the technical support of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, are participating in a common call for tenders to check that applications for area aid for cultivated and forage region...

The National Administrations of Finland, France, Germany, Greece and Portugal, with the technical support of the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, are participating in a common call for tenders to check that applications for area aid for cultivated and forage regions are legitimate, using remote sensing techniques.

Satellite images and/or aerial photographs will be used for Finland, France, Germany, Greece and Portugal. (Belgium, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom also use remote sensing but in multidisciplinary programmes which go beyond the invitation to tender. Austria and Luxembourg are not participating in the remote sensing controls.)

The selected contractor will be assigned a sample of dossiers to control, each listing all parcels cultivated. The contractor must compare these applications with the images or aerial photographs and deliver the results per dossier to the competent authority of the Member State. The satellite images will be acquired by the Commission and delivered to the contractors. On-the spot checks, which involve contact with farmers, remain the responsibility of the administration in charge of the controls.
For further information, please contact the relevant national administration:

- Finland
Maa-ja metsätaousiministeriö
Maatalousosasto/Tukipolitiikkayksikkö
Mariankatu 23
Helsinki
Fax [phone]

- France
Office National Interprofessionnel des Céréales
21 avenue Bosquet
Paris
Fax [phone]

- Germany
Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten
Referat 422
Rochusstraße 1
Bonn
Fax [phone]

- Greece
Agriculture Ministry
Topographic Service
Liosion 93
Athens
Fax [phone]

-Portugal
Instituto Nacional de Intervenção e Garantia Agricola
DG I
rua Fernando Curado Ribeiro 4G
Lisboa
Fax [phone]

or,

European Commission
Joint Research Centre
Space Applications Institute
ARIS Unit
Gemello 2
TP 262
I-2120 Ispra (VA)
Fax [phone]

The technical specifications, either in English or French, will be available from approximately 25 November 1999. No requests will receive a reply before this date. The document may also be downloaded from a website established by the Joint Research Centre at:

http://mars.aris.sai.jrc.it/control

Kraje

Greece