Remote sensing control of arable and forage land area-based subsidies
A call for tenders for remote sensing control of arable and forage land area-based subsidies will be announced this November. The European Commission has authorised the use of remote sensing to check area aid applications for cultivated and forage areas, within the framework of the integrated administration and control system for certain Community aid schemes. The Member States call for external contractors to verify, by remote sensing the area aid application submitted each yea by farmers. Depending on the Member State, satellite images and/or aerial photos will be used. The selected contractor will receive from the Member State a sample of dossiers to control. The contractor must compare these applications with the images or arial photographs and deliver the results per dossier to the competent authority in the Member State. Satellite images will be acquired by the Commission and delivered to the contractors.