Decree-Law No. 11 concerning urgent measures to face the crisis of the milk and dairy sector and providing for other urgent interventions in agriculture.

With the aim to offset the economic crisis suffered by farmers as a consequence of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy outbreak, this Decree makes provisions for the financing of farms, establishes criteria for the granting of incentives, as well as the procedure to be followed by the applicants for obtaining the incentives. Moreover, the Decree makes provisions for the installation of a database at local, regional and national level, in order to enable the updating of the data collected according to the provisions of Presidential Decree No. 317 of 30 April 1996 (regarding the identification and registration of animals), and to facilitate the registration of producers.