Joint Order No. 43/64 on the approval of the Methodological Guide for assessing the degree of damage to agricultural crops resulting from hazardous natural phenomena.

This Order approves a methodological guide that establishes the procedures and criteria for assessing the degree of damage to agricultural crops caused by hazardous natural phenomena. The guide defines key concepts, including hazardous natural phenomena, degree of damage, and adjusted degree of damage, and specifies that it is to be applied by farmers, central public authorities, and local public authorities involved in evaluating damages to agricultural crops.
The document sets out the procedure for initiating and carrying out assessments, including the obligation of farmers to submit a request to local authorities for the establishment of an evaluation commission, and defines the composition and responsibilities of that commission. It establishes methods for examining affected crops, calculating the degree of damage and estimated production losses for different types of crops, and determining the value of compromised production. The guide also provides for the preparation of official damage assessment acts, the recording of data in a register of natural disaster consequences in the agricultural sector, and the transmission of this information to the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry.