Farmer status – natural entity (status kmeta – fizična oseba)

WHAT

This is a special status that you can obtain if you are performing or would like to perform an agricultural activity, have a proper qualification and make or you can prove you will make a certain profit from agricultural activity. With this status, you have precedence when buying a farming land or a farm in case more offers have been made and in some cases, you are entitled to exemption from taxes.

STEPS

STEP 1: If you want to obtain the status, check first if you fulfill one of the following conditions:

• You are an owner, leaseholder or another user of a farm and you cultivate it yourself or with the help of others and you are properly qualified for such work.
• You are a family member of a person from the previous paragraph, perform an agricultural activity on a farm as the only or main activity and you are properly qualified for such work.
• You have gained a major part of your income from agricultural activity on a farm but do not wish to perform this activity anymore due to your age or work incapability and are maintaining the farming land still being cultivated.
• You gave a statement for the record at an administrative unit that you will yourself or with the help of others cultivate the farming land, which you can prove you will obtain and gain a major part of your income from the agricultural activity and you are properly qualified for such work.

STEP 2: If you meet one of the conditions, submit the application with all the evidence on meeting the requirements at an administration unit, where most of your farming land is registered.

Submit the application by mail or in person. You can also submit an electronic application at https://e-uprava.gov.si/podrocja/vloge/vloga.html?id=417 if you have a digital certificate and electronic signature.

STEP 3: The authority will first obtain information from official records and then ascertain if you fulfill the farmer status conditions. Based on this, the decision will be made. If you meet all the terms, you are granted the farmer status – natural entity.

WHERE

A list of administrative units can be found (available only in Slovenian) at http://www.upravneenote.gov.si/
More information on the farmer status is available at:
https://e-uprava.gov.si/si/podrocja/kmetijstvo-gozdarstvo-prehrana/kmetijske-dejavnosti/status-kmeta (available only in Slovenian)
http://eSPOT.gov.si/info/poslujem/zaposlovanje/pogodba-o-zaposlitvi-in-postopek-zaposlitve/prijava-v-obvezna-socialna-zavarovanja/prijava-v-obvezna-socialna-zavarovanja-kmetov/ (available only in Slovenian)