Approved food aid associations in Languedoc-Roussillon (2014)

This mapping layer presents the food aid associations of Languedoc-Roussillon authorised, national or regional (2014). The rules in force provide for an enabling system for legal persons governed by private law who wish to receive public contributions for the implementation of food aid. The Rural Code specifies that food aid shall mean the provision of food to the most deprived persons, including: — purchases made through the European Fund for Aid to the Most Deprived, the national food aid programme or other public funds, — the collection, sorting and processing of unsold foodstuffs meeting the requirements in force concerning the hygiene of foodstuffs, carried out by means of public contributions. Empowerment may be granted, depending on the size of the structures (national or regional), either by the ministers responsible for food and combating social exclusion or by regional prefects. In 2013 and 2014, 14 national legal entities were authorised, and this empowerment covers the local associations that are members of these networks. The prefect of the Languedoc-Roussillon region authorised 72 regional associations in 2014. The location was done at the mailing address.