The Prefect shall arrange for an assessment of the losses suffered by the farmers.
To assess these losses, the scale provided for in article D. 361-14 of the French Rural and Maritime Fishing Code and the principles set out in article D. 361-27 of the same code are applied. This assessment is based on the latest scale in force on the date the application for compensation is submitted.
The prefect sends his proposals to the ministers responsible for the environment and the economy respectively within three months of his referral as mentioned in article R. 424-14.