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SEPARATA
Flat-rate scheme (forfettario)
Eligible for the flat-rate scheme?
Yes
Threshold:
€85,000
Profitability coefficient:
67%
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Classification
- AAGRICOLTURA, SILVICOLTURA E PESCA
- 01Produzioni vegetali e animali, caccia e servizi connessi
- 01.6Attività di supporto all'agricoltura e attività successive alla raccolta
- 01.63Attività successive alla raccolta e lavorazione delle sementi per la semina
- 01.63.20Lavorazione delle sementi per la semina
Description
- post-harvest activities aimed at improving the propagation quality of seed (e.g. by the removal of non-seed materials, or damaged or immature seeds, or by reducing the seed moisture to a safe level for storage)
- chemical seed treatment through the application of pesticides, e.g. insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides
- drying, cleaning, grading and treating of seeds until they are marketed
- treatment of genetically modified seeds
Exclusion notes
Excluded from division 01:
- field construction (for example, agricultural land terracing, drainage, preparing rice paddies), see section F
- activities of buyers and cooperative associations engaged in the marketing of farm products, see section G
- landscape service activities, see 81.30
Excluded from class 01.63:
- preparation of agricultural products by the producer, see the corresponding classes in groups 01.1, 01.2, 01.3
- growing of seeds, see 01.1, 01.2
- processing of seeds to obtain oil, see 10.41
- stemming and redrying of tobacco, see 12.00
- marketing activities of commission merchants and cooperative associations, see division 46
- wholesale of agricultural raw materials, see 46.2
- research to develop or modify new forms of seeds, see 72.10
Frequently asked questions
I clean and dry seeds for other farmers: ATECO code 01.63.20 or 01.63.10?
Usually 01.63.20, if you are processing seed destined for sowing: cleaning, grading, drying, dressing with plant-protection products and moisture reduction for storage. 01.63.20 covers only seeds for propagation. When you treat harvested produce intended for consumption or processing — cleaning and initial storage of cereals, threshing — the activity falls under post-harvest crop activities, i.e. 01.63.10.
Is chemical seed dressing with fungicides included in this ATECO code or is a separate activity needed?
Yes, dressing with plant-protection products (insecticides, rodenticides, fungicides) applied to seeds for sowing falls under 01.63.20, because the classification groups here all activities that improve seed propagation quality through to commercialisation. If you carry out field operations on behalf of other farmers instead, those crop production support services belong under 01.61.99.
I process seeds for sowing but I also produce cuttings and bulbs from a nursery: same ATECO code or two separate activities?
They are two distinct activities. Processing seeds for propagation — cleaning, grading, dressing — stays in 01.63.20, while producing cuttings, bulbs, grafts and seedlings from a nursery is plant reproduction, i.e. 01.30.00. The first processes an already-harvested seed; the second grows live propagating material.
I process genetically modified crop seeds: does that still fall under ATECO code 01.63.20?
Yes, processing genetically modified seeds intended for sowing is within 01.63.20, like all other seed-for-propagation operations. When you prepare the harvest for market instead — cleaning, trimming, drying fruit, vegetables or tobacco — the activity is post-harvest crop processing, i.e. 01.63.10.
Replaces the following ATECO 2007 codes
This 2025 code replaced the codes in force until 31 March 2025: