The basic Community legal provisions of FSDN are:
- Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 of 30 November 2009 on the establishing a network for the collection of accounting data on the income and business operation of agricultural holdings in the European Community
- The Regulation includes the changes introduced by Regulation (EU) 2023/2674 as regards conversion of the Farm Accountancy Data Network (FADN) into a Farm Sustainability Data Network (FSDN).
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2024/1417 of 13 March 2024 supplementing Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 setting up a data network on the level of sustainability of agricultural holdings with provisions on the annual determination of incomes, the conduct of a farm sustainability analysis and access to data for research purposes, and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1198/2014.
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2746 of 25 October 2024 laying down rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 1217/2009 setting up the Farm Sustainability Data Network and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/220.
