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Previously, it was five thousand smaller. The national threshold for de minimis aid that can be granted to entities operating in the primary production sector established for Lithuania is increasing significantly: it will not have to exceed LTL 41.6 million in three financial years. EUR. Previously, the limit was 34.7 million. EUR.
According to Sonata Bartkutė, Advisor to the Financial Management Group of the Agricultural Sector of the Ministry of Agriculture, the increase in de minimis aid will have a positive impact on many farmers seeking to benefit from this aid.
“As much of this aid as possible means more opportunities for our ranchers: pig farmers who have had to slaughter pigs due to African swine fever, other types of livestock, beekeepers who receive support for supplementary feeding of bees and farmers engaged in agriculture and food production and, of course, those involved in other measures implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture, which provide de minimis aid ”, says the advisor.
De minimis support to the primary production sector is provided through the following measures:
Credit interest offset (for short-term and / or biological asset loans)
Aid to promote the production of quality agricultural products
Grants for participation in agricultural and food exhibitions, fairs, presentations and trade missions abroad
Provision of aid to beekeepers for additional feeding of bees
Aid for the purchase of livestock
Aid to attend the credits of natural and legal persons for agricultural products acquired by bankrupt companies for their transformation
Assistance to pig farmers for the implementation of biosecurity measures
Loans to primary production operators for the purchase of agricultural machinery, equipment, breeding heifers and genetic material
Loans for victims of adverse weather events
“However, higher de minimis support thresholds may apply provided that de minimis support is granted to de minimis support measures that benefit a single product sector (eg cereals, milk and dairy products, fruit and vegetables) .) the amount of the aid will not exceed 50% in any three-year period. National borders are indicated “, explains S. Bartkutė.
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