State aid will be paid to pig farmers, poultry farmers, cow breeders, and cattle breeders, announced the Cyprus Agricultural Payments Organisation (CAP) on Monday, inviting potential beneficiaries to submit the necessary invoices, where applicable, to the District Agricultural Offices of the Agriculture Department no later than 6 April.
In a press release issued by the CMO, it is stated that following a decision of the Council of Ministers regarding state aid to livestock farmers, state aid is to be paid to, pig farmers engaged in breeding and fattening holdings, or only breeding, or only fattening, poultry farmers (broilers, laying hens, breeding hens and quails), cow farmers and coniche farmers.
The aid is said to be paid under the temporary framework for State aid measures to support the economy during the current COVID-19 outbreak, based on a specific plan approved by the European Commission on 28 March 2022.
"The aid will be paid according to data of responsible holdings and animal populations forwarded to the CMO by the Veterinary and/or other competent services and provided that the conditions and eligibility criteria mentioned in the plan are met," the CMO says.
It should be noted that the payment of the aid will not require the submission of applications by the beneficiaries.
It should be noted that the payment of the aid will not require the submission of applications by the beneficiaries. However, the potential beneficiaries of the below categories will have to submit to the District Agricultural Offices of the Department of Agriculture, no later than 06/04/2022, invoices for the purchase of livestock. Specifically, pig farmers with fattening pig farms will have to submit piglet purchase invoices covering the period 1/9/2020 - 31/8/2021 and poultry farmers with broiler poultry farms will have to submit the necessary purchase invoices for chicks for the period 1/9/2020 - 31/8/2021.
The CMO informs those who do not wish to participate in the Scheme, that they must declare this in writing to the relevant Provincial Office of the CMO, by 6 April at the latest, so that the aid will not be paid to them.
As regards the per capita aid, in pig farming, it will not exceed EUR 108 per sow in the case of units with breeding and fattening. Eligible for support are also farms that have only breeding or only fattening with the amount of aid varying accordingly at 1/6 (€18) for breeding and 5/6 (€90) for fattening, it said.
In the cow sector, the aid will not exceed €35 per female animal over 2 years old with a reference date of 1/9/2021, and €9 per male animal under 1 year old and over 2 months old with a reference date of 1/9/2021.
In the poultry sector, the aid for broiler production will not exceed EUR 0,38 per chick placed in a batch, the aid for egg production will not exceed EUR 0,54 per active layer with a reference date of 1/1/2021, the aid for breeding shall not exceed EUR 0,81 per active place with a reference date of 1/1/2021 and the aid for quail holdings shall not exceed EUR 0,09 per active place with a reference date of 1/1/2021.
As regards livestock farming, the aid will not exceed EUR 2,80 per livestock unit with a reference date of 1/1/2021.
It is stated that the total aid per beneficiary for the categories of pig and poultry farming may not exceed EUR 125 000.
The implementation details of the plan are described in the Implementation Manual - Beneficiary Information Manual for the Livestock Sector Support Plan, which can be found on the website of the Agricultural Payments Agency at www.capo.gov.cy, as well as at the Provincial Offices of the Agricultural Payments Agency, it is added.
Source: KYPE
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