DF “Agriculture” has lower off funds to farmers with non-agricultural actions, despite the fact that they’re energetic farmers – 2024-06-07 09:04:59

They need to put up appeals to the fund after June 30

Farmers who’re registered as such beneath Ordinance No. 3 of 1999 and who meet the definition of an energetic farmer, are lower off from assist beneath each the Primary Earnings Help for Sustainability (BSI) intervention and tied assist. This was reported to Agro Plovdiv by a farmer who most well-liked to not point out his title.

He defined that the issue is created by workers in DF “Agriculture”who, as quickly as they see from the info of the Nationwide Statistical Institute that the corporate additionally has different actions reminiscent of electrical energy manufacturing, for instance, immediately define the potential of assist.

“They do not even hassle to test what the related firm’s earnings is from agriculture and different sources non-agricultural exercise. In my case, it’s apparent that agricultural earnings is main and considerably higher than non-agricultural earnings,” he says. In accordance with our farmer, the staff of the fund have an instruction, after they see from the NSI knowledge that the corporate can be finishing up different actions, to instantly block it for assist.

On the similar time, within the modernized Legislation on Help to Agricultural Producers (LAW) in Artwork. 54 it’s recorded that direct funds beneath the OPDU are granted to people and authorized entities or to teams of people or authorized entities – energetic farmerswhich … meet one of many following situations: a) (amended and supplemented – SG No. 39 of 2024, in drive from 01.05.2024) the primary exercise of the authorized entity – dealer or of the only real dealer, in line with the Code of his financial exercise, licensed by the Nationwide statistical institute for the yr previous the yr of utility is the train of agricultural exercise, or

b) (amended – SG No. 39 of 2024, in drive from 01.05.2024) the topic of exercise, the primary financial exercise or the exercised exercise of the authorized entity that’s not a dealer and the pure particular person in line with the Code of Financial his exercise, licensed by the Nationwide Statistical Institute, for the yr previous the yr of utility, is agricultural exercise, or

c) the particular person can show that:

aa) (amended – SG No. 39 of 2024, in drive from 01.05.2024) his earnings from agricultural exercise constitutes a minimal of 10 p.c of the whole earnings of the enterprise, or

bb) (amended – SG No. 39 of 2024, in drive from 01.05.2024) the annual quantity of direct funds is a minimal of two p.c of the whole revenues acquired from non-agricultural actions within the nearest tax yr, for which such proof is offered.

(2) Inactive farmers are pure or authorized individuals who:

1. administer airports;

2. function water services;

3. administer sports activities and recreation areas;

4. present railway companies;

5. present companies within the subject of actual property;

6. are state or municipal administrations or their divisions.

The DF “Agriculture” knowledgeable the farmer to file a criticism after June 30. There are at the very least 15 different farmers like him. At his expense, there might be lawsuits that may finish in two years, throughout which monetary assist is not going to be paid.