Procedures for compensation of the agricultural holdings affected by the fires of the period May – August 2021.
The joint decision of the Ministers of Finance, Christos Staikouras, Development and Investment, Adonis Georgiadis, Rural Development and Food, Spilios, Lebanon, and the Deputy Minister of Development, the issue of subsidizing agricultural holdings to compensate those affected by the fires that broke out from 1 May to the end of August 2021 in areas of the country, which have been delimited by Joint Decisions of the Ministers of Finance, Development and Investment and Interior and Transport.
These are areas of the Peripheral Units of Corinth of the Peloponnese Region, Western Attica of the Region of Attica, Achaia of the Region of Western Greece, Messinia, Arcadia and Laconia of the Region of Peloponnese, Ilia of the Region of Western Greece, Evia, Foitika A and the Northern Sector of Athens of the Attica Region.
For the most efficient and faster compensation of the agricultural holdings that were affected, with the above decision, the procedures of law 4797/2021 regarding the subsidy for the treatment of the losses are applied, instead of the application of the time-consuming procedures of the State Financial Aid Regulation.
In particular, with the procedure of articles 7 and 8 of law 4797/2021, part of the material damages may be covered which will be recorded by the competent committees for recording and valuation of damages of each Region and which were caused by the above fires in assets. , such as building installations, equipment, raw materials, goods, trucks for public and private use, as well as commercial vehicles, means of production, including land capital and stored products, which were recorded as damaged. At the same time, any additional aid provided for in the State Financial Aid Regulation may be provided.
As defined by the Joint Ministerial Decision, the holders of agricultural holdings must comply with the obligations of submitting a single payment declaration to the Integrated Control Management System and payment of the special insurance contribution to the Hellenic Agricultural Insurance Organization.
The grant, as it will be determined after the completion of the registration of losses, is tax-free, unsecured and inalienable in the hands of the State or third parties, is not subject to any fee, contribution or other deduction in favor of the State, including the special solidarity contribution, is bound and not set off with certified debts to the State, the Legal Entities under Public Law, the Local Government Organizations and their Legal Entities, the Insurance Funds or credit institutions.
The advance and the final amount of the grant to the beneficiaries, as well as the other details will be determined by new ministerial decisions.
“The Government reaffirms – in practice – its commitment to the immediate promotion of state aid measures to natural and legal persons for the restoration of homes, businesses, agricultural holdings and other assets affected by the recent large fires and for the generous support of the victims. , aiming at the fastest and most efficient possible reconstruction “as underlined in the relevant announcement.
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