At 2% of turnover based on VAT or tax returns, state aid for animal feed

At a rate of 2% of the turnover based on VAT or tax returns, the state aid for animal feed will be calculated, which will be given to the country’s breeders as mentioned in the JMC published in the Government Gazette. The maximum total amount of funding is set at 50,000,000 euros, with the aid being tax-free, unsecured and inalienable in the hands of the State or third parties.

Beneficiaries are livestock farms operating in the field of primary production throughout the country which meet the following eligibility conditions.

They are natural persons, professional farmers registered in the Register of Farmers and Agricultural Holdings (MAEE) of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food until 31.12.2021 or legal persons or legal entities, for which the following also apply:

a) They have on 31st.3.2022 the main Activity Code Number (KAD) or KAD with the highest gross income during the tax year 2020, as shown by the Statement of Financial Data from Business Activity (form E3) of the relevant income tax return (FE) , one of the following:

KAD description

Breeding of dairy cattle

Breeding of other cattle and buffaloes

Breeding of horses and other equidae

01.44 Breeding of camels and camels

01.45 Breeding of sheep and goats

01.46 Pig breeding

Poultry farming

01.49 Breeding of other animals,

b) or have on 31.03.2022 main KAD or KAD with the highest gross income during the tax year 2020, as shown by form E3 of the relevant Income Tax Return (FE), the KAD “01.50 Mixed farming activities” and have declared the existence of livestock in the single aid application (hereinafter IACS declaration) for 2021,

c) or are farmers of the special regime of article 41 of law 2859/2001 and have declared the existence of livestock in the IACS declaration of the year 2021.

Also, the beneficiaries still do not have at their disposal aid that has been deemed illegal and incompatible, while at the date of checking the conditions for payment, the company is active and is not in inactivity, liquidation or bankruptcy nor its VAT number has been suspended. for any reason, as it results from the data of the tax register of AADE.