Date: May 29th 2010

European Commission announced the Romanian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development the decision on state aid for applying a rate of excise duty of eur 21 per 1000 litres for diesel used in agriculture.

After analyzing GD no. 408/2010 approving State aid granted for diesel used in agriculture, the Commission made no objection and decided that an agreed scheme is compatible with the internal market. However, in its assessment, the Commission found that the legislative act complies with “Community guidelines on state aid in the agriculture and forestry 2007-2013’ and that reducing the duty established by legislative act is intended to help facilitate the development of certain activities or regions economic, without trading conditions to an extent contrary to the common interest.

Following the opinion, GD no 408/2010 shall enter into force from Thursday, May 27th 2010. Agricultural diesel users, potential beneficiaries of the scheme should apply, at each supply with diesel sales tax documents (invoices) issued by providers on behalf of beneficiaries, the amounts purchased and used from May 27th 2010, to qualify for subsidy duty.

The entry into force of this decision of the Government, the duty shall be the equivalent in RON of eur 21 per 1000 litres, compared with rates from eur 293.215 per 1000 liters in 2010 and eur 309 per 1000 litres in 2012. State aid reimbursement form shall be applied yearly for a total of more than 700,646,000 litres of diesel. This amount is allocated among different sectors of primary production, based on average consumption per hectare for each task. The total budget provided for the three years of implementation of the scheme is to lei 3,050,000,000 (about eur 735.1 million).

Authority responsible for administration scheme is Paying and Intervention Agency for Agriculture (APIA) in center county / local. Recipients may submit requests for prior agreement for funding reimbursement, after publication in the Romanian Official Gazette of the Order of Minister.

Source: http://www.recolta.eu/comisia-europeana-a-aprobat-schema-de-ajutor-de-stat-pentru-motorina-utilizata-in-agricultura/

Posted: 29 May 2010 under Agri solutions, Romania, Romanian agri legislation.
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Romania Irrigation Rehabilitation and Reform Project, launched in 2003, aims to achieve more economic and equitable use of irrigation water for agricultural production through changes in farmers’ and related institutions’ behavior, while increasing agricultural productivity in the project area.  Project benefits include increased agricultural production and higher incomes for farmers because of improved irrigation services; increased social cohesion through community-based management of irrigation systems; and reduced agriculture related pollution through improved environmental management and reduction of seepage losses.  The rehabilitation of the main schemes would directly benefit approximately 40,000 farming families and workers in agricultural associations.

Published March 2010.

8 minutes video-documentary link here: http://lnweb90.worldbank.org/ecaim/multimedialib.nsf/country/Romania?opendocument&did=8E201A17B1A903A8852576F6004D2EAF

Posted: 17 May 2010 under Agri solutions, Europe, Romania.
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I am pleased to tell you that in June this year, on the 17th and 18th, in fact, I am organising a conference on the agribusiness potential of Romania.

Since joining the EU in 2007, Romania has accelerated its economic progress and is in a superbe geographical location to link Europe to the growing markets in the Middle East and Asia, Western Europe or worldwide. Romania is going to be revealed from many different angles of its agricultural potential with eminent Romanian speakers such as ex-Minister of Agriculture, Dr Valeriu Tabara and University professor Dr Mihai Berca.

We will also look at the financial and legal structures needed to succeed in business in Romania based on contributions from professional institutions, specialists of agricultural sectors, agri-traders etc. We will also be able to listen and question business-men who are already active in this type of enterprise and happy to share their experience with us. A field trip to one or two farms and a local food processor is included to those interested in the practical details.

Our aim is to link Romanian agri players and specialists to international parties interested to invest in Romanian agribusiness.

The Conference will be chaired by Mr Alastair Dickie, a respected commentator with 35-years commercial experience in agricultural trading and analysis of the markets around the world.

I would be grateful your suggestions for topics that you like to hear discussed at such a conference.

The conference is to be held at the Howard Johnson Hotel in Bucharest and you can register immediately for €590 (conference day on June 17th and field trip on June 18th 2010) or €490 (only conference day) by emailing me now on dana.bucur@mail.com.

Thank you for your interest in agribusiness Romania.

Kind Regards

Dana Bucur

Posted: 8 April 2010 under Agribusiness worldwide, Dana Bucur 2010 - conferences, fairs, workshops etc, Dana Bucur articles, Romania.
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