The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) has posted for decision transparency a draft Resolution approving the Support Program for Breeders of Breeding Pigs of Bazna and/or Mangalitsa breeds for the year 2024. The draft legislation aims to support breeders of breeding pigs of Bazna and/or Mangalitsa breeds for the year 2024, with the goal of increasing the number of breeding animals held and the number of products marketed from these breeds.

The total maximum value of the de minimis aid scheme is 1,000,000 lei and is provided from the approved budget of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development for the year 2024. The amount allocated to the de minimis aid scheme is 2,000 lei/sow/year.

The total amount of de minimis aid schemes granted to an enterprise/single enterprise cannot exceed 20,000 euros over the course of three financial years, during the current financial year, namely the year of application submission, and the two preceding financial years.

Applications for enrollment in the Program are submitted to the County Agriculture Directorates starting from the day following the entry into force of this resolution until June 30, 2024, inclusive.

Beneficiaries of the de minimis aid scheme can be breeders of breeding pigs of Bazna and/or Mangalitsa breeds, namely:

a) individual farmers (PFA), II and IF,

b) agricultural producers in the form of agricultural companies,

c) agricultural producers as legal entities.

To be eligible, beneficiaries must meet the following conditions:

a) to own registered/authorized veterinary-sanitary farms;

b) to own sows of Bazna and/or Mangalitsa breeds, registered in the pedigree registry in the main section at the time of application submission, identified and registered in the National Livestock Database;

c) to maintain the farm register, completed and updated, in accordance with the provisions of art. 1 para. 39 of the Veterinary-Sanitary Standard approved by the Order of the President of the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority no. 208/2022;

d) to provide evidence of marketing at least 4 products/year/sow, with a minimum weight of 8 kg/head;

e) to identify and register the products referred to in point d), according to the Veterinary-Sanitary Standard for the implementation of the identification and registration process for cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, camelids, cervids, and reindeer approved by the Order of the President of the National Sanitary Veterinary and Food Safety Authority no. 208/2022;

f) to maintain the number of sows enrolled in the Program until November 29, 2024, inclusive.

Payment applications and supporting documents are submitted to the County Agriculture Directorates no later than November 29, 2024, inclusive.

The draft can be consulted by accessing the following link: https://www.madr.ro/proiecte-de-acte-normative/8845-proiect-hg-sustinere-crescatori-porci-bazna-mangalita.html