The money went directly into the bank accounts, announces the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR), which adds that AFIR and APIA continue to give farmers payments on time. How much money did the EAFRD beneficiaries receive in total?
AFIR and APIA grant payments on time
This week, EAFRD beneficiaries received a new tranche of money totaling 119 million euros. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) announces in a statement that the amount is the equivalent of 594.66 million lei.
The Agency for the Financing of Rural Investments (AFIR) settled the expenses made within the investment projects in agriculture and rural development, through the payments that took place between April 22-30.
In the same period, the expenses for environmental and climate measures were also settled.
Of the total amount, 17.48 million euros represent funding from the National Budget, and the difference is covered by the EAFRD – the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.
A significant part of the payments were made to reimburse the expenses of the beneficiaries of the investment projects. It is about 112.7 million euros.
The non-reimbursable public funds are granted after the AFIR experts verify and authorize the payment of the expenses incurred according to the payment requests received from the public and private beneficiaries of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD).
These actions are carried out in accordance with the financing contracts concluded and the commitments assumed.
APIA made payments of over 4,000,000 euros
Between April 29 and 30, 2024, the Payments and Intervention Agency for Agriculture (APIA) made payments totaling 22,385,664.48 lei (the equivalent of 4,502,734.59 euros) from various sources, including:
- European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAG)
- European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
- co-financing from the National Budget (BN1)
- and the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI)
15,953,574.27 lei (the equivalent of 3,207,715.75 euros) were allocated from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (FEGA) for making the final payments within the 2023 Campaign.
831,831.63 lei (the equivalent of 168,063.77 euros) were directed from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), the National Budget (BN1) and the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI) for the 2023 Campaign.
A total of 4,660,460.95 lei were allocated from the National Budget to support the 2023 Campaign.
A total of 496,772.16 lei were allocated from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (FEGA) for investments in the wine sector.
A total of 443,025.47 lei from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (FEGA) were directed to projects of:
- reorganization
- reconversion in the wine sector
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