With her decision, the Superintendent of State Aid Control, Stella Michailidou, approved an amendment to an existing measure regarding the grant of aid to beneficiaries of "colored" agricultural oil for diesel used in vehicles for agricultural purposes. With the amendment, the aid is doubled for farmers operating in designated communities, according to an announcement by the Office of the Treasurer.
The measure aims to strengthen the competitiveness and sustainability of the primary sector by reducing the value of expenditure on agricultural oil. The decision of the Commissioner was issued on December 20, number 465. The competent authority for the implementation and implementation of the Measure is the Department of Agriculture of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment.
According to the announcement, with the amendment, and specifically from the existing 10% aid rate, the beneficiaries, whose exploitation is located in the Communities, which are included in Annex A of the Measure, will be excluded, for whom the aid will be calculated at 30 % of the total consumption of "colored" oil of the previous year of the reference year.
The measure is addressed to farmers who are active primarily in designated communities, which are included in the list of Communities a) with an altitude of 400 meters and above, b) of the National Plan for the Development of Mountainous Communities (ESAOK), c) of the department of Tulleria, d) of of the Akamas peninsula and e) of the municipal division of the Municipality of Polis Chrysochous. For the beneficiaries, whose farm is located in the said communities, the maximum amount per beneficiary will amount to €4.000, instead of €2.000, as it applies to all other beneficiaries in the existing measure.
The maximum total amount of aid to be allocated by the measure increases from €2.000.000 to €2.160.000.
The period of application of the measure remains until June 30, 2027.
The decision with number 465 will be posted on the website of the Office of the State Aids Controller. The measure in question was published in the Official Gazette of the Republic, dated December 27, 2024.
