Spain: Basque aid for certification in animal welfare

Published 2024년 10월 2일

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The Basque Government has announced plans for 2024 to offer grants worth 142,000 euros to farms and private agricultural entities in the Basque Country, encouraging them to obtain certification in animal welfare. These grants, aimed at entities involved in the production and marketing of animal food products, will cover up to 80% of the certification costs, with a cap of 50,000 euros per project. Eligible expenses include training, procedure drafting, internal auditing, and certification fees. The application process will be competitive, with a detailed plan outlining the steps towards obtaining the certificate and identifying the farms to be certified required. The application deadline will be a month following publication in the Official Gazette of the Basque Country.

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The Basque Government is going to call for grants, for the year 2024, for obtaining certification in animal welfare, aimed at owners of individual farms, as well as private entities based in the Basque Country such as cooperatives, companies, groups or other agricultural associations that encompass agricultural farms. 142,000 euros will be allocated to this. The aid will be granted on a competitive basis for all applications received. The amount of the aid will be up to 80% of the eligible costs with a maximum of 50,000 euros per project. Its purpose is to finance the expenses derived from the preparation and implementation of the internal procedure for controlling animal welfare, training of the persons responsible and the expenses inherent to the WELFAIR certification in animal welfare. To this end, those who request it are required to act as operators in the implementation of the control procedure with internal auditing at 100% of the farms that they group and that have among ...

Source: Agrodigital