Bulgaria: Amendments on direct payments ordinance for East Frisian sheep and milkmaids

Published 2022년 3월 1일

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The State Gazette issue 17 for 2022 introduces amendments to Ordinance № 3/2015, regulating direct payment schemes for agricultural producers. The changes introduce the East Frisian sheep breed in tied payment schemes for sheep and goats, require fiscal reports from farmers selling raw milk through milking machines, extend the deadline for replacing animals for support applications, and specify accounting requirements for proving milk or dairy product sales. The ordinance also addresses situations of the farmer's death and the distribution of support for farmers under multiple schemes. For transitional national aid, the ordinance raises the percentage of farmers to be inspected to 5% from 3%, with a possibility of increased inspection for significant non-compliance. These amendments are effective from March 1, 2022.

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Published today in the State Gazette, issue 17, amendments to Ordinance № 3/2015 on the application of direct payment schemes include in the list of tied payments for sheep and goats under selection the East Frisian sheep breed. To the farmers who sell raw milk on the market through milking machines, a requirement appears in a new item 9 to para. 1 of Art. 27a to transmit fiscal reports from the direct sales machine. In Art. 25 the term for application of replaced animals shall be extended until the last day for submission of applications for support. Regarding proving the sale of milk or dairy products, as well as animals, in Art. 27a specifies the requirement to the accounting documents with the text that invoices for payment by bank and fiscal cash receipts for payment in cash, issued by the fiscal device, when farmers are traders within the meaning of Art. 1 of the Commercial Law. Separate texts in the ordinance regulate the manner in which the heirs may proceed in the event ...

Source: Agroplovdiv