More than a year ago, on 11 September 2017, the European Commission issued a decision on emergency assistance to the farms containing not more than 50 pigs, in case of suspension of production of pork because of the new requirements related to the fight against African swine fever. Brussels has allocated EUR 9.3 million from the budget of the Common agricultural policy (cap). It was the first in four years, the case of the use of this type of assistance to a member country of the EU since the cap reforms, that is, with 2013.
To help through the mediation of the Agency of restructuring and modernization of agriculture could claim farmers who were kept in the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 Jun 2017 no more than 50 pigs, and farms which were located in areas of occurrence of the virus in the regions with the highest risk of the disease. The amount of assistance is calculated from a fixed price per animal, and were to compensate for the short-term loss in revenue from production. Rates were about 40 euros in the case of pigs and 70 euros in the case of other pigs. According to the study, the program had to Fund compensation for 10 thousand piglets and pigs 171654, that is, a total of more than 180,000 animals.
More than a year later it turned out that the program benefited only 1446 farmers totaling approximately 1.3 million euros. Aid paid for a little more than 19 thousand pigs, that is not spent almost 90% of the funds allocated by the European Commission.
The fact of non-use of aid can be perceived in Brussels as the failure of the Polish government in the fight against the virus, making it difficult to obtain compensation from the European Commission to fight the disease in the future.
Translated by service "Yandex.Translation"