Another significant step toward supporting producers who have faced the consequences of extreme natural phenomena, is taken by the Ministry of Rural Development and Food.
With the publication of five Joint Ministerial Decisions in the Government Gazette, another significant round of state aid to producers affected by the major fires and in 2023 and 2024.
As stated in a related announcement, the decisions constitute the final stage of the settlement process for support aimed at restoring damage to plant capital, following the advance payments and initial aid that had already been granted to beneficiaries.
In detail:
– €35 million for the September 2023 floods (Daniel and Elias),
– €16 million for the 2024 wildfires in affected areas of the country,
– €14 million for the major fires of 2023 in Evros, Rhodes, Attica, Achaea, Euboea, Corfu, Corinthia, Magnesia, and other regions,
– €1.5 million for the 2023 fires in Fthiotida and Kavala, as well as
– €650,000 for the fires of July–August 2023 in Attica, Boeotia, Fthiotida, and Magnesia.
The total amount of aid activated through these decisions exceeds 67 million euros, with the funds coming from the Special Natural Disasters Program of the Public Investment Development Program.
The aid will be disbursed through ELGA, based on the findings and procedures provided for in the institutional framework of the aforementioned decisions.
It should be noted that the subsidies are tax-exempt, unseizable, and non-transferable, and cannot be offset against debts owed to the State.
