Beneficiaries
Poultry farmers with flocks of the following birds are eligible for support:
a) Chickens;
b) Ducks;
c) Painted;
d) Perus;
e) Quail.
Deadline for submitting applications
By 12 August of 2022.
Criteria for admissibility
- a) Have sent poultry flocks for slaughter, proven by the existence of a slaughter record for the holding concerned in the Establishment Approval Plan Information System (SIPACE) in the 1st quarter of 2022;
- b) Have submitted on the AVIDEC platform the stock declaration of the laying hen flock for February 2022, in accordance with the provisions of Order No. 293/2015, of 12 January, of the Director-General for Food and Veterinary Office;
- c) Have declared breeding hen flocks in the National Salmonella Control Programme during 2021.
Additional requirements
Applicants for support under this chapter must meet one of the following criteria:
a) Have animal welfare certification;
b) Have certification in environmentally and climate friendly production methods, such as organic production or voluntary labelling of poultry meat and eggs;
c) Have International Featured Standards (IFS) certifications;
d) They have photovoltaic panels, biogas or other renewable energy sources;
e) Have composting or biogas plants, or animal by-product or waste combustion plants, or ensure that their animal by-products are sent to approved plants for the processing of animal by-products which ensure their recovery or proper disposal;
f) To have a biosafety plan;
g) Use practices that promote water recovery on farms.
Calculation of support amounts
The support provided takes the form of a non-refundable incentive, with a reference value of EUR 10 per livestock unit (LU=0.006). The amount of support based on the total number of animals slaughtered, per beneficiary, in the 1st quarter of 2022.
Source: Official Gazette no. 135/2022
