The second round of first aid for farmers has opened on the arogi.gov.gr platform
The second round of first aid to farms and livestock units, which affected by the extreme flood phenomena of September 2023 in Thessaly and in other areas, in a context of close cooperation with the Independent Public Revenue Authority.
The platform of first aid, arogi.gov.gr, reopened from Monday, February 5, 2023, so that beneficiaries farmers who affected by the extreme flooding phenomena of September 2023 can modify their application or submit a new application until Monday, February 19, 2024, according to the relevant joint ministerial decision (Β΄ 860).
The second cycle of first aid
The second cycle is implemented as a continuation of the first, during which have already been granted around 40 million euros to more than 19,000 agricultural holdings and livestock units that applied for first aid through the platform arogi.gov.gr and crossed with the details of the damage statement to ELGA.
During the second cycle, the interested will have the opportunity through the first aid platform, arogi.gov.gr, to submit their (revised or new) request in case they judge that they have very serious or very serious damage to equipment, first materials, stored products, damaged vehicles and stock capital.
Specifically, in addition to the first aid they have received to date, beneficiaries farmers will be able to submit relevant request for:
- Additional first aid of 5,000 euros in cases where they judge that they have suffered very serious damage to the items included in the state aid, with the first aid amounting to a total of 7,000 euros
- Additional first aid of 10,000 euros in cases where they judge that they have suffered very serious damage to the items included in the state aid, with the first aid amounting to a total of 12,000 euros
Accordingly, livestock units will be able to submit a relevant request for additional first aid of 10,000 euros in cases where they judge that they have suffered very serious damage to the items included in the state aid.
It is pointed out that the payment of the first aid aid against a grant to agricultural holdings or livestock units and companies paid after cross-checking the applications with the data of the applications submitted to the Hellenic Agricultural Insurance Organization (ELGA), as well as the relevant Regional Units, for the recording and estimation of damages by the State Aid Committees.
It is reminded that the businesses and farmers who have submitted an application to the first aid platform must submit a relevant file to the relevant Region, so that, on the one hand, the intersections can be made and, on the other hand, proceeded the procedure of determining the grant to carry out the netting of the first aid and to grant the advance and the final amount of the state aid. A process implemented by the services and echelons of the Regions under the coordination and cooperation of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection, with the aim of state aid -which amounts to 70% of the estimated damage – to reach the soon possible to those who are entitled to it. In this direction and with a view to speeding up the procedures, farmers and breeders are requested to submit the relevant files to the authorities in the Region of Thessaly and in the Region of Central Greece by February 29, 2024, so that they can route all the procedures for the payment of both the advance payment and the final grant in the context of the state aid.
The actions of the General Secretariat for the Rehabilitation of Natural Disasters and State Aid of the Ministry of Climate Crisis and Civil Protection to support those affected continue at an intense pace, ensuring that the aid is paid immediately, but also fairly to those of our fellow citizens who have need.