Government approved the proposal to reduce excise duty on petrol used in agriculture - April 30th 2010
Government had approved the state aid for agriculture, consisting of reduction of excise duty on petrol used in agriculture, announced Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mihail Dumitru, at the press briefing held at Victoria Palace.
“The aid is to reduce excise duty on petrol used in agriculture from the current level, from about 293 euro per thousand liters of petrol, to 21 euro per thousand liters of petrol. In concrete terms, this means a saving of about 1.16 lei per liter of diesel” minister of agriculture explained.
This aid is granted for the next three years, from 2010 until 2012, with a maximum quantity of 700 million liters of petrol, used in plant, animal growth and irrigation works.
Minister Dumitru stressed that this reduction will be, for farmers, an important factor in agricultural production cost. „Consumption of diesel is on average between 19-30% of the costs of agricultural production. And so we want to give farmers an extra element of competitiveness in competition with farmers in the rest of the EU”, said Mihail Dumitru.
Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development said that the enactment has been agreed informally at the European Commission and was sent to Brussels for formal approval following to be applied after the official decision will be received.
„This aid is one accepted at EU level, through directive 96/2003, and granted a number of EU Member States” said the Minister of Agriculture.
Management aid will be made by the Agency for Payments and Intervention in Agriculture
Source: Romanian Government |
