Farmers were guilty retroactively modified conditions

Representatives of the food industry made at a press conference at BTA matter what criteria companies received money under SAPARD, enter the list of debtors. Executive Director of the Association of meat in Bulgaria Dr. Svetla deal citing a written position, which says that at the request of OLAF a large number of companies should be included in the list of debtors. As a business we want to answer a few questions – on what criteria these companies to come in the list of debtors. We call for the administration to give the criteria on which they are included in this list, the deal. According to her one of the reasons is suspected of raising prices in the tender. Deal raises the question what criteria decide which prices are high and which – not. According to read position and prosecution offices have agreed to reference price for new projects. For projects under SAPARD to EU accession no such reference prices. Why the program after deciding that there are high prices asked pine.
Another of the questions I was able in a market economy to establish reference prices post facto. Deal said it was aware that businesses are included in this list because of doubts, and added that the industry would like to ask the prosecution for the clear answer can you destroy the whole industry because of doubt. “
Light pine expressed gratitude for the quick response of the new Minister of Agriculture Miroslav Naydenov that adopted on the issue of the branch in his first working day. According to the deal, Naydenov explained that the European Commission urges companies to be listed in the debtors’ ledger, they will be formally recorded, but within the statutory one months to take measures against the debtor companies, the Government shall undertake to establish working groups which will consider the projects separately, and he hopes to be honest firms
removed from the list.
President of the Association Prof. Kostadin Chorbadzhiyski expressed concern the fact that his words in
correspondence between OLAF, the EC and the „Agriculture“ State Fund indicating the „possible irregularities“, ie for alleged violations at the same time are required to ask for subsidies made by the companies.
Bulgarian meat industry in the EU invests about 300 million euro for the purchase of machinery and equipment. Now the industry must return about 140 million euro EU Chorbadzhiyski said. Since there is no evidence in these allegations we will take action against „Agriculture“ State Fund after a two years to win the cases and the state budget must still pay us 140 million euro, he said. However, the consequences would be that our industry will go, we all machinery and equipment purchased with loans, and there will be turmoil in the banking system, said Chorbadzhiyski. We applied to these projects under certain conditions approved by the Commission, and may not allow you to retroactively change, he said. Each country which absorbed funds in agriculture in the EU has a rate of abuse. Claim that Bulgaria is not greater and comparable with other countries the size of our market, said Krasimir Kiryakov expert, president of consulting firm.

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