Public invitation for lease of state-owned agricultural land opened – Application deadline March 15, 2017

The Ministry of Agriculture and Environmental Protection opened a public invitation for leasing state-owned agricultural land today.

– All legal entities registered at the Register of Agricultural Households and whose status is active are eligible. They should file investment plans related to investments in agriculture, that is, agricultural-manufacturing industry, to the end of starting a new business, expanding the current business, diversifying the current production program or important changes in the entire production process – says the public invitation published in the today's issue of Novosti.

Investments in agricultural-manufacturing industry are all investments pertaining to processing agricultural products, as well as investments in producing energy from RES, using agricultural products or by-products as the raw material. Investments in enhancing the genetic potential in livestock breeding will also be considered.

The general criteria for assessing the investment plan are for it to be an investment in new fixed assets (which do not relate exclusively to farming) in the amount of at least EUR 3,000 per hectare, of which at least EUR 500 for manufacturing capacities per hectare, that is, at least EUR 500,000 of the total investment (in the period of three years from the beginning of the investment in line with the schedule defined in the contract). At least 30% of the investment needs to be realized in the first year, except in local self-government units with under 1,000 hectares of state-owned agricultural land.

The commission for approving investment plans, founded by the Ministry of Agriculture, is in charge of collecting applications. To apply, it is necessary to submit a request for priority of lease, an investment plan and three statements by the responsible person.

The deadline for submitting the request and all the necessary documentation is March 15, 2017.

The commission will consider all submitted requests and investment plans within 30 days of the expiration of the application deadline.

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