Only the farmers who suffered damage from the extreme weather phenomena “Daniel” and “Elias” will receive money from ELGA, the Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food clarifies in its announcement.

The opposite case, as he notes, would be a “gross violation of the ELGA regulation as well as EU rules, while, at the same time, it would work to the detriment of the producers who have suffered losses from the natural disasters”.

Responding to requests from agricultural bodies, elected officials, representatives of local government and Parliament, in order for ELGA to pay compensations to producers in Thessaly, especially apple producers in the Agia region (who, however, did not suffer damage from the Daniel and Elias disasters), the HYPAAT notes that :

The financing of ELGA for the payment of compensations amounting to – in principle – 260 million euros, to cover the approximately 35,000 declarations of damage to crop production and livestock, comes exclusively from the State Budget, after approval given by the EU , due to the extraordinary conditions and the extent of the damage in Thessaly. The adhoc program is under the strict control of EU and Greek legislation.

The financing of 260 million euros has nothing to do with resources from European programs, or with State Aid resources, or with resources from the contributions of the insured.

The damages that have been assessed by the ELGA Larisa branch, in the period immediately after the arrival of the extreme phenomena Daniel and Elias – as they occurred in all areas of Thessaly – and have been declared in the area of ​​Agia, will be covered in accordance with the provisions of ELGA regulation and what applies to all affected producers in Thessaly.

In this particular area, 156 damage declarations were submitted, in tree crops, of which losses of 30%-100% were estimated in only 2224 acres.