Factsheet for measure
CZ-2020-49/1639
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Updated
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Agricovid Food industry
Agricovid potravinářství
Background information
Agricovid Food industry is a support programme for businesses and companies (in food industry and agriculture), which deliver their products to catering services providers (schools, restaurants etc.) in order to mitigate the negative impact of the measures imposed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The programme is managed by
Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic.
Content of measure
Eligible for the support are businesses and companies in the food industry and agriculture. Support is available to companies whose income decreased by more than 25% during 1 March 2020 to 30 November 2020 (in comparison with the same period in 2019).
Applicants may receive up to CZK 200,000 (€7,407 approx.) per company or business and, additionally, up to CZK 20,000 (€741 approx.) per employee. However, the total amount of the support must not exceed 75% of the company's proven decrease in income from food sales.
Companies can apply for the support from 1 December 2020 to 30 January 2021.
Updates
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
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01 February 2021
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Ministry of Agriculture of the Czech Republic
has opened the second call of this programme called AGRICOVID Food industry II.
As in the first call, in the second call can food business operators supplying products to catering operators apply for support to mitigate the negative economic effects of the measures they have had to take due to COVID-19. The conditions are completely the same as in the first call.
Second call was opened 15 March 2021 with the relevant period, in which the income of the business decreased by more than 25%, is from 1 December 2020 till 28 February 2021. Applicants can apply for the support from 15 March 2021 until 30 April 2021.
Agricovid Food can be combined with other support programmes (COVID Rent, Antivirus, Compensation bonus etc.), however, in such cases, the total amount paid is lowered.
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Use of measure
No information available yet.
Target groups
Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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National government
Company / Companies
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National funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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Informed
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Informed
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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Social partners jointly
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Main level of involvement: Sectoral or branch level
Involvement
No information available.
Views and reactions
Supportive.
Sectors and occupations
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This case is sector-specific
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Economic area
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Sector (NACE level 2)
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A - Agriculture, Forestry And Fishing
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A1 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
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C - Manufacturing
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C10 Manufacture of food products
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This case is not occupation-specific.
Sources
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15 December 2020: MZE: Conditions of Agricovid Food Industry/MZE: Podmínky Agricovid potravinářství
(eagri.cz)
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09 March 2021: MZE: Agricovid Food II conditions/MZE: Agricovid Potravinářství podmínky výzvy
(eagri.cz)
