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Factsheet for measure GR-2022-1/2298 – measures in Greece
Country | Greece , applies nationwide |
Time period | Temporary, 01 January 2022 – 31 December 2022 |
Context | COVID-19, War in Ukraine |
Type | Other initiatives or policies |
Category |
Responses to inflation
– Other |
Author | Penny Georgiadou (INE GSEE) |
Measure added | 17 May 2022 (updated 20 June 2022) |
The government, in March 2022, introduced a series of support measures to address the impact of price rises due to the continuing health crisis and the war in Ukraine.
In this context, Law 4916 (articles 50 and 51) of 28 March 2022 and law 4919 (article 61) of 7 April 2022 introduced various financial support measures for farmers and stockbreeders, aiming to support them to cope with the price increases on feed and fertilisers as well as the price increase on fuel and energy.
Law 4919 (article 61) and Ministerial Decision No. 600/102813 (of 24 April 2022) define financial measures to support livestock farmers.
The financial measures to support farmers include the following:
The financial measures to support livestock farmers are the following:
Also, there are in force by previous legislation the following measures:
The total cost of these interventions is estimated around €200 million.
There are no data on the number of beneficiaries.
Workers | Businesses | Citizens |
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Does not apply to workers |
Sector specific set of companies
|
Does not apply to citizens |
Actors | Funding |
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National government
EU (Council, EC, EP) |
European Funds
National funds |
Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:
Trade unions | Employers' organisations | |
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Role | No involvement | No involvement |
Form | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
There was no involvement of social partners.
There were no social partner's reactions on the measure detected.
This case is sector-specific (only private sector)
Economic area | Sector (NACE level 2) |
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A - Agriculture, Forestry And Fishing | A1 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities |
This case is not occupation-specific.
Citation
Eurofound (2022), Financial aid for farmers, measure GR-2022-1/2298 (measures in Greece), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/GR-2022-1_2298.html
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