Background information

Following the increase in the prices of fuels, electricity and raw materials, the government passed four decrees, supporting the agricultural and fishing sector to better cope with the higher production costs. The measures address three areas: financial compensation for the high prices of reproductive material, compensation for high energy prices used for agricultural machinery and fishery, and compensatory aid in the milk and milk products sector.

The four decrees are:

1. Ordinance on financial compensation for the high prices of reproductive material used for primary agricultural production;
2. Ordinance on financial compensation for high energy prices used for agricultural machinery;
3. Decision on financial aid for compensations in fisheries due to high fuel prices for fisheries vessels propulsion;
4. Decree on providing exceptional compensatory aid in the milk and milk products sector.

Content of measure

Four decrees, adopted at the beginning of June 2022, endowed the agricultural and fishing sectors with the following rights:

1. Aid for producers of milk and dairy products: about €60 per dairy cow, paid until 30 September 2022
2. Compensation for high energy prices used for agricultural machinery: €6.67 per hectare of farmland and €14 per hectare of vineyards, intensive orchards, hop fields, and olive groves
3. Co-financing of reproductive material used for primary agricultural production: from €50 to €35,000 per farm
4. Financial aid for compensations in fisheries due to high fuel prices for fisheries vessels propulsion
5. Financial aid for farms and SMEs in processing, marketing and developing agricultural products

Following the official announcement, almost 22.5 million will be paid (about €1.7 million from the European funds) in 2022 and €7.5 million (€5.2 million from the European funds) in 2023.

Use of measure

No information available.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Applies to all businesses	Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government	European Funds National funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	No involvement	No involvement
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• No involvement
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

No information on the involvement of social partners in the decision process is available.

Views and reactions

No information on the reaction of social partners is available.

Sectors and occupations

This case is not occupation-specific.

Sources

• 01 July 2022: Decree on providing exceptional compensatory aid in the milk and milk products sector (Odlok o izjemni izravnalni pomoči za sektor mleka in mlečnih proizvodov (www.pisrs.si)
• 08 July 2022: Ordinance on financial compensation for the high prices of reproductive material used for primary agricultural production (Odlok o finančnem nadomestilu zaradi visokih cen reprodukcijskega materiala, ki se porabi za primarno kmetijsko proizvodnjo (www.pisrs.si)
• 08 July 2022: Ordinance on financial compensation for high energy prices used for agricultural machinery (Odlok o finančnem nadomestilu zaradi visokih cen energentov, ki se porabijo za kmetijsko mehanizacijo (www.pisrs.si)
• 08 July 2022: Decision on financial aid for compensations in fisheries due to high fuel prices for fisheries vessels propulsion (Odlok o finančnem nadomestilu stroškov v ribištvu zaradi visokih cen energentov, ki se porabijo za pogon ribiških plovil (www.pisrs.si)