Special committee on drafting amendments to support Moldovan farmers holds first meeting

Chisinau, 4 June /MOLDPRES/ - The Special Committee for the elaboration and approval by the parliament of the package of legislative amendments to support farmers held its first meeting today. The meeting was chaired by Parliament Speaker Andrian Candu, the parliament's communication and public relations department has reported.

Finance Minister Anatol Arapu, Deputy Agriculture and Food Industry Minister Vladimir Loghin, representatives of farmers and agricultural producers of Moldova attended the meeting.

The authorities and the farmers discussed topics on identifying additional resources to increase the fund for subsidizing agricultural producers, as well as the possibility of establishing, starting this year, the 0 per cent income tax, provided that the income was reinvested in the development of private businesses in agriculture.

Speaker Andrian Candu noted that all legislative initiatives proposed for the rehabilitation and development of agriculture would be discussed initially within the special commission, to be consulted with representatives of farmers' associations. At the same time, Andrian Candu informed that, in order to optimize the work of the Commission, a separate heading, titled “Agricultural Package” was created on the parliament's webpage, where all information on the concerned subject would be published.

The participants in the meeting also discussed more proposals from representatives of farmers, which are to be analysed and clear regulatory mechanisms are to be identified. Also, at next meetings, Finance Ministry representatives will unveil an analysis of statistical data on budget revenues and evolution of macroeconomic indicators on the period when the 0 per cent tax rate on income was in effect in Moldova, as well as additional information to identify solutions to increase the agriculture subsidization fund.

The Special Committee will hold the next meeting on the week to come.

The Special Committee for the elaboration and approval by the parliament of the package of legislative amendments to support farmers was set up at an initiative by Parliament Speaker Andrian Candu, under parliament decision number 103 from 21 May 2015. The commission, made up of MPs from all parliamentary factions ,will propose legislative projects to develop agriculture and support local farmers till 1 July 2015.

(Editor M. Jantovan)