The payment to OPEKEPE for the advance payment of 70% of the Basic Support for the year 2024 started this evening, Wednesday, October 30.
This evening started the new cycle of payments that OPEKEPE will make until the end of the year. As it became known this evening, Wednesday 30 October, OPEKEPE will credit the advance payment of 70% of the Basic Support for the year 2024.
According to information, during the last week of November, the Organization will proceed to grant advance payments for the Agro-Environmental and Biological subsidies for the year 2024, to the eligible producers.
It will continue from mid-December onwards, the payment for the remaining 30% of Basic Support 2024, Redistribution Support of the year 2024, Ecological Schemes of the year 2024 and Support for Young Farmers.
The new round of payments will be completed shortly before the end of the year and the 2024 Equalization Compensation will be paid.
At what time does the basic aid payment from OPEKEPE arrive at the bank?
Thousands of people across the country came from the OPEKEPE side for the long awaited moment and today the subsidy money started coming in.
OPEKEPE went ahead with the payment today and the people who registered the Piraeus Bank account will see money in their account on Wednesday evening or Thursday morning, while in the other banks the amounts will appear about 24 hours later, ie apparently Thursday. evening or Friday.
However, this specific payment is quite “easy” for OPEKEPE since there is not much integrated code, but also checks and errors that arise from them. It will be seen at the end of the year whether the producers will be paid properly and to what extent, when many categories of aid will also be paid.
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Rapid developments regarding the OPEKEPE payment
We have fast developments regarding the OPEKEPE payment. The Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Food, Christos Kellas, indicates that tomorrow, October 31, the advance payment of the 2024 basic support will begin. This means that the money in the bank will appear tomorrow evening (Piraeus) and in the other banks in the first days of November.
The Deputy Minister for Rural Development and Food, Christos Kellas, announced to ERTNews that money will be paid to the accounts of OPEKEPE beneficiaries in the next 24 hours, and, as he said, “today or tomorrow an advance payment of the basic aid will be made pay delivered exactly as intended”.
Speaking on the show “Newsroom” and with the journalists Giorgos Siadimas and Stella Papamichail, the deputy minister emphasized that the payment is being made within the planning and despite the pessimistic forecasts – due to the problems that were there both in relation to the initiation of a declaration from the Commission. IACS and the technical advisers – everything is going well.
When asked about Europe’s control of the Organization, he replied that “Brussels is doing their job” At the same time, he noted that “OPEKEPE is an Organisation, which is competent, autonomous and independent to pay European subsidies. This is his job and his responsibility.”
Trying to reassure the producers, he emphasized that “OPEKEPE is ready and the payments will start tomorrow so that the farmers will receive, exactly as planned, the basic payment, the advance payment of the basic support”.
We seem to have a significant reduction in cases
Speaking about the two serious diseases that have affected livestock farming in our country with plague and sheep pox, the Deputy Minister of Rural Development indicated that strict measures have been taken because of the smallpox, with a ban on the movement of animals on throughout the country. “This measure will expire tomorrow, and a new meeting will decide whether to extend it or allow movement to case-free zones,” he noted.
Speaking of “attack measures” that had been effective, Mr Kellas said “it seems that there has been a significant reduction in cases”. At the same time, as he said, “our aim is to protect the livestock decisively and actively and on the other hand not to make the life of the farmers difficult”. Therefore, as he pointed out, it is one of the circumstances that animals can be moved in areas where there are no cases.
Referring to livestock compensation, he said: “The process of compensating livestock farmers affected by plague and smallpox is continuing. Statements from the competent services are being awaited, so that the payment of the beneficiaries can begin.”
Mr. Kellas also spoke about the lack of water affecting the producers saying that “this year is a difficult year, maybe also because of the climate crisis or maybe also because of the fatigue of the farmers from the climate crisis, where generally indicated. reduced and in cotton and corn and vines and peaches and all pears.’
Also commenting on the issue of product sufficiency and the price difference from the field to the shelf, he said that efforts are being made to control and limit these differences to support both the producer and the consumer.
Deputy Minister for Rural Development and Food, Christos Kellas, announced that beneficiaries of OPEKEPE will receive advance payments of basic aid within the next 24 hours. During an interview on ERTNews, Kellas reassured producers that despite earlier concerns, the payments are proceeding as planned. He emphasized OPEKEPE’s competency and independence in handling European subsidies.
Additionally, Kellas addressed the ongoing situation regarding two serious livestock diseases affecting the country. He informed that strict measures, including a nationwide ban on animal movement due to sheep pox, will be reassessed to potentially allow movement in cases free areas. Encouragingly, he noted a significant reduction in disease cases, reiterating the government’s commitment to protecting livestock while minimizing disruption for farmers.