Projects for improvement agriculture and rural areas will continue this year

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Details: 30 January 2020

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will launch two public calls for agriculture and rural development support through the Cluster Development and Rural Transformation Project for 2020 on Monday, February 3rd, implemented by the Government of Montenegro in cooperation with the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

Today, in Bijelo Polje, a working meeting between the Mayor of Petar Smolovic and the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Igor Jovanovic and Maja Skuletic, was held, analyzing the results done last year, as well as the projects that will be nominated this year.

The meeting was also attended by Fahrudin Begovic, Manager of Municipality Bijelo Polje and Slobodan Jelic, Secretary of the Secretariat for Entrepreneurship and Economic Development.

"3.5 million euros have been invested so far in infrastructure, through paving 40 kilometers of rural roads and 26 water supply projects in the territory of 7 municipalities that are included in the project of the Government of Montenegro and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development" on meeting was announced.

In the third year of the project implementation, 2 public calls will be issued for 2 components.

The first component: Cluster development - EUR 770 thousand.

Second component: Development of rural infrastructure in cluster areas - EUR 3 million, of which EUR 2.25 million is foreseen for road infrastructure projects and EUR 0.75 million for water supply.

“A raspberry cluster was developed in Bijelo Polje in the previous period. Associated raspberry growers have been formed where all registered producers are included, as well as a value chain cluster that, in addition to manufacturers, includes refrigerators, suppliers, purchasers and processors. By forming a value chain cluster, the product placement of all participants in the value chain is ensured, with an emphasis on increasing the primary production of smaller producers. While this year the plan is to develop livestock clusters ”- it was concluded at the meeting with the assessment that through component two in Bijelo Polje 5 km of new roads and 7 investments in water supply have been done so far.

A new EUR 3 million will be invested this year through a rural development project implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development with the support of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

The investments will be implemented in seven municipalities involved in the project: Niksic, Bijelo Polje, Berane, Mojkovac, Zabljak, Petnjica and Savnik, in which new water supply systems, new kilometers of roads will be built and a significant number of agricultural holdings will be supported in the area of production improvement and product placement.

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Municipal Decision on tax reliefs

Article 4

Companies and entrepreneurs referred to in Article 3 shall be introduced and identified the following financial incentives:

exemption from payment of communal fee for construction land,
exemption from payment of the fee for the use of municipal roads,
exemption from payment of surtax on personal income tax,
exemption from paying tax on real estate above 0.1% of the market value of the real estate.

Article 5

The tax exemption from Article 4 item 1 investor (company and entrepreneur) is realized in the amount up to 7,000.00 euros per one newly employed worker, or newly opened workplace, and can be used only if by investing, it increases the number of employees for 5 or more employees.

The incentives referred to in Article 4 item 2, 3 and 4 of this Decision shall also apply to existing companies and entrepreneurs in the area of the Bijelo Polje municipality for the extension of the economic activity referred to in Article 3 of this Decision, and can only be used if the expansion increases the number of employees for 5 or more workers and is valid for a period of 3 (three) years.

Note: The new Regulation on Business Zones was adopted on December 13, 2016 and was published in the Official Journal of Montenegro, No. 77/2016.

The municipality is obliged to until 21.06.2018, in accordance with the Government Regulation, adopt a new Business Zone Decision.

We are also referring to the Decision on the fee for communal equipment for construction land that was published on 29.12.2015. in the "Official Journal of Montenegro - Municipal Regulations" No. 48/15.

Tax reliefs – New Government Regulation on business zones

Article 15

For employed people working in a business zones, the business zone user does not pay:

1) Contributions for compulsory social insurance for salaries (contributions for pension and disability insurance, contribution for health insurance, unemployment insurance contribution) and contributions for the Labor Fund;

2) Personal income tax;

The amount of the relief referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article can not exceed the maximum allowable aid intensity of 60% for medium and 70% for small companies, in accordance with the regulations governing state aid.

The user of the business zone may use the incentives referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, for a maximum period of five years from the date of employment of persons in the business zone.

For the employee referred to in paragraph 1, item 1 of this Article, the user of the business zone calculates, suspends and pays the employee from the earnings of the employee: the contribution for the pension and invasive insurance at the rate of 15,0% contribution to health insurance at a rate of 8.5% and contribution to insurance against unemployment at a rate of 0.5% upon payment of earnings.

The basis for calculating the contribution referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be gross employee earnings.

The user of the business zone pays the calculated surtax of income tax.

In addition to the relief referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the beneficiary of the business zone shall also exercise the right to other incentives in accordance with the law and special regulations governing state aid, although they must not exceed the maximum allowable amount of incentive in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article.

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