In the past month, the Agricultural Inspection Service of the Republic of Srpska carried out increased controls on the use of incentive funds. In the past month, republic and city/municipal agricultural inspectors performed 196 controls on the use of incentive funds, within which 694 implemented incentive measures were controlled. The total amount of controlled incentive funds is BAM 7,293,366.15. The funds were intended for various purposes, such as perennial crops, agricultural machinery, irrigation, premiums for milk, premiums for breeding heifers and others.
Out of the total number of controls performed, only three controls were irregular, and inspection Decisions ordered the return of incentive funds in the total amount of BAM 13,580 and misdemeanor orders in the amount of BAM 3,000 were issued.
Depending on the type and purpose of the incentives, the control covers funds allocated in previous years. For example, if it is a question of incentive funds for the purchase of agricultural machinery, the beneficiary of the incentive cannot alienate (sell) the acquired machinery within a period of three years and is obliged to present the procurement documentation to the inspector, as well as the machinery itself on the spot. In accordance with the above, the control included incentive funds from 2020 in order to determine whether the beneficiaries complied with the three-year deadline, as well as funds from 2021 and 2022.
Given the different types of incentives provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management of the Republic of Srpska, the conditions for their implementation are also different, and the inspection service in each individual case checks the fulfillment of the conditions for the incentives that the controlled entity has achieved.
Beneficiaries of incentives are obliged to keep the documentation on the basis of which they obtained incentive funds for at least three years from the date of receiving the funds. As part of the inspection control, the inspector requests that the above-mentioned documentation be presented to him, and by inspecting the documentation and inspecting the site, he states the factual situation.
Beneficiaries of incentives are obliged to use incentive funds and other forms of support in agriculture. The user of the right is obliged to return the incentive funds obtained on the basis of incorrectly stated data or if they are used for an inappropriate purpose, and in accordance with the Decision of the competent inspector ordering the return of the funds. In these cases, the user is assigned a passive status until further notice from the date of the Decision by the competent inspector, all rights to incentive funds are blocked, for the shortest period of two years, counting from the date of return of the incentive funds, together with default interest.
The aim of the work of the Agricultural Inspection Service is to provide strong support to domestic agricultural production and honest producers who invest great efforts in improving and increasing production.
