Canary paid to the tomato sector additional aid POSEI.

Twelve companies have perceived maintaining activity 4.070.691,30 euros relating to campaigns 2010 and 2012.

The Department of agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Water of the Canary Islands has issued the decision to grant additional aid to POSEI additional funds for tomato export Archipelago, involving 4.070.691,30 euros for this production subsector.

This amount represents the maximum amount that can be paid to producers on the basis of the hectares that Europe supports that can be subsidized.

With this subscription, Councilor Area, Juan Ramon Hernandez, meets the commitment made by the regional government last summer with the sector, in the sense of the funds to pay additional aid, signal support in this crop. This action allowed the beginning of the harvest of tomatoes this season, that depended on this performance.

We recall that in 2009 the EU approved the provision of additional funding (Canary-State) Community funds of POSEI as European credits were insufficient to cover the desirable level of support for sub tomato, fruits and vegetables for the local market, the wine and livestock.

In the case of tomato subsector this fact was justified and reflected in the Strategic Plan for the Canary Tomato Export, adopted unanimously in Parliament of the Canary Islands.

These additional funds were notified to the European Commission as State aid, i.e., non-Community, who proceeded to approve. These credits were paid for the first time this season 2009 to the maximum authorized by the program.

While the first year, of 2009, It was paid in full, It was from 2010 when administrations have failed in the payment of successive annuities by debiting the sector a total of 22 million euros that have put in a bind the continuity of the.

The agreement reached with the Government of the Canary Islands last July, managed to spend five million euros to pay the 75% of additional amounts provided for the campaign 2010 and the 50% Additional amounts of campaign 2012. Campaign 2011 to be paid is pending in 2015.

the beneficiaries of the POSEI line refers to the tomato export subsidy corresponds benefiting from these loans to campaigns 2010 and 2012.

On the horizon 2015-2020, the Canary Islands Government pledged that the “Action 1.5. Aid per hectare tomato producers export” POSEI, different possibilities are proposed to improve production subsidies.

The counselor has ratified a firm commitment to make a joint effort between the Canary executive and social and economic partners operating in the tomato sector in the Canary Islands.

The beneficiaries include Coop. Agricultural Gran Tarajal, Coop. Union of Farmers and Ranchers of Sardina del Sur Counaga, Coplaca Sdad. Coop., SAT Raymi, SAT Nicolases, SAT Bonnysa, SAT Juliano Bonny Gómez, SAT Hortícola Aldeana, Sdad. Coop. Agricultural COAGRISAN San Nicolas de Tolentino, Sdad. Coop. Ltda. Sardina del Sur COLICAM, Unextomates SDAD. Coop. and Yeoward del Campo SCL.