The state will compensate the farmers for the sustained losses with 1.5 lei per kilogram of summer apples and 1.5 lei per kilogram of plums. A sum of 146 million lei was allocated for the purpose.
Compensation will be paid to agricultural producers, private individuals and legal entities that work legally within specialized companies and that will present documents showing that the products were sold to processing units. The money will be distributed by September 15 to plum growers and by September 20 to apple growers.
The financial support will be provided through the Agency for Payments and Intervention in Agriculture, based on the data presented by the local commissions that will be created by September 20. They will include mayors and representatives of other local public authorities and of producers. The applications can be submitted by October 10.