Chapter III
INCENTIVES AND SUBSIDIES
Article 7. Subsidies on hiring consultants
1. A linkage leader may receive a subsidy as 100% of cost of hiring consultants for establishing a linkage, including consultancy for formulating linkage contract, linkage project, business, production and market development plans, provided it shall not exceed VND 300 million.
2. Funding, specific amounts and mechanism for getting subsidies specified in Clause 1 of this Article shall conform to plans, programs and projects of the National target program for building new-style rural areas, and other programs and projects.
Article 8. Subsidies on infrastructure
1. A linkage project may be eligible for getting a subsidy from state budget as 30% of total investment in machinery, equipment and construction of infrastructural facilities serving the linkage, including workshops, warehouses or yards serving the production, preparation, storage, processing and consumption of agricultural products. Total subsidy shall not exceed VND 10 billion. 2. Funding and specific amounts of subsidies specified in Clause 1 of this Article shall conform to plans, programs and projects of the National target program for building new-style rural areas, the National target program for agricultural restructuring, disaster preparedness and mitigation, and community living stabilization, and other programs and projects.
Article 9. Subsidies on agricultural extension, training, breeds, materials, packaging and labeling
1. In addition to subsidies on construction of infrastructural facilities serving the linkage as prescribed in Clause 2 Article 8, the participants in a linkage may get subsidies from state budget for performing the following contents:
a) Establishing agricultural extension model;
b) Providing vocational training, technical training, training in managing skills, production techniques, capacity for managing contracts, value chains and market development;
c) Subsidies on breeds, materials, packaging and labeling of agricultural products for not more than 03 crops or 03 production cycles through concentrated services of a cooperative;
d) State budget gives a subsidy equal to 40% of cost of transfer and application of advanced techniques, and uniform chain-based application of technical process and quality management.
2. Funding, specific amounts and mechanism for getting subsidies as specified in Point a, Point b Clause 1 of this Article shall conform to programs and projects on agricultural extension; vocational training programs in agriculture for unskilled workers; policies on personnel training of cooperatives, and other programs and projects.
3. Funding, specific amounts and mechanism for getting subsidies specified in Points c, d Clause 1 of this Article shall conform to the National target program for building new-style rural areas, and other programs and projects.
Article 10. Rules for giving incentives and subsidies
1. With regard to each linkage type specified in Article 4 herein, the participants in a linkage may apply for subsidies for their responsible contents. Regulatory authorities shall make decisions on grant of subsidies according to the contents of a linkage contract or project as regulated in this Decree.
2. Each participant in a linkage is eligible for getting subsidies for the contents performed by that participant according to the linkage contract or project.
3. In case the work content is eligible for different subsidy policies from different programs and projects, the policy beneficiary may choose to apply the most advantageous one.
4. Apart from funding derived from the central-government budget, each local government should proactively consider allocating funding from its own budget and combine linkage projects with other programs and projects for implementing incentive policy for development of linkages in production and consumption of agricultural products in accordance with regulations herein.
5. The Government encourages using other legal sources of funding to develop linkages in production and consumption of agricultural products.
Article 11. Eligibility requirements for subsidies
The participants in a linkage must satisfy all of the following requirements:
1. The linkage is conformable with the local socio – economic development plan.
2. There is a certification of compliance or a commitment to comply with law regulations on product quality, foods safety, disease-free status and environmental protection.
3. The stability of a linkage must be ensured:
a) With regard to agricultural products with an agricultural or production cycle of 01 year and above, the linkage period must be at least 05 years;
b) With regard to agricultural products with an agricultural or production cycle of less than 01 year, the linkage period must be at least 03 years.
4. The linkage project or the proposal for subsidies for the linkage has been given approval by a competent authority.
Article 12. Application and procedures for getting subsidies
1. Application for subsidies for the linkage:
a) The written request made by the linkage leader (according to Form No. 01 stated in the Appendix enclosed herewith);
b) The linkage project (made according to Form No. 02 stated in the Appendix enclosed herewith) or the proposal for subsidies for the linkage (made according to Form No. 03 stated in the Appendix enclosed herewith);
c) The agreement on appointment of linkage leader (made according to Form No. 04 stated in the Appendix enclosed herewith) if a linkage contract is entered inter between enterprises and/or cooperatives;
d) The copies of certificates or statements of product quality, foods safety, disease-free status and environmental protection; or commitments to comply with law regulations on these contents (made according to Form No. 05 stated in the Appendix enclosed herewith);
dd) The copy of the linkage contract.
2. Procedures for subsidies:
a) In case of subsidy for a linkage project approved by a Provincial-level People's Committee: The linkage leader shall send an application to the Provincial-level Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Upon the receipt of adequate documents as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article, the Provincial-level Department of Agriculture and Rural Development shall establish an appraisal council to verify the application. An appraisal council is comprised of a chairperson who is a leader of the Provincial-level Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, and its members who are representatives of the Provincial-level Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Provincial-level Department of Finance, and relevant authorities, and leaders of District-level People’s Committees. Within 15 working days from the receipt of a valid application, the appraisal council shall appraise and verify the received application. If an application is satisfactory, the Provincial-level Department of Agriculture and Rural Development shall submit a report requesting the Provincial-level People's Committee to consider giving approval. If an application is unsatisfactory, the Provincial-level Department of Agriculture and Rural Development must, within 10 working days from the appraising date, give a written notification, indicating reasons thereof, to the linkage leader. Within 10 working days from the receipt of report from the Provincial-level Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, the Provincial-level People's Committee shall make decision on grant of subsidies for the linkage project;
b) In case a District-level People’s Committee takes charge of approving subsidies for linkages, District-level Division of Agriculture (or District-level Economic Division) is assigned to carry out the procedures specified in Point a Clause 2 of this Article.
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