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A breeder cannot be punished for the poor operation of the IRZ system. Experts and farmers spoke

Hodowcy nie można karać za złe działanie systemu IRZ. Głos zabrali eksperci i rolnicy

In the article "Instead of subsidies for animal welfare, the farmer received a penalty for four years" we described the case of a beef cattle breeder from the Łódź Voivodeship who applied for subsidies for animal welfare. Janusz Wojciechowski, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Jacek Zarzecki, president of PZHiPBM, as well as agricultural advisors commented on the described case.

ARiMR does not give but takes away

Łukasz Kobus from Zalesie in the Brzeziny commune devoted a lot of money and his own hard work to build a paddock, install gates and drives, and put up shelters for cattle. However, the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture rejected his application for payment for the welfare of fatteners, but fined him for failing to report the purchase and sale of cattle on time a few months earlier. Meanwhile, the farmer claims that he registered the movements of calves and fattening animals, but the agency system did not work properly and he did not save the notifications. In addition, a few days later the breeder noticed the gaps in the register and successfully reported the cattle. However, ARiMR officials "automatically" refused to make the payment and charged the applicant a penalty, which he has to pay off over the next 3 years.

Instead of welfare payments, the farmer was sentenced to four years

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Instead of welfare payments, the farmer was sentenced to four years

Too strict an approach…

"The agency's approach is probably too strict, because it is Article 59 of EU Regulation 2021/2116," Janusz Wojciechowski commented on the X social media platform (formerly Twitter).

In a subsequent post, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture explains that: "Article 59 of EU Regulation 2021/2116 states: …that no penalties shall be imposed where… the non-compliance is the result of an error by the competent authority… where the error does not could reasonably have been discovered by the person concerned. The description of the case in @farmer_pl falls under this case."

Inadequate punishment

"First of all, it looks like there is no fault on the farmer's part, but even if there was, the sanction seems absolutely inadequate and disproportionate. And Brussels does not order such penalties; on the contrary, it requires common sense and moderation in the application of sanctions." – Wojciechowski emphasizes in the discussion that took place on social media.

The resort promised

Jacek Zarzecki, president of the Polish Association of Beef Cattle Breeders and Producers, points out and reminds that farmers' problems resulting from the faulty operation of the animal identification and registration system were discussed with the Ministry of Agriculture on January 13, 2023, during the work of the beef team. The Ministry then committed to waiving sanctions against farmers who failed to effectively report animal movements in IRZplus due to technical problems in the operation of the application.

The ministry was also to warn the Veterinary Inspection to waive sanctions against farmers. Was ARiMR not informed about this position of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development?

"It is the complete fault of the system and the farmer cannot be punished for an offense that is not his," says Jacek Zarzecki, referring to the case of a breeder from near Łódź described by us.

Farmers say

"For the official, it is more important that "everything is correct" in the documents than the actual situation. In this case, we are dealing with exceptional overzealousness, because not only was the farmer deprived of subsidies, but also a penalty was imposed." – Piotr from Podkarpacie comments on Janusz Wojciechowski's entries.

"Instead of taking care of his animals, the farmer is fighting with a faulty IRZ. The system should be intuitive and user-friendly, and penalizing an honest farmer for a poorly functioning system is a curiosity intended to discourage farmers from submitting welfare applications." – says another Internet user.

"The system is defective. There are often errors or unexpected technical work. The punishment is definitely too severe, especially if it was a one-time situation. As a young farmer, I had problems understanding this program." – notes another farmer.

From the perspective of a consultant

It is also worth noting the comment posted under our article by a reader who works professionally as an agricultural advisor. She also criticizes both the operation of the IRZ system itself, as well as the functioning of ARiMR and the entire system of distributing EU subsidies for agriculture, which forgets what a farmer's work is all about.

"As an agricultural advisor, I gave up this year with all ARiMR applications. Frequent sending of summonses and going on vacation, it is impossible to consult the summons and we have rejection, no consequences. I cannot write a letter that due to the complicated nature of the case I will consider the summons at a later date , because I have 22 calls from various fields on my desk. The IRZ application is really playing tricks. Applications are processed after a year, the farmer forgets what he wrote in the application, machine prices are going up, calls in agriculture 4.0 and the deadline for response is 7 days (farmer there is no time to go to representatives), fairs and holidays, and sometimes he forgets to answer the call. Each regional branch has its own rules for processing and its own procedures and guidelines. The number of applications speaks for itself. So I greet all the persistent ones," writes our Reader.

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