BENEFICIARIES

Beneficiaries are farm holdings that obtain slaughter services from slaughterhouses and are engaged in activities classified under subcategories 01.41.0 and 01.42.0 of Section A “AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING” of the Classification of Types of Economic Activities, approved by Order No. 874-N of 19 September 2013 of the Minister of Economy of the Republic of Armenia.

CONTENT

The goal of the programme is to encourage the use of slaughterhouse-based slaughter through state co-financing of the slaughter service fees incurred by farm holdings.

From 1 June 2025 to 30 December 2025, partial reimbursement will be provided by the state to the economic operator delivering the service, as follows:

1. In the amount of the fee set by the economic operator for each large cattle slaughtered under the service acquired by the beneficiary, but not exceeding the amount of AMD 10,000.

2. In the amount of the fee set by the economic operator for each large cattle diagnosed with brucellosis or testing positive, slaughtered on pre-designated sanitary days, but not exceeding the amount of AMD 15,000.

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LIMITATIONS

No reimbursement will be provided to beneficiaries acquiring slaughter services if:

• They are in-house slaughterhouses (i.e., they do not provide slaughter services to farm holdings), or

• The service provider is owned or operated by the beneficiary, or

• The beneficiary is a founder or shareholder holding more than 10% of the service provider, or

• The provider is a family member of the beneficiary (parent, spouse, or child).