Ministry of Rural Development: Rural departments are established in 45 chambers – 2024-04-23 07:22:51

The process of setting up Agricultural Departments in the country’s Chambers of Commerce is proceeding rapidly, following the passed bill of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food. This included a series of provisions concerning the establishment of agricultural departments in the chambers, as well as the establishment, operation and management of an Electronic Register of Farmers.

“With the passing of Law 5087/2024, articles 50-53, the Agricultural Departments within the Chambers that have been discussed for more than 10 years are implemented. Those involved in the primary sector who carry out commercial activity will be registered in the agricultural sections (that is, those who are already and will join GEMI in the future)” said the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Lefteris Avgenakis, underlining that “using the structures, know-how, experience and the operating framework of the Chambers, we want to integrate the Agricultural Departments into their institutional framework, giving access to the benefits of an already organized structure to producers and professionals in the primary sector. Our goal is for the Agricultural Departments to be the vestibule of the Agricultural Chambers”.

In our country, before the establishment of the new framework, Agricultural Departments were already operating in the Chambers of Serres, Trikala, Larissa, Karditsa, Drama and Magnesia. To these will be added, according to the data so far, another 45 Chambers, which appear positive in terms of the establishment of Agricultural Departments. Of these, 22 have initiated the establishment procedures (e.g. by decision of the Board of Directors), while the remaining 23 are positive regarding the establishment of agricultural departments, but have not yet begun the procedures.

In more detail, the 22 Chambers that have initiated the establishment procedures are the following: Commercial and Industrial of Athens, Industrial of Thessaloniki, Commercial and Industrial of Piraeus, Professional of Piraeus, Aitoloakarnania, Achaia, Boeotia, Evros, Imathia, Heraklion, Thesprotia, Ioannina, Kefalonia and Ithaca, Corinthia, Larissa, Lasithi, Magnesia, Preveza, Chania, Chios).

The 23 that are positive regarding the establishment of agricultural departments, but have not yet started the procedures are: Industrial of Athens, Commercial and Industrial of Thessaloniki, Professional & Industrial of Rhodope, Arcadia, Arta, Grevena, Drama, Dodecanese, Evia, Ilia, Kavala , Karditsa, Kastoria, Corfu, Kilkis, Kozani, Laconia, Lesvos, Lefkada, Xanthi, Rethymno, Samos and Fthiotida.

There are 5 Chambers that have not been activated up to now in terms of the possibility of establishing an Agricultural Department.

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