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Welcome, everyone. Today,
the government passed two decrees

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to help the agriculture sector.
The first decree

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talks about the help because
of the loss of fodder in 2022.

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This help is meant for farms
with at least two animals per ha

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and a stocking density of at least
0.9 that reported damage in 2022

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and are registered
as an agricultural holding.

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The help is distributed
in two categories.

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In the first category, there are
farms with 30-60% damage,

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and in the second category, there
are farms with more than 60% damage.

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All together, we will distribute
4.5 million euros.

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We decided to help because of
high prices and the lack of fodder.

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We don't want the farmers
to reduce the number of livestock.

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With the second decree,
we will help the beekeepers.

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The help will be distributed
to all beekeepers

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that have
at least four bee families.

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On average,
they will get €10 per family.

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The total amount is
a little less than 2 million euros.

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The Slovenian Beekeepers'
Association committed

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not to raise the price of honey,
except for the inflation level.

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This way, we will try
to control inflation.

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Thank you. Please.

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Rok Šuligoj, TV Slovenija.
Have you talked

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with the agricultural
and beekeeping organizations

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and how did they react?

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All the measures
were accepted in consensus

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with the Beekeepers Association,
professional beekeepers

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and organic beekeepers.
We coordinated everything.

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The help for livestock farms

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was coordinated with the Chamber
of Agriculture and Forestry,

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the Countryside Youth Association
and the Farmers' Union.

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Thank you.

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Are there questions
through Zoom?

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Nobody applied. Thank you, minister.
-You're welcome.

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Goodbye. -We have another topic.
One moment, please.

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Go ahead, minister.
-Hello.

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The government has adopted basis
for preparing normative solutions

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in regards
to misdemeanour proceedings

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that were administered
during the Covid 19 epidemic.

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This basis shall be the framework
of a normative solution,

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which we are preparing
on Ministry of Justice

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in collaboration
with Ministry of Internal Affairs

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and Government
Legislation Office.

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The deadline for preparation
of this basis is January 31st 2023.

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The main emphasis of this solution
that we can already communicate,

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although the basis is not
ready yet, are as follows:

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We will make a legal basis
for returning paid penalties,

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costs of the procedures
and costs for enforced recovery

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in relation to those procedures that
were introduced during the epidemic

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based on invalid
or unconstitutional legal basis.

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The solution shall establish that
current procedures should stop,

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as well as procedures
about community service

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procedures of imprisonment,
enforced recovery

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and procedures of recovery
of costs of criminal procedure.

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The procedure of returning of fines
will be governed of its own motion.

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That means automatically. Affected
don't have to act on their own.

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The goal of this government is
that the returning runs smoothly

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and centralized. The affected shall
automatically get a calculation,

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they can dispute, but the payment
shall also be automatic.

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It will be modelled on restitution
of overpaid advance on income tax.

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Financial resources
for the reimbursement

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will of course
be provided entirely

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from the budget
of the Republic of Slovenia.

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Thank you. Go ahead.
-Rok Šuligoj, TV Slovenia.

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Do you have an estimate of how
many resources will be needed?

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When will people start
receiving notifications?

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When will all this
be carried out?

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What if there is an error,
if someone is left out? Thank you.

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The deadline for the preparation
of a normative solution,

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which will be a special law,

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is January 31, 2023.

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The preparation of the legal basis
is going very well and very quickly.

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The solutions for the legislative
procedure might be prepared earlier,

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but definitely by
January 31 at the latest.

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Then, of course, the law must be
passed by the National Assembly

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and it will be implemented
as scheduled.

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The minor offence authorities

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that have introduced
the minor offence procedures

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will also carry out the calculations
and send them to citizens

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who were the subject
of minor offence proceedings.

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Then they will get
an automatic calculation,

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similar to income tax calculations.

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They will be able to object to this
calculation if there are mistakes.

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In there is no objection,
when the deadline expires

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or when a replacement
calculation is issued,

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fines and costs will be
refunded automatically.

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Thank you. Go ahead.
-What is the amount?

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I'm sorry, I forgot to answer.

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The fines imposed in these
minor offence proceedings

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amounted to a little
over five million euros.

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Voluntarily paid fines totalled
around 1,700,000 euros.

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This is also the estimated amount
that will have to be paid back.

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This is around 30%
of all imposed fines.

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We will have to add
the costs of procedures.

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Almost four million euros
is the amount of fines

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which are still
in enforced recovery procedures.

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When this law comes into force,

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we will have a legal basis
to stop these procedures.

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Thank you.
Any questions over Zoom?

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No. Minister, thank you.
-Thank you very much.

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Thank you for your attention.