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“The light stagnation of the sales will recover quickly in the moment in which it open the term of presentation of applications”

Interview to Carlos Cabanas, general director of Productions and Agricultural Markets of the MAGRAMA

David Pozo04/04/2014

The approval the past 7 March of the Plan PIMA Tierra, almost a month after the announcement realizar by the minister of Agriculture in Saragossa, created between agriculturalists and sector so much satisfaction like uncertainty. With the open announcement from mediated of April, until the month of May will not begin to be available the tool that allow finally distribute the five million euros with which explains the Plan, and that will go allocated no only to incentivar the renewal of the park of tractors, but it explains besides with a special game to boost the energetic efficiency, something that has not liked to a part of the industry. We have wanted to clear with Carlos Cabanas, general director of Productions and Agricultural Markets of the MAGRAMA, the most important points of this new and longed for Plan.

Carlos Cabanas, general director of Productions and Agricultural Markets of the MAGRAMA.

Which are the basic aims of the Plan PIMA Tierra?

The fundamental aim of the Plan PIMA Tierra is the reduction of broadcasts contaminantes produced by the agricultural machinery automotriz, in this case the tractors. The helps direct to the achatarramiento of obsolete tractors, previous to the date of entrance in force of the Directive 2000/25/CE, that establishes the progressive phases of reduction of broadcasts of NOx, particles and CO₂, for the agricultural tractors. With the help to the achatarramiento, will be necessary to purchase a new tractor that fulfil with the phases at present in force (phases IIIA, IIIB and IV), in function of the power of the new tractor.

As I complement to the basic quantity of the help, will value the energetic classification of the new tractor, with the aim to improve a lower consumption of diesel and therefore, of broadcasts of CO₂.

Who will be able to receive to this new plan and in which conditions?

The possible beneficiarios of the helps are agriculturalists to personal title, groupings of agriculturalists, cooperative, SAT, communities of goods, service companies, etc., always titled of an agricultural exploitation, or, in the case of service companies, devoted to the agricultural activity.

The tractors to achatarrar have to have a greater antiquity of 15 years, from his first registration in the ROME. Like fundamental requirement, the tractor or tractors to achatarrar have to carry inscribed in the Official Register of Agricultural Machinery to name of the applicant of the help, at least a year.

Likewise, the new tractor has to remain inscribed in the ROME to name of the applicant of the help. The new tractor will not be able to be enajenado in five years.

The fact that a part of the quantity was conditioned to the energetic efficiency of the tractor has caused some unrest between the manufacturers. It is due to that this help comes from directly of Environingingment and this was one of the conditions sine qua non to have of these bottoms?

The energetic classification of the tractors contributes a notable information that allows to the buyer choose better. It is important, in these moments of progressive increase of the price of the fuels fossils, know the efficiency of the tractors. Likewise, the industry has to tend to reduce the broadcasts of CO₂.

Nevertheless, the sector prefers that they do not compare some models with others. And on the other hand, it is true that the classification is an important part of the energetic efficiency. A second, depends the efficient driving since the agricultural tractor can be used in very different conditions of work. In this sense, the MAGRAMA also is working in the development of activities of learning headed to the efficient driving with the tractor.

The marks requested to the ministry that did not give to know the plan until they were not smart the suitable tools to carry out it. In fact it has caused a stop in the sales after a good start of year. it is working To put all the means the before possible?

Was predictable, nevertheless the light stagnation of the sales will recover quickly in the moment in which it open the term of presentation of applications of the Plan PIMA Tierra.

Any mark will be able to receive to the new plan?

Yes, whenever it have of models of tractors that fulfil with the current phases of broadcasts, according to the Directive 2000/25/CE.

This PIMA Tierra has a budget of 5 million euros, and this means, that in front of the avalanche of requests that expects , can finish in few days. It thinks that can have a PIMA 2 or even a PIMA 3 in this 2014?

The expectation that has created is important. The one who finish the bottoms quickly will be a sample of the good answer of initiatives like the Plan PIMA Tierra and will support the one who, to be able to obtain more bottoms, the MAGRAMA continue with these helps to the renewal of agricultural machinery.