Notices published in Govt Gazette No 20,407 of 19 May 2020

Directorate of Agriculture

The Farm Extension Services within the Directorate of Agriculture is authorised by the Directorate for Plant Protection as the Competent Authority for the Registration of Soil Management Consultants. The consultancy takes place in connection with AECM5 on Measures for the implementation of a soil management and conservation plan on a holding. The main objective of this Measure is to incentivize farmers to prepare and implement a Soil Management Plan (SMP) on their farm with three main targets - to combat soil threats; soil loss and imbalance; and low levels of organic matter. For this service, clients will pay the amount of €20 per field/group of adjacent fields reported in the SMP, registered with LPIS and committed with AECM5. The lump sum is calculated by Farm Extension Services and must be paid by the client as requested.

Together with this service, clients will have the possibility to apply for Fertiliser Plan service with AgriConnect FAS, against a payment of €20 per field/group of adjacent fields reported in each Fertiliser Plan.

Both fees of the abovementioned services are inclusive of VAT and exclude soil analysis expenses.

In terms of Regulation 111 (2) of the Public Procurement Regulations 2016 (L.N. 352 of 2016), the following direct order was awarded by the Office for the Commissioner for Revenue within the Ministry for Finance and Financial Services to enter into a contract for service with Dr Marie Elise Agius for the provision of legal services on matters relating to the interpretation and implementation of the Duty on Document and Transfers Act, Value Added Tax Act and Income Tax Act (Revenue Acts) for a period of 1 year starting from 28th May, 2020, till 4th March, 2021, paid at the rate of €23.08 per hour for the cost of  €18,461.54 excluding VAT.

In terms of Regulation 111 (2) of the Public Procurement Regulations 2016 (L.N. 352 of 2016), the following direct order was awarded by the Office for the Commissioner for Revenue within the Ministry for Finance and Financial Services to enter into a contract for service with Mr Mario Borg for the provision of services related to risk management processes and operational planning processes tied to self-assessments for a period of 1 year starting from 27th April, 2020, till 26th April, 2021, paid at a rate of €23.08 per hour for the cost of €36,000.00 VAT excluded.