scholarly journals Financial Compensations for Losses Due to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy in the Czech Republic in 2001-2007

2008 ◽  
Vol 77 (3) ◽  
pp. 475-482 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Pospíšil ◽  
Z. Pospíšil ◽  
D. Zendulková ◽  
P. Lány
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Disease Diagnosis ◽  
Spongiform Encephalopathy ◽  
State Budget ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Beef Producers ◽  
Additional Costs ◽  
Ministry Of Finance

Based on Czech legislature, the farmers whose herds were affected by bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) are reimbursed for the costs associated with disease diagnosis, killing the animals and safely disposing of their carcasses, decontamination of their premises, if necessary, and compensations for the value of the animals killed and for losses due to non-materialised production. Between 2001 and 2007, a total of 1,194,743 were examined for BSE, 27 BSEpositive cases were detected and, consequently, 3,997 animals were killed and destroyed. To reduce the negative economic impact on agricultural production, farmers were compensated for selected cost items by the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic from the state budget. The costs of examination for BSE, killing of animals and destroying their carcasses, and decontamination of farms were CZK 18.9 million (9.7%), compensations for the value of the animals killed amounted to almost CZK 164.0 million (83.3%) and compensations for nonmaterialised production reached almost CZK 13.6 million (6.9%). Together with some additional costs, the total of reimbursements during the period of 2001–2007 in the Czech Republic was almost CZK 197 million. These results are discussed in comparison to rather scarce data in the international literature which reports only the total costs associated with BSE occurrence and not individual cost items by which cattle and beef producers are burdened.

scholarly journals Expenses connected with disposing of animals with bovine spongiform encephalopathy in selected rendering plant in the Czech Republic

2009 ◽  
Vol 57 (3) ◽  
pp. 133-140
Author(s):  
Richard Pospíšil
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
The State ◽  
Spongiform Encephalopathy ◽  
State Budget ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
First Case ◽  
Additional Costs ◽  
The Cost

The first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) in the Czech Republic appeared in 2001 and since that a total of 28 infected cows have been detected. Two outbreaks of BSE in 2007 and no di­sea­sed animal in 2008 confirms that, in the Czech Republic, the disease incidence has a decreasing trend, which is in an agreement with the situation in other EU countries. According to the Veterinary Act No. 166/1999, farmers with BSE disease are indemnified from the state budget. The state, therefore, significantly contributes to the prevention and mitigation of BSE and ensures epidemiologic health in our country. Between the outbreak in 2001 and 2008, a total of 1 311 473 cows were exa­mi­ned and, based on the finding of 28 BSE-positive animals, 4 022 cows were subsequently slaughtered. BSE examination, killing and decontamination costs amounted to 18.9 million CZK, compensation costs for killed animals reached almost 163.9 million CZK and compensation for unaccomplished production accounted for over 13.6 million CZK. Together with other additional costs, the total financial compensations paid out during the period of BSE presence were almost 198 million CZK. A se­pa­ra­te budget is proportioned to subsequent safe disposing of carcasses in rendering plants. The rendering plant “Asanace, spol. s r. o., Zichlinek“ was appointed by the State Veterinary Administration to perform the disposal of carcasses. Since the beginning of 2003 to 2008, 22 cases of BSE were reported and 3 572 cows were killed and destroyed there, what represents 2 221 tons of material . The cost of processing of 1 kg of waste material ranged from 3.50 CZK to 6.50 CZK, total costs reached 9.315 thousand CZK. The final product – meat and bone meal – was incinerated in a cement factories at a cost of 1 CZK per 1 kg between years 2003–2006, now it is free of charge. This study does not include costs of disposal of Specific Risk Material, because it is covered by slaughter houses, that are the source of this material.

scholarly journals Compensations for the losses caused by bovine spongiform encephalopathy in the Czech Republic

2008 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 157-164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Pospíšil ◽  
Zdeněk Pospíšil
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Disease Incidence ◽  
Spongiform Encephalopathy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
First Case ◽  
Specified Risk Material ◽  
Additional Costs

Since 2001 when the first case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was identified in the Czech Republic, a total of 27 infected cows have been detected. A single outbreak of BSE in 2007 confirms that, in the Czech Republic, the disease incidence has a decreasing trend, which is in agreement with the situation in other EU countries. In order to conrol the disease and in the interests of human health protection, the killing of infected animals and related cohorts (groups of potentially infected animals), as well as eliminaton of specified risk material (SRM) were commenced. To reduce the negative impact of these measures on agricultural production it was possible, on the basis of the Veterinary Act No. 166/1999, to compensate the relevant costs to the farmers involved; these were covered by the Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic from the budgedary chapter „General Treasury Administration“. Between the outbreak in 2001 and 2007, a total of 1 181 296 cows were examined and, based on the finding of 27 BSE-positive animals, 3 994 cows were subsequently slaughtered. BSE exa­mi­na­tion, killing and decontamination costs amounted to 18.9 million CZK, compensation costs for killed animals reached almost 163.9 million CZK and compensation for unaccomplished production accounted for over 13.6 million CZK. Together with other additional costs, the total financial compensations paid out during the period of BSE presence were almost 197 million CZK. The findings of this study are discussed and compared with rather sparse information available on the costs related to BSE abroad. The available data suggests that the compensations for BSE-related costs paid to farmers in the Czech Republic were proportional to those in the European Union, USA or Canada.

scholarly journals Environmental analysis in the winegrowing industry

2012 ◽  
Vol 48 (No, 7) ◽  
pp. 298-302 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Tomšík
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Environmental Analysis ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Individual Factors ◽  
State Budget ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Compulsory Registration ◽  
The Eu

Environmental analysis in the winegrowing industry is necessary for strategic management of businesses in this industry. The paper is focused on PEST analysis and pays attention to individual factors. It emphasizes the necessity of adjustment of the Czech legislation to the EU conditions, fulfilment of its conditions, e.g. compulsory registration of vineyards. In the field of economics, it is necessary to pay attention to renovation of vineyards with the help of subsidies from the state budget because the industry contributes to keeping the cultural level of the region and the human resources on the territory. It can be also a source of the environmental pollution. The technology of vine processing follows the changes in viniculture, changes of growing-technology and of the structure of white and red varieties. In conditions of the Czech Republic, it means to gradually transfer to production of quality varieties of vines by gradual renovation, which has to be a priority. The winegrowing sector is the industry with the highest value added also in the Czech Republic, and its share in the total agricultural production in a region can reach a significant level.

scholarly journals Costs related to bovine spongiform encephalopathy control in the Czech Republic in 2001–2008

2009 ◽  
Vol 55 (No. 3) ◽  
pp. 149-155
Author(s):  
R. Pospíšil
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy ◽  
Economic Impacts ◽  
The Other ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Spongiform Encephalopathy ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Disease Eradication ◽  
Carcass Disposal ◽  
Positive Animal

This paper pays attention to and analyses two of the economic impacts of the BSE occurrence in the Czech Republic, namely the financial compensations to the farmers whose herds had been affected and the costs of animal killing and carcass disposal in the rendering plant. Between February 2001 and the end of June 2008, a total of 1 263 749 cows were examined and 28 cases of the BSE were detected. Consequently, 4 022 cows in cohorts were killed and their carcasses were safely disposed of. The farmers whose herds had been affected were provided compensations for the losses suffered. The total of the compensations in this period reached CZK 198,413 thousand. Of these, 83.3% (CZK 164.9 million) were compensations for the value of the killed animals, 9.7% (CZK 19.2 million) for the related costs, i.e., killing, safe disposal of carcasses and the examination for the BSE, and 6.9% (CZK 13.5 million) for the losses due to non-materialised production. The average costs per 1 BSE-positive animal were CZK 7.08 million and the average costs per 1 cohort animal were CZK 49 331. In the rendering plant responsible for killing the infected and cohort animals and safely disposing of their carcasses, the total of 2 221 tons of raw material was processed between March 2003 and February 2008, and this cost CZK 9 315 thousand. The fact that there were only two cases of the BSE in 2007 and none in 2008 suggests a trend towards the disease eradication, which is in agreement with the situation in the other EU countries.

scholarly journals Efficiency of road tax in the tax system of the Czech Republic

2012 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 17-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Břetislav Andrlík
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Total Expenditure ◽  
Tax System ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Administrative Costs ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Group A ◽  
Ministry Of Finance ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
Specific Number

The paper deals with the efficiency of road tax in the tax system of the Czech Republic, focusing on the administrative costs of taxation on the timeline 2005 to 2009. It contains a theoretical definition of tax efficiency, and describes the types of costs connected with taxes. From this perspective it focuses on quantifying the direct administrative costs of road tax. Direct measurement of administrative costs is done by using the method called the method of recounted worker which classifies employees of local tax authorities in separate groups and assigns each group a specific number of employees for each reference road tax using the conversion factors. Then it defines the total expenditure of local tax authorities using the coefficients for a particular monitored tax and it provides administrative costs as a percentage of road tax receipts. It can be said from obtained results that direct administrative costs of road taxes are higher, especially if the Ministry of Finance (2004) states that the average direct administrative costs of the tax system in the Czech Republic reach about 2 %. The results achieved in individual surveyed years are for road tax in relation to the reported average value of direct administrative costs of the tax system in the Czech Republic, increased on average by about 1.96 percentage point. Finally, the results of measurements indicating the proposed amendment are discussed.

scholarly journals Regional classification of the Czech Republic, based on the production orientation of agricultural enterprises

2012 ◽  
Vol 51 (No. 10) ◽  
pp. 435-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Střeleček ◽  
J. Lososová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Sample Survey ◽  
Food Crops ◽  
Pork Meat ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Grain Crops

ThearticledescribesthelayoutofplantproductionandlivestockdensityintheCzechRepublicin2003 according to a sample survey of the Czech Statistical Office.Theproductionorientationof agriculturalenterprisesis definedas a small amount of market products that represent the predominant part of revenues. Grain crops, pork meat, milk and non-food crops represent the production orientation of Czech agriculture. Thesecommoditiesrepresentmorethan70%oftotal agricultural production in the Czech Republic. In this article, the authors have attempted to definearegionalclassification according to production orientation of agricultural enterprises and intensity of agricultural production.

scholarly journals Subsidies for the organic agriculture

2008 ◽  
Vol 53 (No. 9) ◽  
pp. 393-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Jánský ◽  
I. Živělová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Organic Farming ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Organic Agriculture ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Organic Farms ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Eu Countries

The paper presents selected results of the research intent No. MSM 6215648904 “Czech national economy in processes of integration and globalization and the development in sectors of agriculture and services under conditions of European integrated market“. Its authors evaluate the effects of subsidies on the development of organic farming in the Czech Republic and in some selected EU countries. In the Czech Republic, the height of subsidies for the organic farming is continuously increasing. In 1998, the total amount of subsidies was 48 million CZK while in 2004 it increased to nearly 277 million CZK. Numbers of organic farms as well as the area under organic farming increased in dependence on the subsidies for this form of agricultural production.

scholarly journals Financing of a Non-governmental Non-profit Organization from the State Budget

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 53-63
Author(s):  
Nikol Nevečeřalová
Keyword(s):  
Czech Republic ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
The State ◽  
Tax Law ◽  
State Budget ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Public Benefit ◽  
National Budget ◽  
Private And Public

This contribution deals with the non-profit sector, where the author primarily mentions the differences between private and public non-profit organizations. The author will focus mainly on issues related with the funding of a non-governmental non-profit organization including their possible participation in the national budget of the Czech Republic. The author will also deal with the position of a non-governmental non-profit organization as a subject of law, which in the theory of financial law and specifically in the subsector of tax law “occupies” the position of a public benefit taxpayer [Law on income tax, Section 17a]. The main aim of the contribution is to use graphs and data to define which resources a non-governmental non-profit organization uses for its existence. In the last part of the article, the author using methods of comparison and deduction use states specific example of a non-governmental non-profit organization and its participation in the budget of the Czech Republic.

scholarly journals The impact of structural social capital on farm income in the Czech Republic 

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (No. 6) ◽  
pp. 281-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Wolz ◽  
J. Fritzsch ◽  
J. Pencáková
Keyword(s):  
Social Capital ◽  
Czech Republic ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Planning System ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Production Factors ◽  
Corporate Farms ◽  
The One ◽  
The Impact

The change of the economic system from the socialist central planning system to the market economy required the reorganisation not only of agricultural production, but also of the organisations supporting it. In the Czech Republic, agricultural production is characterised by a dualistic structure, i.e. private farmers on the one side and corporate farms on the other. However, among both groups some had been economically more successful than others. In general, a varying adoption of production factors, i.e. land, labour and capital is identified as being of influence. Namely, their ability to collaborate with other farms which is discussed under the concept of social capital, will be analysed in this paper. Based on the findings of a survey among a sample of 62 farms by adopting factor and multiple regression analysis, it can be deduced that social capital is indeed a significant factor determining farm income. 

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