The financial assistance from the agriculture subsidization fund will be offered under a contract signed by the recipient and the Agriculture Ministry's Agency for Payments and Intervention in Agriculture, Info-Prim Neo reports. Agriculture Minister Valeriu Cosarciuc said the signing of contracts will make the recipients of agricultural subsidies more responsible when using the allocated money. The subsidies will be provided under business plans that will be selected by contest. The selection criteria include the professionalism of the recipients and the sums asked for. The regulations approved by the Government include a set of measures aimed at ensuring transparency in the process of providing subsidies, including administrative punishments for the functionaries that will not observe the procedures or will be involved in corruption acts. Valeriu Cosarciuc said a large part of the subsidies will be released in the near future so that the farmers could prepare for the spring agricultural works.