SUBVENTIONS FOR AGRICULTURE IN ROMANIA - SUB-MEASURE 4.2

SUB-MEASURE 4.2 - SUPPORT FOR INVESTMENTS IN PROCESSING / MARKETING FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS

 

PURPOSE :

to support businesses that achieve tangible and intangible investments for processing and marketing of agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty of establishing the European Community, except fishery.

 

OBJECTIVES:

  • Establish and / or upgrading of processing and marketing units;
  • The introduction of new technologies to develop new products;
  • Applying environment protection measures including lowering energy consumption and GHG emissions;
  • Promoting investments for the production and use of renewable energy;
  • Increasing the number of jobs.

 

BENEFICIARIES:

  • Companies defined in national legislation in force;
  • Cooperatives, producer groups established under national legislation in force, serving the interests of members.

 

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS:

  • The applicant must qualify for eligible beneficiaries;
  • The applicant must provide co-investment
  • The investment must fall into at least one of the types of support provided by sub-measure. Support will be limited to investments in processing agricultural products included in the list in Annex I of the Treaty establishing the European Community to obtain products Annex I and non-Annex I;
  • It has to be demonstrated the economic viability of investment in economic and technical documentation;
  • The applicant must not be in difficulty ;
  • The applicant will conduct an assessment of the expected impact on the environment if it can be environmental impacts;
  • Support will be limited to investments in processing agricultural products included in Annex I to the Treaty Establishing the European Community to obtain products Annex I and non-Annex I;
  • The investment will comply with the legislation in force in the field of public health, sanitary-veterinary and Food Safety.

 

GRANTS:

1. SME - up to 50% of total eligible expenditure not exceeding 1,000,000 euro.

2. for other businesses - up to 40% of total eligible expenditure not exceeding 1,500,000 euro.

3. for investments leading to an integrated food chain (regardless of the applicant), Co-operative Association and producer groups - up to 50% of eligible expenditure without exceed 2,500,000 euro.

 

ELIGIBLE COSTS:

a. Construction, expansion, modernization and equipping buildings processing units;

b. Acquisition (including leasing) new machinery, plant, equipment and means of specialized transport for the collection of raw materials and / or marketing agricultural products in integrated supply chains;

c. Expenses for improving the quality of internal control and compliance with new standards imposed by European legislation for the processing and marketing of agricultural and food products;

d. Products obtained marketing expenses;

e. Expenses arising from investments in intangible assets (rights relating to patents, licenses, know-how or unpatented technical knowledge).

 

NON-ELIGIBLE COSTS:

  1. Expenditure on acquisition of buildings;
  2. Other ineligible costs: General expenses on goods and equipment "Second hand"; expenditure incurred before the signing of the contract of the project with the exception of general costs as defined in art. 45, paragraph 2 c) of R (EU). 1305/2013 which may be completed before applying for funding, expenditure necessary for the implementation and projects involving the creation / conversion orchards; acquisition costs means of transport for personal use and to transport people; value tax added, unless it cannot recover under national law VAT and specific provisions for financial instruments;

 

SELECTION CRITERIA:

  • creation of integrated supply chains, namely the integration of collection, sorting, storage, packaging, processing and marketing;
  • high value-added product (ex.: organic products, traditional products participating in quality schemes recognized at European level, etc.);
  • association of cooperatives or groups of producers or accession OIPA principle;
  • agricultural potential targeting potential areas determined under a specialty study.