Action "Support for investments in agricultural holdings"

Who can apply for project:

• agricultural holding - a legal or natural person who produced agricultural products in last concluded year;
• a natural person who is planning to start a farm or get merchant status or legal person who is planning to launch production of agricultural products;
• appropriate agricultural services co-operative society, which has received the status of compliance in accordance with the laws and regulations on farmers' unions and forestry unions in the conformity assessment.

Eligible actions and costs:

• investment in the new equipment, machinery, equipment, information technologies and software supply and installation intended for unprocessed agricultural products, and associated packaging and pre-treatment, as well as the permanent fruit-growing crops (excluding strawberries) plants for the purchase of planting support system, fence fencing support for the purchase, installation and plantations;
• unprocessed agricultural products, the associated packaging and pre-treatment for new construction of buildings, refurbishing existing buildings on the basis of contracts with third parties responsible for the execution of works and the necessary construction of new acquisitions.

CONDITIONS AND CRITERIA:

Programming period one applicant for aid for sub-total eligible costs amount to more than 2 000 000 EUR within the limits of the applicant's average revenue from agricultural production and processing agreements concluded in the last two years before the project application is submitted more than:

• times, if the applicant for aid is implementing the project of construction activity;
• three times if the applicant for aid shall invest in the new equipment, machinery, equipment, information technologies and software supply and installation intended for unprocessed agricultural products, and associated packaging and pre-treatment, as well as the permanent fruit-growing crops (excluding strawberries) for the purchase of seedlings, planting support system, fence, fence support for the purchase, installation and plantations, but not exceeding EUR 700 000 over the whole programming period.

This condition does not apply to applicants if the total eligible costs of the supported programming period is less than 150 000 EUR.

In one project proposal may include "Support for investment in agricultural holdings" and "Aid for investment in the processing" a number of activities.

Aid intensity:

Agricultural holdings:

• the construction of buildings, conversion of perennial plantations - 40%;
• purchase of agricultural tractors – 20% - 40%;
• For trailers, implements, tractor (excluding agricultural tractors)– 30% -40%

Cooperative societies:

• buildings for construction, reconstruction and purchase of specialized transport – 40%
• For trailers, implements, tractor (excluding agricultural tractors)– 25%

The aid intensity of construction projects (with the exception of co-operative societies) increase by 10% if:

• project is being implemented in the livestock sector, where grown herbivores;
• project is implemented in the Rules Nr.600 11.2.1.apakšpunktā to achieve that objective (project energy efficiency ratio reduced by at least 20%).
  The maximum aid intensity is 50% of eligible costs.

Scheduled to open in 2016 in the I quarter.