Announcement Intervention SRE01 - Establishment of young farmers

The purpose of the first setting-up support measure is to grant support to young farmers up to the age of forty-one who are setting up for the first time on an agricultural holding as head of the holding, upon presentation of a business plan for the development of the agricultural activity. The aid consists of a lump-sum capital premium of Euro 40,000.00.

For all applications, the Agricultural Service verifies, by means of administrative checks and a possible visit to the farm in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 2021/2116 and the relevant implementing and delegated acts of the European Commission and the national implementing rules, the following requirements

• the implementation of the business plan
• the continued fulfilment of the eligibility conditions for the granting of aid set out in point 3.2;
• continuation of the scores awarded in the ranking according to the selection criteria set out in point 6.1 above in categories C (holdings set up from scratch), E (certification of the production method), G (prevailing technical and economic orientation of the farm);
• compliance with publicity obligations. In order to comply with the information and publicity obligations for operations supported by the EAFRD, the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 2022/129 and the provisions issued by the Managing Authority apply. The provisions on publicity and information obligations for each individual operation are available at https://www.provincia.tn.it/FEASR.

Before the final payment of the premium, on the balance payment applications, the APPAG Paying Agency shall carry out on-the-spot checks by sampling, in accordance with the relevant regulations in force.

For at least 10 years from the date the aid is granted, by determination of the Director of the Agricultural Service, each beneficiary must

• be head of holding
• be entered in the first section of the provincial register of agricultural undertakings
• operate as a farmer in the management of a holding with a size in terms of volume of work equal to 2080 hours of agricultural work per year per beneficiary manager in the management. The size is calculated on the basis of the contents of the farm file according to the time and income table.

These obligations are checked by means of ex post controls in accordance with the relevant regulations.

Sample checks will also be carried out, in accordance with the relevant regulations in force, on the declarations in lieu of affidavits and certifications.

Applications may be submitted by young farmers who on the date of application

• are older than 18 years and younger than 41 years (not completed);
• have set up no more than 24 months before submitting the aid application;
• they set up in a business with its registered office, business file and business centre in the Province of Trento;
• they set up as head of the holding;
• are active farmers.

The joint establishment of two young people who join the company operating under conditions equivalent to those required of the person setting up as head of the holding is permitted. This may take place either if the young people set up at the same time or at different times within the 2023-2027 programming period.

The young farmer must submit a business plan for the development of the agricultural activity, an integral part of the aid application, which will be assessed for technical and economic appropriateness during the preliminary investigation.

The farm must have a minimum size of 300 hours on the date the application is submitted. It is not allowed to go below this minimum limit during the establishment process. The size is calculated on the basis of the contents of the farm file according to the time and income table published on the institutional website of the Province. In the case of companies, the minimum value is to be considered for each partner with the requirements of young settlers.

Requirements that may be present at the time of application or reached within 36 months of the granting of support

The young farmer must have adequate training or professional competence, which is deemed to have been acquired if the young farmer holds one of the following qualifications: a university degree in agriculture, forestry, veterinary medicine, or a secondary school qualification in agriculture (5-year technical high school diploma or 4-year vocational training diploma both in agriculture or an equivalent qualification) . For young farmers without the required qualification, the Professional Agricultural Entrepreneur's Licence (BPIA) is considered sufficient proof of adequate professional qualification and competence.

Being a Professional Agricultural Entrepreneur.

To be registered in the first section of the Provincial Archive of Agricultural Enterprises (APIA).

The farm to be set up must have a volume of work corresponding to at least one man work unit (LSU), equal to 2080 hours of agricultural work per year per beneficiary manager. In the case of companies: 2080 hours for each young person set up and 1040 hours for each other partner engaged in agriculture as their main occupation. The size is calculated on the basis of the contents of the farm file according to the time and income table.

Conditions of non-eligibility

Aid is not granted to young farmers who set up on a holding resulting from a subdivision in the 36 months preceding the application for support of a holding run by a spouse, relatives and relatives-in-law within the second degree or a subdivision of a company in which there is a spouse, relatives and relatives-in-law within the second degree. The condition must remain in place until the date of the investigating technician's final assessment, under penalty of revocation of the aid and recovery of the first instalment disbursed.

The aid may not be granted to young people setting up in undertakings which have been the recipients of recoveries of contributions granted under the 2007-2013 RDP, the 2014-2022 RDP and the CSR (or PSP) which were subsequently revoked, without their repayment.

All the necessary requirements and selection criteria are specified in the text of the Provincial Council Resolution No. 1914 of 13 October 2023.

The application may be submitted by the young farmer, who may use a consultant appointed to enter the application into the SRTrento information system.

The application must be digitally signed by the person entitled to sign the document, otherwise it will be inadmissible.

For any assistance in accessing and enabling the portal, please contact helpdesk.srtrento@provincia.tn.it.

The application must be submitted online by accessing the provincial agricultural information system SRTrento at https://srt.infotn.it which can also be reached from the portal https://a4g.provincia.tn.it/ by the deadline.

Access to the reserved area is allowed only to registered users, each user must first be accredited according to the procedures indicated in the manual on the SRTrento home page. The application must be digitally signed by the person entitled to sign the document, otherwise it will be inadmissible. For any assistance in accessing and enabling the portal you can helpdesk.srtrento@provincia.tn.it

The application acquires the data from the farm file and contains

1. indication of the qualifications for the awarding of points with reference to the selection criteria, with the relevant details for ex officio acquisition;
2. objectives to be achieved;
3. business plan;
4. minimum farm size of 300 hours;
5. privacy policy.

The application also contains the declaration in lieu of affidavit, pursuant to Articles 46 and 47 of Presidential Decree No 445 of 28 December 2000, certifying

that he has not benefited from other start-up aid for young farmers, as indicated in point 4.5.1, and in any case that he has not already benefited from the start-up premium under the Community rural development policy

that they possess adequate professional knowledge and skills (indication of qualification);

in the case of a company, the date on which it was set up or the date on which the young person joined the company as head of the holding;

in the case of joint start-ups, an indication of the young people who benefit or have already benefited from the start-up premium.

The following requirements will be ascertained ex officio

possession of a VAT number; eventual registration with the APIA; eventual IAP registration; the requirement to be an active farmer.

Documents to be attached to the aid application

Declaration in lieu of affidavit, pursuant to Articles 46 and 47 of Presidential Decree No 445 of 28 December 2000 certifying

the particulars of the applicant's spouse, relatives and relatives-in-law up to the second degree who are farmers or have been farmers in the preceding 36 months;

limited to those applying for the score of ex-novo holding referred to in point 6.1 lett. C1 of the table, the declaration must also include details of the spouse, relatives and relatives-in-law of the applicant up to the third degree of kin who are or have been farmers in the previous 36 months.

Within 60 days from the day following the deadline for submitting the applications as per point 7.1, a ranking list of merit of the applications will be approved by a decision of the Director of the Agricultural Service, on the basis of scores assigned according to the 'selection criteria' as defined in point 6.

In the case of applications included in the priority ranking, but not eligible for financing due to lack of resources, a non-acceptance measure is adopted pursuant to Provincial Law 23/92, to be communicated to the applicant.

For all the eligible applications, the Agricultural Service verifies the presence of the eligibility conditions for the granting of aid, assesses the adequacy of the business plan and the eligibility of the points awarded in the ranking list on the basis of the selection criteria through administrative checks and possible on-farm checks, pursuant to Regulation (EU) no. 2021/2116 and the relevant implementing and delegated acts of the European Commission and the national implementing rules.

In particular, the commitments made by the applicant to meet the objectives of the business plan shall be assessed. These commitments must be concrete, measurable and quantifiable.

The results of the assessment are set out in a check list signed by the person in charge of the procedure. A time limit for concluding the procedure for granting or refusing support is set at 120 days, starting from the day following the date of adoption of the determination approving the ranking list.

The procedure concludes with a determination by the Director of the Agricultural Service granting or refusing the aid to the applicant. The beneficiary is notified of the granting/non-granting of the aid.

When the aid is granted, the competent structure assigns a single project code (CUP) and notifies the beneficiary thereof.

The aid is disbursed in two instalments

the first instalment, equal to the amount of EUR 30,000.00, will be paid following the approval of the aid decision, subject to the presentation of a bank or insurance guarantee for the amount of the first instalment. The surety is not required if the applicant has already met the eligibility requirements set out in points (e) (being an active farmer), (j) (being a professional agricultural entrepreneur), (k) (registration in the first section of the APIA) and (l) (reaching 2080 hours of agricultural work per year) of point 3.2 of the criteria resolution.

the second balance instalment of € 10,000.00 will be paid following the correct implementation of the business plan and the achievement of all the eligibility requirements set out in point 3 of the criteria resolution. Once all the requirements specified in point 3.2 for obtaining the aid have been met, an application for payment of the second instalment of the aid granted must be submitted within a maximum period of 36 months from the date the aid was granted.

Payment applications must be submitted online by accessing the provincial agricultural information system SRTrento at https://srt.infotn.it which can also be reached from the portal https://a4g.provincia.tn.it/