Authorisation or confirmation to operate as an Agricultural Assistance Centre

With this service, it is possible to apply for recognition as an Authorised Agricultural Assistance Centre, abbreviated to CAA, in order to be able to provide assistance to farmers.

By means of a special agreement, APPAG, without prejudice to the competences attributed to professionals registered with professional orders and colleges, may instruct CAAs to perform, on behalf of their users and on the basis of a specific written mandate, the following activities

1. draw up and, if necessary, keep accounting records
2. assisting in the processing of cultivation and production declarations, applications for admission to Community, State and provincial benefits, and checking the formal regularity of declarations by entering the relevant data into the information system through the provincial information system procedures
3. query the provincial information system databases in order to consult the status of each file relating to its members.

The application for authorisation may be submitted at any time of the year.

Recipients of authorisation to carry out the activity of providing assistance to farmers, in the form of joint stock companies, by the most representative agricultural trade organisations, or their associations, by producers' and workers' associations, by associations of self-employed professionals, and by patronage and professional assistance bodies providing similar services, promoted by trade union organisations.
These companies must have the form of joint stock companies and meet the minimum guarantee and operating requirements for carrying out CAA activities, as defined by the national and provincial regulations below.
The share capital of applicant companies cannot be less than 51,646 euro and must be fully paid up.
Prerequisites for operating as a CAA in the territory of the Province of Trento are:

1. provide assistance to at least 200 agricultural businesses or at least 20 agricultural cooperatives;
2. to be in possession of three operating sites, such as specially equipped offices accessible to the public, in at least three of the following areas

• Valle di Non o di Sole
• Vallagarina
• Adige Valley
• Valsugana

The obligation of the three offices does not apply in the event that the applicant joint-stock company provides assistance to agricultural cooperatives and to companies controlled by them, to land improvement consortia, land reclamation consortia, municipalities, ASUCs and similar bodies;
3. identify a person responsible for safety in order to ensure that all premises and material means comply with the provisions in force on the agibility of buildings and the safety of working environments.

PLEASE NOTE: For further details, please consult the national and provincial regulations below.

The request for authorisation to operate as a CAA must be submitted to the autonomous province of Trento only if the CAA establishes its registered office here.

The applicant company must fill in the form according to the outline below with all the attachments described, and send it to the Servizio Agricoltura at the pec address (serv.agricoltura@pec.provincia.tn.it).

The application form must be accompanied by the following documents

1. copy of the memorandum of association and articles of association (if not already in the possession of the provincial administration). The articles of association must provide, as part of the corporate purpose, for the performance of the activities set out in Art. 2 of the Ministerial Decree of 21 February 2024;
2. a copy of the insurance policy referred to in Article 8(1) of the Ministerial Decree of 21 February 2024 showing the commitment of the insurance company to provide the notifications referred to in Article 8(2) of the same article
3. report concerning the technical structure, the organic plan, the instruments and the operational capacity of the applicant company, also with regard to the possible entrusting to service companies of the operational tasks pursuant to Article 17 of the Ministerial Decree of 21 February 2024
4. copy of the Risk Assessment Document (DVR) and Fire Prevention Certificate CPI for each location (if not already in the possession of the provincial administration)
5. list of the directors of the applicant company, as well as the board of statutory auditors (where applicable), complete with their personal details
6. resolution of the administrative body appointing the technical manager;
7. declaration in lieu of certification relating to the personal data and requirements of the technical manager, pursuant to Articles 11 and 13 of the Ministerial Decree of 21 February 2024;
8. declarations in lieu of certification regarding the service companies that the applicant company intends to use for the performance of agricultural assistance activities, relevant personal data of directors and board of statutory auditors (where applicable), specific activities to be entrusted, pursuant to art. 13 of the Ministerial Decree of 21 February 2024
9. declarations in lieu of certifications issued by the directors of the applicant company, as well as the board of statutory auditors (where applicable) and the directors of the service companies the applicant intends to use, as well as the relevant board of statutory auditors (where applicable) issued pursuant to and for the purposes of Article 46 of Presidential Decree No 445 of 28 December 2000 and subsequent amendments and additions concerning the possession of the subjective requirements indicated in Article 11, paragraph 1 of the MASAF decree of 21 February 2024
10. list of operating sites;
11. documentation and/or substitutive declarations concerning the objective requirements of the operating locations pursuant to Art. 10 of the Ministerial Decree of 21 February 2024;
12. list of operators;
13. documentation and/or substitutive declarations concerning the subjective and objective requirements of the CAA operators and of the service companies the applicant intends to use, pursuant to art. 7, 10, 11, 12 of the Ministerial Decree of 21 February 2024;
14. last financial statements certified by statutory auditors registered in the register pursuant to Legislative Decree 39/2010 or self-declaration of having established Internal Audit functions. This requirement is also extended to the service companies the CAAs make use of pursuant to art. 10 of the Ministerial Decree of 21 February 2024 (if not already held by the provincial administration)
15. copy of ISO 27001 certification
16. copy of the Organisation and Management Model as well as the Code of Ethics pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001, pursuant to art. 12 of the Ministerial Decree of 21 February 2024;