This aid finances the purchase of tangible and intangible assets aimed at improving the overall performance of the enterprise, especially in terms of adapting to market demand, and increasing its competitiveness, and relates to the production and/or marketing of products also with a view to improving energy savings, overall efficiency and sustainable processing.
Applications can be submitted for:
-annual projects to be completed by 30 May 2025;
- two-year projects two-year projects to be completed by 29 May 2026;
The above-mentioned tangible and/or intangible investments must be maintained in the farm for a minimum period of five years from the date of final payment. Pursuant to Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2022/126, paragraph 1, letter b), the investment, which is the subject of the contribution, must maintain its intended use, nature and the specific purposes for which it was made, with a prohibition on alienation, assignment and transfer for any reason whatsoever, except in cases of force majeure and exceptional circumstances, unforeseeable at the time of submitting the aid application and/or request for final payment, pursuant to Article 3) - paragraph 1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/2116.
Duly justified circumstances, foreseeable only and exclusively due to force majeure or exceptional circumstances, must be promptly communicated by the beneficiary, to the competent Provincial Office for territory and to the OP Agea, so that the preliminary verifications can be carried out to recognise the causes of force majeure, invoked by the beneficiary, and to carry out the subsequent communication of authorisation, or rejection, of the variation request.
Therefore, in the five years following the date of payment of the final balance, for the assets realised or purchased thanks to the public contribution received, it is mandatory and compulsory to comply with the constraint set forth in Article 71 of Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013.
The asset must maintain its intended use, nature and the specific purpose for which it was made. In cases of force majeure and exceptional circumstances, Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) No. 2021/2116 shall apply, as well as the provisions of the Operating Instructions of Agea.
Who it's for
They may apply:
1. Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises as defined in Article 2(1) of Title I of the Annex to Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 06 May 2003, whose activity is at least one of the following
(a) the production of grape must obtained by processing fresh grapes which they have themselves obtained, purchased or contributed by their members, including for the purpose of marketing it
(b) the production of wine obtained from the processing of fresh grapes or grape must which they have themselves obtained, purchased or contributed by their members, including for the purpose of marketing it
(c) the processing, ageing and/or packaging of wine, conferred by members and/or purchased, also with a view to its marketing. Undertakings carrying out only the marketing of the supported products are excluded from the contribution;
(d) the production of wine through the processing of their own grapes by third party winemakers, where the application is for the setting up ex novo of a processing plant or wine infrastructure, including for the purpose of marketing.
2. Intermediate enterprises employing less than 750 persons or whose annual turnover does not exceed EUR 200 million, whose classification is not indicated in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 06 May 2003, but is also provided for in Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 in paragraph 2 of Article 50. Whose intended activity is at least one of the following:
(a) the production of grape must obtained from the processing of fresh grapes obtained by them, purchased or contributed by their members, including for the purpose of marketing it;
(b) the production of wine obtained from the processing of fresh grapes or grape must which they have themselves obtained, purchased or contributed by their members, including for the purpose of marketing it
(c) the processing, ageing and/or packaging of wine, conferred by members and/or purchased, also with a view to its marketing. Undertakings carrying out only the marketing of the supported products are excluded from the contribution;
(d) the production of wine through the processing of their own grapes by third party winemakers, where the application is for the setting up ex novo of a processing plant or wine infrastructure, including for the purpose of marketing.
3. Large undertakings employing more than 750 employees or whose annual turnover exceeds €200 million. Whose planned activity is at least one of the following
(a) the production of grape must obtained from the processing of fresh grapes which they themselves have obtained, purchased or contributed by their members, including for the purpose of marketing it;
(b) the production of wine obtained from the processing of fresh grapes or grape must which they have themselves obtained, purchased or contributed by their members, including for the purpose of marketing it
(c) the processing, ageing and/or packaging of wine, conferred by members and/or purchased, also with a view to its marketing. Undertakings carrying out only the marketing of the supported products are excluded from the contribution;
(d) the production of wine through the processing of their own grapes by third party winemakers, where the application is for the setting up ex novo of a processing plant or wine infrastructure, also for the purpose of marketing.
News
For the purposes of this notice, only the beneficiaries of the bottling and packaging lines are the subjects identified in the intervention SRD13 "Investments for the processing and marketing of agricultural products" of the PSP 2023-2027 and defined in paragraph 4.1. of the notice approved by Resolution of the GP No 2457 of 21 December 2023.
The aspiring beneficiary gives a mandate to a CAA that will make use of the IT procedures set up on SIAN.
The applicant may submit only one aid application.
The deadline for submitting aid applications for the 2024/2025 marketing year is set by the Ministerial Decree as 29 April 2024, unless extended.
News
As from the 2024/2025 campaign, AGEA's operating instructions provide for the uploading of the .pdf file of the estimates and of the documentation declared and attached to the aid application (Schedule N). For the 2024/2025 marketing year only, if it is not possible to proceed with this upload, it is possible to forward the application to PAT in hard copy format.
Depending on the accounting regime adopted, the applicant must produce a declaration signed by the legal representative certifying which books and records are compulsory for the company applying for aid.
In the case of uniqueness of the asset referred to in A.G.E.A. circular no. 106/2023, point 10.3(p), a copy of the patent certificate must be provided as proof of uniqueness.
As an alternative to submitting the aid application electronically, it may be submitted to the Autonomous Province of Trento in hard copy, accompanied by the annexes, all the documents indicated in the application itself and provided for in the A.G.E.A.'scriteria and operating instructions, must be sent by the C.A.A. to the Rural Development Policy Service - Office for the Protection of Agricultural Production - within three working days of the final date for submitting the aid application,
Among the novelties provided for by Operating Instructions no. 106/2023, starting from the 2024/2025 campaign, for the purpose of verifying that the project is not a mere replacement, the following must be attached to the aid application
- the inventory of farm assets, for holdings obliged by civil and fiscal law to keep an inventory;
- the company layout, as a graphic representation with the exact location of each investment within the target environment. By means of a specific function of the telematic register (Sian), the company will be able to acquire the planimetry in graphic format of the plant together with the registration of the containers. Mobile equipment shall not be represented graphically, but only with the inventory.
If necessary, the person in charge of the procedure may provide for ex-ante checks on the eligibility for aid of the project at the farm.
Depending on the accounting scheme adopted, the applicant must produce a declaration signed by the legal representative stating which books and records are compulsory for the farm applying for aid.
In the case of uniqueness of the asset referred to in A.G.E.A. circular no. 106/2024, point 10.3(p), a copy of the patent certificate must be provided as proof of uniqueness.
The deadline for the definition of the ranking list of fundability shall be considered postponed to 25 October 2024.
Within 15 days from the definition of the ranking list the applicants will be notified of the preliminary results.
Two-year projects may only be admitted with a request for an advance payment.
The percentage of advance that can be disbursed to applicants is 80% of the eligible contribution and a balance of the remaining 20% is paid upon completion of the work in the following year, subject to verification of financial availability.
As from the 2024/2025 campaign, the operating instructions of AGEA provide for the uploading of the .pdf file of the estimates and of the documentation declared and attached to the aid application (Schedule N). For the 2024/2025 marketing year only, if it is not possible to proceed with this upload, it will be possible to forward them to PAT in hard copy format.
1. Advance payment.
Applications for advance payments, if any, must be submitted exclusively electronically through the appropriate service made available on the S.I.A.N. (Sistema Informativo Agricolo Nazionale - National Agricultural Information System) portal using the prescribed computer procedure through an Authorised Agricultural Assistance Centre (C.A.A.) to which the applicant has given the mandate. Applications for advance payments must be accompanied by an appropriate policy/guarantee in favour of A.G.E.A., prepared according to the scheme provided by the same Agency and downloaded directly from the S.I.A.N. portal.
The submission of applications for advance payments and the respective payment must take place no later than the marketing year in which the application for aid is made.
For the 2024/2025 marketing year, applications for advance payments, accompanied by the appropriate policy/guarantee, must be submitted no later than 31 May 2025 to the Rural Development Policy Service of the Autonomous Province of Trento.
2. Completion of operations - deadlines
Operations and/or interventions must be completed
-by 30 by 30 May 2025 for annual applications
- by 29 May 2026 for biennial applications
3.Modalities for submitting the request for payment of the balance
The application for payment of the balance must be accompanied by the documentation required by A.G.E.A. in its circular/operating instructions.
In order to carry out the preliminary investigation, as provided by the same circular, it is necessary to
provide:
1. a copy of the bank statement pertaining to all payments of invoices relating to purchases (the account statement must show the account holder, IBAN, date, number and reason for and amount of the transaction)
2. copy of the page of the VAT register where the invoice for the purchase of the goods being financed was recorded, date, stamp and legal representative signature at the bottom
3. copy of the page of the depreciable assets register where the goods subject to financing were recorded, date, stamp and legal representative signature at the bottom
4. copy of the supplier's ledger, date, stamp and legal representative's signature at the bottom;
5. purchase summary as shown in the diagram with serial numbers of the goods, date, stamp and legal representative signature at the bottom;
6. photographic documentation showing the presence of the asset being financed, of the plate bearing "Intervention financed pursuant to Reg. (EU) no. 2021/2115 art. 58 paragraph 1 lett. b) - Investments camp. 2024/2025" and the nameplate with the identification data;
6. Graphic project in the case of furnishings
7. note transmission of documents for payment of the balance of the contribution signed by the person in charge of the C.A.A..
The accounting documents foreseen in points 2, 3, 4 must be produced according to the accounting regime adopted by the beneficiary.
The expenditure documents (invoices), in addition to the wording foreseen by the A.G.E.A. with its own operating instructions, to be affixed to the purchase invoices "Reg. (EU) no. 2021/2115 art. 58 paragraph 1 lett. b) - Investments camp. 2024/2025" must include the Unique Project Code (CUP) that the Provincial Administration will communicate to each applicant, the detailed description of the goods to be subsidised with brand, model and identification number (serial number or serial number where provided for by the regulations in force).
Expenditure documents (subsidies and reba) must include the Unique Project Code (CUP) in addition to the reference invoice number and date.
Applications for payment of the balance in paper form, accompanied by the annexes, all the documents indicated in the application itself and foreseen by this deliberation of criteria and by the A.G.E.A. Operational Instructions, must be sent, without fail, by the C.A.A., to the Rural Development Policy Service - Production Protection Office.
Costs
FREE
Documents
Reference regulations
Piano Strategico della P.A.C. 2023-2027 (P.S.P.) approvato in data 2 dicembre 2022 con Decisione di esecuzione C(2022) 8645
recante organizzazione comune dei mercati dei prodotti agricoli e che abroga i regolamenti (CEE) n. 922/72, (CEE) n. 234/79, (CE) n. 1037/2001 e (CE) n. 1234/2007 del Consiglio
che integra il regolamento (UE) n. 1308/2013 del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio per quanto riguarda i programmi nazionali di sostegno al settore vitivinicolo e che modifica il regolamento (CE) n. 555/2008 della Commissione
recante modalità di applicazione del regolamento (UE) n. 1308/2013 del Parlamento europeo e del Consiglio per quanto riguarda i programmi nazionali di sostegno al settore vitivinicolo
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Disposizioni nazionali di attuazione del regolamento (UE) n. 1308/2013 del Consiglio e del Parlamento europeo e ss. mm. e ii. per quanto riguarda l'applicazione della misura degli investimenti.
modalità e condizioni per l’accesso al sostegno degli Investimenti lett. b) par. 2), art. 58 Reg. UE n. 2021/2115 - D.M. 640042 del 14 dicembre 2022 e s.m.i. Campagna 2024/2025
Modifica del decreto 14 dicembre 2022 e successive modificazioni e integrazioni, recante: «Disposizioni nazionali di attuazione del regolamento (UE) n. 1308/2013 del Consiglio e del Parlamento europeo e successive modificazioni ed integrazioni per quanto riguarda l'applicazione della misura degli investimenti». Proroga date. (24A01405) (GU Serie Generale n.65 del 18-03-2024)
SETTORE VITIVINICOLO - Decreto Ministeriale n. 640042 del 14/12/2022 relativo alle disposizioni nazionali di attuazione del regolamento (UE) n. 1308/2013 del Parlamento Europeo e del Co e ss. mm. e ii. per quanto riguarda l’applicazione del sostegno previsto per gli investimenti
Approvazione dei termini e delle modalità di agevolazione ai sensi dell'intervento SRD13 - Investimenti per la trasformazione e commercializzazione dei prodotti agricoli - del Piano Strategico Nazionale della PAC 2023-2027 e del relativo Complemento per lo Sviluppo Rurale della Provincia Autonoma di Trento per il periodo di programmazione 2023-2027. Apertura bando 2023 e cronoprogramma dei bandi successivi.
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Modifica del Decreto Ministeriale n° 640042 del 14 dicembre 2022 e ss. mm. e ii. Recante “Disposizioni nazionali di attuazione del regolamento (UE) n. 1308/2013 del Consiglio e del Parlamento europeo e ss. mm. e ii. per quanto riguarda l'applicazione della misura degli investimenti” - Proroga data
