Irrigation and land reclamation subsidies 2025

The funding criteria are related to art. 35, paragraph 1 (Irrigation and Land Reclamation) of the L.p. 4/2003 "Provincial Law on Agriculture".

Only one application per beneficiary may be submitted.

The financial allocation for the year 2025 envisaged for the initiatives covered by this call for proposals amounts to Euro 18,205,000.00.

The initiatives envisaged by this measure cannot be combined with other aid granted by public or private entities for the same eligible costs.

The project to be financed must meet the following requirements

1. It must be approved with a valid urban planning title (where necessary) and any other authorisations necessary to demonstrate the project's feasibility. This requirement must be met on the date of submission of the application;
2. in the case of a project divided into lots, these must be functional. A functional lot is a part of a general work or service whose design and realisation is such as to ensure its functionality, usability and feasibility independently of the realisation of the other parts;
3. provide for the installation of fixed meters, if not already present, to volumetrically measure the water consumption in the area subject to the financed works, at the beginning and at the end of the irrigation period, in compliance with the resolutions of the Provincial Council no. 2495 dated 29/12/2016 and no. 2093 dated 19/10/2018 and most recently by the resolution of the Provincial Council no. 2505 dated 29/12/2022. The instrumentation installed must be compatible with the territorial information system for precision irrigation - IRRITRE;
4. provide for the installation of water flow interruption or partialisation systems that allow the quantities of water not used for irrigation purposes to be released directly to the intake works from which the water is withdrawn;

This call for proposals allows for the funding of costs relating to works aimed at improving the efficiency, modernisation, expansion and safety of existing irrigation systems and the construction of new irrigation systems, as listed below

1. construction, upgrading, rehabilitation and modernisation of works such as reservoirs and water storage basins for irrigation purposes
2. the digging of wells, as well as all works for the setting up of the well itself and the formation of drainage ditches;
3. the construction, upgrading, rehabilitation and modernisation of water catchment works for irrigation purposes (intake works, pumping stations, sand collectors, filtration plants, etc.)
4. the renovation or construction ex novo of inter-farm adduction systems through the construction, upgrading, rehabilitation and modernisation of delivery works to the farms (piping, connections, etc.) limited to the part directly managed by the Consortium;
5. the automation and remote control of irrigation systems and the implementation of systems for measuring the quantity of water drawn and delivered;
6. the construction of ancillary works to the irrigation systems aimed at improving the management of water resources and combining irrigation with other cultivation techniques (fertirrigation, soil moisture meters) with exclusive reference to inter-farm adduction systems.

The following are eligible

• initiatives started and expenditure incurred after the aid application has been submitted. Start-up is understood to mean the physical completion (works carried out) and the date of the documentation attesting to the beneficiary's commitment to carry out the works (signing of contracts and/or assignments to firms), the date of invoicing and payment of the works,
• only design costs (including supporting appraisals) incurred by the beneficiary even before the submission of the application and related to the design of the works attached to the application.

General expenses related to eligible costsare eligible up to a maximum of 10% of eligible costs (costs related to works and contingencies), with the following limits

1. technical expenses related to design, works management and safety coordination (including social security contributions) are recognised up to a maximum of 8% for eligible expenses for works, supplies and contingencies up to €250,000.00 and a maximum of 5% for the portion of eligible expenses exceeding this amount;
2. if the project is subject to safety regulations, these percentages are increased by 2 points.

Further expenses are also eligible provided they are justified and documented (e.g. expenses for geological surveys, geognostic surveys/surveys
environmental impact screening/assessment, etc.) and are allowed for the amount set out in the calculation, which will be specifically documented in the final statement, subject to the maximum limit.

No recalculation of compliance with the ceilings is carried out during the final settlement enquiry if there are no significant departures from the eligible project, provided that the maximum limit of 10% of overheads with respect to the final eligible expenditure for works, equipment and facilities is respected.

VAT is recognised as eligible expenditure if it is definitively non-recoverable. To this end, the beneficiaries must declare when submitting the grant application to SRTrento, with a declaration in lieu of affidavit, that the VAT indicated on the works and on the sums available and whose eligibility for financing is requested cannot be deducted by them. The VAT rate that may be allowed is that in force at the time the grant is awarded.

With reference to the type of works and their location, sums for contingencies up to a maximum of 3% of the eligible costs of the works may be eligible for financing.

The followingare not eligible for financing working capital, purchases of used equipment, leasing purchases, demolition work, interest payable and bank and legal fees, legal consultancy fees, notary fees, financial consultancy fees, current account maintenance fees, expenses for surety guarantees, VAT if not actually and definitively incurred by the beneficiary and recoverable by the same, the renovation of existing buildings when these can be configured as ordinary repair and maintenance, the purchase of hardware and adjustments to existing software intended for office activities (administration, accounting, etc.), the costs of work in economy carried out directly by the beneficiary the fitting out of premises to be used as offices, meeting rooms and service residences and expenses relating to furnishing, material for current use including parts or spare parts for machinery and equipment, signs, placards, signposts, the costs of design and supervision of works when entrusted to members of the applicants' boards of directors purchases of land and structures, interventions concerning distribution at farm level (after the point of delivery), interventions aimed at the creation of plants and infrastructures for hydroelectric purposes, simple replacement investments, investments made in order to comply with European Union standards, ordinary maintenance, running and operating costs.

The maximum aid intensity is as follows:

The minimum amount of eligible expenditure per aid application is equal to Euro 2,000,000.00 VAT included, both at the grant and at the final payment stage.

The maximum eligible expenditure per aid application is Euro 8,000,000.00 VAT included.

MODALITIES FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE APPLICATION FOR PAYMENT:

Applications for payment of aid are signed by the beneficiary with a digital signature certificate and submitted through the on-line portal https://srt.infotn.it/ also accessible from the portal https://a4g.provincia.tn.it/.

They can be divided into an application for payment of the advance, down payment and application for payment of the balance.

Application for payment on account: The application for payment on account may be submitted by the beneficiary after notification of the grant award. The advance is granted up to a maximum of 50% of the grant awarded.

The following documents shall be attached to the application for an advance payment

• declaration in lieu of affidavit by the legal representative certifying the physical commencement date of the works
• bank guarantee or insurance policy in favour of the Autonomous Province of Trento equal to 100% of the amount of the advance payment. The aforesaid guarantee may be released upon acceptance of the works or upon payment of an advance exceeding the amount of the paid advance. In the case of public beneficiaries, disbursement is subject to the presentation by them of a treasury declaration guaranteeing 100% of the value of the advance, whereby the authorities undertake to pay the amount covered by the guarantee if the right to the advance is not recognised;
• minutes of the awarding of the works and/or supplies, mentioning the names of the companies invited and the tenders received, as well as the type of tender carried out;

The results of the settlement inquiry are set out in a check list signed by the official in charge.

Application for payment on account: Only one payment on account may be made, based on the progress of the initiatives implemented. The amount of the advance payment is calculated within the limit of 80% of the granted contribution, less any advance payment. The amount of the advance payment shall be calculated on the basis of nine-tenths of the progress of the initiatives.

The following documentation must be submitted for the request for advance payments

• declaration by the works manager certifying the date of commencement of works and the amount of works carried out relating to the SALs paid to the company and requested with the application for an advance payment;
• if not already submitted with the application for payment on account, the minutes of the works and/or supplies award, mentioning the names of the firms invited and the tenders received, as well as the type of tender held
• a copy of the receipted electronic invoices (in PDF style sheet format), or equivalent supporting documents, together with a copy of the bank transfers and/or bank statements or in any case of the documentation proving the payment, documenting the eligible expenses. The invoices or equivalent supporting documents with the relevant payments must show the unique project code (CUP) and the CIG code, if any. Please note that the invoice or equivalent supporting document must describe in detail the intervention to which it refers. With regard to movables and equipment purchased, the relevant invoices must clearly indicate the object of purchase and, depending on the type of asset, the serial or serial number where present.

The results of the liquidation inquiry are set out in a check list signed by the official in charge.

Application for Balance:

The following documents must be submitted for the application for the balance:

• If not already submitted in the application for payment of the advance or payment on account, the minutes of the award of the works and/or supplies, mentioning the names of the companies invited and the tenders received, as well as the type of tender carried out;
• final statement of the works and safety charges signed by the construction manager and company
• lists of savings, if any;
• measurement booklet and accounting drawings signed by the construction manager and company;
• accounting and planimetric comparison table;
• information layer of the irrigation infrastructure of the entire irrigation system including the intervention being financed, in shapefile format (.shp) georeferenced according to the WGS84 elipsoid with UTM32N projection
• any deeds of submission and minutes of new price agreement;
• certificate of acceptance or regular execution of the works;
• a copy of the receipted electronic invoices (in PDF format), or equivalent supporting documents, together with a copy of the bank transfers and/or bank statements or in any case of the documentation proving the payment, documenting the eligible expenses. The invoices or equivalent supporting documents with the relevant payments must indicate the unique project code (CUP) and the CIG code, if any, as set out in section 5.1.4. It is specified that the invoice or supporting document must describe in detail the intervention to which it refers;
• in the case of the digging of wells, the flow rate tests;
• if not already communicated during the presentation of the initial grant application, indication of the details (date and protocol number) of the document "concession for the use of water", or legitimate title to use the water, also by means of a certificate issued by the competent Service for the Use of Public Waters
• declaration of compliance with the accumulation prohibition referred to in Article 5 of Provincial Law no. 4/2003 and subsequent amendments and additions
• declaration of the updating on the SIGRIAN platform of the consortium irrigation scheme and, if not already done, transmission of the data, with reference to the whole consortium, functional to the preparation of the irrigation plan or its updating;
• for preliminary investigation purposes, the person in charge of the procedure reserves the right to request hard copies of the documentation listed above;
• the outcomes of the liquidation inquiry are defined in a check list signed by the officer in charge. In the event that the amount to be settled in full is less than the amount already settled as a result of the advance and/or payment on account, the portion of the settled amount to be recovered shall be increased by simple interest calculated at the legal rate from the date on which the grant payment mandate is debited until the date of reimbursement.

This notice refers to interventions to be implemented throughout the territory of the Province of Trento.
Interventions carried out on or serving areas outside the provincial territory are not eligible.

Eligibility conditions for applicants

On the date of submission of the application for aid, each applicant must

• have established and/or updated their electronic farm file in accordance with Presidential Decree No 503/99 as amended and supplemented. The farm file is the set of information declared by the farm, checked and verified and unambiguously ascertained through the IACS. The information on the farm file and the user manual are available on the website of the Provincial Paying Agency - APPAG, at the following link: https://www.provincia.tn.it/Amministrazione/Strutture-organizzative/Agenzia-provinciale-per-i-pagamenti;
• to have registered, by the deadline for submitting the application for aid, in the SIGRIAN database the quantification of irrigation consumption, complete with withdrawals, uses and reimbursements in compliance with regional and state regulations, as well as the sections relating to irrigation methods, crops and contributions, in accordance with the provisions of MIPAAF decree No 485148 of 30/09/2022. The declared fulfilments are subject to verification by the competent provincial structure.

To benefit from the contributions, applicants must comply with one of the following conditions

• pursuant to Article 2, paragraph 1 bis of Provincial Law no. 4/2003, Consorzi di bonifica and Consorzi di miglioramento fondiario di I e II grado recognised in accordance with the relevant legislation in force, may benefit from capital grants for investments exceeding Euro 100,000.00, or whose current value exceeds this amount, provided that the sole auditor, or at least one of the auditors in the case of a college, meets the requirements for enrolment in the register of auditors
• alternatively, first and second degree land improvement consortia may benefit from the above-mentioned facilities if, in the year preceding the submission of the grant application, the consortium's balance sheet has been audited in accordance with Article 29, paragraph 2, letter f) of Provincial Law no. 9 of 3 April 2007, or if the aforesaid subjects have requested, at their own expense, an extraordinary audit carried out by one of the subjects the Province may avail itself of in accordance with Article 30, paragraph 1 of Provincial Law 9/2007. The extraordinary audit, on the basis of the control of the consortium's balance sheet and financial situation, must highlight the sustainability of the proposed initiative.

With reference to the preceding paragraph, applicants shall indicate in their grant application that they fall under one of the following conditions

• that the sole auditor, or at least one of the auditors in the case of a college, meets the requirements for registration in the register of auditors
• that it has requested an extraordinary audit to be carried out by one of the entities the Province may avail itself of pursuant to Article 30, paragraph 1 of Provincial Law 9/2007. The extraordinary audit, based on the control of the consortium's balance sheet and financial situation, shall highlight the sustainability of the proposed initiative;
• the consortium budget, in the year preceding the submission of the grant application, was audited pursuant to Article 29, paragraph 2, letter f) of Provincial Law no. 9 of 3 April 2007; in this case the beneficiary shall indicate the details.

In addition, applicants, in order to be eligible, must have suitable title to the land parcels or buildings on which the structures necessary for the operation of the irrigation system under intervention (pumps, filters, tanks, accumulation basins, wells, etc.) insist, through one of the following
(a) ownership or other registered right in rem of enjoyment
(b) a lease or other suitable registered title;
c) in the event that the parcels subject to intervention are publicly owned, the presence of the measure of the body granting them in use to the grant applicant is sufficient.

The negotiated titles referred to in the preceding paragraph, at the time of the submission of the application, may also have an earlier expiry date than the one envisaged as long as they are renewed until the duration of the bond is reached.

The lack of one of the eligibility requirements determines ineligibility for support.

Documentary evidence, CUP and CIG codes

The amount of the expenditure must be justified by invoices (in PDF format) in the name of the beneficiary and receipted or by documents with equivalent probative value to invoices.
Expenditure must be paid by the beneficiary by bank or postal transfer or by RIBA, to an account in the name of the beneficiary
(current account dedicated, even if not exclusively, to the investment operation).

CUP CODE

It is compulsory to quote the Unique Project Code (CUP) on all invoices and in all payments.

The code is assigned by the Agricultural Service prior to the decision to grant the contribution. The CUP must always be present in the documents proving the expenditure (invoices and payment documents) issued after the communication of the CUP itself.

Contracting authorities that independently download this Code must instead communicate it to the Agriculture Service.

Expenditure supported by documents (invoices and/or payments) without a CUP code is not eligible for funding.

For documents prior to the communication of the CUP code, the correlation between the expenditure incurred and the financed initiative must be made as follows

• For invoices not yet paid, the beneficiary of the aid must indicate the CUP in the receipt of payment made by bank or postal transfer or by RIBA. If the payment receipt does not include the CUP or the CUP has been incorrectly affixed, it may be regularised by submitting a declaration in lieu of a notarial deed in accordance with Presidential Decree 445/2000, in which the beneficiary certifies the correlation between the invoice(s) and the subsidised initiative. The declaration must be attached to the copy of the invoice (in the case of electronic invoices, analogical materialisation of the document) and presented for the purposes of the payment of the incentive, together with the remaining documentation required for the reporting of expenses;
• for paid invoices, the beneficiary must issue a declaration in lieu of affidavit pursuant to Presidential Decree 445/2000, also cumulative, in which it certifies the correlation between the invoice(s) and the subsidised initiative. The declaration must be attached to the copy of the invoice (in the case of electronic invoices, analogical materialisation of the document) and presented for the purposes of the payment of the incentive, together with the remaining documentation required for the reporting of expenses.

For documents following the communication of the CUP code it is possible to regularise the situation promptly according to one of the following options
following possibilities:

• making an electronic integration to the Revenue Agency's interchange system. The integration document transmitted to the interchange system must contain both the data required for the integration (CUP code) and the invoice details and must be attached to the invoice itself;
• issuance of a credit note, by the supplier, within the timeframe allowed by the regulations, aimed at cancelling the expense title and the subsequent issuance of a new expense title, with the affixing of the CUP code.

For all matters not expressly indicated in the preceding paragraphs, with regard to the CUP code, the provisions of the Resolution of the Provincial Council no. 728 of 23/05/2024 shall apply.

Tender Identification Code (CIG)

Where the beneficiary of the aid is subject to compliance with public procurement regulations, the beneficiary is required to notify the Agricultural Service of the Tender Identification Code (CIG) of the initiative acquired during the award procedures, in accordance with the regulations in force on public works. In any case, the CIG, as for the CUP, must be reported on all accounting documents relating to the financial flows generated by the financing subject of this call for proposals (e.g. expense invoices, payment mandates and receipts of payment). For documents without the CIG due to a material error, reconciliation is permitted by manually adding the CIG on the invoice and attaching a separate declaration by the beneficiary.

Adjudication and awarding of works and design tasks.

In the awarding and entrusting of works and design assignments, compliance with the applicable community, national and provincial regulations on public works of provincial interest shall be ensured. Pursuant to Article 2 of Provincial Law 26/93, the regulations on public works also apply to works with a total value exceeding one million euro, carried out by entities other than contracting authorities, for which these contracting authorities provide a subsidy, financing or a direct and specific contribution, either in the form of interest or capital, exceeding 50 per cent of the relevant amount.

Specific criteria and requirements

The project to be financed must meet the following requirements

• It must be approved with a valid urban planning title (if necessary) and any other authorisations necessary to demonstrate the project's feasibility. This requirement must be met on the date of submission of the application;
• in the case of projects divided into lots, these must be functional. A functional lot is a part of a general work or service whose design and realisation is such as to ensure its functionality, usability and feasibility independently of the realisation of the other parts;
• provide for the installation of fixed meters, if not already present, to volumetrically measure the water consumption in the area subject to the financed works, at the beginning and at the end of the irrigation period, in compliance with the resolutions of the Provincial Council no. 2495 dated 29/12/2016 and no. 2093 dated 19/10/2018 and most recently by the resolution of the Provincial Council no. 2505 dated 29/12/2022. The instrumentation installed must be compatible with the territorial information system for precision irrigation - IRRITRE;
• provide for the installation of water flow interruption or partialisation systems that allow the quantities of water not used for irrigation purposes to be released directly to the intake works from which the water is withdrawn;

Compatibility and cumulation with other aids and facilities : The initiatives provided for in this measure cannot be combined with other aid granted by public or private entities for the same eligible costs.

Adjudication and awarding ofworks and design tasks: The adjudication and awarding of works and design tasks shall be carried out in compliance with the Community, national and provincial regulations in force concerning public works of provincial interest. Pursuant to Article 2 of Provincial Law 26/93, the regulations on public works also apply to works with a total value of more than one million euros, carried out by subjects other than the contracting authorities, for which these contracting authorities provide a grant, financing or a direct and specific contribution, in interest or capital account, exceeding 50% of the relevant amount.

DEADLINES AND APPLICATION DEADLINES REPORTING DEADLINES

The reporting deadlines are set for all initiatives at 24 months from the date of the grant award decision. All the documentation required for the payment of the grant must be submitted by the reporting date.

In cases where the financial statements are submitted within the deadline but the work or intervention has been partially carried out, and if the Agricultural Service deems the work or intervention functional, functional and in line with the purposes for which the financing was granted, the financing will be reduced proportionally.
With regard to extensions and suspensions of deadlines, for anything not detailed in this point, please refer to the provisions of Provincial Council Resolution No. 1980 of 14/09/2007 and subsequent amendments and additions.
The extension will have to be evaluated and approved with a determination of the Agricultural Service.

VARIANTS

The variant application must be submitted exclusively online by accessing the provincial agricultural information system SRTrento at https://srt.infotn.it, which can also be reached through the portal https://a4g.provincia.tn.it/. The following are considered variants: change of beneficiary, change of location of the investment, substantial technical modifications of the approved works/purchases, modification of the type of approved works/purchases. Variants resulting in an increase in the amount granted are not permitted. In the overall assessment of the variants, it is verified that the eligibility requirements and those that led to the approval of the project under the selection criteria are maintained. All changes to the original project that do not entail modifications to the objectives and parameters that made the investment operation eligible for financing and in any case must not alter the functionality of the investment such as to affect its eligibility for financing are considered approvable variants. Variants to the original project are not considered to be changes to details or technical improvements, provided they are contained within 20% of the expenditure, without prejudice to the expenditure admitted at the preliminary stage. Variants must be justified and requested in advance, with respect to the execution of the relative works. The Agricultural Service, after assessing the variant proposals, shall order their approval or refusal, notifying the beneficiary thereof. If, during acceptance, variants are found that have not been communicated in advance, as provided for above, an a posteriori assessment of compliance with the eligibility requirements will be carried out and, based on the outcome, the variants found will be admitted or not.

OBLIGATIONS OF APPLICANTS

The granting of the contribution entails the obligation for the beneficiary to respect the use of the real estate and fixed installations for at least 10 years, starting from the date of the application for final verification, as established by Article 6 of Provincial Law 4/2003.
In the event of a change of use or alienation of the asset before the expiry of the terms referred to in the preceding paragraphs, the beneficiaries shall be required, except for force majeure reasons, to repay the granted contribution in proportion to the residual duration of the current period. The residual duration is calculated from the date of ascertainment of the circumstances giving rise to the revocation of the incentive until the end of the mandatory period of use. The portion of the incentive to be recovered shall be increased by simple interest calculated at the legal interest rate from the date on which the grant payment order was issued until the date of repayment.
The beneficiary of the contributions must in any case allow the staff in charge of monitoring the application of the regulations in force the
free access to the facilities and documentation relating to the subject matter of the grant awarded.
Checks on compliance with the obligations imposed on applicants by Article 6 of Provincial Law no. 4/2003 are carried out on a sample of 5% of the interventions subject to constraints, as provided for by the provincial regulations in force. The control on the substitutive declarations of certification and affidavit will be carried out on a sample of at least 5% of the files, according to the provisions of the provincial regulations in force on the matter.

The subjects listed in Article 2(1)(f) and (g) of Provincial Law No 4/2003 are eligible for the aid provided for in this notice as follows

• consorzi di bonifica recognised under the relevant legislation in force
• consorzi di miglioramento fondiario di primo e secondo grado riconosciuti ai sensi della normativa vigente in materia.

For the year 2025 the application must be submitted online by accessing the provincial agricultural information system SRTrento
at https://srt.infotn.it, also accessible from the portal https://a4g.provincia.tn.it/, from Monday 11 August 2025 until Monday 22 September 2025.

Access to the reserved area of SRTrento is allowed only to registered users; therefore each user must first log in according to the procedures indicated in the manual on the home page of the SRTrento website.

Applications submitted must be signed using a valid digital signature.

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 following constitute conditions for the inadmissibility of the application:

• failure to comply with the deadline for submitting applications
• the absence of elements that enable the applicant to be unequivocally identified;
• failure of the legal representative to sign the application;
• the submission of applications using methods other than those described above;
• applications signed by a person other than the legal representative or a person expressly delegated or without a signature.

Documents to be attached to the application

For the purpose of timely verification of what has been expressly declared by the beneficiary on the grant application, the documentation to be attached is as follows

• if the consortium already has them, documentation proving the extraordinary audit of the consortium's financial statements, as indicated in the eligibility requirements;
• copy of the minutes or extract of the same, with which the competent statutory body approves the initiative in accordance with the statutory provisions;
• illustrative technical report describing the investment for which funding is requested. The report must also indicate the framework of the investments contained in the application. It must also give evidence of the priority class and the irrigated area involved in the intervention (possibly distinguishing between areas already served and extensions on new areas);
• metric-estimative computation showing the cost items of the works in relation to the current provincial price list of the Province. In the case of works and works that are different from or difficult to compare with those in the above-mentioned price list, the values indicated in the project documents shall be taken, provided that they are justified by the designer on the basis of a price analysis to be attached to the documentation accompanying the grant application;
• special tender specifications or similar document, complete with list of unit prices;
• design drawings in conformity with those filed for the necessary authorisations, including map extract of the parcels, planimetry of the areas affected by the intervention and photographic documentation;
• information layer of the irrigation infrastructure to be financed in shapefile format (.shp) georeferenced according to the WGS84 elipsoid with UTM32N projection
• geological report or feasibility opinion drawn up by a qualified technician
• certification of the need to draw up the safety plan pursuant to Legislative Decree no. 81/08 and subsequent amendments and additions;
• appropriate title certifying the availability of the parcels occupied by structures for the operation of the irrigation system, provided for in the project attached to the application for the entire duration of the constraint provided for under "OBLIGATIONS TO BE CARRIED BY APPLICANTS".

For investigation purposes, the person in charge of the procedure reserves the right to request a hard copy of the documentation listed above.

Additional documentation

Within 30 days of receipt of the communication, the applicant shall submit

• documentation proving the extraordinary audit of the consortium's financial statements, as indicated in the eligibility requirements;
• if not in the applicant's possession at the time of the grant application, documentation proving that the parcels subject to the intervention are in the applicant's possession by means of appropriate titles proving ownership.

The procedure for granting or refusing the contribution is structured as follows

1. procedure for the approval, by determination of the Director of the Agricultural Service, of a priority ranking of the applications submitted within a period of 30 days starting from the day following the deadline for submitting applications
2. communication to the applicant by the person in charge of the procedure, of the position in the ranking list eligible for funding, the possible request for regularisation or integration of the documentation for the purposes of the preliminary investigation and the request for the estimated metric calculation on computer support in spreadsheet format (.xls .xlsx .odf);
3. alternatively, a communication will be sent to the applicant of the position in the ranking list ineligible for financing, due to lack of resources. Should further resources become available by the year 2026, which the Council should allocate to the interventions envisaged by the present notice, it will be possible to continue in the priority ranking, reopening the procedure and subject to a communication from the users confirming their interest in the financing. Once the deadline of 31/12/2026 has passed, the priority list will lose its effectiveness and the applications may no longer be financed.
4. The procedure concludes with a determination by the Director of the Agricultural Service within 60 days from the approval of the ranking list (days when the administrative procedure expires), granting or denying the contribution to the applicant. In the act of granting the contribution, conditions and constraints may be reasonably set in relation to the specific investment project;
5. notice of grant/denial of the contribution.

SELECTION OF AID APPLICATIONS - Priority criteria

The selection criteria are designed to ensure equal treatment of applicants, better use of financial resources and a better match between support and the purposes of the interventions. Information supporting the priority criteria is provided in the aid application and in the specific declarations relating to the initiative. The scoring requirements must be met by the applicant at the time the application for support is submitted.

The priority ranking for access to aid applications submitted is drawn up taking into account the type of investment, included in priority classes, in the following order

Class 1 : work to improve the efficiency, modernisation and safety of existing systems without increasing the irrigated area.

Class 2 : interventions for the construction of irrigation systems and/or for the efficiency, modernisation and securing of existing systems with the enlargement of the irrigated area.

Class 3 : interventions for the realisation of irrigation systems and/or for the efficiency, modernisation and securing of existing systems, presented by subjects that have benefited from financing on national calls for tenders for the realisation of irrigation works since 2020.

Class 4 : interventions for the construction of irrigation systems and/or for the efficiency, modernisation and securing of existing systems, which can be associated with projects involving pumping, for energy and irrigation purposes, relevant and a priority, for which the important cross-sector and multifunctional value has been recognised, of a vast territorial and supra-consortium scope, for the sustainable and multiple use of water resources.

Conditions and elements of preference

Within the individual classes, applications will be ranked according to the estimated investment cost per unit of area involved (€/ha), with priority given to applications with the lowest cost per hectare. The area that will benefit from the investment must therefore be declared in the application.
In the event of a further tie, priority will be assigned with reference to the chronological order in which the applications are submitted, ascertained on the basis of the protocol number.