RENEWAL OF TERMS: Contributions - compensation - calamitous event 28-29/07/24

1. These provisions relate to disaster damage to the agricultural sector.

2. In compliance with the above rules, with regard to:

(a) the indemnifications in favour of small and medium-sized enterprises active in the primary agricultural sector or in the processing of agricultural products and their marketing, Article 37 from Annex 1 of Reg. (EU) 2022/2472 on State aid shall apply;

b) the indemnifications in favour of small and medium-sized enterprises carrying out related agricultural activities, within the meaning of Article 2135 of the Civil Code, Regulation (EU) 2023/2831 on de minimis aid applies;

c) compensation in favour of those entities, not for profit, that pursue a collective interest and/or public benefit and favour a plurality of owners of the land, not identified in a particular economic category, does not qualify as State Aid.

Eligibility criteria, eligible costs and calculation of damages

Only the costs of the damage suffered as a direct consequence of the natural disaster are eligible and may concern

(a) for individual agricultural holdings and their companies: loss of income due to the complete or partial destruction of agricultural production and means of production and damage to tangible assets,

(b) for individual agricultural holdings and their corporations: material damage to related activities within the meaning of Article 2135 of the Civil Code

(c) for consortia: the material damage .

For the method of calculating loss of income and material damage, please refer to point 3 of Resolution 1909/2024.

A sworn appraisal report signed by a qualified professional (accompanied by photographs if available) is required to certify the damage relating to loss of income or tangible assets, as referred to in the preceding paragraphs.

Eligible costs also include the sworn expert's report on the damage suffered as a result of the disaster.

Cumulation and expenditure limits

1. For individual and associated agricultural undertakings the minimum limit of expenditure eligible for compensation is €1,000.00 and the maximum limit of expenditure eligible for compensation is €100,000.00;

2. for consortia, the minimum limit of expenditure eligible for compensation is € 5,000.00 and the maximum limit of expenditure eligible for compensation is € 200,000.00;

3. Compensation under these criteria cannot be cumulated with other benefits granted by other administrations or public bodies for the same goods and for the same purposes.

Measure of public intervention

1. The percentage of the contribution is set at 75% of the eligible expenditure, reduced to 65% where the asset, the agricultural production or the means of production, or the irrigation infrastructure are not insured.

2. In the event that the damaged assets, for which compensation is claimed, are insured, payments must be deducted under the insurance policies. The calculation will be made during the preliminary assessment of the initial application by subtracting from the eligible expenditure the amount of the indemnity recognised and certified by the insurance company. 75% will be calculated on the resulting amount.

Aid will be granted as a capital grant in a single instalment.

Applicants

The following entities identified pursuant to Article 72(4)(a) of Provincial Law 9/2011 are eligible for aid under this measure

1. individual agricultural enterprises as identified by the State and provincial legislation in force;

2. companies set up to run agricultural businesses;

3. Land reclamation consortia recognised by the relevant legislation in force;

4. Grade I and II land improvement consortia recognised by the relevant legislation in force.

Eligibility conditions for applicants

1. On the date of submission of the aid application, each applicant is required to set up and update its own electronic farm file in accordance with Presidential Decree No 503/99 ss.mm. and ii. The farm file is the set of information declared by the holding, checked and verified and unambiguously ascertained through the IACS.

2. The following will be eligible for compensation under this measure

(a) the owners, holders of registered right in rem or holders of duly registered title of use, of the land parcels or buildings affected by the damage;

b) the consortia, as regards the parcels at their disposal falling within the perimeter of the consortium itself or outside the perimeter if functional to the land improvement activities carried out by the consortia.

3. Applicants defined in point 2.1 "Applicants" of Resolution 1909/2024 above, who have an operational headquarters in the Province of Trento, in relation to damage suffered on land and/or buildings located in the Province of Trento, as indicated in the delimitation referred to in the abovementioned Resolution of the Provincial Executive No 1209 of 2 August 2024, may qualify for the aid.

To submit the application you must

- have a digital signature;

- whoever enters the application (the applicant or the appointed consultant) must be accredited to the portal, as specified on this web 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, please contact helpdesk.srtrento@provincia.tn.it.

1.The application must be submitted online by accessing the provincial agricultural information system SRTrento at https://srt.infotn.itwhich can also be reached via the portal https://a4g.provincia.tn.it/from 9 to 30 June 2025.

2.Access to the reserved area of SRTrento is allowed only to registered users; therefore, each user must first be accredited according to the modalities 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 the following e-mail address helpdesk.srtrento@provincia.tn.it.

3. Only one application may be submitted by a beneficiary.

4. The following shall constitute conditions for the inadmissibility of an application

- failure to meet the deadline for submitting applications

- the absence of elements enabling 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.

Contents of the aid application and simultaneous request for payment

The application obtains data from the farm file and contains

- an indication of the parcels of land, and any buildings, equipment, machinery, stocks and means of production, irrigation equipment and related works, that have suffered the damage caused by the disaster

- a summary report of the type of damage suffered;

- an indication of any insurance coverage of the damaged property;

- the details of the agri-tourism certificate in case of damage to the agri-tourism property;

- the request for payment of compensation with indication of the Iban code.

Documents to be submitted with the application

The following documents must be attached to the application

a) sworn appraisal report signed by a qualified professional quantifying the damage suffered and the value of the property immediately before the calamitous event and certifying the causal link between the calamity and the damage suffered. The appraisal must contain the calculation of the damage suffered as indicated in resolution 1909/2024 point 3 depending on the type of applicant and the type of damage;

b) if available, photographic documentation attesting the damage suffered (which may also be contained in the expert's report mentioned above).

Additional documentation

1. Within 60 days from the day after the submission of the application, the document quantifying the damages attested to and/or received from the insurance company must be submitted.

2. The terms of the proceedings remain suspended from the date of receipt of the communication mentioned in paragraph 7 paragraph 5, until the date of delivery of the aforementioned documents.

The procedure for granting or refusing aid is structured as follows:

1. the preliminary examination of the applications is assigned to the Agriculture Service . Subsequently, the check list certifying the preliminary investigation is approved by means of a Determination of the Manager in which, among other things, the following are specified: beneficiary, admitted expenditure, percentage and amount of the compensation due;

2. within 60 days from the day following the deadline for submitting the applications, the Determination to grant the indemnity or, in case of negative preliminary investigation, a denial determination will be adopted

3. the applications will be examined and approved with the Determination of granting, according to the chronological order of presentation. In the event of insufficient resources, the same shall be automatically reconsidered when further budget allocations become available, by 31 December of the year following the submission of the application;

4. in the event that the additional documentation provided for in point 6.4 above is required, the applicant will be notified that within 60 days of receipt of the supplementary request the necessary documentation must be delivered in order to proceed with the granting of the compensation. It is possible to request an extension to the deadline in accordance with the provisions of Provincial Law 23/92 on proceedings;

5. the applicant will be notified of the granting or refusal;

6. in the case of applications lacking the required documentation or lacking the requisites, a measure of refusal will be adopted

7. within 30 days from the enforceability of the granting measure the Agricultural Service will provide for the payment of the compensation.