Restructuring and conversion of vineyards 2025/2026 campaign

The aid is granted from provincial funds under Article 46 of Lp 4/2003 and pursues the objective of improving the overall performance and sustainability of the farm, in particular by reducing production costs or improving and converting production in the wine sector.

The conversion and restructuring activities eligible for this aid are:

A. varietal conversion consisting in the replanting on the same or another plot of land, with or without changing the training system, of a different vine variety considered to be of greater oenological or commercial value.

B. restructuring which consists

B1. in the relocation of a vineyard with replanting in a position that is more favourable from an agronomic point of view, both in terms of exposure and for climatic, soil and economic reasons

B2. in the replanting of the vineyard in the same plot but with changes to the training system or the planting layout. In this case the increase in vines per hectare must be at least 20%;

B3. from the 2025/2026 wine year onwards, for vineyards with indigenous varieties such as Nosiola or Groppello, the limitations set out in points 'B1' and 'B2' above are not applied. Aid for this type of action 'B3' is granted under the de minimis regime pursuant to Commission Regulation (EU) No 1408/2013, as supplemented by Commission Regulation (EU) No 2021/3118.

Resources allocated for the 2025/2026 marketing year: Euro 1,200,000

For the interventions, no priority criteria are identified. Should the resources not be sufficient to finance all the applications, a proportional reduction will be made in order to finance all the applications submitted.

The contribution is granted to the extent of 50% of the eligible expenditure, defined on the basis of the Standard Tables of Unit Costs (TSCU) applied to the areas under vines measured in accordance with Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2022/126, exclusively for the actions and expenses provided for by the call for proposals, as reported in paragraph "4. Definition of the support" of Annex A of the Deliberation of the Provincial Council no. 919 of 27 June 2025.

Should the work requested not be carried out on the entire surface area, the beneficiaries are subject to a penalty (paragraph 12 of the notice).

The granting of the contribution also entails the obligation for the beneficiary to respect the use of the vineyard planting for at least 10 years pursuant to Article 6 of Provincial Law 4/2003. The deadline runs from the date of the application for final payment of the contribution.

For further information please consult the notice approved by the Deliberation of the Provincial Council no. 919 of 27 June 2025.

Aid beneficiaries are small and medium-sized enterprises active in primary production in the wine sector, including:

(a) individual agricultural enterprises, as identified by applicable state and provincial legislation;

(b) companies set up to run agricultural enterprises as identified in point (a);

(d) agricultural and harvesting, processing and marketing cooperatives and their consortia listed in the Register of cooperatives of the Province of Trento, agricultural associations provided they are legally constituted

(e) associations of agricultural producers recognised under the relevant legislation in force.

The following are excluded from aid under this measure

1. firms that are the subject of an outstanding recovery order following a previous Commission decision declaring an aid unlawful and incompatible with the internal market

2. firms in difficulty, as defined in Chapter 2.4 paragraph 33 (63) of the Guidelines;

3. companies that have received an injunction to compulsory grubbing up for phytosanitary reasons pursuant to Article 55 bis of Lp 4/2003 and have not complied with the payment of the penalty and the grubbing up, with reference to the amount of land declared in the farm file. If it is found that phytosanitary measures have been infringed, the offender is ordered to suspend payment of the aid until the infringed phytosanitary measure has been implemented. After 3 years from the date of submission of the aid application, the aid will be forfeited;

4. enterprises using authorisations issued on the basis of the conversion of replanting rights purchased from other producers, as established by the European Commission note Ref (2016)7158486 of 23/12/2016 point 9 or for new plantings issued by the Ministry;

5. large enterprises, as defined in Chapter 2.4, paragraph 36 of the Guidelines.

The application is submitted through the computer procedure set up on SRTrento. For this action, the aspiring beneficiary may mandate a CAA.

The application must be digitally signed by the applicant and must contain all the information and attachments requested during the compilation phase.

For more information please consult the manual developed to support the beneficiary in filling in the different sections of the application:

At application for payment the following documents must be attached

• Annex A - final statement and description of the intervention carried out;
• attachment B - statement of expenditure calculation;
• photographic documentation of the preparatory operations of the planting (at least one photo of the plot completely grubbed up and free from the supporting structures of the old planting)
• representative photographic documentation of the planting at the end of the work, at least 4 photos for each body (compulsory to be georeferenced only in the event that an on-site visit is not required to measure the surface area)
• shapefile of the survey of the vineyard carried out (mandatory only in the event that an on-site visit is not required for measuring the surface area)
• planimetry (or orthophotos with cadastral grid) of the area subject to final inspection, if not already attached to the application for support or if subject to modification with respect to the situation initially envisaged;
• documentary evidence of the health certification of the rooted cuttings purchased;
• documentary evidence of soil analysis (compulsory only in the case where such expenditure has been indicated in the application for support in Annex B).

Measuring the area planted with vines and carrying out on-the-spot checks

Before the final payment is made, the competent Structure will carry out spot checks on at least 20% of the farms benefiting from the contribution, checking that the planting has been carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Resolution of the Provincial Council no. 919 dated 27 June 2025 and the Determination of the Director of the Rural Development Policy Service no. 2439 dated 12 March 2026.

Furthermore, the control of the surface area requested for contribution is carried out in the field, for all the beneficiaries who - when submitting the application for payment - request a measurement in the field by the administration, as they are unable to provide a measurement that complies with the specifications required for the purpose of determining the payable contribution.