SRD01 Agricultural Productive Investments for Competitiveness - Call I

The intervention is aimed at enhancing the market competitiveness of farms and increasing their profitability, while improving their climatic and environmental performance.

These aims will be pursued by enhancing farm structures, increasing productivity and adjusting the structure of farm costs and revenues.

The intervention pays particular attention to the realisation of investments aimed at favouring the following purposes

(a) enhancement of land capital (land improvement and reparcelling, improvement and/or new construction of production structures) and of farm endowments;

b) improving climatic-environmental and animal welfare performance, including through the reduction and optimisation of the use of production inputs (including energy supply for self-consumption), the reduction and sustainable management of production residues and the removal and disposal of asbestos/asbestos cement

c) improvement of product characteristics and differentiation of production on the basis of market needs;

d) introduction of technical and management innovation in production processes through investments in digital technology;

(e) enhancement of farm production through the processing, transformation and marketing (including the conservation/storage and packaging phases) of products, also within local and/or short supply chains.

The intervention contributes to achieving the general objectives set out in points a) and b) of Article 5 and the following objectives of Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115:

• SO2 Improve market orientation and increase farm competitiveness in the short and long term, including through an increased focus on research, technology and digitalisation
• SO5 Promote sustainable development and efficient management of natural resources such as water, soil and air, including by reducing chemical dependency
• XCO Cross-sectoral objective of modernising the sector by promoting and sharing knowledge, innovations and digitisation processes in agriculture and rural areas and encouraging their use.

This intervention is implemented throughout the territory of the Province of Trento; initiatives carried out on or serving areas outside the provincial territory are not eligible. An exception is made only for initiatives relating to the purchase of machinery (listed in Annex 1) by nurseries operating in the province (wine and fruit nurseries) with their head office and processing centre in the Province of Trento but with land located wholly or partly outside the province

General eligible expenses

Start of theinvestment operation and effect of the incentive

The following are eligible

1. initiatives started and expenditure incurred after the application for aid has been submitted. Start-up is defined as the physical implementation (works executed, delivery of movable goods, purchase and sale contract) and the date of the documentation certifying the beneficiary's commitment to order equipment or employ services (e.g. order confirmation), date of invoicing and payment of works, purchases and supplies;

2. only design costs (including supporting appraisals) incurred by the beneficiary in the 24 months prior to the submission of the application and related to the design of the works attached to the aid application, and in any case incurred after 1 January 2023.

Contingencies

Expenses for contingencies are eligible up to a maximum of 3% of the works, higher percentages must be adequately justified within a maximum of no more than 5%.

Overheads

General expenses related to eligible costs are eligible up to a maximum of 12% of the other eligible costs (costs related to works/installations and contingencies), with the following sub-limits

1. technical expenses (including social security contributions) up to a maximum of 8% for eligible expenses on works up to €250,000 and a maximum of 5% for eligible expenses on works above that amount;
2. in case of submission of the Security Project, technical expenses on works may be increased by 2 percentage points.

Additional technical expenses (e.g. geological surveys, etc.) are also eligible, subject to the maximum limit of 12% mentioned above.

Budget of the 1st call for proposals SRD01 Total public expenditure euro 4,000,000.00 - EAFRD share euro 1,628,000.00.

Form and amount of support Intervention expenditure limits

Support is granted in the form of a capital contribution

The amount of support is established as shown in the table below:

The aid percentage is increased by 10% in the case of applications submitted by young people or by applicants belonging to EIPs or groupings of associated farmers.

In the case of applications submitted by young people forming part of EIPs or groupings, the aid percentage is increased by a further 10%.

Young people means young farmers who are beneficiaries on the 2014-2022 RDP for Operation 6.1.1 "Young Farmers" or on the SPP for Intervention SRE01 "Establishment of Young Farmers", of support for setting up in the five years preceding the submission of the application on Intervention SRD01. A young person is also considered to be a person who has submitted an application for aid under the PHP for Intervention SRE01 "Settlement of Young Farmers" which is currently being examined.

1. The minimum amount of eligible expenditure per aid application is €30,000.00 excluding VAT, both at the grant and final payment stages.
2. The maximum amount of eligible expenditure per aid application is € 700,000.00 excluding VAT.

3. The maximum limit of eligible expenditure per beneficiary and programme is equal to Euro 700,000.00 excluding VAT. This limit must also be respected by livestock or mixed farms with a prevalence of livestock (calculated in terms of hours on the basis of the time table), which are eligible for both this Intervention SRD01 and Intervention SRD02.

   For livestock holdings, the maximum expenditure limit for the cumulation of the two types of interventions remains € 1,000,000.00 excluding VAT, it being understood that for intervention SRD01 the total capacity for beneficiary and programming can only reach € 700,000.00.

4. In the case of applications proposed by agricultural operators who are 65 years of age or older on the date the application is submitted, the maximum eligible expenditure is euro 100,000.00 excluding VAT. In the case of companies and associations of companies, this provision applies if the average age of the members is over 65.

For all interventions requested by entities operating in the dairy and beef zootechny sectors, the farm must meet the following requirements

- have an appropriately sized manure or slurry tank. The minimum dimensions are given in point 5.4 paragraph 3 letter a) of the criteria resolution;

- comply with the following UBA/ha ratio

- dairy cow, sheep and goat farms: UBA/ha ratio <= 2.5

- fattening cattle farms : LU/ha <= 2

- enterprises with fixed-housing farms, regardless of the initiative for which the grant is requested for all investment operations must be in possession of SQNBA certification for the farm when applying for final payment of the grant.

The investment operations eligible, in order to meet requirement E1.2 "Promote the market orientation of farmse", are:

- Facilities serving production:

- Eligible expenditure is for the construction, improvement, renovation, rehabilitation and extension of structures serving agricultural production activities (e.g. stock warehouses, machinery and equipment depots) including plant, equipment, fittings, including installation.

- The purchase of structures within the limits specified in point 5.4 paragraph 1 is eligible.

- The purchase of land is eligible within the limits specified in section 5.4 paragraph 2.

- In addition, the following limits apply to machinery and equipment storage facilities:

a) maximum eligible expenditure per square metre: €700.00/sq.m.

b) maximum total eligible expenditure per investment: € 100,000.00

Only one investment is eligible during the 2023-2027 programming period in relation to this investment operation "Facilities serving production".

- Land Improvements (Land Improvements)

Land improvements aimed at cultivating land and improving the safety conditions of agricultural activity.

Eligible expenditure relates to

1. levelling, levelling, other land improvements aimed at optimising the productivity of the land, crop conversion where any soil input from outside is vegetable soil;
2. drainage works;
3. construction and rebuilding of retaining walls and cliffs, reinforced soil, and whatever is necessary to secure the land;
4. farm roads.

The addition of outside material other than vegetal soil is not eligible for funding.

The purchase of land is not eligible.

- Farm roads, farm electrification and sewerage network

Eligible expenses are those relating to

the construction of farm roads, external works pertaining to farm structures and works for the regulation of rainwater, farm electrification and the farm sewerage system.

Expenditure on the purchase of land is not eligible.

- Machinery and equipment

Machinery and equipment listed in Annex 1 to Resolution 2454/2023 are eligible, subject to the maximum expenditure limits specified for each type.

In the first application for the 2023 call for applications, the machinery and equipment indicated in Annex 1, identified in the appropriate column, for which funding is provided for by the provincial call for applications implementing the Decree on the sub-measure "Modernisation of agricultural machinery" - PNNR - Mission 2 component 1, Investment 2.3 - Innovation and mechanisation in the agricultural and food sector, will not be eligible.

Only one machine of each type may be admitted to each application.

All machines and vehicles approved for road circulation must be in possession of the documentation required by the regulations in force for road circulation.

- Supply of energy from renewable sources for business needs

The following types of systems and equipment for the sole production of energy for the farm's needs are eligible. Any share of costs corresponding to the estimated needs for the dwelling is deducted when determining the expenditure.

• Biomass boilers
• Solar thermal systems
• Stand-alone photovoltaic systems
• Networked photovoltaic installations

In the case of applications from consortia is companies between farms, the cumulative requirements of the member farms are considered.

With regard to the characteristics/sizing of the systems, the type of eligible expenses and the maximum limits of expenditure, please refer to the provisions of point 5.4.1.5 of Criteria Resolution No 2454/2023.

- Roofing structures

Eligible expenses are the supply and installation of

a) permanent greenhouses and tunnels requiring planning permission and related facilities

(b) temporary tunnels, which do not require planning permission, complete with support structure and covering (insect-proof, hail-proof, rain-proof) with related accessories

(c) anti-insect net complete with accessories and support structure;

d) single-row anti-hail-insect net complete with accessories and support structure;

(e) rainproof cover with accessories and support structure;

(f) anti-hail cover with accessories and support structure.

The covering material must have a duration of more than five years. In any case, the financing of poles to support the crop is excluded. In the case of the use of materials with a shorter duration, only the support structure is eligible for financing. Double covering and the financing of second-hand material is excluded.

The purchase of land is only eligible for greenhouses and permanent tunnels requiring planning permission with the limits specified in section 5.4, paragraph 2.

- Facilities for the handling, processing, conservation, marketing of farm agricultural products.

Expenditure is eligible for the construction, improvement, restructuring, renovation and extension of facilities for the handling, processing, preservation, marketing of farm agricultural products, including plant, equipment, fittings, including installation with reference to products in Annex 1 to the TFEU.

For the eligibility of the expenses provided for in paragraph 1 above, the farm product must be prevalent. The prevalence of the farm product is calculated in terms of quantity of product and if the investment is intended for the use of more than one production compartment the quantity of each compartment must be valued by applying an average market price.

The purchase of structures is eligible within the limits specified in point 5.4 paragraph 1.

The purchase of land is eligible within the limits specified in point 5.4 paragraph 2.

Expenditure on facilities for the handling, processing, preservation, marketing of products not covered by Annex I of the TFEU as a result of processing is not eligible.

For ineligible expenditure please refer to point 5.5 of the criteria resolution.

Selection of aid applications

Priority criteria and scores to be attributed to applications, please refer to point 7 selection of aid applications, of the criteria resolution n. 2454/2023.

The information supporting the priority criteria and proving the score required is contained in the aid application and in the specific declarations relating to the intervention. The scoring requirements must be met by the applicant at the time the application for support is submitted.

Only applications scoring no less than 10 points may be financed.

The amount of the expenditure must be duly justified by invoices in the name of the beneficiary and duly receipted or by documents of equivalent probative value to invoices.

Expenditure paid by the beneficiary by means of a bank or postal transfer or by Riba, to the current account in the name of the beneficiary or co-owned by the beneficiary (current account dedicated, even if not exclusively, to the investment operation) is eligible. Limited to the purchase of structures/land, payment by registered bank draft is also permitted, with proof of debiting.

Payment in cash is not permitted under any circumstances.

The Unique Project Code (Cup) must be quoted on all invoices and in all payments.The code is assigned by the Agricultural Service and will be communicated to each beneficiary before the grant is awarded. The CUP must always be present in the documents supporting the expenditure (invoices and payment documents) issued after the communication of the CUP itself.

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

In the case of documents prior to the communication of the CUP code, or in the case where an error is detected in the typing of the CUP code, which must in any case be written on all the documents evidencing the expenditure (invoices and payment certificates), reconciliation is allowed.

In the case of payments made by cashier's cheque for the purchase of structures and land, the deed of sale must indicate the CUP code and the serial code of each cashier's cheque. For the purposes of the obligation of traceability of the expenditure, the sale documents must be in the form of a public deed or certified private deed.

OBLIGATIONS

The beneficiary of an investment operation undertakes to

1. to carry out the operation in accordance with the terms defined in the decision granting the Agriculture Service, without prejudice to any variations and extensions;

2. subject to cases of force majeure and exceptional circumstances, ensure the stability of the supported investment operation for a minimum period of time of

   - 5 years from the date of final payment to the beneficiary for movable property and equipment;

   - 10 years from the date of final payment to the beneficiary for immovable property, building works, including fixed equipment;

maintain the following UBA/ha ratio for 5 years from the final payment date:

- dairy cow, sheep and goat farms: UBA/ha ratio <= 2,5

- fattening cattle farms: LU/ha <= 2

Obligations are checked by ex-post controls in accordance with the relevant regulations. Sample checks will also be carried out, in accordance with the relevant regulations, on declarations in lieu of affidavits and certificates.

In order to comply with the information and publicity obligations for the investment operations supported by the EAFRD, the provisions of Regulation (EU) No. 2022/129 and of the provisions issued by the Managing Authority shall apply. The provisions on publicity and information obligations for each individual operation are available at the following link https://www.provincia.tn.it/FEASR .

Individual or associated farmers, who, pursuant to Article 2135 of the Civil Code, are engaged in cultivation of the land, forestry, animal husbandry (limited to dairy and beef zootechny), and related activities, in possession of an agricultural VAT number and registration with the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture (C.C.I.A.A.) as of the date of submission of the application. The C.C.I.A.A. registration requirement is waived for young farmers who have submitted an application on the SRE01 intervention of the PHP and have not yet completed the setting-up process.

Entrepreneurs who carry out exclusively forestry and aquaculture activities are excluded.

All production sectors related to the production of products listed in Annex I of the TFEU are eligible for support, with the exclusion of

- fisheries and aquaculture products;

- wildlife breeding;

- the livestock sector with the exception of the dairy and meat sectors for which only the following investment operations are eligible

- Production facilities limited to machinery and equipment storage facilities;

- Machinery and equipment with the limitations indicated in the appropriate column of Annex 1, as they are included in the SRD02 intervention for the same beneficiaries;

- Facilities for the handling, processing, preservation and marketing of farm agricultural products, limited to holdings operating in the sheep and goat sector, those certified organic, and agri-tourism operators.

Eligibility of applicants

On the date of submission of the aid application, each applicant is obliged to set up and update the electronic farm file. Information on the farm file and the user manual are available on the website of the Provincial Paying Agency - APPAG, at the following link: http://www.appag.provincia.tn.it/APPAG/Fascicolo-aziendale.

For investment operations relating to Structures serving production (point 5.4.1.1) and for Permanent structures and tunnels (5.4.1.6 - paragraph 1, letter a) the applicant, in order to ensure compliance with the destination constraints set out in point 12, must be the owner or holder of registered real right of enjoyment of the land parcels or buildings subject to the intervention. Alternatively, this requirement may be held by a partner of the applicant enterprise, provided that 100% of the ownership or other right in rem is attributable to the partners of the enterprise.

By way of derogation from the property ownership requirement, investment operations relating to interventions for which the assets concerned are held by the applicant by virtue of an appropriate and duly registered title of use, as well as the authorisation signed by the owner to carry out the works are eligible for financing, provided that the initiatives of a building nature are requested for an amount not exceeding 100,000.00 euro.

Initiatives of a building nature on structures owned by public bodies, civic use bodies, consortia or foundations rented or leased to farmers and initiatives relating to farmland development and roofing structures (excluding greenhouses and permanent tunnels) are exempt from the ownership requirement

Aid may not be granted to

1. enterprises to which aid granted under the 2007-2013 and 2014-2022 RDPs and the current PHP has been recovered and then withdrawn, without repayment of the same
2. in the case of mixed undertakings that have not complied with the compulsory grubbing-up requirements ordered by the Agricultural Service (Provincial Plant Protection Office) in compliance with provincial (ref. art. 55 bis, paragraph 6 ter, of Provincial Law 4/2003), national and Community sector regulations.

Failure to meet one of the eligibility requirements will result in ineligibility for support or partial or total forfeiture of the aid.

Eligibility Criteria

In order to be eligible, the application for support must be accompanied by the presentation of an Investment Project aimed at providing elements for the evaluation of the consistency of the operation in achieving the objectives of the intervention.

The Investment Project must highlight the improvement effects of the investment in order to meet requirement E1.2 "Promote the market orientation of agricultural holdings".

The investment project must also provide evidence that the objectives set out in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115 mentioned above are met.

For aid applications for an amount of expenditure requested of less than € 300,000.00, the Investment Project must be signed by the applicant, while for aid applications for an amount of expenditure requested of more than € 300,000.00, the Investment Project must be drawn up and signed by a qualified and competent professional within the meaning of the professional rules recognised by the legislation in force.

The application may be submitted by the owner of the farm or by the legal representative in the case of a company, (a consultant may be used to enter the application into SRTrento only).

The application must be submitted online by accessing the provincial agricultural information system SRTrento at https://srt.infotn.it that can also be reached from the portal https://a4g.provincia.tn.it/ by the deadline of 30 June 2024.

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 webpage

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.

Only one application may be submitted

The following shall constitute grounds for the inadmissibility of the application

1. failure to meet the deadline for submitting applications
2. the absence of information enabling the applicant to be unequivocally identified;
3. failure of the legal representative to sign the application;
4. the submission of applications using methods other than those described above;
5. applications signed by a person other than the legal representative or a person expressly delegated or without a signature.

Demarcation (double financing)

Please refer to the tables in Annex 2 as regards the compatibility of the investments envisaged in the PHP with other EU financial instruments (CMO fruit and vegetables, CMO wine, CMO olive oil and CMO potato).

Cumulability of aid

Expenditure financed by Resolution 2454/2023 is not eligible for any other financing through EU financial instruments. The same expenditure may only be supported through national (state or regional) State aid schemes if the total cumulated amount granted with the different forms of support does not exceed the maximum aid intensity or the amount of aid applicable to the type of intervention in question, as set out in Title III of Regulation (EU) 2021/2115.

1. for applications amounting to €300,000.00or more, an Investment Project with the contents as set out in point 5.2, paragraph 3, drafted and signed by a qualified and competent professional within the meaning of the professional orders recognised by the regulations in force.
2. If the application includes initiatives relating to works, the following documentation must be attached

a) technical report describing the works to be carried out, signed at the bottom of the page by the qualified technician;

b)complete project approved, if envisaged by the regulations in force, with building permit or equivalent deed, as well as a copy of the same on computerised support in pdf format

c) estimated metric calculation of the works signed at the foot of the page by the qualified technician, drawn up in accordance with the items in the Autonomous Province of Trento's price list for public works or, for the items not present, in accordance with the price lists published by the C.C.I.A.A;

d) a simple copy of the duly registered title of ownership attesting the availability of the assets concerned by the eligible works, of which the applicant is not the owner

e) the authorisation signed by the owner to carry out the works;

(f) in the case of works already started at the date of submission of the application, a declaration by the works manager certifying the state of progress, accompanied by photographs and indicating the date of the shooting;

3. If the application includes initiatives relating to the purchase of structures/land, the following must be attached

a) plain copy of the preliminary sale agreement registered at the Revenue Office;

b) an appraisal report of the structure/land, signed by an independent qualified technician, showing that the purchase price is not higher than the market value and that the property complies with the urban planning regulations in force, or specifying the elements of non-compliance, in cases where the operation provides for their regularisation by the final beneficiary.

4. If the application includes initiatives for the purchase of plant, machinery and equipment

(a) three cost estimates signed by the supplier, detailed, comparable and competitive with the market prices, issued by 3 different, independent and competing suppliers. For machinery and equipment, the quotations must highlight the technical characteristics set out in Appendix 1. For building installations, the estimated metric calculation may be submitted as an alternative;

b) in the event that the applicant does not choose the lower priced estimate, a brief technical-economic report by a qualified technician explaining the reasons for the choice of the estimate considered valid. Failing this, the cost of the lowest estimate shall be taken into account;

c) in the case of acquisitions of highly specialised goods and in the case of investments to complete pre-existing supplies, for which it is not possible to find or use more than one supplier, a detailed cost estimate to which must be attached a technical-economic report by a qualified technician highlighting the impossibility of identifying other competing companies capable of supplying the goods to be financed, regardless of the value of the goods or supplies to be purchased.

5. In the case of plants for the supply of energy from renewable sources

a)three cost estimates signed by the supplier, detailed, mutually comparable and competitive with market prices, issued by 3 different, independent and competing suppliers. Alternatively, the estimated metric calculation may be submitted;

b) project of the installation signed and stamped by a qualified technician if provided for by DM 37/2008 or declaration that no project is required;

c)if the project is not necessary: presentation of a map extract, highlighting the position of the plant on the building/land parcel affected by the intervention

d) if envisaged by the regulations in force, presentation of the town planning measure pursuant to L.P. N. 4/2022 Measures for the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. If the urban planning measure is the Communication of free works or the Cila, the details must be communicated with the application;

e) a report signed and stamped by a qualified technician indicating any distinction between business and residential requirements (in percentage terms) certifying

- for photovoltaic systems: the correct sizing of the system with respect to the farm's needs calculated on the basis of the consumption of the previous three years and, for new structures, on the presumed consumption based on the functional needs of the new structure; number of panels and total power of the system expressed in kWp

- for solar thermal systems: number of panels installed and their size with indication of the total surface area of the system

- for biomass boilers: plant sizing with an indication of the efficiency level of the plant, indication of the power output expressed in kWp, type of loading (manual or automatic) and declaration that they fall within the classes envisaged by the "Conto Termico " as per Ministerial Decree of 28 December 2021 and subsequent amendments

- for biogas plants: plant sizing with an indication of the level of electricity and heat production in compliance with the limits set for eligibility under point 5.4.1.4.

6. In the case of roofs, the following must be attached

(a) three cost estimates signed by the supplier, detailed, comparable and competitive with respect to market prices, issued by 3 different, independent and competing suppliers or alternatively, for greenhouses and permanent tunnels , estimated metric calculations

b) if the applicant does not choose the lower priced estimate, a short technical-economic report by a qualified technician, explaining the reason for the choice of the estimate considered valid. Failing this, the cost of the lowest estimate will be taken into consideration;

Additional documentation required for applications with a requested amount greater than or equal to €300,000.00 and or including initiatives relating to the purchase of structures.

Within 90 days (which may be extended by a further 60 days upon justified request) of receipt of the notification of the position in the ranking list eligible for funding, the applicant shall submit

1. in the case of applications for an amount requested greater than or equal to €300,000.00, a positive assessment by a credit institution to the granting of a loan or medium-term financing for at least 50% of the expenditure requested

2. in the event that the purchase of the structure is envisaged and a simple copy of the preliminary sale agreement registered with the Inland Revenue Agency is attached to the application, the documentation envisaged under point 7.5 paragraph 2, letters a)-b)-c)-f) of the criteria resolution.

Deadline for applications: 30 June 2024.

The procedure for granting or refusing the grant is structured as follows:

1. procedure for the approval, by determination of the manager, of a merit ranking of the applications submitted drawn up on the basis of scores awarded within 45 days starting from the day after the deadline for submitting applications;

2. notification to the applicant by the person in charge of the procedure, of the position in the ranking list eligible for funding and any request for regularisation or supplementation of documentation for the purposes of the preliminary investigation

3. alternatively, a notice will be sent to the applicant of the position in the ranking list ineligible for funding

4. the procedure concludes with a determination by the Director of the Agricultural Service within 120 days from the approval of the ranking list (days of expiry of the administrative procedure) granting or not granting the contribution to the applicant. The act granting the contribution may impose conditions and constraints in relation to the specific investment project;

5 notice of grant/refusal of the grant.

Assessment of aid applications

For all eligible aid applications, the person in charge of the procedure of the Agricultural Service verifies through administrative checks and possible on-farm inspections the following requirements

1. the presence of the subjective requirements
2. the regularity and completeness of the documentation submitted
3. the eligibility of the scores awarded in the ranking list according to the selection criteria,
4. the relevance, functionality and eligibility of the expenses requested,
5. the reasonableness and congruity of the eligible expenditure,
6. the content of the investment project
7. the amount of the grant that may be awarded

Without prejudice to the application of the maximum unit costs specified in the description of the individual investment operations, the reasonableness of the expenditure is determined as follows

1. evaluation of the requested metric calculation, in the case of works and/or plants, which must be drawn up on the basis of the price lists for public works published in the Official Bulletin of the Trentino Alto Adige Region, for the Autonomous Province of Trento or, for those items not included, on the basis of the price lists published by the C.C.I.A.A;
2. evaluation of 3 cost estimates in the case of machinery, equipment and plants, which must be from competing firms;
3. evaluation of the technical-economic report of 1 cost estimate in the case of machinery, equipment and plant for which it is not possible to identify competing firms capable of supplying the goods to be financed or which are complementary to pre-existing supplies.

The results of the preliminary investigation are set out in a check list signed by the person in charge of the procedure.

Time limits and deadlines for reporting operations

The reporting deadlines are set for all initiatives relating to the various investment operations 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 the case of applications that envisage the construction of works and plants, a maximum of two reasoned extension applications submitted within the reporting deadline established by the grant award are allowed,

In the case of applications that provide only for the purchase of machinery and equipment listed in Annex 1, a maximum of one reasoned extension application submitted within the grant reporting deadline is allowed. The extension may be granted for a maximum period of 12 months.

Applications for extensions are approved by determination of the Agricultural Service.

Variants

Variants to the original project are permitted in the cases indicated in point 10 of criteria resolution 2454/2023, provided that they are requested in advance, with respect to the execution of the relevant works, The Agricultural Service, having assessed the variant proposals, will either approve or reject them, notifying the beneficiary.

The variant application must be submitted online by accessing the provincial agricultural information system SRTrento at https://srt.infotn.it which can also be reached from the portal https://a4g.provincia.tn.it.

Payment applications

Payment applications can be divided into applications for advance payments, applications for payment on account of work progress and applications for payment of the balance.

An application for an advance payment may be submitted by the beneficiary after notification of the grant award. The advance may be granted up to a maximum of 50% of the contribution.

The application for payment must be submitted online through the portal https://srt.infotn.it which can also be reached from the portal https://a4g.provincia.tn.it, digitally signed by the beneficiary, to which must be attached the documentation provided for in point 11 of the resolution of criteria no. 2454/2023 depending on the type of application for payment.

The results of the liquidation enquiries are set out in a check-list signed by the official in charge on the basis of which the contribution is disbursed.