CMO wine - aid measure investments - 2024/25 wine year

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 30 June 2026 (extension);

below some clarifications on the type of aid:

Operations eligible for funding - 2024/2025 marketing year

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Operations NOT eligible - 2024/25 wine year Priority criteria - 2024/25 wine year Aid percentage - 2024/25 wine year Minimum and maximum amount of aid application Minimum expenditure eligible for aid - 2024/25 wine year

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.

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, provided by the 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, provided by the 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, provided by the 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.

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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.

Applications for support must be submitted to the AGEA Paying Agency only through the computerised procedure available on the National Agricultural Information System (S.I.A.N.) in accordance with the circulars/instructions prepared, AGEA Instructions n. 106 of 13 December 2023 - OCM vino - misura investimenti - campagna 2024/25, AGEA Circular coord. n. 7374 of 1 February 2024 OCM vino - misura investimenti - campagna 2024/25.

Applications must be submitted through an Authorised Agricultural Assistance Centre (A.A.C.) mandated by the applicant.

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.

- accompanying form of all documentation sent to the competent PAT office

- attachments as provided for by AGEA - Operating Instructions no. 106 of 13 December 2023

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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.

2. Completion of interventions - deadlines

Operations and/or interventions must be completed

-by 30 by 30 May 2025 for annual applications

- by 30 June 2026 for biennial applications (extension)

The deadline for submitting applications is set by Masaf DM 191914 dated 29/04/2024, to 14 June 2024 unless further extended

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 upload of the .pdf file of the estimates and 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.

Any applications for advance payments 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 30 June 2026 for biennial applications (extension)

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 circulars/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.