Project Description

Investment Processing and Trading of Agricultural Products

Rural Development Program

This support aims to promote the expansion and renewal of the agro-industrial production structure, preserve and improve the environment, ensuring that investments are compatible with environmental and occupational health and safety standards. Aimed at natural and legal persons, this RDP support has a minimum funding of 200,000 euros and the funding rate is 45% non-repayable.

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Support Status

Closed

Financing

Up to 4.000.000€

Territory

Mainland Portugal

Eligible Entities

Individuals Entities
Legal Entities

Investment Processing and Trading of Agricultural Products

Rural Development Program

This support aims to promote the expansion and renewal of the agro-industrial production structure, preserve and improve the environment, ensuring that investments are compatible with environmental and occupational health and safety standards. Aimed at natural and legal persons, this RDP support has a minimum funding of 200,000 euros and the funding rate is 45% non-repayable.

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Support Status

Closed

Financing

Up to 4.000.000€

Territory

Mainland Portugal

Eligible Entities

Individuals Entities
Legal Entities

Incentive Conditions

  • Promoting the expansion and renovation of the agro-industrial productive structure;
  • Preserving and improving the environment, ensuring the compatibility of investments with environmental and occupational health and safety standards.

  • Mainland Portugal

  • Non-repayable grant up to a maximum of EUR 3 million in support per beneficiary;
  • Reimbursable grant for the part exceeding the above mentioned amount;
  • The levels of support to be granted, per beneficiary, are the following:
    • Base rate:
      • Less developed regions – 30%.
      • Other regions – 20%.
    • Bonuses:
      • Projects promoted by Producer Organisations or Groupings – 10% – Investments to be carried out by Producer Organisations or Groupings as part of a merger – 10% – Other regions – 20% – Increases;
      • Investments to be carried out by Producer Organisations or Groups within the scope of a merger – 20%;
      • Operations within the scope of the EIP – 5%.
    • Maximum rate:
      • Less developed regions – 45%
      • Other regions – 35%

  • Minimum: 200 000 €
  • Maximum: 4 000 000 €

  • Beneficiaries of this support are all natural or legal persons legally constituted on the date of application, engaged in the processing or marketing of agricultural products.

  • Expenses related to construction and improvement of immovable property, namely:
    • a) Fencing and land preparation;
    • b) Buildings and other constructions directly linked to the activities to be developed
    • c) Adaptation of existing facilities related to the investment;
  • Purchase or lease-purchase of real estate, namely:
    • a) new machinery and equipment, including computer equipment;
    • b) Internal transportation equipment, cargo handling equipment, and boxes and pallets with a life span of over one year;
    • c) Isothermal boxes, cold storage units and transport tanks, as well as external means of transport, when the latter are used exclusively for milk collection and transport to the processing units
    • d) Social equipment required by law;
    • e) Automation of equipment already existing in the unit;
    • f) Equipment that is not directly productive, namely, equipment for the recovery of by-products and waste intended for production, energy recovery and quality control equipment;
  • General expenses, namely in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energies, application software, industrial property, diagnostics, audits, marketing and branding plans and feasibility studies, follow-up, architectural and engineering projects associated to the investments, up to 5% of the approved eligible cost of the remaining expenses.

Incentive Conditions

Promoting the expansion and renovation of the agro-industrial productive structure;
Preserving and improving the environment, ensuring the compatibility of investments with environmental and occupational health and safety standards.

Mainland Portugal.

Non-repayable grant up to a maximum of EUR 3 million in support per beneficiary;
Reimbursable grant for the part exceeding the above mentioned amount;
The levels of support to be granted, per beneficiary, are the following:
Base rate:
Less developed regions – 30%.
Other regions – 20%.
Bonuses:
Projects promoted by Producer Organisations or Groupings – 10% – Investments to be carried out by Producer Organisations or Groupings as part of a merger – 10% – Other regions – 20% – Increases;
Investments to be carried out by Producer Organisations or Groups within the scope of a merger – 20%;
Operations within the scope of the EIP – 5%.
Maximum rate:
Less developed regions – 45%
Other regions – 35%

Minimum: 200 000 €
Maximum: 4 000 000 €

Beneficiaries of this support are all natural or legal persons legally constituted on the date of application, engaged in the processing or marketing of agricultural products.

Expenses related to construction and improvement of immovable property, namely:
a) Fencing and land preparation;
b) Buildings and other constructions directly linked to the activities to be developed
c) Adaptation of existing facilities related to the investment;
Purchase or lease-purchase of real estate, namely:
a) new machinery and equipment, including computer equipment;
b) Internal transportation equipment, cargo handling equipment, and boxes and pallets with a life span of over one year;
c) Isothermal boxes, cold storage units and transport tanks, as well as external means of transport, when the latter are used exclusively for milk collection and transport to the processing units
d) Social equipment required by law;
e) Automation of equipment already existing in the unit;
f) Equipment that is not directly productive, namely, equipment for the recovery of by-products and waste intended for production, energy recovery and quality control equipment;
General expenses, namely in the field of energy efficiency and renewable energies, application software, industrial property, diagnostics, audits, marketing and branding plans and feasibility studies, follow-up, architectural and engineering projects associated to the investments, up to 5% of the approved eligible cost of the remaining expenses.

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