Sub-measure 4.2 - Investment for development, modernization and adaptation of agriculture and forestry infrastructure

 

PURPOSE:

restructuring the management and application of the access infrastructure and adaptation of the access infrastructure to new agricultural and forest structure and efficient use of infrastructure usable.

 

OBJECTIVES:

• Establishment, expansion and modernization of agricultural access infrastructure for farms;
• Establishment, expansion and modernization of access roads in the forest;
• Modernization of irrigation infrastructure.

 

BENEFICIARIES:

Ø  Territorial administrative units and / or their associations established under national legislation in force;

Ø  Private legal persons / organization other forest owners and / or their associations as required by law;

Ø  Territorial administrative units and / or their associations, forest owners;

Ø  Administrator for forest public property as required by law;

Ø  Organizations / federations of water users, consisting of owners / users of agricultural land in accordance with the legislation in force.

 

ELIGIBILITY CONDITIONS:

• The investment must fall into at least one of the types of support provided by sub-measures;
• The applicant must qualify for eligible beneficiaries;
• The investment will be preceded by an assessment of the expected impact on the environment if it can have negative effects on the environment;
• The applicant undertakes to ensure the operation and maintenance of design parameters investment, for a period of at least 5 years since the last installment payment.

 

Specific conditions for AGRICULTURAL access infrastructure:

-          Applicants must provide proof of ownership / management of the land on which the investment.

-          The investment must be connected to an existing road.

Specific conditions for FORESTRY access infrastructure:

-  Investments applicant must prove land ownership / management for state public domain.

-  The applicant must demonstrate that the investment is found in forest management and inventory holder.

Specific conditions for IRRIGATION infrastructure:

-          The investment must be reflected in a river basin management plan

-          The investment provides water metering

-          If the body of groundwater or surface is satisfactory, the investment must ensure that, following an ex-ante possible water savings with a minimum of 5% of technical parameters / existing infrastructure, excluding investments in irrigation infrastructure basins whose water source are collecting and storing irrigation water and does not affect bodies groundwater or surface

-          The investment aimed identified areas in the Strategy of the investment in irrigation

-          The investment must comply with the legislation on environmental effects, and where it can have negative effects on the environment, investment will be preceded by a expected environmental impact assessment

-          The applicant shall demonstrate use of the land / physical assets of the investment

-          The designed irrigation system must be connected to a functional system (main infrastructure).

 

GRANDS:

}  IRRIGATION SYSTEMS related to pressurizing stations and AGRICULTURAL ACCESS ROADS - 100% of the eligible expenditure not exceeding: 1,000,000 Euro / project.

}  SETTING IRRIGATION SYSTEMS related to pumping systems and FOREST ROADS - 100% of the eligible expenditure not exceeding: 1,500,000 Euro / project.

 

ELIGIBLE COSTS:

a. Construction, expansion and / or modernization of agricultural roads to farms (roadways from off farm);

b. Construction, expansion and / or modernization of forest roads;

c. Modernization secondary irrigation pumping, stations adjacent buildings and / or connection to utilities, water metering systems, including construction / modernization of tanks collecting and storing water for irrigation.

 

NON-ELIGIBLE COSTS:

a. Costs for maintenance, repair and operation of investment made.

b. Rental costs for machinery, plant and equipment.

c. Operating costs including maintenance and rental costs.

d. Other ineligible costs: General expenses on goods and equipment “second hand "; expenditure incurred before the signing of the contract of the project exception of general costs as defined in art. 45, paragraph 2 c) of R (EU). 1305/2013 which may be made before the application for funding, expenditure necessary for the implementation and projects involving the creation / conversion orchards; acquisition costs means of transport for personal use and to transport people; value tax added, unless it cannot recover under national law VAT and specific provisions for financial instruments

 

SELECTION CRITERIA:

 

AGRICULTURAL INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS:

1. multiple purpose of the investment objective;

2. agricultural areas served;

3. complementarities with orchards subprogram

FORESTRY INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS:

4. accessibility of forest areas through new investments;

5. forest fund area served;

IRRIGATION INFRASTRUCTURE:

6. complementarities with investments in upgrading irrigation systems downstream;

7. water saving;

8. supply directly from the source system or gravity;

9. principle of underserved areas.

 

Grant will be given in the form of:

}  A reimbursement of eligible expenses;

}  An advance payment provided that a bank guarantee or a guarantee is corresponding to 100% of the advance in accordance with art. 45 and art. 63 Regulation no. 1305/2014;