The Agency for Financing Rural Investments (AFIR) has published a new consultative guideline for the state aid scheme: Regional development stimulation through investments for processing and marketing of agricultural products to obtain non-agricultural products and the minims scheme: Support for consulting services needed for the implementation of the investments projects for processing and marketing of agricultural products to obtain non-agricultural products. The documents can be consulted here.

We present further details regarding these financing lines, for the private sector:

The State aid scheme GBER: Regional development stimulation through investments for processing and marketing of agricultural products to obtain non-agricultural products.

• Type of investments to be financed: Constructions, extension and endowment of processing units from food industry; Purchase of new equipment, installations and specialized transportation vehicles.
• Grant awarded: up to 500.000 euro.
• Financing rate: up to 50% of eligible expenses.

The minims scheme: Support for consulting services needed for the implementation of the investments projects for processing and marketing of agricultural products to obtain non-agricultural products.

• Grant awarded: up to 000 euro representing consultancy expenditure of an investment project for processing agricultural products.
• Financing rate: up to 100% of the consultancy eligible expenses.