The Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Achim Irimescu announced in the press conference held yesterday that the launch of the first calls for agricultural projects will be opened starting with March 2016:

• Sub measure 4.1 Investments in agricultural holdings

Type of investments to be financed: Construction, extension, modernization and endowment of constructions from livestock or vegetal farms etc.
Grant awarded: up to 2.000.000 euro. Financing rate: up to 90% of eligible expenses.

• Sub measure 4.1.a Investments in fruit-growing holdings

Type of investments to be financed: modernization of fruit-growing farms, reconversion of fruit plantations, modernization of fruit nurseries, storage systems etc.
Grant awarded: up to 1.050.000 euro. Financing rate: up to 90% of eligible expenses.

• Sub measure 4.2 Support for investments in processing / marketing and / or development of agricultural products

Type of investments to be financed: Setting-up, extension and / or modernization and endowment of processing units, including investments in products’ marketing (e.g. labeling, packaging), local networks of collection, reception, storage, conditioning, selection and packaging capacity etc.
Grant awarded: up to 2.500.000 euro. Financing rate: up to 50% of eligible expenses.

• Sub measure 4.2.a Support for investments in processing / marketing of products in the fruit-growing sector

Type of investments to be financed: Setting-up, extension and / or modernization of processing units for raw material in the fruit-growing sector, mobile processing units / local networks for collection, reception, storage, conditioning, selection and packaging; Purchasing of new machinery, installations, equipment and specialized transportation.
Grant awarded: up to 1.500.000 euro. Financing rate: up to 50% of eligible expenses.

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

Grant awarded: up to 200.000 euro representing consultancy expenditure of an investment project in the processing of agricultural products.