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Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005
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2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | TOTAL 2014-2020 | |
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Belgium | 78 342 401 | 78 499 837 | 91 078 375 | 97 175 076 | 97 066 202 | 102 912 713 | 102 723 155 | 647 797 759 |
Bulgaria | 335 499 038 | 335 057 822 | 337 270 538 | 340 409 994 | 339 966 052 | 339 523 306 | 338 990 216 | 2 366 716 966 |
Czech Republic | 314 349 445 | 312 969 048 | 345 955 782 | 344 509 078 | 343 033 490 | 323 242 050 | 321 615 103 | 2 305 673 996 |
Denmark | 90 287 658 | 90 168 920 | 136 397 742 | 144 868 072 | 153 125 142 | 152 367 537 | 151 588 619 | 918 803 690 |
Germany | 1 221 378 847 | 1 219 851 936 | 1 407 185 642 | 1 404 073 302 | 1 400 926 899 | 1 397 914 658 | 1 394 588 766 | 9 445 920 050 |
Estonia | 103 626 144 | 103 651 030 | 111 192 345 | 122 865 093 | 125 552 583 | 127 277 180 | 129 177 183 | 823 341 558 |
Ireland | 313 148 955 | 313 059 463 | 313 149 965 | 313 007 411 | 312 891 690 | 312 764 355 | 312 570 314 | 2 190 592 153 |
Greece | 605 051 830 | 604 533 693 | 705 210 906 | 703 471 245 | 701 719 722 | 700 043 071 | 698 261 326 | 4 718 291 793 |
Spain | 1 187 488 617 | 1 186 425 595 | 1 186 659 141 | 1 185 553 005 | 1 184 419 678 | 1 183 448 718 | 1 183 394 067 | 8 297 388 821 |
France | 1 404 875 907 | 1 635 877 165 | 1 663 306 545 | 1 665 777 592 | 1 668 304 328 | 1 671 324 729 | 1 675 377 983 | 11 384 844 249 |
Croatia | 332 167 500 | 282 342 500 | 282 342 500 | 282 342 500 | 282 342 500 | 282 342 500 | 282 342 500 | 2 026 222 500 |
Italy | 1 480 213 402 | 1 483 373 476 | 1 491 492 990 | 1 493 380 162 | 1 495 583 530 | 1 498 573 799 | 1 501 763 408 | 10 444 380 767 |
Cyprus | 18 895 839 | 18 893 552 | 18 897 207 | 18 894 801 | 18 892 389 | 18 889 108 | 18 881 481 | 132 244 377 |
Latvia | 138 327 376 | 150 968 424 | 153 066 059 | 155 139 289 | 157 236 528 | 159 374 589 | 161 491 517 | 1 075 603 782 |
Lithuania | 230 392 975 | 230 412 316 | 230 431 887 | 230 451 686 | 230 472 391 | 230 483 599 | 230 443 386 | 1 613 088 240 |
Luxembourg | 14 226 474 | 14 272 231 | 14 318 896 | 14 366 484 | 14 415 051 | 14 464 074 | 14 511 390 | 100 574 600 |
Hungary | 495 668 727 | 495 016 871 | 489 265 618 | 488 620 684 | 488 027 342 | 487 402 356 | 486 662 895 | 3 430 664 493 |
Malta | 13 880 143 | 13 965 035 | 13 938 619 | 13 914 927 | 13 893 023 | 13 876 504 | 13 858 647 | 97 326 898 |
Netherlands | 87 118 078 | 87 003 509 | 118 496 585 | 118 357 256 | 118 225 747 | 118 107 797 | 117 976 388 | 765 285 360 |
Austria | 557 806 503 | 559 329 914 | 560 883 465 | 562 467 745 | 564 084 777 | 565 713 368 | 567 266 225 | 3 937 551 997 |
Poland | 1 569 517 638 | 1 175 590 560 | 1 193 429 059 | 1 192 025 238 | 1 190 589 130 | 1 189 103 987 | 1 187 301 202 | 8 697 556 814 |
Portugal | 577 031 070 | 577 895 019 | 578 913 888 | 579 806 001 | 580 721 241 | 581 637 133 | 582 456 022 | 4 058 460 374 |
Romania | 1 149 848 554 | 1 148 336 385 | 1 176 689 135 | 1 186 544 149 | 1 184 725 381 | 1 141 925 604 | 1 139 927 194 | 8 127 996 402 |
Slovenia | 118 678 072 | 119 006 876 | 119 342 187 | 119 684 133 | 120 033 142 | 120 384 760 | 120 720 633 | 837 849 803 |
Slovakia | 271 154 575 | 213 101 979 | 215 603 053 | 215 356 644 | 215 106 447 | 214 844 203 | 214 524 943 | 1 559 691 844 |
Finland | 335 440 884 | 336 933 734 | 338 456 263 | 340 009 057 | 341 593 485 | 343 198 337 | 344 776 578 | 2 380 408 338 |
Sweden | 257 858 535 | 258 014 757 | 249 223 940 | 249 386 135 | 249 552 108 | 249 710 989 | 249 818 786 | 1 763 565 250 |
United Kingdom | 667 773 873 | 752 322 030 | 755 698 156 | 755 518 938 | 755 301 511 | 756 236 113 | 756 815 870 | 5 199 666 491 |
Total EU-28 | 13 970 049 060 | 13 796 873 677 | 14 297 896 488 | 14 337 975 697 | 14 347 801 509 | 14 297 087 137 | 14 299 825 797 | 99 347 509 365 |
Technical assistance | 34 130 699 | 34 131 977 | 34 133 279 | 34 134 608 | 34 135 964 | 34 137 346 | 34 138 756 | 238 942 629 |
Total | 14 004 179 759 | 13 831 005 654 | 14 332 029 767 | 14 372 110 305 | 14 381 937 473 | 14 331 224 483 | 14 333 964 553 | 99 586 451 994] |
a Council Directive 91/676/EEC of 12 December 1991 concerning the protection of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources(OJ L 375, 31.12.1991, p. 1). | |||
b These amounts may be increased in duly substantiated cases taking into account specific circumstances to be justified in the rural development programmes. | |||
c This amount may be decreased in duly substantiated cases taking into account specific circumstances to be justified in the rural development programmes. | |||
NB: The aid intensities are without prejudice to Union State aid rules. | |||
Article | Subject | Maximum amount in EUR or rate | |
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15(8) | Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services | 1 500 | Per advice |
200 000 | Per three years for the training of advisors | ||
16(2) | Information and promotion activities | 70 % | Of the eligible costs of the action |
16(4) | Quality schemes or agricultural products and foodstuffs | 3 000 | Per holding per year |
17(3) | Investment in physical assets | Agricultural sector | |
50 % | Of the amount of eligible investment in less developed regions and in all regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007 - 2013 period was less than 75 % of the average of the EU-25 for the reference period but whose GDP per capita is above 75 % of the GDP average of the EU-27. | ||
75 % | Of the amount of eligible investment in outermost regions | ||
75 % | Of the amount of eligible investment in Croatia for the implementation of Council Directive 91/676/EECa within a maximum period of four years from the date of accession pursuant to Article 3(2) and Article 5(1) of that Directive | ||
75 % | Of the amount of eligible investment in the smaller Aegean islands | ||
40 % | Of the amount of eligible investment in other regions The above rates may be increased by an additional 20 percentage points, provided that maximum combined support does not exceed 90 %, for:
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Processing and marketing of products listed in Annex I to the TFEU | |||
50 % | Of the amount of eligible investment in less developed regions and in all regions whose GDP per capita for the 2007 - 2013 period was less than 75 % of the average of the EU-25 for the reference period but whose GDP per capita is above 75 % of the GDP average of the EU-27 | ||
75 % | Of the amount of eligible investment in outermost regions | ||
75 % | Of the amount of eligible investment in the smaller Aegean islands | ||
40 % | Of the amount of eligible investment in other regions The above rates may be increased by an additional 20 percentage points, provided that maximum combined support does not exceed 90 %, for operations supported in the framework of the EIP or those linked to a merger of producer organisations | ||
17(4) | Investment in physical assets | 100 % | Non-productive investments and agricultural and forestry infrastructure |
18(5) | Restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and introduction of appropriate prevention actions | 80 % | Of the amount of eligible investment costs for prevention operations carried out by individual farmers. |
100 % | Of the amount of eligible investment costs for prevention operations carried out collectively by more than one beneficiary. | ||
100 % | Of the amount of eligible investment costs for operations to restore agricultural land and production potential damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic events. | ||
19(6) | Farm and business development | 70 000 | Per young farmer under Article 19(1)(a)(i) |
70 000 | Per beneficiary under Article 19(1)(a)(ii) | ||
15 000 | Per small farm under Article 19(1)(a)(iii) | ||
23(3) | Establishment of agroforestry systems | 80 % | Of the amount of eligible investment for the establishment of agroforestry systems |
26(4) | Investments in forestry technologies and in processing, in mobilising and in the marketing of forestry products | 65 % | Of the amount of eligible investment in less developed regions |
75 % | Of the amount of eligible investment in outermost regions | ||
75 % | Of the amount of eligible investment in the smaller Aegean islands | ||
40 % | Of the amount of eligible investment in other regions | ||
27(4) | Setting up of producer groups and organisations | 10 % | As a percentage of marketed production during the first five years following recognition The support shall be degressive. |
100 000 | Maximum amount per year in all cases. | ||
28(8) | Agri-environment-climate | 600b | Per ha per year for annual crops |
900b | Per ha per year for specialised perennial crops | ||
450b | Per ha per year for other land uses | ||
200b | Per livestock unit ("LU") per year for local breeds in danger of being lost to farmers | ||
29(5) | Organic farming | 600b | Per ha per year for annual crops |
900b | Per ha per year for specialised perennial crops | ||
450b | Per ha per year for other land uses | ||
30(7) | Natura 2000 and Water Framework Directive payments | 500b | Per ha per year maximum in the initial period not exceeding five years |
200b | Per ha per year maximum | ||
50c | Per ha per year minimum for Water Framework Directive payments | ||
31(3) | Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints | 25 | Minimum per ha per year on average of the area of the beneficiary receiving support |
250b | Maximum per ha per year | ||
450b | Maximum per ha per year in mountain areas as defined in Article 32(2) | ||
33(3) | Animal welfare | 500 | Per LU |
34(3) | Forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation | 200b | Per ha per year |
37(5) | Crop, animal and plant insurance | 65 % | Of the insurance premium due |
38(5) | Mutual funds for adverse climatic events, animal and plant diseases, pest infestations and environmental incidents | 65 % | Of the eligible costs. |
39(5) | Income stabilisation tool | 65 % | Of the eligible costs |
a Member States need only check fulfilment of this criterion against those of the thresholds that are relevant to the specific situation of an area | ||
CRITERION | DEFINITION | THRESHOLD |
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CLIMATE | ||
Low Temperaturea | Length of growing period (number of days) defined by number of days with daily average temperature > 5 °C (LGPt5) or | ≤ 180 days |
Thermal-time sum (degree-days) for Growing Period defined by accumulated daily average temperature > 5 °C | ≤ 1 500 degree-days | |
Dryness | Ratio of the annual precipitation (P) to the annual potential evapotranspiration (PET) | P/PET ≤ 0.5 |
CLIMATE AND SOIL | ||
Excess Soil Moisture | Number of days at or above field capacity | ≥ 230 days |
SOIL | ||
Limited Soil Drainagea | Areas which are water logged for significant duration of the year | Wet within 80 cm from the surface for over 6 months, or wet within 40 cm for over 11 months or Poorly or very poorly drained soil or Gleyic colour pattern within 40 cm from the surface |
Unfavourable Texture and Stoninessa | Relative abundance of clay, silt, sand, organic matter (weight %) and coarse material (volumetric %) fractions | ≥ 15 % of topsoil volume is coarse material, including rock outcrop, boulder or |
texture class in half or more (cumulatively) of the 100 cm soil surface is sand, loamy sand defined as: Silt % + (2 × clay %) ≤ 30 % or | ||
Topsoil texture class is heavy clay (≥≥ 60 % clay) or | ||
Organic soil (organic matter ≥ 30 %) of at least 40 cm or | ||
Topsoil contains 30 % or more clay, and there are vertic properties within 100 cm of the soil surface | ||
Shallow Rooting Depth | Depth (cm) from soil surface to coherent hard rock or hard pan | ≤ 30 cm |
Poor Chemical Propertiesa | Presence of salts, exchangeable sodium, excessive acidity | Salinity: ≥ 4 deci-Siemens per meter (dS/m) in topsoil or |
Sodicity: ≥ 6 Exchangeable Sodium Percentage (ESP) in half or more (cumulatively) of the 100 cm soil surface layer or | ||
Soil Acidity: pH ≤ 5 (in water) in topsoil | ||
TERRAIN | ||
Steep Slope | Change of elevation with respect to planimetric distance (%) | ≥ 15 % |
Young farmers:
Business start-up aid for young farmers setting up for the first time in an agricultural holding
Investments in physical assets
Knowledge transfer and information actions
Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services
Co-operation
Investments in non-agricultural activities
Small farms:
Business start-up aid for the development of small farms
Investments in physical assets
Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Knowledge transfer and information actions
Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services
Co-operation
Investments in non-agricultural activities
Setting up of producer groups
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Mountain areas:
Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints
Agri-environment climate operations
Co-operation
Investments in physical assets
Farm and business development in rural areas
Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Establishment of agroforestry systems
Basic services and village renewal in rural areas
Knowledge transfer and information actions
Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services
Setting up of producer groups
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Short supply chains:
Co-operation
Setting up of producer groups
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Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Basic services and village renewal in rural areas
Investments in physical assets
Knowledge transfer and information actions
Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services
Women in rural areas:
Knowledge transfer and information actions
Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services
Investments in physical assets
Farm and business development
Basic services and village renewal in rural areas
Co-operation
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Climate change mitigation and adaptation and biodiversity:
Knowledge transfer & information actions
Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services
Investments in physical assets
Restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic events and introduction of appropriate prevention action
Basic services & village renewal in rural areas
Investments in forest area development and improvement of the viability of forests
Agri-environment-climate
Organic farming
Natura 2000 and Water framework directive payments
Payments to areas facing natural and other specific constraints (biodiversity)
Forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation
Co-operation
Risk management
a Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13). | ||
b Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1). | ||
c Directive 2006/32/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on energy end-use efficiency and energy services and repealing Council Directive 93/76/EEC (OJ L 114, 27.4.2006, p. 64). | ||
d Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16). | ||
EU priority for RD / CPR Thematic Objective (TO) | Ex ante conditionality | Criteria for fulfilment |
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RD priority 3: promoting food chain organisation, including processing and marketing of agricultural products, animal welfare and risk management in agriculture TO 5: promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management | 3.1.Risk prevention and risk management: the existence of national or regional risk assessments for disaster management. taking into account climate change adaptation |
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RD priority 4: restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems related to agriculture and forestry | 4.1Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAEC): standards for good agricultural and environmental condition of land referred to in Chapter I of Title VI of Regulation (EU) 1306/2013 are established at national level |
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TO 5: promoting climate change adaptation, risk prevention and management | 4.2Minimum requirements for fertilisers and plant protection products: minimum requirements for fertilisers and plant protection products referred to in Article 28 of Chapter I of Title III of this Regulation are defined at national level |
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TO 6: Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency | 4.3other relevant national standards: relevant mandatory national standards are defined for the purpose of Article 28 of Chapter I of Title III of this Regulation |
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RD priority 5: promoting resource efficiency and supporting the shift towards a low carbon and climate resilient economy in the agriculture and food sectors and the forestry sector TO 4: supporting the shift towards a low-carbon economy in all sectors TO 6: Preserving and protecting the environment and promoting resource efficiency | 5.1Energy efficiency: Actions have been carried out to promote cost-effective improvements of energy end use efficiency and cost-effective investment in Energy efficiency when constructing or renovating buildings. |
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5.2Water sector: The existence of a) a water pricing policy which provides adequate incentives for users to use water resources efficiently and b) an adequate contribution of the different water uses to the recovery of the costs of water services at a rate determined in the approved river basin management plan for investment supported by the programmes. |
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5.3Renewable energy: Actions have been carried out to promote the production and distribution of renewable energy sourcesd. |
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RD priority 6: promoting social inclusion poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas TO 2: Enhancing access to, and use and quality of, information and communication technologies (Broadband target) | 6.Next Generation Network (NGN) Infrastructure: The existence of national or regional NGA Plans which take account of regional actions in order to reach the Union high-speed Internet access targets, focusing on areas where the market fails to provide an open infrastructure at an affordable cost and of a quality in line with the Union competition and State aid rules and to provide accessible services to vulnerable groups. |
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Measures of particular relevance to several Union priorities
Advisory services, farm management and farm relief services
Investments in physical assets
Farm and business development
Co-operation
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Measures of particular relevance to fostering knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry, and rural areas
Knowledge transfer and information actions
Investments in forestry technologies and in processing in mobilising and in the marketing of forestry products
Measures of particular relevance for enhancing the competitiveness of all types of agriculture and enhancing farm viability
Quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs
Measures of particular relevance to promoting food chain organisation and risk management in agriculture
Restoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic events and introduction of appropriate prevention actions
Prevention and restoration of damage to forests from forest fires and natural disasters and catastrophic events
Setting up of producer groups
Animal welfare
Risk management
Crop, animal, and plant insurance
Mutual funds for animal and plant diseases and environmental incidents
Income stabilisation tool
Measure of particular relevance to restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems dependent on agriculture and forestry
and
Promoting resource efficiency and supporting the shift towards a low carbon and climate resilient economy in agriculture, food and forestry sectors
Afforestation and creation of woodland
Establishment of agroforestry systems
Investments improving the resilience and environmental value as well as the mitigation of potential forest ecosystems
Agri-environment-climate
Organic farming
Natura 2000 and Water framework directive payments
Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints
Forest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation
Measures of particular relevance to promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas
Basic services and village renewal in rural areas
LEADER
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