Improvement Plans: The budget of the action is increased by 23.84 million euros

The Minister of Rural Development and Food, Lefteris Avgenakis and the competent Deputy Minister, Dionysis Stamenitis, in collaboration with the Secretary General of Union Resources and Infrastructure, Dimitris Papagiannidis, announce the modification of the Call for Action 4.1.5 (Improvement Plans).

Considering the catastrophic events that occurred in the Region of Thessaly and the Evros Regional Unit, with the amendment of the invitation the budget of the action is increased by 23,840,000 euros, in order to fully cover the eligible applications that have been submitted by candidates from these areas.

Budget of Action 4.1.5 Improvement Plans

The new budget of the action is as follows:

  • Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace: 23,300,000 euros
  • Region of Central Macedonia: 33,660,000 euros
  • Region of Western Macedonia: 16,760,000 euros
  • Region of Thessaly: 36,500,000 euros
  • Region of Epirus: 8,520,000 euros
  • Ionian Islands Region: 2,560,000 euros
  • Region of Western Greece: 18,050,000 euros
  • Region of Central Greece: 13,150,000 euros
  • Peloponnese Region: 16,690,000 euros
  • Region of Attica: 2,760,000 euros
  • North Aegean Region: 9,940,000 euros
  • South Aegean Region: 3,780,000 euros
  • Region of Crete: 18,170,000 euros

Total: 203,840,000 euros

As for the progress of the evaluations, in the next few days, the work of the advisory committees is expected to be completed in the Regions of Central Macedonia, Thessaly, Crete, Western Macedonia and Eastern Macedonia Thrace, while by the end of the year these will be completed in almost all of the country’s Regions, i.e. in a time that will not exceed six months from the end of the invitation. Then, depending on the assessment results, from which the demand in each Region will be determined, an additional amount will be allocated as overcommitment to cover as many eligible applications as possible.

It is recalled that through action 4.1.5 Improvement Plans it is possible to implement investments from of course and their agricultural holdings.

Eligible expenses

As eligible investments can be considered all fixed investment goods that are new and unused, are functionally adapted to the conditions and activities of the holding and have a capacity, size, quantity proportional to the production capacity of the holding. Also, the necessary studies and the necessary software are strengthened.

Indicative categories of eligible expenses are:

  • the buildings
  • the mechanical equipment
  • the establishment of plantations
  • the investments that contribute to the utilization of RES
  • the purchase of land adjacent to privately owned land

For all agricultural holdings, €150,000 is defined as the requested budget limit that can be taken into account in the calculations to determine the support. However, the maximum requested budget may be increased, up to 250,000 euros, provided that the standard yield of the farm, according to the Single Farm Declaration of the year 2022, amounts to at least 20% of the requested budget. The intensity of aid, depending on the status of the beneficiary and his place of permanent residence, varies from 40% to 80%.