The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management invited all interested agricultural producers to apply for a public call for support through the IPARD program of the European Union (EU) by June 15.
The invitation, which was published today, refers to the allocation of support funds for Measure 1: Investments in the physical capital of agricultural holdings within the framework of IPARD.
The subject of the invitation are investments in the physical capital of agricultural holdings and acceptable costs related to the acquisition of new equipment and machinery, except for investments related to the raising of plantations, the construction of greenhouses, and the construction and/or reconstruction of buildings.
The financial support consists of 75 percent of funds provided through the Instrument of Pre-Accession Assistance for Rural Development of the EU - IPARD and 25 percent of national funds provided from the budget of the Montenegrin Government.
From the total amount of EU funds allocated for Measure 1: Investments in the physical capital of agricultural farms, a maximum of 20 percent of the funds can be allocated for investments in the purchase of tractors.
"The amount of available funds for this final call for Measure 1: Investments in the physical capital of agricultural farms, for the period of implementation of the IPARD II program 2014-2020, is the total available funds within the IPARD II program, i.e. 49,62 million EUR of public assistance (EU + national), reduced by funds that were used through previous calls", the Ministry explained.
The total funds available at the time of publication of the fifth public call within Measure 1, for the implementation of this public call amount to EUR 2,19 million.
Support funds can be used for the production of agricultural and fish products prescribed by the decree from the dairy sector (cattle, sheep and goat farming), meat (type of cattle, sheep, pig and poultry), production of eggs, fruit, vegetables and arable farming (including cereals, mushrooms, mushrooms, aromatic and medicinal plants), viticulture, olive growing, beekeeping and fishing (mariculture and aquaculture).
Support funds for the implementation of Measure 1 can be allocated for investments whose total value of eligible costs is from EUR ten thousand to EUR 500 thousand.
Support funds for the implementation of Measure 1 are allocated in the amount of up to 60 percent of the value of the approved eligible costs, i.e. up to 65 percent for agricultural holdings whose holder is less than 40 years old at the time of the decision on the allocation of support, i.e. in the amount of up to 70 percent of the value of the approved eligible costs on an agricultural farm in a mountainous area.
Additional support funds of ten percent can be allocated for part of the approved eligible costs related to the management, storage of manure and other waste from agricultural production.
The request for the allocation of support funds is submitted on the appropriate form that is an integral part of the public call and submitted exclusively in a sealed envelope, by registered mail to the address of the Ministry.
The public call and attachments are published on the websites www.gov.me/mpsv and www.gov.me/ipard.
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