Deadline: 20-Apr-23
The European Commission (EC) is now accepting proposals for the simple programmes 2023 to support European agricultural methods and food products under the Promotion of Agricultural Products (AGRIP) Programme.
Scope
- The objective is to highlight at least one of the specific features of agricultural production methods in the Union, particularly in terms of food safety, traceability, authenticity, labelling, nutritional and health aspects, animal welfare, respect for the environment and sustainability (including climate benefits such as greenhouse gas emissions reduction and/or increase in carbon removals), and the characteristics of agricultural and food products, particularly in terms of their quality, taste, diversity or traditions.
- The expected ultimate impact is to increase the awareness of the merits of Union agricultural products by the European consumers and to enhance the competitiveness and consumption of Union agri-food products, raise their profile and increase their market share.
Funding Information
- The available call budget is EUR 84 000 000.
- Duration: Projects should have a minimum duration of 12 and a maximum duration of 36 months. Proposals should specify the duration of the action.
Eligibility Criteria
- In order to be eligible, the applicants must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in an EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- be eligible organisations or bodies
- trade or inter-trade organisations, established in a Member State and representative of the sector or sectors concerned in that Member State
- producer organisations or associations of producer organisations
- agri-food sector bodies the objective and activity of which is to provide information on, and to promote agricultural products and which have been entrusted, by the Member State concerned, with a clearly defined public service mission in this area; those bodies must have been legally established in the Member State in question at least two years prior to the date of the call for proposals
- Lower representativeness thresholds than 50% may be accepted if the proposing organisation demonstrates in the submitted proposal that there are specific circumstances, including the evidence on the structure of the market, which would justify treating the proposing organisation as representative of the product(s) or sector concerned.
- In order to assess the participants’ eligibility, the following documents are requested:
- private entity: extract from the official journal, copy of articles of association/statutes, extract of trade or association register, certificate of liability to VAT (if, as in certain countries, the trade register number and VAT number are identical, only one of these documents is required)
- public entity: copy of the resolution or decision establishing the public company, or other official document establishing the public-law entity
- entities without legal personality: documents providing evidence that their representative(s) has/have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf.
- Other entities may participate in other consortium roles, such as associated partners, sub-contractors, third parties giving in-kind contributions, etc.
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