Starting with 1st of July 2015, the Funding Agency for Rural Investments (AFIR) will launch four financing lines which are very interesting for the private sector:

• Submeasure 4.1.a Support for 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, conditioning and packaging and on-farm processing units, including mobile processing units, etc.
Grant awarded: up to 1.050.000 euro.
Financing rate: up to 90% of eligible expenses.

• Submeasure 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. labelling, packaging); Setting-up, extension and/ or modernization of local networks of collection, reception, storage, conditioning, selection and packaging capacity; Improvement of internal quality control and compliance with the new standards imposed by the European legislation, etc.
Grant awarded: up to 2.500.000 euro.
Financing rate: up to 50% of eligible expenses.

• Submeasure 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 the raw material from 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 for the collection of raw material/ for the sale of fruit products within short-chains/ in the process flow: tanks, isotherm, camper and food caravans;
Grant awarded: up to 1.500.000 euro.
Financing rate: up to 50% of eligible expenses.

• Submeasure 6.4 Support for investments in creation and development of non-agricultural activities

Type of investments to be financed: manufacturing, craft activities, various services, agro tourism, recreational activities, fuel production from biomass (ex: manufacturing of pellets and briquettes).
Grant awarded: up to 200.000 euro.
Financing rate: up to 90% of eligible expenses.

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