{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1305/annex-II",
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  "legislation": "eur/2013/1305",
  "legislation_title": "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",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1305",
  "path": "annex/II",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "II",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "AMOUNTS AND SUPPORT RATES\nCouncil 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).\nThese amounts may be increased in duly substantiated cases taking into account specific circumstances to be justified in the rural development programmes.\nThis amount may be decreased in duly substantiated cases taking into account specific circumstances to be justified in the rural development programmes.\nNB: The aid intensities are without prejudice to Union State aid rules.\nArticle\nSubject\nMaximum amount in EUR GBP or rate\n15(8)\nAdvisory services, farm management and farm relief services\n1 500 1,250\nPer advice\n200 000 166,667\nPer three years for the training of advisors\n16(2)\nInformation and promotion activities\n70 %\nOf the eligible costs of the action\n16(4)\nQuality schemes or agricultural products and foodstuffs\n3 000 2,500\nPer holding per year\n17(3)\nInvestment in physical assets\nAgricultural sector\n50 %\nOf 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.\n. . .\n. . .\n...\n. . .\n...\n. . .\n40 %\nOf the amount of eligible investment in other regions\nThe above rates may be increased by an additional maximum 35 percentage points in case of financing operations from funds referred to in Article 58a(1) contributing to a resilient, sustainable and digital economic recovery, provided that such support does not exceed 75 %, and by an additional 20 percentage points, provided that maximum combined support does not exceed 90 %, for:\nYoung farmers as defined in this Regulation, or who have already set up during the five years preceding the application for support;\nCollective investments and integrated projects, including those linked to a merger of producer organisations;\nAreas facing natural constraints and other specific constraints as referred to in Article 32;\nOperations supported in the framework of the EIP;\nInvestments linked to operations under Articles 28 and 29\nProcessing and marketing of products listed in Annex I to the TFEU\n50 %\nOf 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\n...\n. . .\n...\n. . .\n40 %\nOf the amount of eligible investment in other regions\nThe above rates may be increased by an additional maximum 35 percentage points in case of financing operations from funds referred to in Article 58a(1) contributing to a resilient, sustainable and digital economic recovery, provided that such support does not exceed 75 %, and 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\n17(4)\nInvestment in physical assets\n100 %\nNon-productive investments and agricultural and forestry infrastructure\n18(5)\nRestoring agricultural production potential damaged by natural disasters and introduction of appropriate prevention actions\n80 %\nOf the amount of eligible investment costs for prevention operations carried out by individual farmers.\n100 %\nOf the amount of eligible investment costs for prevention operations carried out collectively by more than one beneficiary.\n100 %\nOf the amount of eligible investment costs for operations to restore agricultural land and production potential damaged by natural disasters and catastrophic events.\n19(6)\nFarm and business development\n70 000 58,333\nPer young farmer under Article 19(1)(a)(i)\nThat amount may be increased by an additional maximum of EUR 30 000 in the case of financing operations from funds referred to in Article 58a(1).\n70 000 58,333\nPer beneficiary under Article 19(1)(a)(ii)\n15 000 12,500\nPer small farm under Article 19(1)(a)(iii)\n23(3)\nEstablishment of agroforestry systems\n80 %\nOf the amount of eligible investment for the establishment of agroforestry systems\n26(4)\nInvestments in forestry technologies and in processing, in mobilising and in the marketing of forestry products\n65 %\nOf the amount of eligible investment in less developed regions\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n40 %\nOf the amount of eligible investment in other regions\n27(4)\nSetting up of producer groups and organisations\n10 %\nAs a percentage of marketed production during the first five years following recognition The support shall be degressive.\n100 000 83,333\nMaximum amount per year in all cases.\n28(8)\nAgri-environment-climate\n600 500\nPer ha per year for annual crops\n900 750\nPer ha per year for specialised perennial crops\n450 375\nPer ha per year for other land uses\n200 167\nPer livestock unit (\"LU\") per year for local breeds in danger of being lost to farmers\n29(5)\nOrganic farming\n600 500\nPer ha per year for annual crops\n900 750\nPer ha per year for specialised perennial crops\n450 375\nPer ha per year for other land uses\n30(7)\nNatura 2000 and Water Framework Directive payments\n500 417\nPer ha per year maximum in the initial period not exceeding five years\n200 167\nPer ha per year maximum\n50 42\nPer ha per year minimum for Water Framework Directive payments\n31(3)\nPayments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints\n25 21\nMinimum per ha per year on average of the area of the beneficiary receiving support\n250 208\nMaximum per ha per year\n450 375\nMaximum per ha per year in mountain areas as defined in Article 32(2)\n33(3)\nAnimal welfare\n500 417\nPer LU\n34(3)\nForest-environmental and climate services and forest conservation\n200 167\nPer ha per year\n37(5)\nCrop, animal and plant insurance\n70 %\nOf the insurance premium due\n38(5)\nMutual funds for adverse climatic events, animal and plant diseases, pest infestations and environmental incidents\n70 %\nOf the eligible costs\n39(5)\nIncome stabilisation tool\n70 %\nOf the eligible costs",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Annex 2 omitted (W.) (26.3.2021 in so far as it relates to domestic support for rural development) by virtue of The Agricultural Support (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/400), regs. 1(2), 7(52)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 table note omitted (E.) (15.12.2022) by virtue of The Rural Development (Amendment) (No. 2) (England) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1225), regs. 1(1), 5(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sum in Annex 2 substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/477), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sum in Annex 2 substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/477), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sum in Annex 2 substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/477), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sum in Annex 2 substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/477), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Reference to \"75%\" expressed to be omitted \"in each place it occurs\" in the row for Art. 17(3) in Annex 2 (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Rural Development (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/764), regs. 1, 9(2)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Word in Annex 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Rural Development (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/764), regs. 1, 9(2)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Rural Development (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/764), regs. 1, 9(2)(a)(ii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Rural Development (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/764), regs. 1, 9(2)(a)(ii)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Rural Development (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/764), regs. 1, 9(2)(a)(ii)(cc); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2020/2220 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 December 2020 laying down certain transitional provisions for support from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) in the years 2021 and 2022 and amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013, (EU) No 1306/2013 and (EU) No 1307/2013 as regards resources and application in the years 2021 and 2022 and Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 as regards resources and the distribution of such support in respect of the years 2021 and 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Sum in Annex 2 substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/477), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(e)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "Sum in Annex 2 substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/477), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(e)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F15",
      "text": "Word in Annex 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Rural Development (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/764), regs. 1, 9(2)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F16",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Rural Development (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/764), regs. 1, 9(2)(b)(ii)(aa); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F17",
      "text": "Words in Annex 2 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Rural Development (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/764), regs. 1, 9(2)(b)(ii)(bb); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F18",
      "text": "Sum in Annex 2 substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/477), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F19",
      "text": "Sum in Annex 2 substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/477), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F20",
      "text": "Sum in Annex 2 substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/477), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F21",
      "text": "Sum in Annex 2 substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/477), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(b)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F22",
      "text": "Sum in Annex 2 substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/477), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(b)(iv)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F23",
      "text": "Sum in Annex 2 substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/477), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(b)(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F24",
      "text": "Sum in Annex 2 substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/477), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F25",
      "text": "Sum in Annex 2 substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/477), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(h)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F26",
      "text": "Sum in Annex 2 substituted (S.) (1.1.2021) by The Rural Development (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/477), regs. 1(2), 4(15)(h)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F27",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2017/2393 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2017 amending Regulations (EU) No 1305/2013 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD), (EU) No 1306/2013 on the financing, management and monitoring of the common agricultural policy, (EU) No 1307/2013 establishing rules for direct payments to farmers under support schemes within the framework of the common agricultural policy, (EU) No 1308/2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and (EU) No 652/2014 laying down provisions for the management of expenditure relating to the food chain, animal health and animal welfare, and relating to plant health and plant reproductive material."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "These amounts may be increased in duly substantiated cases taking into account specific circumstances to be justified in the rural development programmes."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "This amount may be decreased in duly substantiated cases taking into account specific circumstances to be justified in the rural development programmes."
    }
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