Schedule 1 ITEMS ELIGIBLE FOR PAYMENT OF GRANTS UNDER THE MARKETING DEVELOPMENT SCHEME

studies into the establishment, expansion, merger or acquisition of producer groups or into joint ventures between producers and others,

the collection and collation of market intelligence and the means for its efective dissemination, and

studies into quality assurance systems, including product and farm assurance schemes and their integration into the business of the applicant;

the legal and accountancy costs of group establishment, expansion or merger,

the costs of staff redundancy (at the statutory minimum level) as a result of merger, and

the costs of recruiting new members to producer groups, including the costs of meetings and the preparation of promotional material;

the costs of their selection and recruitment, including the publication of advertisements,

employers' National Insurance and pension costs for any key staff required to implement the proposal in respect of which the relevant grant is made, together with any professional indemnity insurance premiums to be paid for those staff where such premiums are normally expected for staff of that kind and managing or marketing agents' fees where such agents are not employees of the prospective recipient of the grant, and

long-distance travel and accommodation costs associated therewith necessarily associated with the proposal in respect of which the grant has been applied for, other than the provision and use of company cars;