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Is it a successor
to any other programme(s)?
To the rural development programmes under Objectives
1, 5a, 5b and 6 of the 1994-99 programming period and
the measures accompanying to the common agricultural
policy reform (Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 2078, 2079
and 2080/92).
General objectives:
To accompany and supplement the other common agricultural
policy instruments through measures aimed at improving
agricultural structures, the diversification of production
and activities, sustainable forest development, the
social and economic development of rural areas, environmental
protection and the promotion of equal opportunities
for men and women.
Types of action:
Co-financing of:
- investments in agricultural holdings
- setting-up of young farmers
- training
- early retirement
- less-favoured areas and areas with environmental restrictions
- agri-environment
- improving processing and marketing of agricultural
products
- forestry
- promoting the adaptation and development of rural
areas.
Start and end dates
of programme:
1 January 2000 to 31 December 2006.
Total available budget:
30 370 million at constant 1999 prices for the period
2000-06, for the measures financed by the EAGGF Guarantee
Section.
The budget for the measures financed by the EAGGF Guidance
Section forms part of the total budget available for
Objective 1 programmes (see the corresponding sheet
drawn up by the Regional Policy DG).
Legal Basis for the
funding:
Articles 36 and 37 of the Treaty
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1257/1999
Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1750/1999
Nature of Community
contribution:
Co-financing in the form of grants.
Level of Community
contribution:
In Objective 1 regions: maximum 75% of the eligible
total cost.
In other regions: maximum 50% of the eligible total
cost.
Organisations(s) which
may benefit from the programme:
Private or public sector firms, other public- or private-sector
bodies, including natural or legal persons promoting
eligible projects.
Eligibility:
Those eligible are entities, firms or natural or legal
persons promoting an eligible project. The conditions
of eligibility are set out in the regulations forming
the legal basis and in the programmes approved by the
Commission which the Member States make available to
the public.
Procedure to be followed:
A detailed project should be submitted to the programme-managing
authority designated by the central or regional authorities
and defined in the programmes approved by the Commission.
Deadline: 30.04.2002
Contact:
Official Journal of the European Communities.
Agriculture DG Internet site on the Europa server:
http://europa.eu.int/comm/dgs/agriculture/index_en.htm
Directorate-General for Agriculture
Directorate-General for Agriculture
Rue de la Loi 200
B - 1049 Brussels
Programmes managed by the Member States.
Ministries of Agriculture in the Member States
Commission offices in the Member States
Euro-Info-Centres
Rural information centres
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