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Measure 6.2
Measure 6.2
SUPPORT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NON-AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN RURAL AREAS
Financial allocation for the period 2021-2022 – 50 million euros
Non-refundable public support
The value is 50.000 euros/project, except for production activities for which the value of the support is 70.000 euros/project.
The support is granted in the form of a lump sum depending on the type of investment, namely 50.000 euros or 70.000 euros.
Eligible activities
Production activities (e.g.: manufacturing of textiles, clothing, leather goods, paper and cardboard products; wood product processing activities; metallurgical industry. Craft activities (e.g.: handicraft activities and other traditional non-agricultural activities (woodworking, etc.);
Eligible applicants
▪ Members of an agricultural household who diversify their activity by setting up a non-agricultural activity for the first time in rural areas (authorized with minimum PFA status);
▪ Micro-enterprises and small enterprises existing in rural areas, which propose non-agricultural activities that they have not carried out before the date of application for support;
▪ New micro-enterprises and small enterprises, established in the year of submission of the financing application or with a maximum of 3 consecutive fiscal years, which have not carried out activities until the time of submission (start-ups).
Eligible expenses
▪ The registered office and the place(s) of business must be located in a rural area, and the activity must be carried out in a rural area;
▪ Implementation of the business plan must begin no later than 6 months from the date of the decision to grant support;
▪ Before the second payment installment, the applicant must demonstrate commercial activity, through goods produced and sold or services
provided, amounting to at least 30% of the value of the first payment installment;
▪ The CAEN codes proposed in the project must be registered with the Trade Register, either authorized (provided that the activity proposed in the project has not yet been carried out) or unauthorized;
▪ Until the submission of the Funding Application, the applicant must never have carried out the activity corresponding to the CAEN codes proposed in the project. Activities complementary to the applicant's core business are not eligible
