Measure 6.4

Measure 6.4

SUPPORT FOR INVESTMENTS IN THE CREATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF NON-AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES

Financial allocation for the period 2021-2022 – 100 million euros

Non-refundable public support

Maximum value 200.000 Euros – minimum value 10.000 Euros

Without exceeding 200.000 euros/beneficiary over three consecutive financial years.

Eligibility criteria

▪ The implementation site for which funding is requested must be located in a rural area;
▪ The applicant must demonstrate the ability to ensure co-financing of the investment;
▪ The enterprise must not be in difficulty;
▪ The project implementation period is a maximum of 3 years and includes the verification of correct implementation as well as payment of the final instalment, and it must not extend beyond 31.12.2025.

Eligible applicants

▪ Existing and newly established micro-enterprises and small non-agricultural enterprises (start-ups) in rural areas;

▪ Members of agricultural households (authorized with minimum status on PFA) who diversify their basic agricultural activity by developing a non-agricultural activity in the rural area within the already existing enterprise, classified as micro-enterprises and small enterprises, with the exception of unauthorized individuals.

Eligible applicants must fall into one of the following categories:
▪ Micro-enterprise – a maximum of 9 employees and an annual net turnover or total assets of up to the lei equivalent of 2 million euros.
▪ Small enterprise – between 10 and 49 employees and an annual net turnover or total assets of up to the lei equivalent of 10 million euros.

Eligible expenses

▪ Construction, extension and/or modernization and equipping of buildings;
▪ Purchase and installation costs, including through financial leasing, of new machinery, installations and equipment;
▪ Intangible investments: purchase or development of software and purchase of patents, licenses, copyrights and trademarks.
▪ Expenses related to the acquisition of assets through leasing may be considered eligible only if the lease takes the form of a financial lease and provides for the beneficiary's obligation to purchase the assets in question upon
expiry of the lease agreement.