Limited EC funding is available to trade organisations for promotional measures that are aimed at increasing the information on, and sales of, certain agricultural products of EC origin within the EU.
Products which may be eligible are:
Fresh fruit and vegetables;
Processed fruit and vegetables;
Fibre flax;
Live plants and products of ornamental horticulture;
Olive oil and table olives;
Rapeseed oil and Sunflower oil;
Milk and milk products;
Fresh, chilled or frozen meat, produced in accordance with a Community or National Quality Scheme;
Marking of eggs for human consumption;
Honey and beekeeping products;
Wines with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication, wines with an indication of the wine grape variety;
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Products with a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) or Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG);
Organic farming and products; and
Poutrymeat.
Applications for funding are submitted to the Commission once a year by RPA. Applications should be for programmes on at least a national scale. During the selection process preference is given to applications which involve more than one Member State and that are run by a European level organisation or an organisation spanning more than one Member State.
Programmes must have a minimum duration of one year and a maximum of three years.
The Community's financial contribution may be up to 50% of the cost of the programme. However there are exceptions in the case of the promotion of fruit and vegetables specificially for children in schools of the EU, and for measures carried out in the Community relating to information on responsible drinking pattens and the damaging effects of hazardous alcohol consumption, where the Commission contribution will be 60%.
A performance security will be required.
Applications must be received at RPA by 30th November each year.
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