European Commission 14 December 2022, Commission Regulation (EU) 2022/2472 of 14 December 2022 declaring certain categories of aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Text with EEA relevance)

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CHAPTER I. Common provisions
Article 1. Scope
Article 2. Definitions
Article 3. Conditions for exemption
Article 4. Notification thresholds
Article 5. Transparency of aid
Article 6. Incentive effect
Article 7. Aid intensity and eligible costs
Article 8. Cumulation
Article 9. Publication and information
CHAPTER II. Procedural requirements
Article 10. Withdrawal of the benefit of the block exemption
Article 11. Reporting
Article 12. Evaluation
Article 13. Monitoring
CHAPTER III. Categories of aid
Section 1. Aid in favour of SMEs active in primary agricultural production, the processing of agricultural products and the marketing of agricultural products
Article 14. Aid for investments in agricultural holdings linked to primary agricultural production
Article 15. Aid for agricultural land consolidation
Article 16. Aid for investments concerning the relocation of farm buildings
Article 17. Aid for investments in connection with the processing or the marketing of agricultural products
Article 18. Start-up aid for young farmers and start-up aid for agricultural activities
Article 19. Start-up aid for producer groups and organisations in the agricultural sector
Article 20. Aid for the participation of producers of agricultural products in quality schemes
Article 21. Aid for knowledge exchange and information actions
Article 22. Aid for advisory services
Article 23. Aid for farm replacement services
Article 24. Aid for promotion measures in favour of agricultural products
Article 25. Aid to make good the damage caused by adverse climatic events which can be assimilated to a natural disaster
Article 26. Aid for the costs of the prevention, control and eradication of animal diseases or plant pests and aid to make good the damage caused by animal diseases or plant pests
Article 27. Aid to the livestock sector and aid for fallen stock
Article 28. Aid for the payment of insurance premiums and for financial contributions to mutual funds
Article 29. Aid to make good the damage caused by protected animals
Article 30. Aid for conservation of genetic resources in agriculture
Article 31. Aid for animal welfare commitments
Article 32. Aid for cooperation in the agricultural sector
Section 2. Aid for environmental protection in agriculture
Article 33. Aid for disadvantages related to Natura 2000 areas
Article 34. Aid for agri-environmental-climate commitments
Article 35. Aid for organic farming
Section 3. Aid for investments in favour of conservation of cultural and natural heritage
Article 36. Aid for investments in favour of the conservation of cultural and natural heritage located on agricultural holdings or in forests
Section 4. Aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters in the agricultural sector
Article 37. Aid to make good the damage caused by natural disasters in the agricultural sector
Section 5. Aid for research development and innovation
Article 38. Aid for research and development in the agricultural and forestry sectors
Article 39. Aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in EIP Operational Group projects
Article 40. Limited amounts of aid to undertakings benefitting from EIP Operational Group projects
Section 6. Aid in favour of forestry
Article 41. Aid for afforestation and the creation of woodland
Article 42. Aid for agroforestry systems
Article 43. Aid for the prevention and restoration of damage to forests
Article 44. Aid for investments improving the resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems
Article 45. Aid for area-specific disadvantages resulting from certain mandatory requirements
Article 46. Aid for forest-environmental-climate services and forest conservation
Article 47. Aid for knowledge exchange and information actions in the forestry sector
Article 48. Aid for advisory services in the forestry sector
Article 49. Aid for investments in infrastructure related to the development, modernisation or adaptation of the forestry sector
Article 50. Aid for investments in forestry technologies and in processing, in mobilising and in marketing of forestry products
Article 51. Conservation of genetic resources in forestry
Article 52. Start-up aid for producer groups and organisations in the forestry sector
Article 53. Aid for forestry land consolidation
Article 54. Aid for cooperation in the forestry sector
Section 7. Aid in Favour of SMEs in Rural Areas
Article 55. Aid for basic services and infrastructure in rural areas
Article 56. Business start-up aid for non-agricultural activities in rural areas
Article 57. Aid for new participation of farmers in quality schemes for cotton and foodstuffs
Article 58. Aid for information and promotion activities concerning cotton and foodstuffs covered by a quality scheme
Article 59. Aid for cooperation in rural areas
Article 60. Aid for CLLD projects
Article 61. Limited amounts of aid for CLLD projects
CHAPTER IV. Transitional and final provisions
Article 62. Replacement and continued application of Regulation (EU) No 702/2014
Article 63. Transitional provisions
Article 64.
ANNEX I. SME definition

21.12.2022

Official Journal of the European Union

L 327/1

COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) 2022/2472

of 14 December 2022

declaring certain categories of aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

(Text with EEA relevance)

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