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Principle of aid to farmers | | |
|  | The French Ministry of Agriculture directs productions, particularly through the financial support it gives to farmers.
This results in specific grants for the construction, adaptation or renovation of buildings, grants to farmers in difficulty or the allocation of rights to early retirement.
The need for sustainable agricultural development that respects the environment also means that farmers are allocated grants that integrate this aspect (ICHN, PMPOA, PHAE). |
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Financial assistance with investments | | |
| | A plan to modernise stock rearing farms, co-financed by the State and the European Union, has the aim of supporting farmers in economic terms within the context of the CAP reform. It was implemented by ministerial decree dated 3rd January 2005.
This plan is for all cattle, sheep and goat farmers located across the whole of France. Eligible investments are directly linked to the stock rearing activity and are specifically for the renovation or extension of buildings or for new constructions.
Financing is be regionalised by the DRAF and files are examined by the DDAF. | The plan is used to finance projects for: | - housing animals
- constructions required for the farm: milking parlour, fodder storage, exercise area, special equipment (wind shield nets, ventilation, aeration, remote surveillance)
- containing equipment
- fixed structures and equipment (stalls, feed racks, fencing).
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Conditions of access and subsidy amounts A minimum amount of investment of 15,000 € is required in order to benefit from the Building Plan.
The amount for which a subsidy can be given is restricted to a ceiling limit of 90,000 € per farm for a new construction and 60,000 € for a renovation.
Subsidy rates are 20% for the State and Europe, with an increase of 2% for a new project if the roof timbers, joinery (doors, windows) and 30% of the external boarding are made from wood. |
| Subsidy terms | | | | | | Amount of investment | Type of investment | Maximum amount available for subsidy | Subsidy rate (State + EU) | Subsidy ceiling (State + EU) | | Not including mountain zones | | | | | | Minimum investment amount | New building | 90.000 € | 20 % | 18.000 € | | 15.000 € | Renovation | 60.000 € | 20 % | 12.000 € | | Zone de montagne | | | | | | Minimum investment amount | New building | 100.000 € | 35 % | | | 40% high mountain areas | 35 000 € | | | | | 40 000 € | | | | | | 15.000 € | Renovation | 70.000 € | 35 % | | | 40 % haute montagne | 35.000 € | | | | | 40.000 € | | | | | | Case of young farmers | | | | | | Montant minimum d'investissement | New building | 100.000 € | 45 % | 45.000 € | | 15.000 € | Renovation | 70.000 € | 45 % | 31.500 € | | Source: modernisation plan for stock rearing buildings for cattle, sheep and goats, Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, circular n°MAAPAR/DGFAR/SDEA/C2005. Project dated 12.12.2004. Decree signed in Paris on 3rd January 2005, published in the Official Journal on 19th January 2005 |
In the case of GAEC, the maximum amount open to subsidy can be multiplied by the number of farms grouped together up to a limit of 3.
For young farmers who benefit from help with installation, the subsidy rate is increased by 10 points i.e. 30 % and 32 % if wood is used in the case of a new building. • For what type of investments? New buildings, renovations, or extensions (including self-constructed buildings). Works must be related to animal housing.
Annexes directly linked to stock rearing.
Transformation workshops at the farm.
Equipment for storing effluent, outside vulnerable areas.
• Investments and headings that are not eligible Hangars for equipment, warehouses, equipment for crops, mobile machinery.
Second-hand buildings and equipment.
The purchase of existing buildings.
Jointly owned buildings and equipment.
Investments linked to the storage of effluent in vulnerable areas.
Any building or equipment that is not directly connected to the activity of cattle, sheep or goat rearing.
• Possibility of intervention by financiers other than the State: General Council, Regional Council... | Local authorities may take part in implementation of the Building Plan; they must notify their decision to the European Commission. Specifically, they can finance certain particular investments: | - economic diversification activities (cattle and sheep) and landscaping of buildings (trees, bushes, plantations, fencing, gates, embankments…)
- management of effluent from the farm (within the context of renovation or when installations are being brought up to standard), intangible services (design of projects for effluent management : project management and landscaping are all eligible, within the limit of 5% of the works concerned).
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To date, no decision has been taken, but a ruling should be made in April – May 2005.
The Building plan supplements the PMPOA for stock rearers who have a modernisation project including bringing structures up to standard (PMPOA 2).
• Where to go for more information 80 million euros from the State and the European Union were devoted in 2005 to assistance with the building of stock rearing buildings. The new plan for modernisation of stock rearing buildings started in January 2005 and will extend over a 10 year period. | |
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