• On the official AFIR website, the estimated launch calendar for the submission of funding applications related to interventions within Pillar II of the PAC 2023-2027 Strategic Plan was presented.
officials AFIR declares that it is intended to launch in 2023 a single call for projects per support measure, for the entire amount allocated until the year 2027.
Thus, funding will no longer be promoted in several calls, as it was distributed in the previous program related to the period 2014-2020.
Under these conditions, only economic operators who will mobilize for the development and submission of non-refundable financing projects will be able to benefit from investment funds within a single submission session, which will be launched during 2023, for each field of activity included in CAP 2023-2027.
Consequently, any potential applicant who either will not access the funding measures in 2023, or is not yet constituted under any legal form in 2023, will no longer have the possibility to subsequently benefit from non-reimbursable funds on the areas of interest promoted through AFIR.
The funding measure of interest to the milling and baking sector is found in the official document as follows:
Intervention code – DR–22;
Name Intervention – Investments in the conditioning, storage and processing of agricultural and fruit products;
Estimated session launch period – July 2023;
Indicative allocation (total public expenditure) – 210.300.000 euro.
Possible relaunch of the GBER scheme
Regarding the possibility of relaunch the GBER scheme dedicated to bakery, AFIR representatives stated that they also take into account the bakery sector. They are trying to introduce for financing not only the bakery but the processing from several points of view, but they have not offered more details for now.
This statement is rather vague and, given that this sector will be promoted for funding, in accordance with the programmatic documents of the EC, it is assumed that the budget allocations will not be considerable, as neither will the general budget affected by the CAP 2023-2027 it does not even remotely meet the concrete financing requirements. This is also proven by comparison with other areas where the financial allocations are significantly more consistent in terms of value.
In conclusion, it would be advisable for the potential applicants to proceed as quickly as possible with regard to investment decisions and to develop financing projects, taking into account the previously mentioned premises.
Article made by Redaccia Arta Albă.
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