21.12.2022
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
L 327/29
Article 15 Aid for agricultural land consolidation Aid for agricultural land consolidation shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3), point (c), of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) thereof where it fulfils the conditions laid down in Chapter I of this Regulation and is granted towards and limited to the legal and administrative costs, including survey costs, up to 100 % of the real costs incurred.
Article 16 Aid for investments concerning the relocation of farm buildings 1.
Aid to SMEs active in the primary agricultural production for investments concerning the relocation of farm buildings shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3), point (c), of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) thereof where it fulfils the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I of this Regulation.
2.
The relocation of the farm building shall pursue an objective of public interest.
The public interest invoked to justify the granting of aid under this Article shall be specified in the relevant provisions of the Member State concerned. 3.
Where the relocation of a farm building consists of the dismantling, removal and re-building of existing facilities the aid intensity shall be limited to 100 % of the real costs incurred for such activities. 4.
Where, in addition to the dismantling, removal and re-building of existing facilities as referred to in paragraph 3, the relocation results in a modernisation of these facilities or in an increase in production capacity the aid intensities for investments referred to in Article 14(12) to (15) shall apply in respect to the costs relating to the modernisation of the facilities or the increase in the production capacity.
For the purpose of this paragraph, the pure replacement of an existing building or facilities by a new up-to-date building or facilities without fundamentally changing the production or the technology involved shall not be considered to be related to the modernisation. 5.
The maximum aid intensity may reach up to 100 % of the eligible costs where the relocation concerns activities close to rural settlements, with a view to improving the quality of life or increasing the environmental performance of the rural settlement.
Article 17 Aid for investments in connection with the processing or the marketing of agricultural products 1.
Aid for investments in connection with the processing or marketing of agricultural products shall be compatible with the internal market within the meaning of Article 107(3), point (c), of the Treaty and shall be exempted from the notification requirement of Article 108(3) thereof where it fulfils the conditions laid down in this Article and in Chapter I of this Regulation. 2.
The investment shall concern tangible or intangible assets in connection with the processing of agricultural products or the marketing of agricultural products. 3.
Investments in connection with the production of food based biofuels shall not be eligible for aid under this Article. 4.
For investment requiring an environmental impact assessment under Directive 2011/92/EU the aid shall be subject to the condition that such assessment shall have been carried out and the development consent shall have been granted for the investment project concerned before the date of granting the individual aid.
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The aid shall cover the following eligible costs:
(a) the construction, acquisition, including leasing, or improvement of immovable property, including investments in passive in-house wiring or structured cabling for data networks and, if necessary, the ancillary part of the passive network on the private property outside the building, with purchase of land only being eligible to an extent not exceeding 10 % of the total of the eligible costs of the operation concerned; (b) the purchase or lease purchase of machinery and equipment up to the market value of the asset;