From today, you can apply for the aid of the Plan Renove de Maquinaria Agrícola
From today, August 2nd, and until next September 15th, farmers interested in modernizing their tractors and automotive machines will be able to apply for the aid of the Plan Renove de Maquinaria Agrícola 2017, whose announcement was published in the BOE, yesterday, 1st of August, by the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Food and Environment (MAPAMA). This Plan of Renovation of the national park of agricultural machinery will count on a budget of 5 million euros.
This aid will allow subsidizing agricultural tractors, automotive machines for the collection and application of plant protection products and fertilizers
These subsidies will also be granted for other dragged and suspended machines, which allow agricultural work to be carried out in a more environmentally friendly manner. These include direct seed drills, slurry tanks with a locating device on the ground and equipment for the application of plant protection products and fertilizers which have previously been tested to verify the suitability of their distribution.
The amount of the aid shall be fixed for direct planters and slurry tanks, amounting to EUR 20,000; Of 6,000 euros for equipment for the application of phytosanitary products and 4,500 euros for fertilizer, without the aid exceeding in any case 30% of the new investment.
In the case of tractors and automotive machines, the amount of aid will depend on the power in kW of the corresponding flat machines (EUR 95 per kW), with additions depending on the polluting emissions of new machines. The aid will also be supplemented in the case of old tractors without approved protection structure and for new tractors with the best energy classification.
In order to qualify for this direct aid, applicants must hold an agricultural holding and commit themselves to the scrapping of an old machine of the same type as the new one which is acquired
Obsolete machines must have more than 15 years of age in the case of tractors and 10 in the case of automotive machines, counted between the date of their first registration as registered in the Official Register of Agricultural Machinery (ROMA), and The date of request for help.
Tractors or discarded machines must be able to use and not abandon them. For this purpose, they will be delivered to an authorized center for the destruction of vehicles at the end of their useful life, being discharged definitively in ROME and in the Register of vehicles.
This aid also requires that the beneficiary has been registered in ROME during the last year under the ownership of the applicant for the aid, except in cases of transfer of the farm or in cases of first incorporation of young people
In addition, they must have purchased the new tractor or machine at a later date than the publication of the call for aid, and have registered in the Official Register of Agricultural Machinery at the time of submitting the aid application.
LINK TO SUBMIT APPLICATION AND REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION
Source: MAPAMA
