ΕΠΙΧΟΡΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΑ
ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ
ΕΠΙΧΟΡΗΓΟΥΜΕΝΑ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΑ
The intervention "P3-73-2.3 – Support for investments in the processing/ marketing and/or development of agricultural products" with a total budget of €135 million was published by the Ministry of Rural Development (Strategic Plan of the Common Agricultural Policy – CAP SP 2023–2027). [here]
The programme subsidises investment projects from €400,000 up to €5,000,000 with a grant rate ranging from 40% to 75%, depending on the intervention area. Applications remain open from 07/05/2025 until 05/09/2025, while the evaluation is comparative (not on a first-come-first-served basis), based on specific scoring criteria.
The aid intensity depends on the Location of the Investment and is defined as follows:
> In the Region of Attica, the aid intensity is 40%.
> In the Regions of Peloponnese and the Regions of Western Greece, Central Greece, Epirus, Central Macedonia, Eastern Macedonia & Thrace, the aid intensity is 50%.
> In the Regions of Ionian Islands, Crete, Thessaly, and in the mainland areas included in the Just Transition Territorial Plans (JTTP), i.e. in the Region of Western Macedonia and in the Municipalities of Megalopolis, Tripoli, Gortynia of the Regional Unit of Arcadia and the Municipality of Oichalia of the Regional Unit of Messinia in the Region of Peloponnese, the aid intensity is 65%.
> In the small Aegean islands, except Evia and Crete, the aid intensity is 75%.
* The subsidy may be further increased (up to +10%), under conditions (for investment expenses targeting energy saving, water saving, reduction of greenhouse gas emissions and waste reduction, amounting to at least 20% of the total investment budget), while always following the maximum limits of the Aid Map.
Eligible Actions:
i. Establishment of new production units and storage facilities,
ii. Modernisation, relocation of existing production units and storage facilities,
iii. Mergers of production units and storage facilities,
iv. Units for managing by-products (when the raw material/by-product and the final product produced are Agricultural Products).
It is noted that relocations and mergers of units are necessarily accompanied by their modernisation. Beneficiaries relocating to a new site are required, upon completion of the project, to cease operations at the old facilities and not to resume operations at the old site for the same sector.
Eligible Expenditures:
Subsidised costs include Buildings and Site Development, Land Purchase, Machinery, Mechanical/other Equipment, as well as Transport Vehicles. Intangible costs, Service Provision Costs, Software, Consultant fees and studies are also eligible (full breakdown available here).
Cost eligibility begins after the date of submission of the Application for Support. By exception, general/intangible expenses (paragraph iv of article 6, Ministerial Decision 47699/19.02.2025) are considered eligible and co-funded if incurred after 01 January 2023.
Eligible Beneficiaries:
Businesses of all sizes (very small, small, medium, and large) are supported, provided they have been legally established or commenced activity by the date of submission, and belong to one of the following legal forms:
1. Legal entities: General Partnerships (OE), Limited Partnerships (EE), Ltd (EPE), SA, PC (IKE),
2. Sole proprietorships,
3. Agricultural cooperatives, agricultural partnerships, SA companies whose majority of shares belong to agricultural cooperatives,
4. Producer groups, producer organisations, mergers of producer organisations, unions of producer organisations.
Beneficiaries must not be problematic enterprises, must not operate under civil law partnership/company or consortium, and must have no debts to the State arising from violations of previous development programmes.
Finally, investment plans must include specific expenses for processing waste (liquid, solid and gaseous) strictly for the needs of the unit (not for commercialisation).
Indicative Eligible SECTORS:
The raw materials and final products supported (Annex I TFEU – Agricultural Products) belong to the following sectors:
1. MEAT: Indicatively supported: slaughterhouses (sheep/goats, cattle, poultry, pigs), meat cutting & packaging units, meat preparation units, meat-based product units, animal by-product management units.
2. MILK: Indicatively supported: cheese dairies, milk processing units, yoghurt and fermented milk products units (kefir), whey-by-product utilisation units.
3. EGGS: Indicatively supported: egg packaging units, egg-processing units for producing egg-based products (egg powder, egg white).
4. HONEY: Supported: honey processing, standardisation and packaging units.
5. COCOON REELING: Supported: fresh cocoon reeling units.
6. ANIMAL FEED: Indicatively supported: production units of complete standardised feed mixtures – feed mills.
NOT SUPPORTED: fish-feed production units.
7. CEREALS: Indicatively supported: cereal dryers, rice processing/packaging units, rice mills, grain mills.
8. OIL PRODUCTS: Indicatively supported: olive mills, olive oil standardisation/packaging units.
NOT SUPPORTED: pomace oil plants.
9. FRUIT & VEGETABLES: Indicatively supported: sorting, packaging, cooling, storage units of fresh fruit & vegetables, potatoes, mushrooms, legumes; tomato processing units; vegetable processing units (grilled vegetables, sun-dried tomatoes); fruit & vegetable canneries; juice production units for fruit & citrus; fruit dehydration units; jam & preserve production units; dried nuts, figs, raisins, table olives, legumes, potatoes, mushrooms processing units.
10. WINE: Supported: wineries.
NOT SUPPORTED: stand-alone wine bottling facilities. Bottling equipment is supported ONLY within the establishment of a new or modernisation of an existing winery.
11. VINEGAR: Supported: vinegar production units.
12. FLOWERS: Indicatively supported: processing, standardisation and packaging units of cut and dried flowers and ornamental plants.
NOT SUPPORTED: production of cut flowers and ornamental plants.
13. MEDICINAL & AROMATIC PLANTS: Supported: drying, processing, standardisation, packaging and preservation units of medicinal/aromatic plants and Kozani saffron.
NOT SUPPORTED: cannabis units.
14. SEEDS & PROPAGATING MATERIAL: Supported: processing, standardisation and packaging units of seeds and propagating material.
NOT SUPPORTED: production of seeds and seedlings.
General Conditions:
Investments must meet the following basic conditions:
i. Concern the processing of agricultural products (raw material and final product) included in Annex I of the TFEU (agricultural products), except fishery products and cannabis,
ii. Concern the processing of non-GM products (except animal feed),
iii. Concern wholesale trade,
iv. Must not concern the provision of agricultural product processing services (except olive pressing, animal slaughtering and cereal drying, for public health reasons),
v. Must concern sustainable investments.
Not eligible:
The following are not included in “P3-73-2.3 – Support for investments in the processing/ marketing and/or development of agricultural products”:
i. Applications concerning primary agricultural production,
ii. Processing/marketing and/or development of cannabis,
iii. Cotton ginning,
iv. Processing/marketing and/or development of fishery products,
v. Production of planting material,
vi. Establishment of olive mills,
EXCEPTION:
a) Establishment of olive mills with capacity up to 400 tons of meat/year in island areas,
b) Establishment of poultry slaughterhouses in mountainous or island areas, without capacity limits,
vii. Establishment of wine bottling units,
NOTE: The purchase/installation of wine bottling equipment is supported only within the establishment or modernisation of a winery.
viii. Applications requesting stand-alone waste-processing equipment not intended solely for the needs of the unit.
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[AID MAP 2025] | ANNEX I TFEU | ACTION MATERIAL
Investment Center (Business Consultants – ESPA Consultants) provides full support, from the initial eligibility check, expected scoring estimation (pre-evaluation), and the preparation – submission of an excellent business plan that will achieve the maximum possible score. With over 10 years of experience, we fully undertake the inclusion and support of businesses.
[See here the success rates of applications submitted by our office. 100% Approval Rate in the recent corresponding programmes:
• Approval Success 100% (2024-2025):
Programme “Support for Establishment of New SMEs” [50% subsidy]
• Approval Success 100% (2024):
Green Productive Investment Programme [40% – 50% subsidy]
• Successful examples of Approved Enterprises under the Development Law since 2010.
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*ESPA Consultants: ROP, OAED, Tourism ESPA, Leader, Development Law
The high success rates in recent subsidised programmes guarantee exceptional support from our office.
The technical expertise combined with our high specialisation ensures the quality of our services, guaranteeing smooth inclusion of enterprises in subsidised programmes and the proper disbursement of grants. The high success rates in recent programmes guarantee excellent support.
