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Union quality schemes
Funding Program
Promotion of Agricultural Products
Call number
AGRIP-SIMPLE-2024-IM-EU-QS
deadlines
Opening
18.01.2024
Deadline
14.05.2024 17:00
Deadline - 2nd stage
Opening
02.02.2024
Funding rate
70-90%
Call budget
€ 7,000,000.00
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Call content
short description
Information provision and promotion programmes aiming at increasing the awareness and recognition of Union quality schemes as defined in Article 5(4)(a) and (c) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014.
Call objectives
The objective is to increase the awareness and recognition of the Union quality schemes, namely:
- quality schemes: protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI), traditional specialty guaranteed (TSG) and optional quality terms;
- the logo for quality agricultural products specific to the outermost regions of the Union.
Information and promotion programmes on Union quality schemes should be a key priority in the internal market since such schemes provide consumers with assurances on the quality and characteristics of the product or the production process used, achieve added value for the products concerned and enhance their market opportunities.
One of the expected results is to increase the levels of recognition of the logo associated with the Union quality schemes by the European consumers and increased knowledge of the information the quality schemes aim to provide. According to Special Eurobarometer 520, only 16% of Europeans consumers recognize the logos of products that benefit from a protected designation of origin (PDO), 22% recognise a protected geographical indication (PGI), and 16% recognise a traditional specialty guaranteed (TSG), these being the main Union quality schemes.
The expected ultimate impact is to increase awareness of the Union quality scheme and to enhance the competitiveness and consumption of products registered under a Union quality scheme, raise their profile and increase their market share.
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Expected effects and impacts
The expected ultimate impact of this call for proposals is to enhance the competitiveness and consumption of EU agri-food products and/or to increase awareness of the EU quality schemes, raise their profile and increase their market share in the targeted countries. For more information about the promotion of agricultural products, see website.
Expected results
The activities that can be funded under this call are information and promotion campaigns covering products and schemes listed in Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014. Fishery or aquaculture products may be part of a campaign only if the campaign also covers at least one other eligible product listed in that Article.
The information and promotion campaigns may cover the following activities:
- Management of the project
- Public relations
- PR activities
- Press events
- Website, social media
- Website setup, updating, maintenance
- Social media (accounts setup, regular posting)
- Other (mobile apps, e-learning platforms, webinars, etc)
- Advertising
- TV
- Radio
- Online
- Outdoor
- Cinema
- Communication tools
- Publications, media kits, promotional merchandise
- Promotional videos
- Events
- Stands at trade fairs
- Seminars, workshops, B2B meetings, trainings for trade/cooks, activities in schools
- Restaurant weeks
- Sponsorship of events
- Study trips to Europe
- Point-of-sale (POS) promotion
- Tasting days
- Other: promotion in retailers' publications, POS advertising
Please consult pages 17-19 of the call document for further information.
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Eligibility Criteria
Regions / countries for funding
eligible entities
Education and training institution, International organization, Natural Person, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Other, Private institution, incl. private company (private for profit), Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Research Institution incl. University, Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)
Mandatory partnership
No
Project Partnership
Proposals must be submitted by one or several organisations referred to in points (a), (c) and (d) of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014, which must be from the same Member State and comply with the conditions on representativeness for the product of the sector promoted. The EU trade or inter-trade organisations that are representative at EU level for the product or sector promoted (point (b) of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014) are excluded from this call.
In order to be eligible, the applicants must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in an EU Member State (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs))
- be eligible organisations or bodies as referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014:
- trade or inter-trade organisations, established in a Member State and representative of the sector or sectors concerned in that Member State, and in particular the interbranch organisations as referred to in Article 157 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 and groups as defined in point 2 of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012, provided that they are representative for the name protected under the latter Regulation which is covered by that programme
- producer organisations or associations of producer organisations, as referred to in Articles 152 and 156 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 that have been recognised by a Member State or
- agri-food sector bodies the objective and activity of which is to provide information on, and to promote agricultural products and which have been entrusted, by the Member State concerned, with a clearly defined public service mission in this area; those bodies must have been legally established in the Member State in question at least two years prior to the date of the call for proposals referred to in Article 8(2).
The abovementioned proposing organisations may submit a proposal provided that they are also representative of the sector or product concerned by the proposal, complying with conditions set out in Articles 1(1) or 1(2) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1829 of 23 April 2015, namely:
- trade or inter-trade organisation, established in a Member State or at EU level, as referred to in Article 7(1)(a) and (b) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 respectively, are deemed to be representative of the sector concerned by the programme:
- where it accounts for at least 50% as a proportion of the number of producers, or 50% of the volume or value of marketable production of the product(s) or sector concerned, in the Member State concerned or at EU level or
- where it is an interbranch organisation recognised by the Member State in accordance with Article 158 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council or with Article 16 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council
- a group as defined in point 2 of Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council and referred to in Article 7(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014, are deemed to be representative of the name protected under Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 and covered by the programme, where it accounts for at least 50% of the volume or value of marketable production of the product(s) whose name is protected
- a producer organisation or an association of producer organisations as referred to in Article 7(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 are deemed to be representative of the product(s) or sector concerned by the programme where it is recognised by the Member State in accordance with Articles 154 or 156 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 or with Article 14 of Regulation (EU) No 1379/2013;
- an agri-food sector body as referred to in Article 7(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 are deemed to be representative of the sector(s) concerned by the programme by means of having representatives of that product(s) or sector among its memberships.
Lower representativeness thresholds than 50% may be accepted if the proposing organisation demonstrates in the submitted proposal that there are specific circumstances, including the evidence on the structure of the market, which would justify treating the proposing organisation as representative of the product(s) or sector concerned.
Other entities may participate in other consortium roles, such as associated partners, sub-contractors, third parties giving in-kind contributions, etc (see section 13 of the call document).
Specific cases:
- Entities which do not have legal personality under their national law may exceptionally participate, provided that their representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf, and offer guarantees for the protection of the EU financial interests equivalent to that offered by legal persons
- Entities composed of members may participate as ‘sole beneficiaries’ or ‘beneficiaries without legal personality’. Please note that if the action will be implemented by the members, they should also participate (either as beneficiaries or as recipients of financial support to third parties, otherwise their costs cannot be covered by the action).
other eligibility criteria
Applicants can receive AGRIP funding for information and promotion measures promoting the same product or scheme, in the same geographical market, only for two consecutive occasions.
Applicants may receive Union financing for the information provision and promotion measures promoting the same product or scheme, carried out in the same geographical market, only for two consecutive occasions (Article 1(4) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1829). In case several proposals submitted under the simple and/or multi call are successfully evaluated, thus leading to a breach of that Article, the Commission retains the right to decide which proposal(s) are to be funded.
Proposals targeting the internal market must be implemented: − in at least two Member States with a coherent share of the allocated budget, in particular taking into account the respective size of the market in each of the Member States concerned or − in one Member State, if that Member State is different from the Member State of origin of the proposing organisation(s) unless they concern EU quality schemes referred to in Article 5(4)(a), (b) or (c) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 or relay a message on proper dietary practices.
The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate fixed in the Grant Agreement:
- for simple programmes in the internal market: 70% (or 75% if a beneficiary is established in a Member State receiving financial assistance)
- for simple programmes in third countries: 80% (or 85% if a beneficiary is established in Member States receiving financial assistance)
- for simple programmes in the event of serious market disturbance, loss of consumer confidence or other specific problems : 85% (or 90% if a beneficiary is established in Member States receiving financial assistance).
Additional information
Topics
Relevance for EU Macro-Region
EUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region
UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)
project duration
between 12 and 36 months
Additional Information
Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders section). Paper submissions are NOT possible.
Proposals (including annexes and supporting documents) must be submitted using the forms provided inside the Submission System ( NOT the documents available on the Topic page — they are only for information).
Proposals must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:
- Application Form Part A — contains administrative information about the participants (future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities) and the summarised budget for the project (to be filled in directly online)
- Application Form Part B — contains the technical description of the project (to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed and then assembled and re-uploaded)
- Application Form Part C — containing additional project data (to be filled in directly online)
- Mandatory annexes and supporting documents (to be uploaded):
- Detailed budget table: template available in the submission system
- CVs of the project coordinator and eventually of project team
- List of all EU-funded projects for the last 3 years with indication of the previous projects for which the proposal is a continuation according to Article 1(4) of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1829 (template available in Part B)
- Activity reports of last year
- Supporting documents demonstrating that the applicants are organisations or bodies as referred to in Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014 (see section below)
- For each applicant, documentation proving that it meets the representativeness criteria set out in Article 1 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/1829 (see section below).
Proposals are limited to maximum 70 pages (Part B without annexes).
Programmes targeting least-developed countries (LDCs) according to UN list available at https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/publication/ldc_list.pdf should be coherent with EU development objectives Applicants will be asked to submit their own assessment explaining why the proposed promotion programme will not adversely affect EU development policy goals in the least-developed country targeted by the promotion programme. This assessment will be examined under the award criterion ”Relevance”.
Simple programmes promoting organic products in third countries shall apply under topic AGRIPSIMPLE-2024-TC-ORGANIC. They cannot apply under other topics, except if organic products are combined with other products.
Call documents
AGRIP simple call document 2024AGRIP simple call document 2024(540kB)
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