Agriculture De Minimis Regulation (EU) No 1408/2013 allows limited amounts of aid to be given for activities related to the primary production of agricultural products (e.g. live animals, meat, fruit, vegetables, etc). It does not apply to the processing and/or marketing of these products.
The individual threshold limit which a single recipient can receive under the Agriculture De Minimis Regulation is €15,000 over any consecutive three year fiscal period. Applicants under any proposed Agriculture De Minimis Scheme may receive an aid amount of €15,000 in one fiscal year.
However, the individual threshold limit shall not be exceeded over any period of three fiscal years e.g. for any new grant of Agricultural De Minimis Aid, the total amount of Agricultural De Minimis Aid granted in the current fiscal year (e.g. 2017) and the two previous years (e.g. 2016 and 2015) must be taken into account.
Ireland’s national threshold limit is set at €66,280,000 over any consecutive three year fiscal period. All Agricultural De Minimis Aid awards must be registered with the State Aid Unit at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The individual and national threshold limits are applicable from 1/1/2014 to 31/12/2020.
Member States are required to monitor the amount of Agricultural De Minimis Aid paid to each recipient under each scheme to ensure that the individual and national thresholds are not breached.
