Internal Market Information & Promotions

Limited EC funding is available to trade organisations for promotional measures that are aimed at increasing the information on, and sales of, certain agricultural products of EC origin within the EU.

Products which may be eligible are:

Fresh fruit and vegetables;

Processed fruit and vegetables;

Fibre flax;

Live plants and products of ornamental horticulture;

Olive oil and table olives;

Seed oils;

Rapeseed oil and Sunflower oil;

Milk and milk products;

Fresh, chilled or frozen meat, produced in accordance with a Community or National Quality Scheme;

Marking of eggs for human consumption;

Honey and beekeeping products;

Wines with a protected designation of origin or a protected geographical indication, wines with an indication of the wine grape variety;

Graphic symbol for the outermost regions as laid down in agricultural legislation;

Protected Designation(s) of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication(s) (PGI) or Traditional Speciality(ies) Guaranteed (TSG) in accordance with Council Regulations (EC) No 509/2006 or 510/2006 and products registered under these schemes;

Organic farming in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2092/1991 and products registered according to that Regulation; and

Poutrymeat.

Applications for funding are submitted to the Commission twice a year by RPA. Applications should be for programmes on at least a national scale. During the selection process preference is given to applications which involve more than one Member State and that are run by a European level organisation or an organisation spanning more than one Member State.

Programmes must have a minimum duration of one year and a maximum of three years. However programmes for the Marking of Eggs for Human Consumption, and Information and Promotion campaigns for Poultrymeat should be for one or two years.

The Community's financial contribution may be up to 50% of the cost of the programme. However there are exceptions in the case of the promotion of fruit and vegetables specifially for children in schools of the EU, and for measures carried out in the Community relating to information on responsible drinking patterns and the damaging effects of hazardous alcohol consumption, where the Commission contribution will be up to 60%.

A performance security will be required.

The deadlines for receipt of applications at RPA are 15 April and 30 September each year.

Page published: 2 February 2012