Notification thresholds
Article 4
1. This Regulation shall not apply to any individual aid, the gross grant equivalent of which exceeds the following thresholds: (a) aid for investments in agricultural holdings linked to primary agricultural production as referred to in Article 14: EUR 600 000 per undertaking per investment project; (b) aid for investments concerning the relocation of a farm building resulting in the modernisation of facilities or in an increase in production capacity as referred to in Article 16(4): EUR 600 000 per undertaking per investment project; (c) aid for investments in connection with the processing of agricultural products and the marketing of agricultural products as referred to in Article 17: EUR 7,5 million per undertaking per investment project; (d) aid for animal welfare commitments, as referred to in Article 31: EUR 500 per livestock unit per year; (e) aid for disadvantages related to Natura 2000 areas as referred to in Article 33: EUR 500 per hectare per year in the initial period of maximum five years and EUR 200 per hectare per year thereafter; (f) aid for agri-environmental-climate commitments as referred to in Article 34: EUR 600 per hectare per year for annual crops, EUR 900 per hectare per year for specialised perennial crops and EUR 450 per hectare per year for other land uses; (g) aid for organic farming as referred to in Article 35: EUR 600 per hectare per year for annual crops, EUR 900 per hectare per year for specialised perennial crops and EUR 450 per hectare per year for other land uses; (h) aid for investments in favour of the conservation of cultural and natural heritage located on agricultural holdings or in forests as referred to in Article 36: EUR 600 000 per undertaking per investment project; (i) aid for research and development in the agricultural and forestry sectors as referred to in Article 38: EUR 7,5 million per project; (j) aid for costs incurred by undertakings participating in EIP Operational Group projects as referred to in Article 39: EUR 2 million per undertaking, per project; (k) limited amounts of aid to undertakings benefitting from EIP Operational Group projects as referred to in Article 40: EUR 500 000 per EIP Operational Group project; (l) aid for afforestation and the creation of woodland as referred to in Article 41: EUR 7,5 million per establishment project; (m) aid for agroforestry systems as referred to in Article 42: EUR 7,5 million per agroforestry system establishment project; (n) aid for investments improving the resilience and environmental value of forest ecosystems as referred to in Article 44: EUR 7,5 million per investment project; (o) aid for area-specific disadvantages resulting from certain mandatory requirements as referred to in Article 45: EUR 500 per hectare per year in the initial period not exceeding five years and EUR 200 per hectare per year thereafter; (p) aid for forest-environmental-climate services and forest conservation as referred to in Article 46: EUR 200 per hectare per year, with exception of aid referred to in Article 46, paragraph 8; (q) aid for advisory services in the forestry sector as referred to in Article 48: EUR 200 000 per undertaking and per year; (r) aid for investments in infrastructure related to the development, modernisation or adaptation of the forestry sector as referred to in Article 49: EUR 7,5 million per investment project; (s) aid for investments in forestry technologies and in processing, in mobilising and in marketing of forestry products as referred to in Article 50: EUR 7,5 million per investment project; (t) aid for investments for basic services and infrastructure in rural areas as referred to in Article 55: EUR 10 million per investment project; (u) aid for costs incurred by SMEs participating in CLLD projects, designated as LEADER local development under EAFRD referred to in Article 60: EUR 2 million per undertaking, per project; (v) limited amount of aid to SMEs benefitting from CLLD projects as referred to in Article 61: EUR 200 000 per CLLD project. 2. The thresholds set out in paragraph 1 shall not be circumvented by the artificial splitting up of the aid schemes or aid projects.