The European Commission co-finances and also directly organises campaigns and events to promote EU farm products worldwide. It aims to raise awareness of the efforts made by European farmers to produce quality products. These promotional activities help boost their profile on EU and international markets, in line with EU promotion policy.
The objectives of these programmes shall comply with the general and specific objectives set out and the aims listed in Articles 2 and 3, respectively, of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014.
Programmes shall aim at highlighting the specific features of agricultural production methods in the Union, particularly in terms of food safety, traceability, authenticity, labelling, nutritional and health aspects, animal welfare, respect for the environment and sustainability (including climate benefits such as the greenhouse gas emissions reduction and/or increase in carbon removals), the characteristics of agricultural and food products, particularly in terms of their quality, taste, diversity or traditions, and/or aim at informing about and promoting quality schemes referred to in Article 5(4), point (d), of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014, and/or increasing the awareness and recognition of Union quality schemes referred to in Article 5(4), points (a), (b) and (c), of Regulation (EU) No 1144/2014.
The costs will be reimbursed at the funding rate fixed in the Grant Agreement 85% for beneficiaries that are established in EU Member States receiving financial assistance and 80% for beneficiaries from other countries.
In order to be eligible, the applicants must: