This Form Must Be Used for the Notification of State Aid for Information and Promotion

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This form must be used for the notification of State aid for information and promotion activities concerning cotton and foodstuffs covered by a quality schemeas described in Section 3.9. of Chapter 3 of Part II of the European Union Guidelines for State aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas 2014 to 2020 ('the Guidelines').

1. Will the aid be granted for information and promotion activities concerning cotton and foodstuffs which are covered by a quality scheme for which aid is granted under section 3.8. of Part II of the Guidelines?

yesno

If the answer is no, please note that in accordance with point (691) of the Guidelines no aid may be granted for such actions.

1. Will the aid be granted only to groups of producers implementing the information and promotion activities?

yesno

If the answer is no, please note that in accordance with point (692) of the Guidelines no aid may be granted for such actions.

1. Will the aid cover only the costs for actions having the following characteristics:

(a)be designed to induce consumers to buy the foodstuffs or the cotton covered by a quality scheme;

(b)draw attention to specific features or advantages of the foodstuff or the cotton, notably to the quality, specific production method, high animal welfare standards and respect for the environment linked to the quality scheme concerned?

yesno

If the answer is no, please note that in accordance with point (693) of the Guidelines no aid may be granted for such actions.

1. Will the actions included in the aid scheme incite consumers to buy a foodstuff or cotton due to their particular origin?

yesno

If the answer is yes, please note that in accordance with point (694) of the Guidelines no aid may be granted for such actions except for foodstuff or cotton covered by a quality scheme introduced by Title II of Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012.

1. Will the origin of the foodstuff or cotton be indicated in the actions included in the aid scheme?

yesno

1. If the answer to question 5 is yes, will the mention of the origin of the foodstuff or cotton be subordinate to the main message?

yesno

If the answer is no, please note that under point (695) of the Guidelines no aid may be granted for such actions.

1. Will there be information and promotion activities related to particular undertakings or of commercial brands?

yesno

If the answer is yes, please note that under point (696) of the Guidelines no aid may be granted for such actions.

1. Will the information and promotion activities only be implemented in the internal market?

yesno

If the answer is no, please note that under point (697) of the Guidelines no aid may be granted for such actions.

1. The aid rate in the case of these information and promotion activities will be the following:

up to 70 % (indicate the exact rate : … %)

OTHER INFORMATION

Please indicate any other information considered relevant to the assessment of the measure concerned under this Section of the Guidelines.

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