Co-financing of anti-hail systems

For co-financing of hail protection systems, you can submit a completed application form along with the accompanying documentation:

• In physical form — to the central office of the Rural Development Agency or the relevant regional office;
• Electronically — to the agency’s e-mail address: document@rda.gov.ge

For detailed information on the stages required for co-financing and the documentation to be submitted, see below.

Individuals and legal entities will be funded up to 30% of the cost of installing hail protection systems for grapevines, berry, stone-fruits, and seed orchards, and in the case of cooperatives with agricultural status, villages adjacent to the dividing line and high-mountain settlements - up to 40%, but not more than in accordance with the conditions specified in the Annex. Within the framework of the component, no more than 50 ha of hail protection systems will be funded by one beneficiary, and the maximum amount of co-financing shall not exceed 750,000 GEL.

In order to sign an agreement between the Agency and the potential beneficiary, the potential beneficiary must submit the following documents: "What should an invoice contain?"

• Completed application form;
• Extract from the registry of entrepreneurs and non-entrepreneurial (non-commercial) legal entities (for legal entities);
• Copy of the identification document: For legal entities - of the director/responsible person; For physical persons/individual entrepreneurs - of the landowner and the responsible person;
• Document proving ownership of the land plot (extract from the public registry and cadastral map); In case of lease, the lease agreement must be submitted along with the extract. (The remaining lease period must be at least 10 years, and the lease agreement must be registered with the Public Registry of the National Agency);
• Invoices or contracts for the purchase of hail protection systems (in Georgian/officially notarized translation into Georgian). The invoice or contract must specify which agricultural crop the hail protection system is intended for;
  
• A conclusion from the LEPL – Levan Samkharauli National Forensics Bureau or a report issued by persons registered in the Public Registry regarding the compliance of the orchards existing on the land specified in the application with the conditions defined by the orchard component of this program.
  
  Except in the case when an orchard has been planted on the land plot requested in the application within the framework of the orchard component with the Agency’s co-financing, and the fulfillment of the purpose has been confirmed three months prior to submitting the application to the Agency.
  
  And in the case of the existence of vines – for the purpose of confirming the obligations stipulated by the contract, the beneficiary is obliged to submit a conclusion from the LEPL – Levan Samkharauli National Forensics Bureau or a report issued by persons registered in the Public Registry regarding the existence of a vineyard on the land specified in the application.
• Beneficiary's bank details.

In the case of installing a hail protection system, the potential beneficiary may transfer/deposit their co-participation amount in full or in part to the supplier's bank account before submitting the application to the agency and/or after submitting the application, but no more than 6 months in advance, which will be considered the beneficiary's co-participation after signing the contract.

The cost of installing anti-hail systems will be financed only after the beneficiary submits a conclusion from the LEPL – Levan Samkharauli National Forensics Bureau, or a report issued by persons registered in the Public Registry who have been granted the authority to conduct mandatory audits as a result of the quality management system monitoring carried out by the Service, which must confirm the fulfillment of the purpose of installing the anti-hail systems.