Förderkredit "Nachhaltigkeit" beantragen (Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank)

• Programmbedingungen Nachhaltigkeit (Nr. 243)

Application for a promotional loan from Rentenbank to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions in agriculture as well as for investments in organic farming and the improvement of livestock farming (no. 243)

With this programme, Rentenbank promotes investments in agriculture that serve to improve the effectiveness and sustainability of agricultural enterprises. These are, in particular, investments that contribute to increasing energy efficiency and reducing emissions in the sector by improving and converting production. In addition, organic farming and the improvement of agricultural animal husbandry have a high priority.

Note: Loans under this programme are exempted under Regulation (EU) No 702/20141, Articles 14 and 17 and may include aid.

What is financed?

• Investments to increase energy efficiency in agriculture (for example, energy-saving heating systems, building insulation, insulation measures)
• Investments to reduce emissions in agriculture (e.g. environmentally friendly storage facilities for fertilisers and plant protection products)
• Joint purchase of machinery by farmers (also within the framework of partnerships set up specifically for this purpose). The machinery must be used exclusively on self-managed land.
• Investments in organic farming
• Investments to improve animal husbandry in agriculture
• Investment by primary producers in the processing and direct marketing of agricultural products (e.g. cellar technology and bottle storage of a direct marketing winegrowing enterprise)

Conditions

Type of funding
Low-interest loan

Amount
up to EUR 10 million per final borrower and year. The maximum permissible loan amount per borrower may be limited by EU regulations.

Financing share
up to 100 % of the eligible investment amount

Disbursement
100 %

Term
4 to 30 years

Repayment
Various repayment rates are available. More detailed information is available from your house bank or Rentenbank on request. Up to three repayment-free initial years can be agreed.

Fixed interest rate
up to a maximum of 10 years

Collateral
Standard bank collateral for the borrower (agreement with the borrower's bank)

Note: There is no legal entitlement to the promotional loan.

Contact point

Credit institution (principal bank)

Your house bank will tell you which documents are required in detail.

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from the economic sectors:

• Agriculture
• Horticulture and viticulture

• Loan interest
• Processing fee
  • Loan amount ≤ EUR 125,000: up to one per cent
  • Loan amount > EUR 125,000: max. EUR 1,250

Rentenbank does not grant the loans directly, but via your chosen house bank. You submit the application there before starting the project.

• Get advice from the experts of your house bank as early as possible, who will accompany you during the lending process.
• You can also take advantage of the advisory services offered by Rentenbank.
• The application is submitted to your house bank.

• Application: before the start of your project
• Programme duration: until 30.06.2023 at the latest

non applicable