Investments in ports – Poland

 Funding under the call for proposals may be obtained for investments or activities related to the operation of fishing ports, landing sites or fishing harbours aimed at: 

1. improving safety or working conditions; 
2. improving the quality of fish products; 
3. reducing pollution of marine or inland waters; 
4. enabling the landing, storage and marketing of unwanted catches referred to in the second and third indents of line 2 of Annex III to Regulation (EU) 2021/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 establishing the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and Aquaculture and amending Regulation (EU) 2017/1004 (OJ EU L 247, 13/07/2021, p. 1), hereinafter referred to as "Regulation 2021/1139"; 
5. purchase or modernisation of internal transport means. 

Objectives:  

The call falls under Priority 1 – “Supporting sustainable fishing and the restoration and protection of living aquatic resources” of the Polish EMFAF programme for 2021-2027.  

Eligible applicants:  

• local government unit, state or local government legal person or state or local government organisational unit without legal personality; 
• a recognised producer organisation, a recognized association of producer organizations or an inter-branch organisation referred to in the provisions of the Act of December 5, 2008 on the organization of the fish market (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 2045, as amended); 
• a fishing organisation other than that specified in point 2, carrying out statutory tasks in the field of sea fishing; 
• management entity within the meaning of Art. 2 point 6 of the Act of December 20, 1996 on sea ports and harbours (Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1796); 
• the owner of a fishing vessel using which commercial fishing is carried out; 
• Maritime Office. 

Budget:  

Aid under the action is granted in the form of reimbursement of eligible costs incurred in the amount of up to: 

1. 100% of these costs - if the operation: 

• is carried out by entities referred to in Article 17 points 1, 4 and 7 of the implementing regulation, which are a public entity referred to in line 8 in Annex III to Regulation 2021/1139, or 
• meets the criteria set out in row 14 of Annex III to Regulation 2021/1139; 

2. 75% of these costs - if the operation: 

• is carried out by the entity referred to in Article 17 point 5 of the implementing regulation, carrying out small-scale coastal fishing or 
• is implemented by the entity referred to in Article 17 point 2 of the implementing regulation, or 
• meets the purpose referred to in Article 16 point 4 of the implementing regulation and is not an operation referred to in point 1; 

3. 60% of these costs - if the operation is carried out by an entity referred to in Article 17 point 3 of the implementing regulation; 
4. 50% of these costs - in the case of operations other than those specified in points 1-3.  

Eligible costs of the operation also include costs indirectly related to the implementation of the objective of the operation, financed on the basis of a flat rate of up to 7% of the value of eligible costs of the operation directly related to the implementation of the objective of this operation, in an amount not greater than: 

1. PLN 100,000 - in the case of the value of eligible costs of this operation not exceeding PLN 4,000,000; 
2. PLN 200,000 - in the case of the value of eligible costs of this operation exceeding PLN 4,000,000.  

Duration:  

Not specified. 

Call page: https://funduszeeuropejskie.gov.pl/nabory/15-inwestycje-w-portach/  

Project submission platform: applications should be submitted electronically in the WOD2021 application.  

Questions regarding the call for applications can be sent by email to: sekretariat.DWR@arimr.gov.pl.