CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 financial instrument (MES loans)
Original title (ET): Rahastamisvahend ÜPP SK 2023-2027 (ühise põllumajanduspoliitika strateegiakava rahastamisvahend)
What it funds
Continuously open financial instrument, running from 1 January 2026 to 11 March 2029, endowed with EUR 55,000,000 of which EUR 33,000,000 from EAFRD and EUR 22,000,000 national co-financing. It provides growth loans, investment loans co-financed with banks, and working-capital loans to farming, food-processing and rural businesses making sustainable investments that the market does not adequately finance. The interest rate is the European Commission base rate (2.71% from 1 July 2026) plus a margin set by credit rating and collateral, fixed at contract signature. Loan funds cannot pre-finance a grant and a grant cannot repay the loan.
Who can apply
Businesses operating in rural areas in agriculture, food processing and collective activities carrying out sustainable investments.
Notes and caveats
The 01.01.2026-11.03.2029 dates are those listed by PRIA as the submission period. Maximum loan amounts are not stated on the pages consulted: to be checked directly with MES.
Sources
Every piece of information on this page was read on 27 August 2026 from the pages below. Where they disagree, the managing body’s document prevails.
Keywords
capitale circolanteinvestimenti produttivi agricolistrumenti finanziaritrasformazione e commercializzazione