Call for aid for the production and marketing of honey, within the framework of the beekeeping sector intervention for the year 2026

Official description of the call

First. Beneficiaries. 1. The following may be beneficiaries of this aid: Natural or legal persons, or entities without legal personality, owners of beekeeping operations, including those with shared ownership contemplated in Law 35/2011, of October 4, on shared ownership of agricultural operations, must meet the following requirements: Have been carrying out the beekeeping activity prior to January 1 of the year of submission of the application, with the exception of those owners who had started the activity at through a change of ownership of farms in registered status prior to that date. In addition, the creation of associative figures or legal entities made up of beekeepers who were beekeepers who were beekeepers before January 1 of the year of submission of the application, or the creation of shared ownership farms in which one of the members was a beekeeper prior to that date, will be exempt from the previous requirement. In the case of mergers of existing operations, the start date of the activity will be considered to be that of the owner with the greatest seniority. Those applicants who meet some of the circumstances set out in article 12.2 and article 12.3 of the Cantabria Law 10/2006, of July 17, on Cantabria Subsidies, may not be beneficiaries of this aid. Comply with the obligations contained in article 13 of the Cantabria Law 10/2006, of July 17, on Cantabria Subsidies. Abandoned apiaries and dead hives will not entitle their owner to receive aid. Nor will hives that do not indicate the farm's identification code, those located in settlements not registered in the Registry of Beekeeping Farms of Cantabria, or those that exceed the maximum authorized capacity for each registered settlement will be counted as valid. Justify having carried out at least one treatment per year against varroasis, between the months of September and November of the previous year, in accordance with the provisions of Royal Decree 608/2006, of May 19, which establishes and regulates a National Program for the fight and control of honey bee diseases. Have civil liability insurance on the date of requesting aid related to the beekeeping activity, which must be documented. Natural or legal persons owning beekeeping operations who have not made the annual census declaration before March 1 of the current year will not be entitled to the aid. Comply with the provisions of the beekeeping regulations in force. Specifically, those that have been transhumantly transferred to other Autonomous Communities and the Transfer Program has not been carried out and duly notified to the Competent Authority will not be counted as valid hives for payment purposes, at least one week in advance of the start of the transfer. For subsidies of an amount greater than €30,000, when the applicants are only subjects included in the scope of application of Law 3/2004, of December 29, which establishes measures to combat late payment in commercial operations, companies that fail to comply with the payment deadlines provided for in the aforementioned Law will not be able to obtain the status of beneficiary or collaborating entity. This circumstance will be accredited by companies that, in accordance with accounting regulations, can present a loss account. and abbreviated profits, in accordance with the provisions of article 26 of the Regulations of this law. For companies that, in accordance with accounting regulations, cannot present an abbreviated profit and loss account, the need is established to prove compliance with the legal payment deadlines through certification, issued by an auditor registered in the Official Registry of Account Auditors, which will address the effective payment deadline of the client company regardless of any financing for advance collection of the supplier company. Declare the express commitment regarding the durability of the actions for which aid is requested, so that they remain in operation during the fiscal depreciation period of the same or, at least, three years as a general rule or five years for assets that can be registered in a public registry. Beekeeping cooperatives and representative organizations with p

Issuing agency

CANTABRIA — COUNCIL OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT, LIVESTOCK, FISHING AND FOOD

Scope

Cantabria

Category

Recipients

SMEs (small and medium enterprises)

More information

• Official BDNS portal (infosubvenciones.es) ↗
• Governing rules ↗

Deadlines

Full information

Who can apply for this grant?

• SMEs (small and medium enterprises)

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The full requirements may vary. Check the governing rules and the official portal to confirm all requirements.

Financial information

Documents

• Call document in Spanish ↗
• ANNEX I ↗
• ANNEX V ↗
• ANNEX III ↗
• ANNEX IV ↗
• ANNEX II ↗
• Extract from the Resolution of the Minister of Rural Development, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, of March 12, 2026, which calls for aid for the production and marketing of honey, within the framework of the beekeeping sector intervention for the year 2026. ↗

Governing rules

Order DES/08/2025, of February 26, published in the Official Gazette of Cantabria No. 44, of March 5, 2025, which regulates the aid regime for beekeeping, within the framework of the beekeeping sector intervention.

Governing rules ↗