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Quant: EUR 30 million total scheme budget, EUR 0.10/litre marine diesel grant rate (fishing/ aquaculture track), EUR 50,000 per-beneficiary cap, running 1 April 2026 – 31 December 2026. None of the three structured magnitude: sub-fields (tariff_pct, quota_volume, coverage_share) fit a fixed-budget grant scheme, so the figures are anchored here rather than in a magnitude: block — omitting one would misrepresent a budget cap as a coverage share or rate.
METSAF (the Middle East Crisis Temporary State Aid Framework), adopted by the Commission on 29 April 2026, gives member states a fast-track legal basis under Article 107(3)(c) TFEU to compensate sectors hit by the cost shock from the Middle East crisis — chiefly higher marine diesel and fertiliser input prices passed through from the crisis-driven energy spike. Portugal's SA.124487 scheme is one of several national notifications under this framework (Sweden's EUR 149m scheme and Spain's EUR 500m fertiliser-only scheme were approved earlier in 2026).
The Portuguese scheme splits into two payment tracks: (1) fishing and aquaculture vessel operators get a flat EUR 0.10/litre grant on marine diesel consumed in Q2 2026, and (2) agricultural producers get a per-farm grant scaled to farm size and livestock headcount to offset fertiliser cost inflation. Both tracks are direct grants, capped at EUR 50,000 per beneficiary, and the scheme sunsets 31 December 2026.
indirect-cost scheme filed separately, this is a compensatory transfer, not a subsidy that builds new capacity — it keeps existing primary-production capacity solvent through a cost shock rather than expanding output.
received comparable Commission approvals in mid-2026; Portugal's EUR 30m sits at the small end given its smaller agricultural/fisheries base.
the scheme is a smallholder/SME-facing cost offset with negligible listed-equity exposure.
the scheme's ceiling is fixed at EUR 30 million against an open-ended Q2 fuel-cost formula.
not yet published on the State aid register at filing time.