An investment in an improvement to an existing irrigation installation or element of irrigation infrastructure shall be eligible only if it is assessed ex ante as offering potential water savings of a minimum of between 5 % and 25 % according to the technical parameters of the existing installation or infrastructure.
I gcás inar feabhas í infheistíocht ar shuiteálacha uiscithe atá ann cheana nó ar chuid d'infrastruchtúr uiscithe, ní bheidh sí incháilithe ach amháin má dhéantar measúnú ex-ante uirthi go bhfuil sábháil fhéidearthach ar uisce de idir 5 % agus 25 % ar a laghad i gceist i gcomhréir le paraiméadair theicniúla na suiteála nó an infrastruchtúir atá ann cheana.