Support for establishing businesses in Eastern Macedonia & Thrace
1. The aim of the Action
Aid for the creation of enterprises in priority sectors of the Regional Strategy for Smart Specialisation in East Macedonia and Thrace.
2. Budget of the Action
€ 18.000.000
3. Beneficiaries of the Action
Under foundation, very small, small and medium-sized enterprises:
- commit that you will have during the time of their establishment, or for the case in which have established after the adoption of this invitation, offer, eligible SMR ANNEX 14: "ΕΠΙΛΕΞΙΜΟΙ AND ΠΡΙΜΟΔΟΤΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ FIELDS of ACTIVITY (SMR)" and
- the investment plan regarding eligible SMR ANNEX 14 "ΕΠΙΛΕΞΙΜΟΙ AND ΠΡΙΜΟΔΟΤΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ FIELDS of ACTIVITY (SMR)".
4. Projects & Subsidy
The submission of investment projects on the improvement of the degree of economic exploitation of new business ideas through and converting them into marketable products/services, with a minimum of grantee p/y $ 20,000 and a maximum of grantee p/y 285.000 €.
The Public Financing of the investment project in the framework of this call is set to 70% and Private Participation to 30%.
5. Eligible Fields Of Activity
The Action rises as a priority the establishment of companies in sectors of the Regional Strategy for Smart Specialisation (Regional RIS3), i.e. agri-food production, tourism and culture, materials (plastic-elastic, non-metallic minerals), and innovative materials, chemicals, medicines and health, the environment, energy and hybrid technologies, electrical and electronic equipment as well as sector information and communication technologies (ICT).
6. Basic Conditions For Participation
The conditions of participation of the beneficiaries are:
- I, the undersigned, the application for funding is the Legal Representative of the beneficiary with the data reported in the field 1 "DATA-BENEFICIARY" of the Form I.1 "Indicative Form of Submission of a Proposal" to the ANNEX 1.
- To accept that the application for funding with Code:...... serving as a solemn declaration referred to in article 8 of law.1599/1986 (GG Α75) for the data reported here. Therefore, you will need to show id content with the relevant supporting documents. The inaccuracy of the data submitted in the application draws foreseeable criminal and administrative penalties.
- To accept that in the event of inaccuracies in his statement, after the inclusion of the investment project, that will απενταχθεί and will be required to repay with interest the received public funding.
- Declares that it assumes responsibility for full and proper completion and submission of this application for funding, and all of the required documents for the account of the beneficiary.
- To declare that all the particulars given both in electronic and physical form of the application forms of financing as well as all the submitted supporting documents included in the application dossier financing is accurate and true.
- Declares that it is in the knowledge of the owner, for the submission of applications for funding with Code: ....
- Indicates that the set of stakeholders, owners/partners/shareholders of the recipient have received a clear knowledge of the content of this call.
- To undertake to ensure that all stakeholders, owners/partners/shareholders of the business start-up have received a clear knowledge of the content of the application for funding.
- To commit that the company has not established prior to the issuance of this invitation.
- To commit that the entity will have or in the event that the company has been established after the issuance of this invitation, to indicate that the company has, eligible SMR ANNEX 14: "ΕΠΙΛΕΞΙΜΟΙ AND ΠΡΙΜΟΔΟΤΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ FIELDS of ACTIVITY (SMR)".
- Undertake the investment project shall not be made by a beneficiary with a resumption of business activity.
- To be able to prove that they have at least 60% of the required private participation in the proposed project.
- To submit a single application for funding in this call. In the event that the company has been established, in each case after the issuance of this invitation, it refers to the VAT number of the company submitting the proposal.
- To declare that the owners/shareholders/partners of the firm do not participate in more than one application for funding submitted in this call.
- To commit to the heat-investment plan or part thereof, as well as the costs involved have not been funded, join and will not be submitted for approval of funding to another project funded by national or community resources.
- To undertake that they will comply with the legislation on the health and safety of workers and occupational risk prevention.
- To commit that you meet all of the national and union-wide rules and guidelines, as well as the horizontal policies of the EU.
- To commit that the submitted proposal is harmonised and obey the restrictions on the cumulation provided for in the Regulations that govern it. The aid granted under this invitation with Khan. (E.E.) 1407/2013 and meets all the requirements of this Regulation.
- To commit that the company will be installed in the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, until the payment of any payment (deposit or interim payment), or in the event that the company has been established after the issuance of this invitation, to indicate that the company has installed in the Region of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace.
- To undertake that the business has, or in the event that the company has been established after the issuance of this invitation, to indicate that the operation has the property of Very Small or Small-or Medium-sized Enterprise as defined in commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 (APPENDIX 5 "DEFINITION of SMES").
- To ensure the appropriate infrastructure and services in order to minimize the barriers and facilitating access to them, where this is necessary and appropriate, persons with disabilities, in accordance with the provisions of article 7 of Regulation (EU) no. (Eu) no 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing regulation (EC) no. 1083/2006. As infrastructure is understood as the building infrastructure, and electronic applications sent to the customer audience (e.x. websites and other electronic applications, such as electronic information points or/and service etc.) in accordance with the current institutional framework (ANNEX 10: "ACCESSIBILITY for the DISABLED").
- It should be noted that it is not allowed to co-location business. With the term co-location means the establishment of the company in the same, non-discrete space with another business. In the case where it is established co-location business, revoked the decision of inclusion.
- To commit that will work, or in the event that the company has been established after the issuance of this invitation, indicate that work exclusively with one of the following forms of business corporate/commercial (public Limited Company, Limited Liability Company, general Partnership Company or Limited partnership, private company a private Enterprise, Social Enterprise of law. 4430/2016 as applicable, Cooperative), and to comply with απλογραφικά or διπλογραφικά books of law.4308/2014.
- To agree to the inclusion in the list of operations published in accordance with article 115 (2) of Regulation (eu) no 1303/2013 and in the disclosure of approved for financing Investment Projects, such as those set out in Annex XII of the Even. 1303/2013 and in the case of applicable legal basis of Competition and the publication of the name of the company, the title of the act and the amount of public funding in the list of beneficiaries published electronically (at least on the website of the managing authority of OP ΠΑΜΘ www.eydamth.gr and ΕΦΠΑΕ www.desm-os.gr or otherwise, in accordance with article 7 (2) (d) of Regulation (EC) number. 1828/2006).
- To accept any control for the verification of declared by the competent national or community authorities.
- To accept the intersection of the elements declared in the proposal of the investment project with the data provided by the information system of TAXIS and the systems of the insurance organizations.
- To accept that during the implementation of the investment project, the communication with the EFEPAE for the development and completion of the act (modification requests, progress reports, and integration, etc.) may be made electronically (on-screen) through electronic forms, that will be determined by the EFEPAE or/and the ESA ON ΠΑΜΘ.
- To accept that the messages will be sent from the EFEPAE or/and the ESA ON ΠΑΜΘ, via email and, in particular, to the email address that he has declared in scope 2.2 "BASIC IDENTIFICATION of the SITE of INSTALLATION OF the INVESTMENT" of the Form I.1 "Indicative Form of Submission of a Proposal" of ANNEX 1, shall act as a notification, entailing the entry of all legal effect and deadlines.
- To accept that in the case of notifications – performance of documents relating to this application for funding, these take place in the tax domicile of the beneficiary which shall declare in the request for funding, and which refers to the decision to join. Further undertake to notify any change in their tax headquarters to the managing authority ON ΠΑΜΘ and ΕΦΠΑΕ. In the case of non-disclosure of any change in the tax office, the disclosure – performance made in the tax domicile of the decision of membership.
- Accept processing by the competent authorities of the personal data, including sensitive, which met for the needs of implementation of this action (for example: controls and intersections in the submission, assessment, monitoring compliance with the obligations of the beneficiaries), for the purpose of extracting statistical data (indicators), as well as for the purpose of conducting research and preparing studies for the evaluation of this action.
- To commit to participate in surveys conducted by the ESA ON east macedonia & thrace or the ΕΦΠΑΕ, in the form of questionnaires, in any phase of the Call for submission of supporting documentation, integration or rejection of Proposals and/or completion of the Transactions), for the purpose of collecting information that will serve as the monitoring and evaluation of Actions.
- To provide you explicitly consent and consent to the lawful processing under article 6 of Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Regulation on Data Protection) [EEEEL 119 page.1-88] at all stages of the submitted application for funding, that is, from the submission of the as and, in the case of inclusion of the, finalisation of the co-financed investment, in accordance with the specific provisions of article 13 of this invitation.
- To commit that it will operate legally with the appropriate, in accordance with applicable law, a license to operate. In the event that the license has not been issued or has expired time, I submitted a relevant application for issue/renewal of this. Companies with activities for the exercise of which does not require a document of legal operation, you will need to state that: "for all the activities of the beneficiary is not required to issue a license or certificate for assistance legal conditions of operation or notification of commencement of operation, or document exemption authorisation" with reference to the relevant provisions of the applicable legislation.
- To declare that the beneficiary bears the sole responsibility of the expenditure shall be implemented prior to the Decision of Integration and in the case of non-inclusion of the proposed project there is no question of consequential or a positive injury.
- To commit that the business will be set up will produce, in order to take any part of the grant, (interim payment, down payment grant, the final payment), granting use or rental contract or legal establishment of usufruct over the property for the period of validity of at least 6 years from the date of adoption of the Decision of Inclusion of the investment, while in the case of the erection of a building for the duration of the above will be at least 12 years from the date of adoption of Decision Integration.
- To declare that there is no pending at the expense of legal or natural persons shall submit the investment plan setting up a new business recovery of state aid after decision of the European Commission declaring an aid illegal and incompatible with the internal market.
- To indicate that the period of implementation of the investment project is within the eligibility period of the Programming Period and Invitation.
- To indicate that it is not harmful for the founders of the business reasons for exclusion of the New. 4488/2017(Α137/13.09.2017), as applicable. In particular, there have been no fines have acquired final & binding force, for violations of labour legislation, in particular:
- Violation "high" or "very high" severity (3 fines/ 3 controls),
- Undeclared work (2 fines/ 2 controls),for the purposes of art. 39, par. 1, N. 4488/2017.
It should be noted that ςύμφωνα with him Even. EU 1407/2013, the total amount of de minimis aid granted to a single undertaking shall not exceed the amount of eur 200 000 over any period of three fiscal years. The total amount of de minimis aid granted per member state to a single undertaking performing road freight transport for hire or reward may not exceed the amount of eur 100 000 over any period of three fiscal years. These de minimis aid shall not be used for the acquisition of road freight transport vehicles.
If a company is performing road freight transport for hire or reward, and to carry out other activities for which there is a ceiling of € 200,000 will apply to the maximum limit of 200,000 euros to the company, provided that it shall ensure, by appropriate accounting separation of the activities and the distinction of the cost so that the support of the activity of road freight transport does not exceed the amount of eur 100,000.
Also, for the case of associated enterprises (single company) is required to be declared that the single undertaking is in difficulty in accordance with the provisions of article 2, point 18 of Regulation (EU) 651/2014.
7. Subsidised Costs
- Buildings, facilities and surroundings
- Procurement of new Machinery and Equipment: ( Mechanical Equipment, ICT equipment / automation systems and special computer systems)
- Means of transport
- Other Equipment
- Product Certification – Services – Procedures
- Software and software services
- Digital View (view of an advertising message, site, e-shop, etc.)
- Consulting Services-Technical Studies
It should be noted that is NOT eligible investment projects by companies with a resumption of their business.
8. Time Of Implementation Of Investment Projects
- Until twenty-four (24) months from the date of adoption of Decision Integration.
9. Date Of Entry Into Electronic Submission
from 18/2/2020 to 28/7/2020
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