Ministry of Public Works, Development and Administration (MLPDA) Order no.3685 / 25.08.2020 on the approval of the support measure, consisting in granting state aid and de minimis aid for the development of small and medium enterprises in the Regional Operational Program 2014-2020
Regional Operational Program 2014-2020
Priority Axis 2 – Improving the competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises
Investment priority 2.2. “Supporting the creation and expansion of advanced production capacity and service development.”
Objectives:
- Specific objective: improving economic competitiveness by increasing labor productivity in SMEs in the competitive sectors identified in the National Strategy for Competitiveness;
- Identifying an optimal growth model, both in the sense of moving to another category of size, and in the sense of developing the activity, in order to increase the size of the market (local market to become regional, national or international);
- supporting companies that have the potential to develop/maintain their market position by strengthening competencies superior to the competition operating in economic fields in which they can develop and/or maintain a competitive advantage and, in general, the development of their economic activity, as well as and those who intend to adapt their work to these areas.
Development regions North East, South East, South Muntenia, southwest Oltenia, West, North-West, Center.
Projects cannot be submitted for investments located in the Bucharest Ilfov development region.
Investments eligible for regional co-financing include:
- Construction, expansion of production/service spaces;
- Endowment with tangible, intangible assets;
- Eligible modernization works only insofar as they are related to an initial investment.
Investment categories:
- Creation of a new production / service unit;
- Expanding the capacity of an existing unit;
- Diversification of the production of an existing unit.
The allocation of the call for projects is 150 million euros, an amount distributed over the 7 development regions.
Amount of grant:
- minimum 1,5 mil. euro and
- maximum 6 euro
Eligible applicants:
- small and medium enterprises in urban areas, or
- medium enterprises in rural areas.
established no later than January 2019 and which recorded an operating profit on December 31, 2019.
The maximum amount of de minimis aid that can be granted to a single undertaking is EUR 200,000, a limit which will be reduced by the cumulative amount of all de minimis aid granted to the sole undertaking during the last 2 fiscal years before the date of submission of the grant application and the current year of submission of the grant application.
Co-financing rate granted under the call for projects: 45% -70%, depending on the place of implementation of the project, as well as the type of applicant (respectively classification in the category of small and medium enterprises). Thus, the beneficiary’s contribution is between 30% -55%.
For the de minimis aid component of the project, the program contribution is a maximum of 100% of the eligible amount of de minimis eligible expenditure and within the de minimis limit.
Field of activity in which the investment is made: list of CAEN codes: in the Annex to Order no. 3685 / 25.08.2020
Period in which projects can be submitted:
Date and time of opening the project application: 30.10.2020, time 12:00:00
Date and time of closing the project application: 30.11.2020, time 12:00:00
The projects are submitted through the electronic application MySMIS, available at the web address http://www.fonduri-ue.ro/mysmis