The Ministry of Public Finance published the Applicant Guideline for the State aid scheme GD no. 807/2014, and in the next period is intending to open a new session of project proposals.

Medium annual budget: 145 mill. euro (638 mill. lei).

Eligible applicants: companies (large and SMEs), including start-ups (the subscribed capital is of minimum 100.000 lei), from all economic sectors, except companies activating in areas such as: aquaculture, primary production, processing and marketing of agricultural products, steel, coal sector, shipbuilding, production of synthetic fibers, transportation and energetic sectors and all sectors listed in Annex 1 to GD 807/2014.

Eligible expenditure:

• Costs excluding VAT, related to the realization, respectively the acquisition of tangible and intangible assets, and the expenses related to the renting of the constructions related to the initial investment
  • Tangible assets: construction, technical installations, machinery and equipment;
  • Intangible assets: depreciable assets associated with the initial investment, such as patents, licenses, know-how, etc.

Project value: minimum 13,5 mill. lei (approx. 3 mill. euro)

The grant awarded is differentiated according to the implementation region:

• up to 10% in the Bucharest Region;
• up to 35% in the West and Ilfov Regions;
• up to 50% in the rest of the regions (North West, North East, Center, South West, South, South East)

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