The
project of the Ministry of Environment, Water and Forests regarding the
Start-Up Pilot Environmental Program for technologies which develop the production
of organic materials and / or products aims to grant funding for the production
technologies of materials and organic products using natural raw materials and
secondary raw materials, thus inserting them in various sectors of the green
economy. The purpose of this project is to encourage the development and
production of environmentally friendly products.
Regarding
the conditions that the applicant must meet to be eligible as beneficiary of
the project, the law provides the following:
• the
applicant is a Romanian legal entity, doing business in Romania;
• the
applicant functions and develops economic activity for at least 1 year at the
date of submitting the funding dossier, and has at least one closed financial
year;
• the
object of activity allows the production
of organic materials and products;
• the
applicant is the owner, administrator, grantee or lessee of the building and
the land on which the project will take place;
• the
applicant is not in any of the steps or procedures of company termination;
• the
applicant has fulfilled all the financial obligations to the state;
• the
applicant has no banking interdiction;
• the
applicant complies with EU regulations on the de minimis aid;
• the
applicant did not infringe the laws on environmental protection and does not
sponsor activities with detrimental effect on the environment;
• the
applicant hasn’t obtained or isn’t about to obtain funding through projects or
programs financed from other public funds;
• the
applicant holds all the documents required by the feasibility study;
• the de
minimis aid requested in the application for funding will not be used for
carrying out activities in one of the sectors prescribed by law;
• The
total amount of the de minimis aid from which the applicant benefited for a
period of 3 consecutive years, cumulated with value of financial allocations
granted under the de minimis scheme, isn’t higher than the RON equivalent of
200.000 EUR, at the date of the application;
Regarding
the funding method, the funding guide stipulates that the granted amount will
be equal to the eligible costs of the project, without being able to exceed the
RON equivalent of the maximum level of the de minimis aid of 200.000 EUR, at
the date of signing the grant contract.
Each
applicant may submit one grant application during a session for submitting
projects, and funding of the program is made from the revenues of the
Environment Fund, as a percentage of the eligible costs of the project, and the
unfunded percentage of eligible costs represents the contribution of the
applicant, made out of personal financial sources;
Annually,
more funding sessions can be organized depending on the allocated amount. After
the publication of the opening funding session on the Internet, the applicant
can submit the funding application which will be analyzed in terms of
administrative and eligibility compliance of the applicant or project, after
which the analysis and project selection will take place.
Regarding
a definition of eligible costs, the law defines them as being represented by:
•
Investments for setting up a new establishment, extension of existing establishment,
diversification of production unit, by making new, additional products or a
fundamental change in the production process of an existing establishment;
•
realization of buildings and / or constructions required for the establishment
and installation of machinery, plants and equipment purchased under the
project, with associated facilities - electrical installations, gas supply,
heating, ventilation, air conditioning, telephone, PSI, intranet. Plants
mentioned above are only related to the building interior;
• purchase
of machinery, plants, new equipment needed to fulfill the objectives of this
project;
•
installation of machinery and technological equipment;
• installation
and commissioning; training the operating personnel - necessary costs of
training / schooling of the staff for the proper and efficient use of tools and
technologies; technological tests and quizzes - the cost of execution samples /
tests included in the project, expertise at the reception, homologation;
f)
feasibility studies, engineering design, up to 8% of the eligible costs for the
basic investment.
The Annex
of the Guide states that the documents to be submitted by the applicant are:
•
application;
•
foundation documents of the applicant;
•
certificate of registration at the National Trade Register Office;
• tax
certificate on payment obligations to the state budget;
• tax
certificate on local taxes and local income taxes;
• fiscal
record;
•
clearance certificate on obligations to the Environment Fund;
•
certificate issued by the Trade Register;
•
documents that prove the quality of the applicant as owner, dealer or administrator,
tenant of the building on / in which the project is implemented;
• judgment
/ decision of the deliberative forum showing the agreement regarding contracting
the funding, ensuring their contribution for implementing the project, the
project manager, the person appointed to represent the applicant in relation to
the Authority;
•
judgment / decision of the deliberative forum showing agreement on guaranteeing
the funding;
•
affidavit regarding the de minimis aid obtained in the last 3 years,
respectively 2 previous fiscal years, and the tax year in which the owner
enrolls in the program;
•
affidavit of the legal representative containing the main activities, sectors
in which the applicant actually activates and the activity for which the funding
is requested;
• the annual
financial situation at the end of the last financial year;
• grid
computing's economic and financial situation of the applicant;
• bank
reference letter which will include the history of the applicant's request for
at least one year;
•
feasibility study;
•
technical project.
For more information regarding the Environmental
Program for technologies which develop the production of materials and / or
organic products do not hesitate to contact one of the lawyers of the law firm
Darie, Manea & associates.
