Reindustrialization Line

Recovery and Resilience Plan

The Reindustrialization Line of the PRR (Recovery and Resilience Plan) is a support program designed to promote investments that encourage the modernization, innovation, and development of companies, contributing to strengthening their competitiveness and productive capacity. The program aims to support projects that promote process improvement, the development of new products or services, and the strengthening of the business sector.

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Programme Status

Open

Financing

Up to 80% Lost Fund

Territory

Municipalities declared to be in a state of emergency and contingency.

Eligible Entities

Commercial companies, of any size or legal form, or sole proprietors.

Reindustrialization Line

Recovery and Resilience Plan

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Programme Status

Open

Financing

Up to 80% Lost Fund

Territory

Municipalities declared to be in a state of emergency and contingency.

Eligible Entities

Commercial companies, of any size or legal form, or sole proprietors.

Incentive Conditions

Areas of Intervention

Two types of actions are supported:
- 1. Productive Innovation Investment Projects
  - Increasing the capacity of an existing establishment
  - Diversifying the production of an establishment into products not previously produced there
  - Fundamentally changing the overall production process or the overall provision of services of an establishment
- 2. Research and Development Investment Projects
  - Industrial research and experimental development projects aimed at developing new products or services
  - Creation or expansion of permanent R&D teams within the company

Location

Mainland Portugal
This call applies to municipalities declared under calamity or contingency situations, listed in Annex III of the respective notice.
The location of the operation corresponds to the region or regions where the investment will be carried out.

Financing Rate

1. Productive Innovation Investment Projects
- Up to 60% Non-Refundable Grant
2. Research and Development Investment Projects
- Up to 80% Non-Refundable Grant
- Industrial R&D – base rate of 50%
- Experimental R&D – base rate of 25%
In addition to the funding under this instrument, a 100% repayable loan may also be granted to finance non-eligible expenses and working capital needs, calculated based on the project’s total investment.

Eligible Entities

Commercial companies of any size or legal form, as well as sole traders.

Minimum and Maximum Investment

Minimum Investment
- €100,000
Maximum Investment
- €10 million

Elegible Cost

1. Productive Innovation Investment Projects
- Tangible assets:
- Acquisition of machinery and equipment
- costs directly attributable to placing them in the required location and operating conditions
- Acquisition of computer equipment, including the software required for its operation. These assets must also be depreciable and included in the beneficiary company’s assets;
- Construction of buildings, renovation works and other constructions, in duly justified cases, provided that these costs do not exceed 30% of the eligible expenses of the productive investment component;
- Intangible assets:
- Technology transfer through the acquisition of national and international patent rights, licences, non-patented technical knowledge, and standard or specifically developed software. In the case of large companies, these expenses are limited to 50% of the total eligible costs.
2. Research and Development Investment Projects
- Personnel costs for the beneficiary’s technical staff dedicated to the R&D investment project: researchers, technicians and other support staff working on the project;
- Overheads and other expenses, namely costs related to materials, supplies and consumables directly arising from the project, calculated using a simplified cost approach in the form of a maximum flat rate of 20% applied to the total eligible R&D project costs;
- Costs related to the secondment of highly qualified personnel from a research and knowledge dissemination organisation or from a large company, dedicated to research, development and innovation activities within a newly created role in the beneficiary company, provided that they do not replace existing staff members;
- Costs for innovation consultancy and innovation support services.
Other Expenses
- Costs related to the intervention of certified accountants or statutory auditors in validating expenditure claims, limited to €1,000;
- Engineering services, studies, diagnostics, audits, marketing plans, architecture and engineering projects, as well as expenses related to hiring independent experts to justify expenses and classify them under industrial research and experimental development activities.

Incentive Conditions

Areas of Intervention

Two types of actions are supported:
1. Productive Innovation Investment Projects
Increasing the capacity of an existing establishment
Diversifying the production of an establishment into products not previously produced there
Fundamentally changing the overall production process or the overall provision of services of an establishment
2. Research and Development Investment Projects
Industrial research and experimental development projects aimed at developing new products or services
Creation or expansion of permanent R&D teams within the company

Location

Mainland Portugal
This call applies to municipalities declared under calamity or contingency situations, listed in Annex III of the respective notice.
The location of the operation corresponds to the region or regions where the investment will be carried out.

Financing Rate

1. Productive Innovation Investment Projects
Up to 60% Non-Refundable Grant
2. Research and Development Investment Projects
Up to 80% Non-Refundable Grant
Industrial R&D – base rate of 50%
Experimental R&D – base rate of 25%
In addition to the funding under this instrument, a 100% repayable loan may also be granted to finance non-eligible expenses and working capital needs, calculated based on the project’s total investment.

Eligible Entities

Commercial companies of any size or legal form, as well as sole traders.

Minimum and Maximum Investment

Minimum Investment
€100,000
Maximum Investment
€10 million

Elegible Cost

1. Productive Innovation Investment Projects
Tangible assets:
Acquisition of machinery and equipment
costs directly attributable to placing them in the required location and operating conditions
Acquisition of computer equipment, including the software required for its operation. These assets must also be depreciable and included in the beneficiary company’s assets;
Construction of buildings, renovation works and other constructions, in duly justified cases, provided that these costs do not exceed 30% of the eligible expenses of the productive investment component;
Intangible assets:
Technology transfer through the acquisition of national and international patent rights, licences, non-patented technical knowledge, and standard or specifically developed software. In the case of large companies, these expenses are limited to 50% of the total eligible costs.
2. Research and Development Investment Projects
Personnel costs for the beneficiary’s technical staff dedicated to the R&D investment project: researchers, technicians and other support staff working on the project;
Overheads and other expenses, namely costs related to materials, supplies and consumables directly arising from the project, calculated using a simplified cost approach in the form of a maximum flat rate of 20% applied to the total eligible R&D project costs;
Costs related to the secondment of highly qualified personnel from a research and knowledge dissemination organisation or from a large company, dedicated to research, development and innovation activities within a newly created role in the beneficiary company, provided that they do not replace existing staff members;
Costs for innovation consultancy and innovation support services.
Other Expenses
Costs related to the intervention of certified accountants or statutory auditors in validating expenditure claims, limited to €1,000;
Engineering services, studies, diagnostics, audits, marketing plans, architecture and engineering projects, as well as expenses related to hiring independent experts to justify expenses and classify them under industrial research and experimental development activities.