Project Description
Productive Business Investment for a Just Transition
Portugal 2030
The Productive Business Investment for a Just Transition encourages companies to adopt sustainable production practices. Aligned with the transition to a low-carbon economy, promoting strategic sectors, quality jobs and technological innovation.
Support Status
Open
Financing
Up to 25.000.000€
Territory
Alentejo Litoral
Eligible Entities
Micro Enterprises
Small Enterprises
Medium Enterprises
Productive Business Investment for a Just Transition
Portugal 2030
The Productive Business Investment for a Just Transition encourages companies to adopt sustainable production practices. Aligned with the transition to a low-carbon economy, promoting strategic sectors, quality jobs and technological innovation.
Support Status
Open
Financing
Up to 25.000.000€
Territory
Alentejo Litoral
Eligible Entities
Micro Enterprises
Small Enterprises
Medium Enterprises
Incentive Conditions
- The projects of an innovative nature resulting in the production of tradable and internationalizable goods and services with high added value, focusing on the strengthening and scaling up of new industries and new technologically advanced services, aimed at the climate and energy transition, in the following typologies, are susceptible to support:
- The opening of a new facility;
- The increase in capacity of an existing facility;
- The production diversification of an existing facility to products not previously produced in the facility.
- NUTS III – Alentejo Litoral.
- Financing rate up to a maximum limit of 50 %.
- Base Rate:
- 30 p.p. for medium-sized enterprises
- 40 p.p. for micro and small enterprises.
- Bonuses:
- 1.Sectoral and or territorial policy priorities: 5 p.p. for compliance with each of the following priorities, up to a limit of 10 p.p.:
- For operations falling within more than one specialisation area of the Regional RIS3;
- For operations of entities with dynamic collective bargaining, considering for this purpose the signature or renewal of the Collective Bargaining Agreement less than three years ago.
- 2. Qualified job creation: 5 p.p. to be allocated to operations that generate qualified jobs:
- Micro and Small Enterprise – 2 or + jobs
- Medium-sized Enterprises – 5 or more jobs
- SME capitalisation: 5 p.p. to be allocated to operations whose private component is financed mostly by equity capital.
- 1.Sectoral and or territorial policy priorities: 5 p.p. for compliance with each of the following priorities, up to a limit of 10 p.p.:
- Minimum amount: 250,000 euros;
- Maximum amount: 25 million euros.
- Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), of any nature and under any legal form, with organized accounting.
- a) Tangible assets: acquisition of machinery and equipment; directly attributable costs to place them in the location and conditions necessary for them to be able to operate; acquisition of computer equipment, including the software necessary for its operation.
- In duly justified cases, operations may also include the construction of buildings, remodelling works and other constructions.
- Note: Expenses with the construction of buildings, remodelling works and other constructions are eligible up to a limit of 35% of the total eligible expenses of the operation within the framework of the Renewable Energies and Agro-Food sectors, and up to a limit of 60% of the total eligible expenses of the operation within the framework of the Tourism sector.
- b) Intangible assets: technology transfer through the acquisition of national and international patent rights; licenses; technical knowledge not protected by patents; standard software or specifically developed for a particular purpose.
- c) Other investment costs, including expenses incurred with the intervention of certified accountants or statutory auditors, in the validation of payment claim expenditure; engineering services; studies or reports within the scope of the alignment of the operation with the “Do not significantly impair” principle, as defined in article 8 of the REITD; diagnostics; audits and architectural and engineering projects.
- Note: Expenses related to tourism enterprises/accommodation units operated under periodic occupation rights, of a real or mandatory nature, are not eligible.
- “Productive Business Investment for a fair transition”, aims to support, on the one hand, business investment in innovative and qualified activities that contribute to progression in the value chain and, on the other hand, operations leading to economic diversification, modernisation and reconversion, focusing on the strengthening and expansion of new industries and new technologically advanced services, aimed at climate and energy transition.
Incentive Conditions
The projects of an innovative nature resulting in the production of tradable and internationalizable goods and services with high added value, focusing on the strengthening and scaling up of new industries and new technologically advanced services, aimed at the climate and energy transition, in the following typologies, are susceptible to support:
The opening of a new facility;
The increase in capacity of an existing facility;
The production diversification of an existing facility to products not previously produced in the facility.
NUTS III – Alentejo Litoral.
Financing rate up to a maximum limit of 50 %.
Base Rate:
30 p.p. for medium-sized enterprises
40 p.p. for micro and small enterprises.
Bonuses:
1.Sectoral and or territorial policy priorities: 5 p.p. for compliance with each of the following priorities, up to a limit of 10 p.p.:
For operations falling within more than one specialisation area of the Regional RIS3;
For operations of entities with dynamic collective bargaining, considering for this purpose the signature or renewal of the Collective Bargaining Agreement less than three years ago.
2. Qualified job creation: 5 p.p. to be allocated to operations that generate qualified jobs:
Micro and Small Enterprise – 2 or + jobs
Medium-sized Enterprises – 5 or more jobs
SME capitalisation: 5 p.p. to be allocated to operations whose private component is financed mostly by equity capital.
Minimum amount: 250,000 euros;
Maximum amount: 25 million euros.
Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), of any nature and under any legal form, with organized accounting.
a) Tangible assets: acquisition of machinery and equipment; directly attributable costs to place them in the location and conditions necessary for them to be able to operate; acquisition of computer equipment, including the software necessary for its operation.
In duly justified cases, operations may also include the construction of buildings, remodelling works and other constructions.
Note: Expenses with the construction of buildings, remodelling works and other constructions are eligible up to a limit of 35% of the total eligible expenses of the operation within the framework of the Renewable Energies and Agro-Food sectors, and up to a limit of 60% of the total eligible expenses of the operation within the framework of the Tourism sector.
b) Intangible assets: technology transfer through the acquisition of national and international patent rights; licenses; technical knowledge not protected by patents; standard software or specifically developed for a particular purpose.
c) Other investment costs, including expenses incurred with the intervention of certified accountants or statutory auditors, in the validation of payment claim expenditure; engineering services; studies or reports within the scope of the alignment of the operation with the “Do not significantly impair” principle, as defined in article 8 of the REITD; diagnostics; audits and architectural and engineering projects.
Note: Expenses related to tourism enterprises/accommodation units operated under periodic occupation rights, of a real or mandatory nature, are not eligible.
“Productive Business Investment for a fair transition”, aims to support, on the one hand, business investment in innovative and qualified activities that contribute to progression in the value chain and, on the other hand, operations leading to economic diversification, modernisation and reconversion, focusing on the strengthening and expansion of new industries and new technologically advanced services, aimed at climate and energy transition.
