1. Costs of equipment necessary for the application of new organizational methods, including software, provided that they are used in the operation and during its implementation, and only if they are used exclusively in the beneficiary’s establishment;
2. Salary costs for hiring qualified human resources, including the basic salary and the employer’s compulsory social charges. Only the hiring of up to 2 new qualified human resources (with a level of qualification equal to or greater than 6) with specific skills in the innovation activities of the application is considered eligible, insofar as they are used in the project and during its implementation, with a maximum limit of 2,250 euros for the basic monthly salary and the following conditions must be met:
a) It must correspond to salary costs during the execution of the project and for a maximum period of 24 months;
b) It must be based on the existence of an employment contract between the worker and the beneficiary;
c) The date of hiring is after the date of submission of the application;
d) The workers to be hired have not had an employment relationship with the beneficiary company or its partner or associated companies during the 12 months prior to the date of the application;
e) There is a net creation of jobs;
f) It does not correspond to jobs held by managers, directors and/or partners of the beneficiary companies.
3. Costs of specialized consultancy services, provided by external consultants, which do not constitute a continuous or periodic activity, nor are they related to the normal functioning of the beneficiaries, including expenses with the intervention of certified accountants or statutory auditors, in the validation of the expenditure of payment requests, costs associated with the certification of products, processes or services, costs of designing and registering new brands, costs associated with the domiciliation and subscription of applications, adherence to electronic platforms or inclusion in directories and search engines;
4. Costs of obtaining, validating and defending patents and other industrial property registrations.
5. This Notice does not cover the eligibility of investments with any costs incurred prior to the date of the application, including feasibility studies.
6. The costs of the intervention of certified accountants or statutory auditors, in validating the expenditure of payment requests, included in point c) of the previous Point, may not exceed 5,000 euros.