Announcement closed on 15 july 2014
Completion and submission of requests
The completion and submission of applications will take place through the CDTI electronic site (https :// sede.cdti.gob.es/).
The deadline for submission of requests will be completed on 15 july 2014 to 12:00 hours.
General characteristics
Beneficiaries:Business consortia, will be formalized through a private agreement of collaboration. All companies that are members of the consortium will be the consideration of beneficiaries.
Each consortium to have a minimum of three and a maximum of eight companies; at least two of them should be autonomous, and at least one of them will take account of smes [1].
Each consortium will identify the company who will "" project coordinator, which is a large or medium-sized company. The project coordinator will be the partner of CDTI since the application of aid until the adoption, where appropriate, by the Governing council of the centre; this does not exclude the CDTI, during this phase, it can come into direct contact with any of the companies involved in the cluster.
May not be beneficiaries of the financing of the agenda:
- The enterprises subject to an order of repossession pending after a prior decision of the european commission has declared a help illegal and incompatible with the internal market.
- Companies in crisis [2].
- The companies that have asked for the statement of voluntary contest creditors or have been declared at the same time.
- Companies that are not aware in the tax compliance and address the Social Security imposed by current regulations.
Participation relevant investigative agencies:Projects should have a relevant participation investigative agencies from the point of view in qualitative and quantitative terms.
In this regard, requires that at least 15 per cent of total project budget approved by the governing council of the CDTI are subcontracts with research bodies; one of which, at least, it will be owned.
These effects are considered investigative agencies the public research centres, public and private universities, the technology centres and centres of support for technological innovation that persons registered in the register of centres established by the RD 2093/2008, of 19 december, the science parks associated with universities or research bodies that have their own research staff and facilities unique científico-tecnológicas.
Duration of projects: the minimum duration shall be 36 months and maximum of 48 months.
The project budget: the minimum budget is financed eur 7,000,000 and maximum budget of eur 150 million.
The minimum budget be financed by each company will be eur 350,000.
Business involvement in the partnership must be balanced, so that none of the autonomous companies of the grouping or group of companies linked to or associated can exceed 70 per cent of the budget be financed the project.
Eligible expenses
- Staff costs, technical and research assistant.
- Costs of equipment and materialsin the extent and during the period which use for the project, including depreciation in his case.
- Costs of contractual research, expertise and patents learned or gathered by licence from external sources at market prices, and the costs of consultancy services equivalent and designed exclusively to the project.
- Additional overheaddirectly derived from the project.
- Other operating expensescosts, including material, supplies and similar products, deriving directly from the project.
Aid modality
The projects are funded through Partially Refundable aid of up to 75 per cent of eligible budget approved by the governing council of the CDTI and provided it does not have gone beyond the maximum intensity of aid is permitted by eu legislation on state aid.
In the case of co-financed projects using external funds the CDTI, partially refundable aid can reach 85 per cent of the budget be financed, without this increase in the provision needed in any case increase of tranche non-refundable.
The assistance consists of a portion of a refundable and non-refundable tranche (RNR):
a) the interest rate applicable to therefundable trancheEuribor is + 0.1 per cent a year, set the date of adoption of aid by the governing council of the CDTI. The regular interests of the loan runs every six months from the time of the provision of aid.
(b) Thenon-refundable trancheit is up to 30 per cent of aid adopted by the governing council of the CDTI.
Maximum intensity of aid:The funding granted to each project must be respected at all the maximum intensity of aid laid down in eu legislation on state aid. In the case of aid partly refundable the amount of aid is the equivalent of calculated gross grant agreement with the commission communication on the revision of the method of fixing of the types of reference and update (2008/C 14/02).
On the assumption that a project should consist of activities of different nature shall apply the limits of intensity depending on each type of activity.
Return of aid:The stretch refundable be returned in a10-year time limitstarting from the centre of gravity of the project, which is calculated on the basis of the duration and for the project milestones. The first amortization of the principal amount will be three years after the centre of gravity of the project and never before 2 years of its completion date.
Incentive effect of aid
The aid must be an incentive in the activity under the aid, so that the date of commencement of the project activities shall be after the date of submission of the request for help.
In addition, large enterprises should demonstrate that the aid leads to increasing the level of r & D, comparing his situation with and without the assistance requested (analysis contrafáctico), in accordance with article 8.3 of the general regulations for exemption by category.
The aid disbursement Advances.
The disbursement of aid will take place after the certification of conformity of compliance with the technical and economic conditions provided for each of the project milestones. To that effect, and before certification, each member of the consortium is passed on to the CDTI technical justification and an audit of expenditure of each pillar of the project.
Each company can avail itself of one of these advances:
Advance payment of 25 per cent (maximum €200,000).The company may choose an advance of the 25% of the aid granted to a limit of up to 200,000 €, without additional guarantees. The amounts in excess of 200,000 euros should avalarse by financial entities or mutual guarantee societies with solvency enough in the opinion of the CDTI.
Advance payments of 50%. The company may request for an advance payment of 50% of the aid granted, provided that provide guarantees of financial entities or mutual guarantee societies with solvency enough in the opinion of the CDTI, to ensure additional 25 per cent of the advance request.
Any disbursement of quantity by the CDTI is conditional on the audit of the following circumstances:
- The client is aware in the tax compliance and address the Social security,
- the client is aware of their obligations to pay reimbursement of any other assistance earlier by the CDTI or any other loans or advances granted earlier from the general budget of the State.
- the client is not subject to a pending recovery after a prior decision of the european commission has declared a help illegal and incompatible with the internal market.
The incompatibility of aid
The aid granted by the CDTI is incompatible with any other public aid aimed at the financing of the project.
Cofinancing Erdf Funds
The projects submitted to the convening of A HUNDRED Programme may be co-financed with funds, through ERDF operational program smart growth pluriregional goal target 1: Thematic research, technological development and innovation.
Should therefore fulfil all obligations relating to co-financing with FEDER founds.
Legal regime
The aid is ONE HUNDRED are adapted to the existing community rules on state aid (Ec Regulation No 800/2008), to specific regulations of erdf funds management, and to the rules of procedure contained in the applicant's "Guide HUNDRED" programme.
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Approved projects
[1] According To the definition contained in annex I to the General Regulations for exemption by category (Council Regulation (Ec) No. 800/2008 of 6 august 2008).
[2] According To the definition included in the eu guidelines on state aid to rescue and restructuring of companies in crisis (2004/C 244/02).