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On 22 February 2024 it was signed between the Ministry of Business and Made in Italy, the National Agency for Active Work Policies - ANPAL, the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, the Basilicata Region, the Municipality of Melfi, the National Agency for Attracting Investments and business development Spa – Invitalia, a program agreement aimed at relaunching entrepreneurial activities, safeguarding employment levels, supporting investment programs in the territory of the Municipalities belonging to the complex industrial crisis area of local labor systems of Melfi, Potenza and Rionero in Vulture. The Program Agreement is valid for 36 months from the date of registration by the supervisory bodies. With directorial circular 12 March 2024, n. 12, the public notice was published for the selection of entrepreneurial initiatives in the territory of the complex industrial crisis area of the local labor systems of Melfi, Potenza and Rionero in Vulture through recourse to the aid regime referred to in law no. 181/1989.
Who is it aimed at?
Companies already established in the form of joint-stock companies can apply for the relief; cooperative companies referred to in art. can also apply for relief. 2511 and following of the civil code) and consortium companies (referred to in art. 2615-ter of the civil code). Finally, business networks are permitted, consisting of a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 6 companies, through the use of the network contract instrument (referred to in Article 3, paragraph 4-ter, of Legislative Decree 10 February 2009, n. 5, converted, with amendments, by law 9 April 2009, n. 33, and subsequent amendments and additions).
What does it predict
The incentive promotes the creation of one or more entrepreneurial initiatives in the territory of the Municipalities belonging to the complex industrial crisis area of the local labor systems of Melfi, Potenza and Rionero in Vulture, aimed at strengthening the local productive fabric and attracting new investments. In particular, entrepreneurial initiatives must: a. provide for the implementation of productive investment programs and/or investment programs for environmental protection, possibly completed by projects for organizational innovation and/or process innovation, research and/or experimental development projects and by projects for staff training; b. result in the maintenance or increase of the employees of the production unit covered by the investment programme. The benefits are granted in the form of the contribution towards installations, any direct contribution to expenditure and subsidized financing, under the conditions and within the limits of the maximum aid intensities envisaged by Regulation (EU) no. 651/2014 (“GBER Regulation”). The subsidized financing that can be granted cannot be less than 20% of the eligible investments. The contribution towards the plant account and any direct contribution to the expenditure are determined in relation to the amount of the subsidized loan, within the limits of the maximum aid intensities envisaged by the GBER Regulation. Productive investment programs may also be eligible for benefits under the conditions and within the limits established by Regulation (EU) no. 2831/2023 on “de minimis” aid.
