The 2023 Notice, valid for the presentation of projects for the year 2024, has the objective of encouraging companies to carry out actions for the documented improvement of the health and safety conditions of workers compared to pre-existing conditions, as well as encouraging micro and small businesses, operating in the primary production sector of agricultural products, to the purchase of new machinery and work equipment characterized by
innovative solutions to significantly reduce polluting emissions, improve global performance and sustainability and, in
concurrently, achieve a reduction in the noise level or the risk of accidents or that resulting from carrying out manual operations.
Eligible Subjects
The initiative is aimed at:
- to companies, including individual ones, located in each regional/provincial territory and registered with the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture (CCIAA), according to the distinctions specified below in relation to the different funding axes. In particular, what intervention
systemic for workplace safety, Axis 1.2 makes it possible to support investments for the adoption of organizational and social responsibility models also for companies involved in courses for transversal skills and orientation (ex alternation school work); - to third sector bodies, referred to in Legislative Decree no. 117/2017, as amended by legislative decree no. 105/2018, can access Axis 1.1 limited to type d) intervention for reducing the risk of manual movement of people.
What it finances
The following types of projects can be financed, included, for the part relating to appropriations, in 5 financing axes:
- Projects for the reduction of technopathic risks (referred to in Annex 1.1) – Financing axis 1;
- Projects for the adoption of organizational and social responsibility models (referred to in Annex 1.2) – Funding Axis 1;
- Projects for the reduction of accident risks (referred to in Annex 2) – Financing axis 2;
- Remediation projects from materials containing asbestos (referred to in Annex 3) – Financing axis 3;
- Projects for micro and small businesses operating in specific sectors of activity (referred to in Annex 4) – Financing axis 4;
- Projects for micro and small businesses operating in the primary production of agricultural products sector (referred to in Annex 5) – Financing axis 5.
Facilitation
Non-repayable financing is granted:
- for Axes 1 (1.1 and 1.2), 2, 3, 4 in the amount of 65% of the amount of expenses deemed eligible
- for Axis 5 (5.1 and 5.2) in the amount: o 65% for the recipients of sub Axis 5.1 (general agricultural businesses); o 80% for recipients of sub Axis 5.2 (young farmers).
The loan is calculated on the expenses incurred net of VAT (actually and definitively incurred by the recipient, it is refundable only if not
recoverable in any way, in compliance with the relevant national legislation). The amount of the loan is between a minimum amount of
5.00 euros and a maximum payable amount of 130,000.00 euros. There is no minimum financing limit for businesses that have less
of 50 employees who present projects for the adoption of organizational and social responsibility models referred to in Annex 1.
Mandatory requirements
- for the recipients of the funding referred to in Axes 1.1, 2, 3, 4: not having obtained, following the administrative and technical verification of the
documentation confirming the online application, the provision granting financing for one of the ISI AGRICULTURE NOTICES 2019/2020 and ISI 2020, 2021, 2022; - REGULAR DURC
- the financing is granted in compliance with the conditions and limitations of the community legislation relating to the application of articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to DE MINIMIS AID
- Have at least one employee
The expenses eligible for financing must refer to projects that have not been completed and are not in progress at the closing date of the IT procedure for completing the application.
Investments by Axis
AXIS 1.1: INVESTMENT PROJECTS FOR THE REDUCTION OF TECHNOPATHIC RISKS:
CHEMICAL RISK : through the purchase and installation of:
- extraction and collection systems for gases, fumes, mists, vapors or dust
- extraction hoods
- painting/spraying/sanding booths
- operator isolation systems (glove boxes, chemical agent loading systems, etc.)
- other machines and/or systems.
NOISE RISK : through the replacement of agricultural or forestry tractors and machinery.
RISK OF MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS : through the replacement of machines
comply with the respective reference product directives. Types of machines:
1. demolition hammers
2. perforators
3. electric, hydraulic, pneumatic pickaxes
4. saws and chainsaws
5. brushcutters, lawnmowers
6. rotary cultivators
7. nailers
8. vibro-cement compactors
9. shapers, orbital sanders and grinders
10. dicers
11. riveters
12. impact drills and impact wrenches
13. machines with operator on board
MANUAL HANDLING OF PATIENTS IN HOSPITAL FACILITIES:
- the modification of the wall structures aimed at expanding the maneuvering spaces of the departments
- the purchase of the following medical devices and related accessories that allow the patient to be moved more easily, reducing mechanical stress on the operator's spine:
- high-sliding sheets
- scroll tables
- boards in rigid material
- ergonomic belts
- prams
- rotating discs
- specific aids for the obese
- equipment suitable for lifting patients (lifters for non-cooperative patients)
- replacement of hospital beds
RISK REDUCTION MANUAL HANDLING OF LOADS:
projects to reduce or eliminate the risk linked to the manual handling of load units with a mass equal to or greater than 3 kg, to be carried out through the purchase of the following types of machines:
- automatic feeding and unloading systems
- robot
- automatic palletizers and depalletizers
EMERGENCY RISK REDUCTION IN THE FISHERIES SECTOR:
risk reduction projects through the purchase of:
- line throwing devices
- automatic emergency locating transmitters in case the unit tips over
- radiogoniometry
- self-inflating life jackets with integrated emergency locator transmitters (PLBs) equipped with strobe lights and harnesses
- for winching
- Dry suits for survival and work, aimed at thermal protection, in trilaminate with Kevlar reinforcements
- semi-automatic external defibrillator (AED)
- communication systems integrated into individual helmets with waterproof earpieces and microphones
- man overboard recovery ladders
- life rafts
RISK REDUCTION FROM MANUAL HANDLING OF LOADS IN THE FISHING SECTOR risk reduction projects through the purchase and installation of:
- transport and/or power systems
- lifting platforms
- machines and belts for screening and transporting the catch
- devices for the automatic movement of coupling of divergent with boarding
- devices for the automatic movement of fishing rods/poles
- ice making machines
AXIS 1.2: ORGANIZATIONAL AND SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY MODELS
- Adoption of a UNI ISO 45001:2018 certified workplace health and safety management system
- Adoption of a sector workplace health and safety management system envisaged by INAIL-Social Party agreements
- Adoption of an organizational and management model referred to in art.30 of the Legislative Decree.
81/2008 sworn
AXIS 2: PROJECTS FOR THE REDUCTION OF ACCIDENT RISKS:
RISK OF FALLING FROM A HEIGHT : through purchase and installation
permanent of the following types of anchors:
- punctual
- flexible linear
- rigid linear
ACCIDENT RISK: THROUGH THE REPLACEMENT OF AGRICULTURAL OR FORESTRY TRACTORS AND OBSOLETE OR NON-OBSOLETE MACHINES.
In the field of earthmoving machinery, only compact ones are eligible for financing.
ACCIDENT RISK: THROUGH THE REPLACEMENT OF MACHINESNON OBSOLETE.
CONFINED ENVIRONMENTS RISK: projects to reduce the risk of intoxication, asphyxia, explosion through the purchase of:
- environmental monitoring systems
- automated systems and robots for carrying out work in confined and/or suspected polluted environments, including welding operations and cleaning and purification activities
- devices, systems and drones for access and inspections in confined and/or suspected pollution environments
- devices and systems for the recovery of workers operating in such environments
AXIS 3: REMEDIATION OF MATERIALS CONTAINING ASBESTOS
- Removal of asbestos-cement roofs and their reconstruction
- Removal of asbestos-cement roofing and false ceilings and re-roofing
NB: the overall limit value of the project costs for the reclamation and renovation of the roof is equal to €60 per m2. The limit value
the overall project costs for the reclamation of the false ceiling are equal to €20 per m2.
AXIS 4: PROJECTS FOR MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES OPERATING IN SPECIFIC SECTORS
ACCIDENT RISK REDUCTION PROJECTS THROUGH THE REPLACEMENT OF MACHINES : for the purposes of this type of intervention, projects for the replacement of machines placed on the market prior to the specific legislative and regulatory provisions transposing Directive 2006/42/EC can be financed.
Self-propelled machines with an operator on board cannot be financed.
By “accident risk” we mean the risks:
- of cutting and/or shearing, crushing, impact or projection of material due to the processing parts of the machines
- of burns from contact with hot parts of the machines or with solids, liquids or gases/vapours deriving from processing
- of frostbite burns
- electric
REDUCTION OF THE RISK OF INJURY THROUGH THE REPLACEMENT OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT : For the purposes of this type of intervention, projects for the replacement of electrical equipment placed on the market prior to the specific legislative and regulatory provisions transposing Directive 2014/35/EC can be financed.
By “accident risk” we mean the risks:
- of cutting and/or shearing, crushing, impact or projection of material due to the processing parts of the machines
- of burns from contact with hot parts of electrical appliances or with solids, liquids or gases/vapours resulting from processing
- of frostbite burns
- electric
AXIS 5: PROJECTS FOR MICRO AND SMALL ENTERPRISES OPERATING IN THE SECTOR OF PRIMARY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION PRODUCTS
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Presentation
Completion of applications by May 30, 2024
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