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The intervention finances business development projects of cooperative MSMEs consisting of innovation investments and significant modernization of existing plants and production sites, including digital applications and new energy efficient, safe and sustainable solutions.
Who is it aimed at?
Beneficiaries are cooperative enterprises or social cooperatives for production and work of type B, active and having a registered office or, at least, a production unit, already present on the national territory, ascertained through a company register at the Chamber of Commerce. The operational headquarters subject to the investment must be located in the Marche Region; for new cooperatives it is also necessary that the registered office is located in the Marche region. Cooperatives must be registered in the Business Registry Office of the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture of the Marche Region as well as in the State Register of Cooperative Companies established by decree of the Ministry of Productive Activities of 23 June 2004; Only social cooperatives type B) must be registered in the Register of Social Cooperatives referred to in art. 3 of LR 18/12/2001, n. 34.
What does it predict
Following the positive examination of the reporting of expenses incurred and reported, the contribution is paid in a single balance. The Marche Region will normally arrange for the payment of the contribution by the 80th day following the date of sending the request for payment and the supporting documentation of expenditure, compatibly with the completion of the activities related to accounting obligations, after checking the technical report of the interventions, the financial reporting on the Sigef platform, the regular contributions of the beneficiary company and the expenditure certification documentation certifying the final realization of the project. The contributions are paid based on the expenses actually incurred (receipts) by the beneficiaries for the implementation of the project. The following categories of expenditure are eligible: 1) expenses for building/building works and systems (electrical, anti-intrusion, water-sanitary, heating and air conditioning systems, digital connections). Ordinary and extraordinary renovation costs are permitted on properties owned or leased for at least five years, excluding loan for use, as long as they are functional to the productive investment; 2) expenses relating to the purchase of newly manufactured production and energy-environmental machinery and equipment and hardware; 3) expenses for intangible investments (purchase or registration of patents, trademarks, models, designs, licenses, know-how, computer programs, management and professional software and other digital business applications); 4) design and consultancy expenses up to a maximum of 20% of the expenses referred to in points 1), 2) and 3); 5) general expenses (at a flat rate of 7% of the eligible expenses referred to in points 1), 2) and 3); for new cooperatives established from 01/01/2023, flat-rate expenses of 15% referred to in the same points are recognized.
