Aid for consortium activities - P.L. 6/1999

All interested parties are hereby informed that by Resolution No 891 of 20 June 2025 the Provincial Council has decided to suspend from 1 July 2025 the aid for consortia and business networks referred to in Article 24 octies and novies of Provincial Law No 6/99.

Therefore from 1 July 2025 it will not be possible to submit applications for such aid.

De minimis grants for the establishment and operation of consortia and consortium companies aimed at carrying out one or more of the activities provided for in Article 24 octies of Provincial Law 6/1999.

Types of interventions eligible for contribution

Contributions may be requested for the establishment and operation of consortia and consortium companies aimed at carrying out one or more of the following activities:

1. the carrying out of scientific, technological research and technical experimentation programmes;
2. assistance and consultancy for the improvement and control of quality and the provision of related guarantees;
3. the creation of quality marks and the coordination of the members' production;
4. the management of accounting data processing centres or other shared services;
5. the promotion of sales activity through the organisation of and participation in trade fairs, the carrying out of advertising actions, and the conducting of studies and market research;
6. the acquisition of orders and the placing of consortium members' products on the market;
7. other activities that are connected to the initiatives indicated in the preceding points.
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Eligible Expenditure Limits

For each grant application, the minimum eligible expenditure is Euro 15,000.00 and may not exceed Euro 200,000.00.

Contribution measure

A contribution of 50% is granted on the amount or increase of the consortium fund or share capital actually subscribed and paid up, excluding contributions in kind as provided for by the criteria.

For consortia in the porphyry sector, the above measure is increased by 10 percentage points.

As of 7 February 2024, the contribution is granted pursuant to the new de minimis Regulation 2023/2831. Until 30 June 2024, the contribution may be granted under the old Regulation 1407/2014 as amended only if it is more favourable to the applicant in terms of aid ceiling.

Costs

There are no application costs other than the stamp duty.

Obligations

The consortia/consortium companies benefiting from the facilities must comply with

• destination obligations: they cannot be reduced for a period of at least 5 years from their full achievement;
• territorial rootedness obligations: the consortia/consortium companies benefiting from the facilities must maintain their activity in the province for a period of at least 5 years after the grant is awarded, in accordance with the law's application criteria
• prohibition on the distribution of profits or operating surpluses of any kind and in any form to the consortium members, not even in the event of the dissolution of the consortium or consortium company, in accordance with the provisions of the law's application criteria;
• commitment by the applicants to comply with the obligations set out in Article 16(6) of Provincial Law 6/1999.

Cumulation

It is forbidden to benefit from other concessions for the same initiative, possibly renouncing those already obtained before the incentives of the provincial law were granted. However, it is allowed to benefit from tax or social security contribution concessions that do not constitute State aid. The Community rules on the cumulation of State aid are in any case unaffected.

The beneficiaries of the facilities are consortia and consortium companies with respectively a consortium fund or a share capital of not less than EUR 15,000.00 that are

1. have at least one operational unit in the provincial territory according to the provisions of point 3, paragraph 1, letter a) of the general rules;
2. consisting of no less than three companies, each with shares subscribed for an amount not exceeding one third of the consortium fund or of the share capital, with the exclusion of contributions in kind; the provisions regarding non-priority applications for consortia under point 4, paragraph 2, letter d) of the general rules are in any case excluded;
3. having a consortium fund or a share capital of not less than 15,000.00 euros, at least 75 per cent of which is held by enterprises operating in the provincial territory;
4. with a possible participation of large enterprises in the consortium fund or share capital of no more than 25 per cent;
5. having prevalent activities among those envisaged by the criteria;

Access Requirements

To be eligible for aid under these criteria, the applicant must

• be registered in the Trento Register of Companies or in the Economic and Administrative Register (R.E.A.) kept by the Trento Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture
• not be undergoing bankruptcy proceedings.

The application may be submitted by

• Legal representative of the company
• Delegate

Submission of the application

Applicants must submit an application for a grant to the examining body, by certified electronic mail (PEC) only, under penalty of inadmissibility of the application itself and including the required documentation.

The documentation must be signed alternatively

• with digital signature
• with a handwritten signature, scanned and attached to the email message together with a copy of the subscriber's identity document.

Application deadlines

Applications may be submitted from 1 January 2023

To access the grant, applicants must submit the following documents

• application
• news sheet
• proxy (if any)
• copy of the articles of association of the consortium/consortium company
• privacy policy

Submission of applications will be suspended from 1 July 2025

Once granted, the contributions are paid out in one lump sum.