Aid for consultancy services - P.L. 6/2023

The facilitation measure supports consultancy services, purchased outside the company and started after the date of submission of the application.

The subsidised measure, which is implemented under Provincial Law No. 6/2023 "Interventi a sostegno del sistema economico trentino" (Measures to support the Trentino economic system), is governed by the specific provisions of the individual measures relating to the subsidised measure "Aid for consultancy services" and by the general provisions common to all the measures.

What it finances

The following types of consultancy services are subsidised

• innovation advisory services
• innovation support services;
• consultancy services related toenvironmental protectionand energy;
• advisory services for the implementation of initiatives aimed at the adoption of good practices for the prevention and reduction of waste and the achievement of certified operational standards of increased environmental protection;
• consultancy services to foster the adoption of methodologies and tools needed to measure and report on the economic, social, environmental, governance and digital maturity performance of enterprises
• consultancy services for market surveys, marketing plans and e-commerce, aimed at strengthening market presence;
• consultancy services for theinternationalisation of enterprises, aimed at strengthening commercial penetration abroad through the marketing of goods or services;
• consultancy services for the introduction in companies of artificial intelligence tools applied to production processes;
• consultancy services for the definition of an IT security plan;
• consultancy services for workforce development;
• consultancy services for start-upcompanies set up by new entrepreneurs, aimed at defining a sustainable business;
• consultancy services for business combinations;
• advisory services for undertaking discontinuity paths from the previous situation.
• advisory services for theissuance of a bond to support medium- to long-term development plans or internationalisation programmes

To be eligible for aid, consultancy services must not

• be continuous or periodic
• relate to the enterprise's ordinary operating costs associated with regular activities such as tax advice, legal advice, or advertising;
• be part of the beneficiary's expertise or services provided by the beneficiary.

Applications are examined by means of an assessment procedure.

Multiple consultancy services may also be requested in the same application.

Incentive

The incentive measure is calculated on the expenses deemed eligible and is determined in relation to the size of the enterprise as follows

• small enterprise: 50% of the expenses deemed eligible
• medium-sized enterprise: 40% of eligible expenses;
• large enterprise, only for consultancy services in the field of environmental protection and energy: 40% of the eligible expenses.

The incentive is granted under an exemption scheme pursuant to Commission Regulation (EU) 651/2014 of 17 June 2014.

Minimum and maximum expenditure limit

The minimum eligible expenditure must be greater than €25,000.
The maximum limit of eligible expenditure is EUR 100 thousand.

Eligible expenditure is assessed by the investigating body through specific appropriateness parameters, such as the company's turnover, L.L.U. and the hourly cost of the consultancy services set out in Annex 1 to the specific provisions of the individual aid measure 'Aid for consultancy services'.

Consultancy services must:

• refer to operating units located in the territory of the Province of Trento, in possession of specific requirements (check point 3, paragraph 8, of the general provisions common to all interventions)
• be started after the date of submission of the application for the incentive;
• be completed within 3 years from the date of granting of the incentive.

Further obligations are laid down in the general provisions common to all the measures and in the specific provisions of the individual measures relating to the aid measure 'Aid for consultancy services'.

Small and medium-sized enterprises, and for consultancy services in the field of environmental protection and energy also large enterprises, meeting the requirements set out in the specific provisions of the individual aid measure 'Aid for consultancy services' or in the general provisions common to all aid measures.

The requirements include

• Insurance contract covering damage, directly caused by natural disasters and catastrophic events occurring on national territory, to the assets indicated in paragraph 1 of Article 2424 of the Civil Code, (asset section, item B-II, numbers 1), 2) and 3)), pursuant to Law no. 213/2023 (art. 1, paragraphs 101 et seq. as amended by art. 13 of Decree-Law no. 202/2024 and art. 1 of Decree-Law no. 39/2025).

  The insurance contract is required as an access requirement for applications submitted from:

  • 30 June 2025, for large enterprises;
  • 2 October 2025, for medium-sized enterprises;
  • 1 January 2026, for small enterprises.

  Compliance with the obligation to take out the insurance contract is also required for incentive applications submitted before the aforementioned deadlines and granted after the same.

  Check the FAQs under "Further Information".

• Collective contract in respect of its employees, among one of those identified by Resolution of the Provincial Council no. 1758 of 31 October 2024

• Contribution regularity towards social security and welfare institutions.

The application may be submitted by

• Owner, legal representative of the company
• Delegate

Each enterprise may submit one application per year, from 1 January to 31 December.
In any case, an application may be submitted for the same type of consultancy every three years.

If an application has already been submitted under this facilitated measure, a new application may be submitted only after the expenses related to the previous facilitated application have been accounted for.

The application must be submitted to the examining body - Provincial Agency for the Encouragement of Economic Activities (APIAE) - by certified electronic mail (PEC) to the address: apiae.incentivi@pec.provincia.tn.it.

Appearance of the Unique Project Code - CUP on invoices issued from 1 June 2023 and relating to incentive applications submitted from 22 April 2023.

Check the operational indications under"Unique Project Code (CUP) provisions".

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