Aid for local promotion and information (SGEI) – Provincial Law 18/2016, Article 2, paragraph 2

Applications must be submitted between 1 and 30 November of the year preceding the year in which the activities are to take place. If submitted outside this period, the application will be deemed inadmissible.

For each calendar year in which the services are provided, applicants may submit only one application for a grant in relation to the project plan, in accordance with the established criteria. Alternatively, the same enterprise may submit an application for a grant in accordance with the provisions laid down by the Provincial Executive in Resolution No. 293 of 23 February 2017, as amended.

Applications may not be submitted under both schemes in any given calendar year.

The deadline for carrying out the initiatives referred to in the proposal for SIEG services is 31 December of the relevant year.

In accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 2 of Law 18/2016, the following types of media are identified as capable of providing a service of general economic interest (SGEI):

- provincial or valley-based television broadcasters, defined as holders of a licence or authorisation for terrestrial frequencies, who have editorial responsibility for television programme schedules;

- provincial or valley radio broadcasters, defined as holders of a licence or authorisation for terrestrial frequencies, who are responsible for radio programming schedules;

- local online news portals, defined as operators of an internet portal who are responsible for publishing self-produced news content.

1. To be eligible for SIEG grants, undertakings must meet the requirements set out in Articles 3 and 4 of Provincial Law No. 18 of 2016 and submit a proposal clearly defining the services they intend to provide, as well as the commitments provided for in Article 4(4) of Provincial Law 18/2016.

2. The entities referred to in Article 2 may access the benefits set out in these criteria provided the following conditions are met:

(a) provincial television broadcasters: they must broadcast self-produced news content, with coverage of at least 30 per cent of the population resident within the provincial territory;

b) valley television broadcasters: must broadcast self-produced news content, with coverage of at least 50 per cent of the population resident within the Valley Community;

c) provincial radio broadcasters: must broadcast self-produced news content, with coverage of at least 30 per cent of the population resident within the province;

d) valley radio stations: must broadcast self-produced news content, covering at least 50 per cent of the population resident in the Valley Community;

e) online news portals: must publish news content on topics specifically relating to Trentino or of particular interest to the people of Trentino. In the case of online portals that are extensions of print newspapers or radio and television broadcasters meeting the requirements set out in these criteria, the aforementioned content must not merely be a reproduction of that published or broadcast by the latter. Web TV and web radio stations – that is, broadcasters that transmit their television or radio content via the internet – are to be regarded as online information portals.

3. Population coverage is calculated by adding up the resident population in the territories served, as defined in paragraph 2, as recorded in the latest census, relative to the total resident population of Trentino or, in the case of valley-based TV or radio stations, the relevant Valley Communities.

4. The requirements set out in this article must be met by applicants on the date of submission of the application and for the entire preceding calendar year, or for the entire period of activity in the case of applicants established during the preceding calendar year.

Proposals for SIEG services must be submitted to the Province’s Linguistic Minorities and External Relations Service between 1 and 30 November of the year preceding the activities. Proposals submitted outside this period will be deemed inadmissible. Proposals must be submitted via certified email (PEC). The date of submission of the proposals corresponds to the date of dispatch.

The Linguistic Minorities and External Relations Service shall, by means of its own decision, specify – no later than the month preceding the application submission period – the thematic criteria and information priorities intended to define the content of public service proposals.

The procedural time limits for adopting the grant decision are set at 60 days from the day following the deadline for the submission of applications.

Subject to notification to the interested party and in accordance with the provincial law on administrative procedures, the procedural time limits shall be suspended for:

(a) the collection of supplementary documentation;

b) the possible acquisition of anti-Mafia clearance issued by the relevant Government Commission or the competent Prefecture.

Application for a grant (SIEG)

Declaration of commitment (SIEG)

De minimis declaration (SIEG)

Privacy Notice (SIEG)

Proposals for SIEG services must be submitted to the Province’s Linguistic Minorities and External Relations Service between 1 and 30 November of the year preceding the activities. Proposals submitted outside this period will be deemed inadmissible. Proposals must be submitted via certified email (PEC). The date of submission of the proposals shall be deemed to be the date of dispatch.