Aid to promote local information (SIEG)-L.P. 18/2016, art.2, paragraph 2

The application must be submitted between 1 and 30 November of the year preceding the activities. If submitted outside the aforementioned deadline, it is declared inadmissible.

For each calendar year in which the services are carried out, entities may submit only one application for a grant in respect of the project plan, based on the established criteria. Alternatively, the same company may submit an application for a grant based on the provisions set forth by the Provincial Council in Resolution No. 293 of 23 February 2017, as amended.

No applications may be submitted under both instruments in any calendar year.

The deadline for carrying out the initiatives under the SGEI services proposal is 31 December of the reference year.

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

- the provincial or valley television broadcasters, understood as holders of concessions or authorisations on terrestrial frequencies, which have editorial responsibility for television programme schedules;

- the provincial or valley radio broadcasters, understood as holders of a concession or authorisation on terrestrial frequencies, which have editorial responsibility for radio programme schedules;

- local online news portals, understood as holders of an Internet portal that are responsible for publishing self-produced news content.

1. In order to benefit from the SGEI contributions, companies must meet the requirements set out in Articles 3 and 4 of P.L. No. 18 of 2016 and submit a proposal clearly defining the services they intend to provide as well as the commitments set out in Article 4 paragraph 4 of P.L. 18/2016.

2. The entities referred to in Article 2 may access the benefits referred to in these criteria if the following conditions are met

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

b) Valley television broadcasters: must broadcast self-produced news content, with a coverage equal to at least 50% of the population resident in the Valley Community

c) provincial radio broadcasters: must broadcast their self-produced news content, with a coverage equal to at least 30% of the population resident in the provincial territory

d) valley radio broadcasters: must broadcast self-produced information content, with a coverage equal to at least 50% of the population resident in the Community of the Valley

e) online information portals: they must publish information content on issues specifically related to Trentino or of particular interest to the Trentino population. In the case of online portals which are the expression of printed newspapers or radio and television broadcasters meeting the requirements of these criteria, the aforementioned contents must not be a mere repetition of those published or broadcast by the latter. Web TVs and web radios, i.e. those broadcasters that transmit their television or radio content via the Internet, are to be considered online information portals.

3. Population coverage is calculated by adding the population resident in the territories served according to the definition of paragraph 2, as resulting from the last census, to the total population resident in Trentino or in the reference Valley Communities in the case of valley TV or radios.

4. The requirements referred to in this Article must be possessed by applicants on the date of submission of the application and for the entire previous calendar year or for the entire period of activity, in the case of applicants born in the previous calendar year.

Proposals for SGEI services must be submitted to the Province's Linguistic Minorities and External Relations Service between 1 and 30 November of the year preceding the performance of the activities. If submitted outside the aforementioned deadline, it is declared inadmissible. Proposals must be submitted by certified mail (PEC). The date of submission of proposals is the date of sending.

The Service for Linguistic Minorities and External Relations shall indicate, by its own measure, within the month preceding the application period, the thematic criteria and information priorities to define the public service content proposals.

The procedural deadlines for taking the granting decision are set at 60 days starting from the day after the deadline for submitting applications.

With communication to the interested party and in compliance with the provincial law on administrative activity, the procedural deadlines are suspended for

(a) the acquisition of supplementary documentation

b) the possible acquisition of the anti-mafia information issued by the competent Government Commissariat or Prefecture.

Application for assistance (SGEI)

Declaration of commitment (SGEI)

De minimis declaration (SGEI)

Privacy statement (SGEI)

Proposals for SGEI services must be submitted to the Province's Linguistic Minorities and External Relations Service between 1 and 30 November of the year preceding the performance of the activities. If submitted outside the aforementioned deadline, it is declared inadmissible. Proposals must be submitted by certified mail (PEC). The date of submission of proposals is the date of sending.