Contributions for PPE for Civil Protection volunteer organisations.

The resolution of the Provincial Government no. 1611 of 15 September 2014 having as its object "Criteria and procedures for the granting, pursuant to Article 53, paragraph 1, of the Provincial Law of 1 July 2011, No. 9, to voluntary organisations contracted with the Province of contributions for the purchase or technical adaptation to safety and health protection provisions, of equipment and personal protective equipment for volunteers belonging to the same organisations, and equipment and means used in carrying out their activities", and in particular in its Annex A) which forms an integral part of the resolution. sets out the criteria and procedures for the granting of such contributions.

The possibility of granting such contributions is provided for by Article 53 of Provincial Law 9/2011 - Rules governing civil protection activities in the province of Trento

Voluntary organisations affiliated with the Autonomous Province of Trento pursuant to Art. 50 of Provincial Law 9/2011

The application is submitted, using the form published on the Province's institutional website, in one of the following ways

- transmission by telematic means, in compliance with the relevant technical rules, to the address: serv.prevenzionerischi@pec.provincia.tn.it;

- direct delivery to the competent structure

- transmission by postal service, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt. For the purposes of compliance with the deadlines, the date of dispatch shall be taken as the date of dispatch.

The application must contain a declaration in lieu of affidavit, pursuant to Article 47 of Presidential Decree no. 445 of 18 December 2000, certifying the number of members of the voluntary organisation on the date of submission of the application and the fact that it has not applied for and/or obtained other grants under other provincial laws or from other public bodies for the same purposes.

A report must be attached to the application containing

- with reference to each type of figure (role) of volunteer, the description, the quantity, the periodicity of the supply and the presumed expense for the purchase and/or technical adaptation to the safety and health protection provisions of the equipment and individual protection devices envisaged by the legislation in force

- the description, the quantity, the periodicity of supply and the presumed expense for the purchase and/or the technical adaptation to safety and health protection provisions of the equipment and means used in the performance of civil protection activities by volunteers belonging to the agreed voluntary organisations

The competent structure takes care of the examination of the applications, verifies the eligibility of the expenditure, in particular
- the adequacy of the expenditure in relation to the number of volunteers belonging to the applicant organisation
- that the action for which the grant is requested has not already been funded in the last three financial years.

The Director of the competent structure, within 90 days from the deadline for submitting the applications, adopts the measure approving the funding programme and granting the contribution.
The financing programme indicates, with reference to each admitted application, the contribution granted for each type of intervention:
a. the purchase and/or technical adaptation to safety and health protection provisions of equipment and personal protective equipment provided for by the regulations in force;
b. the purchase and/or technical adaptation to safety provisions and the protection of the physical health of equipment and means used in carrying out civil protection activities by volunteers belonging to voluntary organisations
of volunteers referred to in Article 1.
If the available resources are not sufficient to finance the eligible expenditure, a proportional reduction will be made for each application by an equal percentage for each organisation, defined by the ratio between the resources
available resources and the sum of the grant applications, understood as the total eligible expenditure.
The grant shall be paid out, subject to the cash availability of the Province, in two instalments
- 70% within 30 days from the decision to grant the contribution, subject to the transmission of the purchase orders certifying the actual cash requirements;
- the balance, equal to 30% of the total, within 28.2 (twenty-eight February) of the year following the year in which the advance payment was made upon presentation to the competent structure of the statement attesting the correct use of the sum granted in accordance with the D.P.G.P. 5 June 2000, no. 9-27 Leg.

If, during the statement of accounts, any lower expenditure emerges with respect to the granted contribution, the manager of the competent structure shall redetermine the contribution by reducing the same by the portion equal to the lower expenditure incurred and
amount equal to the lower expenditure incurred and shall order the partial cancellation of the grant.
In the event of partial revocation of the grant, the grant shall be repaid with interest calculated at the statutory rate from the date of the grant payment to the date of repayment.

The deadline for reimbursement, for justified reasons and upon request, may be extended by a decision of the Director of the competent structure for a maximum period of a further 60 days, under penalty of forfeiture of the grant
granted.

The competent structure shall order the forfeiture of the beneficiaries from the contribution, in accordance with the provisions of Provincial Council Resolution No. 1980 of 14 September 2007, in the following cases
- the interested parties have not carried out the measures for which the grant was awarded within the time limits set out in these criteria;
- the interested parties have not respected the deadline for the reporting of the expenditure;

Following the adoption of the measure ordering the forfeiture of the benefit granted to the interested party, the Provincial Administration shall recover the sums unduly disbursed in the forms provided for by the regulations in force, increased by interest calculated at the legal rate from the date of disbursement to the date of reimbursement.