Second Call for Quality in Trentino (2022) - accommodation sector

This is a non-repayable grant for investments in modernising and upgrading accommodation facilities with the aim of raising quality standards.

Eligible initiatives

Companies may apply for the grant for fixed investments to modernise and upgrade accommodation facilities located in the province, in relation to

• spaces intended or to be used for guest accommodation
• spaces intended or to be intended as common areas for the guest's stay
• the spaces intended or to be intended forsporting, curative, recreational and leisure activities
• new car parks serving the accommodation facility

If the exemption scheme is chosen, the planned initiatives must fulfil one of the following conditions

• an extension of the surfaces/volumes intended for the business activity
• a redevelopment of the operational unit with diversification of the products and services offered through new additional products/services, or a radical transformation of the activity carried out in the operational unit concerned.

Eligible expenses

Eligible expenses include

• real estate investment expenditure: works, installations, technical expenses, purchase of parking spaces or land for parking;
• expenditure on movable investments: furniture, furnishings, equipment, computer hardware and software systems, mobile homes.

Ineligible expenses

Expenditure is not eligible for:

• new accommodation facilities;
• staff rooms.

Eligible expenditure limits

• Minimum eligible expenditure limit: € 30,000.00
• Maximum eligible expenditure limit: € 1,500,000.00
• Limit for the purchase of parking spaces or land for parking: €300,000.00

Contribution measure

The percentage of contribution that the company can obtain is

• under de minimis regime: 30%
• under the exemption regime
  • small enterprise: 20%
  • medium-sized enterprise: 10%.

The contribution is paid in a single instalment upon completion and reporting of the investment.

Costs

There are no application costs other than the stamp duty.

Obligations

Facilitated investments must

• meet rationality and functionality requirements
• be used exclusively by the beneficiary enterprise to carry out the activities facilitated by the Call for Proposals;
• relate to an operating unit in the province;
• refer to real estate owned by the applicant (for investments exceeding €500,000.00, total application).

Access to the grant entails these obligations for you

• not to dispose of, transfer or in any case remove from their intended use the goods or services for which the grants have been awarded (immovable property worth over €250,000.00: 10 years; immovable property worth less than or equal to €250,000.00: 5 years; movable property worth over €250,000.00: 5 years; movable property worth less than or equal to €250,000.00: 3 years)
• prompt notification of any subjective or objective change relevant to the granting of the facility or to its continuation;
• application to its employees of national and provincial collective contracts and agreements, compliance with labour, social security and assistance laws and with the provisions on the protection of the health and physical integrity of workers;
• redemption of assets covered by leasing contracts.

Cumulation

For the same investment you cannot have benefited from contributions under LP 6/99 or the Bando Qualità in Trentino - settore ricettivo (2020 edition).

Norare shares in a property investment, with a single qualification, for which the applicant has applied or intends to apply under LP 6/99, eligible.

For the same investment, you may benefit from any tax or social security relief, if it does not constitute State aid.

Small and medium-sized enterprises that fall into the following categories:

• hotel establishments
• non-hotel establishments, managed on an entrepreneurial basis, and in the case of holiday homes and flats (CAVs) if they have at least 10 accommodation units
• excursion refuges
• open-air accommodation establishments

Access requirements

To apply, the enterprise must

• be a small or medium-sized enterprise
• be registered in the Companies Register
• not be considered to be in a 'state of difficulty' as defined by European regulations on state aid.

The application may be submitted by:

• Legal representative of the company
• Delegate

Submitting an application

To apply for the grant, the company must submit an application via an IT platform.

For submission, it is necessary to be in possession of the Public Digital Identity System (SPID).

Application submission deadlines

Deadline expired at 12 noon on 14 October 2022. It is no longer possible to submit an application.

ASSISTANCE CONTACTS

For assistance with the IT procedure or regulatory aspects, you can contact the toll-free number 800.196.977 from Monday to Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Only for applications with expenditure in excess of €100,000.00, if the applicant does not have its own means or liquid assets, a declaration from a bank or leasing company certifying that a loan has been granted to the applicant for the investment in question, for an amount of at least 50% of the planned expenditure.

Deadline for reporting 31 March 2025