Second Call for Quality in Trentino (2022) - trade and services sector

This is a non-repayable grant for investments to improve the quality standards of services offered by commercial activities, public establishments or craft businesses.

Eligible initiatives

Businesses may apply for the grant for fixed investments in operating units located in the province, aimed at

• the start-upof newactivities or theopening of new operating units, including through the purchase of real estate;
• to the upgrading, modernisation and embellishment of existing activities or to the reconversion of their activities, also through the purchase of property already in use and the construction of new spaces functional to existing activities
• the construction of showrooms, shops, tasting and educational rooms and/or other spaces dedicated to the promotion of their products, only in the case of craft or industrial manufacturing companies.

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

• the opening of a new business unit
• an extension of the surface/volume intended for the business activity;
• a redevelopment of the operating unit with diversification of the products and services offered by means of new additional products/services, or a radical transformation of the activity carried out in the operating unit concerned.

Eligible expenses

Eligible expenses include

• real estate investment expenses: works, installations, technical expenses, purchase of real estate;
• expenditure on movable investments: furniture, furnishings, equipment, computer hardware and software systems, vehicles classified as special shop use.

Ineligible expenses

Expenditure is not eligible for

• non-contiguous outdoor spaces

Eligible expenditure limits

• Minimum eligible expenditure limit: € 20,000.00
• Maximum eligible expenditure limit: € 1,500,000.00
• Limit for the purchase of buildings or parts thereof: 150,000.00 € (in addition to compliance with the maximum eligible prices established by the Deliberation of the Provincial Council no. 104/2012 - LINK TO TABLE).

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 commercio e servizi (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 contribution relief, if it does not constitute State aid.

Small and medium-sized enterprises carrying out activities falling under the ATECO codes in the following sectors:

• retail trade
• catering
• personal services
• manufacturing (limited to the creation of showrooms, shops, tasting and educational rooms and/or other spaces dedicated to the promotion of their products)

Access Requirements

To submit an application, 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