The deadline for subsidies for COVID-19 productive and technological investments is open until September 30. The maximum amount is €15,000 and the intensity depends on the type of company involved:
- Medium-sized companies: Up to 50% on eligible costs
- Small business: Up to 65% on eligible costs
- Micro-enterprises and self-employed workers: Up to 85% on eligible costs
The definition of SME is available in article 2 of the regulatory bases of this aid: link HERE
Beneficiaries:
Self-employed persons or legal entities, included in the definition of SMEs, who are facing a lack of liquidity or other significant damages as a result of COVID-19, and, in general, whose economic results are affected as a result of the state of alarm decreed as a result of COVID-19, who make investments in work centres located in the Region of Murcia, provided that they have their registered office in Spain, and dedicated to any sector of activity.
Eligible expenses:
Acquisition of new tangible and intangible assets, without limitation as to their value, from third parties for the productive modernization necessary for:
– Incorporation of companies into teleworking formulas and new communication systems.
– Investments in the protection and security elements necessary to carry out economic activity while avoiding possible coronavirus infections.
The period for the implementation of approved projects and investments will begin on March 1, 2020 and will last up to 6 months from the notification of the Aid Grant Resolution. This period may be extended by 3 months provided that at least 25% of the approved investment has been completed.
Purchases of land, buildings, external transport elements and civil works are excluded.