Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/253/EU/ADD.22 |
European Union: Romania |
2013 |
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Grants and direct payments |
Energy, Forestry, Manufacturing, Other |
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Environment related objective
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To protect the environment.
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy
Aid for environment protection.
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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4.1 Environmental protection.
1. Title of subsidy programme
Allocation for environment protection:
- Project on treatment of urban and industrial wastewater;
- Project on the prevention, reduction and control of pollution;
- Project on reducing air emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, floating particles and dust, lead, carbon monoxide and VOCs;
- Project on recycling waste resulted from plastic packaging;
- Modifying the regional state aid scheme regarding the promotion of clean technologies and producing energy from renewable energy sources;
- Project on management of wooden waste from forests and farms and wood processing;
- Project on recycling and storing waste resulted from industrial activities and individual households;
- Project on waste glass processing for recycling;
- Project on recycling waste tires
- Project on treatment of urban and industrial wastewater – minimis Scheme
- Project on the prevention, reduction and control of pollution - minimis Scheme
- Project on reducing air emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, floating particles and dust, lead, carbon monoxide and VOCs - minimis Scheme
- Project on recycling waste resulted from plastic packaging - minimis Scheme
- Project on management of wooden waste and sawdust exploitation of forests, trees and wood processing industry - minimis Scheme
- Project on promotion of clean technologies and producing energy from renewable energy sources - minimis Scheme
- Project on management of protected natural areas - minimis Scheme
- Project on reducing and preventing impacts caused by geomorphological processes - minimis Scheme
- Project on replacement or supplement of the conventional heating systems by using solar energy systems, geothermal energy and wind energy other systems leading to improvement of air quality, water and soil - minimis Scheme (only for companies)
- The Programme on stimulating the renewal of the national car park - minimis Scheme (legal persons)
- The Programme on stimulating the renewal of the national tractors park and agricultural machines - minimis Scheme (legal persons)
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The beneficiaries are undertakings whose projects are selected by a Committee based on criteria provisioned in the Environmental Handbook.
The Allocation for environmental protection covers:
- Project on treatment of urban and industrial waste water;
- Project on the prevention, reduction and control of pollution;
- Project on reducing air emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, floating particles and dust, lead, carbon monoxide and VOCs;
- Project on recycling waste resulted from plastic packaging;
- Modifying the regional state aid scheme regarding the promotion of clean technologies and producing energy from renewable energy sources;
- Project on management of wood en waste from forests and farms and wood processing;
- Project on recycling and storing waste resulted from industrial activities and individual households;
- Project on waste glass processing for recycling;
- Project on recycling waste tires
- Project on treatment of urban and industrial waste water – minimis Scheme
- Project on the prevention, reduction and control of pollution - minimis Scheme
- Project on reducing air emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, floating particles and dust, lead, carbon monoxide and VOCs - minimis Scheme
- Project on recycling waste resulted from plastic packaging - minimis Scheme
- Project on management of wood en waste and sawdust exploitation of forests, tree s and wood processing industry - minimis Scheme
- Project on promotion of clean technologies and producing energy from renewable energy sources - minimis Scheme
- Project on management of protected natural areas - minimis Scheme
- Project on reducing and preventing impacts caused by geomorphological processes - minimis Scheme
- Project on replacement or supplement of the conventional heating systems by using solar energy systems, geothermal energy and wind energy other systems leading to improvement of air quality, water and soil - minimis Scheme (only for companies)
- The Programme on stimulating the renewal of the national car park - minimis Scheme (legal persons)
- The Programme on stimulating the renewal of the national tractors park and agricultural machines - minimis Scheme (legal persons)
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Type of measure
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Grant
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2011-2012
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Keywords
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Clean
Climate
Emissions
Environment
Forest
Labelling
Plastic
Pollution
Recycle
Renewable
Soil
Waste
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Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/253/EU/ADD.22 |
European Union: Romania |
2013 |
Energy conservation and efficiency |
Grants and direct payments |
Energy |
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Environment related objective
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Aid for environment protection.
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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4.2 High Efficiency Cogeneration
The support scheme on the promotion of high efficiency cogeneration based on the useful heat demand.
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6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
Annually ANRE nominates the electricity and heat cogeneration benefiting from the support scheme.
The bonuses are calculated for three types of fuels used for electricity and heat cogeneration, solid fuel, gas supplied through the transport network and gas supplied through the distribution network, as difference between the total production costs of an equivalent cogeneration power plant and the income it can generate by using the electric energy market price, respectively the thermal energy unitary cost for an equivalent thermal power plant, difference related to the electric energy delivered by the cogeneration power plant taken into consideration.
The funds required in order to grant the state aid are extra budgetary.
The funds required in order to grant the state aid are obtained through the monthly collection of a cogeneration contribution paid by all the electric energy consumers and by the suppliers that export electric energy; the collected funds are transferred by the electric energy suppliers to the support state aid scheme administrator, CN Transelectrica SA.
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Type of measure
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Bonus for the electricity produced
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2011 – 2012
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Keywords
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Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/253/EU/ADD.22 |
European Union: Romania |
2013 |
Alternative and renewable energy |
Non-monetary support |
Energy |
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Environment related objective
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To meet renewable energy targets.
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy
Aid for environment protection
The primary objective of the measure is to ensure compliance with the mandatory renewable energy target of Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources by 2020.
In the case of Romania this target was set at the level of 24% of the final energy consumption.
4. Background and authority for the subsidy
a. The grantor of the subsidy is the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority.
b. The legislation on the basis of which the subsidy is provided is as follows:
Law no. 220 of 27 October 2008 on establishing the promotion system for the production of electricity from renewable energy sources.
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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4.3 Green certificates for promoting electricity from renewable sources
Promotion System of Renewable Energy.
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6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
Beneficiaries are all companies, large companies as well as SMEs.
The system of promoting electricity produced from renewable energy sources, implemented by the law no. 220/2008 shall be applied for the electricity supplied into the electric grid and/or to the consumers, produced from:
- hydraulic energy used in power station with installed power of maximum 10MW;
- wind energy;
- solar energy;
- geothermal energy;
- biomass;
- bio liquids;
- biogas.
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Type of measure
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Green certificates that can be sold on the green certificates market.
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2011-2012
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Keywords
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Environment
Energy
Bio
Green
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Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/253/EU/ADD.22 |
European Union: Romania |
2013 |
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Grants and direct payments |
Other, Manufacturing |
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Environment related objective
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To protect the environment.
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy
De Minimis aid for environment protection.
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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4.4 Minimis aids
1. Title of subsidy programme
Allocation for environment protection:
- Disposition of Environmental Fund President no 179 / 24.02.2011 - de minimis aid for the Motor fleet renewal Program;
- Disposition of Environmental Fund President no 437 / 14.07.2011 - de minimis aid for purchase by the Romanian economic operators of tractors and agricultural machines new, less polluting;
- Disposition of Environmental Fund President no. 69 / 04.05.2007 - de minimis aid for the modernization, rehabilitation or acquisition of treatment plants of municipal and industrial waste water.
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6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
The beneficiaries are undertakings whose projects are selected by a Committee based on criteria provisioned in the Environmental Handbook.
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Type of measure
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Grant
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2011-2012
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Keywords
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Environment
Pollution
Hazardous
Recycle
Waste
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Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/253/EU/ADD.22 |
European Union: Romania |
2013 |
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Grants and direct payments |
Manufacturing |
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Environment related objective
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The state aid for:
a. implementation and certification of quality management and/or systems of environmental management and/or establishment of environmental management;
d. voluntary certification of products and/or obtaining eco-label products;
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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5 ENHANCING EXPORT ACTIVITIES
5.1 Enhancing Export Activities
1. Title of the subsidy programme
Programme of growing the industrial products competitiveness.
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6. To whom and how subsidy is provided
The scheme is opened for all the private and public undertakings, in manufacturing sectors.
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Type of measure
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Grant
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2011-2012
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Keywords
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Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/253/EU/ADD.22 |
European Union: Romania |
2013 |
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Grants and direct payments |
Forestry, Manufacturing |
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Environment related objective
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To support micro-enterprises which are processing wood products and are promoting environment protection technologies.
The objective of the scheme is:
- processing of agricultural products provided in annex 1 to the EC Treaty in order to obtain non-agricultural products;
- primary processing of wood and non- wood forestry products;
- processing of agricultural products in order to obtain bio -fuel.
The beneficiaries are the undertakings who fulfil the following criteria:
- Micro-enterprises which are adapting to the newly introduced community standards;
- Micro-enterprises which are processing wood products and are promoting environment protection technologies;
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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7 REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
7.1 Regional development by investments
1. Title of the subsidy programme, if relevant or brief description or identification of the subsidy
Stimulation of Regional Development by Investments for Agricultural and Forestry Products Processing in order to Obtain Non-Agricultural Products.
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Agricultural and forestry sector
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
The beneficiaries are the undertakings who fulfil the following criteria:
a. for agricultural sector:
- Micro-enterprises which are adapting to the newly introduced community standards;
- Enterprises from the prior sectors, with the following the priority level establish by measure 123 from PNDR 2007-2013;
- SMEs from areas where the raw material is available, but there are not processing capacities;
- Associative Forms, created with minimum 6 months before the launching of the session for which is applying, according to the legislation in force; Members of an recognised Interprofessional Organisation for Agri-Food Products (OIPA), with membership of minimum 6 months in OIPA;
- Not having previously a SAPARD / EAFRD support for the same type of activity;
- SMEs that are both producer of raw material and processor.
b. For forestry sector:
- Micro-enterprises which are adapting to the newly introduced community standards;
- Micro-enterprises which are processing wood products and are promoting environment protection technologies;
- Micro-enterprises from areas where the raw material is available, but there are not processing capacities;
- Associative Forms, created with minimum 6 months before the launching of the session for which is applying, according to the legislation in force;
- Not having previously a SAPARD / EAFRD support for the same type of activity;
- Micro-enterprises that are both producer of raw material and processor.
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Type of measure
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Grant
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2011-2012
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Keywords
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Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/253/EU/ADD.22 |
European Union: Romania |
2013 |
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Grants and direct payments |
Energy |
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Environment related objective
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To comply with legislation in the field of environment protection and energetic efficiency.
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy
The objective of the state aid scheme is to encourage the lasting/ sustainable local and regional development through the support of the creation and the development of a modern support structures for the local and/or regional interest businesses. The policy also aims to comply with the legislation in the field of equality of chances, environment protection, energetic efficiency, state aid and public acquisitions.
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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7.5 Regional development by creating and developing business support structures
1. Title of the subsidy programme
Order no.287 from 6 March 2008 on the approval of the Regional development State aid scheme for creating and developing the business support structures within the Regional Operational Program 2007-2013;
Order no. 1878 from 20 July 2010 for the modification and the completion of the Annex to the Order of the Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing no.287/2008 on the approval of the Regional development State aid scheme through the creation and the development of the business support structures within the Regional operational program 2007-2013;
Order no. 2044 from 2 September 2010 for the modification of the article 11 Paragraph 4 from the Annex to the Order of the Ministry of Development, Public and Housing no.287/2008 on the approval of the Regional development State aid scheme through the creation and the development of the business support structures within the Regional Operational Program 2007-2013.
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6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
In order to receive state aid, the applicants must comply with the following conditions:
a. To prove that they are the owners or the lessees/the concessionaires of the infrastructure and/or of the land which forms the object of the project, for a period of 5 years starting from the completion of the operation or 3 years in the case of SME, according to the provisions of art. 57, paragraph 1 from the Council Regulation no. 1083/2006 which lays down the general regulations concerning the Regional Development European Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund; in the case of the partnerships, this criterion applies also to the partners. In the case of the administrative-territorial units (authorities of the public local administration), these are the owners or the administrators/the managers or they are lessees/the concessionaires of the infrastructure and/or the land which forms the object of the project;
b. To prove their financing capacity and also the capacity to implement the project; regarding the partnerships, this criterion applies also to the partners;
c. Notwithstanding the legal organization form, it is not the subject of the procedure of forced execution, judicial reorganization, operational foreclosure, dissolution, their activities are not suspended/adjourned or any other activities regulated by the law;
d. Notwithstanding the legal organization form, they must comply with the eligibility conditions established through "The Financial regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities no. 1605/2002" art.93;
e. At the date of registration of the financing request, it has fulfilled its obligations concerning the payment of taxes and contributions to the social security budgets that form the consolidated general budget, in accordance with the legal provisions in Romania;
f. The applicant fulfils the other conditions specified in the Applicant’s Guide which do not prejudice the legal provisions in the matter of state aid.
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Type of measure
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Grant
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2011-2012
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Keywords
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Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/253/EU/ADD.22 |
European Union: Romania |
2013 |
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Grants and direct payments |
Energy, Manufacturing, Other |
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Environment related objective
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To promote investments in renewable energy resources.
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy
The objective of the scheme is to support the funding scheme granted to the undertakings to realize the initial investments in order to capitalize on the renewable energy resources (solar sources, wind sources that are hydro-energetic for systems which have an installed power < 10 MW, biomass, geothermal sources, wave energy, biogas, gases resulted from fermenting waste - landfill gas, sludge digester gas from waste water treatment plants) to produce electrical and thermal energy, which will contribute to Romania’s sustainable regional development, the stimulation of the economic development and the growth of the social cohesion of the regions in which they are implemented.
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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7.7 Investment in harnessing renewable energy resources
1. Title of the subsidy programme
Regional state aid scheme for capitalizing on the renewable energy resources, which is aiming to promote an economic and social cohesion between Romania and the European Union and to improve the inhabitants' quality of life by promoting sustainable development and investments in the regions of Romania.
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SMEs or large enterprises.
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
Potential beneficiaries can be large enterprise or SMEs.
Beneficiaries may submit individual projects.
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Type of measure
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Grant
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2011-2012
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Keywords
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Renewable
Energy
Waste
Bio
Sustainable
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Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/253/EU/ADD.22 |
European Union: Romania |
2013 |
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Grants and direct payments |
Energy, Manufacturing |
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Environment related objective
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To promote investments in sustainable energy sources.
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy
The objective of the scheme is represented by the initial investments in all the industrial sectors and in the energy sector, concerning the consumption and production of electric and thermal energy which will promote the economic development and the increase of the social cohesion of the regions where they are implemented.
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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7.8 Investment in regional sustainable development and reduction of emissions
Horizontal state aid scheme for regional sustainable development and reduction of emissions.
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SMEs or large enterprises.
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
Potential beneficiaries can be large enterprise or SMEs (microenterprises included).
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Type of measure
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Grant
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2011-2012
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Keywords
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Energy
Emissions
Sustainable
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Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/253/EU/ADD.23 |
European Union: Slovak Republic |
2013 |
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Grants and direct payments |
Energy |
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Environment related objective
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To support projects aimed at saving energy and using renewable energy.
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy
Objective of the scheme is to support regions with low living standards and high unemployment through the implementation of projects aimed at saving energy and using renewable energy. Measure is implemented by Slovak Innovation and Energy Agency (SIEA).
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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4 ENERGY SAVINGS
1. Title of the subsidy
State Aid Schemes for increasing energy efficiency both on the side of generation and consumption and the introduction of advanced technologies in the energy sector through the Operational Programme Competitiveness and Economic Growth.
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Producers.
Subsidy (grant) was provided to producers and is specially fixed for each beneficiary.
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Type of measure
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Grant
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2011-2012
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Keywords
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Energy
Renewable
Conservation
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