Company Requirements
To be able to apply for this financing line, your company must meet the following requirements
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Be a corporation with its own legal personality.
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Have its registered office or operational headquarters in Catalonia, or be a new business establishment in Catalonia.
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Be an industrial company whose main activity is included in the Catalan Classification of Economic Activities (CCAE) in Annex 2 of the guidelines, or a production services company that can demonstrate that the industrial sector accounts for more than 50% of its revenue.
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In exceptional cases, industrial companies not included in the CCAE that demonstrate an investment project involving diversification, industrial restructuring, or a new establishment may also be eligible.
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The company must not have negative equity nor be considered a company in crisis pursuant to Article 2.18 of Regulation (EU) No. 651/2014.
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The company must not have any entries in the Registry of Unpaid Debts (RAI) or ASNEF, nor any judicial proceedings pending against it.
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Be current on tax obligations to the State and the Government of Catalonia, as well as on Social Security obligations.
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The project must involve a minimum expenditure of €250,000 for SMEs and €1,000,000 for large companies.
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The project must fall under one of these three categories: (a) industrial digitization using Industry 4.0 technologies (big data, collaborative robotics, simulation tools, systems integration in the value chain, the Internet of Things, cybersecurity, cloud-based information management, additive manufacturing, or augmented reality); (b) industrial investment with a significant impact; (c) transformation of the automotive sector aligned with the Plan to Support the Automotive and Mobility Industry, accompanied by an assessment that guides the activity toward new business opportunities.
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Under category (b), the project must have a definite, quantifiable, and measurable impact on at least THREE of these seven aspects: a new industrial facility that creates a minimum of 100 jobs over three years; increase in production capacity; job creation or retention; revitalization of the value chain with more than 50% of suppliers having their operational headquarters in Catalonia; contribution to territorial rebalancing (investment outside the Barcelonès, Baix Llobregat, and Vallès Occidental regions); reindustrialization of facilities in the process of closing or relocating; production processes focused on waste prevention, reuse, remanufacturing, and recycling.
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Categories (a) and (c) may include research and development activities.
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The Directorate General for Industry must issue a preliminary ruling on the project’s industrial eligibility.
