Company Requirements

To be able to apply for this financing line, your company must meet the following requirements

• Be an SME:
  • Microenterprise: fewer than 10 employees and turnover or balance sheet total ≤ 2 M€.
  • Small: fewer than 50 employees and turnover or balance sheet total ≤ 10 M€.
  • Medium-sized: fewer than 250 employees and either revenue ≤ 50 M€ or balance sheet total ≤ 43 M€.
  • They may be independent, affiliated, or associated (Articles 3 through 6 of Annex I).
• Large enterprises may only be eligible if they carry out the project in effective collaboration with SMEs and solely under Action 1 (new or improved products).
• The following are not eligible: joint ownership entities, unincorporated partnerships, associations, foundations, public administrations, public enterprises, and, in general, nonprofit organizations.
• Have at least 2 full-time salaried employees (or equivalents) registered in the month prior to the application.
• Carry out an eligible economic activity and implement the actions and investments within the territory of Castilla-La Mancha (workplace or establishment in the region).
• Have, as of the end date of the implementation period, own funds ≥ 25% of the eligible project.
• Economic activity not excluded. Verification is based on the entity’s CNAE-09 codes and the IAE categories under which it is registered.
  • Excluded: Section A (agriculture, livestock, forestry, and fishing); Section B (extractive industries); CNAE 10, 11, and 12 (food, beverages, and tobacco) plus 1910, 1920, 2060, 2446, 2452, 2540, 3011, and 3012; sections D and E (energy, water, and waste) except 3821, 3822, 3831, 3832, and 3900; sections F and L (construction and real estate) except 4321, 4322, 4331, 4332, 4333, and 4334; section G (retail trade and vehicle repair); CNAE 49, 50, 51, and 53 (transportation and postal services); section K (financial and insurance services); section M (professional, scientific, and technical services) except 7120, 7211, 7219, and 7410; CNAE 77, 78, 80, 81, and 82; Section O and public enterprises; Section P (education); Section Q (health and social services); CNAE 90 and 92; section S except 9604; section T; section U. Also, the sectors excluded by Art. 1.1 of EU Regulation 2023/2831 (de minimis).
  • Eligible, among others: manufacturing (Section C, except for the aforementioned exclusions, including 33 repair and installation of machinery), waste management and recovery (3821–3900), building construction and finishing (4321–4334), warehousing and transport-related activities (52), hospitality (55 and 56), information and communications (58–63), technical testing and analysis (7120), experimental R&D in biotechnology and in natural and technical sciences (7211 and 7219), specialized design (7410), travel agencies and tour operators (7911, 7912, 7990), museums and heritage (9102–9106), sports and recreational activities (931 and 932), and fitness services (9604).
• If the company operates simultaneously in both excluded and included sectors, it must ensure adequate separation of activities and costs.

Limits

The following limits apply to this financing line

• Do not exceed the de minimis aid threshold, under which the total amount of de minimis aid granted to a single company may not exceed €300,000 during any three-year period prior to the grant.
• A maximum of 2 applications per company per call for proposals, whether individually or as a member of a consortium. Each application must cover a single project.
• The company must not have ceased an identical or similar activity within the European Economic Area in the 2 years prior to the application, nor have concrete plans to do so in the 2 years following the completion of the investments.