Company Requirements
To be able to apply for this financing line, your company must meet the following requirements
- Be an SME (fewer than 250 employees, annual revenue ≤50M€ or balance sheet total ≤43M€) carrying out an eligible investment project in Castile and León.
- Eligible sectors: extractive and manufacturing industries; industrial support services (ICT, logistics platforms, waste recovery); wholesale and retail trade (with exceptions); hotel accommodations, rural tourism (inns/rural hotels), campgrounds, and tourist hostels; authorized active tourism; restaurants; ice production for refrigeration purposes; software publishing (excluding brokerage and gambling).
- Excluded are joint property entities, unincorporated partnerships, associations, foundations, and other nonprofit entities, as well as projects falling under the jurisdiction of the Regional Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Rural Development.
- Provide a minimum financial contribution of 25% of eligible costs, using either the applicant’s own resources or external financing not involving public aid.
- Projects related to primary agricultural production, fishing and aquaculture, transportation, coal mine closures, the energy sector, steel, coal, shipbuilding, synthetic fibers, or the processing/marketing of agricultural products listed in Annex I of the TFEU under certain conditions are not eligible for subsidies.
- Tobacco and related products, as well as waste disposal in landfills (except for circular economy projects), are also ineligible.
- The project must not involve relocation from or to another EEA country within the two years prior to or following the investment.
