2024 CALL FOR GRANTS AIMED TO FINANCE THE CALCULATION OF THE CARBON FOOTPRINT AND THE PREPARATION OF CO2 ABSORPTION PROJECTS FOR REGISTRATION IN THE CARBON FOOTPRINT REGISTRY OF THE PRINCIPALITY OF ASTURIAS

Official description of the call

First.- Beneficiaries: Natural persons who carry out an economic activity, as well as legal entities governed by private law, all of them with their own legal personality and sufficient capacity to act, who have one of their centers of activity located in the Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias and materialize the project object of aid in the territorial scope of the same, in whom any of the circumstances included in article 13.2 of Law 38/2003, of November 17, General Subsidies. Non-profit organizations are excluded. Second.- Purpose: Partially finance the process of calculating the carbon footprint and preparing plans to reduce GHG emissions and CO2 absorption projects for subsequent registration in the carbon footprint registry of the Principality of Asturias, in the terms of Decree 40/2021, of July 29, which regulates the organization and operation of the carbon footprint registry for the reduction, absorption and compensation of greenhouse gas emissions of the Principality of Asturias. Principality of Asturias. Actions related to registration in Section A and Section B of the Carbon Footprint Registry for the reduction, absorption and compensation of greenhouse gas emissions of the Principality of Asturias included in the first section of the third regulatory base will be subject to subsidy. Each potential beneficiary may only request a grant for a single action. Third.- Regulatory bases: The bases that must govern this call have been approved by Resolution of August 16, 2022, of the Department of Autonomous Administration, Environment and Climate Change (BOPA no. 167 of 30-VIII-2022). Fourth.- Amount: The total amount amounts to €100,000.00 (one hundred thousand euros), charged to the budget application 17.04-443D-473.019 "Measurement of the carbon footprint" of the General Budgets of the Principality of Asturias for 2024. The maximum amounts of the subsidies will be: 1. For companies that register in the Section Up to a maximum of €5,000, distributed as follows: a. 80% of the expenses corresponding to the calculation of the carbon footprint, preparation of the carbon footprint report and the drafting of a carbon footprint reduction plan, provided that the resulting amount does not exceed €3,000. b. 80% of the expenses corresponding to the verification of the carbon footprint information subject to registration, provided that the resulting amount does not exceed €2,000. 2. For companies that register in Section B up to a maximum of €4,000, distributed as follows: a. 80% of the expenses corresponding to the preparation of a CO2 absorption project, provided that the resulting amount does not exceed €1,600. b. 80% of the expenses corresponding to the preparation of a forest management instrument, provided that the resulting amount does not exceed €1,600. c. 80% of the expenses corresponding to sustainable forest certification, provided that the resulting amount does not exceed €800. Fifth.- De minimis regime: The aid is covered by the de minimis regime: In accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2831, of December 13, 2023 (OJEU no. 2831, of 12-15-2023), the total de minimis aid granted to a single specific company will not exceed 300,000 euros, during any period of three years. In accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1408/2013 of 18 December 2013, de minimis aid granted to a company in the agricultural sector may not exceed, during any period of three fiscal years, the amount of 20,000 euros, nor the national maximum limit of 592,962,542 euros. In accordance with Commission Regulation (EU) No. 717/2014, of June 27, 2014, following the modification carried out by Commission Regulation (EU) 2023/2391, of October 4, 2023, the de minimis aid granted to a company in the fishing and aquaculture sector will not exceed the amount of 30,000 euros, during any period of three years. prosecutors. The cumulative amount of de minimis aid granted by Member State to companies operating in the fishing and aquaculture sector during any period of three fiscal years will not exceed €66,336,000. In accordance with Regulation (EU) 2023/2832, of the Commission, of December 13, 2023 (D

Issuing agency

PRINCIPALITY OF ASTURIAS — COUNCIL OF MOBILITY, LOCAL COOPERATION AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT

Scope

PRINCIPADO DE ASTURIAS

Category

Recipients

SMEs (small and medium enterprises)

More information

• Official BDNS portal (infosubvenciones.es) ↗
• Governing rules ↗

Deadlines

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Who can apply for this grant?

• SMEs (small and medium enterprises)

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Financial information

Documents

• HELP0438T01_NORMALIZED REQUEST ↗
• AYUD0438T01_ANNEX II-A DECLARATION OTHER AID OR SUBSIDIES SAME ACTION ↗
• HELP0438T01_ADDITIONAL INFORMATION DATA PROTECTION ↗
• Spanish text of the call ↗
• AYUD0438T01_ANNEX II-B STATEMENT OF SUBCONTRACTING ACTIVITIES OF RELATED ENTITIES ↗
• AYUD0438T01_2024_03_20_RESOLUCION_AUTORIZACION_EXPENSE_Y_APPROBACION_CALL ↗
• AYUD0438T01_ANNEX II JUSTIFICATION ACCOUNT ↗
• Extract from the Resolution of March 20, 2024, of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, Industry and Economic Development, which approves the call for subsidies, in competitive competition, intended to finance the calculation of the carbon footprint ↗

Governing rules

Resolution of August 16, 2022 approving the regulatory bases that will govern the granting of subsidies intended to finance the calculation of the carbon footprint and the development of carbon dioxide absorption projects...

Governing rules ↗

Applicable EU regulation

REG (EU) 1407/2013 de minimis, General