G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
3 August  2023 
(23-5333) Page: 1/74 
Committee on Subsidies  
and Countervailing Measures  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
SUBSIDIES  
NOTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE  XVI:1 OF THE GATT  1994  
AND ARTICLE  25 OF THE AGREEMENT ON SUBSIDIES  
AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES  
EUROPEAN UNION 
Addendum  
The following addendum to the notification of the European Union dated and received on 
14 July 2023 relates to subsidy programmes of Spain . 
 
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  SPAIN  
CONTENTS  
1  AGRICULTURE  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..............  5 
NON-CO-FINANCED PROGRAMMES  ................................ ................................ ...................  5 
1.1  AID FOR THE PAYMENT OF AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE PREMIUMS  ................................ .... 5 
CO-FINANCED PROGRAMMES  ................................ ................................ ...........................  6 
1.2  FRUIT AND VEGETABLES: SUPPORT OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES OF FRUIT AND 
VEGETABLE PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS.  ................................ ................................ .............  6 
1.3  NATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - SUB-MEASURE  4.2 TANGIBLE OR 
INTANGIBLE INVESTMENTS IN THE PROCESSING, MARKETING A ND DEVELOPMENT OF 
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS UNDER THE NATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 
2014-2020 TO IMPROVE THE INTEGRATION OF AGRI -FOOD ASSOCIATIONS ACTING AT 
THE NATIONAL LEVEL  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..........  7 
1.4  NATIONAL PLAN OF SUPPORT MEASURES FOR APICULTURE - LINE F: COOPERATION 
WITH SPECIALIZED BODIES TO ESTABLISH APPLIED RESEARCH PROGRAMMES IN THE 
FIELD OF BEEKEEPING  ................................ ................................ ................................ ........  8 
1.5  SPAIN - NATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - SUB-MEASURE 16.2 FOR 
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF GE NERAL INTEREST INNOVATION PROJECTS BY OPERATIONAL 
GROUPS OF THE EUROPEAN INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURAL 
PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY  ................................ ................................ .................  10 
2  FISHERIES  ................................ ................................ ................................ .................  11 
NON-CO-FINANCED PROGRAMMES  ................................ ................................ .................  11 
2.1  AID FOR THE PAYMENT OF INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR AQUACULTURE STOCK  .................  11 
CO-FINANCED PROGRAMMES  ................................ ................................ .........................  12 
2.2  FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, RESOURCE EFFICIENT, 
INNOVATIVE, COMPETITIVE AND KNOWLEDGE -BASED AQUACULTURE. PRODUCTIVE 
INVESTMENTS IN AQUACULTURE.  ................................ ................................ .......................  13 
2.3  FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, RESOURCE EFFICIENT, 
INNOVATIVE, COMPETITIVE AND KNOWLEDGE -BASED AQUACULTURE. ENCOURAGING 
NEW AQUACULTURE FARMERS PRACTISING SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE  ..............................  15 
2.4  FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, RESOURCE EFFICIENT, 
INNOVATIVE, COMPETITIVE AND KNOWLEDGE -BASED FISHERIES. PERMANENT 
CESSATION OF FISHING ACTIVITIES  ................................ ................................ ...................  15 
2.5  FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, RESOURCE EFFICIENT, 
INNOVATIVE, COMPETITIVE AND K NOWLEDGE -BASED FISHERIES. START -UP SUPPORT 
FOR YOUNG FISHERS  ................................ ................................ ................................ ........  16 
2.6  FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, RESOURCE EFFICIENT, 
INNOVATIVE, COMPETITIVE AND KNOWLEDGE -BASED FISHERIES. ADDED VALUE, 
PRODUCT QUALITY AND USE OF UNWANTED CATCHES  ................................ .........................  17 
2.7  FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, RESOURCE EFFICIENT, 
INNOVATIVE, COMPETITIVE AND KNOWLEDGE -BASED FISHERIES. ENERGY EFFICIENCY 
AND MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE. INVEST MENTS ON BOARD.  ................................ ....... 18 
2.8  FOSTERING MARKETING AND PROCESSING. PROCESSING OF FISHERY AND 
AQUACULTUR E PRODUCTS.  ................................ ................................ ................................  19 G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  3  MINING  ................................ ................................ ................................ ......................  20 
3.1  BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN MINING AREAS  ................................ ....................  20 
4  INDUSTRY AND INNOVATION  ................................ ................................ ....................  21 
4.1  TORRES QUEVEDO  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 21 
4.2  INDUSTRIAL DOCTORATES  ................................ ................................ ..........................  23 
4.3  TECH NOLOGY AND INNOVATION PLATFORMS  ................................ ................................  25 
4.4  PUBLIC -PRIVATE COOPERATION PROJECTS  ................................ ................................ ... 26 
4.5  STRATEGIC PROJECTS  ................................ ................................ ................................  28 
4.6  UNIVERSALIZATION OF DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES FOR COHESION PROGRAMME - 
UNICO 6G R&D 2021  ................................ ................................ ................................ .........  30 
4.7  UNIVERSALIZATION OF DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR COHESION PROGRAMME 
(UNICO) - CLOUD R&D  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 31 
4.8  EXTENSION OF NEXT -GENERATION BROADBAND COVERAGE  ................................ ...........  32 
4.9  BSC-CNS ZETTASCALE LABORATORY  ................................ ................................ ............  35 
4.10  4FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMMERSIVE AND INTERACTIVE CONTENT 
WITHIN THE AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION INDUSTRY AND VIDEO GAME SECTOR 
THROUGH SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT 
PROJECTS USING METAVERSE AND WEB3 TECHNOLOGIES  ................................ ....................  36 
4.11  AID TO THE SHIPBUILDING SECTOR FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND 
INNOVATION  ................................ ................................ ................................ ....................  38 
4.12  AID TO STRATEGIC PROJECTS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL TRANSITION IN THE 
PHARMACEUTICAL AND HEALTH PRODUCTS SECTORS (CUTTING -EDGE HEALTH 
STRATEGIC PROJECT FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION (PERTE))  .................  39 
4.13  COMPENSATION SCHEME FOR INDIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS  ........................  40 
4.14  AID SCHEME FOR ENERGY -INTENSIVE USERS  ................................ ..............................  41 
4.15  INDUSTR IAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION PROJECTS IN THE 
MANUFACTURING SECTOR  ................................ ................................ ................................ . 42 
4.16  CONNECTED INDUSTRY 4.0  ................................ ................................ .......................  44 
4.17  STRATEGIC PROJECT FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION 
(PERTE)ON ELECTRIC AND CONNECTED VEHICLES  ................................ ...............................  45 
4.18  PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT SUPPORT FUND  ................................ ...............  47 
4.19  BUSINESS R&D AND INNOVATION PROJECTS  ................................ ..............................  48 
4.20  SCIENCE AND INNOVATION MISSIONS  ................................ ................................ ....... 49 
4.21  INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION PROJECTS IN THE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE 
SECTOR  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........................  52 
4.22  INTEREMPRESAS INTERNACIONAL  ................................ ................................ ..............  53 
4.23  CDTI-ERA-NET PROJECTS  ................................ ................................ ..........................  55 
4.24  NEOTEC GRANTS  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 56 
4.25  CERVERA GRANTS FOR TECHNOLOGY CENTRES  ................................ ...........................  58 
4.26  SUSTAINABLE AUT OMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME  ................................ ...............  59 
4.27  AERONAUTICAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME  ................................ ................................  60 
4.28  AID FOR SMEs WITH A SEAL OF EXCELLENCE  ................................ ..............................  62 
4.29  AUDIOVISUAL AND VIDEO GAME R&D PROJECTS  ................................ .........................  63 
4.30  CARLOS III HEALTH INSTITUTE (ISCIII) - CDTI JOINT PROJECT  ................................ ..... 64 G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  4.31  INFORMATION SOCIETY AID PROGRAMME FOR CREATING A DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM 
IN THE AUDIOVISUAL SECTOR, AND THE 2022 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE RECOVERY, TRANSFORMATION AND RESILIENCE PLAN  ...........................  65 
4.32  AID FOR 2021 INTENDED FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON 
ARTIFICI AL INTELLIGENCE AND OTHER DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, AND THEIR 
INTEGRATION INTO VALUE CHAINS  ................................ ................................ ....................  67 
4.33  INTERNATIONAL ACCELERATION PROGRAMME. CYBERSECURITY VENTURES 
2020-2021 ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................  68 
4.34  ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE R&D MISSIONS PROGRAMME  ................................ ..............  71 
5  REGIONAL  SUBSIDIES  ................................ ................................ ...............................  73 
5.1  REGIONAL ECONOMIC INCENTIVES SCHEME  ................................ ................................ . 73 
 
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  1  AGRICULTURE  
NON-CO-FINANCED PROGRAMMES  
1.1  AID FOR THE PAYMENT OF AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE PREMIUMS  
1. Title of the programme  
Aid for the payment of agricultural insurance premiums.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
From 1  January  2021 to 31  December  2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The objective of the aid scheme is to encourage primary agric ultural producers to take out insurance 
to cover the risk of damage caused by natural disasters or other exceptional occurrences, adverse 
climat ic events which can be assimilated to a natural disaster, animal diseases and plant pests, the 
removal and destr uction of fallen stock , and the damage caused by protected animals or by other 
adverse climatic events.  
4. Background and authority  
European Union Guidelines  for State aid in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas 
2014 to 2020.  
Commission  Regulation (EU) No  702/2014  of 25 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid 
in the agricultural and forestry sectors and in rural areas compatible with the internal market in 
application of Articles  107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.  
Law No.  87/1978 , of 28 December  1978, on Combined Agricultural Insurance.  
Royal Decree No.  425/2016 , of 11  November  2016, laying down the regulatory basis for the 
granting of subsidies for Agricultural Insurance by the General State Adminis tration.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Direct subsid y. 
6. Beneficiaries  
Farmers, small and medium -sized enterprises. The subsidy is deducted from the cost of the policy.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
2021: EUR 351.13  million.  
2022: EUR  410.66  million.  
European Commission state aid (SA) notification codes SA.58942, SA.64784, SA.104060, SA.41133 
and SA.41574.  
(ADDITIONAL NOTE: Notification code SA.104060 replaces the previously notified code of SA.64784)  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  8. Duration of the subsidy  
Annual.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
Statistical data permitting an assessment of the possible trade effects of the su bsidy are not 
available.  
CO-FINANCED PROGRAMMES  
1.2  FRUIT AND VEGETABLES: SUPPORT OPERATIONAL PROGRAMMES OF FRUIT AND 
VEGETABLE PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS.  
1. Title of the programme  
Fruit and vegetables: support for operational programmes of fruit and vegetable producer 
organizations.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021-2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The o bjectives of operational programmes: to plan production ; improve the competitivene ss and 
market orientation of the fruit and vegetable sector ; reduce crisis-related fluctuations in producers' 
income ; promote consumption , thus  contributing to improved public health ; and strengthen 
environmental protection measures . 
4. Background and authority  
Regulation (EU) No  1308/2013  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
17 December  2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and 
repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No  922/72, (EEC) No  234/79, (EC) No  1037/2001 and (EC) 
No 1234/2007.  
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU)  2017/891  of 13  March  2017 supplementing 
Regulation (EU) No  1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to the 
fruit and vegetables and processed fr uit and vegetables sectors and supplementing Regulation (EU) 
No 1306/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to penalties to be applied 
in those sectors and amending Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No  543/2011.  
Commission Imp lementing Regulation (EU)  2017/892  of 13  March  2017 laying down rules 
for the application of Regulation (EU) No  1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
with regard to the fruit and vegetables and processed fruit and vegetables sectors.  
National provisions:  
Royal Decree No.  532/2017 , of 26  May 2017, regulating the recognition and operation of 
producer organizations in the fruit and vegetables sector.  
Royal Decree No.  1179/2018 , of 21  September  2018, regulating the funds and operational 
progra mmes of producer organizations in the fruit and vegetables sector.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  5. Form of the subsidy  
Non-reimbursable subsidies.  
6. Beneficiaries  
Recognized fruit and vegetable producer o rganizations of that are carrying out  an operational 
programme. The support consists of  a percentage of the expenditure incurred in implementing the 
operational programme.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
National support:  
• 2021: EUR  187,697.  
• 2022: EUR 209,484.47.  
8. For the information cited in items 3 to 7 above, the notification does not necessarily have to 
have an independent heading corresponding to each item, and may provide information on 
multiple items in one heading (e.g. provide information  on items 3 and 4 under one heading). 
In this case, the notification must clearly specify what items are covered by which heading.  
9. Duration of the subsidy  
Annual support.  
10. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
Statistical data permitting an assessment of the possible trade effects of the subsidy are not 
available.  
1.3  NATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - SUB-MEASURE  4.2 TANGIBLE OR 
INTANGIBLE INVESTMENTS IN THE PROCESSING, MARKETING AND DEVELOPMENT OF 
AGRICULTURAL  PRODUCTS UNDER THE NATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME 
2014 -2020 TO IMPROVE THE INTEGRATION OF AGRI -FOOD ASSOCIATIONS  ACTING AT 
THE NATIONAL LEVEL  
1. Title of the programme  
Spain - National Rural Development Programme  - Sub-measure 4.2. Tangible or intangible 
investments in the processing, marketing and development of agricultural products under the 
National Rural Development Programme 2014 -2020 to improve the integration of agri -food 
associations  acting at the nationa l level . 
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021-2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
To strengthen the competitiveness of the products produced by priority associations in a way that 
benefits farmers  integrated into these association s, with a view to increasing the value added of 
the product being integrated throughout the value chain. In addition, energy efficiency is promoted 
throughout the beneficiaries' agri-food value chain.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  4. Background and authority  
Commission Implementing Dec ision  of 26  May 2015 approving the Spanish National Rural 
Development Programme for the purpose of granting aid from the European Agricultural Fund for 
Rural Development (CCI 2014ES06RDNP001) in accordance with Regulation (EU) No  1305/2013 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council of 17  December  2013 on support for rural development 
by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation 
(EC) No  1698/2005.  
Royal Decree No.  1010/2015 , of 6 November  2015,  laying down the regulatory basis for the 
granting of aid for tangible or intangible investments in the processing, marketing and development 
of agricultural products under the National Rural Development Programme 2014 -2020 to improve 
the integration of ag ri-food associations  acting at the national level . 
5. Form of the subsidy  
Support is provided through non -reimbursable subsidies.  
6. Beneficiaries  
Priority associations.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
Subsidies paid for 4.2. Investments 
National budget amount.   
Article  17 of Regulation (EU) 
No 1305/2013 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 
17 December  2013 on support for rural 
development by the European 
Agricultural Fund for Rural Development 
(EAFRD) and repealing  Council Regulation 
(EC) No  1698/2005  Financial year 2021  EUR 16,732,698.03  
Financial year 2022  EUR 17,653,536.62  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
Multiyear . 
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
Statistical data permitting an assessment of the possible trade effects of the subsidy are not 
available.  
1.4  NATIONAL PLAN OF SUPPORT MEASURES FOR APICULTURE - LINE F: COOPERATION 
WITH SPECIALIZED BODIES TO ESTABLISH APPLIED RESEARCH PROGRAMMES IN THE 
FIELD OF BEEKEEPING  
1. Title of the programme  
National plan of support measures for apiculture - Line F: cooperation with specialized bodies to 
establish applied research programmes in the field of beekeeping.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  2. Period covered by the notification  
2021-2022. 
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
To improve the general conditions for the production and marketing of apiculture products , by 
financ ing applied research programmes in the field of beekeeping and apiculture products , in the 
development of  cooperation  measures  with specialized bodies to establish applied research 
programmes in the  field of  beekeeping.  
4. Background and authority  
Commission Implementing Decision  of 5 July 2016 approving the national programmes to 
improve the pr oduction and marketing of apiculture products submitted by the Member States under 
Regulation (EU) No  1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and deciding the Union 
contribution to these programmes.  
Royal Decree No.  930/2017 , of 27 October  2017, governing the apiculture support scheme under 
the annual national programmes, and amending Royal Decree No.  209/2002 , of 22 February  2002, 
laying down rules for the management of bee farms.  
Order AAA/2571/2015 , of 19 November  2015, laying down the re gulatory basis for the granting 
of subsidies to implement applied research projects in the field of beekeeping and apiculture products 
within the National Programme of Support Measures for Beekeeping.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Support is provided through non -reimbursable subsidies.  
6. Beneficiaries  
Beekeeping producer groups.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
Subsidies to conduct applied research 
projects in the field of beekeeping and 
apiculture products.    Article  55 of Regulation (EU) 
No 1308/2013 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council. 
Order AAA/2571/2015 , of 
19 November  2015, laying down 
the regulatory basis for the 
granting of subsidies to implement 
applied research projects in the 
field of beekeeping and apiculture 
products w ithin the National 
Programme of Support Measures 
for Beekeeping.  Financial year 2021  EUR 65,055.41  
Financial year 2022  EUR 21,541.32  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  8. Duration of the subsidy  
Annual.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
Statistical data permitting an assessment of the possible trade effects of the subsidy are not 
available.  
1.5  SPAIN - NATIONAL RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - SUB-MEASURE 16.2 FOR THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF GENERAL INTEREST INNOVATION PROJECTS BY OPERATIONAL 
GROUPS OF THE EUROPEAN INNOVATION PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTUR AL 
PRODUCTIVITY AND SUSTAINABILITY  
1. Title of the programme  
Spain - National Rural Development Programme - Sub-measure 16.2 for the implementation of 
general interest innovation projects by opera tional groups of the European Innovation Partnership 
for Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021-2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
To foster productive and sustainable agriculture, with  the aim of building bridges between the 
research community and the agri -food and forestry sector, so the sector can apply scientific 
knowledge and implement innovative and sustainable actions in production, processing and 
marketing processes.  
4. Background and authority  
Commission Implementing Decision  of 26  May 2015 approving the Spanish National Rural 
Development Programme for the purpose of granting aid from the European Agricultural Fund for 
Rural Development (CCI 2014ES06RDNP001) in accordanc e with Regulation (EU) No  1305/2013 of 
the European Parliament and of the Council of 17  December  2013 on support for rural development 
by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and repealing Council Regulation 
(EC) No  1698/2005.  
Royal Decree No.  169/2018 , of 23 March 2018, laying down the regulatory basis for the granting 
of subsidies to implement general interest innovation projects by operational groups of the European 
Innovation Partnership for Agricultur al Productivity and Sus tainability.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Support is provided through non -reimbursable subsidies.  
6. Beneficiaries  
Group s that bring together,  at least , two natural or legal persons, public or private, to implement an 
innovative project in the fields of agricult ure, livestock and forestry, as well as in the processing and 
marketing of agri -food or forestry products. Other actors , public or private, relevant to  the 
implementation of the project, such as research  centres that provide knowledge, advisory or training  
bodies , technology platforms,  non-governmental organizations, local action groups, researchers, 
producer organizations or actors from other member States, may also be part of the Operational 
Group, according to the cooperation procedure established under the National Rural Development 
Framework 2014 -2020.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
Subsidies paid 16.2. for the 
implementation of general interest 
innovation projects by operational 
groups of the European Innovation 
Partnership for Agricultural Productivity 
and Sustainability. National budget 
amount.    Article  35 of Regulation (EU) 
No 1305/2013 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 
17 December  2013 on support for 
rural development by the European 
Agricultural Fund for Rural 
Development (EAFRD) and 
repealing Council Regulation (EC) 
No 1698/2005  Financial year 2021  EUR 2,588,067.55  
Financial year 2022  EUR 2,125,393.18  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
Multiyear . 
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
Statistical data permitting an assessment of the possible trade effects of the subsidy are not 
available.  
2  FISHERIES  
NON-CO-FINANCED PROGRAMMES  
2.1  AID FOR THE PAYMENT OF INSURANCE PREMIUMS FOR AQUACULTURE STOCK  
1. Title of the programme  
Aid for aquaculture stock insurance. The scheme consists of aid for the payment of insurance 
premiums for marine aquaculture stocks, marine aquaculture stocks of mussels and inland 
aquaculture stocks.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
From 1  February  2021 to 31  May 2023 - The Agricultural Insurance Plan 2021 for aquaculture lines 
runs from 1  February  2021 to 31  May 2022, and the 2022 Plan from 1  February  2022 to 
31 May2023.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The objective of the aid scheme is to encourage aquaculture farmers to take out insurance to cover 
losses due to natural disasters, adverse climatic events, sudden water quality changes for which the 
operator is not responsible and diseases.  
4. Background and authority  
Commission Regulation (EU) No  1388/2014  of 16 December  2014 declaring certain categories 
of aid to undertakings active in the production, processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture 
products compatible with the internal market in appl ication of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on 
the Functioning of the European Union.  
Royal Decree No.  425/2016 , of 11  November  2016, laying down the regulatory basis for the 
granting of subsidies for Agricultural Insurance by the General State Administr ation.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  5. Form of the subsidy  
Direct subsidies.  
6. Beneficiaries  
Small and medium -sized enterprises. The subsidy is deducted from the cost of the policy.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
2021 (Plan 2021): EUR  0.02 million.  
2022 (Plan 2022 ): EUR  0.551 million (estimation).  
European Commission notification codes SA.62028, SA.63605, SA.63606, SA.102251, SA.103417, 
SA.103418.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
Annual.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
Statistical data permitting an assessment of the possible trade effects of the subsidy are not 
available.  
CO-FINANCED PROGRAMMES  
2021 AND 2022 - DOMESTIC FUNDING COMPONENT IN PROGRAMMES CO-FINANCED 
WITH THE EU (EUROPEAN MARITIME AND FISHERIES FUND).  
The information includes a summary of all fisheries programmes together with detailed information 
on each of them.  
In application of:  
Regulation (EU) No  1303/2013  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
17 December  2013 laying dow n common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, 
the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development 
and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European  
Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European 
Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No  1083/2006.  
Regulation (EU) No  508/2014  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15  May 2014 on 
the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No  2328/2003, 
(EC) No  861/2006, (EC) No  1198/2006 and (EC) No  791/2007 and Regulation (EU) No  1255/2011 
of the European Parliament and of the Council.  
The following aid ha s been granted:  
Fostering environmentally sustainable aquaculture  
2021:  
Productive investments in aquaculture : EUR  2.42 million was allocated for 163 projects.  
Encouraging new aquaculture farmers practising sustainable aquaculture: EUR 0 million 
was alloca ted. G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  2022:  
Productive investments in aquaculture : EUR  1.76 million was allocated for 69 projects.  
Encouraging new aquaculture farmers practising sustainable aquaculture: EUR 0 million 
was allocated.  
Fostering environmentally sustainable fisheries  
2021:  
Permanent cessation of fishing activities: EUR 0 million was allocated.  
Start -up support for young fisher s: EUR  0.05 million was allocated for 6 projects.  
Added value, product quality and use of unwanted catches: EUR 0.30 million was allocated 
for 28 proje cts. 
Efficiency and mitigation of climate change. Investments on board: EUR 0.15 million was 
allocated for 42 projects.  
2022:  
Permanent cessation of fishing activities: EUR 0 million was allocated.  
Start -up support for young fisher s: EUR  0.06 million was a llocated for 5 projects.  
Added value, product quality and use of unwanted catches: EUR 0.03 million was allocated 
for 4 projects.  
Efficiency and mitigation of climate change. Investments on board: EUR 0.03 million was 
allocated for 13 projects.  
Fostering marketing and processing  
Processing of fishery and aquaculture products  
2021: EUR 5.52  million was allocated for 175 projects.  
2022: EUR 5.39  million was allocated for 106 projects.  
2.2  FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, RESOURCE EFFICIENT, INNOVATIVE, 
COMPETITIVE AND KNOWLEDGE -BASED AQUACULTURE. PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS IN 
AQUACULTURE.  
1. Title of the programme  
EMFF Operational Program me 2014 -2020. Productive investments in aquaculture.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
Aid to support:  
- the diversification of aquaculture production and species cultured;  
- the modernization of aquaculture units, including the improvement in working and safety 
conditions of aquaculture workers;  
- improvements and modernization related to animal health and welfare, including the 
purchase of equipment aimed at protecting the farms from wild predators;  
- investments reducing the negative impact or enhancing the positive effects on the 
environment and increasing resource efficiency;  
- investments in enhancing the quality of, or in adding value to, aquaculture products;  
- the res toration of existing aquaculture ponds or lagoons through the removal of silt, or 
investments aimed at the prevention of silt deposits;  
- the diversification of the income of aquaculture enterprises through the development of 
complementary activities;  
- investments resulting in a substantial reduction in the impact of aquaculture enterprises on 
water usage and quality, in particular through reducing the amount of water or chemicals, 
antibiotics and other medicines used, or through improving the output water  quality, 
including through the deployment of multi -trophic aquaculture systems;  
- the promotion of closed aquaculture systems where aquaculture products are farmed in 
closed recirculation systems, thereby minimizing water use;  
- investments increasing ene rgy efficiency and promoting the conversion of aquaculture 
enterprises to renewable sources of energy.  
4. Background and authority  
Regulation (EU) No  1303/2013  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
17 December  2013, and Regulation (EU) No  508/20 14 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 15 May 2014.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Non-repayable subsidy.  
6. Beneficiaries  
Aquaculture enterprises.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy.  
2021: EUR 2.42 million was allocated for 163 projec ts. 
2022: EUR 1.76 million was allocated for 69 projects.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
EMFF Operational Programme 2014 -2020. The expenditure eligibility period runs from 
1 January  2014 to 31  December  2023.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
For the most part, the investments go towards improvements related to workers, health and the 
environment, and it therefore seem s unlikely that they will impact trade negatively.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  2.3  FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, RESOURCE EFFICIENT, INNOVATIVE, 
COMPETITIVE AND KNOWLEDGE -BASED AQUACULTURE. ENCOURAGING NEW 
AQUACULTURE FARMERS PRACTISING SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE  
1. Title of the programme  
EMFF Operational Programme 2014 -2020. Encouraging new  aquaculture farmers practising 
sustainable aquaculture.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
To help to finance sustainable aquaculture enterprises by new aquaculture farmers in order to fo ster 
entrepreneurship.  
4. Background and authority  
Regulation (EU) No  1303/2013  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
17 December  2013, and Regulation (EU) No  508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 15 May 2014.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Non-repayable subsidies.  
6. Beneficiaries  
Aquaculture farmers entering the sector.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
In 2021: EUR  0 million was allocated.  
In 2022: EUR  0 million was allocated.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
EMFF Operational Programme 2014 -2020. The expenditure eligibility period runs from 
1 January  2014 to 31  December  2023.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The support goes towards setting -up, for the first time , sustainable aquaculture micro - and small 
enterprises, and therefore seems unlikely to impact trade negatively.  
2.4  FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, RESOURCE EFFICIENT, INNOVATIVE, 
COMPETITIVE AND KNOWLEDGE -BASED FISHERIES. PERMANENT CESSATION OF FISHING 
ACTIVITIES  
1. Title of the programme  
EMFF Operational Programme 2014 -2020. Permanent cessation of fishing activities.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
To help finance the permanent cessation of the fishing activities of fishing vessels under an action 
plan referred to in Article  22(4) of Regulation (EU) No  1380/2013, by scrapping the vessels or, 
exceptionally, retrofitting them for activities other than commercial fishing or, in the case of 
traditional wooden vessels, assigning them a land -based heritage function.  
4. Background and authority  
Regulation (EU) No  1303/2013  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
17 December  2013, and Regulation (EU) No  508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 15 May 2014.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Non-repayable subsidies.  
6. Beneficiaries  
Owners of fishing vessels.  
Fishers. 
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
In 2021, EUR 0 million was allocated.  
In 2022, EUR 0 million was allocated.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
EMFF Operational Programme 2014 -2020. The expenditure eligibility period ran from 1  January  2014 
to 31 December  2017, except for vessels included in the multiannual plan for the fisheries exploiting  
demersal stocks in the western Mediterranean  Sea, where the expenditure eligibility period shall 
start on  the twentieth day following the publication of  the Regulation approving that plan and run 
until 31  December  2023.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
There are no trade effects since these payments are made to compensate for the permanent 
cessation of fishi ng, leading to a reduction of fishing capacity.  
2.5  FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, RESOURCE EFFICIENT, INNOVATIVE, 
COMPETITIVE AND KNOWLEDGE -BASED FISHERIES. START -UP SUPPORT FOR YOUNG 
FISHERS  
1. Title of the programme  
EMFF Operational Programme 2014 -2020. Start -up support for young fishers.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
To provide business start -up support to young fishers. Specifically, the support is granted in respect 
of the acquisition of a fishing vessel with an overall length of less than 24 metres, which is equipped 
for sea fishing, which is between 5 and 30 years old, and which belongs to a segment that is in 
balance.  
4. Background and  authority  
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
17 December  2013, and Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 15 May 2014.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Non-repayable subsidies. In any event, the support shall not exceed 25% of the acquisition cost of 
the fishing vessel and shall not be higher than EUR 75,000 per beneficiary.  
6. Beneficiaries  
Fishers under 40 years of age.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
2021: EUR 0.05  million was allocated to 6 projects.  
2022: EUR 0.06 million was allocated to 5 projects.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
EMFF Operational Programme 2014 -2020. The expenditure eligibility period runs from 1 January 
2014 to 31 December 2023.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The support goes towards the acquisition of fishing vessels that already have fishing licences and 
that belong to a balanced segment, and therefore it seems unlikely that it will impact trade 
negatively.  
2.6  FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, RESOURCE EFFICIENT, INNOVATIVE, 
COMPETITIVE AND KNOWLEDGE -BASED FISHERIES. ADDED VALUE, PRODUCT QUALITY 
AND USE OF UNWANTED CATCHES  
1. Title of the programme  
EMFF Operational Programme 2014 -2020. Added value, product quality and use of unwanted 
catches.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
Support for:  
- investments that add value to fishery products , in particular by allowing fishers to carry 
out the processing, marketing and direct sale of their own catches;  
- innovative investments on board that improve the quality of the fishery products.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  4. Background and authority  
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
17 December  2013, and Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 15 May 2014.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Non-repayable subsidies.  
6. Beneficiaries  
Owners of fishing ve ssels. Fishers.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
2021: EUR 0.30 million was allocated to 28 projects.  
2022: EUR 0.03 million was allocated to 4 projects.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
EMFF Operational Programme 2014 -2020. The expenditure eli gibility period runs from 1 January 
2014 to 31 December 2023.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
Under no circumstances shall the support increase the fishing capacity of a vessel; the support will 
go towards improving product quality and therefore seems unlikely to have negative trade effects.  
2.7  FOSTERING ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE, RESOURCE EFFICIENT, INNOVATIVE, 
COMPETITIVE AND KNOWLEDGE -BASED FISHERIES. ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND 
MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHA NGE. INVESTMENTS ON BOARD.  
1. Title of the programme  
EMFF Operational Programme 2014 -2020. Energy efficiency and mitigation of climate change. 
Investments on board.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
Support for:  
- investments in equipment on board aimed at reducing the emission of pollutants or 
greenhouse gases and increasing the energy efficiency of fishing vessels. Investments 
in fishing gear are also eligible provided that they do not u ndermine the selectivity of 
that fishing gear;  
- the replacement or modernization of main or ancillary engines.  
4. Background and authority  
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
17 December  2013, and Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 15 May 2014.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  5. Form of the subsidy  
Non-repayable subsidies.  
6. Beneficiaries  
Owners of fishing vessels.  
Fishers.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
2021: EUR 0.15 million was allocated to 42 projects.  
2022: EUR 0.03 million was allocated to 13 projects.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
EMFF Operational Programme 2014 -2020. The expenditure eligibility period runs from 1 January 
2014 to 31 December 2023.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
Under no circumstances shall the support increase the fishing capacity of a vessel; it will go towards 
environment -related improvements and therefore seems unlikely to have negative trade effects.  
2.8  FOSTERING  MARKETING AND PROCESSING. PROCESSING OF FISHERY AND 
AQUACULTURE PRODUCTS.  
1. Title of the programme  
EMFF Operational Programme 2014 -2020. Processing of fishery and aquaculture products.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy object ive and/or purpose of the subsidy  
Support for investments in the processing of fishery and aquaculture products that:  
- contribute to energy saving or reducing the impact on the environment, including waste 
treatment;  
- improve safety, hygiene, health and working conditions;  
- support the processing of catches of commercial fish that cannot be destined for human 
consumption;  
- relate to the processing of by -products resulting from main processing activities;  
- relate to the processing of organic aquaculture  products pursuant to Articles 6 and 7 of 
Regulation (EC) No 834/2007;  
- lead to new or improved products, new or improved processes, or new or improved 
management and organization.  
4. Background and authority  
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
17 December  2013, and Regulation (EU) No 508/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 15 May 2014.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  5. Form of the subsidy  
Non-repayable subsidies for SMEs.  
As regards enterprises other than SME s, the support shall be granted through financial instruments.  
6. Beneficiaries  
Enterprises engaged in the processing of fishery and aquaculture products  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
2021: EUR 5.52 million was allocated to 175 projects.  
2022: EUR 5.39 million was allocated to 106 projects.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
EMFF Operational Programme 2014 -2020. The expenditure eligibility period runs from 1 January 
2014 to 31 December 2023.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment o f the trade effects of the subsidy  
For the most part, the investments go towards improvements related to workers, health and the 
environment, and it therefore seems unlikely that they will impact trade negatively.  
3  MINING  
3.1  BUSINESS INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN MINING AREAS  
1. Title of the programme  
Aid schemes for business projects that create or preserve jobs, by promoting alternative 
development in mining areas.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose  of the subsidy  
The purpose of the subsidy is to promote regional development by providing support for the 
implementation of investment projects that help to reduce reliance on coal mining in the areas 
concerned.  
4. Background and authority  
Order TED/1294/ 2020,  of 29 December 2020, (Official Journal No. 341 of 31 December 2020) 
approving the regulatory basis for aid for business projects that create jobs and promote the 
alternative development of mining areas, for the period 2020 -2023;  
Order TED/1293/2020,  of 29 December 2020, (Official Journal No. 341 of 31 December 2020) 
approving the regulatory basis for aid for small -scale investment projects that create or preserve 
jobs, by promoting alternative development in mining areas, for the period 2020 -2023;  
Resolution of the Office of the Executive Director of the Just Transition Institute, O.A.,  
announcing aid for business projects that create jobs and promote the alternative development of 
coal mining areas, for the 2021 financial year.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  Resolution of the Of fice of the Executive Director of the Just Transition Institute O.A.,  
announcing aid for small -scale investment projects that create or preserve jobs, by promoting the 
alternative development of coal mining areas, for the 2021 financial year.  
5. Form of th e subsidy  
Non-repayable subsidies, granted for productive investments and calculated on the basis of the 
investment approved by the authorities.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is granted  
Aid is granted to enterprises, in general SMEs, and to  self-employed entrepreneurs.  
It is granted by competitive applications.  
The procedure for granting the aid is initiated by resolution of the Executive Director of the Just 
Transition Institute, O.A. This procedure comprises different stages: submission of  applications; 
correction of the application or provision of additional information; pre -assessment; assessment; 
assessment committee; proposed interim decision; proposed final decision; and the decision 
granting support. Once approved, individual notifica tions of the subsidy granted are issued, 
indicating the name of the beneficiary; the project or action to be carried out; the location of the 
project or action; the amount of the eligible investment to be made; the new jobs to be created; the 
maximum amoun t of the subsidy granted; deadlines for meeting the investment requirements and 
those for creating and preserving jobs; and any other conditions that the granting body may impose.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
2021: EUR 14.05 million for business projects that create jobs and EUR 3.43 million for small -scale 
investment ( de minimis ) projects.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The aid scheme currently in force is scheduled to run until the end of 2023. Nevertheless, the 
implementation o f the projects and the obligation to maintain investments and preserve jobs will 
continue beyond 2025.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
With regard to the statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects, it should be noted 
that since the subsidies take the form of capital for productive investment in disadvantaged regions, 
granted under European Regulations, they are compatible with the internal market.  
4  INDUSTRY AND INNOVATION  
4.1  TORRES QUEVEDO  
1. Title of the programme  
Support for Torres Quevedo contracts.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
These subsidies seek to encourage the recruitment of PhD holders by enterprises, technology 
centres, technological innovation support centres, business associations, and science and 
technology parks to carry out specific industrial research or technological development projects or 
preliminary technical feasibility studies, thereby stimulating the  transfer of knowledge to the 
production sector.  
4. Background and authority  
Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014  declaring certain categories of aid 
compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty  (General 
Block Exemption Regulation. EU Official Journal L 187 of 27 June 2014).  
For the 2021 call for applications:  
Order ECC/1402/2013, of 22 July 2013,  (Official Journal of 24 July 2013) adopting the 
regulatory basis for granting support under the State Programme for the Promotion and 
Employability of Talent of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2013 -
2016;  
Order ECC/1820/ 2014, of 26 September 2014,  amending Order ECC/1402/2013, of 
22 July 2013, adopting the regulatory basis for granting support under the State Programme for the 
Promotion and Employability of Talent of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research an d 
Innovation 2013 -2016;  
Order ECC/2483/2014, of 23 December 2014,  amending Order ECC/1402/2013, of 
22 July 2013, adopting the regulatory basis for granting support under the State Programme for the 
Promotion and Employability of Talent of the State Plan fo r Scientific and Technical Research and 
Innovation 2013 -2016, and Order ECC/1780/2013, of 30  September  2013, laying down the 
regulatory basis for public support under the State Programme for Research, Development and 
Innovation to Address Social Challenges , within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific and 
Technical Research and Innovation 2013 -2016.  
For the 2022 call for applications:  
Order CIN/1025/2022, of 27 October 2022,  adopting the regulatory basis for the granting of 
public support for vario us programmes and subprogrammes of the State Plan for Scientific and 
Technical Research and Innovation 2021 -2023, which is managed by the State Research Agency.  
The implementing provisions for this legislation are:  
Resolution of 9 December 2021  of the Offi ce of the Chair of the State Research Agency approving 
the advance processing, for 2021, of Torres Quevedo grants and of support for training PhD holders 
in enterprises ("Industrial Doctorates") under the State Programme for the Development, Attraction 
and Retention of Talent, within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research 
and Innovation 2021 -2023.  
Resolution of 21 December 2022  of the Office of the Chair of the State Research Agency 
approving the advance processing, for 2022, of Torres Quevedo grants and of support for training 
PhD holders in enterprises ("Industrial Doctorates") under the State Programme for the 
Development, Attraction and Retention of Talent, within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific 
and Technical  Research and Innovation 2021 -2023.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Direct subsidies.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is granted  
Enterprises, technology centres, technological innovation support centres, business associations, 
and science and technolo gy parks.  
The subsidies are paid annually, in advance.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
2021: EUR 14,600,835.84.  
2022: EUR 15 million (pending decision to grant support).  
8. Information cited in items 3 to 7 above  
Not applicable. A different heading has been used for each item.  
9. Duration of the subsidy  
The maximum duration of any individual subsidy is three years.  
10. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy.  
The subsidies granted under this programme are used exclusively for financing the costs of research 
staff recruited by companies to conduct R&D projects, and have no impact on the production of 
goods since they concern activities that are, by their very nature, far removed from  the market 
phase . 
4.2  INDUSTRIAL DOCTORATES  
1. Title of the programme  
Support for researcher -training contracts in enterprises ("Industrial Doctorates").  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The purpose of this support is to provide training to PhD holders in enterprises, by co -financing the 
employment contracts of research staff in training who participate in, and base their doctoral thesis 
on, an experimental industrial research or development  project being carried out in the enterprise. 
Likewise, the objective of the support is to promote the employment of researchers in companies 
from the start of their professional careers and to encourage the incorporation of talent into the 
productive fabr ic so as to increase competitiveness.  
It also finances researchers visiting R&D entities other than those to which they are attached, as 
well as tuition fees for doctoral studies.  
4. Background and authority  
Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 Jun e 2014  declaring certain categories of aid 
compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (General 
Block Exemption Regulation. EU Official Journal L 187 of 27 June 2014).  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  For the 2021 call for applications:  
Order E CC/1402/2013 of 22 July 2013,  (Official Journal of 24 July) adopting the regulatory basis 
for granting support under the State Programme for the Promotion and Employability of Talent of 
the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 20 13-2016;  
Order ECC/1820/2014, of 26 September 2014,  amending Order ECC/1402/2013, of 
22 July 2013, adopting the regulatory basis for granting support under the State Programme for the 
Promotion and Employability of Talent of the State Plan for Scientific a nd Technical Research and 
Innovation 2013 -2016;  
Order ECC/2483/2014, of 23 December 2014,  amending Order ECC/1402/2013, of 
22 July 2013 adopting the regulatory basis for granting support under the State Programme for the 
Promotion and Employability of Tale nt of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and 
Innovation, and Order ECC/1780/2013, of 30  September  2013, laying down the regulatory basis for 
public support under the State Programme for Research, Development and Innovation to Address 
Social Challenges, within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and 
Innovation 2013 -2016.  
For the 2022 call for applications:  
Order CIN/1025/2022, of 27 October 2022,  adopting the regulatory basis for the granting of 
public supp ort for various programmes and subprogrammes of the State Plan for Scientific and 
Technical Research and Innovation 2021 -2023, which is managed by the State Research Agency.  
The implementing provisions for this legislation are:  
Resolution of 9 December 2021 of the Office of the Chair of the State Research Agency approving 
the advance processing, for 2021, of Torres Quevedo grants and of support for training PhD holders 
in enterprises ("Industrial Doctorates") under the State Prog ramme for the Development, Attraction 
and Retention of Talent, within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research 
and Innovation 2021 -2023.  
Resolution of 21 December 2022 of the Office of the Chair of the State Research Agency 
approving the advance processing, for 2022, of Torres Quevedo grants and of support for training 
PhD holders in enterprises ("Industrial Doctorates") under the State Programme for the 
Development, Attraction and Retention of Talent, within the framework of th e State Plan for Scientific 
and Technical Research and Innovation 2021 -2023.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Direct subsidies.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is granted  
Enterprises, technology centres, technological innovation support centres, busine ss associations and 
science and technology parks.  
The subsidies are paid annually, in advance. The payment of the subsidy corresponding to the first 
annual payment under the contract shall be made after the contracts have been submitted. The 
remaining paym ents will be made once the previous annual payment has been finalized.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
2021: EUR 3,845,901.84.  
2022: EUR 4 million (pending decision to grant support).  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  8. Information cited in items 3 to 7 above  
Not applic able. A different heading has been used for each item.  
9. Duration of the subsidy  
The maximum duration of any individual subsidy is four years.  
10. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy.  
The subsidies granted under t his programme are used exclusively by enterprises to finance the 
recruitment of staff to prepare a doctoral thesis and are, by their very nature, far removed from 
market phase . 
4.3  TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION PLATFORMS  
1. Title of the programme  
Technology and Innovation Platforms.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2022 (not published in 2021).  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The aim of this programme is to create and consolidate Spanish technology platforms, with a view 
to enhancing cooperation between public and private actors (enterprises, technology centres, public 
and private research bodies, universities, etc.) that interact within a sector throughout the country 
in order to foster the sharing and dissemination of knowle dge within that sector and establish stable 
information channels in the system of innovation that extend beyond the sector.  
Technology platforms are an ideal tool for boosting intersectoral technology transfer and 
strengthening the participation of the var ious actors in the EU Framework Programmes for Research 
and Innovation.  
4. Background and authority  
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013  on the application of 
Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis  aid. 
Order ECC/1780/2013, of 30  September  2013,  laying down the regulatory basis for public 
support under the State Programme for Research, Dev elopment and Innovation to Address Social 
Challenges, within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and 
Innovation 2013 -2016.  
Order ECC/2483/2014, of 23 December 2014,  amending Order ECC/1402/2013, of 
22 July 2013, adopting the regulatory basis for granting support under the State Programme for the 
Promotion and Employability of Talent of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and 
Innovation, and Order ECC/1780/2013, of 30  September  2013, laying down the regulat ory basis for 
public support under the State Programme for Research, Development and Innovation to Address 
Social Challenges, within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and 
Innovation 2013 -2016.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  The implementing provision for this legislation is:  
Resolution of 18 October 2022  of the Office of the Chair of the State Research Agency approving 
the advance processing, for 2022, of support granted to Technology and Innovation Platforms under 
the State Programme to Promote Scient ific and Technical Research and its Transfer, of the State 
Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021 -2023.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Direct subsidies.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is granted  
Public research bodies; public  universities and their institutes; other public R&D centres; technology 
centres and technological innovation support centres, acting at the national level, that are properly 
entered in the register governed by Royal Decree No.  2093/2008, of 18 December 20 08, at the time 
the application is submitted; public and private non -profit entities that carry out and/or manage R&D 
activities; enterprises and sectoral business associations.  
Subsidies are disbursed in advance. A first payment is made immediately follow ing the decision to 
grant support; subsequent disbursement may be made depending on the (multiyear) duration of the 
project/activity. The first annual payment follows the decision to grant support and the second 
annual payment is subject to justification o f the first.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
2022: EUR 6 million (expected budget, pending decision to grant support).  
8. Information cited in items 3 to 7 above  
Not applicable. A different heading has been used for each item.  
9. Duration of the subsidy  
Two years.  
10. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy.  
The subsidies granted under this programme are used exclusively for financing costs related to 
platform activities, namely dissemination a ctivities, setting up knowledge -sharing forums and 
meetings, and planning activities, which, by their very nature, have no effect on trade.  
4.4  PUBLIC -PRIVATE COOPERATION PROJECTS  
1. Title of the programme  
Public -private cooperation projects  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The purpose of this call for applications  is to support experimental development partnership projects 
between enterprises and research bodies, with a view to promo ting the development of new 
technologies and the business application of new ideas and techniques, and contributing to the 
creation of new products and services.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  The purpose of the support is to further the incorporation of scientific and technical know -how and 
results that allow for the validation and precompetitive development of new technologies, products 
and services, creating the appropriate conditions to foster the creation of a critical mass of 
interdisciplinary research, development and innovation a ctivities for their application and transfer, 
the search for solutions and the delivery of results, both in companies' technological and innovation 
trajectories and in the market. The purpose of these projects is also to mobilize private investment, 
create  jobs, improve the country's technological balance, and build the international leadership 
capacity of the Spanish Science, Technology and Innovation System and its actors, thereby helping 
to improve the competitiveness of the business fabric.  
4. Backgroun d and authority  
Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014  declaring certain categories of aid 
compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (General 
Block Exemption Regulation. EU Official Journal L 187 of 27 June 2014).  
2021 Regulations and call for applications:  
Order  CIN/1502/2021, of 27 December 2021 , approving the regulatory basis for the granting 
of public aid to public -private cooperation projects, of the State Programme to Promote Scientific 
and Technical Research and its Transfer, under the State Plan for Scient ific and Technical Research 
and Innovation 2021 -2023, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience 
Plan, and approving the advance processing of aid applications for 2021.  
The implementing provision for the 2022 call for applications  is: 
Order, of 28 December 2022,  approving the advance processing, for 2022, of support for public -
private partnership projects, of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 
2021-2023, within the framework of the Recovery, Transfo rmation and Resilience Plan.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Subsidies, NextGenerationEU grants, and loans.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Public research bodies as defined in Article 47 of the Science Law; public universities; accredited  
health research institutes; other public R&D and innovation centres; technology centres and 
technological innovation support centres acting at the national level; private universities with proven 
R&D capacity and activities; private, non -profit R&D centre s with their own legal personality; 
enterprises; and sectoral business associations.  
Subsidies and loans are disbursed in advance. The first payment is made immediately following the 
decision to grant support. Depending on the duration of the project (mult iyear), a maximum of three 
subsequent payments may be made.  
Private enterprises and business associations receive support in the form of loans. Only public 
enterprises and support for the permanent, full -time recruitment of a PhD graduate for the project, 
to any entity, may be granted in the form of a subsidy.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
2021: Loans: EUR 137,930,884.34. Subsidies: EUR 149,291,203.64.  
2022: Loans: EUR 150 million. Subsidies: EUR 110 million (expected budget, pending 2022 decision 
to grant support).  
8. Information cited in items 3 to 7 above  
Not applicable. A different heading has been used for each item.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  9. Duration of the subsidy  
Three years.  
10. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The support granted under this scheme is exclusively for financing the costs of R&D projects and 
therefore has no impact on trade in goods. The industrial research, experimental development and 
preliminary technical feasibility study  phases are, by their very nature, far removed from the market 
phase. This category of support falls under Article 8.2(a) of the Agreement on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures.  
4.5  STRATEGIC PROJECTS  
1. Title of the programme  
Collaborative strategic R&D pr ojects  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The objective of the call for applications is to support industrial research projects carried out in 
partnership between companies and R&D agents,  both public and private, in order to respond to the 
challenges identified in the priority topics.  
The purpose of the call for applications is to respond to the challenges identified in the priority topics, 
set out in Annex II to the call for applications notice, by financing inter -and multidisciplinary projects 
that involve scientific cooperation and value the overlap between disciplines at the methodological, 
conceptual and theoretical levels. It is also intended to give impetus to progress in the project s' field 
of application, both in the scientific field and in terms of technological development and innovation.  
4. Background and authority  
Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014  declaring certain categories of aid 
compatible with the inter nal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (General 
Block Exemption Regulation. EU Official Journal L 187 of 27 June 2014).  
For the 2021 call for applications:  
Order ECC/1780/2013, of 30  September  2013,  laying down the regulatory basis for public 
support under the State Programme for Research, Development and Innovation to Address Social 
Challenges, within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and 
Innovation 2013 -2016. The  implementing provision of this Order for the 2022 call for applications 
is:  
Order ECC/2483/2014, of 23 December 2014,  amending Order ECC/1402/2013, of 
22 July 2013, adopting the regulatory basis for granting support under the State Programme for the 
Promotion and Employability of Talent of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and 
Innovation, and Order ECC/1780/2013, of 30  September  2013,  laying down the regulatory basis for 
public support under the State Programme for Research, Development  and Innovation to Address 
Social Challenges, within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and 
Innovation 2013 -2016.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  The implementing provision for this legislation is:  
Order , of 19 April 2021 , approving the call for applications, for 2021, of the procedure for granting 
support to strategic R&D and innovation projects, in the form of public -private partnerships, under 
the State Programme for Research, Development and Innovation to Address Social  Challenges, 
within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2017 -
2020;  
For the 2022 call for applications:  
Order CIN/533/2022, of 6 June  2022 , approving the regulatory basis for granting of public aid 
to strateg ic projects of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021 -
2023, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, and approving the 
2022 call for applications.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Subsidies, NextGene rationEU grants, and loans.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Public research bodies as defined in Article 47 of the Science Law; public universities; accredited 
health research institutes; other public R&D and innovation centres; t echnology centres and 
technological innovation support centres acting at the national level; private universities with proven 
R&D capacity and activities; private, non -profit R&D centres with their own legal personality; 
enterprises; and sectoral business associations.  
Subsidies and loans are paid in advance. The first payment is made immediately following the 
decision to grant support. Depending on the duration of the project (multiyear), a maximum of three 
subsequent payments may be made.  
Private enterpri ses and business associations receive support in the form of loans. Only public 
enterprises receive support in the form of subsidies, provided the aid intensity ceiling is applied to 
them.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
2021: Loans: EUR  17,718,624.99. Subsidies: EUR 43 million.  
2022: Loans: EUR 35 million. Subsidies: EUR 35 million (pending decision to grant support).  
8. Information cited in items 3 to 7 above  
Not applicable. A different heading has been used for each item.  
9. Duration of the subsidy  
Three years.  
10. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The support granted under this scheme is exclusively for financing the costs of R&D projects and 
therefore has no impact on trade in goods. The industrial research, experimental development and 
preliminary technical feasibility study phases are, by their very nature, far removed from the market 
phase. This category of support falls under Article 8.2(a) of the Agreement on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures.  
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  4.6  UNIVERSALIZATION OF DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES FOR COHESION PROGRAMME - 
UNICO 6G R&D 2021  
1. Title of the programme  
Subsidy for public research centres and foundations, and for Spanish public universities to undertake 
innovative proj ects to roll out advanced 5G and 6G technologies, under the Recovery, 
Transformation and Resilience Plan ( PRTR). 
2. Period covered by the notification  
31 December 2021 - 31 December 2024.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The general object ives of the PRTR include driving the digital transformation and smart, sustainable 
and inclusive growth, including measures to foster R&D and innovation, which is a critical factor in 
boosting the country's productivity and competitiveness. Under policy lever V of the PRTR, on the 
modernization and digitalization of the industrial fabric and SMEs, the recovery of the tourism sector 
and promotion of the national entrepreneurship programme " España Nación Emprendedora ", there 
is Component 15, which includes among its objective s spearheading the roll -out of 5G/6G technology 
in Europe, in relation to both infrastructure and technological innovation in key sectors, in particular 
in the field of 5G cybersecurity.  
In particular, Investment 6 (I6) of Component 15 sets out, inter alia , measures to support corporate 
R&D and innovation efforts. These measures focus on applying new knowledge to the development 
and improvement of technologies which increase Spanish companies' medium - and long -term 
resilience and competitiveness, accelerati ng the development of 5G and 6G innovation ecosystems 
and of 5G cybersecurity.  
 
The subsidy granted under this programme is geared towards enhancing the leadership of Spanish 
research groups' on 5G and making them a benchmark for 6G technology development.  This subsidy 
seeks to strengthen research infrastructure and the public scientific teams that have been leaders 
in 5G so that they are at the forefront of 6G development, as part of comprehensive public -private 
partnerships. To this end, the subsidy will be used to finance the following lines of action:  
(a) Strengthen Spanish participation in projects set up by the Smart Networks and Services 
Joint Undertaking (SNS JU), part of the Horizon Europe programme.  
(b) Transfer cutting -edge knowledge in cellular t echnology from public research groups to the 
private sector, especially SMEs.  
(c) Reinforce the business fabric.  
(d) Foster employment and the creation of high -quality jobs in Spain linked to these 
technologies.  
(e) Attract more talent, both within Spain and internationally.  
(f) Ensure that the principle of real and effective equality between men and women is applied 
in the areas of R&D and innovation.  
(g) Promote studying telecommunications engineering at all three levels of higher education 
(Bachel ors, Masters and Doctorates), with a particular emphasis on boosting gender 
equality.  
(h) Establish Spain as a centre of excellence for R&D and innovation in advanced 5G and 6G.  
4. Background and authority  
Royal Decree No. 1040/2021,  of 23 November 2021, governing the granting of direct subsidies 
to public research centres and foundations, and to Spanish public universities to undertake 
innovative projects to roll out advanced 5G and 6G technologies, under the Recovery, 
Transformation  and Resilience Plan.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  5. Form of the subsidy  
The support is funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility (NextGenerationEU), linked to 
Investment 6 of Component 15 of the PRTR. 
 
It is a direct subsidy, as there are public, social and economic interest gr ounds for pursuing research, 
development and innovation activities in areas linked to advanced 5G and 6G technology.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
The beneficiaries of the subsidy are public research centres and foundations (3) and Spanish public 
universities (9) which were members of consortiums with EU funding for R&D and innovation projects 
within the 5G -PPP initiative under Horizon 2020, both for "Research and Innovation Actions" and for 
"Innovation Actions".  
 
Within each beneficiary entity, the subsidy provides support for research groups that have 
participated in these projects, in collaboration with any other research groups deemed necessary.  
 
The subsidy is paid in advance.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amou nt of the subsidy  
The total aid granted amounts to EUR 94,505,883 shared among 12 beneficiaries, with a total of 
113 projects submitted + 12 telecommunication -studies promotion plans.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The temporal scope of the aid's eligible cost s will run up until 31 December 2024, pursuant to Royal 
Decree 1040/2021, of 23 November 2021.  
4.7  UNIVERSALIZATION OF DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR COHESION PROGRAMME 
(UNICO) - CLOUD R&D  
1. Title of the programme  
Subsidy for public research centres and foundations, and for Spanish public universities to undertake 
innovative cloud computing projects under the UNICO R&D Cloud programme.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
January 2023 - December 2025.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The general objectives of the PRTR include driving the digital transformation and smart, sustainable 
and inclusive growth, including measures to foster R&D and innovation, which is a critical factor in 
boosting the country's productivity and competitiveness. Under policy lever V of the PRTR on the 
modernization and digitalization of the industrial fabric and SMEs, the recovery of the tourism sector 
and promotion of the España Nación Emprendedora  programme, there is Component 15, which 
includes among its object ives promoting participation in multi -country Cross -Border Digital 
Infrastructure projects  in Europe, most notably in infrastructure and next generation cloud and edge 
computing service projects.  
In particular, Investment 5 (I5) of Component 15 sets out, inter alia , measures to support corporate 
R&D and innovation efforts. These measures focus on applying new knowledge to the development 
and improvement of technologies which increase Spanish companies' medium - and long -term 
resilience and competitiveness, a ccelerating the development of cloud -infrastructure innovation 
ecosystems.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  The subsidy granted under this programme is geared towards enhancing the leadership of Spanish 
research groups in cloud computing. According to data from the Centre for the Development of 
Industrial Technology (CDTI), to date, Spain received more than EUR 26 million i n aid from the EU 
under its "Horizon 2020" research and innovation funding programme between 2014 and 2020. 
Specifically, following the call for Big Data Value contractual public -private partnership (cPPP) 
applications, it obtained approximately EUR  29 million. Of which, 41.17% went to universities, 
19.77% to the Government and public bodies, 3.04% to public research organizations and 36.29% 
to other types of non -profit entities.  
4. Background and authority  
Royal Decree No. 959/2022,  of 15 November 2022, go verning the granting of direct subsidies to 
public research centres and foundations, and to Spanish public universities to undertake innovative 
cloud computing projects, under the UNICO R&D Cloud programme, as part of the PRTR, funded by 
the NextGeneration EU programme of the European Union.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
The support is funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility (NextGenerationEU), linked to 
Investment  5 of Component 15 of the PRTR. 
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
The b eneficiaries are centres and public foundations, with the objective of creating a cascade funding 
model that ensures public -private collaboration for developing cloud computing projects. In order to 
achieve the objective of maximizing the returns on this i nvestment in cloud computing, it is essential 
to promote public/private collaboration, SME participation and the inclusion of research groups that 
provide the skills and technologies needed to develop this technology. The public sector must now 
provide lev erage and guidance for the private sector, by promoting the creation of a research and 
innovation ecosystem around cloud computing.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
The maximum total support amounts to EUR 42,973,310.75 shared among 12 be neficiaries, with a 
total of 16 projects submitted.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The temporal scope of the aid's eligible costs will run up until 31 December 2025, pursuant to Royal 
Decree No.  959/2022, of 15 November 2022.  
4.8  EXTENSION OF NEXT -GENERATION BROADBAND COVERAGE  
1. Title of the programme  
2021: Extension of Next -Generation Broadband Coverage Programme (PEBA -NGA), as part of the 
Digital Agenda for Spain.  
 
2021 and 2022: Universalization of Digital Infrastructures for Cohesion Progr amme - Broadband 
(UNICO - Broadband), as part of the PRTR. 
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021-2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
3.1 PEBA -NGA: This activity is envisaged under Objective 1 of the Digital Agenda for Spain, approv ed 
by the Council of Ministers at its meeting on 15 February 2013. It is also explicitly included in the G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  Multiregional Operational Programme for Spain ERDF 2014 -2020. This operational programme was 
the product of combining the two previous Multiregional Op erational Programmes for Sustainable 
Growth and Smart Growth. This amendment was approved by the monitoring committees of both 
operational programmes on 7 June and 14 June 2017, respectively, integrating the latter into the 
former.  
This programme ties in with those covered in the digital infrastructure deployment plan set forth in 
the Change Agenda to promote scientific and technological progress, which includes the deployment 
of ultra -fast broadband networks to facilitate the digital transformation of the  economy and society, 
with a view to attaining the objectives set by the European Commission in the document 
"Connectivity for a Competitive Digital Single Market - Towards a European Gigabit Society", 
COM(2016) 587 final, on universal broadband coverage a t speeds of more than 100 megabits per 
second (Mbps).  
The objective of the programme is to support projects that invest in extending the coverage of public 
high-speed and ultra -high-speed next -generation broadband networks.  
3.2 UNICO -Broadband: programme envisaged under the Digital Spain 2025 agenda, as part of its 
first priority areas of action, Digital Connectivity, which seeks to ensure adequate digital connectivity 
for 100% of the population, helping to eliminate the digi tal divide between rural and urban areas. 
The UNICO -Broadband Programme falls within Investment 1 of Component 15 of the Recovery, 
Transformation and Resilience Plan  (PRTR) for the Spanish economy and is financed by the  
NextGenerationEU  programme, with funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility, establi shed by 
Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2021.  
The objective of this programme is to take steps towards the universalization of public electronic 
communications networks capable of providing ultra -high-speed broadband services (with 
symmetrical speeds of over 300 Mbps, which can be upgraded to 1 Gbps) to areas without adequate 
coverage or plans to have it in the next three years, by providing support to telecommunications 
operators.  
4. Background and auth ority 
Order IET/348/2020,  of 13 April 2020, laying down the regulatory basis for the granting of 
support under the Extension of Next -Generation Broadband Coverage programme.  
Order ETD/704/2021,  of 25 June 2021, amending Order ETD/348/2020, of 13 April 2020 , laying 
down the regulatory basis for the granting of support under the Extension of Next -Generation 
Broadband Coverage programme.  
Resolution of 11 December 2020 of the State Secretariat for Telecommunications and 
Digital Infrastructure  announcing support for projects under the Extension of Next -Generation 
Broadband Coverage programme (call for applications 1/2021).  
Resolution of 28 July of 2021 the State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Digital 
Infrastructure  announcing support fo r projects under the Extension of Next -Generation Broadband 
Coverage - Broadband programme (Call for Applications - UNICO -Broadband 2021).  
Resolution of 14 June of 2022 the State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Digital 
Infrastructure  announcing supp ort for projects for the Extension of Next -Generation Broadband 
Coverage - Broadband programme (Call for Applications - UNICO -Broadband 2021), as part of the 
PRTR. 
5. Form of the subsidy  
5.1 PEBA -NGA 1/2021 call for applications:  
This call for applications  was launched as a counterpart to the PEBA 2020 call for applications, solely 
for the 12 action areas (provinces) for which there had been no successful applications in 2020.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  The aid is granted in the form of a combination of subsidies and repayable advanc e payments from 
EU funds (ERDF advance payments), depending on budgetary availability.  
Both modalities take the form of grants. An ERDF advance payment takes the form of a 0% interest 
loan, which will be amortized ex officio  by the granting body upon recei pt of the ERDF aid from the 
European Union. This enables beneficiaries to obtain resources to carry out their projects in advance.  
The amount of aid to be granted under either of the modalities shall be determined ex officio  by the 
body responsible, in accordance with the available ERDF budget and funding. All beneficiaries shall 
be treated equally.  
The level of aid, which is understood to mean the gross amount of aid expressed as a percentage of 
the project's eligible costs,  shall be the minimum amount necessary and may not, under any 
circumstances, exceed the project's long -term commercial deficit forecast without support, or the 
limit established in each call for applications for each autonomous community and autonomous cit y. 
The limits set for each of the 12 Autonomous Communities invited to submit applications ranged 
between 55% and 80%.  
In order to prevent subsequent overcompensation, resolutions granting support stipulate that, 
should  overcompensation occur when granting  the support as a result of income and expenditure 
forecasts becoming more favourable, the operator shall be obliged to invest the additional profits in 
further network extensions, subject to the same conditions as the extension carried out with the aid 
granted, and shall inform the entity granting the aid accordingly.  
Beneficiaries are required to post collateral corresponding to 50% of the proposed ERDF advance 
payment.  
5.2 UNICO -Broadband 2021 and 2022 calls for applications  
The support is granted through the Recovery and Resilience Facility (NextGenerationEU) funds, 
linked to Investment 1 of Component 15 of the PRTR. It takes the form of outright grants.  
The amount of aid to be granted shall be determined ex officio  by the body responsible, in acco rdance 
with available ERDF budget and funding established in each call for applications for each policy area.  
The level of aid, which is understood to mean the gross amount of aid expressed as a percentage of 
the project's eligible costs, shall be the mini mum amount necessary and may not, under any 
circumstances, exceed the project's long -term commercial deficit forecast without support, or the 
limit established in each call for applications for each autonomous community or autonomous city, 
which is 80% in all cases.  
In order to prevent subsequent overcompensation, for projects with EUR 10 million of aid, resolutions 
granting support stipulate that, should overcompensation occur when granting the support as a 
result of income and expenditure forecasts becomi ng more favourable, the operator shall be obliged 
to invest the additional profits in further network extensions, subject to the same conditions as the 
extension carried out with the aid granted, and shall inform the entity granting the aid accordingly.  
 
For the 2021 call for applications, beneficiaries are required to post collateral corresponding to 50% 
of the amount of the proposed support. For the 2022 call for applications, no collateral is required 
for the advance payment  of support.  
6. Beneficiaries:  to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
The beneficiaries of this support are legal entities from the private sector that are duly authorized 
operators, pursuant to the provisions of Articles 6 and 7 of Law No. 9/2014, of 9  May 2014, on 
General Telecommunications Law.  
 
Subsidies and loans are disbursed after the resolution granting support in a competitive application 
process has been issued.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
Under the PEBA 1/2021 call for applications, the amoun t of support disbursed amounted to 
EUR 6,775,592.14 in subsidies and EUR 30,070,832.86 in ERDF reimbursable advances.  
 
Under the UNICO -Broadband 2021 call for applications, the amount of support disbursed amounted 
to EUR 249,930,122 in the form of reimburs able subsidies, and in the 2022 call for applications for 
this programme, the total subsidy amount was EUR  244,604,771.49.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The PEBA -NGA programme is scheduled to run until 31 December 2022, as provided for in the Order 
laying dow n the regulatory basis (Order ETD/348/2020, of 13 April 2020).  
 
Likewise, the UNICO -Broadband programme is scheduled to run until 31 December 2024, as 
provided for in the Order laying down the regulatory basis (Order ETD/704/2021, of 25  June 2021, 
amending  Order ETD/348/2020, of 13 April 2020, laying down the regulatory basis for the granting 
of support under the Extension of Next -Generation Broadband Coverage programme).  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The nature of the subsidy means that it is not trade -related.  
4.9  BSC-CNS ZETTASCALE LABORATORY  
1. Title of the programme  
Setting up a laboratory for the technology, hardware and software, needed to develop prototypes 
based on RISC -V technology in orde r to break the zettascale barrier.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
January 2023 - December 2025.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
There is currently a global race to develop the best high -performance computing (HPC ) hardware 
and software. The USA, South -East Asian countries and, to a lesser extent, Japan, control the design 
of this HPC hardware. Europe does not have this capacity to design basic supercomputer elements, 
including general purpose processors, accelerat ors, memories and interconnection networks. Europe 
has been buying these hardware technologies and has been concentrating its efforts on developing 
applications and software environments that provide support. As a result, Europe is in a position of 
technol ogical dependency, which is negatively impacting not only the design of supercomputers, but 
also the design of chips that will be used in future autonomous vehicles or that will run future AI 
applications. If Europe does not take immediate decisive action,  it will not be able to react and will 
be completely dependent on others in this field. This is a blatant case of market failure and if Spain 
wishes to be aligned with and fulfil the EU commitments set out in the digital agenda for 2030, 
having these techn ologies available in order to produce chips and therefore enjoy HPC sovereignty 
is an essential priority. Europe is actually being left behind in a world of technology rich and poor 
countries. Europe must leverage HPC in order to develop this capacity and the related infrastructure. 
Spain and Europe are aware that they need to provide support and funding to overcome the 
structural failure within the semiconductors market and, against this backdrop, some of Europe's 
most ambitious initiatives (such as the Eu roHPC Joint Undertaking and the Chips Act) have recently 
been launched.  
4. Form of the subsidy  
The aid is funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility (NextGenerationEU), linked to Investment  5 
of Component 15 of the PRTR. G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  5. Beneficiaries: to whom and h ow the subsidy is provided  
The BSC -CNS is one of the main European players in research into developing computer processors 
in Europe, it is a driving force behind and coordinator of the Chips for Europe Initiative and it is 
involved in related research pro jects, such as the European Processor Initiative  (EPI), the 
MareNostrum Experimental Exascale Platform  (MEEP), EUPILOT and the eProcessor project, which 
are focused on developing and producing computing nodes with European technology.  
 
The goal for 2024 is to produc e the first chip . This includes all tasks leading to the first chip being 
taped out and integrated into an evaluation board, as well as work to produce an initial version of 
the software adapted to the characteristics of this chip.  
6. Subsidy per  unit or total amount of the subsidy  
The maximum total subsidy amounts to EUR 50,000,000.  
4.10  4FOSTERING THE DEVELOPMENT OF IMMERSIVE AND INTERACTIVE CONTENT 
WITHIN THE AUDIOVISUAL PRODUCTION INDUSTRY AND VIDEO GAME SECTOR THROUGH 
SUPPORT FOR INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS 
USING METAVERSE AND WEB3 TECHNOLOGIES  
1. Title of the programme  
Aid for process innovation and experimental development projects which use Metaverse and Web3 
technologies.  
2. Period covered by the n otification  
2022-2023.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy:  
In view of the rapid adoption of these technologies, and both their global adoption in the audiovisual 
industry and their use in other industries, this aid seeks to foster the development of immersive and 
interactive content from within the audiovisual production industry and video game sector through 
support for industrial research and experimental development projects using Metaverse 
technologies, including three -dimensional e nvironments that can be accessed from any device 
(browser, mobile telephone, or virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) applications), and the 
adoption of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to support:  
• Launching new digital content and audiovisual production tools.  
• Using Metaverse and Web3 technologies for social transformation and the integration of 
disadvantaged groups.  
• Creating new virtual work and collaboration spaces.  
• Tools to design sustainable infrastructure.  
• Using the se technologies for the cultural, health care and education sectors.  
The key objectives of the activities include a commitment to promoting the integration of women 
into the audiovisual production, video game and immersive content industry.  
Furthermore, th ey serve to promote, modernize and digitalize the audiovisual sector, with the 
objective of improving the competitiveness, expertise and resilience of the business fabric, as well 
as the creativity of the audiovisual and video game sector.  
Lastly, bearing in mind the composition of the productive fabric of the audiovisual industry, this aid 
seeks to enhance the innovation capacity of SMEs and self -employed professionals, with a view to 
making them more competitive.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  4. Background and authority  
Order ETD/653/2022,  of 6 July 2022, laying down the regulatory basis for the granting of aid by 
the State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Digital Infrastructure and announcing the call for 
applications for aid for process innovation and experimental devel opment projects using Metaverse 
and Web3 technologies.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
The aid is financed from Service 12 funds, under budget heading 27.12.467I.776 "Programmes for 
developing the audiovisual hub".  
 
The aid is granted through a competitive application process and is not divided into lots. It takes the 
form of an advance payment to cover a percentage of the eligible expenditure budget. The maximum 
gross aid intensity established by the Order, in accordance with Article 25 of the G eneral Block 
Exemption Regulation, are as follows:  
 
 Type of enterprise  
Small 
enterprises  Medium -sized 
enterprises  Large 
enterprises  
 Experimental 
development  45% 35% 0% 
Project type  Process  
innovation  50% 50% 0% 
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Professionals registered in the Special Regime for Self -Employed Workers, as well as micro -, small 
and medium -sized enterprises (MSMEs), which are nationals of Spain, any European Union member 
State or Contracting Parties to the Eur opean Economic Area (EEA) Agreement, and which are 
domiciled in Spain for tax purposes, are eligible for this subsidy.  
 
The aid is granted once the final award resolution has been issued following a competitive application 
process, in the form of a payment  for the total aid granted.  
 
As the subsidy takes the form of an advance payment , applicants must post collateral corresponding 
to 100% of the amount provided.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
The total aid amount is EUR 3,800,000, with a minimum project budget of EUR 150,000 and a 
maximum project budget of EUR 1,000,000. Article 14 of Order ETD/653/2022 establishes which 
costs are eligible for funding. It states that the costs incurred by the beneficiary when carrying out  
the activities of the eligible project that meet the requirements set out in these rules will be eligible, 
provided that they clearly correspond to the nature of the subsidized activity, are strictly required 
and are undertaken, paid for and justified wit hin the time frames set out in these rules. Eligible costs 
include:  
(a) Costs of staff, researchers, technicians and other supporting staff to the extent employed on the 
project.  
(b) Costs of instruments and equipment to the extent and for the period used for the project. If such 
instruments and equipment are not used for their full life for the project, only the depreciation costs 
corresponding to the life of the project, as calculated on the basis of generally accepted accounting 
principles, are considere d as eligible.  
(c) Costs of buildings and land, to the extent and for the period used for the project. With regard to 
buildings, only the depreciation costs corresponding to the life of the project, as calculated on the 
basis of generally accepted accounti ng principles, are considered as eligible. For land, costs of 
commercial transfer or actually incurred capital costs are eligible.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  (d) Costs of contractual research, knowledge and patents bought or licensed from outside sources 
at arm's length conditions, as well as costs of consultancy and equivalent services.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The temporal scope of the aid's eligible costs will run up until 31 December 2023, starting from the 
notification that the final resolution.  
9. Statistical data  permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
No data available. The nature of the subsidy means that it is not trade -related.  
4.11  AID TO THE SHIPBUILDING SECTOR FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AND 
INNOVATION  
1. Title of the programme  
Aid scheme for the shipbuilding sector for R&D and innovation.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021-2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
Grant aid to the shipbuilding sector for R&D and innovation.  
4. Background and authority  
Royal Dec ree No. 1071/2021,  of 7 December 2021, regulating the granting of aid to the 
shipbuilding sector for research and development and innovation.  
 
General Block Exemption Regulation . 
5. Form of the subsidy  
Outright grants .  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how th e subsidy is provided  
Shipyards, as well as companies that are involved in a collaborative project, are eligible for aid to 
the shipbuilding sector for R&D and innovation.  
7. Total amount of the subsidy  
2021: EUR 6,908,777.  
2022: EUR 2,336,007.84.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
Applications for this aid can be made from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2023, coinciding with 
the date up to which Regulation (EU) No. 651/2014 of the Commission of 17 June 2014 has been 
extended. Should that regul ation be extended again, applications for aid can be submitted until the 
end of that extension period.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
No support is provided for exports.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  4.12  AID TO STRATEGIC PROJECTS FOR THE INDUSTRIAL TRANSITION IN THE 
PHARMACEUTICAL AND HEALTH PRODUCTS SECTORS (CUTTING -EDGE HEALTH 
STRATEGIC PROJECT FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION (PERTE))  
1. Title of the programme  
Call for applications for strategic projects for the industrial trans ition in the pharmaceutical and 
health products sectors, under the Cutting -edge Health PERTE, as part of the Recovery, 
Transformation and Resilience Plan (PRTR) in 2022.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
Granting aid for 2022 for undertaking strategic projects for the industrial transition in the 
pharmaceutical and health products sectors.  
4. Background and authority  
Order ICT/789/2021,  of 16 July 2021 (Official Journal of 23/07/2021), laying down the regulatory 
basis for granting aid for innovation and sustainability plans within the manufacturing industry.  
Order ICT/309/2022,  of 31 March 2022 (Official Journal of 12/04/2022), amending Order 
ICT/789/2021, of 16 July 2021, laying down the regulatory basis for granting aid for innovation and 
sustainability plans within the manufacturing industry, as part of the Recovery, Transfor mation and 
Resilience Plan.  
Order of 6 May 2022  announcing the call for applications for aid for strategic projects for the 
industrial transition in the pharmaceutical and health products sectors, under the Cutting -edge 
Health PERTE, as part of the Recover y, Transformation and Resilience Plan in 2022.  
General Block Exemption Regulation . 
5. Form of the subsidy  
Outright grants and loans.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Companies with legal personality, legally incorporated in Spain and duly registered in the appropriate 
register, regardless of their size, that undertake a productive industrial activity in the pharmaceutical 
or health product sectors, and which do not belong to the public sector.  
7. Total amount of the subsidy  
2022:   EUR 7,727,917.00 in the form of loans.  
EUR 3,390,608.00 in the form of grants.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
This aid is granted as part of the Cutting -edge Health PERTE, so the duration is expected to be 
similar to that of the project.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
No support is provided for exports.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  4.13  COMPENSATION SCHEME FOR INDIRECT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS  
1. Title of the programme  
Scheme to compensate industrial sectors and subsectors deemed to be exposed to a significant risk 
of carbon leakage for indirect costs between 2021 and 2030.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
To compensate certain sectors and subsectors exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage for 
indirect costs attributable to greenhouse gas emissions, passed on in electricity prices, as a result 
of entering the fourth phase of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS).  
The purpose of this scheme is to prevent the transfer of productive activities in these sectors to third 
countries that are not bound by the ETS or European Union regulations, which would lead to a decline 
in production in Spain and the EU, as well as the danger of producing an overall increase in 
greenhouse gas emissions due to the less stringent restrictions in non -EU countries.  
4. Background and authority  
Communication from the Commission (2012/C 158/04) (Official Journal of the European 
Union, 5.6. 2012),  and sixth additio nal provision of Law No. 13/2010 amending Law No. 1/2005, 
which regulate, respectively, the ETS and the guidelines on State aid measures.  
Communication from the Commission, C(2020)6400,  on Guidelines on certain State aid 
measures in the context of the system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading post 2021.  
Communication from the Commission 2021/C 528/01  supplementing the Guidelines on certain 
State aid measures in the context of the system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading 
post-2021.  
Royal Decree No. 1055/2014,  of 12 December 2014, establishing a scheme to compensate 
enterprises in certain industrial sectors and subsectors deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of 
carbon leakage  for indirect greenhouse gas emission costs, and approving the regulatory basis for 
granting subsidies for the 2014 and 2015 financial years.  
Royal Decree No. 655/2017,  of 23 June 2017, amending Royal Decree No. 1055/2014, of 
12 December 2014 , establishing a scheme to compensate enterprises in certain industrial sectors 
and subsectors deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage  for indirect greenhouse 
gas emission costs, and approving the regulatory basis for granting subsidie s for the 2014 and 2015 
financial years, and extending its validity until 31 December 2020.  
Royal Decree No. 309/2022,  of 3 May 2022, establishing the scheme to compensate industrial 
sectors and subsectors deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carb on leakage for indirect 
costs between 2021 and 2030.  
Order of 23 November 2020  announcing the advance processing of applications for 2021 for the 
subsidies provided for in Royal Decree No. 1055/2014, of 12 December 2020, establishing a scheme 
to compensate  enterprises in certain industrial sectors and subsectors deemed to be exposed to a 
significant risk of carbon leakage  for indirect greenhouse gas emission costs, as amended by Royal 
Decree No. 655/2017, of 23 June 2017, corresponding to costs for 2020.  
Order of 4 June 2022  announcing the granting of the subsidies provided for in Royal Decree 
No. 309/2022, of 3 May 2022, establishing a scheme to compensate industrial sectors and 
subsectors deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage for ind irect costs for between 
2021 and 2030.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  5. Form of the subsidy  
Outright grants .  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Legal persons from the private sector, regardless of whether they are covered by the ETS and of 
their legal form, are eligible for the aid, provided that they fulfil the following requirements:  
(a) They are duly incorporated at the time the application is submitted.  
(b) They engage in one or more activities, or manufacture products to be marketed for profit, in the 
sectors listed in Annex I to the Guidelines on certain State aid measures in the context of the system 
for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading post -2021;  
(c) They have incurred indirect CO 2 emissions costs during the year prior to the call for aid 
applications under the compensatory scheme, as a result of the indirect costs incurred with regard 
to supply costs for production processes.  
7. Total amount of the subsidy  
2021: EUR 178,999,998.53.  
2022: EUR 243,999,998.26.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The calls for applications for the subsidies regulated by Royal Decree No. 309/2022, of 3 May 2022, 
shall be issued between 2022 and 2031, to compensate for the indirect costs incurred between 2021 
and 2030 corresponding to the fourth phase of the ETS.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
There is insufficient  data to assess the trade effects of the call for applications.  
4.14  AID SCHEME FOR ENERGY -INTENSIVE USERS  
1. Title of the programme  
Compensation scheme for charges a ttributable to the financing of specific support to renewable 
energy production and high -efficiency cogeneration, and to additional financing in Spanish non -
peninsular territories.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective an d/or purpose of the subsidy  
The purpose of this compensation scheme is to compensate energy -intensive consumers belonging 
to economic sectors corresponding to the manufacturing industry listed in Annex 3 of Communication 
from the Commission 2014/C 200/01 o n "Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and 
energy 2014 -2020", with the exception of those corresponding to the extractive industry, based on 
their high electricity consumption and their exposure to international trade, for up to a maximum of 
85% of the charges attributable to financing support to renewable energy production and high -
efficiency cogeneration, and to additional financing in Spanish non -peninsular territories, which are 
passed on in electricity prices.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  4. Background and authori ty 
Communication from the Commission (2014/C 200/01),  Guidelines on State aid for 
environmental protection and energy 2014 -2020.  
 
Title III of Royal Decree No. 1106/2020,  of 15 December 2020, regulating the Statute on 
Energy -Intensive Users, in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 of Royal Decree -Law 20/2018, 
of 7 December 2018, on urgent measures to boost the economic competitiveness of the industrial 
and commercia l sectors in Spain, as well as the implementation of the provisions of Title III of Royal -
Decree Law 24/2020, of 26 June 2020, on social measures to foster employment and protect self -
employment and industrial competitiveness, to finance support to renewab le energy production and 
high-efficiency cogeneration, or to compensate for the additional charges incurred in non -peninsular 
territories, which are included in the charges levied on these consumers.  
 
Order, of 21 May 2021,  calling for applications for sub sidies, as provided for in Title III of Royal 
Decree No. 1106/2020, of 15 December 2020, regulating the Statute on Energy -Intensive 
Consumers, corresponding to charges incurred during 2020 for financing support to renewable 
energy production and high -efficiency cogeneration, and to additional financing in Spanish non -
peninsular territories.  
 
Order, of 8 April 2022,  calling for applications for subsidies, as provided for in Title III of Royal 
Decree No. 1106/2020, of 15 December 2020, regulating the Statute on Energy -Intensive Users, 
corresponding to charges incurred during 2021 for financing support to renewable energy production 
and high -efficiency cogeneration, and to additional financing to Spanish non -peninsular territories.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Outrig ht grants.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Private undertakings that own a point of supply or installation, which can prove that they have borne 
the charges for the supply of electricity for the year preceding the call for applica tions, are eligible 
for the aid regulated under this provision.  
7. Total amount of the subsidy  
2021: EUR 60,520,581.15.  
2022: EUR 42,557,600.00.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
Applications can be made for the subsidies regulated by Title III of Royal Decree 11 06/2020, of 
15 December 2020, up until the expiry date of the "Guidelines on State aid for environmental 
protection and energy 2014 -2020", approved by Communication from the  Commission 2014/C 
200/01.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
There is insufficient  data to assess the trade effects of the call for applications.  
4.15  INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND INNOVATION PROJECTS  IN THE 
MANUFACTURING SECTOR  
1. Title of the programme  
Financial support for industrial research, development and innovation projects in the manufacturing 
sector.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  2. Period covered by the notification  
2021-2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
Aid for industrial research, experimental development, and organization al and process -related 
innovation projects in the manufacturing sector.  
For 2021 and 2022, projects must be in line with at least one of the following thematic priorities:  
1. Circular economy and eco -innovation applied to the improvement of value chains.  
2. Decarbonization, energy efficiency, new sources of sustainable energy and cutting 
polluting emissions.  
3. Advanced materials and products.  
4. Innovation in quality and safety processes.  
5. Production process innovations stemming from thematic priority . 
4. Background and authority  
Order establishing the regulatory basis: Order ICT/789/2021,  of 16 July 2021, laying down 
the regulatory basis for the granting of aid for innovation and sustainability plans in the 
manufacturing sector.  
Order ICT/309/2022,  of 31 March 2022, amending Order ICT/789/2021, of 16 July 2021, laying 
down the regulatory basis for the granting of aid for innovation and sustainability plans in the 
manufacturing sector, as part of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilien ce Plan.  
Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014  of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid 
compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (General 
Block Exemption Regulation. Official Journal of the European Union L 187 of 27  June 2014).  
Law No. 38/200 3, of 17 November 2003, General Law on Subsidies.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
The aid regulated by this Order may take the form of loans, subsidies, or a combination of the two. 
Loans shall be interest -free for up to 80% of the eligible investment with a total repayment period 
of 10 years and a grace period of 3 years.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Companies with legal personality, legally incorporated in Spain and duly registered in the appropriate 
register that undertake a productiv e industrial activity for at least three years prior to the application 
deadline, regardless of their size, which do not belong to the public sector and which meet all the 
conditions set out in Article 4 of Order ICT/789/2021, of 16 July 2021.  
7. Subsidy p er unit or total amount of the subsidy  
2021:  Announced: EUR 94,000,000.  
Total granted: EUR 57,413,530.18 to a total of 30 projects.  
Granted from the State Budget: EUR 57,413,530.18.  
2022:  Announced: EUR 150,000,000.  
Total granted: EUR 83,482,555.69 to a to tal of 69 projects.  
Granted from the State Budget: EUR 63,973,620.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
Subsidized projects must be completed in the period running from the day after submission of the 
application and up to a maximum of 24 months after the date of t he decision granting the subsidy.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  Call for applications 2021:  
Application window: 17 August 2021 to 26 August 2021.  
Decision: 14 December 2021.  
Call for applications 2022:  
Application window: 10 May 2022 to 31 May 2022.  
Decision: 3 November 2022.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The trade effects are  not considered to be significant because the volume of aid is very small 
compared to total industrial output.  
Furthermore, this aid is granted under the Gen eral Block Exemption Regulation, which presupposes 
that it does not infringe free competition rules.  
4.16  CONNECTED INDUSTRY 4.0  
1. Title of the programme  
Financial support for research, development and innovation projects in the area of Connected 
Industry 4.0.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021-2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
Development of industrial research, experimental development, and organizational and 
process -related innovation projects in the area of Connect ed Industry 4.0, with a view to meeting 
those objectives.  
4. Background and authority  
Order establishing the regulatory basis: Order ICT/713/2021,  of 29 June 2021, laying down 
the regulatory basis for the granting of aid for research, development and innovation projects in the 
area of Connected Industry 4.0.  
Order ICT/235/2022,  of 23 March 2022, amending Order ICT/713/2021, of 29 June 2021, laying 
down the regulatory basis for the granting of aid for R&D and innovation projects in the area of 
Connected Industry 4.0.  
Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014  of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid 
compatible with the internal market in appli cation of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (General 
Block Exemption Regulation. Official Journal of the European Union L 187 of 27 June 2014).  
Law No. 38/2003,  of 17 November 2003, General  Law on Subsidies.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Loans shall be interest -free for up to 80% of the eligible investment, with a total repayment period 
of 5 years and a grace period of 2 years for the ACTIVA -SME action line, and a total repayment 
period of 10 years and a grace period to 3 years for the ACTIVA -Major Undertakings a ction line.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Companies with legal personality, legally incorporated in Spain and duly registered in the appropriate 
register that undertake a productive industrial activity for at least three years p rior to the application 
deadline, regardless of their size, which do not belong to the public sector and which meet all the 
conditions set out in Article 4 of Order ICT/713/2021, of 29 June 2021.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
2021:  Announced: EUR 95,000,000.  
Total granted: EUR 9,969,571.75 to a total of 33 projects.  
Granted from the State Budget: EUR 9,969,571.75.  
2022:  Announced: EUR 140,000,000.  
Total granted: EUR 9,685,930.00 to a total of 60 projects.  
Granted from the State Budget: EUR 9,685,930.00.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
Subsidized projects must be completed in the period running from the day after submission of the 
application and up to a maximum of 24 months after the date of the decision granting the subsidy.  
Call for applications 2021:  
Application window: 6 August 2021 to 17 August 2021.  
Decision: 7 December 2021.  
Call for applications 2022:  
Application window: 25 April 2022 to 17 May 2022.  
Decision: 3 November 2022.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The trade effects are  not considered to be significant because the volume of aid is very small 
compared to total industrial output.  
Furthermore, this aid is granted under the General Block Exemption Regulation, which presup poses 
that it does not infringe free competition rules.  
4.17  STRATEGIC PROJECT FOR ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND TRANSFORMATION 
(PERTE)ON ELECTRIC AND CONNECTED VEHICLES  
1. Title of the programme  
PERTE on electric and connected vehicles.  
2. Period covered by the notifi cation  
2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The objective of this PERTE  is to create the necessary ecosystem in Spain for the development and 
manufacture of electric and network -connected vehicles, and to make Spain a European 
electromobility hub.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  4. Background and authority  
Order establishing the regulatory basis: Order ICT/ 1466/2021,  of 27 December 2021, laying 
down the regulatory basis for the granting of aid to comprehensive electric and connected vehicle 
industrial chain operations under the Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation in 
the Electric and Co nnected Vehicles Sector (PERTE VEC), within the framework of the Recovery, 
Transformation and Resilience Plan.  
Order ICT/209/2022,  of 17 March 2022, announcing the call for applications for 2022 and 
amending Order ICT/1466/2021, of 23 December 2021, laying  down the regulatory basis for the 
granting of aid to comprehensive electric and connected vehicle industrial chain operations under 
the Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation in the Electric and Connected 
Vehicles Sector (PERTE VEC), w ithin the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience 
Plan. 
Order ICT/359/2022, of 25 April 2022, amending Order ICT/1466/2021, of 23 December 2021, 
laying down the regulatory basis for the granting of aid to comprehensive electric and connect ed 
vehicle industrial chain operations under the Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and 
Transformation in the Electric and Connected Vehicles Sector (PERTE VEC), within the framework of 
the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan; and Order ICT/2 09/2022, of 17 March 2022, 
announcing the call for applications for 2022.  
Order ICT/426/2022,  of 13 May 2022, amending Order ICT/209/2022, of 17 March 2022, 
announcing the call for applications for 2022, and amending Order ICT/1466/2021, of 23  December 
2021, laying down the regulatory basis for the granting of aid to comprehensive electric and 
connected vehicle industrial chain operations under the Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and 
Transformation in the Electric and Connected Vehicles Sector (PERT E VEC), within the framework of 
the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.  
Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014  declaring certain categories of aid 
compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the T reaty (General 
Block Exemption Regulation. Official Journal of the European Union L 187 of 27 June 2014).  
Law No. 38/2003,  of 17 November 2003, General Law on Subsidies.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
The aid regulated by this Order may take the form of loans, subsidies, or a combination of the two. 
Loans shall be at interest -free for up to 80% of the eligible investment (or 75% for those 
corresponding to regional investment aid) with a total repayment period of 10 years and a grace 
period of 3 years.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Consortia without legal personality that meet the requirements laid down in Article 5 of Order 
ICT/1466/2021, of 23 December 2021. Members of the consortium may be public or private legal 
entities, wit h legal personality, legally incorporated in Spain and duly registered in the appropriate 
register, regardless of their legal form and size.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
2022:  Announced: EUR 2.975,000,000.00.  
Total granted: EUR 793,721,600.00 to a total of 628 primary projects.  
Granted through section 50 of the State Budget: EUR 267,742,919.00.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
Subsidized projects must be completed in the period running from the day after submission of the 
application:  
- to either 30 months after the date of the decision granting the subsidy;  
- or 30 June 2025, whichever is earlier.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  Call for applications 2022:  
Application window: 1 April 2022 to 3 June 2022.  
Decision: 20 January 2023.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The trade effects are  not considered to be significant because the volume of aid is very small 
compared to total industrial output.  
There is a plan to assess the trade effects of the subsidy, which was not imp lemented in 2021 -2022 
because the aid was granted in January 2023.  
Likewise, this aid is granted under Decision SA.64685 of the European Commission, which has 
considered it compatible with the internal market.  
4.18  PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRIAL INVESTMENT SUPPORT FUN D 
1. Title of the programme  
Productive Industrial Investment Support Fund (FAIIP).  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021-2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
To foster industrial investments that contribute to the creation and relocation of industrial 
establishments, production line and process improvements and/or modifications, and Connected 
Industry 4.0 and environmental sustainability projects.  
4. Background and authority  
Fifty-seventh Additional Provision of Law No. 11/2020,  of 30 December 2020, on the State 
Budget for 2021, aimed at providing financial support to promote industrial investments that 
contribute to fostering industrial development, strengthening industrial competitiveness and 
maintaining industrial capabilities  in the territory.  
Law No. 40/2015,  of 1 October 2015, on the Legal Regime of the Public Sector.  
Law No. 47/2003,  of 26 November 2003, on the General Budget.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
FAIIP  loans are granted at market rates, therefore they do not have a subsidy component. Financial 
support granted by the FAIIP is provided in the form of a loan. The loans shall have a fixed interest 
rate for up to 75% of the eligible investment, with a total repayment period of 10 years and a grace 
period of up to 3 years.  
The fixed rate shall be calculated monthly using the methodology below. The fixed interest rate shall 
be established as the sum of the following:  
- the average of the one -year IBOR index, re corded in the month of application and in the 
two months immediately prior thereto,  
- the margin established in Communication from the Commission 2008/C  14/02 based on 
the company's credit rating. Since the collateral levels required for the loans are at 10%, 
it is considered for the purposes of the aforementioned Communication from the 
Commission that the collateralization is low.  
- an invariable term of 50 percentage points. This increment corresponds to the maximum 
loan interest rate subsidy under the subsidy criteria detailed below.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Pre-existing commercial companies and cooperative societies, with a registered office and an 
establishment in Spain, which develop or shall develop a productive indu strial activity and industrial 
services, regardless of their size, and which are not part of the public sector.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
The Fund has an endowment of EUR 1.8 billion, having been endowed with EUR 600 million annually 
from the 2021, 2022 and 2023 State Budgets. The minimum loan amount is EUR 200,000 and the 
maximum is EUR 60 million.  
In 2021, the fund was opened and EUR 91.619 million in loans were approved for four projects; in 
2022, EUR 610,692,200 of loans w ere approved for 39 projects.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
Project budget items that have been executed up to nine months before the application date as well 
as those executed up to two years after the date the funding is formalized, shall be considered 
eligible expenditure. The items must have been paid for within a maximum period of two months 
following the end of the project implementation period set out in the financing agreement.  
The lifespan of the Fund is 20 years, during which financing may be reques ted at any time.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
There is no impact on trade because funds are allocated under market conditions.  
4.19  BUSINESS R&D AND INNOVATION PROJECTS  
1. Title of the programme  
Business R&D  and innovation projects.1 
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
To help Spanish enterprises raise their technological level by financing business projects in the areas 
of industrial research, experimental development and innovation.  
4. Background and authority  
Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid 
compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (General 
Block Exemption Regulation. Official Journal of the European Union L 187 of 27 June 2014).  
Law No. 38/2003,  of 17 November 2003, General Law on Subsidies.  
Support co -financed by the ERDF2 shall be regulated by provisions specific to that Fund, in addition 
to the aforementioned legislation.  
 
1 Including the following lines of financing: R&D projects (individuals and consortia), CIEN projects, 
Cervera R&D transfer projects, Línea Directa de Innovación  (innovation direct line) and  Línea Directa de 
Expansión  (growth direct line).  
2 European Region al Development Fund.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  Commission Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013  on the application of Articles 
107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union to de minimis  aid.3 
5. Form of the subsidy  
Partially repayable aid at subsidized interest rates4, as part of an ongoing open a pplication process. 
Partially repayable aid is eligible for ERDF co -financing.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
For R&D projects, the loan amount varies depending on each project. Loans finance up to 85% of 
the eligible budget and  include a non -repayable (eligible) tranche that varies according to the 
characteristics of the project, the size of the beneficiary and the origin of the funds financing the 
project. This may be 20%, 30% or 33% on a maximum aid amount of 75% of the approv ed budget.  
In the case of innovation projects, financial coverage also varies between 75% and 85%, with non -
repayable tranches of 4%, 7%, 10%, 15% or 25% according to the type of instrument and 
repayment period.  
The loan is disbursed in instalments conti ngent upon the presentation of proof that the milestones 
stipulated in the contract with the company have been met.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
In 2021, commitments for business R&D and innovation projects, implemented with repayable  and 
partially repayable aid, amounted to EUR 722.25 million, with a non -repayable (eligible) tranche of 
EUR 148.43 million.  
The average loan granted per project was EUR 0.54 million, with an average total budget of nearly 
EUR 0.71 million and an average non-repayable tranche of EUR 0.11 million.  
In 2022, commitments for business R&D and innovation projects, implemented with repayable and 
partially repayable aid, amounted to EUR 576.19 million, with a non -repayable (eligible) tranche of 
EUR 122.81 million .  
The average loan granted per project was EUR 0.58 million, with an average total budget of nearly 
EUR 0.68 million and an average non -repayable tranche of EUR 0.11 million.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The loans granted by the CDTI finance multi-year projects.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The trade effects of the aid are minimized because the loans are spread over a wide range of 
economic activities. This is reinforced by the nature of the programme, which is primarily focused 
on fostering R&D, together with the considerable number of project beneficiaries, with companies 
from various industrial and services sectors.  
4.20  SCIENCE AND INNOVATION MISSIONS  
1. Title of the programme  
Science and I nnovation Missions . 
 
3 Applies exclusively in the case of the innovation direct line.  
4 In 2021 and 2022, one -year Euribor, calculated at the time the subsidy was granted. In the case of 
innovation projects, it is also a Euribor rate plus a differential: c urrently +0.75% for a 4 -year repayment period 
and +1.5% for a 6 -year repayment period, in the case of the innovation direct line ; and +1% in the case of 
the growth direct line.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
To support major, public -private, R&D -intensive strategic initiatives that incorporate the latest 
scientific and technical trends and  challenges in order to identify and address the issues of productive 
sectors that are critical for the Spanish economy  
The nine missions of the 2021 call for applications are to promote:  
• Spanish agriculture for the 21st century: sustainable, smart, eff icient consumption of water 
resources and agricultural inputs, and climate change adaptation measures.  
• Safe, efficient and clean energy for the 21st century.  
• Spanish industry in the industrial revolution of the 21st century.  
• The circular economy thro ugh new technologies for recycling and recovering polymer 
composite waste in Spain.  
• The information security, privacy and cybersecurity of the Spanish economy and society of 
the 21st century.  
• Sustainable and smart intermodal transport.  
• The developmen t of tourism by harnessing the possibilities of technology.  
• The technological advancement and training of the Spanish biopharmaceutical industry to 
foster R&D projects in advanced therapies, vaccines and targeted therapies.  
• High-performance computing.  
The six missions of the 2022 call for applications are to:  
• Build technological capacities for safe and sustainable energy autonomy (fusion, hydrogen 
and renewables).  
• Promote Spanish industry in the industrial revolution of the 21st century.  
• Promote a more sustainable agri -food sector adapted to new conditions  as a result of climate 
change, through the use of advanced biotechnology tools.  
• Develop technologies for use in the naval sector that improve its competitiveness in the 21st 
century.  
• Promote the substitution, recovery and optimal use of mineral resources and strategic 
materials for the ecological transition.  
• Develop and strengthen an integrated photonic ecosystem in Spain.  
4. Background and authority  
Call for applications for 2021:  
Resolution of 20 July 2021  of the Office of the Chair of the Centre for the Development of 
Industrial Technology, E.P.E. (CDTI) approving the 2021 call for proposals of the procedure for 
granting aid for Science and Innovation Missions, within the framewor k of the Recovery, 
Transformation and Resilience Plan and the State Programme to Catalyse Innovation and Business 
Leadership of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021 -2023.  
Order CNU/1308/2018,  of 28 November 2018, laying down the regulatory basis for the granting 
of public aid by the CDTI within the framework of the State Subprogramme of Business Research, 
Development and Innovation of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 
2017-2020, intended for companies.  
Call for applications for 2022:  
Resolution of 16 June 2022  of the Office of the Chair of the Centre for the Development of 
Industrial Technology,  E.P.E. (CDTI), approving the 2022 call for proposals of the procedure for G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  granting aid for "Sci ence and Innovation Missions", under the State Programme to Catalyse 
Innovation and Business Leadership of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and 
Innovation 2021 -2023, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Pl an. 
Order CIN/373/2022,  of 26 April 2022, approving the regulatory basis for the granting of public 
aid, by the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology, E.P.E., for R&D projects and new 
business projects under the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021 -
2023, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Outright grants.  
Call for applications for 2021:  
The maximum budget for this call for applications is EUR 141,250 ,000 and will be funded by budget 
lines 28.50.460D.74909 and 28.50.460E.74914 under the 2021 State Budget.  
Call for applications for 2022:  
The maximum budget for this call for applications is EUR 125 million, of which EUR 1,503,839.81 
correspond to budget  line 28.50.460E.74914 of the 2021 State Budget, EUR  120 million relate to 
line 28.50.46QC.74909 of the 2022 State Budget and EUR  3,496,160.19 are from CDTI resources.  
These budget items cover the projects and investments set out in the National Recovery, 
Transformation and Resilience Plan, funded by the Recovery and Resilience Facility of the European 
Union, established by Council Regulation (EU) 2020/2094 of 14  December 2020 establishing a 
European Union Recovery Instrument to support the recovery in the aftermath of the COVID -19 
crisis and regulated according to Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 12 February 2021 establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility.  
This funding is legally linked to the implementation of the subsidized projects, measures integrated 
into Spain's Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Consortia of enterprises in two categories: Large Enterprise Missions and SME Missions.  
Subsidies up to the aid intensity ceilings: 65% for large enterprises, 75% for medium -sized 
enterprises and 80% for small enterprises.  
The aid intensity ceiling for e ach project and beneficiary shall be determined by the weight of each 
type of activity (industrial research or experimental development) and by the maximum intensity 
applicable in each case.  
The amount of aid may not exceed the thresholds set out in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 
of 17 June 2014.  
The aid granted shall be paid in annual instalments, in a combination of instalments, advance 
payments, interim payments, and payments mad e after the subsidized activity has been carried out.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
The aid granted under the 2021 programme amounted to EUR 124.84 million. The average subsidy 
per company was EUR 0.54 million, with an average budget of EUR 0.80 million.  
The aid granted under the 2022 programme amounted to EUR 124.70 million. The average subsidy 
per company was EUR 0.49 million, with an average budget of EUR 0.73 million.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The subsidies approved by the CDTI f inance multi -year projects: between two and three years for 
SME Missions, and between three and four years for Large Enterprise Missions.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The Programme seeks to stimulate stab le public -private partnerships within Strategic Sectoral 
Business Innovation Initiatives relevant to Spain's future challenges, and in line with some of the 
Sustainable Development Goals set out by the United Nations in the 2030 Agenda.  
The trade effects are therefore minimal, given that the subsidies are spread over a wide range of 
economic activities, there is a high number of beneficiaries and the distinctly pre -competitive nature 
of the projects, which mean that they are far from being brought to marke t.  
4.21  INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION PROJECTS IN THE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE 
SECTOR  
1. Title of the programme  
EMFF5 / EMFAF6 Investment and Innovation Projects.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
To finance investment/innovation projects of businesses in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.  
4. Background and authority  
Regulation (EU) No 508/2014  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on 
the European Maritime and Fis heries Fund.  
Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
17 December  2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, 
the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund  for Rural Development 
and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European 
Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European 
Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council  Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.  
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending 
Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013,  (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) 
No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision 
No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.  
Spanish civil and trade regulations, and the management and inf ormation principles of 
Law No. 38/2003 , of 17 November 2003, General Law on Subsidies . 
Regulation (EU) No 2021/1139  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2021 
establishing the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund.  
Regulation (EU) No 2021/1060  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 June 2021 
laying down common provisions on th e European Regional Development Fund, the European Social 
Fund Plus, the Cohesion Fund, the Just Transition Fund and the European Maritime, Fisheries and 
Aquaculture Fund and financial rules for those and for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, 
the Internal Security Fund and the Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and 
Visa Policy.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Partially repayable aid at subsidized interest rates7, with EMFF / EMFAF co -financing.  
 
5 European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (2014 -2020).  
6 European Maritime, Fishe ries and Aquaculture Fund (2021 -2027).  
7 In 2021 and 2022, one -year Euribor calculated at the time the subsidy was granted.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the sub sidy is provided  
Through the EMFF / EMFAF programmes, the CDTI finances investment and innovation projects 
adopted by enterprises (exclusively SMEs, in some cases) in the fisheries and aquaculture sectors.  
Enterprises participate individually, with the wi ndow open all year -round.  
The loan amount per project is variable, since up to 85% of the eligible budget is financed with a 
non-repayable tranche of up to 33% of the aid granted, calculated on the basis of a maximum 
coverage of 75% of the loan.  
The loan  is disbursed in instalments contingent upon the presentation of proof that the milestones 
stipulated in the contract with the company have been met.  
Beneficiary enterprises may apply for advances of between 35% and 75% of the aid granted; which 
may requir e the submission of additional bank guarantees.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
In 2021, commitments for EMFF investment and innovation projects, implemented with repayable 
and partially repayable aid, amounted to EUR 12.26 million, wit h a non -repayable (eligible) tranche 
of EUR 3.69 million.  
The average loan granted per project was EUR 0.56 million, with an average total budget of nearly 
EUR 0.71 million and an average non -repayable tranche of EUR 0.17 million.  
In 2022, commitments for EMFF investment and innovation projects, implemented with  repayable 
and partially repayable aid, amounted to EUR 5.33 million, with a non -repayable (eligible) tranche 
of EUR 1.70 million.  
The average loan granted per project was EUR 0.59 million, with an average total budget of nearly 
EUR 0.84 million and an av erage non -repayable tranche of EUR 0.19 million.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The loans granted by the CDTI finance multi -year projects.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The small number of beneficiaries to d ate makes it difficult to assess the potential trade effects of 
the aid received. However, the underlying principles of the EMFF / EMFAF include some that might 
have implications in this sphere, such as the transition to sustainable fishing, diversificatio n of the 
economy in coastal areas, job creation and improvement in the quality of life along European coasts.  
4.22  INTEREMPRESAS INTERNACIONAL  
1. Title of the programme  
Eurostars Programme, Interempresas Internacional  call for applications.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
Interempresas Internacional  direct allocations are granted to companies whose R&D projects were 
previously approved as part of the calls for proposals under the Eurostars programme, a joint 
undertaking between the European Commission and various countries to support market -driven R& D 
programmes, led by innovative SMEs and undertaken with international cooperation.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  4. Background and authority  
Resolution of 5 February 2021  of the Office of the General Manager of the Centre for the 
Development of Industrial Technology, E.P.E., regulati ng the granting of direct support for 2021 to 
R&D projects with Spanish involvement selected from the international calls for proposals for the 
Eurostars -2 and ERA -NET Cofund programmes.  
Resolution of 14 July 2021  of the Office of the General Manager of th e Centre for the Development 
of Industrial Technology, E.P.E., amending the Resolution of 5 February 2021 approving the call for 
proposals for 2021 for the procedure of granting direct support to R&D projects with Spanish 
involvement selected from the inte rnational calls for proposals for the Eurostars -2 and ERA -NET 
Cofund programmes.  
Resolution of 3 November 2022  of the Office of the General Manager of the Centre for the 
Development of Industrial Technology, E.P.E., regulating the granting of direct suppor t for 2022 for 
R&D projects with Spanish involvement selected from the international calls for proposals for the 
Eurostars -3 programme, within the framework of the State Programme to Address the Priorities of 
Our Environment of the State Plan for Scientifi c and Technical Research and Innovation 2021 -2023.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Direct subsidies.  
The funding of Spanish companies in the Eurostars  programme takes the form of a contribution from 
the European Union (25%), with the remaining 75% covered by CDTI funds, by means of the 
corresponding Interempresas Internacional  decisions.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
The bene ficiaries shall be companies whose R&D projects have been previously approved in calls for 
proposals under the Eurostars programme.  
Aid covered by the resolution is granted directly, in accordance with Article 28.1 of Law No. 38/2003, 
of 17 November 2003,  General Law on Subsidies, and Article 66 of Royal Decree No. 887/2006, of 
21 July 2006, adopting the implementing regulations of Law No.  38/2003, of 17 November 2003, 
General Law on Subsidies, and the eleventh additional provision, paragraph 7, of Law 14/ 2011, of 1 
June 2011, on Science, Technology and Innovation.  
Aid granted under the resolution shall be considered state aid and is subject to Commission 
Regulation (EU) 2021/1237 of 23 July 2021 amending Regulation (EU) No  651/2014 declaring 
certain categ ories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 
of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation).  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
Under the 2021 calls for proposals, EUR 9.85 million was granted.  
The average subsidy per company was EUR 0.23 million, with an average budget of EUR 0.48 million.  
Under the 2022 calls for proposals, EUR 13.11 million was granted.  
The average subsidy per company was EUR 0.26 million, with an average budget of EUR 0.46  million.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The subsidies finance projects that can last between 12 and 36 months.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The trade effects of this aid are minimal in view of its nature, being primarily focused on fostering 
R&D; the small amounts involved; and the fact that companies from various industrial and service 
sectors can apply for it.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  4.23  CDTI -ERA-NET PROJECTS  
1. Title of the programme  
CDTI-ERA-NET projects.  
2. Period covered by t he notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The main objective of the ERA -NET is to implement joint calls for funding for transnational 
technological cooperation projects, on strategic topics that have high European added value.  
ERA-NET calls for proposals have an international and a national phase , each with its own eligibility 
criteria and application procedures, all of which must be satisfied to secure funding. Only projects 
approved during the international phase of the calls for proposals are eligible to receive CDTI E.P.E. 
funding.  
4. Backgro und and authority  
Resolution of 5 February 2021  of the Office of the General Manager of the Centre for the 
Development of Industrial Technology, E.P.E., regulating the granting of direct support for 2021 to 
R&D projects with Spanish involvement selected fr om the international calls for proposals for the 
Eurostars -2 and ERA -NET Cofund programmes.  
Resolution of 14 July 2021  of the Office of the General Manager of the Centre for the Development 
of Industrial Technology, E.P.E., amending the Resolution of 5  February  2021 approving the call for 
proposals for 2021 for the procedure of granting direct support to R&D projects with Spanish 
involvement selected from the international calls for proposals for the Eurostars -2 and ERA -NET 
Cofund programmes.  
Resolution of 15 June 2022  of the Office of the General Manager of the Centre for the 
Development of Industrial Technology, E.P.E., regulating the procedure of granting direct support 
for 2022 to R&D projects with Spanish involvement selected from the ERA -NET Cofund and  LEAP RE 
international calls for proposals, within the framework of the State Programme to Address the 
Priorities of Our Environment of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 
2021-2023.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Subsidies granted directly to companies with international projects approved in any ERA -NET call for 
proposals co -financed by the European Union.  
The aid is financed by the CDTI budget and the European Union's contribution.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is  provided  
Companies, duly incorporated and which are tax residents or have a permanent establishment in 
Spain, that carry out R&D projects, provided that they have been expressly informed that they have 
national funding secured by means of a subsidy.  
The amount of the individual subsidy varies according to the eligible project costs, the characteristics 
of the beneficiary and budgetary availability, in line with the aid intensity ceilings established in 
accordance with the General Block Exemption Regulatio n: 60% for small enterprises, 50% for 
medium -sized enterprises and 40% for large enterprises.  
The aid shall be paid in annual instalments as fixed in the granting decision or its annexes.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
Under the 2021 calls for proposals, EUR 1.83 million was granted. The average subsidy per company 
was EUR 0.23 million, with an average budget of EUR 0.48 million.  
Under the 2022 calls for proposals, EUR 1.11 million was granted. The average subsidy per company 
was EUR 0.14 million, with an average budget of EUR 0.27 million.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The subsidies finance projects that can last between 12 and 36 months.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The trade effects of this aid are minimal in view of its nature, being primarily focused on fostering 
R&D; the small amounts involved; and the fact that companies from various industrial and service 
sectors can apply for it.  
4.24   NEOTEC GRANTS  
1. Title of the programme  
NEOTEC grants  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The objective of this programme is to create and consolidate technology -based companies.  
The grants shall finance the launch o f new business projects that require the use of technologies or 
knowledge developed from research and in which the business strategy is based on technological 
development. It also seeks to accelerate the transfer of knowledge from a research setting to the  
business world.  
4. Background and authority  
Order CNU/1308/2018,  of 28 November 2018, laying down the regulatory basis for the granting 
of public aid by the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology, E.P.E, within the framework 
of the State Sub programme of Business Research, Development and Innovation of the State Plan 
for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2017 -2020, intended for companies.  
Resolution of 7 May 2021  of the Office of the Chair of the Centre for the Development of I ndustrial 
Technology,  E.P.E. (CDTI), approving the 2021 call for proposals of the procedure for granting aid 
for new business projects of innovative companies (NEOTEC  programme), under the Recovery, 
Transformation and Resilience Plan and the State Subprogramme of Business Research and 
Development and Innovation, within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical 
Research and Innovation 2017 -2020.  
Order  CIN/373/2022,  of 26 April 2022, approving the regulatory basis for the granting of public 
aid, by the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology, E.P.E., for R&D projects and new 
business projects under the State Plan for Scientific and Technical  Research and Innovation 2021 -
2023, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.  
Resolution of 10 May 2022  of the Office of the Chair of the Centre for the Development of 
Industrial Technology, E.P.E. (CDTI), approving the 2022 call for proposals of the procedure for 
granting aid for new business projects of innovative companies (NEOTEC programme), under the 
Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan and the State Subprogramme of Innovative Growth, 
within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021 -
2023.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  Resolution of 3 February 2022  of the Office of the Chair of the Centre for the Development of 
Industrial Technology, E.P.E. (CDTI), approving the 2022 call for proposals of the procedure for 
granting aid for new business projects of innovative companies led by women (NEOTEC WOMEN 
ENTREPRENEURS programme), under the  State Subprogramme of Innovative Growth, within the 
framework of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021 -2023.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Outright grants.  
They may finance up to 70% of the project budget, with a maximum amoun t of EUR 250,000 per 
beneficiary.  
The subsidy is financed by the CDTI budget, the State Budget and the Recovery and Resilience 
Facility.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Small enterprises that also meet the requirements to be cons idered an innovative company are 
eligible.  
Beneficiary enterprises must not be listed on the Stock Exchange and must have been incorporated 
no later than three years before the deadline for submitting grant applications specified in the call 
for proposals , calculated from the date that the instrument of incorporation of the company was 
issued.  
In addition, enterprises must not have distributed any profits and must have minimum equity capital 
of EUR  20,000 paid in prior to the submission of the application .  
Similarly, in order to be beneficiaries, enterprises must have filed annual accounts for the last two 
financial years, where applicable, with the Business Registry.  
The assessment and selection of beneficiaries shall be carried out in accordance with t he regulations 
for competitive calls for proposals on the basis of the documentation provided and with the principles 
established in Article 8 of Law No. 38/2003, of 17 November 2003, General Law on Subsidies.  
The beneficiary may request the advance payme nt of up to 60% of the subsidy awarded for the 
project, without any guarantee being required.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
In 2021, a total of EUR 36.46 million in NEOTEC subsidies was awarded. The average subsidy was 
EUR 0.29 millio n, with an average budget of EUR 0.41 million.  
Under the 2022 calls for proposals8, a total of EUR 39.92 million in subsidies was awarded. The 
average subsidy was EUR 0.30 million, with an average budget of EUR 0.43 million.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
Multi-year projects, with a total duration of one or two calendar years.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The nature of this activity, mainly focused on the creation and consolidation of young innovative 
enterprises, with developments still far from being brought to market, means that the trade effects 
of the subsidies are minimal. In addition, the subsidies are spread over a wide range of economic 
activities, and granted to a variety of sectors and beneficiar ies.  
 
8 Includes the NEOTEC 2022 and NEOTEC Women Entrepreneurs calls for proposals.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  4.25  CERVERA GRANTS FOR TECHNOLOGY CENTRES  
1. Title of the programme  
Cervera grants for technology centres  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 (no call for applications in 2022).  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The purpose of this programme is to strengthen the technology centres that undertake applied 
research in Spain, as well as their role as drivers of the Spanish Science, Technology and Innovation 
System as a whole.  
It seeks to strengthen the capacity of these centres in certain strategic technologies (known as 
"Cervera priority technologies") through networking, as well as to foster their ability to collaborate 
with different actors, especially companies,  on these technologies.  
4. Background and authority  
Resolution of 23 December 2020  of the Office of the Chair of the Centre for the Development of 
Industrial Technology, E.P.E., approving the 2020 call for applications of the procedure for 
accrediting and granting aid for "Cervera" technology centres of excellence under the State 
Programme for Knowledge Generation and Scientific and Technological Strengthening of the 
Research, Development and Innovation System within the framework of the State Plan for Scientific 
and Technical Research and Inno vation 2017 -2020.  
Order CNU/320/2019,  of 13 March 2019, approving the regulatory basis for the granting of public 
aid to research and knowledge dissemination organizations under the State Programme for 
Knowledge Generation and Scientific and Technological Strengthening of the Research, Development 
and Innovation System and within the framework of the State Programme for Research, 
Development and Innovation to Address Social Challenges, of the State Plan for Scientific and 
Technical Research and Innovation 2 017-2020.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Outright subsidies paid from the State Budget.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Consortia of technology centres and public technological innovation support centres listed in the 
Technology Centres Register.  
Subsidies of up to 100% of the strategic programme submitted by the consortium. Under no 
circumstances shall subsidies be granted to carry out economic activities.  
The maximum individual amount of each grant per beneficiary consortium shall be EUR  4 million.  
The aid shall be paid in annual instalments, in a combination of instalments on account and payments 
made after the subsidized activity has been carried out.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
Under the call for applications for 2021, EUR 34.52 million was granted. The average subsidy per 
beneficiary centre was EUR 0.89 million.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The subsidies finance strategic projects  with a duration of three years.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The trade effects of these grants are minimal given their nature, focused as they are on funding 
strategic R&D and innovation programmes carr ied out by technology centres and/or innovation 
support centres, and on training in strategic technologies, and are not linked to economic activities.  
4.26  SUSTAINABLE AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME  
1. Title of the programme  
Sustainable Automotive Technology Programme.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 (no call for applications in 2022).  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
To support enterprise -led strategic R&D cooperation projects in applied automotive technologies.  
The support is spe cifically intended for:  
• The development of components and platforms for electric, plug -in hybrid  and hydrogen -
powered vehicles.  
• Self-driving and connected mobility.  
• Adaptation of productive environments with safe and robust systems for human -machine 
interaction in the smart manufacturing environment, aimed at the manufacture of 
components and systems for electric, plug -in hybrid  and hydrogen -powered vehicles.  
4. Background and authority  
Resolution of 8 July 2021  of the Office of the Chai r of the Centre for the Development of Industrial 
Technology, E.P.E., approving the 2021 call for applications of the procedure for granting aid to 
targeted R&D and innovation projects (Sustainable Automotive Technology Programme), within the 
framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan and the State Programme to 
Catalyse Innovation and Business Leadership of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research 
and Innovation 2021 -2023.  
Order CNU/1308/2018,  of 28 November 2018, laying down the regulatory basis for the granting 
of public aid by the CDTI within the framework of the State Subprogramme of Business Research, 
Development and Innovation of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 
2017-2020, intended for c ompanies.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Outright subsidies, paid from the State Budget and the Recovery and Resilience Facility.  
Budget ceiling of the call for applications: EUR  40 million.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
• Consortia of between three and eight companies, at least two of which are independent. The 
consortium must be led by a large or medium -sized enterprise, with at least one SME among 
the partners.  
• Subsidies up to the aid -intensity ceilings: 65% for large e nterprises, 75% for medium -sized 
enterprises and 80% for small enterprises.  
• The aid -intensity ceiling for each project and beneficiary shall be determined based on the 
weight of each type of activity (industrial research or experimental development) and on the 
maximum intensity applicable in each case.  
• The amount of aid may not exceed the thresholds set out in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 
651/2014 of 17 June 2014.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  • The aid granted shall be paid in annual instalments, in a combination of instalments,  advance 
payments, interim payments, and payments made after the subsidized activity has been 
carried out.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
The aid granted under the 2021 call for applications amounted to EUR  39.89  million. The average 
subsidy per company was EUR 0.55 million, with an average budget of EUR 1.04 million.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The subsidies approved by the CDTI finance projects spanning a number of years (three calendar years).  
9. Statistical data permitting an assess ment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The Programme seeks to:  
• Contribute to the development of relevant applied technologies in the automotive field.  
• Enable a rapid recovery of the sector , based on the strengthening of innovative capacities.  
• Address the challenges of sustainable mobility, zero emissions, and connected and 
autonomous vehicles, in terms of both the manufacturing environment and the different 
related infrastructure.  
• Move faster towards sustainable and interconnected transport m odels that facilitate better 
traffic management,  against the backdrop of the COVID -19 pandemic.  
However, there are no data that permit  the trade effects of the subsidy to be assessed directly.  
4.27  AERONAUTICAL TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME  
1. Title of the programme  
Aeronautical Technology Programme.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
Funding for R&D -intensive strategic initiatives undertaken by groups of companies, the objective of 
which i s to contribute to the development of technologies that can be applied in the area of 
aeronautics.  
Technological challenges identified:  
• Emissions -reducing technology: zero -emissions aircraft  
• UAS9 
• Systems.  
Smart and advanced manufacturing: digitaliza tion 
4. Background and authority  
Call for applications for2021:  
Resolution of 31 March 2021  of the Office of the Chair of the Centre for the Development of 
Industrial Technology, E.P.E. approving the 2021 call for proposals of the procedure for granting ai d 
for Strategic Sectoral Business Innovation Initiatives ("Aeronautical Technology Programme"), within 
the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan and the State Programme for 
 
9 Unmanned Aircraft Systems.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  Business Leadership in Research, Development and Innovation , of the State Plan for Scientific and 
Technical Research and Innovation 2017 -2020.  
Order CNU/1308/2018,  of 28 November 2018, laying down the regulatory basis for the granting 
of public aid by the CDTI E.P.E., within the framework of the State Subprogramme  of Business 
Research, Development and Innovation of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and 
Innovation 2017 -2020, intended for companies.  
Call for applications for 2022:  
Resolution of 2 June 2022  of the Office of the Chair of the Centre for the Development of Industrial 
Technology, E.P.E., approving the 2022 call for proposals of the procedure for granting aid for the 
Aeronautical Technology Programme, of the State  Programme to Catalyse Innovation  and Business 
Leadership of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021 -2023, within 
the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.  
Order CIN/373/2022,  of 26 April 2022, approving the regulatory basis for th e granting of public 
aid, by the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology, E.P.E, for R&D projects and new 
business projects under the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021 -
2023, within the framework of the Recover y, Transformation and Resilience Plan.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Outright subsidies.  
Call for applications for 2021:  
Funding from the State Budget and the Recovery and Resilience Facility.  
Budget ceiling of the call for applications: EUR 40,000,000.  
Call for applications for 2022:  
Funding from the State Budget and the Recovery and Resilience Facility.  
Budget ceiling of the call for applications: EUR 80,000,000.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Groups of enterprises . 
Subsidies in accordance with the aid -intensity ceilings: 65% for large enterprises, 75% for medium -
sized enterprises and 80% for small enterprises.  
The aid -intensity ceiling for each project and beneficiary shall be determined based on the weight of 
each type of activity (industrial research or experimental development) and on the maximum 
intensity applicable in each case.  
The aid amount may not exceed the thresholds set out in Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EU) 
No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014.  
The ai d granted shall be paid in annual instalments, in a combination of instalments, advance 
payments, interim payments, and payments made after the subsidized activity has been carried out.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
The aid granted un der the 2021 call for applications amounted to EUR  39.90  million. The average 
subsidy per company was EUR 0.74 million, with an average budget of EUR 1.46 million.  
The aid granted under the 2022 call for applications amounted to EUR  78.33  million. The ave rage 
subsidy per company was EUR 0.88 million, with an average budget of EUR 1.43 million.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  8. Duration of the subsidy  
The subsidies granted by the CDTI finance multi -year projects.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the su bsidy 
The subsidy aims to significantly reduce the environmental impact of aeronautical technologies, by 
making future aircraft more efficient and cutting polluting emissions from air transport. It also seeks 
to tackle other strategic technological challenges, such as systems, UAS or smart and advanced 
manufacturing.  
However, there are no data that permit  the trade effects of the subsidy to be assessed directly.  
4.28  AID FOR SMEs WITH A  SEAL OF EXCELLENCE  
1. Title of the programme  
Aid for SM Es with a Seal of Excellence.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
This aid funds the R&D projects of Spanish SMEs that have been awarded a Seal of Excellence under 
the "Accelerator" programme of the European Innovation Council (EIC) under Horizon Europe, the 
objective of which is to support innovation that could create new markets.  
4. Background and authority  
Resolution of 15 November 2021  of the Office of the General Ma nager of the Centre for the 
Development of Industrial Technology E.P.E., regulating the granting of direct aid to Spanish projects 
that have been awarded the Seal of Excellence in the first call for proposals for the EIC Accelerator 
under Horizon Europe, i n the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan funded 
by the NextGenerationEU programme of the European Union.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Direct subsidies.  
The subsidy is funded from the State Budget and the Recovery and Resilience Facilit y. 
Budget ceiling of the call for applications: EUR 20,000,000 in 2021 and EUR  30,000,000 in 2022.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
SMEs, which must:  
• Be legally incorporated.  
• Be tax residents in Spain.  
• Have been awarded the Seal of Excellence in specific EIC Accelerator calls for proposals.  
The aid shall be paid in annual instalments as fixed in the granting decision or its annexes.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
Under the 2021 call for applica tions, EUR 20 million was granted. The average subsidy per company 
was EUR  1.43 million, with an average budget of EUR 2.30 million.  
Under the 2022 call for applications, EUR 30 million was awarded. The average subsidy per company 
was EUR 1.88 million, wi th an average budget of EUR 2.70 million.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
One-year or multi -year projects.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
There are no data that permit  the trade effects of the subsidy to be asse ssed directly.  
4.29  AUDIOVISUAL AND VIDEO GAME R&D PROJECTS  
1. Title of the programme  
Audiovisual and Video Game R&D Projects.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2022 (no call for applications in 2021).  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
• Aid for projects developing new technology that can be applied to the audiovisual and video 
game sector.  
• Aid for projects developing innovative audiovisual and video game technology that can be 
used in other settings.  
4. Background and authori ty 
Resolution of 7 December 2021  of the State Secretariat for Telecommunications and Digital 
Infrastructure (SETELECO) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital Transformation, approving 
the payment of funds from the Recovery, Transformation and Resi lience Plan to the CDTI for a call 
for applications for subsidies to promote audiovisual production and the video game sector, within 
the framework of the State Plan for R&D and Innovation.  
Resolution of 20 May 2022  of the Office of the Chair of the Centre  for the Development of 
Industrial Technology, E.P.E. (CDTI), approving the 2022 call for proposals of the procedure for 
granting aid to business R&D projects of application to the audiovisual and video game fields, and 
the transfer and adaption of these d evelopments to and by other sectors, within the framework of 
the Plan to Boost the Spanish Audiovisual Sector, known as the "Spain, Audiovisual Hub of Europe" 
Plan, the "Digital Spain 2025" Agenda, the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan and the 
State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021 -2023.  
Order CIN/373/2022,  of 26 April 2022, approving the regulatory basis for the granting public aid, 
by the Centre for the Development of Industrial Technology, E.P.E, for R&D projects and new 
business projects under the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research and Innovation 2021 -
2023, within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Outright subsidies.  
The subsidy is funded from t he State Budget and the Recovery and Resilience Facility.  
Budget ceiling of the call for applications: EUR 30,000,000.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Small and medium -sized enterprises.  
The subsidy shall be paid in annual instalm ents, in a combination of instalments, advance payments, 
interim payments, and payments made after the subsidized activity has been carried out.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
Under the 2022 call for applications, EUR 30 million was gra nted. The average subsidy per company 
was EUR  0.32 million, with an average budget of EUR 0.66 million.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
Multi-year projects.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
In order to assess to what extent the objectives set out in the call for applications have been 
achieved, the CDTI may perform an ex post  analysis on the impact of the funded projects by 
compiling the information provided by the applicants , in addition to the information gathered from 
the call for applications.  
The information gathered shall provide an additional modality for constructing the main outcome 
indicators for each call for applications and preparing a detailed statistical analysis of their effect s. 
4.30  CARLOS III HEALTH INSTITUTE (ISCIII) - CDTI JOINT PROJECT  
1. Title of the programme  
ISCIII -CDTI joint project.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2022 (no call for applications in 2021).  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
To combine scientific knowledge with entrepreneurial skills in order to speed up progress in 
developing clinical diagnostic products for the purposes of rolling out personalized medicine and 
emerging strategic medicines, focusing research and innovative effor ts of the public -private health -
care ecosystem on the following challenges:  
• Early and more accurate diagnosis.  
• Innovative and personalized treatments.  
• Improving monitoring of and rehabilitation for chronic illnesses.  
4. Background and authority  
This aid shall be governed by European Union and national regulations applying to European funds 
from the Recovery and Resilience Facility, in particular, by Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European 
Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2021 establishing  the Recovery and Resilience Facility, 
as well as other related European Union legislation and national regulations to implement or 
transpose EU legislation; by Order HFP/1030/2021, of 29 September 2021, configuring the 
management system of the Recovery, T ransformation and Resilience Plan; Order HFP/1031/2021, 
of 29  September  2021, establishing the reporting procedure and format of the information to be 
provided by State, Autonomous Community and Local P ublic Sector  Bodies  to monitor the attainment 
of targe ts and objectives and the budgetary and accounting management of measures within the 
components of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan; and by Royal Decree -Law No. 
36/2020, of 30  December  2020, approving urgent measures for modernizing the Pub lic 
Administration and for implementing the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan. This aid shall G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  also comply with the provisions of Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014, exempting it from the 
notification obligation laid down in Article 108(3) of  the Treaty. It shall also be regulated by the 
provisions of this document and, in a subsidiary manner, of any other unspecified document, as 
indicated in the current list of "R&D Projects", as well as in the relevant rules in force.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Partially repayable aid at subsidized interest rates.10 
The projects shall be financed with funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility, in particular, 
through budget line 28.50.460E.749.14 of the 2021 State Budget, and funds from the CDTI.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Enterprises.  
Aid of up to 90% of the approved budget, provided that the aid -intensity ceiling permitted under 
Community rules on state aid is not exceeded. The non -repayable tranche is 33% of the aid.  
The loan is disbursed in instalments contingent upon the presentation of proof that the milestones 
stipulated in the contract with the company have been met.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
Under the 2022 call for applications, commitmen ts amounted to EUR 10.73 million, with a non -
repayable (eligible) tranche of EUR 2.99 million.  
The average loan granted per project was EUR 0.56 million, with an average total budget of nearly 
EUR 0.63 million and an average non -repayable tranche of EUR 0 .16 million.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The loans granted by the CDTI finance multi -year projects.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
There are no data that permit  the trade effects of the subsidy to be assessed directly  
4.31  INFORMATION SOCIETY AID PROGRAMME FOR CREATING A DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM IN 
THE AUDIOVISUAL SECTOR, AND THE 2022 CALL FOR APPLICATIONS, WITHIN THE 
FRAMEWORK OF THE RECOVERY, TRANSFORMATION AND RESILIENCE PLAN  
1. Title of the programme  
Aid for 2022 aimed at creating or enhancing digital ecosystems in the audiovisual sector, in the 
framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2022.  
3. Policy objective a nd/or purpose of the subsidy  
The purpose of the aid covered by the call for applications C -014/22 -SP is to fund the development, 
by local entities, of projects designed to strengthen the infrastructure of the digital ecosystem in the 
audiovisual sector by facilitating the creation, distribution and management of information and the 
most advanced technology by SMEs from the audiovisual sector, and by supporting the creation of 
innovation spaces equipped with cutting -edge technology that will help SMEs from t he audiovisual 
sector overcome digital barriers and undertake their projects, so that at least 20 SMEs from the 
audiovisual sector can benefit from these projects up until 31 December 2023.  
 
10 One-year Euribor, calc ulated at the time that the aid was granted.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  4. Background and authority  
Law No. 38/2003,  of 17 November 2003, General Law on Subsidies.  
Order ETD/677/2022,  of 14 July 2022, announcing the 2022 call for applications for aid aimed at 
creating or enhancing digital ecosystems in the audiovisual sector, in the framework of the Recovery, 
Transformation and Resilience Pl an. 
Regulation (EU) 2021/241  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2021 
establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility; Order HFP/1030/2021 of 29 September 2021, 
configuring  the management system of the Recovery, Transformation an d Resilience Plan; and Order 
HFP/1031/2021, of 29  September  2021, establishing the reporting procedure and format of the 
information to be provided by State, Autonomous Community and Local P ublic Sector Bodies  to 
monitor the attainment of targets and objec tives and the budgetary and accounting management 
measures within the components of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan.  
Regulation (EU) 2020/852  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020: 
relevant environmental regulations  (do no significant harm (DNSH)).  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Aid regulated by this order shall be granted through a competitive application process, in accordance 
with the principles of publicity, transparency, objectivity, equality and non-discrimination, as well as 
the principles of achieving objectives effectively, and allocating and using public resources efficiently, 
as established in Articles 8.3, 22.1 and 23 of Law No.  38/2003, of 17 November 2003, General Law 
on Subsidies.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
The following local entities shall be eligible for aid under this call for applications, provided that the 
local population is 100,000 inhabitants or more, according to data from the most recent municipal 
register published by the National Statistics Institute:  
(a) Municipalities ( municipios ), represented by their respective local councils ( ayuntamientos ), and 
provinces and islands through provincial councils ( diputaciones provinciales  and diputaciones 
forales), the Canary Islands local authorities ( cabildos insulares ) and island councils ( consejos 
insulares ). 
(b) Municipal associations ( mancomunidades ) or districts ( comarcas ), consortia ( consorcios ) or other 
groupings of local entities, as outlined in Law N o. 7/1985, of 2  April 1985, regulating the Basic 
Principles of Local Government.  
(c) Groups of local entities formed in accordance with Article 11.3 of the General Law on Subsidies 
and with Article 67 of Royal Decree -Law No. 36/2020, of 30 December 2020.  
In the cases of (b) and (c), the threshold of 100,000 inhabitants shall apply to the total combined 
population of the supra -municipal group.  
Of the subsidy amount granted, 80% shall be paid in advance and processed ex officio by the body 
responsible, follow ing notification that the subsidy has been granted. The remaining 20% shall be 
paid after evidence has been produced for the aid, with any aid amounts for which adequate evidence 
is not produced subtracted from this 20% payment, where applicable.  
7. Subsid y per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
The maximum investment in each project or sub -project, including any potential contribution from 
the beneficiary, shall be EUR  10 million.  
The minimum investment in each project or sub -project, including any potent ial contribution from 
the beneficiary, shall be EUR  5 million.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  The aid shall only be granted if there are adequate and sufficient funds when the granting decision 
is made.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The duration of the subsidy shall be the same as the peri od that the Recovery, Transformation and 
Resilience Plan is in force.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The objective of this sub -project is that the creation of these digital ecosystems in the audiovisual 
sector will have an effect on, at least, 20 SMEs in that sector by 31  December  2023.  
4.32  AID FOR 2021 INTENDED FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS ON 
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND OTHER DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, AND THEIR 
INTEGRATION INTO VALUE CHAINS  
1. Title of the programme  
Aid for 2021 intended for research and development projects on artificial intelligence and other 
digital technologies, and their integration into value chains.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021-2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The purpose of call for applications C -005/21 -ED is to select, through a competitive application 
process, the beneficiaries of aid to fund eligible projects and activities, in accordance with the 
characteristics established in paragr aph 1(b) of Article 2.1(b) "Eligible measures" of the subsidy's 
regulatory Order, which states that the call for applications may fund projects that include: "The 
development of strategic areas of business R&D and innovation and entrepreneurship in the are a of 
technology. Among other activities are those that address technological development and 
entrepreneurship to tackle societal challenges, so as to promote the development of the necessary 
expertise and technologies to present and find solutions to compl ex problems linked to those 
challenges, by incorporating research, technological development and innovation in the broadest 
sense."  
4. Background and authority  
Law 38/2003,  of 17 November 2003, General Law  on Subsidies. Order  ECE/1301/2019,  of 17 
December 2019, approving the regulatory basis for the granting of aid by the public corporate entity, 
Red.es, M.P., to programmes for the development of technological entrepreneurship and 
technological demand, within the framework of the Digital Economy and Society  Strategic Action of 
the State R&D and Innovation Programme Focused on Societal Challenges (Official Journal of 9 
January 2020), as amended by Order ETD/857/2021, of 28 July 2021.  
Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014  of 17 June 2014 declaring certain cat egories of aid 
compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty.  
Order ECE/1301/2019  of 17 December 2019, approving the regulatory basis for the granting of 
aid by the public corporate entity, Red.es, M.P., to progra mmes for the development of technological 
entrepreneurship and technological demand, within the framework of the Digital Economy and 
Society Strategic Action of the State R&D and Innovation Programme Focused on Societal Challenges 
(Official Journal of 9 Ja nuary 2020), as amended by Order ETD/857/2021, of 28 July 2021.  
Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014  of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid 
compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  5. Form of the subsidy  
Monetary subsidies for co -funding eligible projects submitted by the beneficiary.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
The beneficiaries of this aid shall be enterprises, according to the definition of an "enterprise" and 
the different types of enterprise, set out in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 
17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application 
of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, a re eligible for this aid.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
The aid under this call for applications shall take the form of monetary subsidies for co -funding 
eligible projects submitted by the beneficiary. The maximum total amount of aid i s EUR  105 million. 
Industrial research or experimental development projects shall be eligible for aid under this call for 
applications.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
Applications shall be submitted through the relevant form available on the Red.es website, 
http://sede.red.gob.es , within the time frame set in the 19th section of the Call for Applications, as 
detailed in Article 13 "Initiation of the procedure" of the Order regulating the s ubsidy.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
The following indicators have been selected:  
- Number of applications submitted  
- Number of activities.  
4.33  INTERNATIONAL ACCELERATION PROGRAMME. CYBERSECURITY VENTURES 
2020 -2021  
1. Title of the programme  
International Acceleration Programme. Cybersecurity Ventures 2020 -2021.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2020-2021.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
Among the initiatives promoted by the state -owned entity, the National Cybersecurity Institute of 
Spain, M.P., S.A. (INCIBE) are those that seek to promote a strong cybersecurity industry which 
helps to build digital confidence. Therefore, given the global nature of  the market, the purpose of 
the subsidy is to facilitate the growth of existing companies and the market access of new, highly -
scalable proposals that have an international outlook.  
- To stimulate the development of cybersecurity companies  
- To support ent repreneurial talent in fully developing their cybersecurity projects through 
training, mentoring and networking  
- To contribute to the implementation of Spain's cybersecurity strategy, linking it to the 
cybersecurity challenges addressed in the programme  
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  4. Background and authority  
Please find below a link to the programme's regulatory bases, which cover its operation:  
https://www.incibe.es/sites/default/files/contenidos/ayudas/doc/bases -cybersecurity -ventures -
2020.pdf  
5. Form of the subsidy  
The subsidy comes in the form of aid (awards). Award recipients shall be selected in accordance with 
the principles of publicity, transparency, objectivity, equality and non -discrimination, through a 
competitive application process.  
The overall budget provision for the programme stands at EUR 160,000, with EUR 120,000 allocated 
for monetary awards and EUR 40,000 allocated for in -kind awards in the form of training and 
mentoring time. Travel and accommodation shall also be provided for  one person from each finalist 
company for the Demo Day, for a maximum total amount of EUR 15,000 (including indirect taxes). 
Three travel allowances for a total amount of EUR 10,500 (including indirect taxes) may be granted 
to the winners in order for the m to participate in events and activities within the framework of ICEX 
and INCIBE projects (Exhibitor in the Spanish Pavilion at the RSA Conference or direct foreign 
missions), or to participate in one of the two Desafía  Programmes promoted by ICEX and Red .es (in 
Tel Aviv or San Francisco), provided that the company has been preselected for either of those 
Programmes.  
 
In-kind awards  
 
The 10 finalist projects selected in accordance with these rules shall take part in the Cybersecurity 
Ventures Acceleratio n Programme free of charge, in addition to benefiting from training and 
mentoring in the total amount of EUR 40,000 (EUR 4,000 for each shortlisted company).  
Travel and accommodation shall be provided for one person from each of the 10 finalist projects f or 
the Demo Day, provided that their place of residence is outside of the municipality where the event 
is being held. INCIBE shall bear all of the travel and accommodation costs (including indirect taxes) 
up to a maximum of EUR 1,500 per company, provided that the company subsequently gives a 
presentation at the Demo Day. Should the company fail to do so, it must then refund these costs 
under the conditions set out in rule nine.  
 
Monetary awards  
 
The acceleration programme has a budget of EUR 120,000 to h elp give momentum to the selected 
business projects, in addition to three travel allowances of EUR 3,500 each, which is broken down 
as follows:  
• EUR 6,000 for each of the 10 finalist companies selected in accordance with rule six, in order 
to attend the acceleration phase in León.  
• After the Demo Day, EUR 60,000 shall be shared among the three winners, who shall receive 
the following amounts:  
o 1st prize: EUR 28,000  
o 2nd prize: EUR 18,000  
o 3rd prize: EUR 14,000.  
• INCIBE  may also provide a travel allowance of EUR 3,500 to each of the three winners to 
help with travel, accommodation and subsistence expenses incurred as a result of 
participating in one of the following activities, events or programmes of their choice:  
o In events and activities within the framework of ICEX and INCIBE projects (Exhibitor 
in the Spanish Pavilion at the RSA Conference or direct foreign missions), where the 
call for applications is published within one calendar year of the final approval 
decisi on announcing the three winners. INCIBE cannot guarantee that there will be 
an open call for applications for events or activities during that period.  
o In one of the two Desafía  programmes launched by ICEX Spain Export and 
Investment and Red.es, Desafía  Tel Aviv and Desafía  San Francisco, provided that 
the company has been selected to participate within one calendar year of the final 
approval decision announcing the three winners. INCIBE is not involved in the 
selection process and therefore does not guar antee admission to any of these G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  programmes and disclaims any responsibility in this regard. Upon request, a one -
on-one video call may be arranged with the head of each Desafía  programme, in 
order to get further information and address any potential concern s.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
TOTAL EUR 191,929.26  
- In-kind aid (training and mentoring): EUR 58,430.70  
- In-kind aid (travel and accommodation in order to attend the Demo Day): EUR 5,627.36  
- In-kind aid (stand at Startup Olé): EUR 871.20  
- Monetary aid to attend the training course: EUR 60,000.00  
- Monetary awards for three winners: EUR 60,000.00  
- International travel grant in cash for two winners: EUR 7,000.00 (one of the three winners 
waived their right to the grant)  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
N/A 
8. Duration of the subsidy  
- 20 November - 21 May: Call for applications and selection of participants.  
- 21 June – 21 October: Acceleration programme.  
- 21 October: Demo Day and selection of three winners.  
- 21 November: Networking day.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
- Number of applications: 39.  
- Number of startups accelerated: 10.  
- Number of Autonomous Communities that are home to applicants: 10 (Andalucía, Aragón, 
Castilla y León, Cataluña, Comunidad Canaria, Comunidad Madrid, Comunidad Valenciana, 
La Rioja, País Vasco and Murcia).  
- Number of Autonomous Communities that are home to accelerated startups: 6 (Cataluña, 
Comunidad Canaria, Comunidad Madrid, Comunidad Valenciana, La Rioja and País Vasco).  
- Number of accelerated startups that have women in the founding team: 40%.  
- Hours of group training: 90.  
- Hours of mentoring: 50 per project.  
 
Effects on the companies receiving the aid:  
- Survival  rate: 100%  
- Programme score: 8.7  
- Jobs created: 15  
- Startups taken international: 7  
- Startups that have initiated investment rounds: 1 in process  
 
Participating companies must be micro -enterprises or SMEs with legal personality, legally 
incorporated in Spain. No more than five years must have elapsed between the date the application 
is submitted and the date the company was entered into the Business Register, and the company 
must not have distributed profits or have been created as the result of a merger. Companies must 
also be up to date with their tax and social security obligations.  
With regard to proposals and challenges, acceleration programme a pplications or proposals are made 
by companies and startups looking to grow their business  in the area of cybersecurity, with market -
oriented innovative products or services (new or significantly improved products or services).  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  4.34  ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE R&D MISSIONS PROGRAMME  
1. Title of the programme  
Aid in the field of artificial intelligence to support the digital transformation of society and the 
economy, within the framework of the Digital Spain 2025 Agenda and the National Artificial 
Intelligence Strat egy, and the call for applications to grant aid to fund projects as part of the 2021 
Artificial Intelligence R&D Missions Programme, within the framework of the Digital Spain 2025 
Agenda and the National Artificial Intelligence Strategy.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021-2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The objective of this aid is to fund industrial research and experimental development projects in 
the area of artificial intelligence (AI), to support the digital transformati on of society and the 
economy, within the framework of the Digital Spain 2025 Agenda and the National Artificial 
Intelligence Strategy (ENIA).  
The purpose of the projects covered by the subsidy's regulatory order is to support the transition 
towards a data  economy, by guaranteeing security and privacy, and capitalizing on the 
opportunities offered by artificial intelligence, through measures such as promoting artificial 
intelligence as a driver of innovation and inclusive, sustainable and social economic gr owth, and 
strengthening competitiveness through R&D activities across all AI -related technologies.  
4. Background and authority  
Law No. 38/2003,  of 17 November 2003, General Law on Subsidies, and its regulations, adopted 
by Royal Decree No. 887/2006, of 21 July 2006.  
Law No. 39/2015,  of 1 October 2015, on the Common Administrative Procedure for Public 
Authorities.  
Law No. 40/2015,  of 1 October 2015, on the Legal Regime of the Public Sector.  
Royal Decree -Law No. 36/2020,  of 30 December 2020, approving urgent measures to 
modernize the Public Administration and to implement the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience 
Plan. 
Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014  declaring certain categories of 
aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty (General 
Block Exemption Regulation).  
Royal Decree No. 203/2021,  of 30 March 2021, approving the Regulations on public sector 
activities and operations by electronic means.  
Law N o. 47/2003,  of 26 November 2003, General Budget  Law. 
Royal Decree No. 1494/2007,  of 12 November 2007, approving the Regulations on the basic 
requirements for persons with disabilities to access technologies, products and services related to 
the Information  Society and means of social communication.  
Regulation (EU) 2021/241  of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 February 2021 
establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility.  
Regulation (EU) 2020/852  of the European Parliament and of the Council  of 18 June 2020 on 
the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation 
(EU) 2019/2088.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  Technical guidance on the application of 'do no significant harm'  under the Recovery and 
Resilience Facility Regulation 2021/ C 58/01.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Aid granted through a competitive application process.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
Companies : A company is understood to be an entity that has legally established premises in 
Spain, regardless o f its legal form, that carries out an economic activity and is duly incorporated 
when the application for aid is submitted. State -owned corporations, state -owned enterprises and 
individual entrepreneurs are also covered by this concept.  
Research and knowle dge-dissemination organization : Pursuant to Article 2.83 of the General 
Block Exemption Regulation, 'research and knowledge -dissemination organization' means an entity 
(such as universities or research institutes, technology transfer agencies, innovation i ntermediaries, 
research -oriented physical or virtual collaborative entities) with legally established premises in 
Spain, irrespective of its legal status (organized under public or private law) or way of financing, 
whose primary goal is to independently co nduct fundamental research, industrial research or 
experimental development or to widely disseminate the results of such activities by way of teaching, 
publication or knowledge transfer.  
In order to qualify as a research organization, where such an entity also pursues economic activities, 
the financing, the costs and the revenues of those economic activities must be accounted for 
separately. Undertakings that can exert a decisive influence upon such an entity, in the quality of, 
for example, shareholders or  members, may not enjoy preferential access to the results generated 
by it. 
Business associations : The following business associations, which have legally established 
premises in Spain:  
(a) Joint venture ( Unión temporal de empresas ). 
(b) Economic interest group, made up of companies or of companies with other entities.  
(c) Non -profit sectoral business associations that carry out R&D projects and activities for their 
sector as part of their work. The non -profit status must be explicitly recognized in the entity's 
statutes or operating rules.  
(d) Innovative business groups must be non -profit entities and be a combination of enterprises or 
public or private research and training centres, within a geographic area or a productive sector, 
involved in collaborat ive exchange  processes geared towards securing advantages or benefits from 
the implementation of specific innovative projects. The activity of the innovative business group 
must be organized around a scientific or technological field or sector and/or a tar get market or 
market segment. The purpose of these groups is to facilitate innovative practices that will improve 
the competitiveness of Spanish companies, particularly SMEs, and increase their international reach 
and visibility, by grouping together a cri tical mass of enterprises and bodies. They must be 
registered in accordance with the provisions of Order IET/1444/2014, of 30  July 2014,regulating 
the Register of Innovative Business Groups of the Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, 
published in Offi cial Journal No. 186, of 1 August 2014.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
The maximum total amount of aid offered under the 2021 call for applications is EUR 50 million in 
subsidies.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  8. Duration of the subsidy  
Applications for aid may be submitted for projects running until 31 December 2024, provided that 
part of the project was undertaken in 2021.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
No statistical data permitting an assessment of the possible t rade effects of the subsidies are 
available.  
5  REGIONAL SUBSIDIES  
5.1  REGIONAL ECONOMIC INCENTIVES SCHEME  
1. Title of the programme  
Regional Incentives Scheme.  
2. Period covered by the notification  
2021 and 2022.  
3. Policy objective and/or purpose of the subsidy  
The purpose is to promote the economic development of the most disadvantaged areas. The 
objective of regional incentives is to foster business activity and to encourage firms to locate 
themselves in predetermined areas, in order to reduce economic dispari ties within the Spanish 
territory, to spread economic activities more evenly across the country and strengthen the regions' 
endogenous development potential.  
4. Background and authority  
The legal basis is the mandate of the Spanish Constitution, Article 40.1 of which requires public 
authorities to promote favourable conditions for a more equitable distribution of regional income. 
Similarly, Article 138 provides that the State shall safeguard the establishment of a just and 
adequate e conomic balance between the different areas of Spanish territory.  
The legislative basis is:  
Law No. 50/1985,  of 27 December 1985, on regional economic incentives to remedy inter -regional 
economic imbalances.  
Royal Decree No. 899/2007,  of 6 July 2007, approving the Regulations on regional incentives 
and implementing Law No. 50/1985, of 27 December 1985.11  
The regional incentives scheme was initially approved by a Decision of the European Commission, 
communicated to the Spanish Governme nt by a letter dated 1 June 1987. Pursuant to this 
authorization, 13 Royal Decrees demarcating the economic development areas were promulgated, 
which increased to 15 in 2015.  
The Guidelines on regional State aid for 2014 -2020 (Official Journal of the Europ ean Union C 209/1 
of 23.7.2013) were prolonged until 31 December 2021 (Official Journal of the European Union C224 
of 8 July 2020), and, as a result, the Spanish regional aid map for that period (SA.38472 (2014/N)) 
was also prolonged until 31 December 2021  (SA.57997(2020/N)). Royal Decrees Nos. 161 -
173/2008, of 8 February 2008, and Nos. 317 and 318/2015, of 24 April 2015, relating to the 15 
existing economic development areas during the period, were extended to 31 December 2021 
through Order HAC/1239/2020, and, therefore, state legislation regulating regional incentives was 
brought into line with the extended Community framework.  
 
11 Partially amended by Royal Decree No. 303/2015, of 24 April 2015.  G/SCM/N/401/EU/Add.26  
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  Subsequently, with the entry into force of the new Guidelines on regional State aid for 2022 -2027 
(Official Journal of the Europea n Union C153 of 29.4.2021) and the approval by the European 
Commission of the Spanish regional aid map for this period (SA.100859 (2021/N)), state legislation 
regulating regional incentives has been brought into line with this new Community framework.  
Consequently, Royal Decrees Nos. 613 -627/2022, of 26 July 2022, amending the 15 existing 
economic development areas bringing them into line with the new Guidelines, were approved  on 27 
June 2022. This regulatory amendment was notified to the European Commissio n and approved for 
the period 2022 -2027 as Aid No. SA.103929 - HAC - REGIONAL INCENTIVES.  
5. Form of the subsidy  
Direct subsidies12, awarded to productive investments and calculated, depending on the project, as 
a variable percentage of the investment app roved by the authorities.  
6. Beneficiaries: to whom and how the subsidy is provided  
The subsidy is granted to private enterprises.  
Once the decision to grant the subsidy has been approved, it is notified individually to the parties 
concerned by means of a n Individual Decision, setting out the basic project data, including the name 
of the beneficiary enterprise that has applied for it.  
The aid shall be paid once the corresponding Autonomous Community issues a report confirming 
that the project has been comp leted and that the required project conditions in the Individual 
Decision, accepted beforehand by the beneficiary, have been met  within the specified periods. During 
the implementation period, beneficiaries may apply to the Autonomous Community for interim  
payments of the subsidy, upon the production of proof that the investment has been made, provided 
that this is authorized in the corresponding Individual Decision granting the aid.  
7. Subsidy per unit or total amount of the subsidy  
Total amount of the sub sidy: 
 2021 : EUR 75,905,947.10.  
 2022 : EUR 111,553,155.70.  
8. Duration of the subsidy  
The scheme will remain in force insofar as the reason for its introduction persists, namely the 
imbalance in the regions' development.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy  
With regard to the statistical data that would permit the identification of a change  in the trade effects 
of the aid under scheme, it should be noted that, since it takes the form of capital grants for 
product ive investment in disadvantaged regions, authorized by the European Commission, it has no 
appreciable trade effects.  
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12That is, grants, within the meaning of Article 25.3(i) of the Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing 
Measures.