Main eligibility conditions:

1. Beneficiaries are newly established or existing enterprises.

2. In the 2 years preceding the application, it has not relocated to the unit where the initial investment for which the state aid is requested is to take place and will not do so for a period of up to 2 years after the completion of the initial investment for which the aid is requested.

3. The investment must be maintained in the beneficiary region for a period of at least 5 years for large enterprises or at least 3 years for SMEs from the completion of the project.

4. Enterprises that:

• undertakes to make an initial investment or an initial investment in favor of a new economic activity in the sectors listed in Annex 1;

• does not record outstanding debts to the budgets of the consolidated general budget, both for the registered office and for all work points;

• is not considered a company in difficulty;

• is not subject to a procedure of forced execution, insolvency, bankruptcy, judicial reorganization, dissolution, operational closure, liquidation or temporary suspension of activity;

• is not subject to decisions to recover state aid or, if such decisions have been issued, they have already been executed and the aid has been fully recovered, including recovery interest;

• at least 10% of the project value represents green investments.

5. The enterprises meet the following criteria at the date of registration of the application for financing:

• have a turnover return greater than 0 in one of the last 3 completed financial years;

• have positive equity in the last completed financial year;

• have subscribed share capital paid in accordance with the law in the amount of at least 100,000 lei.

6. Newly established enterprises may benefit from state aid if they meet the following conditions at the date of registration of the application for approval for financing:

• have a paid-up subscribed share capital in accordance with the law in the amount of at least 100,000 lei;

• do not belong to shareholders/associates who own or have owned in the last 2 years prior to the date of registration of the application for approval for financing, another enterprise registered in accordance with the provisions of Law no. 31/1990, republished, which carries out or has carried out the activity for which it requests financing.

7. Where eligible costs are calculated on the basis of estimated wage costs:

• the project results in a net increase in the number of employees, compared to the average of the previous 12 months, after deducting from the number of jobs created any jobs lost during that period;

• each job is filled within 3 years of the completion of the investment;

• each job created by the investment is maintained for at least 5 years or at least 3 years for SMEs from the date on which the job was first filled.

8. The obligation to maintain the jobs created is considered fulfilled if both the jobs created and the average of the last 12 months preceding the month in which the application for the financing agreement is registered are maintained.

9. The maximum project implementation period is 3 years, but no later than December 31, 2028.

10. The enterprise is obliged to maintain the investment made in operating condition, for a period of at least 5 years from the date of its completion in the case of large enterprises and at least 3 years from the date of completion in the case of SMEs.