1. Eligible beneficiaries are:

   • UAT Cities from the North-East Development Region;

   • partnerships between UAT cities and public institutions and services organized as public institutions of local interest (financed from the local budget), subordinated to UAT cities;

   • partnerships between UAT cities and central public institutions.

2. The applicant and/ or his/ her legal representative, including the partner and/or his/her legal representative, if applicable, do not fall under the exclusion situations presented in the Single Declaration (Annex 3).

3. The applicant for funding must demonstrate at least one of the following rights over the property (building and land) and over other necessary movable and/or immovable assets, as the case may be, that are the subject of the project:

   • public/ private property right;

   • administration right;

   • concession right.

4. The proposed project has not previously benefited from public funding, for the same costs related to the same eligible activities as follows:

   • projects without works started – 5 years before the date of submission of the funding application for the same cost related to the same type of activities (modernization/rehabilitation) carried out on the same infrastructure and do not benefit from public funds from other sources of funding, other than those of the applicant;

   • projects with works started – 5 years before the date of issuance of the order to start the works contract for the same cost related to the same type of activities (modernization/rehabilitation) carried out on the same infrastructure, was not in the guarantee period for the activities listed above and does not benefit from public funds from other sources of funding, other than those of the applicant.

5. The project proposed for funding must not be physically completed or fully implemented before the submission of the funding application under the North-East PR 2021-2027, regardless of whether all related payments have been made by the beneficiary or not.

6. The implementation period of the project activities does not exceed December 31, 2029.

7. The project achieves reductions of at least 60% in the specific consumption of primary energy.

8. The project is part of both a territorial/local development strategy (as applicable) and at least one of the following strategic documents:

   • Energy Efficiency Improvement Program; 

   • Plan or Strategy for improving energy efficiency, climate and energy, sustainable energy.

9. The project complies with the provisions of community and national legislation in the field of sustainable development, equal opportunities and non-discrimination, gender equality and accessibility for people with disabilities.

10. The project complies with the requirements regarding the immunization of infrastructure against climate change.

11. The project complies with the DNSH principle - do no significant harm.

12. The project does not fall under the scope of state aid or no elements of a state aid nature are identified within it.

Eligibility conditions for the buildings that make up the project:

1. Construction period - the building is built (works are physically completed) by the end of 2000.

2. The proposed interventions for the building lead to an annual level of specific primary energy consumption, respectively CO2 emissions, that does not exceed the maximum values ​​mentioned in the table in Annex 18 to the Guide, for each type of building.

3. The building is not used as a place of worship or for other religious activities.

4. The building is not a temporary construction intended to be used for a period of up to 2 years, it is not an industrial building, it is not a workshop or an agricultural building, it is not used/intended to be used for less than 4 months per year.

5. The building is not a type of collective residential building or similar to it, with the exception of prisons and dormitories related to educational institutions.

6. The building is structurally independent, with a total useful area greater than 250 m².

7. The project activities do not target only one building unit (an area or part of the building, a floor or an apartment in a building), even if it is designed or modified to be used separately.

8. If the building contains spaces or building units rented or given for free use, concessioned to legal entities other than the applicant or occupant mentioned in the project, the following conditions are met:

   • the occupants (legal entities) must have been selected through a transparent and non-discriminatory procedure, in accordance with the legislation in force;

   • the total useful area related to these spaces or building units does not exceed 10% of the total useful area of ​​the building;

   • the occupant (the legal entity that has rented or received free use, obtained in concession spaces or building units) expresses its agreement for the Applicant to make the investment.

9. The technically expertized building is not classified by the technical expertise report in the seismic risk class RsI.

Eligible expenses