Eligibility conditions

1. Applicants are represented by local public authorities from the North-East Development Region.

2. The applicant and/or his/her legal representative, including the partner and/or his/her legal representative, must not fall under any of the exclusion situations provided for in the Single Declaration.

3. The applicant must demonstrate at least one of the following rights over the property (building and land) that is the subject of the project:

• public/private property right;

• administration right;

• superficies right;

• concession right.

4. The applicant must ensure an own contribution to the amount of eligible expenses (minimum 2% of the amount of expenses) and cover the ineligible expenses of the project, as well as those for its proper functioning during the sustainability period. 

5. 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 application for funding 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 and do not benefit from public funds from other sources of funding, other than those of the applicant.

6. The project must not be physically completed or fully implemented before the submission of the application for funding, regardless of whether or not all related payments have been made by the beneficiary.

7. The framing of the project and its investment activities in the specific actions supported under the Priority:

• energy efficiency measures;

• related measures contributing to the implementation of the project for which funding is requested.

8. The value of the core activity or core activity package represents at least 50% of the eligible budget of the project.

9. The project achieves reductions of at least 60% of specific energy consumption.

10. The project includes measures regarding the Immunization of infrastructure to climate change.

11. The place of implementation of the project is located in the municipalities/ county capital municipalities, including the functional urban area/metropolitan area of ​​which they are part, of the North-East Development Region.

12. The building is built (has the works physically completed) by the end of 2000, is structurally independent, with a total useful area greater than 250 m².

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

14. 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.

15. The building is not a type of collective residential building or similar, with the exception of:

• penitentiaries;

• dormitories related to educational institutions.

16. The technically expertized building is not classified as class I seismic risk.

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

18. 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.

19. The territorial development strategy of which the project is part has obtained the Compliance Notice issued by the Urban Development Service (SDU) within the North-East ADR.

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

21. The activities in the project do not only target a 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.

22. The following are not eligible:

• investments in residential care centers;

• buildings in which there are spaces over which the applicant does not hold a real right, according to the specifications in this guide;

• projects that aim to extend the building vertically and/or horizontally, with the exception of the extension for the construction of a room for the heating plant. In this case, the expenses related to these works are ineligible;

• projects that involve only works that are not subject to authorization.

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