{"id":870,"date":"2023-02-28T16:42:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T16:42:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jose-saramago.com\/ordinance-n135-a-2022\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T23:49:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T22:49:38","slug":"ordinance-n135-a-2022","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jose-saramago.com\/en\/ordinance-n135-a-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Ordinance n135-A\/2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ordinance n\u00ba135-A\/2022, de 1 de Abril - Approves the Regulation of the Incentive System \"Companies 4.0<\/h2>\n

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February 06, 2023<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Under the Recovery<\/span> and Resilience Plan (RRP) a set of investments and reforms has been defined that should contribute to the<\/span> following dimensions:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • resilience,<\/span><\/li>\n
  • climatetransition<\/span> and<\/span><\/li>\n
  • digitaltransition<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    As far as the presentexposition<\/span> is concerned, we highlight Component 16 - \"Companies 4.0\", integrated in the Digital Transition<\/span> Dimension<\/span>, which aims at reinforcing companies '<\/span> digitalization<\/span> in order to catch up with the ongoing digitaltransition<\/span> process.<\/span><\/p>\n

    This<\/span> incentive system is aimed at any economic sector (respecting the sectorial restrictions provided for in the RGIC), throughout the<\/span> entire national territory, including the Autonomous Regions. Such<\/span>supportis<\/span> preferably granted in the form of anon-refundable<\/span> incentive, but may take other<\/span>forms.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The concrete investment measuresare<\/span> enshrined in article 5 of the regulation, among which we highlight the following:<\/span><\/p>\n

    a) National Network of Test Beds - creationThe<\/span> creation of a national network of test beds by supporting infrastructures that aim to create the necessary conditions for companies for<\/span> the<\/span> development and testing of new products and servicesthe<\/span>, and to<\/span> speed up the<\/span> transition processDigital communication<\/span>, either via a space or a computer.the<\/span> physical or<\/span>virtual;<\/span><\/p>\n

    b) Digital Commerce Accelerators - stimulating the digitaltransition of<\/span> micro, small, and medium-sized companies with commercial activity, through thecreation of<\/span> 25 local or<\/span>regional proximity accelerators, as well as a system of financial incentives for the digitalization<\/span> of business models;<\/span><\/p>\n

    c) Internationalization<\/span> via E-Commerce - investment in the development of supportservices<\/span>for the internationalization<\/span> processes of SMEs, namely in awareness<\/span>, training<\/span> and consulting;<\/span><\/p>\n

    d) Business Model Support for<\/span> Digital Transition<\/span> (Coaching 4.0) - fostering theintegration of<\/span> technology in companies, supporting the<\/span> development of organizational<\/span>processes and competencies that foster the digitaltransformation of<\/span> the organizations<\/span>' business model;<\/span><\/p>\n

    e) Voucher for<\/span> Startups - New Green and Digital Products - support for startups, in the<\/span> seeding phase, aiming at the development of new products andservices<\/span>with a strong digital and green component;<\/span><\/p>\n

    g) Digital Innovation Hubs - support for innovation hubsThe digital version<\/span> is selected competitively under the scope of the Order no. 12046\/2020, of December 11th, for<\/span> integrationo<\/span> in the national network of Innovation HubsDigital Connection<\/span>The<\/span> European Digital Innovation Hubs Network, created under the Digital Europe Program Regulation (EU) 2021\/694 of April 29, aimed at providingA<\/span> set of services is available to the public.transition supportdigital information<\/span> of companies and government entitiesPublic Administration<\/span>, with a focus on artificial intelligence, computationHigh Performance and Cybersecurity<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

    h) Cybersecurity, Privacy, Usability and Sustainability Certification Seals - investment in four newcertification<\/span> platforms in cybersecurity, privacy, usability and sustainability.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Potential beneficiary companies are<\/i> required to possess, or<\/span>be able to<\/span> possess, the<\/span>technical, physical, and financial means, as well as the<\/span>human resources necessary for the development of theoperation<\/span>. It must also demonstrate in the application process that it has financial solvency,not<\/span> fitting into the concept of a company in difficulty, or<\/span>subject to arecovery<\/span>injunction<\/span>, even if pending.<\/span><\/p>\n

    The eligible expenses and the<\/span> respective framework of aid per investment measureare<\/span> exhaustive, and are listed in annex i of the regulation. In the same vein, it regulates Article 10 the<\/span> expenses which do notare not<\/span> in<\/span> all In this<\/span> case, eligible, we highlight, for example, the acquisitionIt's a<\/span> good idea to use in-use goods, o<\/span> Value added tax (recoverable, or<\/span>notThis includes the<\/span> purchase of real estate and land, leasing<\/span> and rights ofuse of<\/span>spaces<\/span>, as well as current advertising.<\/span><\/p>\n

    As far as theselection<\/span> criteria for the applications are concerned, theseare<\/span> also exhaustive andare<\/span> listed in article 15 of the Regulation:<\/span><\/p>\n

    a) Relevance of the project in relation to the objectives of<\/span>the measure;<\/span><\/p>\n

    b)Implementation<\/span> capacity of the beneficiaries;<\/span><\/p>\n

    c) Impact of the project on business competitiveness.<\/span><\/p>\n

    In order to guarantee the final execution<\/span> of the project, the<\/span>final beneficiaries are restricted to a series of obligations<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

    On February 10th, 2023, the firstalteration to<\/span> the above mentioned regulation was published in Di\u00e1rio da Rep\u00fablica, increasing the<\/span> deadline for IAPMEI to<\/span>decide<\/span> on<\/span> project financing from 40 to<\/span> 90 working days. The<\/span>candidates must be notified by the same entity within 5 days from the date of thedecision<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-870","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jose-saramago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/870","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jose-saramago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jose-saramago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jose-saramago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jose-saramago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=870"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.jose-saramago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1460,"href":"https:\/\/www.jose-saramago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/870\/revisions\/1460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jose-saramago.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}