Czech Republic EU Grants 2014-2020Update July 2014

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Czech Republic• The regional aid map of a Member State defines the

regions eligible under EU state aid rules for regional investment aid granted by national authorities and establishes the maximum aid levels for companies in the eligible regions. The adoption of its regional aid map ensures the continuity of the Czech regional policy. It will be in force from 1 July 2014 to 31 December 2020.

• Article 107(3)(a) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) allows Member States to grant state aid to promote the economic development of areas where the standard of living is abnormally low or where there is serious underemployment. The regional aid guidelines define this type of regions as having a GDP below 75% of EU average.

• In line with these principles, regions covering 88.10% of the population of the Czech Republic will continue to be eligible for regional investment aid at a maximum aid intensity of 25% of the eligible costs of the relevant investment project.

Czech Republic maximum aid percentages2014 - 2020

Czech Republic• Whereas overall aid intensities have slightly

decreased as compared to the previous aid map (between 5 and 15 percentage points, depending on the region), the population coverage remains nearly identical. This is in line with the overall approach of the regional aid guidelines, which aim at supporting the most disadvantaged regions of Europe.

• The region of the City of Prague, where 11.9% of the Czech population lives, has a GDP per capita exceeding 100% of the EU average and will thus not be eligible for regional aid between 1 July 2014 and 31 December 2020. This does not alter the current situation, since this region ceased to be eligible for aid under the current map in 2009, after a transitional period where aid was allowed in part of the region with a 10% aid intensity.

Czech Republic maximum aid percentages2014 - 2020

Current status Europe Partnership Agreements & Operational ProgrammesPA submitted no OP’s PA & OP’s submitted Czech republic PA 17/04Italy: PA 22/04Spain: PA 22/04Croatia: PA 22/04Ireland: PA 22/04Luxemburg : PA 30/04Romania: PA 01/04

France: PA 14/01 and all 32 OPs submittedPortugal: PA 04/02 and all ten OPs submittedLithuania: PA 04/01 and their one OP submittedFinland: PA 17/02 and their one OP submittedHungary: PA 07/03and all five OPs submittedNetherlands: PA 10/03 and all four OPs submittedMalta: PA 01/04 and one OP submittedBulgaria: PA 02/04and all four OPs submittedSlovenia: PA 10/04and their one OP submittedSweden: PA 17/04 and nine OPs submittedAustria: PA 17/04 and their one OP submittedUnited Kingdom: PA 17/04 and three OPs submittedBelgium: PA 23/04and two OP submitted

Adopted PA no OP’s Adopted PA OP’s submittedGreece: PA adopted 23/05Cyprus: PA adopted 20/06

Poland: PA adopted 23/05 and all 21 OPs submittedLatvia: PA adopted 20/06 and their one OP submittedSlovakia: PA adopted 20/06 and all five OP submittedGermany: PA adopted 22/05 and 15 OPs submittedEstonia: PA adopted 20/06 and their one OP submittedDenmark: PA adopted 05/05 and their one OP submitted

Planning

• Partnership agreement submitted• No OP’s submitted• Adoption of PA & OP’s by European

commission in Q4 2014• Expected first grant calls Q1 2015 for funding

priorities related to Op’s

Funding priorities Czech Republic

Budget breakdownCzech Republic

Cohe-sion Fund

Less De-veloped Regions

Transi-tion Re-

gions

More Devel-oped

Regions

Outer-most and

north-ern

sparsely popu-

lated re-gions

Euro-pean

Territo-rial Co-opera-

tion

Youth Em-

ploy-ment Ini-

tiative (addi-

tional al-location)

Direct pay-

ments CAP

Rural devel-

opment (7) CAP

Euro-pean Mar-itime and

Fisheries Fund

Nuclear decom-mission-

ing

Total

Czech Re-pub-lic

€ 6,259 € 15,282

€ -NaN € 88 € -NaN € 340 € 14 € 6,145 € 2,170 € 31 € -NaN € 30,329

€ 2,500

€ 7,500

€ 12,500

€ 17,500

€ 22,500

€ 27,500

€ 32,500

€ 6,259

€ 15,282

€ 88 € 340 € 14

€ 6,145

€ 2,170 € 31

€ 30,329

Czech Republic

Axis Title

Operational programsCzech Republic

Budget breakdown Europe

Belgium

Bulgaria

Czech Rep

ublic

Denmark

German

y

Estonia

Irelan

d

Greece

Spain

France

Croati

aIta

ly

Cypru

s

Latvia

Lithuan

ia

Luxe

mbourg

Hungary

Malta

Netherl

ands

Austria

Poland

Portuga

l

Romania

Slove

nia

Slova

kia

Finlan

d

Swed

en

€ -

€ 20,000

€ 40,000

€ 60,000

€ 80,000

€ 100,000

€ 120,000

Other

Rural development (7) CAP

Direct payments CAP

European Territorial Coopera-tion

Regions

Total national spending

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