Government grants are awarded on the basis of a 2011-2020 Program to support investments of high importance to the Polish economy in the years 2011 – 2020 (the“Programme”) adopted by the Council of Ministers on 5 July 2011.
Forms of Support
Aid is granted in the form of subsidies on the basis of a bilateral agreement between the Ministry of Economy and the investor. The agreement regulates the principles of subsidisation with the rule that the subsidy is provided in proportion to the level of completion of obligations.
Beneficiaries
Support may be applied for exclusively by entrepreneurs planning to invest in the following priority sectors:
- automotive,
- electronics and household appliances,
- aviation,
- biotechnology,
- agri-food,
- advanced services,
- research and development (R&D).
Additionally, support may be applied for by entrepreneurs planning to invest in other sectors, with minimum eligible costs of 750 million PLN and creating at least 200 jobs, or minimum eligible costs of 500 million PLN and creating at least 500 jobs (major investments).
The Program provides support for investments on account of two bases:
1. Support on account of creating new jobs (grant for employment) for the Opole Province
| Sector | New Jobs: | and | Eligible Costs of New Investment (million PLN) | Amount of Subsidy per New Job (PLN) | |
Production:*
| 250 | 40 million PLN | 3200 to 15,600 | ||
| BSS | 250 | 1.5 million PLN** | |||
| R&D | 35 | 1 million PLN** | |||
| Major investments in other production sectors | 200 or 500 | 750 million PLN or 500 million PLN | |||
* Support is not granted to local investments in Counties where the unemployment rate is lower than 75% of the national average.
** Not including the costs of renting office space.
More information on www.paih.gov.pl