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Factsheet for measure RO-2021-27/2032 – Updated – measures in Romania

Microgrant with fixed amount for SMEs

Microgrant în sumă fixă pentru IMMuri

Country Romania , applies nationwide
Time period Temporary, 01 July 2021 – 30 June 2022
Context COVID-19, European Semester
Type Legislations or other statutory regulations
Category Supporting businesses to stay afloat
– Direct subsidies (full or partial) or damage compensation
Author Victoria Stoiciu (European Institute of Romania)
Measure added 11 October 2021 (updated 07 February 2022)

Background information

This measure is an extension of a measure set in 2020, meant to help small and medium enterprises to overcome the difficult situation caused by the current pandemic. Its specificities are made public in the Official Gazette, by the Ministry of Investments and European Projects.

The aid is granted in the form of a state aid scheme, as a financing from non-reimbursable external funds, by granting temporary aid with limited value to those SMEs that are facing a deficit or unavailability of liquidity. The funds are provided through the Competitiveness Operational Program, in accordance with national and European legislative regulations.

Content of measure

The measure is designed for: SMEs that did not have any contract employees/workers at 3 December 2019; individual or family enterprises, as well as other professionals pursuing liberal professions and NGOs; authorized persons/individual medical cabinets, if they were involved in dealing with COVID-19 patients or related materials. In addition to the general eligibility criteria mentioned above, the beneficiaries of state aid must also meet some specific eligibility criteria, regarding: the period of activity (minimum one calendar year before the date of submission of the funding application, minimum 6 months after the granting of the microgrant), the turnover obtained before submitting the financing application (of at least €5,000 - RON equivalent). Beneficiaries must carry out activities in certain specified sectors.

The budget allocated to this measure is €100 million (RON equivalent), of which €85 million from non-reimbursable European funds and €15 million from the state budget.

The maximum amount receivable per beneficiary is the RON equivalent of €2,000, and can be granted only once, in a single installment.

Updates

The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.

23 December 2021

In December 2021, the application of the measure was prolonged until 30 June 2022.

Use of measure

The estimated maximum number of beneficiaries is 50,000 enterprises. The amounts received by the beneficiaries may be used for the payment of stocks of raw materials, debts to suppliers or to the state, rent, repair services, medical equipment and disinfection materials, fixed assets necessary to resume the current activity.

Beneficiaries of state aid must apply for funding by 30 November 2021, and funding contracts must be concluded by 31 December 2021.

Target groups

Workers Businesses Citizens
Does not apply to workers Solo-self-employed
SMEs
One person or microenterprises
Does not apply to citizens

Actors and funding

Actors Funding
National government
Company / Companies
EU (Council, EC, EP)
European Funds
National funds
National Recovery and Resilience Facility

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

Trade unions Employers' organisations
Role Unknown Unknown
Form Not applicable Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

  • No involvement
  • Main level of involvement: Unknown

Involvement

The role of social partners in designing the measure is unknown. The social partners have no legal role in implementing the measure.

Views and reactions

No public positions have been expressed by social partners regarding the measure.

Sectors and occupations

    • Economic area Sector (NACE level 2)
      C - Manufacturing C16 Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
      C18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media
      C23 Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
      C26 Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products
      C32 Other manufacturing
      G - Wholesale And Retail Trade; Repair Of Motor Vehicles And Motorcycles G47 Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles
      J - Information And Communication J58 Publishing activities
      J59 Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities
      J60 Programming and broadcasting activities
      J61 Telecommunications
      J62 Computer programming, consultancy and related activities
      J63 Information service activities
      M - Professional, Scientific And Technical Activities M72 Scientific research and development
      M73 Advertising and market research
      M74 Other professional, scientific and technical activities
      N - Administrative And Support Service Activities N77 Rental and leasing activities
      P - Education P85 Education
      R - Arts, Entertainment And Recreation R90 Creative, arts and entertainment activities
      R91 Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities
      R93 Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities

This case is not occupation-specific.

Sources

  • 01 July 2021: Order no. 690 of 1 July 2021 of the Ministry of European Investments and Projects, on the approval of the State Aid Scheme - Support for SMEs to overcome the economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
  • 23 December 2021: ORDIN nr. 1.480 din 23 decembrie 2021 (legislatie.just.ro)

Citation

Eurofound (2021), Microgrant with fixed amount for SMEs, measure RO-2021-27/2032 (measures in Romania), EU PolicyWatch, Dublin, https://static.eurofound.europa.eu/covid19db/cases/RO-2021-27_2032.html

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