Investment support in strategic sectors to enhance the resilience of our economy

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Posted 12 December 2020

INDUSTRY CATEGORY

Investment support in strategic sectors to enhance the resilience of our economy

Dates:

Call for projects open from 31 August to 17 November 2020 at 12:00.
Projects will be reviewed and selected on an ongoing basis.
In the event of the financial resources allocated to this procedure being fully allocated, the call for projects may be terminated early by the Ministry of the Economy, Finance and Recovery on the recommendation of the General Directorate for Companies (DGE).

TARGETS:

Companies in the following sectors:

Agri-food (ensuring food sovereignty and the independence of both France and the EU);
Sectors supplying products vital to the essential functioning of industry(chemicals, metals, raw materials and intermediates).
But also healthcare and electronics.

OBJECTIVES:

To support the best investment projects able to enhance the independence and resilience of French industrial sectors. It is a question of reducing their level of dependency on non-European suppliers and of developing sectors of the future to guarantee value creation in France and Europe.

Investment projects may take the form of:

Creating new production units;
Investment in existing production units in order to increase and modernise production capacity or to improve productivity and flexibility;
The development and industrial-scale implementation of innovative technological processes.

ACTIONS:

Type: grant, via the state aid regime and the exceptional COVID regime
Section: investment
Maximum aid rate:

https://www.entreprises.gouv.fr/fr/aap/aap-soutien-l-investissement-des-secteurs-strategiques