EU budget Spain priorities, breakdown per category

1. SPAIN
version 2.0 update August
2014

2. EUROPE 2014 - 2020

3. COHESION AREAS

4. Budget breakdown

5. Maximum aid percentages
2014 - 2020
• The regional aid map of Spain defines the regions eligible for
regional investment aid and establishes the maximum aid
levels (so-called "aid intensities") for companies in the eligible
regions. The map will be in force between 1 July 2014 and 31
December 2020.
• The designated areas have a total population of 32.25 million
or 68.59 % of the population of Spain. The maximum levels of
aid that can be granted to regional investment projects
carried out by large enterprises in the assisted areas are
between 10% and 35% of total investment costs, depending
on the area concerned. These percentages can be increased
by 10 percentage points for medium sized companies and by
20 percentage points for small enterprises.

6. Maximum aid percentages
2014 - 2020
• Under the regional guidelines, areas with a GDP per capita below
75% of the EU average or which are defined as outermost regions
are eligible in priority for regional investment aid, as the main
purpose of regional aid is to foster the development of the less
advantaged regions of Europe. Regions accounting for 6.9% of the
population of Spain fall under this category and will continue to be
eligible for regional investment aid at maximum intensities of 25%
(Extremadura) or 35% (Canary Islands) of the eligible costs of the
relevant investment projects. Galicia, Castilla-La Mancha and
Andalucía no longer qualify for this category, in line with the
objective to focus support on the most disadvantaged regions. In
order to facilitate a smooth transition, these areas will maintain a
higher maximum aid intensity of 15% until the end of 2017, after
which the maximum aid intensity for less disadvantaged regions of
10% will apply. Soria and Teruel qualify for the category of sparsely
populated areas, with an aid intensity of 15%.

7. Maximum aid percentages
2014 - 2020
• Other regions in a disadvantaged situation in relation to the
EU or to the national average can become eligible for regional
aid provided that they comply with certain criteria and that
they respect an overall population coverage ceiling. This
allows Member States to tackle their own regional disparities.
As these regions are less disadvantaged than areas with a GDP
per capita below 75% of the EU average, both the
geographical scope and the aid intensity are limited. Due to
high unemployment figures, 33% of the population of Spain
will be eligible for regional investment aid under this category,
at a maximum aid intensity of 10%.

8. Maximum aid percentages
2014 - 2020
• The regions concerned are: Principado de Asturias, Cantabria,
Castilla y León (excluding Soria), Comunitat Valenciana
(excluding Valencia capital), Región de Murcia, Eivissa y
Formentera, Menorca, Ceuta, Melilla. Furthermore, parts of
Huesca, Zaragoza (excluding Zaragoza capital), Cataluña,
Mallorca, La Rioja, Comunidad de Madrid, Communidat Foral
de Navarra and País Vasco.
• The maximum aid intensities for regional investment aid in
the assisted regions have slightly decreased as compared to
the previous aid map (by up to 5 percentage points,
depending on the region). On the other hand the population
coverage has increased from 59.6% under the previous map
to 68.66% under the new map.

9. Planning
• Partnership agreement submitted 22-4-2014
• 22 OP’s submitted
• Adoption of OP’s by European commission in
Q4 2014
• Expected first grant calls Q1 2014 for funding
priorities related to Op’s

10. Funding priorities
ESF
Increasing labour market participation and
labour productivity, as well as improving
education, training and social inclusion policies,
with specific attention to youth and vulnerable
groups
– Promoting employment and supporting labour
mobility
– Promoting social inclusion and combating poverty
– Investing in education, skills and lifelong learning

11. Funding priorities
SME
Supporting the adaptation of the productive
system to higher added-value activities by
enhancing the competiveness of SMEs
• Enhancing access to, and use and quality of,
information and communication technologies
partly
• Enhancing the competitiveness of small and
medium-sized enterprises, the agricultural sector
and the fisheries and aquaculture sector)
• Promoting sustainable transport and removing
bottlenecks in key network infrastructures

12. Funding priorities
R&D
Strengthening the R&D and innovation system
and its links with the private sector
• Strengthening research, technological
development and innovation
• Enhancing access to, and use and quality of,
information and communication technologies
partly

13. Funding priorities
Energyy
Making a more efficient use of natural resources
• Supporting the shift towards a low-carbon
economy in all sectors
• Promoting climate change adaptation, risk
prevention and management
• Protecting the environment and promoting
resource efficiency
• Promoting sustainable transport and removing
bottlenecks in key network infrastructures

14. Programme architecture
• ESIF funds will be delivered through 22
Operational Programmes (OP’s)

15. Budget breakdown
Operational Programs
• Not available: partnership agreement not yet
adopted

16. Allocation broken down by thematic
objective and by fund
• Not available: partnership agreement not yet
adopted

17. Budget breakdown Europe
€ 120,000
€ 100,000
€ 80,000
€ 60,000
€ 40,000
€ 20,000
€ -
Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Estonia
Ireland
Greece
Spain
France
Croatia
Italy
Cyprus
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Hungary
Malta
Netherlands
Austria
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Slovenia
Slovakia
Finland
Sweden
Astitel X 1.000
Total national spending
Other
Rural development (7) CAP
Direct payments CAP
European Territorial
Cooperation
Regions

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