The objective of the "Regional state aid scheme for investments aimed at reducing the negative effects of waste on the environment and reducing the consumption of primary resources" is to provide financial support to economic operators, in order to make initial investments, in order to minimize the negative effects of waste on the health of the population and on the environment, reduce the consumption of primary resources and increase the recycling rate and improve the quality of recycled materials, as provided by the National Waste Strategy.
The support scheme will implicitly contribute to the economic development of the regions where the investments are made and, indirectly, to the creation of jobs, concomitantly with the improvement of the quality of the surrounding environment and the saving of raw materials and energy.
Therefore, the support scheme is part of the context of the need to integrate environmental policies in the development and application of sectoral and regional policies and in the substantiation of a long-term sustainable economic development strategy for Romania, in order to ensure a balance between socio-economic development and natural resources.
This scheme implies that non-refundable financing will be granted in order to carry out the necessary investments to create new installations for the sorting, treatment, recycling and capitalization of waste, in order to obtain new products, recycled materials or secondary raw materials.
The following categories of initial investment expenditure are deemed as eligible (representing an investment relating to the establishment of a new facility, the capacity expansion of an existing facility, the diversification of a facility's production through products not previously manufactured, or a fundamental change in the general production process of an existing unit):
- necessary expenses for the execution of the constructions necessary for the location and installation of the machinery, installations and equipment purchased, with the related equipment - electrical, natural gas supply, heating, ventilation, air conditioning installations (related only to the construction site);
- expenses for the purchase and assembly of machinery, installations and equipment necessary to meet the objectives of the project;
- expenses with the acquisition of intangible assets.