Newsletter - State aid and investment: Environmental protection

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New call for the support of separated waste collection and recovery - in relation to the Local Complex Approach Strategy  

Date of declaration and expiration of the call

18 April 2013 – 17 July 2013

Specification of the call

  • Operational Programme: Environment
  • Priority Axis no. 4: Waste treatment
  • Operational aim: 
    • 4.1: Support of activities related to separated waste
    • 4.2: Support of activities related to waste recovery
  • Code of the call OPŽP-PO4-13-2-LSKxP

Form of aid

Non-returnable grant

Source of funding

EU funds (85 %) and state budget (15 %)

Eligibility of the project site (region)

All Slovakia including the Bratislava region

  • The location of the project has to be in compliance with the  Local Complex Approach Strategy  

Eligibility of the applicant

  • Entrepreneurs – legal and natural entities
  • Municipal associations, including micro-regions
  • Municipalities and their affiliated organisations  

Eligible activities within the projects

Within the Operating objective 4.1 Support of activities within separated waste collection, the following activities are eligible for the call:

Group I: Introducing new systems and making the existing systems of separate collection of municipal waste more effective on the basis of creation of conceptual starting points of separate collection:

  • projects aimed at developing collection points and yards [space where citizens can hand over separated components of municipal waste within the framework of separate collection];
  • development of regional collection points and yards for components of municipal waste within the framework of separate collection;
  • projects to introduce a comprehensive system of separate collection of biodegradable municipal waste;
  • projects of  a regional nature to introduce separate collection of edible oils and fats;
  • projects to introduce separate collection of hazardous components of municipal waste;
  • projects aimed at improving the quality of separate collection of municipal waste;
  • activities aimed at increasing public education and promotion in the area of separate collection of municipal waste as part of investment activities within the project.

Group II: Additional sorting of separated components of municipal waste and mixed municipal waste:

  • projects aimed at buying facilities for treatment of components of municipal waste (sorting lines, additional sorting facilities, presses, crushers);
  • projects aimed at additional sorting of components of municipal waste and mixed municipal waste;
  • projects of regional integrated facilities for separation and additional sorting of components of municipal waste.

Within the Operating objective 4.2 – Support of waste recovery activities, the following activities are eligible for the call:

Group I: Treatment of separated waste components prior to their recovery or environmentally sound disposal

Group II: Waste recovery including its mechanical-biological and thermal treatment:

  • projects aimed at recovery of construction waste – the priority will be   to support  projects aimed at minor construction waste recovery;
  • projects of a regional nature aimed at comprehensive solutions for recovery of waste from clothes;
  • projects of a regional nature aimed at comprehensive solutions for recovery of edible oils and fats;
  • projects to develop facilities for the recovery of biodegradable waste – the priority will be  to support projects aimed at recovery of waste from gardens, parks and cemeteries, and of kitchen and canteen waste;
  • projects to develop regional facilities for the  mechanical-biological and thermal treatment of waste;
  • activities aimed at increasing public education and promotion in the area of waste recovery as part of investment activities in the project;
  • projects aimed at recovery of textile waste.

Group III: Increasing the rate of recycling by supporting new or increasing the quality of output products by completion of existing BAT technologies in the area of waste recovery:

  • projects aimed at recovery of portable batteries and accumulators in order to comply with Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and Council.

Group IV: Support of activities aimed at energy recovery of waste:

  • projects to develop facilities for energy recovery of waste;
  • projects to develop facilities for energy recovery of biodegradable waste – biogas biofermentation stations.

Maximum aid intensity depends on the particular type of eligible applicant.
 

Eligible applicant Max. intensity of the grant Min. co financing
  • Entrepreneurs – legal and natural entities
  • Municipal associations, including micro-regions
  • Municipalities and their affiliated organisations  
 95% 5%

Maximum and minimum aid amount

  • The minimum amount of aid for the project is not defined.
  • The maximum amount of aid for the project  must be in compliance with the above percentages and the volume of grant as included in the particular Local Complex Approach Strategy

Total eligible costs of the project cannot exceed:

EUR 50 million

Indicative amount allocated for this call

EUR 13, 828,465.99