MINISTER of the art. 1, paragraph 150 of the Law of 23 December 2014, n. 190, authorizing, from the year 2015, the expenditure of 250 million euro per year for interventions in favor of the road transport sector; In view of art. 1, paragraph 151, of Law no. 190 of 2014 which provides that, to be withdrawn quota reserved incentives for investment projects in the sector, a share of no more than 20 percent of the same resources and 'addressed to undertakings that are engaged in initiatives to implement restructuring processes and aggregation; The Order of the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport adopted in agreement with the Minister of Economy and Finance 29 April 2015, n. 130, pursuant to Art. 1, paragraph 150, of Law December 23, 2014, n. 190, shared these resources between the intervention areas for the 2015-2017 three-year period, having regard to the needs of the transport sector; The Order of the Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, in consultation with the Minister of Economy and Finance of 6 August 2015 n. 283 that, in order to ensure a fair measure of the lump of undocumented expenses deduction, taking into account the difficulties' faced by the sector and in particular craft enterprises, has increased the resources allocated to cover the lump-sum deductions same and, for the current year 2015, has reshaped the allocation made by the decree 29 April 2015, n. 130; In view of art. 1, paragraph 1, letter d) of the aforementioned interministerial decree n. 130 of 2015, as amended by Ministerial Decree of 6 August 2015, n. 283, which allocated 15 million euro for the year 2015 for investments aimed at the development of Air ', and logistics and initiatives to implement restructuring and mergers, referring to special decree, to be adopted by the Minister of infrastructure and transport, the discipline of the mode 'delivery of these resources as well as' the operating expenses and the operating expenses of the interventions pursuant to art. 19, paragraph 5, of the Decree-Law of 1 July 2009, no. 78, converted with amendments by Law August 3, 2009, n. 102; Given the Decree-Law of 10 February 2009 n. 5, ratified with amendments by Law 9 April 2009, n. 33; Having regard to Regulation (EU) No. 651/2014 of the Commission of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, and in particular art. 2, paragraph 1, point 29, and Articles 17 and 36 which allow investment aid in favor of small and medium-sized enterprises; Having regard to Regulation (EU) No. 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU to "de minimis" aid; Noting that, for the purposes of identification of eligible costs, reference should be made, in general, over the cost to acquire more 'evolved from a technical and environmental point of view of technology; In view of art. 6 of the law 25 February 2008 n. 34, on "Measures for the fulfillment of obligations deriving from Italy to the European Communities'", which envisages the burden on recipients of aid to declare not to return among those who have received and subsequently not repaid or deposited in a blocked account, the aid identified as illegal and incompatible by the European Commission; In view of art. 19, paragraph 5, of the Decree-Law of 1 July 2009, n. 78, converted with amendments by Law August 3, 2009, n. 201, which provides that the state government, which has been granted by law or public funds interventions, may be entrusted directly to the management, in line with EU principles and national conferring, to companies' wholly public capital, on which those authorities exercise a control similar to that exercised over its own departments and that conduct their activities' almost exclusively in the administration of the State and that the charges relating to the management of the aforementioned funds and public appearances are dependent on the financial resources of the structural funds; Evaluated the usefulness' to ensure the purchase incentive of industrial vehicles with alternative engines to natural gas and biomethane, in order to ensure a lower level of pollutant emissions in the most 'sensitive areas and in the most' long runs in order to maximize the beneficial effects on the environment, in continuity 'with the measure provided for the financial year 2014; Considered appropriate incentives, for small and medium enterprises, the acquisition of semi aimed at renewing the vehicle fleet and diversifying production by maximizing the use of the mode 'of transport alternative to road transport as well as' promoting the purchase of capital goods intended for intermodal transport, or container, and swap bodies, even in order to optimize the logistics chain; Given that the incentive to purchase semi-trailers equipped with innovative devices are not compulsory acts to reduce consumption can 'be directed to all companies and not only to small and medium-sized enterprises, in the limit of 40 percent of the investment costs needed to raise the level of environmental protection or to go beyond EU standards; It felt that all the actions mentioned above, combined with an increase of incentives in favor of networks of companies making the planned investments, lets give an initial boost to the renewal and restructuring of the sector, with particular reference to the protection of ' environment, the development of logistics services and to redressing the balance, also going to affect the current fragmentation that characterizes the sector itself; After hearing the associations most representative of road; View the note of the Directorate General for road transport and for intermodality 'n. 15616 of 6 August 2015;
Decrees:
Art. 1
Purpose 'and Scope 1. The provisions of this Decree governing the distribution and mode' delivery of financial resources for the year 2015, with a budget of 15 million euro limit, in art. 1, paragraph 1, letter d), the inter-ministerial decree of 29 April 2015, n. 130, as amended by the interministerial decree of August 6, 2015, n. 283. 2. The resources referred to in paragraph 1 shall be available incentives for the benefit of road transport companies of goods on behalf of third parties active on the Italian territory, in compliance with the filing requirements to the national electronic registry and the Register of drivers of things for account of third, for the renovation and technological upgrading of the vehicle fleet, for the purchase of capital equipment for intermodal transport as well as' to facilitate collaborative initiatives and aggregation among the companies in the sector to the limits and the modalities' referred to in this decree. 3. The incentive measures are granted in accordance with the general principles and sectoral provisions of the General Block Exemption Regulation (EU) No. 651/2014 of the Commission of 17 June 2014, declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty. 4. For each type of these investments are for the amounts specified below, corresponding to a portion of the total available resources, amounting to 15 million euro:
a) 6.5 million euro for the acquisition, including through leasing financial, of cars, new factory, designed to carry the total mass goods at full load from 3.5 to 7 tons, as well as' equal to or more than 16 tonnes, a natural gas alternative powered CNG and liquefied natural gas LNG;
B) EUR 6.5 million for acquisition also by means of leasing, semi-trailers, new factory, for railway combined transport complying with the UIC 596-5 regulations and maritime combined transport ship equipped with hooks comply with the regulations IMO, with innovative devices to achieve higher safety standards and energy efficiency;
C) EUR 2 million for the acquisition, by small and medium-sized enterprises, including financial leasing, containers and swap bodies, intended as united 'standardized intermodal loading so as to ensure their compatibility' with all the types of means of transport, so 'to facilitate the use of different modes' of transport in combination with each other, without breaking bulk, ie without the goods will be transhipped or manipulated by the carrier, or charger. 5. The contributions, referred to in paragraph 4, are payable up to the amount of resources available for each grouping of types of investments. The budgetary allocation in the context of the aforementioned areas of intervention can 'be reformulated by decree of the Director of the Directorate General for road transport and for intermodality' if, as a result of the submitted requests, resources become available in favor of areas in which the same are not sufficient. 6. Where, due to the exhaustion of available resources for each area also after the possible reformulation of paragraph 5, the number of companies qualifying for the benefit not allow the disbursement of the amounts owed to each, by decree of the Director of Directorate-general for road transport and for intermodality 'we will proceed' to the proportional reduction of the contributions between them for on areas with respect to which the resources were insufficient. 7. In order to ensure compliance with the reporting thresholds set out in Article. 4 of Regulation (EU) No. 651/2014, as well as' to ensure that the range of beneficiaries present sufficient margins of representativeness' of the sector, the maximum amount eligible for the investments referred to in paragraph 4 for single firm can not 'exceed EUR 400,000.00. If the amount exceeds this limit is reduced until the allowable threshold. This threshold is not 'derogated even in the event of proven availability' of financial resources compared to the inquiries and declared eligible. 8. Do not proceed the disbursement of aid in the event of transfer of availability 'of the incentives the subject goods in the period between the date of submission of the application and the date of payment of the benefit. It is understood that the goods referred to in paragraph 4 may not be sold and must remain in the availability 'of the beneficiary of the assistance until 31 December 2018, on pain of revocation of the granted contribution.