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Intervention For The Promotion And Support Of Funzionalialla Investments Reduce Energy Consumption Within Productive Activities Located In The Convergence Regions, The Inattuazione Then ' Renewable Energy And Save ...

Original Language Title: Intervento per la promozione e il sostegno di investimenti funzionalialla riduzione dei consumi energetici all'interno delle attivita'produttive localizzate nelle regioni dell'Obiettivo Convergenza, inattuazione del POI «Energie rinnovabili e risparmi...

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The MINISTER of ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Saw the art. 1, paragraph 845 of the Act December 27, 2006, n. 296 (Finance Act 2007) and subsequent amendments and additions, which provides that the Minister of economic development may establish, by Decree, specific aid schemes in compliance with Community rules; Having regard to the Decree of the Minister of economic development, which was published in July 23, 2009 G.U.R.I. # 278 of November 28, 2009, which provides, in pursuance of the said art. 1, paragraph 845 of the law n. 296 del 2006, criteria, conditions and methods of granting concessions for the construction of productive investment, pertaining to the technology areas identified by art. paragraph 1 of that law 296/06 842 and related interventions and linked and, in particular, for investments aimed at achieving specific goals of innovation, competitive improvement and environmental protection; Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 of August 6, 2008, published in the Official Gazette L 214 of August 9, 2008, concerning the application of articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market (General block exemption regulation), and in particular articles 13 and 15 which lay down the conditions considered compatible with the common market and exempt from the obligation to notify regional investment and employment aid respectively , investment and employment aid for SMEs; Having regard to the State aid map 2007-2013 regional purposes (# 117/2010 Italy), approved by the European Commission on July 6, 2010, published in the Official Gazette C 215 of August 18, 2010 and subsequent amendments and additions; Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006 of December 15, 2006 on the application of articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to state aid of minor importance (de minimis) published in the Official Gazette L 379 of December 28, 2006 and subsequent amendments and additions; Visto l'art. 1, paragraph 842 December 27, 2006, law No. 296 who identifies with reference to industrial innovation projects the following technology areas: energy efficiency, sustainable mobility, new technologies of life, new technologies for the made in Italy and innovative technologies for cultural heritage and activities and tourism; Having regard to Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 25, 2012 energy efficiency 2009/125/EC amending directives and 2010/30/EU and repealing directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC; Having regard to the Legislative Decree March 3, 2011, n. 28 on the "implementation of Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC; Having regard to resolution No. 166 of December 21, 2007 whereby the CIPE approved the implementation of the national strategic framework (NSF) 2007.2013 and the programming of the Fund for underused areas; Having regard to the Interregional operative program (THEN) "renewable energies and energy saving" ERDF 2007-2013 (hereinafter referred to as "Energie"), approved by the European Commission decision of July 20, 2007, n.c. (2007) 6820, as amended by Commission decision of December 19, 2012, n.c. (2012) 9719 final; Views, in particular, the lines of activity 1.1 "activation Measures of production chains that integrate energy objectives and targets environmental and spatial development", 1.2 "interventions to support the development of entrepreneurship related to research and the application of innovative technologies in the field of renewable energy," 2.1 "interventions in support of entrepreneurship related to energy saving with particular reference to the creation of enterprises and networks" of that THEN Energies providing support to the development of renewable energies and the efficient use of energy; Having regard to the Decree of the Minister of economic development, in consultation with the Minister of the environment and protection of land and sea and the Minister of agricultural food and forestry policies, December 28, 2012 on "incentives for the production of thermal energy from renewable sources and energy efficiency measures in small sizes", published in the January 2, 2013 # 1 G.U.R.I. , ordinary supplement; Having regard to the Decree of the Minister of economic development, in consultation with the Minister of the environment and protection of land and sea, December 28, 2012 containing "goal setting national energy saving amounts that must be pursued by the electricity and gas distribution companies for the years 2013 to 2016 and to reinforce the mechanism of white certificates" published in G.U.R.I. # 1 of January 2, 2013, ordinary supplement; Having regard to the Legislative Decree March 31, 1998, n. 123 and subsequent amendments and additions, containing "Provisions for the rationalization of public support to enterprises, in accordance with art. 4, paragraph 4, point c) of law March 15, 1997, # 59 "; Given the need to promote direct investment in competitive improvement of businesses located in the territories of the convergence regions, including through the reduction of energy consumption; Considered it appropriate to prepare a complementary favour intervention with other national and regional programmes and expected results are consistent with the priorities indicated by the CIPE # 166 of December 21, 2007;
Decrees: Art. 1 Definitions 1. For the purposes of this Decree, the following definitions are adopted: a) "Ministry" means the Ministry of economic development;
b) "GBER Regulation": Regulation (EC) no 800/2008 of August 6, 2008, published in the Official Gazette L 214 of August 9, 2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty (General block exemption regulation) and subsequent amendments and additions;
c) "de minimis regulation": Regulation (EC) no 1998/2006 of December 15, 2006 on the application of articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to state aid of minor importance (de minimis) published in the Official Gazette L 379 of December 28, 2006 and subsequent amendments and additions;
d) "purposes of regional State aid map," the regional State aid map 2007-2013 (no purpose. 117/2010 Italy), approved by the European Commission on July 6, 2010, published in the Official Gazette C 215 of August 18, 2010 and subsequent amendments and additions;
e) "convergence regions" means regions Calabria, Campania, Puglia and Sicily;
f) "production unit" means a production facility, equipped with technical autonomy, organizational, managerial and functional, possibly on more property and/or plants, even physically separated, but connected functionally, whose availability is the promoter or components of its social structure or consortium;
g) "primary energy" means the energy produced from renewable and non-renewable resources that has not undergone any conversion or transformation process. Falls within that definition the energy produced from coal, oil, gas and other raw materials can be assimilated;
h) "energy savings": an amount of saved energy determined by measuring and/or estimating consumption before and after implementation of an energy efficiency improvement measure, whilst ensuring normalisation for external conditions that affect energy consumption.