State aid

State aid is an optional section that contains several fields, which can be added to the HIT application form template.

General logic

The “HIT State aid plug-in” contains several fields in different sections of the application form:

• Partner identity page:

  • Sub-type of partner

  • NACE code

  • Other identifier number and description

• Activities page:

  • Partner(s) involved

• State aid page in the partner section:

  • State aid criteria self-check

  • State aid relevant activities

  • GBER scheme / de minimis

All fields of the “HIT State aid plug-in” are marked with “State aid” in the Application form configuration. Every field can be shown and hidden independently from each other, however, according to the logic of the “HIT State aid plug-in”, all State aid fields should be switched on together and only the field “Partner(s) involved” in activities is optional.

State aid partner page

The “State aid criteria self-check” contains four mandatory questions and a justification text field for each question. Depending on the combination of the answers to the four questions, there can be three different results of the State aid criteria self-check:

• There is a risk of State aid

• There is a risk of indirect aid

• No risk of State aid

The field “State aid relevant activities” allows to indicate, which of all the activities created in the work plan are State aid relevant for this partner. This field is mandatory in case the State aid criteria self-check led to the result that there is a risk of State aid or of indirect aid.

If an activity is deleted from the work plan, the activity is automatically deleted from the State aid relevant activities in the State aid partner page.

The application form State aid partner page is the only section in Jems, where a State aid scheme / de minimis can be assigned to a project partner. If a programme wants to monitor State aid in Jems, the field “GBER scheme / de minimis” has to be used.

• In case the State aid criteria self-check led to the result that there is a risk of State aid, the applicant has to select the relevant GBER scheme or de minimis during the application phase this field cannot be empty.

• In case the State aid criteria self-check and the programme assessment lead to a different outcomes, the programme shall ask the applicant to revise the State aid criteria self-check in a project modification from approval with conditions onwards and select the relevant GBER scheme or de minimis.

State aid schemes / de minimis are always applied at the level of the total partner budget. In accordance with the HIT State aid template, there is no possibility to divide the partner budget into State aid relevant and non State aid relevant budget.