The purpose of the "second business opportunity" program is to give a second chance to 3,000 UNEMPLOYED people who stopped their business activity in the period 01.01.2012 to 31.10.2020 to create a new business (with the same or different object of activity).
SUBSIDY
The duration of the grant is set at 12 months, with a three-month commitment and with the possibility of extension for an additional 12 months (without a three-month commitment). The amount of the grant for the 12 months amounts from 12,000 to 24,000 euros (depending on the number of beneficiaries, in case of creation of a company) and will be paid in three installments and with the possible, upon request, extension of the program can reach up to the amount of 36,000 euros (for 3 beneficiaries). In case of creation of a sole proprietorship
, the subsidy for 24 months amounts to 20,000 euros.
More specifically, the amount of the grant for the 1st year (without the extension) amounts to:
a) up to 12,000€ for 1 beneficiary of a sole proprietorship or a member of a company (with a percentage of the beneficiary's participation in the share capital of at least 51%),
b) up to 18.000€ for 2 beneficiaries - Company members (with a participation rate of 1/2 each) and
c) up to 24.000€ for 3 beneficiaries - members of a company (with a participation rate of 1/3 each).
The amount of the grant for the 2nd year (of the extension of the program), amounts to:
a) up to 8.000€ for 1 beneficiary of a sole proprietorship or a member of a company (with a percentage of the beneficiary's participation in the share capital of at least 51%),
b) up to 10.000€ for 2 beneficiaries - Company members (with a participation rate of 1/2 each) and
c) up to 12.000€ for 3 beneficiaries - members of a company (with a participation rate of 1/3 each).
BENEFICIARIES are unemployed registered in the registers of the Organization, which cumulatively meet the following conditions:
- have ceased business activity from 01/01/2012 to 31/10/2020
- have paid to the Special Unemployment Account the monthly contribution of 10 euros for at least one year (ie, have been insured for 1 year in EFKA) or have regulated it and are aware of the terms of the regulation,
- have not transferred their business or share to a company owned by spouses or persons of first or second degree kinship
- have not exercised any professional / business activity from 01/11/2020 until the publication of the Ministerial Decision (27.04.2021)
Beneficiaries must have paid or settled any due insurance contributions or any debts for any reason to the Unified Social Security Institution (EFKA) and be aware of the terms of the arrangement.
Those who owe insurance contributions related to a previous business activity and have not been subject to a regulatory regime, obtain insurance information according to the provisions of article 40 of law 4578/2018, which they submit after their inclusion in the program and remain informed throughout duration of the program, provided that they are consistent with their current insurance obligations. From the amount of the grant that the members of the program are entitled to, a percentage of 25% is withheld from OAED (ie up to 1.000€ per installment), which returns it to EFKA in exchange for the repayment of their debts.
ATTENTTION
1. The employment of potential beneficiaries as employees either in their own companies or in other employers is a reason for rejecting their inclusion in this program.
2. The business activity that will be developed by the potential beneficiaries must be organized in an independent professional space and in a single professional establishment.
The above applies throughout the program.
NOT INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM:
1. professional activities that require a vacancy (for example: notaries, bailiffs),
2. professional activities related to the operation of a passenger or lorry for public use,
3. seasonal turnover businesses, canteens, canteens, kiosks, street vendors, gambling or electronic gambling, etc,
4. business activities which are part of an already organized uniform distribution network of products and services and which exploit, in the performance of relevant contracts, licenses of intellectual property rights usually related to trademarks or distinctive titles and know-how for the use and distribution of goods or services (indicative: franchising, shop in shop, agency network),
5. businesses operating exclusively from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m,
6. companies that have a complex object of activity and one of them is included in the exceptions hereof.
Επισημαίνεται ότι οι δικαιούχοι θα πρέπει να διατηρήσουν το αρχικό αντικείμενο δραστηριότητας, όπως περιγράφεται από τους Κωδικούς Αριθμούς Δραστηριότητας
(K.A.D.), which was eligible for their inclusion, throughout the program. In case of addition of K.A.D. during the implementation period of the program, they should not fall under the program exceptions.
7. undertakings operating in sectors to which Article 1 of Regulation 1407/2013 does not apply,
8. those who establish a company that has the same object of activity with a company that operated in the same area by another professional within the last six months before the date of commencement of operations of the new company in the Tax Office,
9. those who have joined previous programs of Young Freelancers (NEE) of OAED from 1/1/2008 onwards,
10. co-located companies. The term co-housing means the establishment of the business in the same, indistinguishable, space with another business.
It is not a criterion for designating a company as co-located, if it is served (under a current contract for its installation in business support structures such as incubators, technology parks, co-workinq spaces), by a common provision of utilities and pays the costs of utility services together with the other costs directly to the owner - manager of the office or store space. In this case, in order to prove the independent professional headquarters, it is sufficient in the legal contract that has been concluded for its installation, to clearly delimit the space of the professional headquarters.
If co-location of companies is found, the decision to join the program is revoked,
11. Self-employed, paid with a service voucher, whose insurance is regulated in par. 9 of article 39 of law 4387/2016 (A '85).
12. those who exercised the same activity (main or secondary) during the last twelve months before the start of the new activity.
13. The above applies throughout the program.
SUBMISSION - EVALUATION - INCLUSION: The financing of this Program requires the submission, for evaluation, of a business plan. Applications will be evaluated in order of priority, according to the date of electronic submission of the investment plan.
INFORM IN TIME AND VALID: Contact us directly to consider your grant opportunities & plan your business proposal together, with complete proposals, for your maximum financial benefit.
SERVICES OF OUR OFFICE: We undertake not only the elaboration and submission of your proposal, but also the overall planning and study of the project, as well as the management of the implementation with specialized partners. Indicative: Free check of participation conditions, Free information on the eligible expenses and the required supporting documents, Free pre-subsidy dossier, Building the "spirit" of the investment plan, Preparation of Expenditure Budget with complete action proposals and Online Submission Evaluation course, Physical submission of the participation dossier, Supervision of investment implementation, Collection of Supporting Documents for the Preparation & Submission of the interim disbursement applications & report for the completion of the investment plan.
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