Article 3
Eligible business activities - aided expenditures
Aided expenditures:
(i). The construction, expansion and modernisation of building
facilities, special and auxiliary, as well as expenditures for the
landscaping of the surrounding area.
(ii). The purchase and installation of new modern machinery and
other equipment. The payments under the lease of new modern machinery
and other equip-ment.
(iii). The purchase and installation of new systems for the process
automation and computerisation, in-cluding the expenditure for the
purchase of the neces-sary software and for staff training at the
installation stage.
(iv). Expenditures for studies concerning the intro-duction, development
and implementation of modern technology, know-how, and modern methods.
(v). The establishment, expansion and modernisa-tion of applied
mining research laboratories.
(vi). The purchase of new means of transportation for the handling
of materials and products within the greater plant area, as well
as for the mass transporta-tion of personnel. The purchase and installation
of modern equipment and the construction of facilities for the handling
of materials and products.
(vii). Expenditures for investments concerning the protection of
the environment, the restriction of ground, underground, water and
air pollution, and wa-ter recycling.
(viii). Expenditures for major preparatory utilisation works, pertaining
to roads, galleries, shafts and ac-cess and entrenchment ramps.
(ix). The construction of new workers' homes, nurs-eries, buildings
or installations, as well as the pur-chase and installation of equipment
intended for the housing, recreation or catering of the undertaking's
employees, as well as staff training rooms, provided that they shall
be constructed in the area where the undertaking is located.
(x). Expenditures for the introduction and adaptation of environmentally
friendly technology to the manufac-turing process.
(xi). Expenditures for investments concerning the utilisation of
renewable sources of energy, substitution of gas fuels for liquid
fuels or electricity, treated refuse from domestic industries, renewable
sources of en-ergy, recovery of lost heat, as well as electricity
and heat co-production. Furthermore, expenditures for in-vestments
concerning energy saving, provided that the investment shall not
pertain to manufacturing equipment but rather to driving/operating
equipment and installations of the plant, and that a decrease of
at least 10% in energy consumption shall result from such investment.
(xii). Expenditures for the implementation of a com-plete long-term
(2-5 years) business plan of old or-ganisations of mining undertakings,
with a minimum total cost of one (1) billion drachmas, including
the technological, administrative, organisational and busi-ness
modernisation and development, as well as the necessary staff training
activities, concerning the im-provement of their competitive position
on the interna-tional market. These expenditures may also include
the expenditures for the training of workers.
The categories of the above business plan grants are stipulated
in detail in the joint decision of the Min-isters of National Economy
and of Development.
h. Undertakings for quarrying, treating and in gen-eral utilising
industrial minerals. Marble quarrying un-dertakings, provided that
they possess cutting and treatment equipment.
Aided expenditures:
(i). The construction, expansion and modernisation of building
facilities, special and auxiliary, as well as expenditures for the
landscaping of the surrounding area.
(ii). The purchase and installation of new modern machinery and
other equipment. The payments under the lease of new modern machinery
and other equip-ment.
(iii). The purchase and installation of new systems for the process
automation and computerisation, in-cluding the expenditure for the
purchase of the neces-sary software and for staff training at the
installation stage.
(iv). Expenditures for studies concerning the intro-duction, development
and implementation of modern technology, know-how, and modern methods.
(v). The establishment, expansion and modernisa-tion of applied
research laboratories.
(vi). The purchase of new means of transportation for the handling
of materials and products within the greater plant area, as well
as for the mass transporta-tion of personnel. The purchase and installation
of modern equipment and the construction of facilities for the handling
of materials and products.
(vii). Expenditures for investments concerning the protection of
the environment, the restriction of ground, underground, water and
air pollution, and wa-ter recycling.
(viii). Expenditures for major preparatory utilisation works, pertaining
to roads, galleries, shafts and ac-cess ramps.
(ix). Expenditures for investments concerning the utilisation of
renewable sources of energy, substitution of gas fuels for liquid
fuels or electricity, treated refuse from domestic industries, renewable
sources of en-ergy, recovery of lost heat, as well as electricity
and heat co-production. Furthermore, expenditures for in-vestments
concerning energy saving, provided that the investment shall not
pertain to manufacturing equipment but rather to driving/operating
equipment and installations of the plant, and that a decrease of
at least 10% in energy consumption shall result from such investment.
(x). The construction of new workers' homes, nurs-eries, buildings
or installations, as well as the pur-chase and installation of equipment
intended for the housing, recreation or catering of the undertaking's
employees, as well as staff training rooms, provided that they shall
be constructed in the area where the undertaking is located.
(xi). Expenditures for the introduction and adaptation of environmentally
friendly technology to the manufac-turing process.
i. Greenhouse type farming undertakings, livestock undertakings
of sheltered or semi-sheltered type, un-dertakings treating unshelled
rice, farming undertak-ings of new cultures (replacement of old
ones), bio-farming undertakings, and fishery undertakings using
modern technology (aquaculture), as stipulated by vir-tue of joint
decision of the Ministers of National Econ-omy and Agriculture.
