Hazitek 2026 - Programa de apoyo a la I+D Empresarial del Gobierno Vasco

In order to qualify as beneficiaries, entities must meet the following requirements:

a) Have a production facility in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country from which they carry out their economic activity and where they have their own staff involved in the R&D project.

b) Carry out the eligible activities directly from their facilities in the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country. If research staff from outside the Basque Country (CAV) participate in the project, the need for their participation must be duly justified, ensuring at all times that the majority of personnel costs allocated to the project correspond to research staff assigned to the CAV, including the project leadership.

c) Have their own legal personality, except in the case of groupings without legal personality referred to in section 4.1.b), have full legal capacity to act, and not be subject to any prohibition or disqualification from obtaining public grants or from contracting with the Administration of the Autonomous Community of the Basque Country or any other public body.

d) Be up to date with their tax and Social Security obligations at the time of application.

e) Be up to date with any repayment obligations relating to grants.

f) For grants exceeding €30,000, natural and legal persons operating for profit and subject to Law 3/2004 of 29 December on combating late payment in commercial transactions must demonstrate compliance, under the terms set out in Article 13.3 bis of Law 38/2003 of 17 November (General Subsidies Law), with the payment periods established in the aforementioned law in order to obtain beneficiary or collaborating entity status.

g) Companies that have been administratively or criminally sanctioned for discrimination on the grounds of sex or for non-compliance with regulations on equality between women and men during the period established in the relevant sanction may not obtain any type of aid or grant.

h) Entities that are required to have an equality plan in force under national legislation but do not have one may not receive aid or grants, nor may entities with more than 50 employees that cannot demonstrate the implementation of measures to prevent and combat sexual harassment or harassment on the grounds of sex.

i) Absence of any disqualifying circumstances set out in Article 82 of Law 4/2023 of 28 February on the real and effective equality of trans persons and the guarantee of the rights of LGTBI persons.

j) In the case of foundations, their Articles of Association must have been adapted to the provisions of Law 9/2016 of 2 June on Foundations of the Basque Country, and such adaptation must have been filed with the Basque Country Foundations Registry (First Transitional Provision of Law 9/2016 of 2 June).

k) They must not have been subject to a declaration of business relocation under the terms established in Article 51 of Law 20/2023 of 21 December regulating the grants regime.

Furthermore, in order to qualify as beneficiaries, entities must comply with and respect the prohibitions established in Article 13 of Law 20/2023 of 21 December regulating the Grants Regime:

• Not have been convicted by a final judgment of the penalty of losing the possibility of obtaining public grants or aid, nor for offences such as misconduct in public office, bribery, embezzlement of public funds, influence peddling, fraud, illegal levies, or urban planning offences.
• Not have applied for voluntary insolvency proceedings, not have been declared insolvent in any proceedings, not be declared bankrupt (unless a composition agreement has become effective), not be subject to judicial intervention, and not have been disqualified under Law 22/2003 of 9 July (Insolvency Law) without the disqualification period established in the bankruptcy qualification judgment having expired.
• Not have caused, due to fault for which they were declared liable, the final termination of any contract entered into with the Administration.
• Not be subject, whether as a natural person, company director, or legal representative of another legal entity, to any of the incompatibility situations established in Law 53/1984 of 26 December, Law 1/2014 of 26 June, or be an elected office-holder regulated by Organic Law 5/1985 of 19 June, under the terms set out therein or in applicable regional regulations.
• Not have tax residence in a country or territory classified by regulation as a tax haven.
• Not have been sanctioned by a final decision with the loss of the possibility of obtaining grants under any applicable law, particularly for discrimination on the grounds of sex or non-compliance with equality regulations, without having completed the sanction period imposed.
• Not fail to comply with the obligation to have an equality plan in force under national legislation, nor with the obligation to implement measures to prevent and combat sexual harassment or harassment on the grounds of sex (companies with more than 50 employees).
• Not have the represented association subject to the prohibitions set out in paragraphs 5 and 6 of Article 4 of Organic Law 1/2002 of 22 March regulating the right of association.
• Not have the administrative registration procedure of the represented entity suspended due to reasonable indications of criminal unlawfulness under Article 30.4 of Organic Law 1/2002 of 22 March, until a final judicial decision allows registration in the relevant registry.
• Not have been sanctioned for a serious or very serious infringement under Law 7/2022 of 8 April or Law 10/2021 of 9 December by a final administrative decision, until corrective measures have been implemented and the sanction paid.
• Not have failed to comply with the legally established quota for reserving jobs for persons with disabilities, without having demonstrated the implementation of alternative measures.

Both compliance with the required conditions and the absence of the aforementioned prohibitions must be maintained at least until the final settlement of the grant.