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Strategická průmyslová zóna Holešov
Conference
New Address for Your
Business
Alexandra Rudyšarová
CEO
CzechInvest
Strategic industrial zone
Holešov
New address for your business
Conference about investment possibilities
April 21st 2010
Alexandra Rudyšarová
CEO of the
Investment and Business Development Agency
CzechInvest
CZECHINVEST PRIORITY
SERVICES
╌ Investment Incentives
╌ Business Properties Support
╌ Supporting Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
╌ Business Properties Identification
╌ Supplier Identification
╌ Supporting Research and Development
╌ Supporting cluster development
╌„AfterCare“ services
Source: CzechInvest, 2010
INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
DELOITTE STUDY
╌ State receives return of CZK 8.65 for every crown provided as an
investment incentive
╌ State expenditures on incentives from 1998 to 2008: CZK 30.068
billion; income: CZK 260.041 billion
╌ According to Deloitte’s forecast, the state should earn another
CZK 70 billion on incentives this year alone
╌ Incentives account for 308,000 new jobs, employing 9% of all
workers in the Czech Republic
╌ Incentives have been granted to 486 projects with a total
investment amount of CZK 357 billion
INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
FOR MANUFACTURING - ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA
╌ Acquisition of a new plant or expansion of an existing plant
╌ Minimum investment within 3 years
100 mil CZK (app. 3.8 mil. EUR/5.4 mil. USD) (C)
60 mil CZK (app. 2.4 mil. EUR/3.2 mil. USD) (B)
50 mil CZK (app. 1.9 mil. EU/ 2.7 mil. USD) (A)
╌ At least half of the above minimum investment must be covered by
own equity
╌ At least 60% from the total investment must be made into machinery
╌ Machinery equipment has to be new
MINIMUM INVESTMENT –
BY REGIONS
DC
LT
MB
LN
KV
SO
KD
CH
RA
AB
BE
TC
PH
B
60 mil CZK/2.4 mil. EUR/3.2 mil. USD
C
100 mil CZK/3.8 mil. EUR/5.4 mil. USD
Valid: January 1–June 30, 2010
NA
HK
NB
PZ
RO
50 mil CZK/1.9 mil. EUR/2.7 mil. USD
TU
JC
ME
JE
RK
PU
KO
PS
A
JN
CL
SM
CV
MINIMUM INVESTMENT
LB
UL
MOTP
GROUP
UO
KH
SU
BR
CR
OP
OV KI
PM
PB
BN
SY
HB
PJ
OC
DO
PI
KT
TA
ZR
PE
BK
NJ
PR
PV
JI
VS
ST
KM
JH
PT
BI BM
TR
CB
ZN
CK
VY
ZL
HO
BV
UH
FM
INVESTMENT INCENTIVES FOR
MANUFACTURING: FORM OF SUPPORT
Following items summed up cannot exceed the
ceiling of state aid
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Tax incentive
- New firms: corporate tax relief for max. 5 years
- Existing firms: partial tax relief for max. 5 years
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Job creation grants
- Offered in regions with the highest rate of unemployment only (A)
Discounted price of land
- the difference between the market price and the purchase price
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Granted above the ceiling of state aid
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Training and retraining grants
- Offered in regions with the highest rate of unemployment only (A)
STATE AID MAP
(2007–2013)
REGION
Prague
South-west
Other regions
STATE AID
0%
36% (2007–10)
30% (2011–13)
40%
SUPPLEMENT
SELECTED EU FINANCIAL
SUPPORT
╌ ICT and Business Support Services Programme
╌ Creation and Development of IS/ICT solutions and applications
╌ Acceptance of Registration Applications: 15. 4. 2010–15. 10. 2010
╌ The min. amount of investment in long-term assets must amount to CZK
0.5/1/3 million and the min. number of newly created jobs is 10–40
(depending on the type of supported activity and on the size of the
enterprise)
╌ Eligible costs comprise either tangible and intangible assets or two years’
gross wages (the investor can choose one option)
╌ Subsidy in the amount of CZK 1.5–150 million
SELECTED EU FINANCIAL
SUPPORT
╌ Potential Programme
╌ Research & Development activities
╌ Acceptance of Registration Applications: 26. 2. 2010–30. 9. 2011
╌ The min. investment in long-term assets used for the purpose of ensuring
the activities of the project must amount to CZK 10 million (CZK 5 million in
the case of SMEs)
╌ Subsidy in the amount of CZK 1–200 million
╌ Innovation Programme
╌ Innovation of product and processes
╌ Acceptance of Registration Applications: 1.5. 2010 – 30. 9. 2010
╌ Projects must use the results of research and development (development
must already be completed at the time of submission of the application and
this fact documented)
╌ Subsidy in the amount of CZK 1–150 million
SELECTED EU FINANCIAL
SUPPORT
╌ EDUCA Programme
╌ Specific education of employees
╌ Acceptance of Registration Applications: 3. 5. 2010–31. 10. 2011
╌ Aid is defined as a percentage of the project’s eligible costs – 25% of the
total eligible costs (medium-sized enterprises – 35%; small enterprises –
45%)
╌ Subsidy in the amount of CZK 0.5–8 million
╌ Training centres Programme
╌ Construction, renovation and equipment of training centres and
training rooms
╌ Acceptance of Registration Applications: 1. 11. 2009–31. 5. 2010
╌ Subsidy in the amount of CZK 0.2–100 million
SELECTED EU FINANCIAL
SUPPORT
╌ ECO-ENERGY Programme
╌ Utilisation of renewable and secondary energy sources and increasing
efficiency during production, transfer and consumption of energy
╌ Acceptance of Registration Applications: 1. 3. 2010–30. 6. 2010
╌ Subsidy in the amount of CZK 0.5–250 million
SELECTED EU FINANCIAL
SUPPORT - only SMEs
╌ Development Programme
╌ Subsidies for technological equipment
╌ Acceptance of Registration Applications: 1. 5. 2010–1. 8. 2010
╌ Subsidy in the amount of CZK 1–20 million
╌ Guarantee Programme
╌ Programme helps to obtain bank loans in order to implement business
projects
╌ Acceptance of Registration Applications: 5. 1. 2010–31. 12. 2010
╌ Subsidy is provided in the form of a favoured guarantee in the amount of
up to 80% of the principal guaranteed loan
RECRUITMENT GRANTS
FROM LABOUR OFFICES
╌ An employer can receive recruitment grants for creation of “socially
beneficial jobs” based on an agreement with the labour office.
“Socially beneficial jobs” are those working positions that must be
filled with job seekers from the labour office register.
╌ In 2010, the contribution grants to “socially beneficial jobs” in
district Kromeriz ranges from 50,000–60,000 CZK per job
position.
Source: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
CZECHINVEST
AFTERCARE SERVICES
╌ Comprehensive supplier linking activities – identify local
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partners (suppliers or joint-venture partners) for foreign companies
Business property advisory services – (expansion or
relocation within the Czech Republic) - identification of suitable
industrial zones, lands, existing facilities, brownfields or office
premises
Organizing events – e.g. networking events, breakfast meetings
with Ministers or regional governors, roundtables, supplier forums,
seminars and workshops on specific topics like new legal
regulations and its changes, visas and working permits, etc.
Support to human resources – linking investors with
international schools, Czech high schools and universities to e.g.
align training programs or joint research projects)
Support to visa and working permit procedure – legislation
consultancies, direct arrangements for top managers and VIP
persons
Holešov Industrial zone
╌ CzechInvest has actively offered the Holesov Industrial zone to 43 foreign
investors (1.1.2009 - 20.4.2010)
╌ Automotive Industry, engineering and manufacture of plastics - these are
the sectors that most companies consider investing in on the Holesov site
╌ The zone is open to a wide variety of projects - from 0,5 ha up to 200 ha,
which is a great asset and a unique feature of Holesov
╌ Holesov enables new ways of doing business in the Zlin Region - incoming
foreign investors will seamlessly blend with a healthy mixture of up-and-coming
local companies
CURRENT DISADVANTAGES
╌ 60 % of all investors seek leased premises - investors prefer leasing cheap
and already standing halls to building their own premises
╌ Plzen, Usti and Central Bohemian region are again in the spotlight - the
global economic crisis caused unemployment to rise even in these traditionally
highly industrious region, which together with their geographic proximity to
Germany and abundant available space in industrial parks made them very
appealing to investor once again.
Thank-you
for your attention.
CzechInvest, the Investment and Business Development Agency, is an
organisation of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic