Funding your business with Département 70 — Haute-Saône

Funder profile

Scope / review

Département de la Haute-Saône

Departmental local authority — Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region.

https://www.capital-os.net/financeurs/departement-70-haute-saone

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Involved in certain business real estate grant schemes, notably through co-financing with intercommunalities and, depending on the framework, through delegation or agreement.

The Département is not necessarily the sole funder or the authority that defines all local grants. The EPCIs may be the main point of contact.

Haute-Saône (70), but real estate schemes are generally linked to an EPCI that has entered into an agreement and to the project's location.

Do not present the six grants as available throughout the département; check the municipality and the local agreement.

Businesses carrying out a real estate investment: construction, acquisition, extension or renovation of business buildings; depending on the scheme, production, processing, business services, retail or craft activities.

The thresholds for floor area, expenses, sectors and legal structures vary depending on the local rules.

Investment grants, sometimes shared between the EPCI and the Département; possible combination with regional grants.

The rates/caps in the catalogue are indications from the reference and must be checked against the rules in force.

Submission of the application before the project begins; business supporting documents and financing plan; compliance with European State aid rules and combination caps.

Do not sign commitments or start works before checking the applicable procedure with the official contact point.

Start with the intercommunality where the project is located, then check the associated departmental scheme and, where applicable, the regional contact point.

The submission procedure varies depending on the scheme and the local agreements.

Identify the EPCI for the location and check whether it has an active agreement with the Département.

Blocking point before making a recommendation.

Check the version of the rules, the sector, the investment and floor area thresholds, ownership of the property and the eligible expenses.

The criteria are not uniform across EPCIs.

Submit before any work begins and check the review procedure with the contact named in the rules.

Do not infer an opening date without an official announcement.

Check the combination of public grants, the de minimis regime and the commitments to maintain activity or not distribute dividends where these are provided for.

The obligations are specific to each set of rules.

Official sources

• Communauté de communes du Pays Riolais — business real estate grant
• Communauté de communes Val de Gray — business real estate grant
• Val de Gray rules — business real estate (PDF)
• Communauté de communes de la Haute Comté — real estate grants
• Communauté de communes des Monts de Gy — real estate grant (reference page)
• Communauté de communes des Combes — business real estate grant
• Economic grants — Communauté de communes des 4 Rivières