Innovative SME / Seal of Young Innovative Enterprise

Royal Decree 475/2014, of June 13, on rebates on Social Security contributions for research personnel, is the first reference to the Innovative SME Seal and establishes full compatibility between tax deductions and rebates for research personnel for these companies. It also establishes the circumstances that companies must comply with in order to obtain the Innovative SME seal.

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Order ECC/1087/2015, of June 5, regulates the obtaining of the Small and Medium Innovative Company seal and creates and regulates the Registry of Small and Medium Innovative Companies. This Order does not introduce changes regarding the consideration of SMEs or the compatibility of incentives with respect to RD 475/2014. It regulates the registration and the registration procedure for the granting of the seal. In addition, it lists the effects derived from the registration and details the deregistration process.

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The Innovative SME certificate entitles the company that receives it to apply for the Innovative SME seal granted by the Public Administration.

Once companies have this seal, they can benefit from the following incentives:

• Compatibility of deductions and bonuses.
• Access to soft financing lines.
• Preference in direct aid, public procurement and issuance of IMV.
• Added value to the brand
• Learn more about the importance of the Innovative SME certification.

Find out more about the importance of the Innovative SME certificate.

The requirements that a company must comply with to be considered an Innovative SME are as follows:

• It must be an SME in accordance with the European Commission Recommendation of May 6, 2003.
• It must submit supporting documentation of its R&D&I activity to justify compliance with 28 indicators in 3 blocks (Resources applied, Innovation process and Results and their valorization). A numerical value is assigned to the fulfillment of each indicator, and a maximum score of 1000 points can be obtained. The certificate will be granted only if the limit of 400 points is exceeded.

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EQA has a complete guide for the preparation of reports in which you can consult what information is necessary and what evidence must be provided to the Entity to develop the evaluation process, in order to obtain the Innovative SME certificate.

This guide will be provided together with your request for proposal. You can also request it by sending an email to info@eqa.es.

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It is not necessary to score in all blocks to get the Innovative SME certificate. If the company justifies that it is an SME and has achieved a total score of 400 or more points, it will receive the certificate, regardless of which indicators it has scored on or their distribution by blocks.

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To request a quote to obtain the Innovative SME certificate you must fill out the data questionnaire and our sales department will contact you to send you the offer.

If you have any doubts, you can contact us by writing to info@eqa.es, we will give you a quote to obtain the Innovative SME certificate.

You must apply for registration in the Registry of Innovative SMEs through the electronic office: https://aplicaciones.ciencia.gob.es/pyi/

The process is very simple. It only requires some general information about the company and attaching the Innovative SME certificate issued by EQA. Once the Ministry reviews the correctness of the information, it will inform you that you can now download the Innovative SME seal. Currently, the Ministry is finalizing the processing deadline in about a week.

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For any of these questions you can access the electronic site of the Public Registry of Innovative SMEs: https://aplicaciones.ciencia.gob.es/pyiINFO/

There is a list with the CIF (VAT)  number and company name of the Innovative SMEs registered at any given time, the autonomous community to which they belong and the expiration date of the seal.

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You must access the electronic site of the Registry of Innovative SMEs, specifically the functionality to download the seal:

https://aplicaciones.ciencia.gob.es/pyiINFO/findPyi.mec

You will be able to download any current seal if you have the CIF (VAT) of the beneficiary company.

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Companies that have obtained an Innovative SME certificate issued by an accredited Entity receive an Innovative SME seal valid for three years from the date of issue of the certificate.

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The Young Innovative Enterprise certification obeys a strategy of wanting to give the same recognition to those companies that, due to their youth, cannot meet the requirements defined for the Innovative SME, but comply with a clearly technological project. Thus, the Young Innovative Enterprise certification entitles the company that receives it to apply for the Innovative SME seal granted by the Public Administration, in the same way as the Innovative SME certificate.

Once companies have this seal, they can benefit from the following incentives:

• Compatibility of deductions and bonuses.
• Access to soft financing lines.
• Preference in direct aid, public procurement and issuance of IMV.
• Added value to the brand.

Get more information about the usefulness of the Young Innovative Enterprise certification.

The requirements that a company must fulfill to be considered a Young Innovative Enterprise are the following:

• It must be an SME in accordance with the European Commission Recommendation of May 6, 2003.
• It must have been in existence for less than 6 years from the date of commencement of activity.
• It must have a minimum R&D&I expenditure of 15% of the company’s total expenditure in the two previous fiscal years.
• It must demonstrate innovative character in its activity.
• Must develop a training plan on strategy and innovation.
• Must present a business plan.

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For the Young Innovative Enterprise assessment, supporting documentation must be submitted to justify that the company is an SME and that it complies with each of the prerequisites and requirements established in Specification 0043.

In order to facilitate the compilation and presentation of the documentation, EQA has prepared a guide for the preparation of reports. This guide will be provided to you together with your request for proposal. You can also request it by sending an email to info@eqa.es.

We give you all the information about the documentation to be provided for the Young Innovative Enterprise evaluation.

To measure the seniority of the company that aspires to obtain the Young Innovative Enterprise certificate, the starting date of the company’s activity is taken into account. For this purpose, the date of granting of the CIF or the date of the start of the activity of the census declaration is checked.

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The training in the company that aspires to obtain the Young Innovative Enterprise certificate must have been given and completed in order for the requirement to be considered fulfilled. Certificates of achievement or attendance will be requested.

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EA 0043 establishes in detail the characteristics and duration of the training plan. It also establishes which centers can provide this training in order to be valid for certification.

You can consult the details in the Young Innovative Enterprise report preparation guide. This guide will be provided to you together with your offer application. You can also request it by sending an email to info@eqa.es, you will receive instructions on the training required to obtain the JEI certificate.

No specific structure is established in the EA 0043, although a content guide is included. You can also find indications on this content in the Young Innovative Enterprise report preparation guide. This guide will be provided together with your offer application. You can also request it by sending an email to info@eqa.es, you will receive the instructions to prepare the Young Innovative Enterprise business plan.

To request a quote to certify your company as a Young Innovative Enterprise, you must fill out the questionnaire and our sales department will contact you to send you the offer.

If you have any doubts, you can contact us by writing to info@eqa.es, we will provide you with a Young Innovative Enterprise certification quote.

You must apply for registration in the Registry of Innovative SMEs through the electronic headquarters: https://aplicaciones.ciencia.gob.es/pyi/

The process is very simple. It only requires some general information about the company and attach the Young Innovative Enterprise certificate issued by EQA.

Once the Ministry reviews the correctness of the information, it will inform you that you can now download the Innovative SME seal. Currently, the Ministry is finalizing the processing deadline in about a week.

Find out more about how to obtain the Innovative SME seal awarded by the Public Administration.