The Minister may apply discretionary, capped aid measures, called "de minimis", to enable enterprises and private research organisations to benefit from public funding if these entities are not eligible for a specific aid scheme defined by the Law due to their size or in view of other criteria. This aid is part of a set of support measures.

Beneficiaries

All enterprises and private research organisations established in Luxembourg are eligible.

Eligible costs

The eligible costs correspond to the expenses eligible for the relevant aid schemes defined by the Law. 

Forms of aid

In accordance with the provisions of European Commission Regulation No. 1998/2006, the total gross amount of the "de minimis" aid may not, per private enterprise or private research organisation, exceed the limit allowed by this Regulation or by the regulations that may subsequently replace it. This amount is currently set at €200,000 per period of 3 fiscal years. 

Submitting an application

Aid applications and their appendixes should be submitted both:

• in electronic format (pdf and docx or doc, rtf, odt) to the following e-mail address: loi.rdi@eco.etat.lu. The mail subject must include the name of the company and the name of the project
• and in paper format to the Ministry of the Economy and Foreign Trade, Directorate of Research and Innovation, L-2914 Luxembourg

Aid applications must be submitted before the innovation investments are made or before the relevant connected activities are launched.