/ Municipal compensation scheme to local enterprises part III, 3rd call for proposals

Grants have been awarded through two previous allocation rounds, and this call for proposals is the last opportunity related to the Municipal Compensation Scheme for Local Businesses Part III. The remaining sum for businesses with a serving and drinking license is approximately NOK 8 million. 

Applicants must state the total estimated loss for the period March 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, additional costs due to Covid-19, and what public support has been received. Further guidance is provided in the application form. 

Aid is paid as de minimis aid or through the nationally notified scheme under the Covid-19 framework, chapter 553 item 68. 

The application form and set of criteria can be found at the bottom of this page.  

What cannot be subsidized:  

• Measures that fall outside the conditions set out in the call for proposals. 
• Enterprises that are municipally or publicly owned and/or financed.  
• Loss of turnover or additional expenditure below €50,000.  
• There is no support for lost inventory (it is part of the state compensation scheme). 

Requirements for applicants 

The responsible applicant must be a person who can legally commit the business. Business Region Kristiansand is free to request other information and documentation that is considered relevant in the assessment of the application.   

Amount of the grant 

The amount of the grant will not be known until the deadline for applications has expired and calculations have been made. The amount of the grant will depend on the number of approved applications. Grant amounts will be adjusted according to the number of man-years in the company. There will be a threefold division based on FTEs, 1-5 FTEs, 6-10 and more than 10 FTEs.   

The amount of aid cannot be higher than the losses/additional costs minus the public corona aid already received.  

A ceiling of up to kr. 400,000 as the maximum amount of support.   

Payment of grants 

The grant funds are paid as soon as possible after the application deadline, once the applications have been reviewed, the applicant has been verified as eligible and the applicant has signed the necessary documents sent by the municipality. The aid is awarded through the nationally notified scheme under the Covid-19 framework, Chapter 553 item 68 or as de minimis aid.  

• More information on de minimis aid can be found here.  
• More information on the notified scheme can be found here. 

Delivery of the application 

A link to the application form can be found at the bottom of this page and on Kristiansand municipality's website. The aid scheme is called "Kommunal kompensasjonsordning del III -3.utlysning". To complete the application, you must log in to ID-porten with your bank ID. Fill in the application in line with the description. The responsible applicant must be a person who can legally commit the business.  

Kristiansand municipality practices digital first choice, all further communication will take place digitally. If the contact person/applicant has reserved against digital communication with the public sector, this will delay the process. In the application process, you can change the choice of reservation against digital communication with the public sector, and update the information under "About the applicant".  

Case management  

All applications are assessed according to the criteria for grants. Applications will be processed by Business Region Kristiansand, the business department in Kristiansand municipality after the application deadline.  

Requirements for grant recipients 

• Terms and conditions will be set out in the award letter.  
• The applicant must accept the terms of the award letter and sign the acceptance letter. Acceptance must be given within 7 days at the latest.  
• The scheme is trust-based, but the municipality or other relevant actors may at any time request audited documentation for all the assumptions made in the application.  

Application deadline and announcement 

The deadline for applications is 24.10.2021, 23.59.
The grant scheme is announced on businessregionkristiansand.no, and promoted through the municipality's social channels.  

Complaint 

The municipality's decision on a grant may be appealed by a party or other person with a legal interest in the case to the municipality's internal appeals board, cf. section 28, second paragraph, of the Public Administration Act. The deadline for appeal is 3 (three) weeks from notification of the decision. The complaint must be sent topost@kristiansand.kommune.no.The appeal must refer to the decision being appealed against and the change(s) requested. The appeal should be substantiated and other information relevant to the case should be mentioned. Any questions regarding the appeal can be directed to the case officer.  

With certain exceptions, the parties are entitled to see the documents in the case, cf. Sections 18 and 19 of the Public Administration Act.