The de minimis aid scheme for the transition to a circular economy - carried out within the Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Tourism (MEAT) - through the Directorate of Industrial Policies and Financing for Industry was established based on the provisions of Government Ordinance no. 27/2022.

Through the de minimis scheme, financial measures were established by granting of de minimis aid in order to stimulate the realization of some investments and several categories of activities financed from funds from the state budget. 

The maximum budget of the scheme is the equivalent in LEI of EURO 8 million. 

Examples of activities financed from the state budget under the scheme: 

- efficient use of resources, reuse, repair and recycling; 

- establishing and/or equipping centres for the repair and reconditioning of goods for the reuse of waste; 

- modernization of testing laboratories for materials and products resulting from the circular economy; 

- the creation of centres for the collection and valorization of wool, linen, hemp, textile products; 

- recycling/reuse and/or capitalization of industrial waste generated into secondary raw materials or products with added value greater than that of the waste from which they originate; 

- technological transfer for the prevention of waste generation.