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1 Expert Group Meeting Brussels, 13 March 2015 Study to determine flat-rate revenue percentages for the sectors or subsectors within the fields of (i) ICT, (ii) research, development and innovation and (iii) energy efficiency to apply to net revenue generating operations co-financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds (ESI Funds) in DRAF FINAL REPORT

2 Justification of the study This study provides the information basis that will feed into the activities of the European Commission when formulating the delegated act referred to in Art. 61(3) of Regulation (EU) No. 1303/2013. The flat rate approach implies that Member States may choose to apply a flat rate revenue percentage to proportionally reduce the operation’s eligible expenditure, as an alternative to project-specific calculation of discounted net revenue (or to application of reduced co- financing rates for particular priority axes). The present study discusses the extent to which the application of flat rates is feasible in the sectors and sub-sectors of RDI, ICT and EE and, when relevant, suggests the rates that should be applied.

3 Methodology Following the provisions of Art. 61(3), flat rates must be determined “taking into account historical data, the potential for cost recovery and the polluter-pays principle where applicable” of those operations that have been financed in the period under the provisions of Art. 55 of Reg. 1086/2006. Historical data relates to the so-called “Funding Gap” (FG) rate, defined as the share of discounted investment cost not covered by discounted net revenue, which is the parameter used in the period to modulate the eligible expenditure and in turn the EU grant.

4 Sources of information Major Projects: data on revenue-generating projects contained into the Commission’s database of extracted from “Infoview”. Other operations available at EU level: additional data on funding gap rates of non-major operations from Jaspers. Survey to the Managing Authorities: data on revenue generating operations co-funded by the ERDF OPs implemented in the period Fieldwork in the Member States: in-depth analysis of 15 selected Operational Programmes (in Czech Republic, France, Italy, Lithuania, Poland, Slovakia, Romania, Spain and UK).

5 Sources of information In addition, interviews were carried out with project analysts, business associations and market operators to complement and better qualify the quantitative evidence, as well as to discuss the main profitability factors of the markets. Finally, a financial statement analysis at the firm level was carried out based on the balance sheet data of 257,726 firms operating in sectors that are comparable to the investment projects considered in this study, as contained in the Amadeus Database. The objective was to estimate trends in sector profitability and homogeneity in order to better frame the flat rate revenue percentages calculated on the project’s historical data

6 Findings 1.Critical lack of historical data for revenue generating projects in the selected sectors 2.Reference flat rates can be calculated only for a number of sectors and subsectors 3.Large variation in revenue generation occurs across projects within the same sector or subsector 4.The calculated flat rates are in line with estimated market profitability in the different sectors

7 Findings Critical lack of historical data for revenue generating projects in the selected sectors

8 RDI subsectors

9 ICT subsectors

10 EE subsectors

11 Findings Reference flat rates can be calculated only for a number of sectors and subsectors The lack of historical data is worsened when splitting the sectors into sub-sectors with problems of accountability encountered in terms of size, homogeneity and geographical coverage of the sample. To ensure that flat rates are established with sufficient confidence the minimum requirements of acceptability, already used by the legislator to calculate the flat rates in other sectors, can be adopted.

12 N. of operations & coverage RDI

13 N. of operations & coverage ICT

14 N. of operations & coverage EE

15 Funding gap rates analysis

16

17 Findings Large variation in revenue generation occurs across projects within the same sector or subsector Factors affecting revenue generation capacity: RDI field of application proximity to market institutional set up Broadband population density of the area intensity of the regulatory framework Energy efficiency project size project type energy prices

18 Findings The calculated flat rates are in line with estimated trends of market profitability in the different sectors

19 Conclusions Suggested flat-rate revenue percentages: RDI: 20% challenges exist in defining project types according to an agreed classification system projects can encompass multiple activities that include several from the beneficiaries’ perspective, a unique flat rate for the sector might have greater legal certainty when applying for co-financing the volatility of revenues is not reduced when the analysis is narrowed down to the sub-sector level.

20 Conclusions Suggested flat-rate revenue percentages: Broadband: No Flat Rate large variations in financial profitability both across and within countries mainly based on population density given the limited data available further disaggregation of the sample is not possible.

21 Conclusions Suggested flat-rate revenue percentages: Energy Efficiency: No Flat Rate a unique flat rate for the sector as a whole may be seen as too risky by the MAs, which may not be able to finance projects in certain sub-sectors (e.g. district heating) to the level needed to make them viable Large variations in revenue-generation are, however, reported at the sub- sector level too so that further disaggregation of the rate would not solve the issue and would encounter accountability problems in terms of the size, homogeneity and geographical coverage of the sample.

22 These conclusions shall be considered as preliminary and subject to further adjustment on the basis of: Possible additional collection of historical data Policy argumentations Also, it is suggested to re-examine the adoption of flat-rates in the ICT and EE sectors at a later stage of implementation of ERDF OPs Conclusions