Important aspects of Royal Decree 1579/2006

Beneficiaries

Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises with one or more employees

On May 6, 2003, the Commission adopted a recommendation regarding the definition of a SME, which modified the 1996 Recommendation. The text defines the types of company (autonomous enterprises, partner enterprises and linked enterprises) and establishes a transparent method for calculating the financial limits and number of employees.
This definition has been in effect since January 1, 2005.

		1996 Recommendation		2003 Recommendation
Company category	Staff headcount	Turnover	Balance sheet	Turnover	Balance sheet
Medium-Sized Companies	<250	<= 40 m €	<= 27 m €	<= 50 m €	<= 43 m €
Small-Sized Companies	<50	<= 7 m €	<= 5 m €	<= 10 m €	<= 10 m €
Micro Companies	<10			<= 2 m €	<= 2 m €

Intermediate structures

Public or private non-profit organizations that have their own legal personality and are habitually involved in supplying services to support all types of innovation and modernization to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and who have the material and human resources necessary to boost and direct these innovative projects.
Non-profit, mostly state owned entities that habitually supply business services to support innovation and the competitiveness of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and foster projects that are in line with the measures included in the Annex.

Enterprise Creation Advisory and Initiation Points

The Ministry of Industry, Tourism, and Trade’s Site

Dirección General de Industria y de la Pequeña y Mediana Empresa
Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Turismo
Paseo de la Castellana, 160 plantas 11-12. - 28071 Madrid - España

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Important aspects of Royal Decree 1579/2006

Beneficiaries

Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises with one or more employees

Intermediate structures