This document approves the Regulations of the aid program for the improvement of the national real estate park, the improvement of the energy efficiency of buildings and the use of renewable energies.It establishes the purpose of the RENOVA programme i.e. to regulate access to public aid to rehabilitate buildings located in Andorra to promote improvement of the conditions of habitability, accessibility, industrial safety and general safety of the building, facades, sustainability and energy efficiency, as well as the implementation of renewable energies in the real estate stock.Every year the programme will announce the opening of the call for applications for the Renova program for the improvement of the national real estate stockopen calls via an Edict. The actions that are the subject of aid are selected on a simple competitive basis, so that aid is awarded to applications that meet each and every one of the requirements established in the Renova program's rules.In each year, the applications are open until the budget available in the programme's annual call is exhausted.The available budget for the execution of the Renova program is considered exhausted when the last grant application is submitted that exhausts the amount established in the annual call for applications for the program. This closure of apllications is given the same publicity as the call for applications (it is published in the BOPA - official gazzette).

Decree 144/2024, of 10-4-2024, approves the regulation of the RENOVA aid program

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