PERTE Chip
Spain's strategic project for microelectronics and semiconductors — the largest announced national semiconductor envelope in the EU (~€12.25bn), structured in four axes including a dedicated €1.33bn design pillar. Execution has lagged well behind the announced budget (~7% deployed by late 2025).
Key parameters
| Total budget | ~€12.25bn Scaled up from an initial €275M |
|---|---|
| Design pillar | €1.33bn — dedicated chip-design strategy axis |
| Other axes | Scientific reinforcement €1.17bn · ICT industry €0.4bn · fabrication plants €9.35bn |
| Execution | ~€880M deployed by Sept 2025 (~7% of budget) Slow absorption of EU recovery funds |
| Beneficiary requirement | Companies legally constituted in Spain (foreign firms excluded unless Spanish-incorporated) |
Eligibility
- HQ
- Any headquarters country
- Local presence
- Separate legal entity required The applicant must be a separate legal person (e.g. GmbH, BV, SARL) — a branch office of a foreign company does not qualify here.
- R&D substance
- Required
- Company size
- No size restriction
- Models
- All
- Sectors
- All
- Goals
- Additional design site in Europe; Manufacturing / fab site; R&D cooperation without own site
Call-based; conditions vary per convocatoria. Beneficiaries must be commercial companies legally constituted and registered in Spain — a Spanish subsidiary is therefore required; a foreign entity cannot apply directly.
Mechanism & application
Discretionary (call-based) — Competitive, call-based — requires approval; success not guaranteed.
Respond to individual convocatorias (calls) under the PERTE framework, administered under Component 12 of the Recovery Plan.
Timeline: Call-dependent
Legal basis & sources
- Legal basis
- PERTE de microelectrónica y semiconductores (Council of Ministers agreement, 24 May 2022) and individual convocatorias
- Verification
- planderecuperacion.gob.es / MINECO (budget ~€12.25bn; ~€880M executed by Sept 2025)
Changelog
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1 Sept 2025
Reported cumulative execution ~€880M (~7% of the ~€12.25bn envelope); a €110M design/R&D call ran 1–30 Sept 2025.
Source: planderecuperacion.gob.es / press