Applications under the EMIA Scheme are limited to the following:

• Individual Participation (Individual Exhibitions, PMR, FDI and Individual Inward Bound Missions) of assistance is limited as follows per calendar year:
  • R 200,000 per HDI entities
  • R 180,000 per SMME entities
  • R 90,000 per Other sized entities
• Participation in countries, which are members of the South African Customs Union (Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, and Namibia) is excluded from EM lA assistance.
• EMlA incentives are not available for events taking place in the period 10 December up to and including 10 January of each year.
• Only one representative per business will qualify for support. The representative should be a senior executive, and in authority to conclude contracts on behalf of the firm.
• Assistance under EMIA will be restricted to exporters or export agents for the export of value-added products that will enhance the export capacity of South Africa. A product must have a local content of at least 35% to qualify for assistance.
• EMIA applicants must disclose information on related parties where the one party can exercise 'significant/insignificant/substantial/insubstantial influence' over another party in making financial and operating decisions or can exercise control or joint control over the other party. Assistance to these parties is to the sole discretion of the Adjudication Board.
• Applications cannot be considered earlier than six months prior to the commencement date of the event.
• All applications must be submitted at least two months prior to the commencement date of the event.
• All applications submitted on the last day of the permissible submission period will be provided with an opportunity to submit outstanding information within five (5) working days. The application will not be considered if the outstanding information and documentation are not submitted within this period.

Further links

• Definition of the EMIA Scheme
• Who qualifies for the individual inward-bound mission scheme
• Steps involved in applying for the individual inward-bound mission scheme
• Qualifying and financial criteria for the individual inward-bound mission scheme
• Description of application documentation and other requirements for the individual inward-bound mission scheme
• Description of claim documentation and other reqirements for the individual inward-bound mission scheme
• Definitions and terminology

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