The Decision on the Support shall be issued at the request of an Entrepreneur, and a minister competent for the economy shall be a competent authority in matters of supporting a new investment (currently, Minister of Entrepreneurship and Technology).

The Decision on the support a new investment, implemented in an area managed by the SSSE S.A., is issued by the Suwalska Specjalna Strefa Ekonomiczna S.A. on behalf of the minister responsible for the economy.

The Decision on the Support determines the period of its binding force, subject of business activity, as well as terms and conditions (criteria) which must be fulfilled by an entrepreneur, pertaining to:

• employment by an entrepreneur of a particular number of staff members in connection with new investment, for a defined period of time;
• incurrence of eligible costs of new investment by an entrepreneur within a defined time limit;
• time limit for finalization of new investment, after the expiry of which investment costs incurred by an entrepreneur cannot be considered as eligible costs;
• maximum amount of eligible costs which may be taken into consideration during the determination of the maximum amount of the state aid;
• quantitative criteria and qualitative criteria to the fulfilment of which an entrepreneur has undertaken;
• area on which new investment will be executed in consideration of recording data of real property.

The Decision on the Support for new investment is an administrative decision issued in compliance with provisions of the Code of Administrative Procedure.

Decisions on the Support of a new investment, implemented within the area managed by SSSE S.A., shall be issued for a fixed period of time, for either 14 or 15 years, depending on the intensity of state aid in a given voivodeship.

For investments located in the Ostrów Mazowiecki district of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship: this is a period of 14 years.

For investments located in the Podlaskie Voivodeship and in the Ełk and Gołdap districts (Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship), and in the following districts: Łosice, Sokołów Podlaski, Węgrów (Mazowieckie Voivodeship) this is a period of 15 years.