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Define what the demonstration would establish
The Dutch DHI support scheme is administered by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). For eligible Dutch applicants, it describes demonstration projects as small-scale, real-world demonstrations of ready technology to potential customers abroad. Its selected conditions include no hardware sale to the host before or during the project and a depreciation basis for eligible hardware cost.
The application workflow includes a mandatory quickscan with non-binding advice. Confirm the actual company, project, eligible activities and decision before relying on support. A positive discussion or a headline funding percentage is not an award.
The cash purchase and eligible cost can differ
Fictional example: management plans to buy a machine for €60,000 and use it in a demonstration. It should not simply multiply the full purchase price by a grant percentage. The cash outlay, the programme’s eligible depreciation and any agreed funding are different figures.
Ask for a budget showing each amount, its basis and payment date. Until the eligible base and award are established, the company must see the unsupported cash requirement rather than a grant-reduced purchase price. No depreciation amount or funding rate is assumed here.
What if the host wants to keep it?
The table is ELN’s preparation exercise. It does not prescribe an approved DHI project or establish the U.S. importing route.
| Decision point | Evidence or action to prepare |
|---|---|
| Demonstration objective | What ready technology is being shown, to whom and with which measurable result? |
| Hardware and host | Who owns it, where it is used and what the host may do. |
| Cost basis | Cash purchase, eligible depreciation and other proposed cost lines kept separate. |
| Proposed sale or changed use | Disclose the change and obtain the relevant programme and customs advice before promising it. |
| Owner commitment | Who funds the project and which decision is needed before the next expenditure? |
Do not make incompatible promises to the customer and funder
If the customer wants a sale from the start, describe that intention accurately when asking whether the programme fits. Do not present a commercial purchase as a demonstration simply because support would make the budget easier.
Keep the RVO project decision, customer arrangement and demonstration-import plan consistent. Recheck the current programme window and notify material changes through the applicable process.
Scope
- Selected RVO guidance reviewed 15 November 2026, not an applicant approval or complete programme summary. No subsidy rate, eligible depreciation, award, tax result or U.S. importing permission is calculated.
Next step
Use Launch dependencies to assign the RVO project, customer-use and importing checks. Keep the euro cash budget and actual programme documents separately.
Sources & review notes
Netherlands Enterprise Agency — RVO
Passage, dates and research notes
official-guidance · Page checked 30 October 2026: demonstration purpose, hardware use, eligible-cost basis and approval
Read the full Dutch page. English paraphrases use selected constraints, not every eligibility criterion or a promise of funding.
Netherlands Enterprise Agency — RVO
Passage, dates and research notes
official-guidance · Page checked 30 October 2026: mandatory quickscan, application documents and non-binding advice
Read the application workflow. No quickscan advice is treated as a funding award or permission to incur an eligible cost.
Detailed rule records (1)
RVO’s demonstration page prohibits selling the hardware to the host before or during the demonstration and describes eligible hardware costs on a depreciation basis. The application workflow includes a mandatory quickscan; its advice is non-binding.
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