Royal Decree 210/2022, of March 22, establishing the rules governing the Youth Cultural Voucher (Bono Cultural Joven).
The purpose of the Royal Decree is to regulate the aid program called Bono Cultural Joven, provided for in the one hundred and twenty-second additional provision of Law 22/2021, of December 28, of the General State Budget for the year 2022, aimed at facilitating the access of young audiences to culture.
As a pillar of the regulation, it establishes that spending should be distributed and diversified among three different sectors, with maximum amounts for each.
- The voucher is expected to subsidize live arts, cultural heritage and audiovisual arts up to a maximum of 200 euros per beneficiary. It will be distributed among tickets and season tickets for performing arts, live music, cinema, museums, libraries, exhibitions and performing, literary, musical or audiovisual festivals.
- In addition, the program includes subsidies for cultural products in physical support up to a maximum of 100 euros: books; magazines, newspapers, or other periodicals; video games, musical scores, records, CDs, DVDs or Blu-ray.
- 100 for digital or online consumption: subscriptions and rentals to music, reading or audio-reading or audiovisual platforms, purchase of audio books, purchase of digital books (e-books), subscription to download multimedia files (podcasts), subscriptions to online video games, digital subscriptions to newspapers, magazines or other periodicals. Such subscriptions will be limited to a maximum of four.
The Bono Cultural Joven will be of exclusive use in establishments or institutions adhered to the program, that provide services in Spain and that, in a professional and habitual manner, carry out activities of sale or provision of cultural products, activities and services.
