WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
15 December 2003 
 (03-6584) 
Committee on Subsidies 
and Countervailing Measures Original:   English 
 
 
 
SUBSIDIES  
 
New and Full Notification Pursuant to Article XVI:1 of the GATT 1994  
and Article 25 of the Agreement on Subsidies and  
Countervailing Measures  
 
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
 
Addendum  
 
  The following addendum to the notification of  the European Community relates to subsidy 
programmes of Austria. 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
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1. AID SCHEME "GUIDELINES ON  THE GRANTING OF AID TO THE 
NATIONAL  INDUSTRIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES-OLD VERSION" ...............................................................................................5 
2. AID SCHEME "GUIDELINES ON  THE GRANTING OF AID TO THE 
NATIONAL INDUSTRIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 
MEASURES - NEW VERSION" ............................................................................................6 
3. AID SCHEME "GUIDELINES ON  THE GRANTING OF AID TO THE 
MANAGEMENT OF ABANDONED POLLUTED SITES" ................................................7 
4. AID SCHEME "GUIDELINES ON  THE GRANTING OF AID TO THE 
WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT IN INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES".........................9 
5. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 27A OF THE 
LABOUR  MARKET PROMOTION ACT (LMPA) 1969 AS AMENDED IN 1994".......................................................................................................................... ...............10 
6. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 35A OF THE 
LABOUR MARKET PROMOTION ACT (LMPA) 1969 AS AMENDED IN 
1994".......................................................................................................................... ...............11 
7. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 51A SECTIONS 3 
TO 5 OF THE LABOUR MARKET PROMOTION ACT (LMPA) 1969 AS AMENDED IN 1994"..............................................................................................................1 3 
8. AID SCHEME "ERP-TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME" .................................................14 
9. AID SCHEME "ERP-SME- TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME" .......................................15 
10. AID SCHEME "ERP-R EGIONAL PROGRAMME" ........................................................17 
11. AID SCHEME "ERP-TOURISM PROGRAMME"...........................................................18 12. AID SCHEME "ERP TRANSPORT –PROGRAMME"....................................................20 13. AID SCHEME "SPECIAL ERP-PROGRAMME FOR A TECHNOLOGY AND 
GROWTH  INITIATIVE; PART ‘R. & D.-GROWTH-PROGRAMME, R. & D.-
COOPERATION PROJECTS’" ...........................................................................................21 
14. AID SCHEME "SPECIAL ERP-PROGRAMME FOR A TECHNOLOGY AND 
GROWTH  INITIATIVE; PART ‘SME-TECHNOLOGY-GROWTH-PROGRAMME’".................................................................................................................... 23 
15. AID SCHEME "SPECIAL ERP-PROGRAMME FOR A TECHNOLOGY AND 
GROWTH INITIATIVE; PART ‘REGIONAL-GROWTH-PROGRAMME FOR 
MEDIUM- SIZED  BUSINESSES’" .....................................................................................24 
16. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE BY ECO PLUS LOWER AUSTRIAN 
REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, LTD. TO REGIONAL INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN LOWER AUSTRIA" .......................................................26 
17. AID SCHEME "GUARANTEES FOR DEFENSIVE MEASURES IN 
CARINTHIA" ..................................................................................................................... ....27  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 18. AID SCHEME "DEFICIENC Y GUARANTEES FOR OFFENSIVE 
MEASURES IN CARINTHIA".............................................................................................28 
19. AID SCHEME "REGIONAL INVEST MENT PROMOTION PROGRAMME" ...........29 
20. AID SCHEME "LOWER AUSTRIAN INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY, 
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION PROGRAMME"..........................31 
21. AID SCHEME "JOB PREMIUM IN ASSISTED AREAS NO. 1 OF LOWER 
AUSTRIA"....................................................................................................................... ........32 
22. AID SCHEME "LOWER AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION MODEL" .............................33 23. AID SCHEME "PROGRAMME TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF  
ENTERPRISES"................................................................................................................... ..34 
24. AID SCHEME "START-UP FINANCING MODEL"........................................................36 
25. AID SCHEME "PROMOTION OF MARKET EXPLORATION" ..................................37 
26. AID SCHEME "PROMOTION OF COOPERATIONS" ..................................................38 27. AID SCHEME "PROMOTION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT, FOUNDATION 
AND STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENT" ...........................................................................39 
28. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE MEASURES BY THE LOWER AUSTRIAN 
BORDER REGION PROMOTION COMPANY, LTD."...................................................40 
29. AID SCHEME "AID MEASURES WITHIN THE ‘OBJECTIVE-2-AREA’-
PROGRAMME SALZBURG 2000 – 2006" .........................................................................41 
30. AID SCHEME "GRANTS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN 
VORARLBERG" .................................................................................................................... 43 
31. AID SCHEME "SUBSIDIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONNECTING 
RAILWAYS"...................................................................................................................... .....44 
32. AID SCHEME "SUBSIDIES FOR INTENSIFIED USE OF BIOMASS ON 
ENERGETIC PURPOSES"...................................................................................................45 
33. AID SCHEME "VIENNA INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY PROMOTION 
PROGRAMME" ..................................................................................................................... 46 
34. AID SCHEME "VIENNA INNOVATION PROMOTION PROGRAMME FOR 
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH  AND DEVELOPMENT".......................................................47 
35. AID SCHEME "VIENNA STRUCTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME".....................................................................................48 
36. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE TO THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF 
SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES" ............................................................50 
37. AID SCHEME "TOP-TOURISM -PROMOTION 2001 – 2006"........................................51 
38. AID SCHEME "SMALL TR ADE CREDIT PROGRAMME"..........................................52 
39. AID SCHEME "GUARANTEES FO R ENTERPRISES IN TOURISM 1999 – 
2003".......................................................................................................................... ...............53 
40. AID SCHEME "AUSTRIAN INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH PROMOTION FUND 
(AIRPF)"....................................................................................................................... ...........55 
41. AID SCHEME "ITF-SEEDFI NANCING PROGRAMME 2002".....................................56 G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 42. AID SCHEME "PROGRAMME FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE MULTI-
MODAL TRANSPORTATION ROAD - RAIL – SHIP" ...................................................57 
43. AID SCHEME "PILOTPROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF 
INTERMODAL-TRAFFIC AND FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF PROJECTS IN THE MULTIMODAL TRAFFIC ON  THE WATERWAY DANUBE"............................59 
44. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE TO THE INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER 
MANAGEMENT BY MEANS OF THE REGION OF STYRIA".....................................60 
45. AID SCHEME "NÖ.F.I.T.2006TOP" ...................................................................................61 46. AID SCHEME "PARTICIPATION IN THE TOURIST INDUSTRY WITHIN 
THE LOWER AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION MODEL".................................................63 
47. AID SCHEME ASSISTANCE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE 
INNOVATION AND TECHNO LOGY FUND (ITF)" ........................................................64 
48. AID SCHEME "REGIONAL PLANNING ASSISTANCE FOCAL POINT 
PROGRAMME (RPAFPP) 2001 - 2006 - FOCAL POINT: ‘STRENGTHENING 
THE  REGIONAL  ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY', PART: 'REGIONAL 
PLANNING RELOCATION PROGRAMME’" .................................................................65 
49. AID SCHEME "SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR THE NATIONAL PARK 
REGION ‘HOHE TAUERN’ IN TYROL" ..........................................................................66 
50. AID SCHEME "IMPULSE PACKAGE TYROL 1999 - 2006" .........................................68 51. AID SCHEME "REGIONAL PLANNING ASSISTANCE FOCAL POINT 
PROGRAMME (RPAFPP) 1996 - 2000 - FOCAL POINT: ‘ENSURING THE 
BASIC RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES’, PART: 'IMPROVEMENT OF 
EXISTING FACILITIES IN SKIING AREAS'".................................................................69 
52. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE TO RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 
INNOVATION AND  FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION" .........................................................70 
53. AID SCHEME "REGIONAL PLANNING ASSISTANCE FOCAL POINT 
PROGRAMME (RPAFPP) 2001 - 2006 - FOCAL POINT: ‘ESTABLISHMENT 
OF ENERGY-RELATED ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PROJECTS' - PARTS: 1) 'CONSTRUCTION OF BIOMASS HEATING SYSTEMS'; 2) 'OFF-HEATING AND REGAINING WARMTH ENERGY'; 3) 'ELECTRICAL HEAT PUMPS'" ................................................................................................................... ..72 
54. AID SCHEME "DISTRICT HEAT ING PROMOTION PROGRAMME"......................73 
 
  
 
 
PLEASE NOTE:  1€ = 13.7603 ATS (AUSTRIAN SHILLINGS) 
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1. AID SCHEME "GUIDELINES ON THE GR ANTING OF AID TO THE NATIONAL  
INDUSTRIES FOR ENVIRONMENTA L PROTECTION MEASURES-OLD 
VERSION" 
1. Title of the subsidy  
 
 Guidelines on the Granting of Aid to the National Industries for Environmental Protection Measures - Old Version  (Note: The applicati on of the new version is reported separately) 
 2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main objective of this aid scheme was to provide economic assistance to environmental 
protection measures carried out by enterprises, no ma tter what the type of industry was, which the 
pertinent recipient belonged to.   4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted ) 
 
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   "Law on Federal Aid to Environmental Protecti on" of 1993, State Gazette Edition No. 185/93, 
and the "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid to the national Industries for environmental Protection 
Measures", based thereon. 
  Authority in charge of supervising the application of the aid scheme:   Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Division II, 
Department 3 - Sustainable Developm ent and Environmental Promotion. 
 
 Institution in charge of administrating the aid scheme:    Kommunalkredit Austria (KKA)    
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme were  provided as non-repayable cash grants. 
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 Recipients of the subsidies granted under this  aid scheme could be ente rprises in all kinds of 
industries, both manufacturing industries and service-related industries. In each specific case, the amount of aid committed depended on the quality and the value of benefit, which the pertinent 
investment project subsidized contributed to the environment and its protection. Generally speaking, 
one can say that the total subsidy amount, expressed in  terms of an aid intensity, usually ranged from 
ten per cent to thirty-five per cent of the volume of the environmentally eligible investment costs. 
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 7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  For 2003, no expenditure forecast was made any longer. In 2002, the year to be reported on, 
the total amount of new subsidy commitments was € 40,339,594.-. Actual subsidy payments amounted 
to a total of € 27,443,683.- in the previous year. In 2001, the total amount of subsidies paid out was 
ATS 408.10 million.     8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme had been app licable since 7 November 1996 and terminated 
with the inception of the "EC-approved" new versi on of the Guidelines on 2 April 2002. Both subsidy 
commitments made and subsidy payments effectua ted during the first three months of 2002 still 
referred to aid requests submitted on the basis of the expired Guidelines.   
 
9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy  
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter had only got minimal effects on 
the international trade.  
 
2. AID SCHEME "GUIDELINES ON THE GRANTING OF AID TO THE NATIONAL 
INDUSTRIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MEASURES - NEW VERSION" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Guidelines on the Granting of Aid to the National Industries for Environmental Protection Measures  2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002 
 3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provide economic assistance to environmental 
protection measures carried out by enterprises, no matter what the type of industry is, which the 
pertinent recipient belongs to.   4.  Background and authority for the subsidy (incl uding the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted ) 
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: "Law on Federal Aid to 
Environmental Protection" of 1993, State Gazette Ed ition No. 185/93, as amended with State Gazette 
Edition No. 79/1998, and the "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid to the national Industries for environmental Protection Measures", based there on Aut hority in charge of supervising the application 
of the aid scheme: 
 
 Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management, Division II, 
Department 3 - Sustainable Developm ent and Environmental Promotion.  
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  Institution in charge of administrating the aid scheme:  
  Kommunalkredit Austria (KKA)    5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants.  6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 Recipients of the subsidies granted under this  aid scheme may be enterprises in all kinds of 
industries, both manufacturing industries and service-re lated industries. In a specific case, the amount 
of aid committed depends on the quality and the valu e of benefit, which the pertinent investment 
project subsidized contributes to the environment and its protection. Generally speaking, one can say 
that the total subsidy amount, expressed in terms of an aid intensity, usually ranges from ten per cent 
to fifty per cent of the volume of the environmentally eligible investment costs. 
 7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  For 2003, the total expenditure forecast on subs idies is € 47,238,000. In 2002, the year to be 
reported on, the total amount of new subsidy commit ments was € 6,606,751. Actual subsidy payments 
amounted to a total of € 6,703 in the previous year. In 2001, there were no subsidy payments effectuated under the new scheme yet.   8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 2 April 2002 and has got an unlimited duration of validity,  9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter has only minimal effects on the 
international trade.      3. AID SCHEME "GUIDELINES ON THE GRANTING OF AID TO THE 
MANAGEMENT OF ABANDONED POLLUTED SITES" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Guidelines on the Granting of Aid to the Management of abandoned polluted Sites   
2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  3.  Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to measures aiming at the 
rehabilitation of contaminated sites. Priority is give n to those contaminated sites which are registered 
in the national register of contaminated sites.   G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )     
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:  
 "Law on Federal Aid to Environmental Protecti on" of 1993, State Gazette Edition No. 185/93, 
as amended with State Gazette Edition No. 79/1998, and the "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid to the 
Management of abandoned polluted Sites", as ame nded, based there on Authority in charge of 
supervising the application of the aid scheme:  Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, 
Environment and Water Management, Division II, Department 3 - Sustainable Development and 
Environmental Promotion. 
  Institution in charge of administrating the aid scheme:    Kommunalkredit Austria (KKA)   
 
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants.  6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided bo th to enterprises and to local authorities in 
favour of the management of aba ndoned polluted sites. Subsidies are granted as long as those pertinent 
contaminated sites are registered in the "Austrian Register for Contaminated Sites".  Normally, the 
rehabilitation measures taken last from one to ten years. In a specific case, the amount of aid 
committed depends on the quality and the value of benefit, which the pertinent investment project 
subsidized contributes to the rehabilitation of the ab andoned polluted site and its  protection. Generally 
speaking, one can say that the total subsidy, expr essed in terms of an aid intensity, usually varies 
between fifty-five and ninety-five per cent of the total eligible costs of investment.   7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Total amount of new subsidy commitments in 2002:  € 16,123,894.-   Total amount of actual subsidy payments in 2002:  € 39,354,026.-   Total expenditure forecast for the expect ed subsidies in 2003:   € 50,000,000.- 
 Average aid intensity of the subsidies committed in 2002:  58.01 per cent 
  In 2001, the volume of subsidy payments  amounted to ATS 423.25 million, with the 
underlying aid requests having been submitted on the basis of the Guidelines version which had been 
approved by the EC in 1996.   
8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been a pplicable since 31 May 2002 and has got an 
unlimited duration of validity.   
9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter has only minimal effects on the 
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4. AID SCHEME "GUIDELINES ON THE GRANTING OF AID TO THE WASTE 
WATER MANAGEMENT IN INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISES" 
1. Title of the subsidy  
 
 Guidelines on the Granting of Aid to the Wast e Water Management in industrial Enterprises. 
 2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002 
 
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provide economic assistance to waste water 
management projects carried out by enterprises, no matter what the type of industry is, which the 
pertinent recipient belongs to.  
 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )     
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
 
 "Law on Federal Aid to Environmental Protecti on" of 1993, State Gazette Edition No. 185/93, 
as amended with State Gazette No. 79/1998, and the "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid to the Waste 
Water Management in industrial Enterprises", as am ended, based there on Authority in charge of 
supervising the application of the aid scheme: Fede ral Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment 
and Water  management, Division II, Department 3 - Sustainable Development and  Environmental 
Promotion.   Institution in charge of administrating the aid scheme:    Kommunalkredit Austria (KKA)   
 
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants.  
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Recipients of the subsidies granted under this  aid scheme may be enterprises in all kinds of 
industries, both manufacturing industries and service-re lated industries. In a specific case, the amount 
of aid committed depends on the quality and the valu e of benefit, which the pertinent investment 
project subsidized contributes to the environment and its protection. Generally speaking, one can say 
that the total subsidy, expressed in terms of an ai d intensity, usually amounts to a maximum of thirty-
five per cent of the volume of the environmentally eligible investment costs.  7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
 
 In 2002, the year to be reported on, the total amount of new subsidies committed was 
€ 4,420,795. Actual subsidy payments amounted to  € 10,442,123 in the previous year. The total G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 expenditure forecast for the expect ed subsidies in the current year amounts to € 5 million. In 2001, 
subsidy payments totalling ATS 54.74  million were effectuated.   
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been appli cable since November 12, 1996 and has got an 
unlimited duration of validity.  9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter has only minimal effects on the 
international trade.      5. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 27A OF THE LABOUR  MARKET PROMOTION ACT (LMPA) 1969 AS AMENDED IN 1994"  
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Assistance pursuant to Chapter 27a of th e Labour Market Promotion Act (LMPA) 1969 as 
amended in 1994  
 
2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provide economic assistance to labour-market-orientated investment projects.  4. Background and authority for the subsidy (incl uding the identification of the Legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   Chapter 27a of the "Labour Market Prom otion Act (LMPA) 1969 as amended in 1994" and 
"Guidelines on the Granting of Aid pursuant to Ch apter 27a of the ‘Labour Market Promotion Act 
(LMPA) 1969 as amended in 1994’", based thereon.   Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Federal Ministry for Economy and Labour, General Directorate "C1 - Economic Policy", 
Department 2 - "Locational Policy and Internal Market"   
 5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants, as low-interest 
loans ("soft loans") or as guarantees. 
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 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided  
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provide d mainly to enterprises in the manufacturing 
industries.    
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount bud geted for the subsidy and subsidy commitments
 
  Regarding the current year, the total amount budgeted for the state aid measures under this aid scheme, the aid scheme "Assistance pursuant to Ch apter 35a of the Labour Market Promotion Act 
(LMPA) 1969 as amended in 1994" and the aid scheme  "Assistance pursuant to Chapter 51a 
Paragraph 3 to 5 of the Labour Market Promoti on Act (LPMA) 1969 as amended in 1994" equals 
€ 32.41 million. In 2002, the year to be reported on , the total amount of non-repayable cash grants 
committed was € 106,394.90, the volume of committed low-interest loans amounted to € 720,000.-.    The total amount of actual payments on gran ts was € 243,045.31, while the payments on loans 
reached € 500,000.-. There were neither made new guarantee commitments nor guarantee payments 
effectuated last year. In 2001, the total volum e of non-repayable cash grants paid out was 
ATS 117.22 million. There were no s ubsidy payments effectuated in the other aid forms during that 
year.      8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "existing" aid scheme has been applicab le since 2 March 1994 and has got an unlimited 
duration of validity.  9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.      6. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 35A OF THE LABOUR 
MARKET PROMOTION ACT (LMPA) 1969 AS AMENDED IN 1994"  
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Assistance pursuant to Chapter 35a of th e Labour Market Promotion Act (LMPA) 1969 as 
amended in 1994  
 2.  Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provide economic assistance to labour-market-orientated investment projects.  
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (incl uding the identification of the Legislation under 
which it is granted )     
   Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 Chapter 35a of the "Labour Market Prom otion Act (LMPA) 1969 as amended in 1994" and 
"Guidelines on the Granting of Aid pursuant to Ch apter 35a of the ‘Labour Market Promotion Act 
(LMPA) 1969 as amended in 1994’", based thereon.  
 Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Federal Ministry for Economy and Labour, General Directorate "C1 - Economic Policy", 
Department 2 - "Locational Policy and Internal Market".  
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided either as non-repayable cash grants, as low-interest loans ("soft loans") or as guarantees. Th e maximum period of the loans is four years.  
 
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provide d mainly to enterprises in the manufacturing 
industries.    7. Total amount budgeted, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and subsidy commitments
 
 
 Regarding the current year, the total amount budgeted for the state aid measures under this aid scheme, the aid scheme "Assistance pursuant to Ch apter 27a of the Labour Market Promotion Act 
(LMPA) 1969 as amended in 1994" and the aid sch eme "Assistance pursu ant to Chapter 51a 
Paragraph 3 to 5 of the Labour Market Promoti on Act (LPMA) 1969 as amended in 1994" equals 
€ 32.41 million. Regarding the first half year of  2003, the total expenditu re forecast on grants 
amounted to € 1,853,199.43. In 2002, the year to be reported on, subsidy commitments on non-repayable cash grants reached € 12,756,467.14 and subsidy commitments on low-interest loans 
totalled € 545,000. There were no new guarantee co mmitments made last year. Actual payments on 
grants amounted to € 10,458,148.23,  while there were neither payments  on loans nor on guarantees. In 
2001, subsidy payments on non-repayable cash grants  totalled ATS 117.22 million, while there was no 
expenditure on low-interest loans.     
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "existing" aid scheme has been applicab le since 2 March 1994 and has got an unlimited 
duration of validity. 
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.    
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 7. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE PURSUANT TO CHAPTER 51A SECTIONS 3 TO 5 
OF THE LABOUR MARKET PROMOTION ACT (LMPA) 1969 AS AMENDED IN 
1994"  
1. Title of the subsidy  
 
 Assistance pursuant to Chapter 51a Sections 3 to 5 of the Labour Market Promotion Act 
(LMPA) 1969 as amended in 1994    2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002 
 3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provide economic assistance to labour-market-
orientated investment projects. 
 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (incl uding the identification of the Legislation under 
which it is granted ) 
   Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
 
 Chapter 51a Sections 3 to 5 of the "Labour  Market Promotion Act (LMPA) 1969 as amended 
in 1994" and "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid pursuant to Chapter 51a Sections 3 to 5 of the ‘Labour Market Promotion Act (LMPA) 1969 as ame nded in 1994’", based there on Authority and 
administrating state aid agency in charge of grantin g the subsidies:  Federal Ministry for Economy and 
Labour, General Directorate "C1 - Economic Policy",  Department 2 - "Locational Policy and Internal 
Market"   5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided either as non-repayable cash grants, as low-
interest loans ("soft loans") or as guarantees.  
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided mainly to enterprises in the manufacturing 
industries.   
 7. Total amount budgeted, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and subsidy commitments
 
  Regarding the current year, the total amount budgeted for this and the other two aid schemes 
for labour market promotion at the federal level is € 32.41 million. Regarding the first half year of 
2003, the expenditure forecast for grants has been € 13, 161,000.-. In 2002, the y ear to be reported on, 
both subsidy commitments and subs idy payments were only made fo r non-repayable cash grants. The 
total amount of commitments was € 4,725,000.- and the total amount of actual payments was 
€ 8,343,124.86. In 2001, n on-repayable cash grants of ATS 147.86 million were paid out, while there 
were neither subsidy payments for low-interest lo ans nor subsidy payments for guarantees.      
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 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 4 July 2000 and will terminate on 31 December 2006.    
9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.    
 
 
8. AID SCHEME "ERP-TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 ERP-Technology Programme 
 2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
carried out in the field of research and development.    
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (incl uding the identification of the Legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   "ERP-Fund Act" of 1962 and "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the ERP-Technology 
Programme", as amended. 
  Authority in charge of supervising the application of this aid scheme:    Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour, Ge neral Directorate "C1 - Economic Policy", 
Department 2 - "Locational Policy and Internal Market". 
  Aid giving institution in charge of administ rating the scheme and granting the subsidies: ERP-
Fund   5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provi ded as low-interest loans ("soft loans") 
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to both manufacturers and industrial enterprises 
as well as enterprises in the production-related servi ce industries. The amounts of the low-interest 
loans committed depend on the total research and de velopment expenditures realised in the pertinent 
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  Mechanism of granting the subsidies:  
  -  application via an intermediary bank  -  decision by an independent commission on the commitment of the aid requested or 
the rejection of the aid request 
 -  payment, generally effectuated in two parts, after the cost-approval 
 7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budge ted for the subsidy, total amount of subsidy 
commitments and total amount for subsidy payments  
 
 Total expenditure forecast on the s ubsidies in 2003: € 50,000,000.-   
  For a single project an enterprise may receive a maximum soft loan of € 7.5 million.   Regarding 2002, the year to be reported on, th e total amount of low-interest loans committed 
was € 26,947,500.-. The overall gross cash grant e quivalent amounted to € 3,912,885.-. The total 
volume of the actual payments on s ubsidies reached € 41,455,685.94. 
  Distinction regarding the gross value of the subsidy commitments: 
  Number of the projects where the pertinent subsidy was  € 1 million or below: 3  
     "   € 2 million or below: 2 
     "   € 3 million or below: 1        "   € 5 million or below: 1      "   over € 5 million: 2     
 In 2001, low-interest loans of ATS 495.30 milli on symbolizing a gross cash grant equivalent 
of ATS 74.30 million were paid out.    8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been app licable since 19 September 1997 and has got an 
unlimited duration of validity.   
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter has only minimal effects on the 
international trade.      
9. AID SCHEME "ERP-SME-TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 ERP-SME-Technology Programme  2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002 
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 3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to innovative investment 
projects carried out by small and medium-sized enterprises.  
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (incl uding the identification of the Legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:  
 "ERP-Fund Act" of 1962 and "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the ERP-SME-
Technology Programme", as amended.   Authority supervising the application of this aid scheme:  
 Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour, Ge neral Directorate "C1 - Economic Policy", 
Department 2 - "Locational Policy and Internal Market"     Aid giving institution in charge of administrati ng the scheme and granting the subsidies: ERP-Fund  
 5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provi ded as low-interest loans ("soft loans") 
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to both manufacturers and industrial enterprises 
as well as enterprises in the production-related service industries.   Mechanism of granting the subsidies:    - application via an intermediary bank 
 - decision by an independent commission on the commitment of the aid requested or 
the rejection of the aid request 
 -  payment, generally effectuated in two parts, after the cost-approval 
  A very small number of projects subsidized under this aid scheme is also cofinanced by the 
Structural Fund for Regional Development (SFRD).   
 7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budge ted for the subsidy, total amount of subsidy 
commitments and total amount of subsidy payments  
  Total expenditure forecast for the s ubsidies in 2003: € 60,000,000.-.   
 
 For a single project an enterprise may receive a maximum soft loan of € 7.5 million.   In 2002, the year to be reported on, the vol ume of soft loans committed was € 43,451,200.- 
with the total gross cash grant equivalent having amounted to € 4,701,969.20. The total amount of 
actual payments on subsidies was € 59,191,088.44.  
   Distinction regarding the gross value of the subsidy commitments: 
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  Number of the projects where the pertinent subsidy was  € 1 million or below: 17   
      "  € 2 million or below: 7       "  € 3 million or below: 3          "   € 5 million or below: 1        "   over € 5 million: 2    
 
 In 2001, the total amount of subsidy payments on low-interest loans was ATS 813.63 million, with that volume symbolizing a total gross cash  grant equivalent of ATS 122.04 million.   
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been a pplicable since 20 August 1997 and has got an 
unlimited duration of validity.    9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter has only minimal effects on the 
international trade.   10. AID SCHEME "ERP-REGIONAL PROGRAMME" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  ERP-Regional Programme  
2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
carried out in specific "National Assisted Areas" pur suant to Article 87 Chapter 3 lit. a) and lit. c) of 
the EC-Treaty  4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )     
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   "ERP-Fund Act" of 1962 and "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the ERP- Regional Programme", as amended. 
 
 Authority in charge of supervising the application of this aid scheme:   Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour, Ge neral Directorate "C1 - Economic Policy", 
Department 2 - "Locational Policy and Internal Market"    
  
Authority in charge of administrating the scheme and granting the subsidies:   ERP-Fund  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provi ded as low-interest loans ("soft loans") 
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to both manufacturers and industrial enterprises 
as well as enterprises in the production-related service industries.   Mechanism of granting the subsidies:  
 
 -  application via an intermediary bank  -  decision by an independent commission on the commitment of the aid requested or 
the rejection of the aid request 
 -  payment, generally effectuated in two parts, after the cost-approval 
 
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budge ted for the subsidy, total amount  of subsidy 
commitments and total amount of subsidy payments   
  Total expenditure forecast for the subsidies in 2003: € 250,000,000.-.   
 Regarding the year 2002, the volume of soft loans committed was € 146,334,180.-. 
 The total gross cash grant equiva lent reached € 16,405,049.02.  
 Actual payments on subsidies amounted to € 154,591,810.99.     The maximum amount of aid committed for an en terprise per project may be € 7.5 million; in 
exceptional cases the amount may be even higher.       Distinction regarding the value of the subsidy commitments: 
   
 Number of the projects where the pertinent subsidy was  € 1 million or below: 34       "   € 2 million or below: 21       "   € 3 million or below: 6      € 5 million or below: 9      "   € over 5 million: 7  
 In 2001, low-interest loans totalling ATS 2, 374.68 million with an overall gross cash grant 
equivalent of ATS 356.20  million were paid out. 
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been a pplicable since 30 July 1997 and has got an 
unlimited duration of validity.    9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter has only minimal effects on the 
international trade.      11. AID SCHEME "ERP-TOURISM PROGRAMME" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  ERP-Tourism Programme  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 2. Period covered by the notification  
  2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main objective of this aid scheme is to provide economic assistance to tourist investment projects carried out by small and medium-sized enterprises or in "Assisted Areas"    4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   "ERP-Fund Act" of 1962 and "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the ERP-Tourism 
Programme", as amended. 
  Authority in charge of supervising the granting of aid under this aid scheme:   Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour, Ge neral Directorate "C1 - Economic Policy", 
Department 2 - "Locational Policy and Internal Market"  
  
 State aid agency in charge of administrating the aid scheme:       ERP-Fund  
 
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provi ded as low-interest loans ("soft loans") 
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to both companies offering accommodation and 
enterprises in the leisure time industry. Mechanism of granting the subsidies:  
  -  application via an intermediary bank  -  decision by an independent commission on the commitment of the aid requested or 
the rejection of the aid request 
 -  payment, generally effectuated in two parts, after the cost-approval 
 7. Total amount of subsidy / Annua l amount budgeted for the subsidy
 
  Total expenditure forecast for the subsidies in 2003: € 30,000,000.-  
 
 The amount of aid committed per project usually ranges from ATS 1 million to ATS 100 million.   In 2002, the year to be reported on, th e total amount of subsidy commitments was 
€ 38,172,396.-. The total gross cash grant equi valent amounted to € 6,119,456.58. The actual 
payments totalled € 21,318,128.21 in the previous year. In 2001, subsidy payments amounting to ATS 
426.20 million were effectuated, with the overall subsidy equivalent of the pertinent low-interest loans 
totalling ATS 63.93 million.   G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 3 September 1999 and has got an unlimited duration of validity.   
9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter has only minimal effects on the 
international trade.   
 
 
12. AID SCHEME "ERP TRANSPORT –PROGRAMME" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 ERP-Loans to the Transport Industry   
 2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provide economic assistance to investment projects in the fields of intermodal transport and combined forwarding.    
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (incl uding the identification of the Legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   "ERP-Fund Act" of 1962 and "Guidelines on the Gr anting of Loans to the Transport Industry", 
as amended. 
  Authority in charge of supervising the application of this aid scheme:   Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour, Ge neral Directorate "C1 - Economic Policy", 
Department 2 - "Locational Policy and Internal Market" 
  Aid giving institution in charge of administ rating the scheme and granting the subsidies: ERP-
Fund   5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provide d as low-interest loans ("soft loans"). 
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provi ded to companies in the transport sector. 
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  Mechanism of granting the subsidies:  
  -  application via an intermediary bank    -  decision by an independent commission on the commitment of the aid requested or the 
rejection of the aid request 
 -  payment, generally effectuated in two parts, after the cost-approval 
 7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budge ted for the subsidy, total amount of subsidy 
commitments and total amount of subsidy payments    
 
 Total expenditure forecast for the s ubsidies in 2003: € 5,800,000.-    
  In 2002, the year to be reported on, the total volume of subsidy commitments was € 5,100,779.-. The total gross cash grant equivale nt amounted to € 566,186.47. The amount of actual 
payments corresponded to the figure of the subsid ies committed. In the previous year, two new 
projects were subsidized, one by a loan of less th an € 1 million, the other by a loan of less than 
€ 5 million. In 2001, there were neither subsi dy commitments nor subsidy payments, since the 
underlying notified Guidelines were still under investigation by the European Commission.         
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been appli cable since 1 March 2002 and will terminate on 
31 December 2006.  9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter has only minimal effects on the 
international trade.      
13. AID SCHEME "SPECIAL ERP-PROGRAMME FOR A TECHNOLOGY AND 
GROWTH  INITIATIVE; PART ‘R. & D.-GROWTH-PROGRAMME, R. & D.-
COOPERATION PROJECTS’" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Special ERP-Programme for a Technology an d Growth Initiative; Part R. & D.-Growth 
Programme, R. & D.-Cooperation Projects     
 2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
carried out by rapidly growing enterprises or by enterprises which enter into cooperation with other 
firms, with research centers or with universities.  
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 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:  
 "ERP-Fund Act" of 1962 and "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the Special ERP- 
Programme for a Technology and Growth Initiative;  Part ‘R. & D.-Growth Programme, R. & D.-
Cooperation Projects’", as amended    Authority in charge of supervising the application of this aid scheme: 
 
 Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour, Ge neral Directorate "C1 - Economic Policy", 
Department 2 - "Locational Policy and Internal Market"    Aid giving institution in charge of administ rating the scheme and granting the subsidies: ERP-
Fund. 
 5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provi ded as low-interest loans ("soft loans") 
 
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to both manufacturers and industrial enterprises 
as well as enterprises in the production-related service industries.  
 Mechanism of granting the subsidies:   
  -  application via an intermediary bank  -  decision by an independent commission on the commitment of the aid requested or the 
rejection of the aid request 
 -  payment, generally effectuated in two parts, after the cost-approval 
 
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budge ted for the subsidy, total amount of subsidy 
commitments and total amount of subsidy payments  
  Total expenditure forecast on the subsidies in 2003: € 20,000,000.- 
 
 For a single project an enterprise may receive a maximum soft loan of € 7.5 million.   In 2002, the year to be reported on, th e total amount of subsidy commitments was 
€ 6,517,360.-. The total gross cash grant equivalent amounted to € 1,323,024.08. The volume of actual 
subsidy payments was € 17,627,649.45.    
 
 In the previous business year, eight new proj ects were assisted under this aid scheme. Six 
projects were subsidized by loans of € 1 million or  below each. Two projects were subsidized by loans 
of € 2 million or below each. In 2001, there were no new subsidy payments made.    
 
8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 10 November 1997 and has got an unlimited duration of validity.   G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy  
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter has only minimal effects on the 
international trade. 
 
 
14. AID SCHEME "SPECIAL ERP-PROGRAMME FOR A TECHNOLOGY AND 
GROWTH  INITIATIVE; PART ‘SME-TECHNOLOGY-GROWTH-PROGRAMME’" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Special ERP-Programme for a Technology a nd Growth Initiative; Part SME-Technology-
Growth-Programme  2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to innovative investment 
projects carried out by ra pidly growing sma ll and medium-sized enterprises.  
 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
  "ERP-Fund Act" of 1962 and "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the Special ERP- Programme for a Technology and Growth Initiative;  Part ‘SME-Technology-Growth-Programme’", as 
amended.  
 Authority in charge of supervising the application of this aid scheme: 
  Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour, Ge neral Directorate "C1 - Economic Policy", 
Department 2 - "Locational Policy and Internal Market"  
 Aid giving institution in charge of administ rating the scheme and granting the subsidies: ERP-
Fund   5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provi ded as low-interest loans ("soft loans") 
 
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to both manufacturers and industrial enterprises 
as well as enterprises in the production-related service industries. 
 
 Mechanism of granting the subsidies:    -  application via an intermediary bank G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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  -  decision by an independent commission on the commitment of the aid requested or the 
rejection of the aid request 
 -  payment, generally effectuated in two parts, after the cost-approval 
 7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budge ted for the subsidy, total amount of subsidy 
commitments and total amount of subsidy payments    
  Total expenditure forecast for the subsidies in 2003: € 10,000,000.-   
  For a single project an enterprise may receive a maximum soft loan of € 7.5 million.  
 
 In 2002, the year to be reported on, the total amount of subsidy commitments was € 384,000.-. The gross cash grant equivalent amounted to € 77,952.-. The total amount of actual payments on 
subsidies reached € 1,960,000.-.   
 In the previous year, one project was subs idized by a loan of less than € 1 million. 
  In 2001, payments for low-interest loans amounted to ATS 35.59 million, with that volume symbolizing a total gross cash grant equivalent of ATS 5.35 million.      8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been app licable since 15 October1997 and has got an 
unlimited duration of validity.  9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter has only minimal effects on the 
international trade.   15. AID SCHEME "SPECIAL ERP-PROGRAMME FOR A TECHNOLOGY AND 
GROWTH INITIATIVE; PART ‘REGIONAL-GROWTH-PROGRAMME FOR MEDIUM- SIZED  BUSINESSES’" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Special ERP-Programme for a Technology and Growth Initiative; Part "Regional-Growth -
Programme for medium-sized Businesses"    2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002 
 
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to innovative investment 
projects carried out by rapidly growi ng companies in "Assisted Areas".  
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 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:  
 "ERP-Fund Act" of 1962 and "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the Special ERP-
Programme for a Technology and Growth Initiative; Part ‘Regional-Growth-Programme for medium-
sized Businesses’", as amended   Authority in charge of supervising the application of this aid scheme: 
 
 Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour, Ge neral Directorate "C1 - Economic Policy", 
Department 2 - "Locational Policy and Internal Market"   Aid giving institution in charge of administ rating the scheme and granting the subsidies: ERP-
Fund  
 5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provide d as low-interest loans ("soft loans"). 
 
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to both manufacturers and industrial enterprises 
as well as enterprises in the production-related service industries.  
 Mechanism of granting the subsidies:  
  -  application via an intermediary bank  -  decision by an independent commission on the commitment of the aid requested or 
the rejection of the aid request 
 -  payment, generally effectuated in two parts, after the cost-approval 
 
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budge ted for the subsidy, total amount of subsidy 
commitments and total amount of subsidy payments    
  Total expenditure forecast for the subsidies in 2003: € 10,000,000.-   
 For a single project an enterprise may receive a maximum soft loan of € 7.5 million.  
  In 2002, the year to be reported on, no ne w subsidy commitments were made. The total 
amount of actual payments on subsidies reached € 3,460,000.-.    In 2001, low-interest loans amounting to A TS 37.43 million were paid out. The total gross 
cash grant equivalent involved was ATS 5.61 million. 
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since late 1999 and will cease on 
31 December 2006. 
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 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter has only minimal effects on the 
international trade.    
 
 
16. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE BY ECO PLUS LOWER AUSTRIAN REGIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT AGENCY, LTD. TO REGIONAL INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN LOWER AUSTRIA" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Assistance by ECO PLUS Lower Austrian Regiona l Development Agency, Ltd. to Regional 
Investment Projects in Lower Austria    
2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to regional investment 
projects carried out in the Province of Lower Austria.           4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   Company Contract having established ECO PLUS Lower Austrian Regional Development 
Agency, Ltd. and "Guidelines by ECO PLUS Lower Austrian Regional Development Agency, Ltd. on the Granting of Aid to Regional Investment Project s in Lower Austria”, as amended in 1999, based 
thereon   
  Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Office of the Regional Government of Lowe r Austria, Department WST2 – Economic 
Assistance in cooperation with ECO PLUS Lower Au strian Regional Development Agency, Ltd.  
 5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided e ither in the form of non-repayable cash grants 
or loans without interest payments.  
 
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are mainly pr ovided for municipalities, private investors and 
associations. There is no fixed amount per unit but a fluctuating one, determined by different features 
of the individual project (e.g. profit- versus non-prof it-orientation, location, type of measure etc.). The 
mechanism for granting the subsidies is a two-step  procedure, resulting in a specific recommendation 
to the Regional Government of Lower Austria wh ich takes the final decision in each case.    
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 7. Annual amount budgeted for the subs idy, subsidy commitments and payments  
  For 2003, the total expenditure forecast on subs idies amounts to € 30 billion. In 2002, the year 
to be reported on, the volume of expenditure comm itments amounted to € 53 billion. On average, the 
subsidy per project reached € 397,0 00.-. Actual subsidy payments of  € 39.738 billion were effectuated 
last year. In 2001, non-repayable cash grants of ATS 432 million were provided under the aid scheme.     
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been a pplicable since 29 May 1998 and will expire on 
31 December 2006.  
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.      
17. AID SCHEME "GUARANTEES FOR DEFENSIVE MEASURES IN CARINTHIA" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Guarantees by the Regional Government of Carinthia for Defensive Measures      2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002 
 3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main purpose of this aid scheme is to provide economic assistance to Carinthian small and medium-sized enterprises with potential to develop,  but endangered to fail, through the provision of 
guarantees.    
 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
  Decisions by the Regional Parliament of Carinthia dated 18 December 1997 and 
16 December 1999 as well as the Guidelines on the Granting of Guarantees by the Regional Government of Carinthia for Defensive Measures, as amended in 2001    
 Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the guarantees: 
  Office of the Regional Government of Cari nthia, Department 4 - Financial Affairs and 
Economy; in addition, the Carinthian Economic A ssistance Fund provides consultancy in the decision-
making process.     
 
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as guarantees.  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to enterprises in the manufacturing industries 
and in the service-related industries, who have eith er their headquarters or a site in the Region of 
Carinthia and who are endangered in their existence.   
 
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  The total amount of the 2003 budgetary frame  for guarantees is € 3,634.- million. This volume 
also symbolizes the annual budget during the entire life-time of the pertinent aid scheme. Regarding 
2002, the year to be reported on, one guarantee am ounting to € 68,000.- was committed. There were 
no payments on account of the realization of guara ntees. In 2001, guarantee payments amounted to 
ATS 50 million, with that figure symbolizing a total gro ss cash grant equivalent of ATS 5 million.      
 
8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 9 July 2001 and will terminate on 31 December 2006.  
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.     
 
18. AID SCHEME "DEFICIENCY GUARANTEES FOR OFFENSIVE MEASURES IN 
CARINTHIA" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Deficiency Guarantees by the Regional Governme nt of Carinthia for Offensive Measures     
 
2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main addressees of subsidies under this aid scheme are enterprises with potentially successful 
products, who operate in the manufacturing industries, the service-related industries, in trade or in the 
tourist industry and provide either infrastructure fo r the benefit of the Region or invest in tourist 
infrastructure.      
 
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
 
 Decisions by the Regional Parliament of Ca rinthia dated 16 May 2000 and 12 July 2000 as 
well as the Guidelines on the Granting of Deficien cy Guarantees by the Regional Government of 
Carinthia for Offensive Measures, as amended in 2001.  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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  Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the guarantees: 
  Office of the Regional Government of Cari nthia, Department 4 - Financial Affairs and 
Economy; in addition the Carinthian Economic Assi stance Fund provides consultancy in the decision-
making process.     
 
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as deficiency guarantees.   
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Guarantees under this aid scheme are provided for Carinthian enterprises fulfilling the conditions laid down in the above-men tioned paragraph 4 and us ually cover fifty per cent of the risk of 
default.        
 
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  The total amount of the 2003 budgetary frame  for guarantees is € 3.634.- million. This volume 
also symbolizes the annual budget during the entire life-time of the pertinent aid scheme. Regarding 
2002, the year to be reported on, there were made  neither new guarantee commitments nor guarantee 
payments. There were no guarantee payments either in 2001.   8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 9 July 2001 and will terminate on 
31 December 2006.  
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.      
19. AID SCHEME "REGIONAL INVESTMENT PROMOTION PROGRAMME"  
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Regional Investment Promotion Programme  2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002 
 3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
carried out by enterprises in Lower Austria. 
 G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:  
 "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the ‘Regional Investment Promotion Programme’", 
as amended in 1996.   Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
 
 Office of the Regional Government of Lo wer Austria, Department WST2 - Economic 
Assistance  5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Aid under this aid scheme is provided in the form of either non-repayable cash grants, low-
interest loans ("soft loans") or  interest rate subsidies.  
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to enterprises both in the manufacturing 
industries and in the service-related industries. The conditions of the aid depend on the different types 
of aid administered. Regarding the non-repayable cash grants, the maximum aid intensities range from 
7.5 per cent to 37 per cent of the total volume of th e eligible investment costs, in each individual case. 
Regarding the low-interest loans ("soft loans"), the maximum volume of loan amounts to € 363,365.-, 
the period of loan is ten years without any repayment in the first two years, and the interest rate ranges 
from 0 per cent to five per cent. Regarding the inter est rate subsidies, the maximum basis which they 
may refer to amounts to € 1,453,457.-, the maximum peri od of interest rate subsidy is five years, and 
the interest rate subsidies range from two per cent to four per cent of the calculation basis at the 
maximum.   7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  For 2003, the annual amount budgeted for all thr ee types of aid equals € 24,345,400.-, with a 
separate distinction of this figure according to the forms of subsidy not bei ng available. In 2002, the 
year to be reported on, no new subsidy commitme nts on non-repayable cash grants were made. The 
volume of all the committed low-interest loans ("so ft loans") actually totalled € 5,175,958.40 and the 
volume of all the committed  interest rate subsidi es actually totalled € 226,509.-. Concerning interest 
rate subsidies maximum aid intensities were 11.45 pe r cent for projects in regionally assisted areas and 
5.73 per cent for projects outside regionally assi sted areas. In 2001, subsidy payments on non-
repayable cash grants equalled ATS 44.47 million, paym ents for interest rate subsidies totalled ATS 
57.83 million and payments for low-interest loan s amounted to ATS 220.44 million. The gross cash 
grant equivalent linked with the loans was ATS 33.07 in the last but one year.      
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 22 January 1996 and has got an 
unlimited duration of validity. 
  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy  
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.    
 
 
20. AID SCHEME "LOWER AUSTRIAN INNOVATION, TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH 
AND DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION PROGRAMME" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Lower Austrian Innovation, Technology, Rese arch and Development Promotion Programme  
 2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002 
 3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provide  economic assistance to immaterial investment 
projects as well as to research and development activi ties carried out by enterprises in Lower Austria. 
 
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
 
 "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the ‘Lower Austrian Innovation, Technology, 
Research and Development Promoti on Programme’", as amended in 1996. 
  Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
 
 Office of the Regional Government of Lo wer Austria, Department WST2 - Economic 
Assistance   5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Aid under this aid scheme is provided in the fo rm of either non-repayable cash grants or 
interest rate subsidies.  6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to enterprises both in the manufacturing 
industries and in the service-related industries. The s ubsidy conditions depend on the different types of 
aid administered. Non-repayable cash grants are provided up to a maximum gross aid intensity of fifty per cent including bonuses.    Interest rate subsidies are granted for credits  and loans amounting to a maximum of € 726,728. 
The maximum aid intensity for interest rate s ubsidies is fifty per cent including bonuses. The 
maximum period of credit / loan is five years, with the subsidy amounts reaching a maximum of five 
per cent of the calculation basis mentioned.    G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Regarding the current year, the total amount  budgeted for the two types of aid equals 
€ 2,906,913.-, with a separate distinction of this figure according to the forms of subsidy not being 
available. In 2002, the year to be reported on,  the volume of all the committed non-repayable cash 
grants actually totalled € 527,333.50. The actual pa yments on grants amounted to € 1,981,794.90. 
There were no new expenditure commitments  made on interest rate subsidies in the previous year. 
The actual payments on interest rate subsidies amount ed to € 540,797.94. In 2001, non-repayable cash 
grants of ATS 12.58 million were paid out, while the total amount of payments for interest rate 
subsidies was only ATS 0.11 million. Subsidy payments during the last but one year mainly referred to 
aid requests which had been submitted still under th e 1996 version of the Guidelines.      
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been app licable since February 2000 and will terminate 
on 31 December 2006.  9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.      
21. AID SCHEME "JOB PREMIUM IN ASSISTED AREAS NO. 1 OF LOWER 
AUSTRIA" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Job Premium in assisted Areas No. 1 of Lower Austria   2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main objective of this aid scheme is to pr ovide economic assistance to employment-creation-
orientated investment projects carried out in  the assisted areas No. 1 of Lower Austria. 
 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
  "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid by Job Premiums in assisted Areas No. 1 of Lower 
Austria", as amended in 1995.  
 Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Office of the Regional Government of Lo wer Austria, Department WST2 - Economic 
Assistance.  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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5. Form of the subsidy  
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants.   
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provi ded to Lower Austrian enterprises in the 
manufacturing industries and in the service-related i ndustries. The grant per new job created usually 
amounts to € 2,180.-, with the pertinent recipient having to prove evidence of a minimum of two new 
jobs created. For the new jobs to be assisted, the  volume of the underlying investment costs must 
range from € 7,267.- to € 10,901.- at least.   7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
 
 Regarding the current year, the total amount of the expenditure forecast on the expected 
subsidies is € 726,730.-. In 2002, the year to be reported on, the volume of all the committed subsidies 
actually totalled € 63,220.-. The maximum gross aid intensities ranged from twenty per cent for subsidies to large enterprises to thirty per cent for subsidies to small and medium-sized enterprises. In 
the previous year, the total amount of actual paym ents was € 48,194.89. In 2001, subsidy payments 
amounted to ATS 3.59 million.     
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been a pplicable since 29 June 1995 and has got an 
unlimited duration of validity. 
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.    
  
22. AID SCHEME "LOWER AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION MODEL" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Lower Austrian Participation Model  2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002 
 
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
carried out by enterprises in the Region of Lower Austria.  
 G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:  
 Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the ‘Lower Austrian Participation Model’", as 
amended in 1997.   Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
 
 Office of the Regional Government of Lo wer Austria, Department WST2 - Economic 
Assistance.  5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Aid under this aid scheme is provided in the form of equity capital.   
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to enterprises both in the manufacturing industries and in the service-related industries. E quity capital to be subsidized may amount to a 
maximum of ATS 10 million without any interest paym ents in the first three years of the pertinent 
participation and with interest payments at an in terest rate ranging from zero per cent to five per cent 
from the fourth to the tenth year of the pertinent pa rticipation, in each individual case. In addition to 
this, there is reimbursement depending on the profit.      
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Regarding the current year, the total amount  budgeted for the two types of aid equals 
€ 2,543,449.-. In 2002, the year to be reported on,  the volume of all the committed  subsidies actually 
totalled € 17,947.01 with the maximum aid intensity ranging from 7.5 per cent to 37 per cent. In the 
previous year, the total amount of actual paymen ts reached € 948,980.52. In 2001, the total 
expenditure on subsidies was ATS 12.09 million.          8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 28 November 1997 and has got an 
unlimited duration of validity.   
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.      
23. AID SCHEME "PROGRAMME TO PROMOTE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF  
ENTERPRISES"  
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Programme to promote the Establishment of Enterprises  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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2. Period covered by the notification  
  2001 and 2002  
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
carried out by enterprises regarding the settlement in Lower Austria. 
 
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:  
 "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the ‘P rogramme to promote the Establishment of 
Enterprises’", as amended in 1995.   Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Office of the Regional Government of Lo wer Austria, Department WST2 - Economic 
Assistance. 
 5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Aid under this aid scheme is provided in the form of either non-repayable cash grants, low-
interest loans ("soft loans") or  interest rate subsidies.  
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to enterprises both in the manufacturing industries and in the service-related industries. In  regionally assisted areas all enterprises may be 
subsidized. Outside regionally assisted areas larg e enterprises are excluded from subsidies under this 
scheme. Maximum aid intensities vary from 7.5 per cent to 37 per cent depending on the size of the recipient and its location.      7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Regarding the current year, the total amount of the expenditure forecast on the expected 
subsidies equals € 2,180,185.-. This budgetary frame  refers to all types of aid provided under this 
programme. In 2002, the year to be reported on, no new subsidy commitments were made. The total 
volume of the actual payments on subsidies amounted to € 581,382.01 in the previous year. In 2001, 
only non-repayable cash grants were paid out, with  the total amount of subsidy payments reaching 
ATS 14.24 million. There were no pa yments effectuated for low-inter est loans during the last but one 
year.         8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been a pplicable since 29 June 1995 and has got an 
unlimited duration of validity.  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.    
 
 
24. AID SCHEME "START-UP FINANCING MODEL" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Programme to support the Start-up Financing  
 2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002 
 
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
carried out by enterprises regarding the settlement in Lower Austria. 
 
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:  
 "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the ‘Programme to support the Start-up Financing’"      
  Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Office of the Regional Government of Lo wer Austria, Department WST2 - Economic 
Assistance. 
 
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Aid under this aid scheme is provided in the form of either credit capital or guarantees.    
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to young entrepreneurs. Capital subject to 
financial assistance may range from € 36,336.- to a maxi mum of € 363,364.- at a fixed interest rate set 
with the secondary market rate plus 0.75 per cent.  Guarantees may reach a ma ximum of three per cent 
of the outstanding balance.                  
 
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Regarding the current year, the total amount of the expenditure forecast on the expected 
subsidies equals € 1,453,457.-. This budgetary frame  refers to all types of aid provided under this 
programme. In 2002, the year to be reported on, no new subsidy commitments were made. The total 
volume of the actual payments on subsidies amounted to € 13,361.52 in the previous year. In 2001, there were no subsidy payments effectuated.       G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it  
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been a pplicable since 20 February 1998 and will 
terminate on 20 February 2003. 
 
9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.    
  
25. AID SCHEME "PROMOTION OF MARKET EXPLORATION"   
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Promotion of Market Exploration  2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002 
 
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to enhanced measures of 
internationalisation taken by Lower Austrian enterprises.  
 
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:  
 "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the ‘Promotion of Market Exploration’"      
  Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Office of the Regional Government of Lo wer Austria, Department WST2 - Economic 
Assistance. 
 5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Aid under this aid scheme is provided in the form of non-repayable cash grants.  
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to enterprises of both the manufacturing and the service-related industries. The maximum absolute subsidy amounts to € 20,000.- and the maximum aid 
intensity reaches fifty per cent of the eligible costs.     
 G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Regarding the current year, the total amount of the expenditure forecast on the expected 
subsidies equals € 900,000.-. In 2002, the year to be reported on, the amount of subsidies committed 
totalled € 10,510.-, while the actual payments amoun ted to € 31,720.03. In 2001, subsidy payments 
under the aid scheme amounted to ATS 0.21 million.     8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 19 June 2000 and will cease on 
31 December 2006.  9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.     
26. AID SCHEME "PROMOTION OF COOPERATIONS" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
      Promotion of Cooperations  2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to  provide economic assistance initiating the 
establishment of cooperations by Lower Austrian enterprises.   
 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
  "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid for the 'Promotion of Cooperations'"    Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
 
 Office of the Regional Government of Lo wer Austria, Department WST2 - Economic 
Assistance.  5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Aid under this aid scheme is provided in th e form of non-repayable cash grants up to a 
maximum aid intensity of fifty per cent.     G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided  
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to enterprises of both the manufacturing and the service-related industries. The granting of aid is car ried out in a two-step procedure. The maximum 
amount of aid is € 10,000.- in the fi rst phase and € 35,000.- in the second phase.                  
 
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Regarding the current year, the total amount of the expenditure forecast on the expected 
subsidies equals € 500,000.-. In 2002, the year to be reported on, the total new subsidy commitments 
amounted to € 24,300,000.-. The actual amount of paym ents totalled € 66,914.- in the previous year. 
There were no subsidy payments in 2001.   8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 21 December 2000 and will 
terminate on 31 December 2006.  9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.      27. AID SCHEME "PROMOTION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT, FOUNDATION AND 
STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENT"  
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Promotion of the Establishment, F oundation and structural Improvement   
 
2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to the establishment, the 
foundation and / or the structural improvement of enterprises in Lower Austria.   4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid to the Promotion of the Establishment, Foundation and structural Improvement" 
 
 Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
 G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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  Office of the Regional Government of Lo wer Austria, Department WST2 - Economic 
Assistance.  5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Aid under this aid scheme is provided in the form of non-repayable cash grants.   
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to enterprises of both the manufacturing and the 
service-related industries. The maximum aid intens ity depends on the size and the location of the 
recipient: For big enterprises outside "Assisted Are as" it is zero, for medium-sized enterprises it is 
7.5 per cent and for small enterprises it is 15 per cent.  Within "Assisted Areas" it ranges from 24  per 
cent to 37  per cent.                 
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Regarding the current year, the total amount of the expenditure forecast on the expected 
subsidies equals € 13,000,000.-. In 2002, the year to be reported on, the expenditure on subsidies 
committed amounted to € 122,900.-. The volume of actual payments was € 1,296,882.19 in the 
previous year. In 2001, subsidy payments  amounted to ATS 4.07 million.     
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been app licable since 17 October 2000 and will terminate 
on 31 December 2006. 
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.    
  
28. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE MEASURES BY THE LOWER AUSTRIAN BORDER 
REGION PROMOTION COMPANY, LTD." 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Assistance Measures by the Lower Austrian Border Region Promotion Company, Ltd.  
 2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002 
 3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
with a strictly regional orientation, thus strengthe ning the economic development in those areas of the 
Province of Lower Austria bordering on the  "Candi date Countries" for an accession to the EU Czech 
Republic and Slovak Republic. Formerly, the schem e exclusively addressed to projects in Areas under 
Objective 5b, now it is primarily applied to projects in Areas under Objective 2.            G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
 
 Company Contract dated June 25, 1975, conc luded between the Federal Government of the 
Republic of Austria and the Regional Government  of Lower Austria, as amended in 1997, and 
"Guidelines on Assistance Measures by the Lower Austrian Border Region Promotion Company, 
Ltd.", as amended in 1999, based there on Authority and administrating state aid agency in charge of 
granting the subsidies: 
  Office of the Regional Government of Lower Au stria in cooperation with the Lower Austrian 
Border Region Promotion Company, Ltd.  
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as low-interest loans ("soft loans"). Generally, 
the period of loan is eight years, with the fi rst two years being free of any repayments.   
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided esp ecially to enterprises in the trade and in the 
manufacturing industries, which are located in the areas of the Province of Lower Austria bordering on the "Candidate Countries" Czech Re public and Slovak Republic.      
 
7. Annual amount budgeted for the subs idy, subsidy commitments and payments
 
  The amount of the annual budgetary forecast fo r 2003 totals € 2.239 million. Regarding 2002, 
the year to be reported on, both the total volume of the subsidies committed and the total volume of 
actual payments on subsidies amounted to € 2.239 million. In the previous year, the expenditure 
commitments on all low-interest loans resulted in a total gross cash grant equivalent of 
€ 2.239 million, which corresponded to an average gro ss aid intensity of 7.7 per cent of the volume of 
eligible costs. In 2001, the volume of subsidy payments corresponded to the 2002 figure.       8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been appli cable since 1 February 2001 and will expire on 
31 December 2006.   9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.     
29. AID SCHEME "AID MEASURES WITHIN THE ‘OBJECTIVE-2-AREA’-
PROGRAMME SALZBURG 2000 – 2006" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Aid Measures within the "Objective-2-Area”–Programme Salzburg 2000 – 2006   G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main objective of this aid scheme is to provide economic assistance to investment projects in the field of tourism and leisure, the manufacturi ng industries and related services as well as measures 
of cross sector regional development.                
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:  
 Guidelines on "Aid Measures within the 'Objective-2-Area'-Programme Salzburg 2000 - 
2006"    Authority and administrating state aid agency  in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Office of the Regional Government of Salz burg, Department 15 - Economy, Tourism and 
Energy. 
 5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided in the form of non-repayable cash grants.   
 
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided for enterprises carrying out projects which aim 
at the realization of targets under the "Objec tive-2-Area”-Programme Salzburg 2000 – 2006. The 
programme specifically supports measures no. 3 and 4 in  the priority "tourism and leisure", measures 
no. 1 (in cooperation with the Austrian Industria l Research Promotion Fund), no. 2 (in cooperation 
with the ERP-Fund) and no. 4 in the priority for manufacturing sector and related services as well as 
the measures in the priority for cross sector regional development of the "Objective-2-Area"-
Programme Salzburg 2000 - 2006.         
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budge ted for the subsidy, total amount of subsidy 
commitments and total amount of subsidy payments  
  For 2003, the total expenditure forecast on subsidies amounts to € 2,150,352. In 2002, the year 
to be reported on, the volume of expenditure co mmitments equalled € 1,371,410.30. In the previous 
year, actually subsidy payments of € 753,362.14 we re effectuated. In 2001, expenditure on non-
repayable cash grants amounted to ATS 19.55 million.   
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been app licable since 12 September 2000 and will expire 
on 31 December 2006.  
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 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy  
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.    
 
 
30. AID SCHEME "GRANTS FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN 
VORARLBERG" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Grants for Research and Development in Vorarlberg  2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002 
 3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to pr ovide economic assistance to the creation of new 
products and processes.         
 
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
 
 Guidelines on the Provision of Grants for R esearch and Development in Vorarlberg   
  Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of applying the scheme: 
  Office of the Regional Government of Vora rlberg, Department "VIa - General Economic 
Affairs". 
 5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided either as non-repayable cash grants or low-
interest loans.  
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided primarily to enterprises in the manufacturing 
industries and in the service-related industries.  
 
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Regarding the current year, the total amount of the expenditure forecast on the expected 
subsidies is € 2,050,000.-, of which the amount of  € 1,000,000.- is earmarked for grants and the 
amount of € 1,050,000.- is earmarked for loans. In 2002, the year to be reported on, the total amount of new subsidy commitments was € 1,968,767.-, of which € 764,552,- referred to grants and 
€ 1,204,215.- referred to loans. The actual paymen ts totalled € 1,957,408.-, of which € 738,477.- G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 referred to grants and € 1,218,931.- referred to lo ans. The average subsidy in the form of a grant 
amounted to € 16,500.-, the average subsidy in the form of a loan amounted to € 27,087.-. In 2001, actual expenditure on non-repayable cash grants to talled ATS 11.04 million. The total volume of low-
interest loans paid out was ATS 19.96 million, with that amount symbolizing a gross cash grant equivalent of ATS 2.99 million.          
 
8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "existing" aid scheme has been applicab le since 2 March 1994 and has got an unlimited 
duration of validity.   
 
9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.    
  
31. AID SCHEME "SUBSIDIES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CONNECTING 
RAILWAYS" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Provision of Subsidies for the Construction of Connecting Railways    2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002 
 3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to the infrastructure of 
rail haulage.          
 
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
 
 Guidelines on the Provision of Subsidies for the Construction of Connecting Railways     Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of applying the scheme: 
 Office of the Regional Government of Vorarlberg , Department "VIa - Ge neral Economic Affairs". 
 
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants.   
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided primarily to enterprises in the manufacturing 
industries and in the service-related industries.    G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Regarding the current year, the total amount of the expenditure forecast on the expected 
subsidies is € 400,000.-. In 2002, the year to  be reported on, the total amount of new subsidy 
commitments was € 286,989.96, which also constitute d the sum of the actual subsidy payments. In 
2001, the amount of subsidy payments corresponded to  the figure of the previous year.     
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been a pplicable since 15 July 1996 and has got an 
unlimited duration of validity.   9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.      32. AID SCHEME "SUBSIDIES FOR INTENSIFIED USE OF BIOMASS ON 
ENERGETIC PURPOSES" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Provision of Subsidies relating to the intens ified Use of Biomass on energetic Purposes 
through local Biomass Heating Facilities    
 2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to the reduction of carbon 
dioxide emissions.   
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   Guidelines on the Provision of Subsidies re lating to the intensified Use of Biomass on 
energetic Purposes through local Biomass Heating Facilities, as amended in 2001. 
  Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of applying the scheme: 
  Office of the Regional Government of Vora rlberg, Department "VIa - General Economic 
Affairs".  
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 5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants.   6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided primarily to enterprises in the manufacturing 
industries and in the service-related industries.     7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Regarding the current year, the total amount of the expenditure forecast on the expected 
subsidies is € 400,000.-. In 2002, the year to  be reported on, the total amount of new subsidy 
commitments was € 464,828.- and the sum of the actual  subsidy payments totalled € 1,342,237.-. The 
were no subsidy payments in the last but one year.    
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
      This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 20 June 2001 and will terminate on 
30 June 2005.  
 
9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.    
  
33. AID SCHEME "VIENNA INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGY PROMOTION 
PROGRAMME" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Vienna Innovation and Technology Promotion Programme   2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002 
 3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provide economic assistance to research and 
development projects carried out by Viennese enterprises.         
 
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
 
 Decision by the Vienna Municipal Council, dated 20 December 1996, and "Guidelines on the 
Granting of Aid under the ‘Vienna Innovation and Technology Promotion Pr ogramme’", as amended 
in 1996, based thereon    G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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  Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Vienna Municipal Government, Division "Muni cipal Directorate", Department, "Coordination 
Office", in cooperation with the "Vienna Business Agency"       
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants.   6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided primarily to enterprises in the manufacturing 
industries and in the service-related industries.     7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Regarding the current year, the total amount of the expenditure forecast on the expected 
subsidies is € 5,000,000.-. In 2002, the year to  be reported on, the volume of the actual subsidy 
commitments totalled € 11,171,416.-. The actual payments amounted to € 6,944,450.-. In 2001, the total volume of payments on non-repayable cash grants was ATS 81.8 million.     
 
8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme had been app licable since 6 September 1996 and terminated 
with the inception of the new aid scheme "Vienna  Innovation Promotion Programme for industrial 
Research and Development" on 2 July 2002. This me ans that as from that date no further aid requests 
under the pertinent scheme have been accepted any longer.    9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.      
34. AID SCHEME "VIENNA INNOVATION PROMOTION PROGRAMME FOR 
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Vienna Innovation Promotion Programme for industrial Research and Development 
 2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main objective of this aid scheme is to provide economic assistance to research and 
development projects carried out by Viennese enterprises.          G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:  
 Decision by the Vienna Municipality Counc il, dated 14 December 2001, and "Guidelines on 
the Granting of Aid under the ‘Vienna Innovation Pr omotion Programme for industrial Research and 
Development’", based thereon.   Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
 
 Vienna Municipal Government, Division "Munic ipal Directorate", Department, "Coordination 
Office", in cooperation with the "Vienna Business Agency".   The aid scheme is financed by  the City of Vienna, the operative tasks are managed by the 
"CIT - Centre for Innovation and Technology"  
 5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants.   
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided primarily to enterprises in the manufacturing 
industries and in the service-related industries.    
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Regarding the current year, the total amount of the expenditure forecast on the expected 
subsidies is € 5,200,000.-. In 2002, the year to  be reported on, the volume of the actual subsidy 
commitments totalled € 4,301,771.-. There were no subs idy payments in the previous year. There had 
not been any subsidy payment either in 2001.    
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
      This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 2 July 2002 and will terminate on 
31 December 2004.   
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.    
  
35. AID SCHEME "VIENNA STRUCTURAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL 
IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMME" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Vienna structural and environm ental Improvement Programme   
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 2. Period covered by the notification  
  2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
carried out by Viennese enterprises in the fields of environmental protection, energy-saving and 
creation of employment.    
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:  
 Decisions by the Vienna Municipality Council,  dated 20 December 1996, and 24 June 1998, 
as well as the "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid unde r the ‘Vienna structural and environmental 
Improvement Programme’", as amended in 1996 and in 1998, based thereon. 
  Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
 
 Vienna Municipal Government, Division "Muni cipal Directorate", Department, "Coordination 
Office", in cooperation with the "Vienna Business Agency".  5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants.  
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provide d to Viennese enterprises in the manufacturing 
industries and in the service-related industries.    
 
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Regarding the current year, the total amount of the expenditure forecast on the expected 
subsidies is € 4,700,000.-. The total amount of s ubsidy commitments equalled € 9,885,876.- in the 
previous year. The average aid intensity accompanie d with new aid committed was 7.5 per cent. The 
actual payments on grants were € 7,744,317.- in 2002. In 2001,  cash grants totalling ATS 91.93 
million were paid out.    8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been app licable since 16 April 1998 and has got an 
unlimited duration of validity.  9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.     G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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36. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE TO THE INTERNATIONALISATION OF SMALL 
AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Assistance to the Internationalisation of small and medium-sized Enterprises 
 2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002 
 
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main purpose of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
carried out by small and medium-sized enterpri ses in foreign countries. Main objective of the 
economic assistance under this subsid y programme is to reduce the risks involved in a foreign direct 
investment and its financing, so that in case of a pr oject failure the economic existence of the pertinent 
recipient is safeguarded.     4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   "SME-Promotion Act", as amended in 1998, a nd "Guidelines on the Granting of ‘Assistance 
to the Internationalisation of small and medium-s ized Enterprises’", as amended, based thereon. 
 
 Authority and administrating state aid agen cies in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Federal Ministry for Economy and Labour, General Directorate "C1 - Economic Policy", 
Department 2 - Locational Policy and Internal Ma rket, in cooperation with the BÜRGES Promotion 
Bank Company, Ltd. 
 
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as guarantees. The maximum volume of  the eligible investment costs is ATS 10 million, which equals the maximum calculation basis for 
guarantees; the guarantees are granted at a maximum rate of eighty per cent, with the maximum 
guarantee term being ten years.  6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are exclus ively provided to smal l and medium-sized 
enterprises investing in foreign countries. 
 7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
 
 For the year 2003, a figure on the total budge tary forecast on the expenditures was no longer 
calculated. In 2002, the year to be reported on, the volume of guarantee commitments equalled 
€ 8.4 million. The maximum aid intensity was seven per cent of the total amount guaranteed. In 2001,  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 the guarantee volume was ATS 134.- million, with th at figure symbolizing a total gross cash grant 
equivalent of ATS 9.38 million.         8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "existing" aid scheme had been appli cable since 5 October 1994 and terminated on 
31 July 2001. On that day, the period for s ubmitting aid requests under this subsidy programme 
expired.   9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.     
 
37. AID SCHEME "TOP-TOURI SM-PROMOTION 2001 – 2006" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
      TOP-Tourism-Promotion 2001 - 2006 by  the Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour 
 
2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main purpose of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
carried out by small and medium-sized enterprises in  the tourism and the leisure time industry. Main 
objective followed through this aid scheme is to improve  the general level of quality in these sectors.    
 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   "SME-Promotion Act", as amended, and "Guidelines on the TOP-Tourism-Promotion 2001 - 
2006 by the Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour", as amended in 2001, based thereon. 
  Authority in charge of supervising the application of the aid scheme:      Federal Ministry of Economy and La bour, Department V/4 - Tourism Promotion  
 
    Administrating state aid agency in charge of granting the subsidies: 
     Austrian Hotel and Tourism Bank (AHTLB) Company, Ltd.    5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Aid under this aid scheme is provided in the fo rm of either interest rate subsidies or non-
repayable cash grants.     G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are exclus ively provided to smal l and medium-sized 
enterprises in the tourism and leisure time industry.  Total eligible costs of investments range from 
€ 0.3 million to € 21.6 million with an average of € 3.03 million per project. The average absolute 
interest rate subsidy for a credit with a usual term  of ten years amounts to € 151,690.-. The average 
grant for an investment project equals € 11,316.-.       7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
 
 For the current year, the expenditure forecast totals € 14,800,000.-. Concerning 2002, the year 
to be reported on, the volume of subsidy commitm ents amounted to € 27,800,622.- and the actual 
payments were € 16,182,431.-. In 2001, the to tal amount of subsidy payments under the scheme 
reached ATS 83.16 million.    
 
8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it  
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 13 September 2001 and will terminate on 31 December 2006. The paying period fo r cofinancing the subsidies provided by means 
out of the Structural Fund for Regional Developm ent (SFRD) under the scheme extends from 2002 till 
2008.      
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.      
38. AID SCHEME "SMALL TRADE CREDIT PROGRAMME" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Small Trade Credit Programme  2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002 
 3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
carried out by small enterprises according to the definition laid down in the relevant Commission 
Recommendation. Through the assistance the long-te rm credit financing of investments of small 
competitive trade enterprises shall be facilitate d by reducing the credit and interest risk.  
 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the ‘Small Trade Credit Programme’", as amended   G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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  Authority and administrating state aid agen cies in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour, Ge neral Directorate "C1 - Economic Policy", 
Department 2 - Locational Policy and Internal Ma rket, in cooperation with the BÜRGES Promotion 
Bank Company, Ltd.   
 
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as guarantees.  
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are granted to  small enterprises fulfillin g the pertinent criteria 
as laid down in the Commission Recommendation of 3 April 1996 on the Definition for small and medium-sized Enterprises. The maximum financing volume of credits guaranteed is € 200,000.-, the 
maximum term for such credits is twenty years, th e maximum guarantee rate is eighty per cent in each 
individual case.  7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
 
 Regarding the current year, no budgetary forecast  has been made. Regarding 2002, the year to 
be reported on, the volume of all the guarantees committe d was € 6,200,000.-. In the previous year, the 
maximum aid intensity connected with the issued  guarantees reached 1.5 per cent of the financing 
volume. In 2001, there were no guarantees realized.       
8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been a pplicable since September 1999 and will terminate 
on 31 December 2006.  
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.     
 
39. AID SCHEME "GUARANTEES FOR EN TERPRISES IN TOURISM 1999 – 2003" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Guarantees for Enterprises in Tourism by the Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour 
 
2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main purpose of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
carried out by small and medium-sized enterprises in  the tourism and the leisure time industry. Main 
objective followed through this aid scheme is to improve the general level of quality in these sectors.      G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
 
 "SME-Promotion Act", as amended, and "Guidelines on the Granting of Guarantees by the Federal Ministry of Economy and Labour for En terprises in Tourism 1999 - 2003", as amended in 
2001, based thereon.  
 Authority in charge of supervising the application of the aid scheme: 
      Federal Ministry of Economy and La bour, Department V/4 - Tourism Promotion  
     Administrating state aid agency in charge of granting the subsidies: 
 
    Austrian Hotel and Tourism Bank (AHTLB) Company, Ltd.    5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Aid under this aid scheme is provided in the form of deficiency guarantees.  
 
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are exclus ively provided to smal l and medium-sized 
enterprises in the tourism and leisure time industr y. Depending on the terms of the underlying credit / 
loan contract, guarantees usually cover the risk of pr oject default ver a period of twenty years.     
 7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  For the current year, the expenditure forecast on the guarantee frame totals € 40,000,000.-. In 
2002, the year to be reported on, the total am ount of guarantee commitments was € 30,770,137.- 
involving an accumulated gross cash grant equiva lent of € 708,149.-. There were no guarantee 
payments effectuated in the previous year. In 2001, there was no guarantee realization either.  
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "existing" aid scheme has been appli cable since 22 July 1999 and will terminate on 
31 December 2003.  
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.       G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 40. AID SCHEME "AUSTRIAN INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH PROMOTION FUND 
(AIRPF)" 
1. Title of the subsidy  
  Austrian Industrial Research Promotion Fund (AIRPF) 
 
2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Within the scope of its legal brief the "Austr ian Industrial Research Promotion Fund" pursues 
the following main objectives:  
 -  The implementation of the technology policy of the Austrian Government    
 -  The economic assistance to and the financing of industrial research, development and 
innovation projects 
 -  The stimulation of research in sectors where usually little research is carried out  -  The stimulation of joint national and jo int international research and development 
 -  The economic assistance to the technology transfer and the diffusion of R.- & D.-
results, especially by means of the "Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF)" 
 -  The encouragement of young researchers       
 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Background for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   The "Austrian Industrial Research Promotion F und" is the most important source of finance 
for research, development and innovation projects carried out by enterprises. The fund which was 
founded in 1967 is an independent legal entity. AIRPF also assists to scientists developing new 
products in cooperation with companies. It helps th em by evaluating the prospects of each individual 
project, by initiating the contact with know-how tr ansfer agencies and searching for joint R.- & D.-
ventures. AIRPF also has been commissioned to mana ge the granting of state aid under the ITF with 
regard to investment projects characterized by a large element of research and development. ITF 
mainly assists to projects involving technology transf er and technology diffusion. Legal basis for the 
granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: "A ustrian Research Promotion Act", as amended, and 
"Guidelines on the Granting of Aid by the ‘Austr ian Industrial Research Promotion Fund (AIRPF)’", 
as amended in 1996, based thereon.   Authority and administrating state aid agen cies in charge of granting the subsidies: 
 
 Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology, Department I 2 - Research and 
Development Promotion, in cooperation with th e Austrian Industrial Research Promotion Fund 
(AIRPF)    5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Aid under this aid scheme is provided in the form of either non-repayable cash grants, low-interest loans ("soft loans"), interest rate s ubsidies or guarantees for credits and for loans. 
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 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are usually provi ded to enterprises, to research institutions, to 
universities, to R.- & D. working groups and to individual scientists. In 2002, no university was subsidized, but economic assistance was provided to research centres as well as enterprises.    
 
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Regarding the current year, the total expenditu re forecast on subsidies is € 79,250.-. In 2002, 
the year to be reported on, the total amount of all the subsidies actually committed equalled 
€ 141,300.- with the overall gross cash grant equiva lent totalling € 73,755.-.  Payments for new and 
current projects amounted to € 133,000 in the previous year. In 2001, the total volume of subsidy payments of all types of aid applied am ounted to ATS 2,518.13 million.     
 
8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 18 November 1996 and has got an unlimited duration of validity.    9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.     
 
41. AID SCHEME "ITF-SEED FINANCING PROGRAMME 2002" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  ITF-Seedfinancing Programme 2002     
2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main objective of this aid scheme is to pr ovide economic assistance to the formation of 
startups and to new ventures carried out by young high-tech enterprises in the field of technology.    4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   Innovation and Technology Fund Act, State Gazette Edition No. 603/1987, as amended by 
State Gazette Edition No. 508/2002, and the "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the ‘ITF-
Seedfinancing Programme 2002’", based thereon 
  Authority and administrating state aid agen cies in charge of granting the subsidies:  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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  Federal Ministry of Transport, Innovation a nd Technology, General Directorate III, Division 
"Innovation", Department I 2 - "R esearch and Development Promo tion", in cooperation with the 
Innovation Agency Company, Ltd.  5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Aid under this aid scheme is provided as so calle d "mezzanin capital", with the interest rate 
and the manner of the repayment depending on the economic performance of the pertinent applicant 
and none of the usual collaterals being required. Th e usual period of the underlying loans is ten years 
each.    
 
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided  
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided both to physical persons and legal entities, e. g. 
private limited companies and partnerships, wh ich found or develop a commercial business. The 
eligibility of the projects extends neither to enterp rises employing a staff of more than twenty-five 
people or to enterprises, of which more than twenty-fi ve per cent of the capital is held by a firm with a 
payroll in excess of EURO 50 million and sales of over EURO 7 million or a total balance sheet sum 
exceeding EURO 5 million.  7. Annual amount budgeted for the subsidy, to tal amount of subsidy commitments and total 
amount of subsidy payments  
  Regarding the current year, the total amount of  the budgetary forecast equals € 7 million. In 
2002, the year to be reported on, the total amount of subsidy commitments was € 6.5 million and the 
total volume of actual payments was € 3.9 million. The average subsidy per project is € 0.45 million. 
In 2001, there were no subsidy payments under the scheme yet.        
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 16 December 2002 and will 
terminate on 31 December 2006.  
 
9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.    
  
42. AID SCHEME "PROGRAMME FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE MULTI-MODAL 
TRANSPORTATION ROAD - RAIL – SHIP" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Programme for the Promotion of the multi-modal Transportation Road - Rail - Ship   2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002 
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 3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment aiming at 
transferring the traffic from the roads to rail and to sea as well as at improving the means of 
transportation by rail and by ship. Main purpose of the aid scheme is to compensate the economic 
disadvantages of multimodal transportation through the provision of State Aid.   
 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
  "Directive No. 1107/70 by the Council of the European Communities, as amended by the ‘Directive No. 543/97 by the Council of the Europ ean Communities’", "General Guidelines on the 
Granting of Aid to the Sector of Transport", as of January 22, 1989, and "Guidelines on the Granting 
of Aid under the ‘Programme for the Promotion of the multi-modal Transportation Road - Rail - 
Ship’", as amended in 1999, based thereon      Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation a nd Technology, General Directorate III, Division 
"Innovation", Department I 7 - "Mob ility and Transport Technologies"  
 5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants. 
 
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to  carriers, to forwarding agencies, to freight 
forwarders and to other enterprises in the tran sport-service industries. Recipients may be both 
individual applicants, legal entities and private part nerships according to civil law and common law, 
but no territorial authorities.    
  Mechanism of granting the subsidies under this aid scheme:   -  application / aid request by the investing enterprise  
 -  decision by an independent commission on whether to grant the aid requested or not  
 -  payment   -  generally effectuated in two instalments   -  after the subsidized costs of the investme nt were approved with respect to the relevant 
legal stipulations    
 
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount bud geted for the subsidy and subsidy commitments
 
  Regarding the current year, the annual amount budgeted is € 4,800,000.-. In 2002, the year to be reported on, the volume of all the subsidies co mmitted was € 1,903,600.-. The total sum of actual 
payments amounted to € 2,750,000.-. In 2001, the amount of subsidy payments approximately 
corresponded to the figure of 2002.        
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 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it  
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme had been a pplicable since 20 July 1999 and terminated 
already on 31 December 2002. This means, as from th e beginning of this year, no further aid requests 
are accepted by the pertinent state aid agency. 
 
9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter had got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.    
  
43. AID SCHEME "PILOTPROGRAM FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTERMODAL-
TRAFFIC AND FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF PROJECTS IN THE MULTIMODAL 
TRAFFIC ON THE WATERWAY DANUBE"  
1. Title of the subsidy
 
      Pilotprogram for the Development of interm odal Traffic and for the Assistance of Projects in 
the multimodal Traffic on the Waterway "Danube"   
2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main objective / purpose of the aid scheme is  to compensate the economic disadvantages of 
intermodal and multimodal transporta tion on the waterway Danube through the provision of State Aid.   
 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   "General Guidelines on the Granting of Aid to the Sector of Transport", as of 
22 January 1989, and "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the ‘Pilotprogram for the 
Development of intermodal Traffic and for the Assist ance of Projects in the multimodal Traffic on the 
Waterway Danube’", based thereon.   Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation a nd Technology, General Directorate III, Division 
"Innovation", Department I 7 - "Mobilit y and Transport Technologies"    
 5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants. 
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 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to  carriers, to forwarding agencies, to freight 
forwarders and to other enterprises in the tran sport-service industries. Recipients may be both 
individual applicants, legal entities and private part nerships according to civil law and common law, 
but no territorial authorities. Mechanism of granting the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
  -  application / aid request by the investing enterprise   -  decision by an independent commission on whether to grant the aid requested or not  -  payment - generally effectuated in two instalments - after the subsidized costs of the  
investment were approved with respect to  the relevant legal stipulations    
 7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount bud geted for the subsidy and subsidy commitments
 
  Regarding the current year, the amount earmarked  is € 1,000,000.- and is part of the total 
annual budget of the aid scheme "Programme for the Promotion of the multimodal Transportation 
Road - Rail - Ship". In 2002, the year to be repor ted on, there were neither subsidy commitments nor 
subsidy payments. In 2001, there we re no subsidy payments either. 
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 22 June 2001 and will cease on 
31 December 2005.   9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.   
44. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE TO THE INDUSTRIAL WASTE WATER 
MANAGEMENT BY MEANS OF THE REGION OF STYRIA" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  Assistance to the industrial Waste Water Management by Means of the Region of Styria  
2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main objective of this aid scheme is to provide  economic assistance to the water  protection 
measures carried out by enterprises in the manufacturing industries.    4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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  "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid to the indus trial Waste Water Management by Means of 
the Region of Styria", as amended in 1999       Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
 
 Office of the Regional Government of St yria, Department 19C - Local Water Supply 
Management   5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants up to a maximum 
amount of ten per cent of the volume of the eligible gross investment costs, in each individual case. Therefore also the maximum gross cash grant equivale nt equals ten per cent of  the total volume of the 
eligible investment costs, in each individual case.      
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided exclusively to enterpri ses in the manufacturing 
industries. The aid is given according to the construc tion progress in realising the pertinent project to 
be subsidized and with regard to the available fi nancial means of both the Region of Styria and the 
"European Fund for Regional Development (EFRD)".  Grants are given to cover those additional 
environmental costs caused by cleaning or avoiding waste water, thus exceeding the legally prescribed 
level of environmental protection. Only projects carri ed out in Assisted Areas pursuant to Article 87 
Chapter 3 lit. c of the EC-Treaty are eligible. Excl uded from aid are operating costs, financing costs, 
the acquisition of land, leasing, taxes, fees and costs for removing old facilities.     
7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  The amount budgeted by the Regional Government of the Province of Styria for the current year is € 99,167.-. In 2002, the year to be re ported on, there were no new expenditure commitments 
made. The actual amount of subsidy payments totalle d € 37,195.- last year. In 2001, the total amount 
of payments for non-repayable cash grants reached ATS 10.09 million.  
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been app licable since 24 January 2000 and will terminate 
on 31 December 2006. 
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade. 
  
45. AID SCHEME "NÖ.F.I.T.2006TOP" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Lower Austrian Tour ism Investment Promotion Programme 2001 – 2006 
 (NÖ.F.I.T.2006TOP)  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
carried out by tourist enterprises in the Region of Lower Austria.  4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the  legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the Lowe r Austrian Tourism Investment  Promotion 
Programme 2001 - 2006 (NÖ.F.I.T.2006TOP)", as amended in 2001     
  Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Office of the Regional Government of Lowe r Austria, Department WST3 - Tourism   
 
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants.     6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to  enterprises in tourism and in the leisure time 
industry.     7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
 
 Regarding the current year, the total amount b udgeted for aid equals € 8,206,240.-, with a sum 
of € 7,159,000.- being earmarked for expenditure co mmitments. In 2002, the year to be reported on, 
the volume of all the committed subsidies totalled € 3,337,990.-, with the average aid intensity 
reaching 10.01 per cent. In the previous year, the total amount of actual payments reached 
€ 2,291,233.-. In 2001, subsidies amounting to A TS 65.17 million were paid out under the scheme.  
   8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been app licable since 11 June 2001 and will expire on 
31 December 2006. 
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.       G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 46. AID SCHEME "PARTICIPATION IN THE TOURIST INDUSTRY WITHIN THE 
LOWER AUSTRIAN PARTICIPATION MODEL"  
1. Title of the subsidy  
  Participation in the Tourist Industry with in the Lower Austrian Participation Model 
 
2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
carried out by tourist enterprises in the Region of Lower Austria.   
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   "Guidelines on Aid in the Form of Participati on in the Tourist Industry within the ‘Lower 
Austrian Participation Model’", as amended in 1997 authority and administrating state aid agency in 
charge of granting the subsidies: Office of the Re gional Government of Lower Austria, Department 
WST3 - Tourism    5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Aid under this aid scheme is provided in the form of equity capital.    6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to  enterprises in tourism and in the leisure time 
industry.    
 7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
 
 Regarding the current year, the total amount b udgeted for aid equals € 550,000.-. In 2002, the 
year to be reported on, the volume of all the comm itted subsidies totalled € 134,473.-, with the average 
aid intensity reaching 14.30 per cent. In the previous  year, the total amount of actual payments reached 
€ 510,500.-. The volume of non-repayable cash gran ts effectuated in the last but one year was 
ATS 8.51 million.    
8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been a pplicable since 3 December 1997 and has got an 
unlimited duration of validity.  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.    
 
 
47. AID SCHEME ASSISTANCE WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE INNOVATION 
AND TECHNOLOGY FUND (ITF)" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Assistance within the Framework of th e Innovation and Technology Fund (ITF)”    
 2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002 
 3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main purpose of this aid scheme is to provide economic assistance to research and development projects. Through this assistance i nnovation and technological development shall be 
strengthened.   
 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
  "Innovation and Technology Fund Act”, as amende d, and "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid 
within the Framework of the Innovation and Tech nology Fund (ITF)”, as amended in 1996 and in 
2002, based thereon Authority and administrating state aid agencies in charge of granting the subsidies: Federal Ministry for Transport, In novation and Technology, General Directorate III, 
Division "Innovation", Department I 2 - "Research and Development Promoti on", in cooperation with 
the ERP-Fund and the Austrian Industrial Research Promotion Fund   5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants. There are neither 
minimum nor maximum levels concerning the volume of the projects to be assisted.   6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to enterprises in the manufacturing industries 
and in the service-related industries. The aid sche me is applied independently by the two state aid 
agencies mentioned in paragraph 4.     7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
 
 The average annual budget for aid under the ITF amounts to € 10 million, of which either € 5 million are reserved for both the Austrian Indus trial Research Promotion Fund and the ERP-Fund. 
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 programme. Therefore a part of the payments havi ng been foreseen for the previous year will be 
effectuated in the current year. For 2003, a tota l amount of € 2.54 million has been budgeted for 
subsidies to be administrated by the Austrian Industrial Research Promotion Fund. There is no 
separate expenditure forecast figure on aid by the ERP-Fund, as an allocation of means is done on an "ad hoc"-basis. Regarding 2002, the year to be re ported on, the volume of the committed subsidies 
totalled € 3.995 million, of which € 3.17 million re ferred to commitments by the Austrian Industrial 
Research Promotion Fund and € 0.8 25 million to commitments by the ER P-Fund. In the previous year, 
the total sum of actual payments on subsidies amou nted to € 3.53 million, of which € 1.93 million 
were effectuated by the Austrian Industrial Res earch Promotion Fund and € 1.6 million by the ERP-
Fund. In 2001, there were no subsidy payments at all.   
 
8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable under various focal points since 
22 January 1996. By mid-2003 the Innovation and Technology Fund was liquidated. The Guidelines 
themselves will be still valid until the end of 2005, since the conditions for the provision of subsidies 
under the scheme will further exist on the legal basi s of the new Research and Technology Promotion 
Act, which amended the Innovatio n and Technology Fund Act. Work  on subsequently amending the 
Guidelines has already been started. Nevertheless there will not be any budgetary changes in the 
following years.    
 
9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the application of the latter had got Only minimal effects on the international trade.    
 
 
48. AID SCHEME "REGIONAL PLANNING ASSISTANCE FOCAL POINT 
PROGRAMME (RPAFPP) 2001 - 2006 - FO CAL POINT: ‘STRENGTHENING THE  
REGIONAL  ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY', PART: 'REGIONAL PLANNING RELOCATION PROGRAMME’"        
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  "Regional Planning Assistance Focal Point Programme (RPAFPP) 2001 - 2006 - Focal Point: ‘Strengthening the Regional Economic Efficiency', Pa rt: 'Regional Planning Relocation Programme’"     
 
2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
 
 Main objective of this aid scheme is to pr ovide economic assistance to relocation measures, 
especially taken by small and medium-sized enterpri ses, with respect to the general regional planning 
objectives.     4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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  Decision taken by the Regional Govern ment of Tyrol dated 14 November 2000, 
 Decision taken by the Regional Parliame nt of Tyrol dated 13 December 2000 and 
 "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the ‘Regional Planning Assistance Focal Point Programme (RPAFPP) 2001 - 2006 - Focal Point: 'Str engthening the Regional Economic Efficiency', 
Part:'Regional Planning Relocation Programme’", as amended in 2001, based thereon Authority and 
administrating state aid agency in charge of grantin g the subsidies: Office of the Regional Government 
of Tyrol, Department - "Economic Assistance"  5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants up to a maximum 
aid intensity of five per cent of the total volume of  the eligible investment costs, in each individual 
case. In exceptional cases, particularly for projects in Assisted Areas a surplus of five per cent to the 
basic aid will be granted.   
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provide d exclusively to small and medium-sized 
enterprises.  7. Annual amount budgeted for th e subsidy and subsidy commitments
 
 
 For 2003, the total expenditure forecast for subsidies is € 1.17 million. In 2002, the year to be 
reported on, the amount of the subsidies committed totalled € 203,844.-. Actual subsidy payments 
amounted to € 94,845.- in the previous year. In 2001, there were no subsidy payments under the scheme.  
 
8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 16 November 2000 and will terminate on 31 December 2006.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.    
 
 
49. AID SCHEME "SPECIAL PROGRAMME FOR THE NATIONAL PARK REGION 
‘HOHE TAUERN’ IN TYROL" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Special Programme for the national Park Region ‘Hohe Tauern’ in Tyrol   
 2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002 
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 3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy  
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to measures  promoting 
the economic development in the national park regi on "Hohe Tauern" in order to compensate for the 
legal and the commercial restrictions arisi ng from the creation of that national park.  
 
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
 
 Decision taken by the Regional Government of Tyrol dated March 8, 1994 and "Guidelines on 
the Granting of Aid under the Special Programme for the national Park Region ‘Hohe Tauern’ in 
Tyrol", as amended, based thereon.  
 Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Office of the Regional Government of Tyrol, Department - "Economic Assistance"  5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Aid under this aid scheme is provided either as a non-repayable cash grant, as an  interest rate 
subsidy, as a low-interest loan („soft loan") or as a combination thereof.  
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to private persons, to enterprises, to cooperatives 
and to communities. The amounts of the aid depend on both the type of the recipient and the type of the investment project to be subsidized. Projects car ried out by enterprises are assisted by subsidies up 
to a maximum aid intensity of thirty per cent of the total volume of the eligible investment costs in each individual case. Non-commercial public projects are assisted by subsidies up to a maximum aid intensity of seventy per cent of the total volume of  the eligible investment costs in each individual 
case. Projects, which involve planning aspects, are as sisted by subsidies up to a maximum aid intensity 
of hundred per cent of the total volume of the eligible  investment costs in each individual case.       
 7. Total amount of subsidy, annua l amount budgeted for the subsidy and total  amount of subsidy 
commitments  
 
 For the current year, an expenditure forecast was no longer made. Regarding 2002, the year to 
be reported on, the total amount of expenditure co mmitments was € 467,600.-. The actual payments 
amounted to € 715,253.- last year. In 2001, subs idy payments amounting to  ATS 15.04 million were 
effectuated.       
8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
  This "existing" aid scheme had been appli cable since 1 January 1992 and terminated on 
31 December 2001. This means, as from that date no further aid requests have been accepted by the 
responsible aid giving institutions. Consequently , the figures on subsidy co mmitments and subsidy 
payments indicated exclusively referred to aid requests which had been submitted still within the 
period of validity of the aid scheme. As a budgetary figure has no longer been estimated for the current year, no further payments are to expected.   G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter has only minimal effects on the 
international trade.    
 
 
50. AID SCHEME "IMPULSE PACKAGE TYROL 1999 - 2006" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Impulse Package Tyrol 1999 - 2006 
 2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002 
 
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provide  economic assistance in order to stimulate the 
regional economy. Main purpose of this economic assist ance is to promote investment projects carried 
out especially by small and medium-sized and enterpri ses in the fields of research and development. In 
specific cases, also projects of large enterprises can be subject to aid.   
 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
  Decision taken by the Regional Governme nt of Tyrol dated 15 December 1998 and 
 "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under th e ‘Impulse Package Tyrol 1999 - 2006’", based 
thereon.   
 Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Office of the Regional Government of Tyrol, Department - "Economic Assistance"  5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided eith er as non-repayable cash grants or soft loans. 
Aid is granted up to a maximum intensity of fift een per cent of the total volume of the eligible 
investment costs.         6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided prim arily to small and medium-sized enterprises, 
but also to larger enterprises in both the manufact uring industries and the service-related industries. 
 7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments   
  The total budgetary frame on the expected e xpenditures in the entire seven-year programme 
from 1999 to 2006 is € 36.336 million. Regarding 2002, the year to be reported on, the volume of all  G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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 the subsidies committed totalled € 3.3876 million. The total amount of the actual subsidy payments in 
2002 was € 3.877 million. In 2001, expenditure  on subsidies totalled ATS 27.15 million.  
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been app licable since 26 May 1999 and will be valid until 
31 December 2006.  9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.      51. AID SCHEME "REGIONAL PLANNING ASSISTANCE FOCAL POINT 
PROGRAMME (RPAFPP) 1996 - 2000 - FOCA L POINT: ‘ENSURING THE BASIC 
RECREATION OPPORTUNITIES’, PART: 'IMPROVEMENT OF EXISTING FACILITIES IN SKIING AREAS'" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 "Regional Planning Assistance Focal Point Programme (RPAFPP) 1996 - 2000 - Focal Point: 
'Ensuring the basic Recreation Opportunities', Part : 'Improvement of existing Facilities in Skiing 
Areas'"   2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme was to pr ovide economic assistance to small and medium-
sized tourist enterprises operating in skiing areas of Tyrol. The scheme aimed at improving the 
existing winter sport facilities.    4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   Decision taken by the Regional Governme nt of Tyrol dated September 17, 1996, 
 Decision taken by the Regional Parliament of  Tyrol dated October 10, 1996 and "Guidelines 
on the Granting of Aid under the ‘Regional Pla nning Assistance Focal Point Programme (RPAFPP) 
1996 - 2000 - Focal Point: ‘Ensuring the basic Recr eation Opportunities’, Part: 'Improvement of 
existing Facilities in Skiing Areas'", as  amended in 1996, based thereon. 
  Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
 
 Office of the Regional Government of Tyrol, Department - "Economic Assistance" 
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 5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants up to a maximum 
aid intensity of fifteen per cent of the total vol ume of the eligible investment costs for small 
enterprises and up to a maximum aid intensity of 7.5 per cent of the eligible costs for medium-sized 
enterprises.   
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme were provi ded exclusively to small and medium-sized 
enterprises according to the definition laid down in  the Commission Recommendation of 3 April 1996. 
 7. Annual amount budgeted for th e subsidy and subsidy commitments
 
  For the current year, no more expenditure fo recast for subsidies under the scheme was made. 
In 2002, there were not any new subsidy comm itments any longer. The total amount of actual 
payments equalled € 65,297.- last year. In 2001, th e amount of non-repayable cash grants effectuated 
reached ATS 0.51 million.     8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme had been applicable since 10 September 1996 and terminated 
already with 31 December 2000. As from that date no  further aid requests have been accepted by the 
responsible aid giving authority. Since there were  no more expenditure commitments last year, there 
have not been any subsidy paymen ts any longer in 2003.     
 
9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy  
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter had got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.     
 
52. AID SCHEME "ASSISTANCE TO RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, INNOVATION 
AND  FLEXIBLE AUTOMATION" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
 
 Assistance to Research, Developmen t, Innovation and flexible Automation 
 2. Period covered by the notification
 
  2001 and 2002  
3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main purpose of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to investment projects 
carried out in the fields of research, development,  innovation and flexible automation. Main objectives 
of this economic assistance are to  strengthen small and medium-sized  enterprises and to enable R.- & 
D.-orientated activities in the manufacturing industr ies and in the service-related industries.  
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 4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:  
 Decision taken by the Regional Government of  Tyrol dated 2 February 1993 and "Guidelines 
on the Granting of Aid to Research, Development,  Innovation and flexible Automation", as amended 
on 5 March 1996 based thereon.   Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
 
 Office of the Regional Government of Tyrol, Department - "Economic Assistance"  5. Form of the subsidy
 
 
 Subsidies under this aid scheme were provided as non-repayable cash grants.  
 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme were provide d to small and medium-sized enterprises. The 
amount of aid depended on the type of the pertinent investment project carried out. Grants for research 
and development projects totalled a maximum of thirty  per cent of the volume of eligible investment 
costs, grants for innovation projects totalled a ma ximum of ten per cent of the volume of eligible 
investment costs, grants for flexible automation projects totalled a maximum of ATS 150,000.- with a 
maximum aid intensity of forty per cent of the e ligible software costs and grants for innovation 
consultancy projects totalled a maximum of ATS 10,000. - with a maximum aid intensity of thirty per 
cent of the volume of eligible investment costs, in each individual case.        
 7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  For the current year, an expenditure forecast  on subsidies was no longer made. In 2002, no 
new expenditure commitments were made either. In  the previous year the total amount of subsidy 
payments was € 40,290.-. In 2001, subsidy payments amounted to ATS 0.55 million.   
 8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "existing" aid scheme had been appli cable since 2 March 1994 and already ceased on 
31 December 1998. As from that date, no further ai d requests have been accepted by the aid giving 
authority. Since there were no new subsidy commitme nts any more in 2002, there have no longer been 
any subsidy payments in the current year.   9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the appli cation of the latter had only got minimal effects on 
the international trade.     G/SCM/N/95/EEC/Add.1 
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53. AID SCHEME "REGIONAL PLANNING ASSISTANCE FOCAL POINT 
PROGRAMME (RPAFPP) 2001 - 2006 - FO CAL POINT: ‘ESTABLISHMENT OF 
ENERGY-RELATED ENVIRONM ENTAL PROTECTION PROJ ECTS' - PARTS: 1) 
'CONSTRUCTION OF BIOMASS HEATING SYSTEMS'; 2) 'OFF-HEATING AND 
REGAINING WARMTH ENERGY'; 3)  'ELECTRICAL HEAT PUMPS'"  
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  "Regional Planning Assistance Focal Point Programme (RPAFPP) 2001 - 2006 - Focal Point: ‘Establishment of energy-related environmental Pr otection Projects' - Parts: 1) 'Construction of 
Biomass Heating Systems'; 2) 'Off-Heating and Regaining Warmth Energy'; 3) 'Electrical Heat 
Pumps'"    2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002 
 3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provi de economic assistance to the financing of 
alternative and renewable energy-project s, like for instance biomass plants.   
 
4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
  Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme: 
 
 Decision taken by the Regional Govern ment of Tyrol dated 14 November 2000, 
 Decision taken by the Regional Parliament of  Tyrol dated 13 December 2000 and Guidelines 
on the Granting of Aid under the "Regional Pla nning Assistance Focal Point Programme (RPAFPP) 
2001 - 2006 - Focal Point: ‘Establishment of energy-related environmental Protection Projects' - Parts: 1) 'Construction of Biomass Heating Systems'; 2) 'Off-Heating and Regaining Warmth Energy'; 3) 
'Electrical Heat Pumps'", based thereon. 
  Authority and administrating state aid agen cy in charge of granting the subsidies: 
  Office of the Regional Government of Tyrol, Department - "Economic Assistance" 
 
5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided as non-repayable cash grants with the pertinent 
aid intensity depending on the type  of project to be assisted.   
 
6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provi ded to both enterprises and communities. The 
construction of biomass heating systems is subsidi zed by grants up to a maximum aid intensity of 
forty per cent, while studies on such measures are assi sted by grants up to a maximum aid intensity of 
45 per cent. The construction of facilities aiming at the industrial usage of off-heating and the 
regaining of warmth energy is supported by grants up to a maximum aid intensity of 20 per cent. The 
construction of electrical heat pumps is also subsid ized by grants up to a maximum aid intensity of 
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7. Annual amount budgeted for th e subsidy and subsidy commitments  
  For 2003, the total expenditure forecast for subsidies is € 3.33 million. In 2002, the year to be 
reported on, the amount of the subsidies committed totalled € 881,081.-. Actual subsidy payments 
amounted to € 596,474.- in the previous year. In 2001, the total volume of subsidies paid out was 
ATS 17.06 million.     8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "EC-approved" aid scheme has been applicable since 16 November 2000 and will 
terminate on 31 December 2006.  9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
 
 Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.      
54. AID SCHEME "DISTRICT HEATING PROMOTION PROGRAMME" 
1. Title of the subsidy
 
  District Heating Promotion Programme   2. Period covered by the notification
 
 
 2001 and 2002  3. Policy objective and / or purpose of the subsidy
 
  Main objective of this aid scheme is to provide  economic assistance to the financing of district 
heating facilities. In particular, subsidies under the aid scheme aim at covering the costs of planning 
such facilities.     4. Background and authority for the subsidy (includi ng the identification of the legislation under 
which it is granted )       
 
 Legal basis for the granting of the subsidies under this aid scheme:   "Guidelines on the Granting of Aid under the ‘District Heating Promotion Programme’" 
Authority and administrating state aid agency in charge of granting the subsidies: Office of the 
Regional Government of Lower Austria, Division "Construction", Department "General Construction 
Services" - Executive Unit for Energy Affairs   
 5. Form of the subsidy
 
  Aid under this aid scheme is provided in the fo rm of either non-repayable cash grants or 
interest rate subsidies. 
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 6. To whom and how the subsidy is provided
 
  Subsidies under this aid scheme are provided to both enterprises and communities.      
 7. Total amount of subsidy, annual amount budgete d for the subsidy and total amount of subsidy 
commitments  
  Regarding the current year, the total amount of the expenditure forecast on the expected 
subsidies equals € 835,650.77, of which € 17,500.- refer to new expenditure commitments. In 2002, 
the year to be reported on, subsidy commitments  amounted to € 13,900.88 and the total volume of 
actual subsidy payments was € 976, 698.24. In 2001, expenditure on non-repayable cash grants totalled 
ATS 12.86 million.  8. Duration of the subsidy and / or any other time limits attached to it
 
 
 This "existing" aid scheme has been applicable  since 1 January 1991 and has got an unlimited 
duration of validity.  9. Statistical data permitting an assessmen t of the trade effects of the subsidy
 
  Detailed statistics on the impacts on the interna tional trade by applying this aid scheme are not 
available, however, it can be assumed that the applic ation of the latter has got only minimal effects on 
the international trade.      
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