# C_2007190EN.01000201.xml

| 15.8.2007 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 190/2 |
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15.8.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 190/2

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2007/C 190/02)

| XA Number | XA 7021/07 |
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| Member State | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Fondo di rotazione per la promozione e lo sviluppo della cooperazione — Foncooper — in relazione alle iniziative nella Regione Lazio |
| Legal basis | Titolo I della legge 27 febbraio 1985 n. 49 e successive modificazioni
  Direttiva del ministero dell'Industria, del commercio e dell'artigianato (ora ministero dello Sviluppo economico) del 9 maggio 2001 (G.U. n. 171 del 25 luglio 2001)
  Articolo 19 del decreto legislativo 31 marzo 1998, n. 112
  Articolo 45, comma 2, della legge regionale 6 agosto 1999, n. 14
  Deliberazione di giunta regionale n. 1911 del 14 dicembre 2001 |
| Annual expenditure planned under the scheme | Aid scheme: annual overall amount EUR 6 million (1) |
| Maximum aid intensity | The gross aid intensity must not exceed:






  — | 50 % of eligible investments in regions eligible under Article 87(3)(a) of the EC Treaty, |

XA Number

XA 7021/07

Member State

Italy

Region

Lazio

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Fondo di rotazione per la promozione e lo sviluppo della cooperazione — Foncooper — in relazione alle iniziative nella Regione Lazio

Legal basis

Titolo I della legge 27 febbraio 1985 n. 49 e successive modificazioni

Direttiva del ministero dell'Industria, del commercio e dell'artigianato (ora ministero dello Sviluppo economico) del 9 maggio 2001 (G.U. n. 171 del 25 luglio 2001)

Articolo 19 del decreto legislativo 31 marzo 1998, n. 112

Articolo 45, comma 2, della legge regionale 6 agosto 1999, n. 14

Deliberazione di giunta regionale n. 1911 del 14 dicembre 2001

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme

Aid scheme: annual overall amount EUR 6 million (1)

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Maximum aid intensity

The gross aid intensity must not exceed:

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50 % of eligible investments in regions eligible under Article 87(3)(a) of the EC Treaty,

| — | 40 % of eligible investments in other regions |
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40 % of eligible investments in other regions

Date of implementation

Date of submission of this summary to the European Commission

Duration of the scheme or the individual aid

Open-ended. The aid scheme is, however, exempt from compulsory notification under Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty until 30 June 2008, when, unless it is extended, Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, as amended, expires

Objective of the aid

Aid to cooperative SMEs for investment projects in tangible fixed assets, to be implemented after the request for funding is submitted.

Eligible expenditure (net of VAT) to purchase land and buildings, carry out building works and to purchase, modernise and restructure machinery, equipment and facilities

Economic sectors concerned

| — | All sectors |
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All sectors

or

| — | Coalmining |
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Coalmining

| — | All manufacturing |
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All manufacturing

or

| — | Steel |
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Steel

| — | Shipbuilding |
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Shipbuilding

| — | Synthetic fibres |
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Synthetic fibres

| — | Motor vehicles |
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Motor vehicles

| — | Other manufacturing |
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Other manufacturing

| — | Processing and marketing of agricultural products |
| --- | --- |

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Processing and marketing of agricultural products

Yes

| — | All services |
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All services

or

| — | Transport services |
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Transport services

| — | Financial services |
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Financial services

| — | Other services |
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Other services

Name and address of the granting authority

| Regione Lazio — Assessorato Piccola e media impresa, commercio e artigianato |
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| Direzione regionale Attività produttive |
| Area Risorse per le attività produttive |
| Via Rosa Raimondi Garibaldi, 7 |
| I-00147 Roma |

Regione Lazio — Assessorato Piccola e media impresa, commercio e artigianato

Direzione regionale Attività produttive

Area Risorse per le attività produttive

Via Rosa Raimondi Garibaldi, 7

I-00147 Roma

Decision-making body:

‘Comitato di gestione Foncooper — Regione Lazio’ (Foncooper Management Committee — Lazio Region), in accordance with the agreement concluded on 26 June 2000 between the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Crafts (now the Ministry of Economic Development) and Coopercredito SpA (now Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA, Via Veneto 119, I-00187 Roma) and the Addendum adopted on 13 May 2002 between the Lazio Region and Coopercredito SpA (now Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA)

Other information

Individual finance projects may not exceed EUR 2 million or 70 % of the eligible investment.

The aid granted covers the difference between the repayments at market rates and the repayments at the subsidised rate applicable under the scheme

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(1)  The annual expenditure includes the expenditure provided for under the scheme, with the same legal basis, intended for SMEs covered by Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 for sectors other than those dealt with in this summary, or by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

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