# C_2005268EN.01001401.xml

| 28.10.2005 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 268/14 |
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28.10.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 268/14

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2005/C 268/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 125/03

Member State: Germany

Region: Saxony-Anhalt

Title of aid scheme: Special programme for building the information society in Saxony-Anhalt

Legal basis:

| — | Landeshaushaltsordnung (LHO) vom 30.4.1991 (GVBl. LSA S. 45), insbesondere die Verwaltungsvorschriften zu § 44 LHO des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt; |
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Landeshaushaltsordnung (LHO) vom 30.4.1991 (GVBl. LSA S. 45), insbesondere die Verwaltungsvorschriften zu § 44 LHO des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt;

| — | Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/2001 der Kommission vom 12.1.2001 über die Anwendung der Artikel 87 und 88 EG-Vertrag auf staatliche Beihilfen an kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (ABl. L 10 vom 13.1.2002, S. 33) |
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Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/2001 der Kommission vom 12.1.2001 über die Anwendung der Artikel 87 und 88 EG-Vertrag auf staatliche Beihilfen an kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (ABl. L 10 vom 13.1.2002, S. 33)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Approx. EUR 2,5 million

Maximum aid intensity:

—   Investment grants

The aid intensity is limited to a maximum of 50 % gross (35 % gross regional aid plus 15 % gross SME bonus).

—   Consultancy aid

towards expenditure on services provided by outside consultants to existing or new SMEs and expenditure on assessing feasibility. The aid intensity is limited to 50 % gross of the eligible expenditure

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme: Until 31.12.2004

Objective:

| — | Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in the development, use and application of digital information, communication and media technologies |
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Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in the development, use and application of digital information, communication and media technologies

| — | Improving competitive conditions for SMEs |
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Improving competitive conditions for SMEs

| — | Promoting the development of regional networks of companies in technology-oriented sectors |
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Promoting the development of regional networks of companies in technology-oriented sectors

| — | Increasing the region's attractiveness to businesses |
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Increasing the region's attractiveness to businesses

| — | Helping to improve equal opportunities for women, men and disadvantaged groups in access to training and employment |
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Helping to improve equal opportunities for women, men and disadvantaged groups in access to training and employment

Economic sector(s) concerned: All economic sectors. All services

Comments: The following are excluded:

Activities relating to the manufacture, processing and marketing of goods listed in Annex 1 to the EC Treaty

Aid for export-related activities

Aid which is conditional on the use of indigenous products rather than imported goods.

Aid to the steel, synthetic fibres, motor vehicle and shipbuilding industries

Since special rules apply to agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture and transport and since even small amounts of aid to those sectors might fulfil the criteria of Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty, the sectors in question are excluded from the scheme.

The steel, synthetic fibres, motor vehicle and shipbuilding industries are excluded owing, among other things, to the fact that appropriate measures have been agreed in relation to regional investment aid

Name and address of the granting authority:

| Landesförderinstitut Sachsen-Anhalt |
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| Gruppe Sonderprogramm |
| Domplatz 12 |
| DE-39104 Magdeburg |

Landesförderinstitut Sachsen-Anhalt

Gruppe Sonderprogramm

Domplatz 12

DE-39104 Magdeburg

Other information:

| Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit |
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| Referat 35 |
| Hasselbachstraße 4 |
| DE-39104 Magdeburg |

Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

Referat 35

Hasselbachstraße 4

DE-39104 Magdeburg

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