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| 31.1.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 23/2 |
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31.1.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/2

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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

(2006/C 23/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

| Aid No | XS 10/2004 |
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| Member State | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Refinancing of the XS 62/01 aid scheme — SPD 2000-06 for the Piedmont Region, Measure 2.1 — Support for business investment, Line 2.1.d — Aid for investment in conjunction with EIB loans |
| Legal basis | 1) | Atto deliberativo della Giunta regionale n. 12-3626 del 31 luglio 2001 — Regolamento n. 1260. Obiettivo 2. DOCUP Regione Piemonte, periodo di programmazione 2000/2006. Approvazione progetti di aiuto in esenzione ai sensi del regolamento (CE) n. 70/2001 — Allegato 3 — 2.1.d. Aiuti agli investimenti in connessione con i prestiti BEI. |

Aid No

XS 10/2004

Member State

Italy

Region

Piedmont

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Refinancing of the XS 62/01 aid scheme — SPD 2000-06 for the Piedmont Region, Measure 2.1 — Support for business investment, Line 2.1.d — Aid for investment in conjunction with EIB loans

Legal basis

1)

Atto deliberativo della Giunta regionale n. 12-3626 del 31 luglio 2001 — Regolamento n. 1260. Obiettivo 2. DOCUP Regione Piemonte, periodo di programmazione 2000/2006. Approvazione progetti di aiuto in esenzione ai sensi del regolamento (CE) n. 70/2001 — Allegato 3 — 2.1.d. Aiuti agli investimenti in connessione con i prestiti BEI.

| 2) | Decisione della Commissione del 21/10/2003 C(2003) 3983 che rettifica e modifica la decisione C(2001) 2045 del 7 settembre 2001 relativa all'approvazione degli interventi strutturali comunitari concernenti il documento unico di programmazione per gli interventi strutturali comunitari nella Regione Piemonte interessata dall'obiettivo n. 2 in Italia. |
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2)

Decisione della Commissione del 21/10/2003 C(2003) 3983 che rettifica e modifica la decisione C(2001) 2045 del 7 settembre 2001 relativa all'approvazione degli interventi strutturali comunitari concernenti il documento unico di programmazione per gli interventi strutturali comunitari nella Regione Piemonte interessata dall'obiettivo n. 2 in Italia.

| 3) | Atto deliberativo della Giunta regionale n. 29-11249 del 9 dicembre 2003 — Regolamento (CE) n. 1260/1999 — Documento unico di programmazione obiettivo 2 (programmazione 2000/2006). Presa d'atto della decisione della Commissione dell'UE n. C(2003) 3983 del 21 ottobre 2003 e successive modifiche e/o integrazioni |
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3)

Atto deliberativo della Giunta regionale n. 29-11249 del 9 dicembre 2003 — Regolamento (CE) n. 1260/1999 — Documento unico di programmazione obiettivo 2 (programmazione 2000/2006). Presa d'atto della decisione della Commissione dell'UE n. C(2003) 3983 del 21 ottobre 2003 e successive modifiche e/o integrazioni

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 21 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

9.12.2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 30.6.2007

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Limited to specific sectors

| — | Coalmining |
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—

Coalmining

| — | All manufacturing |
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—

All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

| — | All services |
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—

All services

Yes

or

Transport

Financial services

Other services

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Regione Piemonte — Direzione Industria

Address:

Via Pisana n. 6, I-10152 Turin

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

The measure excludes awards of aid or requires prior notification to the Commission of awards of aid,

| (a) | if the total eligible costs are at least EUR 25 million and






  — | the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %, |
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(a)

if the total eligible costs are at least EUR 25 million and

—

the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %,

| — | in areas which qualify for regional aid, the net aid intensity is at least 50 %; or |
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—

in areas which qualify for regional aid, the net aid intensity is at least 50 %; or

| (b) | if the total gross aid amount is at least EUR 15 million |
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(b)

if the total gross aid amount is at least EUR 15 million

Yes

| Aid No | XS 137/04 |
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| Member State | Germany |
| Region | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Measures to promote the sale and use of wood and wood products from small and medium-sized businesses in the timber sector in North Rhine-Westphalia, such as felling companies, forwarding firms and manufacturing and processing firms (see also the attached key issues paper, specifically the measures under point 2.2) |
| Legal basis | 1. | Mitteilung der Kommission zu „Der Stand der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der holzverarbeitenden Industrie und verwandter Industriezweige in der EU“ vom 5. Oktober 1999, KOM (1999) 457 endg. |

Aid No

XS 137/04

Member State

Germany

Region

North Rhine-Westphalia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Measures to promote the sale and use of wood and wood products from small and medium-sized businesses in the timber sector in North Rhine-Westphalia, such as felling companies, forwarding firms and manufacturing and processing firms (see also the attached key issues paper, specifically the measures under point 2.2)

Legal basis

1.

Mitteilung der Kommission zu „Der Stand der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der holzverarbeitenden Industrie und verwandter Industriezweige in der EU“ vom 5. Oktober 1999, KOM (1999) 457 endg.

| 2. | EU-Entschluss 457-C5-0306/2000, Bundesdrucksache 113/01 vom 2.2.2001 |
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2.

EU-Entschluss 457-C5-0306/2000, Bundesdrucksache 113/01 vom 2.2.2001

| 3. | Landesforstgesetz für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung vom 24. April 1980, zuletzt geändert durch Gesetz vom 9. Mai 2000 (§ 60) |
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3.

Landesforstgesetz für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung vom 24. April 1980, zuletzt geändert durch Gesetz vom 9. Mai 2000 (§ 60)

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Maximum overall amount per year (covers all measures in the key issues paper)

EUR 1,4 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 100 000

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles (2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

1.9.2004

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2008

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Limited to specific sectors

| — | Coalmining |
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—

Coalmining

| — | All manufacturing |
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—

All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

Wood manufacturing and processing firms

| — | All services |
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—

All services

or

Transport

Financial services

Other services

Felling, skidding, trading and forwarding companies

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Ministerium für Umwelt und Naturschutz, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen

Address:

Schwannstr. 3, D-40476 Düsseldorf

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

We undertake to adapt the aid scheme if necessary following any amendment of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 after 31 December 2006. This also applies to all individual measures granted under the scheme which extend beyond 31 December 2006. The Commission will be informed of any such changes

| Aid No | XS 7/05 |
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| Member State | Germany |
| Region | Saxony-Anhalt |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | 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 in der aktuellen Fassung;
  Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/2001 der Kommission vom 12. Januar 2001, geändert durch Verordnung (EG) Nr. 364/2004 der Kommission vom 25. Februar 2004, über die Anwendung der Artikel 87 und 88 EG-Vertrag auf staatliche Beihilfen an kleine und mittlere Unternehmen |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount | EUR 1 million |
| Loans guaranteed | |
| Individual aid | Overall aid amount | |
| Loans guaranteed | |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles (2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation | Yes | |
| Date of implementation | 1.1.2005 |
| Duration of the scheme or individual aid award | Until 30.6.2007 |
| Objective of aid | Aid to SMEs | Yes | |
| Economic sectors concerned
  NB: The following are excluded:






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

Aid No

XS 7/05

Member State

Germany

Region

Saxony-Anhalt

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

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 in der aktuellen Fassung;

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/2001 der Kommission vom 12. Januar 2001, geändert durch Verordnung (EG) Nr. 364/2004 der Kommission vom 25. Februar 2004, über die Anwendung der Artikel 87 und 88 EG-Vertrag auf staatliche Beihilfen an kleine und mittlere Unternehmen

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 1 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles (2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

1.1.2005

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award

Until 30.6.2007

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

NB: 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 |
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—

Aid for export-related activities

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

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 |
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—

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

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

| — | All services |
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—

All services

Yes

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

Name:

Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt

Gruppe Sonderprogramm

Address:

| Domplatz 12 |
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| D-39104 Magdeburg |

Domplatz 12

D-39104 Magdeburg

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

| Aid No | XS 8/05 |
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| Member State | Austria |
| Region | Vienna |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Viennese structural improvement measures |
| Legal basis | Beschluss des Wiener Gemeinderates vom 17.12.2004 unter PrZ 05580-2004/0001-GFW |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount | EUR 4,3 million |
| Loans guaranteed | |
| Individual aid | Overall aid amount | |
| Loans guaranteed | |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation | Yes | |
| Date of implementation | 1.1.2005 |
| Duration of the scheme or individual aid award | Until 31.12.2008
  (Account will be taken of a possible future requirement as to a recent exemption notification based on the period of validity of the SME aid block exemption Regulation.) |
| Objective of aid | Aid to SMEs | Yes | |
| Economic sectors concerned | All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs | Yes |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Name:
  Magistrat der Stadt Wien
  Magistratsabteilung 5 |
| Address:





  A-1082 Vienna, Ebendorferstraße 2: |
| Zuständige Kontaktperson: Robert Mayer-Unterholzner c/o ZT |
| Zentrum für Innovation und Technologie GmbH, A-1010 Vienna, |
| Ebendorferstraße 4, Tel. (43-1) 4000-86775; rmu@zit.co.at |

Aid No

XS 8/05

Member State

Austria

Region

Vienna

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Viennese structural improvement measures

Legal basis

Beschluss des Wiener Gemeinderates vom 17.12.2004 unter PrZ 05580-2004/0001-GFW

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 4,3 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

1.1.2005

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2008

(Account will be taken of a possible future requirement as to a recent exemption notification based on the period of validity of the SME aid block exemption Regulation.)

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Magistrat der Stadt Wien

Magistratsabteilung 5

Address:

A-1082 Vienna, Ebendorferstraße 2:

Zuständige Kontaktperson: Robert Mayer-Unterholzner c/o ZT

Zentrum für Innovation und Technologie GmbH, A-1010 Vienna,

Ebendorferstraße 4, Tel. (43-1) 4000-86775; rmu@zit.co.at

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

| Aid No | XS 53/05 |
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| Member State | Germany |
| Region | North Rhine-Westphalia |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Choren Industries GmbH |
| Frauensteiner Str. 59 |
| D-09599 Freiberg |

Aid No

XS 53/05

Member State

Germany

Region

North Rhine-Westphalia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Choren Industries GmbH

Frauensteiner Str. 59

D-09599 Freiberg

Analysis and development of implementation structures for biomass to liquids plants in NRW/Germany

Legal basis

| 1. | Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/2001 der Kommission vom 12. Januar 2001, insbesondere Artikel 5 b; Änderungsverordnung VO (EG) Nr. 364/2004 vom 25.2.2004 |
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1.

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/2001 der Kommission vom 12. Januar 2001, insbesondere Artikel 5 b; Änderungsverordnung VO (EG) Nr. 364/2004 vom 25.2.2004

| 2. | Landesforstgesetz für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung vom 24. April 1980, zuletzt geändert durch Gesetz vom 9. Mai 2000 (§ 60) |
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2.

Landesforstgesetz für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung vom 24. April 1980, zuletzt geändert durch Gesetz vom 9. Mai 2000 (§ 60)

| 3. | § 44 Landeshaushaltsordnung NRW |
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3.

§ 44 Landeshaushaltsordnung NRW

| 4. | Energie für die Zukunft: Erneuerbare Energieträger — Weißbuch für eine Gemeinschaftsstrategie und Aktionsplan (KOM(97) 599) |
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4.

Energie für die Zukunft: Erneuerbare Energieträger — Weißbuch für eine Gemeinschaftsstrategie und Aktionsplan (KOM(97) 599)

| 5. | Mitteilung der Kommission zu „Der Stand der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der holzverarbeitenden Industrie und verwandter Industriezweige in der EU“ vom 5. Oktober 1999, KOM (1999) 457 endg. |
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5.

Mitteilung der Kommission zu „Der Stand der Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der holzverarbeitenden Industrie und verwandter Industriezweige in der EU“ vom 5. Oktober 1999, KOM (1999) 457 endg.

| 6. | Empfehlung der Kommission betreffend Definition der Kleinstunternehmen sowie der kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (2003/361/EG) |
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6.

Empfehlung der Kommission betreffend Definition der Kleinstunternehmen sowie der kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (2003/361/EG)

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Maximum overall amount per year (covers all measures in the key issues paper)

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 175 275

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In accordance with Article 4(2)-(6) and Article 5(b) of Reg. (EC) No 70/2001 and Reg. No 364/2004

Yes, 75 %

Date of implementation

17.2.2005

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2005

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Limited to specific sectors

Other manufacturing

Yes

Other services

Elaboration of feasibility study and memorandum

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Ministerium für Umwelt und Naturschutz, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen

Address:

Schwannstr. 3, D-40476 Düsseldorf

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

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