# C_2006037EN.01001001.xml

| 14.2.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 37/10 |
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14.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 37/10

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 of 5 December 2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment

(2006/C 37/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

| Aid No | XE 2/04
  (N616 A/B/2002) |
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| Member State | Netherlands |
| Region | Friesland |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | 2003 Friesland Jobs Plan |
| Legal basis | (Oorspronkelijke verordening Fries Banenplan 2003: vastgesteld door Provinciale Staten d.d. 19 juni 2002, Rechtsgrondslag: art. 145 Provinciewet, Goedgekeurd door de Europese Commissie bij Beschikking C(2002) 4252).
  Aanpassing verordening Fries Banenplan 2003: vastgesteld door Provinciale Staten d.d. 17 december 2003, besluit nr. 10 H. Rechtsgrond: art. 145 Provinciewet.
  Aangepaste artikelgewijze toelichting op het Fries Banenplan 2003: vastgesteld door Gedeputeerde Staten d.d. 23 september 2003, geldt als beleidsregel op grond van art. 4,81 van de Algemene Wet Bestuursrecht |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Annual overall amount | EUR 1,5 million
  Applications for up to a total of EUR 4,5 million can be submitted over the period 2003-2005. Payments can be made between 2003 and 2008 |
| Loans guaranteed | |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(5), 5 and 6 of the Regulation | Yes
  The following applies to Articles 4, 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002:






  1. | The aid represents a maximum of 20 % of the costs eligible for subsidisation. |

Aid No

XE 2/04

(N616 A/B/2002)

Member State

Netherlands

Region

Friesland

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

2003 Friesland Jobs Plan

Legal basis

(Oorspronkelijke verordening Fries Banenplan 2003: vastgesteld door Provinciale Staten d.d. 19 juni 2002, Rechtsgrondslag: art. 145 Provinciewet, Goedgekeurd door de Europese Commissie bij Beschikking C(2002) 4252).

Aanpassing verordening Fries Banenplan 2003: vastgesteld door Provinciale Staten d.d. 17 december 2003, besluit nr. 10 H. Rechtsgrond: art. 145 Provinciewet.

Aangepaste artikelgewijze toelichting op het Fries Banenplan 2003: vastgesteld door Gedeputeerde Staten d.d. 23 september 2003, geldt als beleidsregel op grond van art. 4,81 van de Algemene Wet Bestuursrecht

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

Annual overall amount

EUR 1,5 million

Applications for up to a total of EUR 4,5 million can be submitted over the period 2003-2005. Payments can be made between 2003 and 2008

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

The following applies to Articles 4, 5 and 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002:

1.

The aid represents a maximum of 20 % of the costs eligible for subsidisation.

| 2. | As a deviation from paragraph 1, the maximum amount of aid will be reduced if EU rules so require (see the original scheme adopted by the EC) |
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2.

As a deviation from paragraph 1, the maximum amount of aid will be reduced if EU rules so require (see the original scheme adopted by the EC)

Date of implementation

1.1.2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid

Until 31.12.2005

(NB. The amendment adopted by PS on 17 December 2003 also applies retroactively back to 1.1.2003.)

Objective of aid

Art. 4: Creation of employment

Objective of the original aid measure:

The objective of the 2003 Friesland Jobs Plan is to promote employment (by providing aid for labour costs where an initial investment of a minimum of EUR 50 000 is made) as a result of a limited initial investment.

The objective of the present amendment is to broaden slightly the range of workers eligible to take up posts created through aid by adding the category of ‘workers at risk of becoming unemployed’

Yes

Art. 5: Recruitment of disadvantaged and disabled workers

The scheme focuses on helping ‘non-working jobseekers’ to find work, with special emphasis on ‘the long-term unemployed’, ‘older workers’, ‘foreign workers’ and ‘persons with a disability affecting their employability’

Yes

Art. 6: Employment of disabled workers

Economic sectors concerned

| — | All Community sectors (1) eligible for employment aid |
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All Community sectors (1) eligible for employment aid

1

| — | All manufacturing (1) |
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—

All manufacturing (1)

1

| — | All services (1) |
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—

All services (1)

1

| — | Other |
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—

Other

The scheme is restricted to providing aid for enterprises in one of the following sectors: industry (including industries involving the processing of raw materials and agricultural produce), wholesaling, care (standard industrial classification code 85), services to business, construction, catering and tourism, and recreation. There are no restrictions on the size of the enterprises involved other than those deriving from the legal provisions of the European Commission.

The following are not eligible for aid:

| — | enterprises in the primary sector |
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enterprises in the primary sector

| — | enterprises requiring a permit under the Law on the Transport of Persons, and |
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enterprises requiring a permit under the Law on the Transport of Persons, and

| — | public enterprises |
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public enterprises

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Gedeputeerde Staten van de Provincie Fryslân

Contact person:

Ms J.M. van Leeuwen

Tel. (31-58) 292 55 44 (issues of substance)

Ms A.J. Swart Ranshuysen-Veenema

Tel. (31-58) 292 55 02 (legal matters)

Address:

| Postbus 20.120 |
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| 8900 HM Leeuwarden |
| Nederland |

Postbus 20.120

8900 HM Leeuwarden

Nederland

| Aid No | XE 6/05 |
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| Member State | Spain |
| Region | Rioja |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Strategic programme for foreign trade |
| Legal basis | Resolución del Presidente de la Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja, de 11 de febrero de 2005, por la que se aprueban las bases reguladoras de la concesión de subvenciones en régimen de concurrencia competitiva para el programa estratégico de comercio exterior |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Annual overall amount | EUR 21 600 |
| Loans guaranteed | |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(5), 5 and 6 of the Regulation | Yes | |
| Date of implementation | 18.2.2005 |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | Until 31.12.2006 |
| Objective of aid | Art. 4: Creation of employment | Yes |
| Art. 5: Recruitment of disadvantaged and disabled workers | No |
| Art. 6: Employment of disabled workers | No |
| Economic sectors concerned | — | All Community sectors (2) eligible for employment aid |

Aid No

XE 6/05

Member State

Spain

Region

Rioja

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Strategic programme for foreign trade

Legal basis

Resolución del Presidente de la Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja, de 11 de febrero de 2005, por la que se aprueban las bases reguladoras de la concesión de subvenciones en régimen de concurrencia competitiva para el programa estratégico de comercio exterior

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

Annual overall amount

EUR 21 600

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

18.2.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Art. 4: Creation of employment

Yes

Art. 5: Recruitment of disadvantaged and disabled workers

No

Art. 6: Employment of disabled workers

No

Economic sectors concerned

—

All Community sectors (2) eligible for employment aid

2

| — | All manufacturing (2) |
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—

All manufacturing (2)

2

| — | All services (2) |
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—

All services (2)

2

| — | Other: Only Group D: manufacturing industries in the National Classification of Economic Activities will be eligible for aid |
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Other: Only Group D: manufacturing industries in the National Classification of Economic Activities will be eligible for aid

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja

Address:

| Muro de La Mata, 13-14 |
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| E-26071 Logroño (La Rioja) |

Muro de La Mata, 13-14

E-26071 Logroño (La Rioja)

Aid subject to prior notification to the Commission

In conformity with Article 9 of the Regulation

Yes

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(1)  With the exception of the shipbuilding sector and of other sectors subject to special rules in regulations and directives governing all state aid within the sector.

1

(2)  With the exception of the shipbuilding sector and of other sectors subject to special rules in regulations and directives governing all state aid within the sector.

2

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