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| 10.3.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 58/6 |
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10.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 58/6

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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 58/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

| Aid No | XS 107/03 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | United Kingdom |
| Region | North East of England |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council — Exchange for Manufacturing Resources |
| Legal Basis | Section 11(1) of the Industrial Development Act 1982
  Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Public aid planned under the scheme is: | ERDF: 2003 — GBP 23 400 |

Aid No

XS 107/03

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

North East of England

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council — Exchange for Manufacturing Resources

Legal Basis

Section 11(1) of the Industrial Development Act 1982

Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

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

Public aid planned under the scheme is:

ERDF: 2003 — GBP 23 400

| | 2004 — GBP 63 000 |
| --- | --- |

2004 — GBP 63 000

| | Single programme: 2003 — GBP 52 000 |
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Single programme: 2003 — GBP 52 000

Maximum aid intensity

50 % of the costs of consultancy from the combination of public sources. No one SME will receive more than EUR 15 million in assistance

Date of implementation

1 October 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

30 September 2004

Objective of aid

‘Soft Aid’ scheme (consultancy, dissemination of knowledge)

The aid will fund the cost of high-level consultancy from brokers with engineering expertise who will visit SMEs in order to identify new business opportunities and new markets for businesses by advising SMEs on how to trade otherwise idle resources between each other using a web-based trading platform acting as a credit system. This system will also allow SMEs to increase their own levels of competitiveness

Economic sectors

All eligible industry sectors without prejudice to special rules concerning state aid in certain sectors — Article 1(2) of SME block exemption Regulations

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

ERDF Contact

Neil McGuinness

European Programmes Secretariat

Government Office for the North East

Wellbar House

| Address: |
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| Gallowgate |
| Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4TD |
| United Kingdom |

Address:

Gallowgate

Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4TD

United Kingdom

| Aid No | XS 48/04 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Italy |
| Region | Veneto |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Local Development Plan ‘From the Sile to the Tagliamento rivers’
  Action 1: New services
  GAL Venezia Orientale |
| Legal basis | Programma Regionale LEADER + della Regione Veneto approvato con Dec. CE n. C(2001)3564 del 19.11.2001 |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount | EUR 40 000 |
| 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 | 11.11.2003 |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | Until 31.12.2006 |
| 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:
  GAL Venezia Orientale |
| Address:





  Sede legale: Piazza della Repubblica 1, |
| Portogruaro (VE) CAP I-30026 |

Aid No

XS 48/04

Member State

Italy

Region

Veneto

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Local Development Plan ‘From the Sile to the Tagliamento rivers’

Action 1: New services

GAL Venezia Orientale

Legal basis

Programma Regionale LEADER + della Regione Veneto approvato con Dec. CE n. C(2001)3564 del 19.11.2001

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 40 000

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

11.11.2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2006

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:

GAL Venezia Orientale

Address:

Sede legale: Piazza della Repubblica 1,

Portogruaro (VE) CAP I-30026

| Sede operativa: Borgo S. Agnese 89, |
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| Portogruaro (VE) CAP I-30026 |

Sede operativa: Borgo S. Agnese 89,

Portogruaro (VE) CAP I-30026

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 |
| --- | --- |

—

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 120/04 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Italy |
| Region | Sardinia |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Financial aid for the purchase or lease of new production machines and tools |
| Legal basis | Legge 28 novembre 1965, n. 1329
  Direttive di attuazione approvate con Decreto dell'Assessore dell'Industria della Regione Sardegna n. 553 del 22.10.2004 |
| Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount | EUR 1 500 000 |
| Loans guaranteed | |
| Individual aid | Annual overall amount | |
| Loans guaranteed | |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation | Yes | |
| Date of implementation | 1.11.2004 |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | Until 31.12.2006 |
| Objective of aid | Aid to SMEs | Yes | |
| Economic sectors concerned | All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs | No |
| Limited to specific sectors | Yes |
| — | All manufacturing |

Aid No

XS 120/04

Member State

Italy

Region

Sardinia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Financial aid for the purchase or lease of new production machines and tools

Legal basis

Legge 28 novembre 1965, n. 1329

Direttive di attuazione approvate con Decreto dell'Assessore dell'Industria della Regione Sardegna n. 553 del 22.10.2004

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 1 500 000

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

1.11.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

No

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

—

All manufacturing

Yes

Other services

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Regione Autonoma della Sardegna — Assessorato dell'Industria

Address:

| Viale Trento 69 |
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| I-09123 Cagliari |

Viale Trento 69

I-09123 Cagliari

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

The measure excludes individual aid grants 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 %, |
| --- | --- | --- |

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 |
| --- | --- |

—

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 |
| --- | --- |

b)

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

Yes

| Aid No | XS 123/04 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Austria |
| Region | Land of Carinthia |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Small firms guidelines for promoting small firms in trade and industry |
| Legal basis | Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungsgesetz
  LGBl. Nr. 6/1993 idgF |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount | EUR 2,5 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 | From 1 January 2004 |
| Duration of the scheme or individual aid award | Until 30 September 2004 |
| 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:
  Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungs Fonds |
| Address:





  Heuplatz 2 |
| A-9020 Klagenfurt |

Aid No

XS 123/04

Member State

Austria

Region

Land of Carinthia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Small firms guidelines for promoting small firms in trade and industry

Legal basis

Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungsgesetz

LGBl. Nr. 6/1993 idgF

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 2,5 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

From 1 January 2004

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award

Until 30 September 2004

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:

Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungs Fonds

Address:

Heuplatz 2

A-9020 Klagenfurt

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 %, or |
| --- | --- | --- |

a)

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

—

the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %, or

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

—

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 |
| --- | --- |

b)

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

Yes

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