# C_2006177EN.01001901.xml

| 29.7.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 177/19 |
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29.7.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 177/19

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 363/2004 of 25 February 2004, on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid

(2006/C 177/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

| Aid No | XT 65/05 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Malta |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Deductions and Tax Credits (General and Specific Qualifications) Rules, 2005 — LN 335/2005 |
| Legal basis | Legal Notice under the Income Tax Act (Cap. 123) |
| Annual expenditure planned under the scheme 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 Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation | Yes | |
| Date of implementation | Fiscal year 2005. |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | Until 31.12.2008 (1) |
| Objective of aid | General training | Yes |
| Specific training | Yes |
| Economic sectors concerned | All sectors eligible for training aid | Yes |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Name:
  Malta Enterprise Corporation |
| Address:





  Enterprise Centre |
| Industrial Estate |
| MT-San Gwann SGN 09 |

Aid No

XT 65/05

Member State

Malta

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Deductions and Tax Credits (General and Specific Qualifications) Rules, 2005 — LN 335/2005

Legal basis

Legal Notice under the Income Tax Act (Cap. 123)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme 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 Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

Fiscal year 2005.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2008 (1)

1

Objective of aid

General training

Yes

Specific training

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Malta Enterprise Corporation

Address:

Enterprise Centre

Industrial Estate

MT-San Gwann SGN 09

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

| Aid No | XT 66/05 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Malta |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Deductions and Tax Credits (Research and Development) Rules, 2005 — LN 330/2005 |
| Legal basis | Legal Notice under the Income Tax Act (Cap. 123) |
| Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount | EUR 0,9 million |
| Loans guaranteed | |
| Individual aid | Overall aid amount | |
| Loans guaranteed | |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation | Yes | |
| Date of implementation | Fiscal year 2005 |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | Until 31.12.2008 (2) |
| Objective of aid | General training | Yes |
| Specific training | Yes |
| Economic sectors concerned | All sectors eligible for training aid | Yes |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Name:
  Malta Enterprise Corporation |
| Address:





  Enterprise Centre |
| Industrial Estate |
| MT-San Gwann SGN 09 |

Aid No

XT 66/05

Member State

Malta

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Deductions and Tax Credits (Research and Development) Rules, 2005 — LN 330/2005

Legal basis

Legal Notice under the Income Tax Act (Cap. 123)

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,9 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

Fiscal year 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2008 (2)

2

Objective of aid

General training

Yes

Specific training

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Malta Enterprise Corporation

Address:

Enterprise Centre

Industrial Estate

MT-San Gwann SGN 09

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

| Aid No | XT 73/05 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Estonia |
| Region | Eesti Vabariik |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Estonian national development plan for implementation of EU structural funds — Single Programming Document for 2004-2006; Measure 2.3 ‘Promotion of research, technology development and innovation’, ‘Business incubator programme’ section |
| Legal basis | Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministri määrus nr. 132 (2005) 31.10.2005.a. |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount | Estonia EUR 0,14 million;
  ERDF: EUR 0,41 million;
  Total: EUR 0,55 million. |
| Loans guaranteed | |
| Individual aid | Overall aid amount | |
| Loans guaranteed | |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation | Yes |
| Date of implementation | 13.11.2005 |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | Until 31.12.2006 |
| Objective of aid | General training | Yes |
| Specific training | No |
| Economic sectors concerned | Limited to specific sectors | Yes |
| - | Agriculture |

Aid No

XT 73/05

Member State

Estonia

Region

Eesti Vabariik

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Estonian national development plan for implementation of EU structural funds — Single Programming Document for 2004-2006; Measure 2.3 ‘Promotion of research, technology development and innovation’, ‘Business incubator programme’ section

Legal basis

Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministri määrus nr. 132 (2005) 31.10.2005.a.

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Estonia EUR 0,14 million;

ERDF: EUR 0,41 million;

Total: EUR 0,55 million.

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

13.11.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Yes

Specific training

No

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

-

Agriculture

Yes

| - | Fisheries and aquaculture |
| --- | --- |

-

Fisheries and aquaculture

Yes

| - | Coalmining |
| --- | --- |

-

Coalmining

No

| - | All manufacturing |
| --- | --- |

-

All manufacturing

Yes

| - | All services |
| --- | --- |

-

All services

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Ettevõtluse Arendamise Sihtasutus

Address:

| Liivalaia 13/15 |
| --- |
| ET-10118 Tallinn |

Liivalaia 13/15

ET-10118 Tallinn

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

| Aid No | XT 86/04 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Portugal |
| Region | Continental Portugal, the Azores and Madeira |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Independent vocational training projects not covered by the aid schemes approved by the European Commission as part of the PRIME programme (State aid No 667/99 — SMEs and State aid No 89/2000 — SIVETUR) |
| Legal basis | Portaria 1285/2003 do 17 Novembro |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | | (euros) |
| Year | Budget |
| 2004 | 31 633 784 |
| 2005 | 63 638 599 |
| 2006 | 64 727 617 |
| Total | 160 000 000 |
| Maximum aid intensity | The basic aid intensities are given in the following table: |
| Support level | Specific training | General training |
| Non-SMEs | SMEs | Non-SMEs | SMEs |
| Basic | 25 % | 35 % | 50 % | 70 % |
| Regional top-up: | | | | |
| — | Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (Article 87(3)(c) region) |

Aid No

XT 86/04

Member State

Portugal

Region

Continental Portugal, the Azores and Madeira

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Independent vocational training projects not covered by the aid schemes approved by the European Commission as part of the PRIME programme (State aid No 667/99 — SMEs and State aid No 89/2000 — SIVETUR)

Legal basis

Portaria 1285/2003 do 17 Novembro

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

(euros)

Year

Budget

2004

31 633 784

2005

63 638 599

2006

64 727 617

Total

160 000 000

Maximum aid intensity

The basic aid intensities are given in the following table:

Support level

Specific training

General training

Non-SMEs

SMEs

Non-SMEs

SMEs

Basic

25 %

35 %

50 %

70 %

Regional top-up:

—

Lisboa e Vale do Tejo (Article 87(3)(c) region)

30 %

40 %

55 %

75 %

| — | Other regions (Article 87(3)(a) regions) |
| --- | --- |

—

Other regions (Article 87(3)(a) regions)

35 %

45 %

60 %

80 %

Disadvantaged workers:

| — | Lisboa e Vale do Tejo |
| --- | --- |

—

Lisboa e Vale do Tejo

40 %

50 %

65 %

80 %

| — | Other regions |
| --- | --- |

—

Other regions

45 %

55 %

70 %

90 %

Date of implementation

20 September 2004. The scheme formally entered into force on that date, although the legal instrument on which it is based was published earlier.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

2004-06

Objective of aid

The scheme is aimed at boosting the skills levels of businesses' human resources and matching them to their strategic development needs. Aid for vocational training must be shown to be justified by the relevance and appropriateness of the training to the firm's development strategy as a whole.

The aid is to be granted for both general and specific training courses; in the case of training plans that include both types of training, the courses may have to be dissociated for the purpose of calculating the intensity of the aid to be granted.

Economic sectors concerned

Only the sectors specified are eligible.

All manufacturing

All services

or

Other transport services

Other services

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Gabinete de Gestão do PRIME

Address:

| Rua Rodrigues Sampaio, 13 |
| --- |
| P-1169-028 Lisboa |
| Tel.: 213 11 21 00 |
| Fax: 213 11 21 97 |
| gab@prime.min-economia.pt |
| http://www.prime.min-economia.pt/ |

Rua Rodrigues Sampaio, 13

P-1169-028 Lisboa

Tel.: 213 11 21 00

Fax: 213 11 21 97

gab@prime.min-economia.pt

http://www.prime.min-economia.pt/

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(1)  In line with Rule 9 of Legal Notice 335/2005, Deductions and Tax Credits (General and Specific Qualifications) Rules 2005, this scheme will be adapted according to the rules applicable after the review of Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001.

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(2)  In line with Rule 21 of Legal Notice 330/2005, Deductions and Tax Credits (Research and Development) Rules 2005, this scheme will be adapted according to the rules applicable after the review of Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001.

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