# C_2006283EN.01001501.xml

| 21.11.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 283/15 |
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21.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 283/15

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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 283/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

| Aid No | XS 127/05 |
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| Member State | Greece |
| Region | Whole country |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Business plans for existing medium-sized (as defined by Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC) manufacturing enterprises and service workshops |
| Legal basis | ΠΔ 93/97 (ΦΕΚ 92/Α/16-5-97) «Όροι και διαδικασίες για την ένταξη και χρηματοδότηση έργων του ιδιωτικού τομέα σε προγράμματα ή τμήματά του αναφέρονται στους τομείς βιομηχανίας, ενέργειας και τεχνολογίας» |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | The scheme was first announced in 2005 with a budget of EUR 103 626 943 (public and private expenditure) |
| Maximum aid intensity | 45 %, 50 % or 55 %, grant only, depending on the area in which the project is carried out; the amount may never exceed the ceilings in the regional aid map approved for Greece, increased by 15 % for SMEs |
| Date of implementation | First announcement, June 2005 |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | 2005-2008 |
| Objective of aid | The aim of the measure is to help eligible enterprises to improve their competitiveness by implementing an integrated two-year business plan providing for technological and organisational modernisation |
| Economic sectors concerned | All manufacturing sectors
  Medium-sized manufacturing enterprises defined in accordance with Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC. Enterprises providing support services to manufacturing (STAKOD (1) codes 631 — logistics and 722 — software development) that are small and medium-sized enterprises as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC and employ over 30 people, or under 30 people for enterprises whose annual turnover and total annual balance sheet exceeds EUR 10 million. Small and medium-sized workshops providing quality services.
  The following are excluded from the above manufacturing enterprises:






  I. | first-stage processing activities of products from the agricultural sector, as defined in the list given in Annex I (formerly Annex II) to Article 32 (formerly Article 38) of the Treaty on European Union, as in force; |

Aid No

XS 127/05

Member State

Greece

Region

Whole country

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Business plans for existing medium-sized (as defined by Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC) manufacturing enterprises and service workshops

Legal basis

ΠΔ 93/97 (ΦΕΚ 92/Α/16-5-97) «Όροι και διαδικασίες για την ένταξη και χρηματοδότηση έργων του ιδιωτικού τομέα σε προγράμματα ή τμήματά του αναφέρονται στους τομείς βιομηχανίας, ενέργειας και τεχνολογίας»

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

The scheme was first announced in 2005 with a budget of EUR 103 626 943 (public and private expenditure)

Maximum aid intensity

45 %, 50 % or 55 %, grant only, depending on the area in which the project is carried out; the amount may never exceed the ceilings in the regional aid map approved for Greece, increased by 15 % for SMEs

Date of implementation

First announcement, June 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

2005-2008

Objective of aid

The aim of the measure is to help eligible enterprises to improve their competitiveness by implementing an integrated two-year business plan providing for technological and organisational modernisation

Economic sectors concerned

All manufacturing sectors

Medium-sized manufacturing enterprises defined in accordance with Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC. Enterprises providing support services to manufacturing (STAKOD (1) codes 631 — logistics and 722 — software development) that are small and medium-sized enterprises as defined in Commission Recommendation 2003/361/EC and employ over 30 people, or under 30 people for enterprises whose annual turnover and total annual balance sheet exceeds EUR 10 million. Small and medium-sized workshops providing quality services.

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The following are excluded from the above manufacturing enterprises:

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first-stage processing activities of products from the agricultural sector, as defined in the list given in Annex I (formerly Annex II) to Article 32 (formerly Article 38) of the Treaty on European Union, as in force;

| II. | activities in the industries of steel, shipbuilding, synthetic fibres and motor manufacture |
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activities in the industries of steel, shipbuilding, synthetic fibres and motor manufacture

Name and address of the granting authority

MInistry of Development

General Secretariat for Industry

Directorat of Industrial Investments

| Director: Adamantia Kartsakli |
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| Tel: (30) 21 06 96 58 07 |
| Fax: (30) 21 06 96 58 65 |

Director: Adamantia Kartsakli

Tel: (30) 21 06 96 58 07

Fax: (30) 21 06 96 58 65

Other information

This is project 2.5.3 of the Business Programme for Competitiveness, which is co-financed by the Structural Funds

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(1)  STAKOD — Στατιστική Ταξινόμηση των Κλάδων Οικονομικής Δραστηριότητας (Statistical Classification of Fields of Economic Activity)

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