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| 6.12.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 296/26 |
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6.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 296/26

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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

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/C 296/05)

| Aid No | XS 18/05 |
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| Member State | Italy |
| Region | Molise |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | ‘Guarantee fund’ under Action 4.1.4 of OPR Molise 2000-06 |
| Legal basis | POR Molise 2000-2006 — Azione 4.1.4. Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale Molise del 30 luglio 2004 n. 1105, cosi come modificata ed integrata dalla Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale Molise del 27 agosto 2004 n. 1122 |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | EUR 4 713 503 for the entire period of application |
| Maximum aid intensity | The aid shall be granted in net and gross subsidy equivalent, within the maximum levels laid down for the Article 87(3)(c) and phasing-out areas of the region of Molise.
  Enterprises may opt to request aid under the de minimis scheme rules. |
| Date of implementation | From 1 December 2004 (date on which the contract for fund managers is scheduled to be awarded and the resulting scheme to begin). |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | Until December 2008 |
| Objective of aid | To facilitate access to medium- and long-term credit for financially and economically sound small and medium-sized enterprises, by awarding loan-based guarantees and/or other funding schemes for investment. |
| Economic sectors concerned | — | Industry |

Aid No

XS 18/05

Member State

Italy

Region

Molise

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

‘Guarantee fund’ under Action 4.1.4 of OPR Molise 2000-06

Legal basis

POR Molise 2000-2006 — Azione 4.1.4. Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale Molise del 30 luglio 2004 n. 1105, cosi come modificata ed integrata dalla Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale Molise del 27 agosto 2004 n. 1122

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

EUR 4 713 503 for the entire period of application

Maximum aid intensity

The aid shall be granted in net and gross subsidy equivalent, within the maximum levels laid down for the Article 87(3)(c) and phasing-out areas of the region of Molise.

Enterprises may opt to request aid under the de minimis scheme rules.

de minimis

Date of implementation

From 1 December 2004 (date on which the contract for fund managers is scheduled to be awarded and the resulting scheme to begin).

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until December 2008

Objective of aid

To facilitate access to medium- and long-term credit for financially and economically sound small and medium-sized enterprises, by awarding loan-based guarantees and/or other funding schemes for investment.

Economic sectors concerned

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Industry

| — | Trade |
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Trade

| — | Tourism |
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Tourism

| — | Craft industry |
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Craft industry

| — | Business services, with reference to the list given in the Minister for Industry, Trade and Craft Circular No 900315 of 14 July 2000 and subsequent amendments, implementing Law No 488/92. |
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Business services, with reference to the list given in the Minister for Industry, Trade and Craft Circular No 900315 of 14 July 2000 and subsequent amendments, implementing Law No 488/92.

Comments

These facilities are not available to any activities related to the production, processing or marketing of products listed in the Annex to the EC Treaty, or to any export-related activities or aid contingent upon the use of domestic over imported goods.

Name and address of granting authority

Regione Molise

Assessorato alla Attività Produttive — Settore Industria

| Via Roma, 84 |
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| I-86100 Campobasso |
| Tel. 0874-429825 |
| Fax 0874-429853 |
| Referente: Dr. Elvio Carugno |

Via Roma, 84

I-86100 Campobasso

Tel. 0874-429825

Fax 0874-429853

Referente: Dr. Elvio Carugno

Further information

| 1. | Further legal references for the application of this scheme: | Regulations (EC) No 1260/1999, 1783/1999, 69/2001, 70/2001 and 448/2004; |
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1.

Further legal references for the application of this scheme:

Regulations (EC) No 1260/1999, 1783/1999, 69/2001, 70/2001 and 448/2004;

| | Commission Decision C(2000) 2371 of 8 August 2000; Communication EC 2000/C7I/07; |
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Commission Decision C(2000) 2371 of 8 August 2000; Communication EC 2000/C7I/07;

| | Law 326 of 24 November 2003; Legislative Decrees 385/1993 and 157/1995. |
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Law 326 of 24 November 2003; Legislative Decrees 385/1993 and 157/1995.

| 2. | The subsidy equivalent for this scheme has been calculated according to Part VII of the operational provisions for guarantee funds for SMEs pursuant to Article 2(100)(a) of Law No 662/1996, Article 15 of Law No 266/1997 and Ministerial Decree 248/1999. |
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2.

The subsidy equivalent for this scheme has been calculated according to Part VII of the operational provisions for guarantee funds for SMEs pursuant to Article 2(100)(a) of Law No 662/1996, Article 15 of Law No 266/1997 and Ministerial Decree 248/1999.

| 3. | The Guarantee Fund shall be divided into Sections, on the basis of the number of fund managers ultimately awarded a contract. |
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3.

The Guarantee Fund shall be divided into Sections, on the basis of the number of fund managers ultimately awarded a contract.

| 4. | Those selected to manage the Fund shall privately co-finance the Fund Section they are allocated at a level of at least 20 % of the public resources granted to them. |
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4.

Those selected to manage the Fund shall privately co-finance the Fund Section they are allocated at a level of at least 20 % of the public resources granted to them.

| 5. | The call for tenders for Fund Managers and the related annexes were approved by means of Regional Council Decisions, which — as indicated above — constitute the legal basis of this scheme and which were published in the OJ of 16.9.2004 (Supplement No 181 — Document No 155086) and in the Official Gazette of the Region of Molise (No 19 of 23.9.2004). |
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5.

The call for tenders for Fund Managers and the related annexes were approved by means of Regional Council Decisions, which — as indicated above — constitute the legal basis of this scheme and which were published in the OJ of 16.9.2004 (Supplement No 181 — Document No 155086) and in the Official Gazette of the Region of Molise (No 19 of 23.9.2004).

| 6. | The Guarantee Fund under Action 4.1.4 of the OPR Molise will be included in a new Measure of the OPR (Measure 4.4) following an interim restructuring to be approved by a new Commission Decision. The content of Action 4.1.4 shall, however, remain unchanged. |
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6.

The Guarantee Fund under Action 4.1.4 of the OPR Molise will be included in a new Measure of the OPR (Measure 4.4) following an interim restructuring to be approved by a new Commission Decision. The content of Action 4.1.4 shall, however, remain unchanged.

| Aid No | XS 62/05 |
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| Member State | Italy |
| Region | Regione Marche |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | SPD Obj. 2 2000-2006 — Measure 1.1 Aid to productive and environmental investment by small and medium-sized industrial and craft firms, sub-measure 1.1.1 Aid to productive investment by small and medium-sized industrial firms, assistance b3 ‘Law 598/94, Article 11, amended by Law 488/99, Article 54 and by Law 57/2001, Article 15: incentives for industrial research and pre-competitive development’ |
| Legal basis | Docup Ob. 2 2000-2006 |
| Annual expenditure planned under the scheme | The financial envelope is as follows:
  Ordinary aid
  EUR 1 609 201 for 2004
  EUR 695 399,50 (estimate for 2005)
  EUR 695 399,50 (estimate for 2006)
  Total: EUR 3 000 000
  Transitional aid
  EUR 200 000 for 2004
  Total: EUR 200 000 |
| Types of investment and expenditure eligible | Industrial research and/or pre-competitive research projects lasting up to 18 months. The cost of the project may not be less than EUR 100 000 or more than EUR 1 000 000.
  The following types of cost are eligible:






  — | employee costs, only for work actually done for the project; |

Aid No

XS 62/05

Member State

Italy

Region

Regione Marche

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

SPD Obj. 2 2000-2006 — Measure 1.1 Aid to productive and environmental investment by small and medium-sized industrial and craft firms, sub-measure 1.1.1 Aid to productive investment by small and medium-sized industrial firms, assistance b3 ‘Law 598/94, Article 11, amended by Law 488/99, Article 54 and by Law 57/2001, Article 15: incentives for industrial research and pre-competitive development’

‘Law 598/94, Article 11, amended by Law 488/99, Article 54 and by Law 57/2001, Article 15: incentives for industrial research and pre-competitive development’

Legal basis

Docup Ob. 2 2000-2006

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme

The financial envelope is as follows:

Ordinary aid

EUR 1 609 201 for 2004

EUR 695 399,50 (estimate for 2005)

EUR 695 399,50 (estimate for 2006)

Total: EUR 3 000 000

Transitional aid

EUR 200 000 for 2004

Total: EUR 200 000

Types of investment and expenditure eligible

Industrial research and/or pre-competitive research projects lasting up to 18 months. The cost of the project may not be less than EUR 100 000 or more than EUR 1 000 000.

The following types of cost are eligible:

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employee costs, only for work actually done for the project;

| — | overhead costs directly attributable to research and development activities; |
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overhead costs directly attributable to research and development activities;

| — | new purchase of instruments and equipment used for the project and for the duration of the project; |
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new purchase of instruments and equipment used for the project and for the duration of the project;

| — | consultancy and equivalent services used exclusively for the purposes of research and/or development activities; |
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consultancy and equivalent services used exclusively for the purposes of research and/or development activities;

| — | cost of materials directly attributable to research activities. |
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cost of materials directly attributable to research activities.

Maximum aid intensity

The aid is granted in one of the following forms:

| (a) | outright grant of:






  — | 25 % of the cost of eligible projects, for pre-competitive development activities; |
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(a)

outright grant of:

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25 % of the cost of eligible projects, for pre-competitive development activities;

| — | 50 % of the cost of eligible projects, for industrial research development activities; |
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50 % of the cost of eligible projects, for industrial research development activities;

| (b) | interest rate subsidy (in addition to the outright grant), for bank financing meeting the following conditions: duration of not more than ten years, including a grace period of up to 18 months, and not less than the duration of the project, for an amount not more than 75 % of the cost of the eligible project and not less than the overall grant under (a); the amount of the subsidy is:






  — | 80 % of the reference rate in force on the date the application for aid is submitted for SMEs with production units in which the project is being carried out and which are located in areas qualifying for exemption under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty; |
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(b)

interest rate subsidy (in addition to the outright grant), for bank financing meeting the following conditions: duration of not more than ten years, including a grace period of up to 18 months, and not less than the duration of the project, for an amount not more than 75 % of the cost of the eligible project and not less than the overall grant under (a); the amount of the subsidy is:

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80 % of the reference rate in force on the date the application for aid is submitted for SMEs with production units in which the project is being carried out and which are located in areas qualifying for exemption under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty;

| — | 50 % of the reference rate for SMEs with production units in which the project is being carried out and which are located in the rest of the region. In any case the grant may not exceed the ceilings for research and development aid laid down in Regulation (EC) No 364/2004. For projects comprising both industrial research and pre-competitive development activities, the aid intensity may not exceed the average laid down for both types of activity, weighted according to the costs incurred for each type of activity. |
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50 % of the reference rate for SMEs with production units in which the project is being carried out and which are located in the rest of the region. In any case the grant may not exceed the ceilings for research and development aid laid down in Regulation (EC) No 364/2004. For projects comprising both industrial research and pre-competitive development activities, the aid intensity may not exceed the average laid down for both types of activity, weighted according to the costs incurred for each type of activity.

Date of implementation

Only investments carried out after the date on which the aid application was submitted are eligible for aid.

Duration of scheme

The scheme will be implemented for the same length of time as SPD Objective 2 2000-06.

Objective of aid

To promote research in industrial SMEs in Objective 2 and phasing-out areas in the Marche, by granting financial incentives to support industrial research and pre-competitive development activities, as defined in Community rules. The scheme is intended in particular to support activities aimed at acquiring innovative know-how that can be transferred to production processes and used to develop new products to improve the competitiveness of firms.

Economic sectors concerned

Sections C, D, E and F of the 1991 Italian Statistical Office (ISTAT) classification of economic activities, subject to the exclusions and limitations laid down by the Community rules on state aid (including export aid and aid to the motor manufacturing industry). Activities involving the production, processing or marketing of the goods listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty are excluded.

Name and address of the granting authority

Regione Marche, Servizio Industria, Artigianato, Energia

| Via Tiziano 44 |
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| I-60100 Ancona |
| Tel. 071 8061 |

Via Tiziano 44

I-60100 Ancona

Tel. 071 8061

| Aid No | XS 65/05 |
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| Member State | Denmark |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Regional scheme for firms to take on highly trained consultants (videnpiloter) to carry out specified development projects |
| Legal basis | Lov om Teknologi og Innovation |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | An annual overall amount of DKK 12,9 million (EUR 1,2 million) was budgeted for 2005, while an annual sum of DKK 15 million (EUR 1,4 million) was budgeted for 2006, 2007 and 2008. |
| Maximum aid intensity | The maximum aid intensity is 50 %, with a maximum of DKK 145 000 million (EUR 20 000) per project. |
| Date of implementation | The guidelines were adopted in 2005 and aid has been paid since that year. |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | The budget provides for state aid until 2008. The individual aid project takes between 6 and 12 months. |
| Objective of aid | To increase the number of highly trained staff in SMEs (fewer than 100 staff) by taking on persons not previously in employment and to enhance cooperation between SMEs and public research institutions. |
| Economic sectors concerned | All sectors |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Ministeriet for Videnskab, Teknologi og Videnskab |
| Bredgade 43 |
| DK-1260 København K |

Aid No

XS 65/05

Member State

Denmark

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Regional scheme for firms to take on highly trained consultants (videnpiloter) to carry out specified development projects

videnpiloter

Legal basis

Lov om Teknologi og Innovation

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

An annual overall amount of DKK 12,9 million (EUR 1,2 million) was budgeted for 2005, while an annual sum of DKK 15 million (EUR 1,4 million) was budgeted for 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Maximum aid intensity

The maximum aid intensity is 50 %, with a maximum of DKK 145 000 million (EUR 20 000) per project.

Date of implementation

The guidelines were adopted in 2005 and aid has been paid since that year.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

The budget provides for state aid until 2008. The individual aid project takes between 6 and 12 months.

Objective of aid

To increase the number of highly trained staff in SMEs (fewer than 100 staff) by taking on persons not previously in employment and to enhance cooperation between SMEs and public research institutions.

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministeriet for Videnskab, Teknologi og Videnskab

Bredgade 43

DK-1260 København K

Other information

Aid is to be granted for taking on highly trained staff and for buying in scientific skills for a development project in the firm from research institutions. Individual projects must first be approved by the authorities.

| Aid No | XS 142/06 |
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| Member State | Germany |
| Region | Freistaat Sachsen |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Guideline of the Saxony State Ministry of the Environment and Agriculture on support under the agricultural investment promotion programme (AFP);
  RL-Nr. 21/2005 of 15 June 2005; 2.1.3 in conjunction with 5.1
  http://www.saxonia-verlag.de/recht-sachsen/08540bs.pdf |
| Legal basis | Rahmenplan nach dem Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes“ vom 3. September 1969, neu gefasst durch Bekanntmachung vom 21. Juli 1988 (BGBl. I S. 1055), zuletzt geändert durch Art. 2 des Gesetzes vom 2. Mai 2005 (BGBl. I S. 1527) |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount | EUR 0,8 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 | 2006 |
| Duration of the scheme or individual aid award | Until 31 December 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 | Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft |
| Sörbigener Straße 3a |
| D-01326 Dresden |

Aid No

XS 142/06

Member State

Germany

Region

Freistaat Sachsen

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Guideline of the Saxony State Ministry of the Environment and Agriculture on support under the agricultural investment promotion programme (AFP);

RL-Nr. 21/2005 of 15 June 2005; 2.1.3 in conjunction with 5.1

http://www.saxonia-verlag.de/recht-sachsen/08540bs.pdf

Legal basis

Rahmenplan nach dem Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes“ vom 3. September 1969, neu gefasst durch Bekanntmachung vom 21. Juli 1988 (BGBl. I S. 1055), zuletzt geändert durch Art. 2 des Gesetzes vom 2. Mai 2005 (BGBl. I S. 1527)

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,8 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

2006

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award

Until 31 December 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

Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft

Sörbigener Straße 3a

D-01326 Dresden

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

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