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

(2002/C 64/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT/01/2001

Member State: Austria

Region: Burgenland

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Promoting training under the European Social Fund (Objective 1, measure 4)

Legal basis: § 34 Arbeitsmarktservicegesetz (AMSG)

Einheitliches Programmplanungsdokument Ziel 1 2000-2006

Ergänzung zur Programmplanung Ziel 1

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Approximately EUR 550000

Maximum aid intensity: SMEs: national and ESF resources: 75 %

Large enterprises: national and ESF resources: 75 %

Under this scheme, only de-minimis aid can be granted in respect of staff costs

Date of implementation: 1 June 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: In principle, the scheme is to run for the entire programming period (2000-2006), with adaptations being made on an annual basis in the light of quality assurance checks

Objective of aid: Aid is available only for training projects that transfer skills to other enterprises or areas of work (general measures). Examples among many include training in modern information technologies, languages, accountancy and law, sales techniques and communication

Economic sector(s) concerned: All economic sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Arbeitsmarktservice Österreich Treustraße 35-43 A - 1200 Vienna Contact persons:

Brigitte Hellerschmid

( AMS Österreich-Bundesgeschäftsstelle ) Tel. (43-1) 331 78-625 Fax (43-1) 331 78-161 Wolfgang Ries ( AMS Österreich-Bundesgeschäftsstelle ) Tel. (43-1) 331 78-623 Fax (43-1) 331 78-161 Manfred Breithofer ( AMS Burgenland ) Tel. (43) 268 26 92-164 Fax (43) 268 26 92-179

Aid No: XT/29/2001

Member State: Italy

Region: Piedmont

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Continuing training under Law No 236/93 - "Development Agreement" Directive - 2001

Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta regionale del Piemonte n. 62-3116 del 28 maggio 2001

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 5512074 (ITL 10672863000)

Beneficiaries: firms (small, medium-sized or large) running the training course; they are individually identified before the action is approved

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensities are those laid down in Article 4(2) to (6) of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001. The aid, quantified on the assumption that the course will be carried out properly and in full, is granted in the form of reimbursements of eligible expenditure actually incurred and backed by documentary evidence in respect of training programmes, in relation to the activity actually carried out and within the maximum intensity ceilings given below:

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The above intensities are increased by 10 percentage points if the training is given to disadvantaged workers, as defined in Article 2(g) of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001

Date of implementation: 25 July 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until December 2001

Objective of aid: The aid scheme covers general and specific training. Under Article 2(e) of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001:

- general training means training of a general nature which is not applicable only to the employee's present or future position in the assisted firm and provides qualifications that are largely transferable to other firms or fields of work

- specific training means training involving theoretical and practical tuition applicable to the employee's present or future position in the assisted firm

For the purposes of implementing this aid scheme, it should be pointed out that:

- "general training" includes courses where there is already provision for final public certification of the qualification or professional or vocational licence and training courses organised for more than one firm, i.e. providing tuition for workers from two or more firms, even if they are in the same productive sector

- "specific training" includes courses aimed at workers and/or owners of the same firm

With regard to general training, see Article 24 of Regional Law No 63 of 13 April 1995 and Article 14 of Law No 845 of 21 December 1978, referred to therein

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

All services

Observations:

The total public contribution that may be allocated to a single firm for training programmes under this Directive may not in any event exceed EUR 1 million (ITL 1936270000)

Name and address of the granting authority: Regione Piemonte Direzione regionale alla Formazione Professionale - Lavoro. Settore Attività Formativa Via Magenta, 12 I - 10128 Turin