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

(2003/C 59/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 03/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Sicily

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Rural tourism, tourist and craft activities in a rural context

Legal basis: Legge regionale 23 dicembre 2000 n. 32, articolo 87

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Provisional appropriations as provided for in the programme complement, measure 4.15 of the regional operational programme for Sicily 2000-2006. In any event, as provided for in Article 87, the financial resources up to 2006 may not exceed ITL 200 billion.

2001: EUR 10,884 million,

2002: EUR 9,163 million,

2003: EUR 11,87 million,

2004: EUR 9,03 million,

2005: EUR 9,519 million,

2006: EUR 9,537 million,

Maximum aid intensity: Aid may not exceed 35 % NGE equivalent plus 15 percentage points GGE of eligible costs

Date of implementation: January 2002, when the Commission received the exemption notification under Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2006 for legally binding instruments and until 31 December 2008 for grants

Objective of aid: Aid for SMEs to help them develop complementary and/or alternative activities in a rural context

Economic sector(s) concerned: Rural tourism, tourist and craft activities in a rural context

Name and address of granting authority: Regione Sicilia - Assessorato Agricoltura e foreste

Viale Regione Siciliana (angolo Via Leonardo da Vinci)

Aid No: XS 104/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Liguria

Title of aid scheme: Measure 1.1. "Support for business development" - (Submeasure 1 A) "Company startups"

Legal basis: - Docup Obiettivo 2 Regione Liguria 2000-2006 approvato con decisione Commissione europea C(2001) 2044 del 7.9.2001,

- Complemento di programmazione del Docup Obiettivo 2 Regione Liguria 2000-2006, approvato con deliberazione giunta regionale n. 1404 del 30.11.2001,

- Bando della misura 1.1. - Sottomisura 1 A) "Creazione d'impresa", approvato con deliberazione della giunta regionale n. 1405 del 30.11.2001

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1707138,6 of average annual public expenditure in the period 2002-2006

Maximum aid intensity: Interest-free repayable aid with a maximum intensity of 15 % gge and 7,5 % gge respectively for small and medium-sized enterprises in Objective 2 areas and 8 % nge + 10 % gge and 8 % nge + 6 % gge respectively for small and medium-sized firms in areas exempted under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty

Date of implementation: 10 December 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: To encourage new business ventures in order to broaden the productive base and boost economic competitiveness by granting incentives for initial investments in tangible and intangible assets and providing technical assistance for newly created businesses

Economic sectors concerned: - industrial and craft enterprises engaged in activities covered by the following sections of the ISTAT 1991 Classification of economic activities: C "Mineral extraction", D "Manufacturing", E "Production and distribution of electricity, gas and water" (only classes 40.10 and 40.30) and F "Construction";

- commercial enterprises, only where located in areas suffering from specific problems (e.g. depopulated rural areas or disadvantaged urban areas) and operating in shopping centres or belonging to local retail trader associations, or whose aim is to modernise structures and introduce innovations on the distribution side (e.g. e-business and e-commerce) through creating or improving networks;

- hotel and tourism businesses: hotels, guest houses, camping sites, holiday villages, youth hostels;

- cooperatives governed by Law 381/91;

- firms providing production services.

Measures to assist the production, processing and marketing of agricultural and fisheries products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty, and the coal, steel, shipbuilding, synthetic fibres, motor vehicle and transport industries are excluded

Name and address of granting authority: FILSE - Finanziaria ligure per lo sviluppo economico Via Peschiera, 16 I - 16122 Genova

Aid No: XS 11/02

Member State: Netherlands

Region: The provinces of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe are responsible for implementing the aid scheme. They have decided to entrust actual implementation to the Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland (/North Netherlands Cooperation Association), a public body set up under the /Wet Gemeenschappelijke Regelingen (/Joint Arrangements Law)

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Quality investments in tourism 2000 (2002 version)

Legal basis: Besluit Provinciale Staten van Friesland, Groningen en Drenthe d.d. 12 december 2001

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: An annual budget of EUR 2571498 is available

Maximum aid intensity: Small enterprises: 15 % gross; Medium-sized enterprises: 7,5 % gross

Date of implementation: Aid under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 will be granted as from 1 January 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme will end on 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: To fund an investment in fixed capital for the setting up of a new tourist establishment or for the extension of an existing establishment in terms of capacity and/or quality

Economic sector(s) concerned: Tourism

Name and address of the granting authority: Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland p/a Postbus 779 9700 AT Groningen Nederland

Aid No: XS 18/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Advisory services provided by consultants outside the SME

Legal basis: DPR n. 0451 del 12.11.2001. Regolamento di esecuzione concernente le modalità di concessione dei contributi previsti dall'articolo 45 della legge regionale 23.7.1984, n. 30, come sostituito dall'articolo 19 della legge regionale 20.1.1992, n. 2

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Estimated annual costs of EUR 5100000, financed annually under the financial law

Maximum aid intensity: - 50 % of consultancy services for the quality system and the environment

- 30 % of consultancy services, not continuous and not regular, aimed at improving the organisation of the business

- 7,5 % and 15 % for small and medium-sized firms respectively, for implementation of the software relating to consultancy services, only software being eligible for the increases allowed for Article 87(3)(c) areas

Date of implementation: From the date of publication in the Regional Official Gazette. The first measures will not be carried out before April 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 30 June 2007

Objective of aid: To assist SMEs using external consultancy services to improve their organisation and quality systems with a view to encouraging innovation in management techniques in SMEs

Economic sector(s) concerned: Manufacturing and production services firms

Name and address of granting authority: Regione autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia Direzione regionale dell'Industria Via Trento, 2 I - 34132 Trieste s.promo.ind@regione.fvg.it Tel. (39-040) 377 24 56 Fax (39-040) 377 24 63

Other information: Without prejudice to Community regulations or directives adopted under the EC Treaty which relate to state aid in specific sectors.

The scheme does not apply to activities linked to the production, processing or marketing of products listed in Annex I to the Treaty

Aid No: XS 20/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Umbria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Regional aid scheme for supporting investments by SMEs

Legal basis: Deliberazione della giunta regionale n. 32 del 23.1.2002 in attuazione della Misura 2.1. - Sostegno allo sviluppo dei sistemi produttivi locali - Azione 2.1.3. - Regime di aiuti regionale a sostegno degli investimenti delle PMI, del Docup Obiettivo 2, 2002-2006 per la Regione Umbria, approvato dalla Commissione europea con decisione C(2001) 2119 del 7 settembre 2001

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: A maximum of EUR 7000000 per year in accordance with the funding plan in the programming complement to the Objective 2 single programming document (SPD) 2000-06 for the Umbria region, giving a maximum total of EUR 35000000 for the duration of the scheme

Maximum aid intensity: - Small firms: 15 % gge of the total cost of the eligible investments. In areas eligible for regional aid covered by the Objective 2 SPD for Umbria, 20 % gge of the total cost of the eligible investments (less than the intensity allowed by the regional aid map, which is 10 % gge + 8 % nge);

- Medium-sized firms: 7,5 % gge of the total cost of the eligible investments. In areas eligible for regional aid covered by the Objective 2 SPD for Umbria, 15 % gge of the total cost of the eligible investments (less than the intensity allowed by the regional aid map, which is 6 % gge + 8 % nge)

Date of implementation: Date of publication of the notice inviting applications: 20 February 2002.

Aid will be granted only on presentation of suitable applications by the firms concerned, which may be submitted from the day following publication of the notice. Only investments made after presentation of the application for aid will be eligible

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Aid will be granted in respect of investments made by firms up to 31 December 2006, the deadline for eligibility of expenditure charged to the Objective 2 SPD 2000-06 for Umbria

Objective of aid: Support for investment by small and medium-sized firms in the Objective 2 and phasing-out areas of Umbria. The investments covered by this aid scheme correspond to expenditure on buildings, land, plant, equipment and machinery, computer programs and design work as defined in the specific cost eligibility rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1685/2000. During the first three years the scheme will be applied exclusively to craft enterprises as defined in Law No 443 of 8 August 1985

Economic sector(s) concerned: Production and production services firms, with the exception of:

- Manufacture of steel products listed in Annex I to the ECSC Treaty (NACE code 221);

- Shipbuilding and ship repair (NACE codes 361.1, 361.2);

- Manufacture of synthetic fibres (NACE code 260);

- Firms operating in the sectors listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty;

- Road haulage (Commission notice 96/C/68/06), in respect of investments in transport means and transport equipment within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 (OJ L 10, 13.1.2001).

Further restrictions may be imposed as required by new mandatory Community rules.

Name and address of granting authority: Regione Umbria - Giunta regionale Servizio Politiche di sostegno alle imprese Via Mario Angeloni, 61 I - 06100 Perugia Tel. (39-075) 504 57 09 Fax (39-075) 504 55 69 e-mail: servizio9@regione.umbria.it

Aid No: XS 24/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Hessen

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Financing of business start-ups and growth

Legal basis: Gesetz zur Förderung der kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen der hessischen Wirtschaft vom 23. September 1974 (GVBl., S. 458), zuletzt geändert am 22. August 1986 (GVBl., S. 265). Richtlinien Gründungs- und Wachstumsfinanzierung

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Approximately EUR 75 million

Maximum aid intensity: The gross grant equivalent of the loan is under 7,5 %

Date of implementation: 1 April 2002/1 June 2002 for the increased guarantee

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 June 2007 in accordance with European Commission requirements

Objective of aid: For selected areas, the Hessen Investment Bank, acting on behalf of the Hessen Ministry of Economics, Transport and Regional Development, grants loans to investments in SMEs within the meaning of the Commission Recommendation of 3 April 1996 (OJ L 107, 30 April 1996, p. 4) with a view to creating and safeguarding jobs. The Bürgschaftsbank Hessen (BBH) can increase the guarantee for these investment loans by 20 %.

Economic sector(s) concerned: Apart from agricultural and forestry undertakings and the medical and nursing sector, all economic sectors not excluded under Community regulations or directives on the granting of state aid in specific sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: InvestitionsBank Hessen AG (IBH) Schumannstraße 4-6 D - 60325 Frankfurt

Other information: The attached guidelines contain Deutschen Ausgleichsbank programmes not comprising any aid components and IBH programmes which must be notified.

IBH's previous support programmes, the Hessen structural programme for SMEs (HSPM) and the growth programme for SMEs (HWPM) are being incorporated into the business start-ups and growth programme.

The notification under the Block Exemption Regulation concerns loans under points 1b-d of the guidelines, for which an interest subsidy may be granted.

Aid No: XS 27/2002

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: South west

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Penryn Townscape Heritage Initiative (THI)

Legal basis: Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990, sections 57, 77, 79 and 80. The National Heritage Act 1983, section 33

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total ERDF Grant: GBP 670000.

Total Common Fund: GBP 1340000.

The project punding package for the scheme is as follows:

- Carrick District Council - GBP 100000

- Heritage Lottery Fund - GBP 400000

- RDA - GBP 170000

- ERDF - GBP 670000.

SMEs will match a grant from the common fund with their own resources.

No grant to an SME under this block exemption is estimated to be over GBP 60000

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity is 50 %.

The ERDF will provide 50 % and the remainder will come from other public bodies.

The grant will be used within Cornwall, which has Objective 1 status.

Date of implementation: April 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: March 2007

Objective of aid: To facilitate the regeneration of buildings owned by SMEs and to maintain their economic use through external improvements and some restoration of vacant floorspace.

This work is one element of a wider image enhancement programme for Penryn Town Centre.

Contractors undertaking works will be appointed through open tender

Economic sectors concerned: All sectors excluding:

- agriculture,

- fisheries and aquaculture,

- coal Mining,

- steel,

- shipbuilding,

- synthetic fibres,

- motor vehicles,

- maritime transport system,

- other transport services,

- financial services

Name and address of granting authority: Government Office South West ( Brenda Edmonds ) Mast House

Shepherds Wharf

24 Sutton Road

Plymouth PL4 0HJ

Other information: The grant will be managed by: Carrick District Council ( Tim Kellett ) Planning and Leisure Services Department Carrick House

Pydar Street

Truro TR1 1GT

Aid No: XS 42/01

Member State: Spain

Region: Galicia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Aid for small service and craft enterprises involving productive activities linked with the sea

Legal basis: Orden del 18 de junio de 2001, por la que se regula la concesión de ayudas para pequeñas empresas de servicios y artesanales de actividades productivas vinculadas al mar.

(To be published shortly)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Expenditure is estimated at EUR 300000 per annum from 2001 to 2006

Maximum aid intensity: According to the project presented in conjunction with the request for aid, aid is granted as a proportion of the sum requested and in such quantities as the budget allows up to a maximum limit of 40 % of the amount to be funded

Date of implementation: 30 June 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December 2006. The final payment will be made on 31 December 2007

Objective of aid: The aid is part of a programme promoting the creation or development of small craftwork or service businesses to carry out new activities linked with the maritime sector. The aim is to reduce the local economy's dependence on fishing and to boost the economic dynamism generated by tourism in regions such as Galicia which are highly dependent on fishing

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services

Name and address of the granting authority: Xunta de Galicia Consellería de Pesca, Marisqueo e Acuicultura Dirección Xeral de Formación Pesqueira e Investigación Rúa dos Irmandiños, Salgueiriños E - 15781 Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña) Sr. Director General de Formación Pesqueira e Investigación

Joaquín Mariño Cadarso

Tel. (34) 981 54 61 76

Aid No: XS 43/01

Member State: Spain

Region: Galicia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Aid for setting up coastal infrastructure for tourist, cultural and recreational activities involving the sea

Legal basis: Orden del 18 de junio de 2001, por la que se regula la concesión de ayudas para la creación en el litoral de infraestructuras turísticas, culturales y de recreo vinculadas al mar.

(To be published shortly)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Expenditure is estimated at EUR 300000 per annum from 2001 to 2006

Maximum aid intensity: According to the project presented in conjunction with the request for aid, all aid will be granted as a proportion of the sums requested and in such quantities as the budget allows, up to a maximum limit of 40 % of the amount to be funded.

If the purpose of investment includes restoration of the cultural or historic heritage, the amount of aid granted can be increased to 60 % of the sum invested in such refurbishment

Date of implementation: 30 June 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December 2006. The final payment will be made on 31 December 2007

Objective of aid: The aid is part of a programme promoting the creation of coastal infrastructure to help develop tourist, cultural and recreational activities involving the sea. The aim is to reduce the local economy's dependence on fishing and to boost the economic dynamism generated by tourism in regions like Galicia which are highly dependent on fishing

Economic sector(s) concerned: - small and medium-sized enterprises,

- tourism,

- other services

Name and address of the granting authority: Xunta de Galicia Consellería de Pesca, Marisqueo e Acuicultura Dirección Xeral de Formación Pesqueira e Investigación Rúa dos Irmandiños, Salgueiriños E - 15781 Santiago de Compostela (A Coruña) Sr. Director General de Formación Pesqueira e Investigación

Joaquín Mariño Cadarso

Tel. (34) 981 54 61 76

Aid No: XS 79/01

Member State: Germany

Region: North Rhine-Westphalia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Equity capital for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), within the meaning of Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, in North Rhine-Westphalia/EU Objective 2 areas

Legal basis: Richtlinie des Ministeriums für Wirtschaft und Mittelstand, Energie und Verkehr des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen vom 5.7.2001: "NRW-EU-Programm Ziel 2, 5. Phase, Beteiligungskapital für kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (KMU)"

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 77,7 million over the period 2000-2006

Maximum aid intensity: Equity capital is to be made available in the form of a secondary loan amounting to 50 % of the eligible costs of a project, up to EUR 1 million, on market terms. The interest rate payable will be above the ECB reference rate.

The maximum term is ten years but may vary depending on the recipient's wishes. The loan is repayable in one lump at the chosen term. In the event of early partial repayment (after not less than five years), the agreed interest rate will be reduced by 1 % per annum on the outstanding amount for each year by which the term is shortened, subject to a minimum interest rate of 2 % per annum and repayment being distributed evenly over the remaining years.

This is may not be granted to firms in difficulty. There is no particular risk to the equity investment since

- the project must involve job-creating or job-safeguarding investment (i.e. the firm will generally be expanding);

- the aid, amounting as it does to 50 % of the eligible project costs, is the same as or less than half of the actual investment costs to be financed, and other financing partners will therefore assume more than half of the total financing risk;

- the operating finance also required in the case of investment projects with an impact on jobs will be made available outside and on top of the financial envelope in question.

For the purposes of calculating the amount of aid, account will be taken of the cost of purchasing or producing the tangible fixed assets forming part of the investment project (no operating funds). Account may also be taken of land costs, although these may not exceed 10 % of the uniform basis of assessment.

The costs of used assets are eligible only if they involve the purchase of a plant which has been closed down or is threatened with closure. The costs of intangible assets are eligible only if they can be capitalised (patents, licences, etc.).

Any cost overrun may in principle be taken into account until such time as the aid commitment has been notified in writing to the house bank.

The costs of vehicles authorised for use on the public highway which are used primarily for transport, aircraft, sea-going vessels and railway vehicles, not used for rail transport may not be taken into account for the purposes of calculating the amount of aid.

The equity capital must be repaid within a period of not more than 10 years and is subject to interest during that period.

In the event of the SME's insolvency, the repayment claim will be enforced subordinately against all of the firm's other creditors.

The success of the assisted SME investment project will be judged on the basis of its ability to create and maintain jobs, strengthen the firm's financial position, and ensure regular payment of interest and eventual repayment of the principal at the agreed term of the loan.

The maximum aid intensity of 15 % for small enterprises and 7,5 % for medium-sized enterprises stipulated by Article 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 will not be exceeded

Date of implementation: The planned launch date is 1 November 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: No limit in principle, but initially up to the end of 2006

Objective of aid: The aid takes the form of investment aid to SMEs. Equity capital will be made available in the Objective 2 areas of North Rhine-Westphalia for the purposes of creating and safeguarding jobs through investment.

For many SMEs in the assisted area, a lack of equity capital is a problem because, given the associated absence or inadequacy of bank collateral, it is difficult for them to finance investment projects on the basis of credit.

In recent years, private investors (including financial institutions) have launched risk capital funds which are available throughout the Land but are not designed primarily as an instrument of regional structural policy, and in particular are not focused on investment. The intention is to make equity capital available to SMEs in Objective 2 areas which will be offered in the form of a dormant equity holding (secondary loan) as an alternative to an investment grant.

This will open up a lasting and capital-effective financing option for SMEs in Objective 2 areas.

The aid will not be available in combination with grants under the North Rhine-Westphalia Economic Aid Programme for the same project, and should therefore be seen as an aid alternative available to SMEs.

The possibility of this aid instrument competing with equity capital for SMEs offered on market terms should be regarded as slight or non-existent since there is currently no such product on the market in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the limit of 50 % of eligible costs does not rule out the possibility of co-investment by private investors.

The net cash flow and interest revenue accruing from the aid will be ploughed back into a equity capital fund to be set up and thus be available for new SME commitments.

Aid will be granted for job-creating and job-securing investment measures in Objective 2 areas of the Land. Operating funds will not be covered by the aid. The overall financing of the project must be ensured and its economic viability and job-creating/job-safeguarding impact demonstrated

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors, excluding the following: coal-mining, steel, shipbuilding, the synthetic fibres industry, the motor-vehicle industry, the processing and marketing of agricultural products, transport and financial services

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Mittelstand, Energie und Verkehr des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen Haroldstraße 4 D - 40190 Düsseldorf Contacts:

Dr. Reiner Eisold

Tel. 0211-837 26 28 ( Fax 0211-837 26 27 ) e-Mail: reiner.eisold@mwmev.nrw.de Christine Währisch Tel. 0211-837 24 56 e-Mail: christine.waehrisch@mwmev.nrw.de

Aid No: XS 85/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Calabria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Law No 1329/65 (the "Sabatini" law): additional capital contributions for the acquisition or leasing of new machine tools or production equipment

Legal basis: - Legge 28.11.1965, n. 1329,

- legge 19.12.1983, n. 696, articolo 3,

- legge 16.2.1987, n. 44,

- decreto del ministro dell'Industria, del commercio e dell'artigianato del 21.2.1973,

- decreto del ministro del Tesoro del 30.4.1987,

- legge 17.5.1999, n. 144,

- decreto legislativo 31.3.1998, n. 112, articolo 19,

- regolamento C.E. n. 70 del 12.1.2001,

- legge regionale 2.5.2001, n. 7, articolo 31 quater,

- delibera di giunta della Regione Calabria del 31.5.2001, n. 471

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

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Maximum aid intensity: 50 % gross grant equivalent

Date of implementation: 5 September 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: The aid is intended to facilitate the purchase or leasing of machine tools or new manufacturing equipment made in Italy or abroad, for a unit or sales cost in excess of EUR 516,50, including machine systems, ancillary equipment, accessories, fixed or self-propelled machinery and equipment for handling, transporting and lifting equipment (cranes and overhead travelling cranes, tractors, belt conveyors, etc.) in the factory or yard, and kitchen and air-conditioning equipment.

The machine tools and production equipment must form part of the logistical structure of production units located in Calabria and registered with the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture (CCIAA) and should not be invoiced prior to the date on which the purchase or leasing contract is signed.

Vehicles, vessels and aircraft entered in public registers are not covered

Economic sector(s) concerned: The aid is intended solely for small and medium-sized enterprises, as defined in Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 but does not cover investments in the following sectors:

- iron and steel (13.10, 13.20, 27.10, 27.22.1, 27.22.2);

- shipbuilding (35.11.1, 35.11.3);

- fisheries (section B);

- transport (60, 61, 62);

- farming (section A);

- agro-industry (section DA);

- manufacture of synthetic and artificial fibres (24.70).

Investments relating to the exercise of activities in the motor vehicle industry (34.10, 34.20 and 34.30) are subject to the limits of the de minimis rule (aid not exceeding a total of EUR 100000 in a three-year period).

Name and address of granting authority: Regione Calabria Via Massara, 2 I - 88100 Catanzaro

Other information: This aid scheme does not apply to investments that reach one of the following two thresholds:

(a) the total eligible costs of the whole project are at least 25 million EUR and the net aid intensity is at least 50 % of the net aid ceiling as determined in the regional aid map for the area concerned; or

(b) the total gross aid amounts to at least EUR 15 million.

The aid scheme is not contingent upon the use of domestic as opposed to imported goods.

Only expenditure incurred since the date on which the aid application was submitted is eligible.

Only costs relating to the period 2001-2004 may be taken into account as regional cofinancing is provided for the period ending 31 December 2004.

As soon as the necessary measures have been adopted to provide cofinancing for 2005-2006, the appropriate documents will be sent