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 182/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 55/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Investment aid for Neue Jade Werft GmbH, Hannoversche Straße 10, D-26384 Wilhelmshaven (individual aid)

Legal basis: § 65 der Niedersächsischen Gemeindeordnung (NGO) in der Fassung vom 22.8.1996 (Niedersächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt, S. 382)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 37222

Maximum aid intensity: 28 % of eligible investment expenditure totalling EUR 132933. Neue Jade Werft GmbH is located in an assisted area under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty

Date of implementation: 1.6.2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1.6.2002

Objective of aid: Investment aid for the purchase of a mobile crane to modernise transport within the shipyard

Economic sector(s) concerned: Shipbuilding (NACE Code 35.1)

Name and address of the granting authority: WFG - Wirtschaftsförderung in Wilhelmshaven Virchowstraße 21 D - 26328 Wilhelmshaven

Other information: Mr Gernot Beutner Tel. (044-21) 91 06 23 Fax (044-21) 91 06 27 E-mail: info@wfg-wilhelmshaven.de

Aid No: XS 58/02

Member State: Austria

Region: Carinthia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: "Small firms" guidelines for promoting small firms in trade and industry

Legal basis: Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungsgesetz, LGBl. Nr. 6/1993 in der geltenden Fassung

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: 2002: EUR 1100000

2003: EUR 5000000

2004: EUR 2620740

Maximum aid intensity: - a maximum of 20 % in the area eligible for regional assistance

- a maximum of 15 % outside that area

Date of implementation: 1.10.2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: - period during which the scheme runs: 1.10.2002 to 30.9.2004

- provided the application is submitted within that period, aid under the scheme may, in accordance with European Commission requirements, be granted up to 30 June 2007

Objective of aid: Promotion of investment by small firms as defined in the Commission recommendation of 3 April 1996 (OJ L 107, 30.4.1996, p. 4)

Economic sector(s) concerned: The eligible sectors are trade, industry and production-related services (excluding the distributive trades and the tourism and leisure industry)

Name and address of the granting authority: Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungsfonds Heuplatz 2 A - 9020 Klagenfurt

Aid No: XS 65/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Wilhelmshaven, Lower Saxony. The project is located in an area assisted under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Investment aid to Aquarium Wilhelmshaven Bullermeck GmbH, Fischland, D-26434 Wangerland

Legal basis: § 65 der Niedersächsischen Gemeindeordnung (NGO) in der Fassung vom 22.8.1996 (Niedersächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt, S. 382)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total grant EUR 247976

Maximum aid intensity: 4,97 % of eligible investment expenditure totalling EUR 4985095; the admissible aid intensity is 28 %

Date of implementation: 25 June 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: - 1 July 2002: Payment of first instalment, EUR 123988

- 1 July 2003: Payment of second instalment, EUR 123988

Objective of aid: Investment aid towards the conversion of the Wilhelmshavener Strandhalle pavilion and its seawater aquarium; construction of an indoor play centre and aquarium

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services

Name and address of the granting authority: Stadt Wilhelmshaven Rathausplatz D - 26328 Wilhelmshaven

Other information: Herr Hans-Dieter Schulze Tel. (044-21) 16 13 43 Fax (044-21) 16 18 73