EN Official Journal of the European Union C 137/6

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

(2005/C 137/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid number: XT29/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Lombardy

Title of aid scheme: General and specific training for firms in Lombardy

Legal basis:

— Legge 236/93 del 19.3.1993, art. 9

— Legge 845 del 21.12.78

— Quadro comunitario di sostegno per l'obiettivo 3 FSE-2006

— Programma operativo regione Lombardia relativo all'utilizzo del FSE, ob. 3 2000/2006 approvato dalla Commissione con decisione n. C (2000) 20070 CE 21 settembre 2000

— Legge 16 aprile 1987 n. 183 art. 5

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 70 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: Specific training

Large enterprises outside a priority area, 25 %;

Large enterprises in a priority area qualifying under Article 87(3) (c), 30 %;

SMEs outside a priority area, 35 %;

SMEs in a priority area qualifying under Article 87(3) (c), 40 %.

General training

Large enterprises outside a priority area, 50 %;

Large enterprises in a priority area qualifying under Article 87(3) (c), 55 %;

SMEs outside a priority area, 70 %;

SMEs in a priority area qualifying under Article 87(3) (c), 75 %.

The percentages referred to above are increased by 10 percentage points for training for disadvantaged workers (as defined in Regulation (EC) No 68/2001).

Date of implementation: June 2001

Duration of scheme: June 2001 — June 2006

Objective of aid: General and specific training

Economic sector concerned: All sectors

Name and address of granting authority:

Regione Lombardia Via Fabio Filzi, 22 20124 Milano — Italia

Aid No: XT 58/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Liguria

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Notice published by the Region of Liguria concerning measures to promote training plans at company, sectoral and local/regional level and to develop continuing training in 2002.

Legal basis: Art. 9 legge 19 luglio 1993 n. 236; Art.118, comma 12, legge 23.12.2000 n. 388

Decreto direttoriale Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali n. 511/V/01.

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 2 695 905.01

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum intensity provided for in Regulation (EC) No 68/2001. However, the maximum intensity for all firms, even where the training is for disadvantaged workers, may not exceed 80 %.

Date of application: 10 July 2002, date of publication of the public notice

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until around December 2005

Objective of aid: General training, as defined in the public notice in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001, and specific training

Economic sectors concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Liguria Servizio Politiche Attive del Lavoro Via Fieschi 15 I-16121 Genova tel 010/54851, fax 010/5485932

Additional information: Each firm receiving training aid may, instead of exemption under Regulation (EC) No 68/2001, opt for application of the ‘de minimis’ rule pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 69/2001 of 12 January 2001

Aid number: XT 80/02

Member State: Italy

Region: (Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily, Sardinia) Objective 1

Title of aid scheme: Measures III.1 — Improvement of human resources in the R&TD sector.

Legal basis: Programma operativo nazionale ‘Ricerca scientifica, sviluppo tecnologico, alta formazione’ 2000/2006 che si integra nel quadro comunitario di sostegno per gli interventi strutturali comunitari nelle regioni Campania, Calabria, Puglia, Basilicata, Sicilia, Sardegna. Approvato con decisione della Commissione C(2000) 2343 dell'8.8.2000

Complemento di programmazione approvato dal Comitato di sorveglianza dell'11.12.2001.

Avviso 4391/2001 pubblicato sulla GURI n. 202 del 31.8.2001 — Supplemento ordinario n. 222.

Decreto direttoriale n. 800/RIC/2001 del 30.7.2001 — Cofinanziamento mediante l'utilizzo delle risorse comunitarie assicurate dal Fondo sociale europeo (FSE) — Programma operativo nazionale ‘Ricerca scientifica, sviluppo tecnologico ed alta formazione’ per l'obiettivo 1 — di interventi formativi per soggetti occupati, compresi i titolari di PMI, delle imprese localizzate sul territorio obiettivo 1.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 1 611 309.65 for the period July 2002-December 2003.

Maximum aid intensity: The aid is granted in the form of initial advance payments and by reimbursing duly documented eligible expenditure actually incurred in implementing training activities, subject to the following maximum aid intensities as provided for by Regulation (EC) No 68/2001:

The above intensities are increased by 10 percentage points if the training for which aid is granted is given to disadvantaged workers, as referred to in Article 2(g) of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 and further defined in D.D. 800/RIC/2001.

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: The aid scheme covers general and specific training. General training within the meaning of Article 2(e) of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 involves training which is not applicable only or principally to the employee's present or future position in the assisted firm but which provides qualifications that are largely transferable to other firms or fields of work and thereby substantially improve the employability of the employee. For the purposes of implementing this aid scheme, ‘general’ training means: inter-enterprise training, i.e. training organised jointly by different independent enterprises or in which employees of different enterprises may take part.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors. All services

Comments

Firstly, the aid scheme applies to all sectors covered by Regulation (EC) No 68/2001. Secondly, it does not apply to aid for training or retraining workers employed by firms in difficulty within the meaning of the Community guidelines on state aid for rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty (OJ C 288, 9.10.1999), as part of rescue or restructuring operations assisted through public funds (rescue and/or restructuring aid). Such aid will be assessed in the light of those guidelines. Thirdly, the aid scheme does not apply if the amount of aid granted to one enterprise for a single training project exceeds EUR 1 million, in which case the individual aid grant must be notified to the Commission for its approval.

Name and address of granting authority:

Ministero dell'Istruzione, dell'Università e della Ricerca Servizio per lo Sviluppo ed il potenziamento dell'attività di ricerca Ufficio IV Piazza Kennedy, 20 — I-00144 Roma

Aid number: XT 81/02

Member State: Spain

Region: Autonomous Community of Valencia, Region eligible under Article 87(3)(a) of the EC Treaty

Name of company receiving individual aid: GLAPILK, A.I.E.

Legal basis: Convenio de 5 de junio de 2002

Overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 145 813.29

Maximum aid intensity:

— General training: 60 %

— Specific training: 35 %

Date of implementation: Agreement signed on 5 June 2002

Duration of individual aid award: 2002

Objective of aid: Specific and general training

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other industrial sectors

Name and address of granting authority: