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

(2002/C 270/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS/69/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Tuscany

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Tax credits for productive and environmental investments by industrial firms and cooperatives

Legal basis: Delibera Consiglio regionale n. 283 del 28 dicembre 2000 "Piano regionale dello sviluppo economico 2001-2005", ai sensi della L.R. 20 marzo 2000, n. 35 "Disciplina degli interventi regionali in materia di attività produttive" Misura 1.1. Decisione Giunta regionale n. 13 dell'11 luglio 2001 "Reg. 1260/99 - Docup Ob. 2 anni 2000-2006 - Direttive per l'attuazione dei regimi di aiuto"

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 13000000

Maximum aid intensity: The intensity of the aid to each firm may not exceed 15 % gross grant equivalent for small firms and 7,5 % gge of total investment costs for medium-sized firms.

If the regions concerned by the programme are eligible for exemption under Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty, the aid may be increased within the limits provided for in the Commission decision.

Aid granted may not be combined with aid under other schemes for the same investment costs

Date of implementation: July 2001, date on which the Commission received the notification

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2001-2006

Objective of aid: The aid is granted in the form of tax credits for tangible and intangible investments aimed at:

1. Increased employment.

2. Expansion and upgrading of activities to encourage positioning of firms in market segments featuring a more substantial proportion of innovative products or services or that can be classified as innovative aimed at increasing employment.

3. Reducing the environmental impact of production and reducing the consumption of energy and resources.

4. Increased health and safety at the workplace, along the lines of Law No 626/94 and the Seveso Directive.

Procedures and conditions for applications are defined in Law No 341/1995.

The eligible costs of tangible investment are the costs relating to investment in land, buildings, machinery and equipment.

The eligible costs of intangible investment are the costs of acquisition of the technology

Economic sector(s) concerned: ISTAT codes 1991

- Section C - Mining,

- Section D - Manufacturing,

- Section F - Construction,

- Section K - Realty, rentals, information technology, research, other professional activities (Divisions 72 and 74 only).

The following sectors are excluded from the concessions: transport, iron and steel, shipbuilding, the manufacture of synthetic fibres, the automobile industry, coal and the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products

Name and address of the granting authority: Regione Toscana Via di Novoli 26 I - 50127 Firenze

Aid No: XS/84/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Calabria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Measures to assist the development of craft firms

Legal basis: - Legge 25 luglio 1952, n. 949, articolo 37 e Legge 21 maggio 1981, n. 240, articolo 23, concernenti il Fondo contributo in conto interessi,

- Legge 19 luglio 1993, n. 237, articolo 2, comma 5, concernente la determinazione dei tassi agevolati,

- Legge della Regione Calabria 28 maggio 1975, n. 21, articolo 1, comma 2,

- Decreto legislativo 31 marzo 1998, n. 112, concernente il conferimento di funzioni e compiti amministrativi dello Stato alle Regioni e agli Enti locali,

- Decreto legislativo 31 marzo 1998, n. 123, concernente la razionalizzazione degli interventi di sostegno pubblico delle imprese,

- Decreto del ministro del Tesoro 21 dicembre 1994, concernente la determinazione del tasso di riferimento,

- Delibera della Giunta regionale della Calabria 17 marzo 1997, n. 1469,

- Legge regionale 2 maggio 2001, n. 7, articolo 31 quater,

- Delibera di Giunta della Regione Calabria del 31 maggio 2001, n. 472

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

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Maximum aid intensity: 50 % net grant equivalent plus 12 % 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 for credit transactions under Law No 949/52, lease transactions under Law No 240/81 and financing granted by Artigiancassa SpA either directly or indirectly through the banks and leasing companies to which it grants credit lines specifically to finance craft businesses, and is intended for investments in:

- Credit transactions (Law No 949/52)

- fitting out, enlarging and modernisation of workshops,

- acquisition, lease or hire purchase of new machinery and equipment.

- Leasing transactions (Law No 240/81)

- fitting out and/or enlargement of workshops (leasing of property), with the exception of premises that are not suitable for the certified craft activity,

- new machinery and equipment

Economic sector(s) concerned: The aid is intended solely for craft firms, including cooperatives and joint ventures entered in the registers provided for in Law No 443 of 8 August 1985, with the exception of firms operating in the following sectors:

- ECSC steel,

- coal,

- shipbuilding,

- synthetic fibres,

- motor vehicles,

- transport, limited to investments in vehicles made by firms whose main activity is in the transport sector,

- fisheries and acquaculture,

- processing and marketing of agricultural products

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

Other information: The types of aid measures and their duration provided for by the scheme are as follows:

- Credit (Law No 949/52) and leasing transactions (Law No 240/81):

- interest rate subsidies or contributions to the costs of transactions not exceeding ITL 500000999 to offset the full burden of interest and other charges borne by craft firms,

- contributions to costs amounting to 20 % of the subsidised credit and leasing transactions, up to a maximum of ITL 100 million. Contributions will not cover transactions involving less than ITL 20 million.

Period of validity of the interest rate subsidies/cost contributions:

- Credit (Law No 949/52) and leasing transactions (Law No 240/81), up to:

- 10 years for transactions concerning workshops and the acquisition of land,

- five years for transactions involving machinery and vehicles.

The aid scheme covers:

- 100 % of subsidised investment costs, with a maximum intensity of 50 % net grant equivalent, plus 15 % gross grant equivalent, the total amount of the aid not exceeding 75 % of the subsidised investment costs,

- only investment expenditure incurred since the date on which the aid application was submitted.

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