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 76/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 04/02.

Member State: Italy.

Region: Valle d'Aosta.

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Regional measures to assist recreational and commercial facilities for tourists.

Legal basis: Legge regionale 4 settembre 2001, n. 19.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Capital contributions: EUR 3950000.

Subsidised loans: EUR 500000.

Maximum aid intensity: The gross aid intensity is:

- 15 % in the case of small enterprises;

- 7,5 % in the case of medium-sized enterprises.

If the investment is made by an SME in the Valle d'Aosta area included on the Italian regional aid map for 2000-06, the intensities in Commission Decision (2000) 2752 final (Corrigendum of 20 September 2000) are applicable.

Date of implementation: 10 December 2001.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 June 2007.

Objective of aid: To assist investment by SMEs operating in the tourism and distributive sectors.

Economic sector(s) concerned: Small and medium-sized enterprises operating in the tourism and distributive sectors.

Name and address of the granting authority: Regione autonoma Valle d'Aosta Dipartimento Turismo, sport, commercio e trasporti Direzione Strutture ricettive e attività economiche terziarie Piazza Narbonne 3 I - 11100 Aosta

Aid No: XS 05/02.

Member State: Italy.

Region: Valle d'Aosta.

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Regional measures to assist small and medium-sized enterprises with projects to promote quality, safety and the environment. Amendment of Regional Law No 84 of 7 December 1993 (regional measures to assist research, development and quality), as last amended by Regional Law No 11 of 18 April 2000.

Legal basis: Legge regionale 12 novembre 2001, n. 31.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: 1. EUR 236280 for 2001;

2. EUR 472450 for 2002;

3. EUR 495700 a year from 2003.

Maximum aid intensity: Investment. The gross aid intensity must not exceed:

- 15 % in the case of small enterprises;

- 7,5 % in the case of medium-sized enterprises.

If the investment is made by an SME in the Valle d'Aosta area included on the Italian regional aid map for 2000-06, the intensities in Commission Decision C(2000) 2752 final (Corrigendum of 20 September 2000) are applicable.

Consultancy and other services. The gross amount will not exceed 50 % of the cost of such services.

Date of implementation: 5 December 2001.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 June 2007.

Objective of aid: To promote the introduction of quality management systems, environmental management systems and industrial safety management systems in SMEs.

Economic sector(s) concerned: Small and medium-sized manufacturing and service/enterprises.

Name and address of the granting authority: Regione autonoma Valle d'Aosta Assessorato Industria, artigianato ed energia Servizio Assistenza alle imprese, ricerca, qualità e formazione professionale Piazza della Repubblica 15 I - 11100 Aosta.

Aid No: XS 08/02.

Member State: Italy.

Region: Marche.

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: SPD Obj. 2 2000-2006 - Measure 1.1 Aid to productive and environmental investments by small and medium-sized industrial and craft firms, sub-measure 1.1.2. Aid to investments by craft firms (production and productions services).

Legal basis: Docup Ob. 2 2000-2006.

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

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Maximum aid intensity: In accordance with Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, the following rates of aid will be applied: 15 % gge for small firms and 7,5 % gge for medium-sized firms. In the areas qualifying for exemption under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty the rate will be 8 % nge + 10 percentage points gge for small firms and 8 % nge + 6 percentage points gge for medium-sized firms.

Date of implementation: Date of publication of the notice inviting applications (January 2002).

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The duration of the scheme is the same as the period of validity of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001; a separate notification will be sent if the scheme is extended.

Objective of aid: To promote productive investment in craft firms (production and production services) and to raise or maintain employment levels.

Economic sectors concerned: 1. all other manufacturing sectors;

2. services.

Activities involving the production, processing or marketing of the goods listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty are excluded.

Name and address of the granting authority: Regione Marche, Servizio industria e artigianato, Via Tiziano 44, I - 60100 Ancona - Tel. (0039-071) 80 61

Aid No: XS 10/02.

Member State: Italy.

Region: Tuscany.

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Private infrastructure for cultural activities.

Legal basis: - Decisione della giunta regionale n. 13 dell'11.7.2001 avente ad oggetto "Reg. 1260/99 - Docup Ob. 2 - Anni 2000-2006. Direttive per l'attuazione dei Regimi di aiuto";

- Decisione della giunta regionale n. 25 del 28.12.2001 avente ad oggetto "direttive per l'attuazione della misura di aiuti per infrastrutture private per le attività culturali".

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: A total of EUR 9105240 for 2001-2006, i.e. approximately EUR 1517540 per year

Maximum aid intensity: 1. In accordance with the limits and procedures set out in Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 33), aid will be allocated as follows:

(a) in the case of small businesses, natural persons, associations and non-profit organisations, aid will amount to 15 % of the actual cost of implementing the project eligible for assistance under the scheme;

(b) in the case of medium-sized businesses, aid will amount to 7,5 % of the actual cost of implementing the project eligible for assistance.

2. In the areas covered by Article 87(3)(c) (formerly Article 92(3)(c)) of the Treaty establishing the European Community, aid to the individual categories mentioned in paragraph 1a above will amount to 25 % of the actual cost of implementing the project eligible for assistance under the scheme. Similarly, aid to the category referred to in paragraph 1b will amount to 17,5 % of the actual cost of implementing the project eligible for assistance.

For the definition of SMEs, see Commission Recommendation 96/280/EC.

Goods benefiting from action eligible for assistance under the scheme are accessible to the public as specified in the Region of Tuscany's own administrative acts or following suitable individual agreements between owners of such goods and the relevant local authorities, drawn up in accordance with the Region of Tuscany's administrative acts.

Date of implementation: January 2002, date on which the Commission received the notification.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Period 2002-2006. The administrative act entitling applicants to aid must be adopted by 31 December 2006.

Objective of aid: Capital aid scheme for owners of cultural goods that are available for public use.

Granting of subsidies for tangible and intangible investments for:

1. the enhancement of privately-owned cultural goods covered by Title 1 of the "Consolidation law of legislation on cultural and environmental goods" (legislative decree No. 490 of 29 October 1999) in accordance with Article 9 of the Constitution of the Italian Republic;

2. the public use of the abovementioned cultural goods for educational purposes, and also for regional investment projects in cultural goods and activities; in order to organise the public use of goods financed by the Community, applicants must accept and make public, in accordance with the law, the relevant obligations with the additional agreement of the local authorities promoting the public use of the cultural goods being invested in;

3. the establishment of new economic activities administering services for the public use of cultural goods.

Economic sector(s) concerned: ISTAT-codes 1991

- Section F - "Construction";

- Section K - "Real estate, rentals, IT, research and other services to enterprises", only Division 72 "IT and related activities";

- Section O - "Other community, social and personal service activities", only Division 92.5 "Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities".

Name and address of the granting authority: Regione Toscana Dipartimento Politiche formative e beni culturali Servizio Beni culturali Via Farini 8 I - 50121 Firenze

Aid No: XS 19/02.

Member State: Italy.

Region: Liguria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Measure 1.2 "Aid for productive investments" - Submeasure B 2) "Support for small investments".

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

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

- Bando della misura 1.2 "Aiuti agli investimenti produttivi" - Sottomisura B 2) "Sostegno ga piccoli investimenti", approvato con deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 93 dell'11.2.2002.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total expenditure of EUR 53034782,66, broken down as follows:

- EUR 7587283,47 of average annual public expenditure in the period 2002-2006 (Objective 2 areas and Article 87(3)(c) exempted areas);

- EUR 3774591,33 of average annual public expenditure in the period 2002-2005 (transitional support and phasing-out areas).

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

- Non-repayable grant for the acquisition of specialised consultancy services amounting to 50 % of eligible costs and not exceeding EUR 26000.

Date of implementation: 30.4.2002.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31.12.2005 Transitional support (phasing-out) areas.

31.12.2006 Objective 2 areas exempted under Article 87(3)(c).

Objective of aid: The submeasure is intended to finance investment inn the development and strenghtening of SMEs and to improve their competitiveness and international scope.

Economic sector(s) 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";

- tourism enterprises, excluding professional activities, identified and defined as follows: hotels and other tourist accomodation, camping sites, holiday villages, holiday parks, inns, holiday houses and apartments, mountain huts and trekking hostels, holiday homes and mini rest areas, excluding bed and breakfast establishments, inns, rest areas with facilities and seaside establishments;

- 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 the granting authority: FILSE - Finanziaria Ligure per lo Sviluppo economico Via Peschiera, 16 I - 16122 Genova.