EN Official Journal of the European Union C 285/7

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 285/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 31/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Thuringia

Title of aid scheme: Directive on the granting of subsidies by Thüringia and the European Union to promote vocational preparation and continuing training

Legal basis: Operationelles Programm des Freistaats Thüringen für den Einsatz der Europäischen Strukturfonds in der Periode von 2000 bis 2006, Maßnahmebereich 4.3. und 4.4.

§§ 23, 24 Abs. 4, 26 Abs. 3 Nr. 2, 44 und 91 Thüringer Landeshaushaltsordnung (ThürLHO) sowie §§ 48, 49 und 49 a Thüringer Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz (ThürVwVfG)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 10 million

Maximum aid intensity: Continuing training measures up to 55 % of total expenditure; measures for women which serve to improve equal opportunities: 70 % of the total expenditure per female participant; special practical continuing training measures for young people up to 100 % of total expenditure; model skills-training projects: up to 80 % of total expenditure.

The above intensities are granted in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme: 1.1.2002 to 31.12.2006

Objective: The following are being promoted:

implementation of continuing training measures for the adaptation of vocational skills and measures for employees and owners of firms in Thüringia;

catch-up of qualifications for semi-skilled and unskilled employees without professional qualifications;

necessary continuing training for persons faced with unemployment in firms in difficulty or affected by restructuring;

vocational preparation for young people without school-leaving certificate or for young people with school qualifications but no vocational qualification;

continuing training for people setting up businesses and measures to develop and protect start-ups for persons faced with unemployment and formerly unemployed graduates of university and technical college;

model vocational training and continuing training projects where there is a particularly justified need to develop innovative approaches to training and continuing training for employees and owners of firms in Thüringia or practical vocational preparation of young people for the labour and training vacancy market

Economic sector(s) concerned: All economic sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Gesellschaft für Arbeits- und Wirtschaftsförderung des Freistaats Thüringen mbH (GFAW) Dalbergsweg 6 DE-99084 Erfurt

Other information:

Thüringer Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Infrastruktur Referat ‘Berufliche Bildung und Qualifizierung’ Max-Reger-Straße 4-8 DE-99096 Erfurt

Aid No: XT 36/03

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

Title of aid scheme: Vocational training of handicapped people, mentally ill people and addicts in integration enterprises and comparable establishments

Individual grants of aid under the measures described below are made on the basis of award decisions.

The award decisions include a reference to Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 and the corresponding exemption

Legal basis:

— BayHO (vor allem Art. 23 und 44),

— VO (EG) Nr. 1260/1999,

— VO (EG) Nr. 1784/1999,

— Entscheidung der Europäischen Kommission Nr. (2000) 2414,

— EPPD zu Ziel 3,

— EzPP Ziel 3.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The annual amount earmarked for individual aid decisions under the measures described below totals roughly EUR 2,3 million from ESF funds.

As a rule, payments may run for up to 5 years

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity in each case is fixed in line with the permitted limits, the maximum being 80 % of the eligible costs (up to 45 % ESF funding)

Date of implementation: Individual aid may be granted up to 31.12.2006 (incl.) (end of ESF authorisation period).

Duration of scheme: Payments may be made up to 31.12.2008

Objective: Individual aid under the measures described below is granted for the purposes of general training

Description of the general training aid:

Individual aid granted under the measures described is intended for general training. The content of such training must relate not only to a specific area of work or a specific firm but must be transferable to other areas of work or undertakings. The measure will help to provide transferable skills which will significantly improve the placement potential of the participants.

The content of the training will be in line with the accompanying description under the Single Programming Document (SPD) for Objective 3 and the Supplementary Programming Document for Objective 3 (Policy area B, measure 4). Please refer to the accompanying extracts from the SPD and the Supplementary PD and the Bavarian Financial Regulation

Economic sector(s) concerned: All economic sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

— Regierung von Oberbayern DE-80534 Munich

— Regierung von Niederbayern DE-84023 Landshut

— Regierung der Oberpfalz DE-93039 Regensburg

— Regierung von Oberfranken DE-95420 Bayreuth

— Regierung von Mittelfranken DE-91511 Ansbach

— Regierung von Unterfranken DE-97064 Würzburg

— Regierung von Schwaben DE-86145 Augsburg

From 2004:

Bayerisches Landesamt für Versorgung und Familienförderung Hegelstraße 2 DE-95447 Bayreuth

Aid No: XT 38/03

Member State: Italy

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

Title of aid scheme: Measures III.2 — Training of high-level professional skills to develop the competitiveness of businesses, with priority for SMEs.

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 8 294 791,15 for the period July 2002-December 2004 on the basis of the individual directorial decrees granting cofinancing. Expenditure is likely to be concentrated in the 2003 financial year, estimated at around EUR 4 300 000

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 31.12.2006

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

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 IT-00144 Roma

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

Aid No: XT 55/01

Member State: Belgium

Region: Flanders

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid: Decree of the Flemish Government establishing the detailed conditions and rules under which subsidies are granted for continuing education and training for employees and firms, ‘Lever loan — innovative work organisation’ section

Legal basis: Decreet van 8 december 2000 houdende diverse bepalingen, inzonderheid artikel 16

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of aid granted to the company: As far as aid from the ESF is concerned, an amount of EUR 4 479 108 is to be granted for the period 2000-2006, i.e. an average amount of EUR 639 872 a year.

The amount to be provided from the Flemish budget varies from one budget year to another, but amounts to a minimum of EUR 731 510 (the maximum is EUR 1 125 400). For the period 2001-2006, a total Flemish subsidy of EUR 6 133 430 (indicative) is to be provided for the measure ‘Lever loan — training’

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity (the total official aid from the Member State and the European Union) for training projects is determined on the basis of Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 and the provisions of Article 29(3)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.

The ceilings are as follows:

Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001: maximum aid intensity (i.e. EU and Flemish aid combined) for training with respect to the subsidised basis:

These intensities may be increased by 5 percentage points for assisted areas covered by Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty.

Council Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999, Article 29(3)(b):

The permitted ESF aid amounts to a maximum of 50 % of the total eligible cost and, as a general rule, at least 25 % of eligible public expenditure

Date of implementation: The decree on the ‘Lever loan — innovatory work organisation’ was adopted by the Flemish Government on 28 September 2001

Duration of scheme or duration of the individual aid: Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid: Firms may apply for a subsidy for both general and specific training. The definitions of ‘general’ and ‘specific’ training in 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 are applicable

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap Administratie Werkgelegenheid Afdeling Europa Werkgelegenheid Markiesstraat 1 BE-1000 Brussels

Implementation of the aid scheme is delegated to the ESF agency, which is a non-profit body.

Aid No: XT 78/04

Member State: Italy

Region: Lombardy

Title of aid scheme: Grants to enterprises in Brescia for the vocational training of proprietors, executives and employees in 2004/2005

Legal basis: Art. 12 L. 7 agosto 1990, n. 241, Deliberazioni camerali nn. 236 del 18.11.2003 e 39 del 23.3.2004, Determinazioni dirigenziali nn. 38/AV del 22.4.2004 e 48/AV del 19.5.2004

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 650 000

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of the costs incurred up to a maximum of EUR 2 600; minimum eligible expenditure EUR 400

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme: 1.5.2004 to 30.4.2005

Objective of aid: Promoting general training for proprietors, executives and employees of enterprises in Brescia

Economic sectors concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: