EN Official Journal of the European Union C 98/20

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2010/C 98/05

Aid number X 664/2009 Member State United Kingdom Member State reference number — Name of the Region (NUTS) SCOTLAND Mixed Granting authority Scottish Government European Structural Funds Division Meridian Court 5 Cadogan Street Glasgow G2 6AT www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Business-Industry/support/17404/StructuralFunds2007-2013 Title of the aid measure European Social Fund Scotland 2009 - 2013 Programme – Priority 2 National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) European Community Act 1998 Type of measure Scheme - Amendment of an existing aid measure — Duration 10.07.2009 - 31.12.2013 Economic sector(s) concerned All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Type of beneficiary SME large enterprise Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme GBP 40,09 (in millions) For guarantees — Aid Instrument (Art. 5) Grant Reference to the Commission decision — If co-financed by Community funds LUPS: CCI 2007UK052PO002 H&I: CCI 2007UK052PO001 - 90,20 GBP (in millions) Objectives Maximum aid intensity in % or Maximum aid amount in national currency SME-bonuses in % Specific training (Art. 38(1)) 35,00 % 20 % General training (Art. 38(2)) 70,00 % 20 % Aid for the recruitment of disadvantaged workers in the form of wage subsidies (Art. 40) 50,00 % — Aid for the employment of disabled workers in the form of wage subsidies (Art. 41) 75,00 % — Aid for compensating the additional costs of employing disabled workers (Art. 42) 100,00 % —

Web link to the full text of the aid measure

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/esf

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/917/0093913.pdf

Aid number X 755/2009 Member State United Kingdom Member State reference number — Name of the Region (NUTS) SCOTLAND Mixed Granting authority Quality Meat Scotland Rural Centre Ingliston Edinburgh EH28 8NZ http://www.qmscotland.co.uk/ Title of the aid measure Research and Development for Meat Eating Quality National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) Scottish Statutory Instrument 2008 no 77 agriculture, The Quality Meat Scotland Order 2008. Type of measure Ad hoc aid - The Scottish Meat Industry Amendment of an existing aid measure — Date of granting 24.08.2009 Economic sector(s) concerned AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND FISHING Type of beneficiary SME large enterprise Overall amount of the ad hoc aid awarded to the undertaking GBP 1,00 (in millions) For guarantees — Aid Instrument (Art. 5) Grant Reference to the Commission decision — If co-financed by Community funds — Objectives Maximum aid intensity in % or Maximum aid amount in national currency SME-bonuses in % Aid for research and development in the agricultural and fisheries sectors (Art. 34) 100,00 % —

Web link to the full text of the aid measure

http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Research/About/EBAR/research-opportunities/CR200921

Aid number X 758/2009 Member State United Kingdom Member State reference number — Name of the Region (NUTS) Article 87(3)(c) Granting authority Department for Transport Zone 3/11, Great Minster House, 76 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 3DR, UK www.dft.gov.uk Title of the aid measure Green Bus Fund National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) Grant will be paid under the powers conferred on the Secretary of State under section 5 of the Science and Technology Act 1965 Act Type of measure Scheme - Amendment of an existing aid measure — Duration 05.11.2009 - 31.03.2011 Economic sector(s) concerned Urban and suburban passenger land transport, General public administration activities Type of beneficiary SME large enterprise Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme GBP 50,00 (in millions) For guarantees — Aid Instrument (Art. 5) Grant Reference to the Commission decision — If co-financed by Community funds — Objectives Maximum aid intensity in % or Maximum aid amount in national currency SME-bonuses in % Aid for the acquisition of new transport vehicles which go beyond Community standards or which increase the level of environmental protection in the absence of Community standards (Art. 19) 100,00 % —

Web link to the full text of the aid measure

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/buses/greenbusfund/

Aid number X 770/2009 Member State Hungary Member State reference number — Name of the Region (NUTS) Hungary Article 87(3)(a), Article 87(3)(c) Granting authority Magyar Köztársaság Kormánya H-1055 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 4. www.kormany.hu Title of the aid measure Kormány egyedi döntésével a nemzetgazdasági szempontból kiemelkedő kutatás-fejlesztéshez nyújtott projekttámogatások National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) 18/2009. (VIII. 5.) NFGM rendelet a Kormány egyedi döntésével a nemzetgazdasági szempontból kiemelkedő kutatás-fejlesztéshez nyújtott projekttámogatások szabályairól Type of measure Scheme - Amendment of an existing aid measure — Duration 10.08.2009 - 31.12.2013 Economic sector(s) concerned All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Type of beneficiary SME large enterprise Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme HUF 17 000,00 (in millions) For guarantees — Aid Instrument (Art. 5) Grant Reference to the Commission decision — If co-financed by Community funds — Objectives Maximum aid intensity in % or Maximum aid amount in national currency SME-bonuses in % Fundamental research (Art. 31(2)(a)) 100,00 % — Industrial research (Art. 31(2)(b)) 50,00 % 20 % Experimental development (Art. 31(2)(c)) 25,00 % 20 %

Web link to the full text of the aid measure

http://www.itd.hu/engine.aspx?page=Itdh_Tokebehozatal

Aid number X 790/2009 Member State Czech Republic Member State reference number 32030/09/08100 Name of the Region (NUTS) Strední Cechy, Jihozápad, Severozápad, Severovýchod, Jihovýchod, Strední Morava, Moravskoslezko Article 87(3)(a) Granting authority Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu Na Františku 32 110 15 Praha 1 http://www.mpo.cz Title of the aid measure Školící střediska - 2. výzva National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) Zákon č. 47/2002 Sb, o podpoře malého a středního podnikání; Zákon č. 218/2000 Sb., o rozpočtových pravidlech a o změně některých souvisejících zákonů; Zákon č. 513/1991 Sb., obchodní zákoník Type of measure Scheme - Amendment of an existing aid measure — Duration 01.09.2009 - 31.03.2011 Economic sector(s) concerned All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Type of beneficiary SME large enterprise Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme CZK 1 000,00 (in millions) For guarantees — Aid Instrument (Art. 5) Grant Reference to the Commission decision — If co-financed by Community funds SF-ERDF - 850,00 CZK (in millions) Objectives Maximum aid intensity in % or Maximum aid amount in national currency SME-bonuses in % Regional investment and employment aid (Art. 13) Scheme 40,00 % 20 %

Web link to the full text of the aid measure

http://www.mpo.cz/dokument67183-strana2.html