Aid No XS 300/07

Member State Italy

Region Sardegna

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid ‘Contributi per impianti fotovoltaici’

Legal basis Art. 24, L.R. 29 maggio 2007, n. 2 Deliberazioni Giunta Regionale n. 25/44 del 3.7.2007 e n. 36/2 del 18.9.2007 DDS n. 457 del 28.9.2007

Budget EUR 10 000 000

Maximum aid intensity The aid consists of a capital grant of at most 20 % gge of the eligible cost of the installation of a photovoltaic power system (or the maximum allowed under the Italian regional aid map in force when the aid is granted, if the amount is less than 20 %). The aid is conditional on the investment remaining in the region for at least five years and on the recipient firm's own contribution being at least 25 %. The grant is compatible with the measures to encourage the generation of electricity using photovoltaic power systems as set out in the Ministerial Decree of 28 July 2005, as amended by the Ministerial Decrees of 6 February 2006 and 19 February 2007 (the ‘energy account’). This grant may not be combined with any other grant from the Region, the State or the Community

Date of implementation Applications may be submitted from 9 October until 20 November 2007. Aid will not be granted before 120 days from the closure of the invitation to tender

Duration 30 June 2008

Objective As one of the actions to promote industry, the measure is intended to encourage the use of renewable energy by SMEs in Sardinia

Economic sectors SMEs active in all production sectors are eligible apart from those involved in the generation and distribution of electricity. In addition, the following companies may not receive the aid and are therefore excluded from the invitation to tender (Article 2): — companies operating in sectors governed by specific Community Regulations or Directives that were adopted in accordance with the EC Treaty State aid provisions and are more or less restrictive than this Regulation, — fishery and aquaculture products covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 and activities relating to the primary production of agriculture produce, the production or sale of products imitating or replacing milk or cheese products, — aid to activities relating to exports, i.e. aid directly related to quantities exported, the creation and management of a distribution network or other expenditure relating to export activities, — aid which is conditional on the use of indigenous products rather than imported goods, — aid covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 on State aid to the coal industry, — companies in difficulty, as defined in the Community guidelines for rescue and restructuring of companies in difficulty published in OJ C 244 of 1 October 2004. The applicant company must also meet the following eligibility criteria: — the conditions it applies to its own employees must at least be as good as those resulting from national industry-wide collective agreements, — it is not the subject of any ongoing enforcement procedures or seizures, — it is not the subject of any winding-up proceedings

Comments If, when the list of aid applications is approved, the Guidelines on national regional aid for 2007-2013 have not yet been published in the OJ, the deadlines for granting the aid will be suspended unless the applicant opts for de minimis aid under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1998/2006 of 15 December 2006

Name and address of the granting authority Regione Autonoma della Sardegna Assesorato dell'Industria Servizio Energia Viale Trento n. 69 I-09123 Cagliari