EN Official Journal of the European Union C 176/16

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, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 364/2004 of 25 February 2004 as regards the extension of its scope to include aid for research and development

(2006/C 176/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 127/04

Member State: Italy

Region: Umbria

Title of aid scheme: Incentives for SMEs for industrial research and pre-competitive development

Legal basis: Legge 27.10.1994 n. 598 art. 11 come modificato ed integrato da: legge 8.8.1995 n. 341 art. 3, legge 23.12.1999 n. 488 art. 54, legge 5.3.2001 n. 57 art. 15; Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale del 20.10.2004 n. 1585; Determinazione dirigenziale del 21.10.2004 n. 9093

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 7 091 000 for 2004 and EUR 6 000 000 for each of the years 2005 and 2006

Maximum aid intensity:

— 35 % of the cost of projects eligible for the incentive for pre-competitive development;

— 60 % of the cost of projects eligible for the incentive for industrial research.

An additional 5 % will be given if the local unit where the research project is being carried out is in an area covered by Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty.

In the case of mixed projects, i.e. comprising both industrial research and pre-competitive development, the aid will be calculated according to the proportion of the project the eligible activity represents

Date of implementation:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

Objective of aid: Aid to SMEs for industrial research and pre-competitive development projects

Economic sectors concerned: Production and production services firms operating in one of the following sectors and holding the relevant Ateco 2002 codes:

C — mining and quarrying

with the exclusion of

— 10.1 ‘Mining and agglomeration of hard coal’ (all of group)

— 10.2 ‘Mining and agglomeration of lignite’ (all of group)

— 10.3 ‘Extraction and agglomeration of peat’ (all of group)

— 13.10 ‘Mining of iron ores’ — whole class excluded except for pyrites.

— 13.20 ‘Mining of non-ferrous metal ores’ — only manganese excluded.

D — manufacturing

subsection DA restricted to codes 15.52, 15.81, 15.82, 15.84, 15.85, 15.86, 15.87, 15.88, 15.89.1, 15.89.2, 15.96, 15.98, 15.99

with the exclusion of

— 23.1 ‘Manufacture of coke oven products’ (all of group)

— 24.70 ‘Manufacture of man-made fibres’ — whole category excluded

— 27.10 ‘Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys (ECSC)’ The whole of the iron and steel industry, as defined in the ECSC Treaty, including related activity, is excluded. Pig iron and ferro-alloys; pig iron for steelmaking, foundry and other pig iron, spiegeleisen and high-carbon ferro-manganese; crude and semi-finished products of iron, ordinary steel or special steel, including products for re-use and re-rolling; liquid steel cast or not cast into ingots, including ingots for forging, semi-finished products such as blooms, billets and slabs, sheet bars and tinplate bars; hot-rolled wide coils; hot finished products of iron, ordinary steel or special steel (not including steel castings, forged products and products obtained using dust); rails, sleepers, fishplates, soleplates, joists, heavy sections and bars of 80 mm and over, sheet piling, bars and sections of less than 80 mm and flats of less than 150 mm, wire rod, tube rounds and squares, hot-rolled hoop and strip (including hoop for tubes and coils classed as finished products), hot-rolled plate of less than 3 mm, plates and sheets of 3 mm and over, universal plates of 150 mm and over; end products of iron, ordinary steel or special steel (not including steel tubes, cold-rolled strip less than 500 mm wide, except strip for tinplate, drawn products, calibrated bars and cast iron; tinplate, terne plate, black plate, galvanised sheets, other coated sheets, cold-rolled plate of less than 3 mm, electrical sheets, strip for tinplate, cold-rolled plate, in coil and in strips of 3 mm or more);

— 27.22.1 ‘Manufacture of seamless tubes’ — whole category excluded;

— 27.22.2 ‘Manufacture of closed, seamed, welded and similar tubes’ — (only tubes with a diameter exceeding 406.4 mm are excluded);

— 35.11.1 ‘Shipyards for structural metal products’ — exclusion applies only to the construction of metal-hulled commercial vessels for passenger and/or goods transport of not less than 100 grt; metal-hulled fishing vessels of not less than 100 grt (only if destined for export); metal-hulled dredgers or other vessels for marine works (except for drilling platforms) of not less than 100 grt; metal-hulled tugs with a power of less than 365 KW);

— 35.11.3 ‘Naval repair yards’ — The exclusion applies to the conversion of metal-hulled vessels of not less than 1000 grt (only where conversion operations entail radical alterations to the cargo plan, the hull or the propulsion system or the passenger accommodation); repair of metal-hulled vessels;

E — production and distribution of electricity (only classes 40.10 and 40.30);

F — construction;

64 — ‘Post and telecommunications’ — only telecommunications (64.20), including the reception, recording, amplification, distribution, processing, handling and broadcasting of signals and data from and via space and the broadcasting of radio and television shows and/or programmes by parties other than the holders of franchises for radio and/or television broadcasting at national level under Act 233 of 6 August 1990, as subsequently amended and consolidated;

72 — ‘Computer and related activities’, including services connected with the creation of advanced technology systems for the production and/or distribution of telematics services and support services for research and technological innovation in the IT and telematics field;

90 — ‘Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities’ of industrial or commercial origin only, disposal and purification of waste water and related activities (ref. 90.00.2) — only dilution, filtering, sedimentation, settling by chemical means, treatment with activated sludge and other processes for the purification of industrial waste water;

92 — ‘Recreational, cultural and sporting activities’ — only radio and television production by parties other than holders of franchises for radio and/or television broadcasting at national level under Act 233 of 6 August 1990, as subsequently amended and consolidated, only formation expenses (ref. 92.20)

Name and address of the granting authority: