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

(2004/C 4/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 9/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Autonomous Province of Trento

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Aid for training under measure D1 of the operational programme for the Autonomous Province of Trento - Objective 3 - European Social Fund 2000-2006

Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta Provinciale n. 3304 d.d. 23.12.2002 avente ad oggetto "Modifica della deliberazione n. 2920 d.d. 9.11.2001 avente ad oggetto 'Modalità e termini di presentazione e di valutazione dei progetti rientranti nella Misura D1 del FSE - Sviluppo della formazione continua, della flessibilità del mercato del lavoro e della competitività delle imprese, con priorità alle P.M.I.'" (pubblicata sul Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Trentino Alto Adige n. 3 del 21.1.2003)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: A total of EUR 1371504,32 for the period 2003 to 2006; the individual annual allocation will be established each year

Maximum aid intensity: Specific training for large enterprises: intensity not exceeding 25 %

Specific training for SMEs: intensity not exceeding 35 %

General training for large enterprises: intensity not exceeding 50 %

General training for SMEs: intensity not exceeding 70 %

The above intensities are increased by 10 percentage points where the training is given to disadvantaged workers within the meaning of Article 2(g) of 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

Date of implementation: 28 January 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: The aid is intended for general and special training. General training 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

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Provincia Autonoma di Trento - Servizio Addestramento e Formazione professionale Via Gilli, 3 I - 38100 Trento

Aid No: XT 103/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: KSB Aktiengesellschaft Pegnitz

Legal basis: Bayerische Haushaltsordnung, Bescheid vom 12.12.2002

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 25000

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of eligible expenditure

Date of implementation: Agreement on early start to measure: 18 September 2002; First approved: 12 December 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: First payment: 20 December 2002; Last payment will probably be made 31 January 2004

Objective of aid: General training aid. Industry-wide measure: continuation of training as lathe operators (subject area: turning technology) of two third-year apprentices taken over from NMH, Sulzbach-Rosenberg in accordance with the Training Framework Plan

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other manufacturing, here: mechanical engineering

Name and address of the granting authority: Regierung der Oberpfalz Sachgebiet 600 D - 93039 Regensburg

Aid No: XT 104/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: DAMUS gemeinnützige GmbH, Nürnberg

Legal basis: Bayerische Haushaltsordnung (BayHO)

VO (EG) Nr. 1784/1999

EPPD zu Ziel 3

Ergänzendes Programmplanungsdokument Ziel 3

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total eligible costs: EUR 244000

ESF: EUR 99000

Maximum aid intensity: 45 %

Date of implementation: December 2002 to January 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Last payment expected to be in June 2004; Project duration: 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2003

Objective of aid: This is a general training measure for unemployed mentally ill and mentally handicapped persons with a view to placement on the general labour market. The aim is to provide skills in painting, varnishing and cleaning buildings. The measure will help to provide transferable skills which will significantly improve the placement potential of the participants. The measure is based on the framework plan for general vocational skill acquisition measures for the handicapped and mentally ill in Bavarian integration firms/self-help firms of 18 July 2001. See also the description submitted by the project organiser

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services

Name and address of the granting authority: Regierung von Mittelfranken Integrationsamt D - 91511 Ansbach

Aid No: XT 14/03

Member State: Spain

Region: The whole of Spanish territory

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Programme FORINTEL

Legal basis: Orden Ministerial (O.M.) de 1.8.2001 del Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología, modificada por la Orden CTE/3366/2002 de 27 de diciembre

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Where aid schemes are concerned: EUR 11 million

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % for large enterprises and 70 % for SMEs. If the project is carried out in one of the regions referred to in Article 87(3)(a) or (c) of the Treaty establishing the European Community, the intensity will be increased by 10 and 5 percentage points respectively (see Section 8 of the Ministerial Order of 1 August 2001)

Date of implementation: 22 August 2001; 4 January 2003 in the case of the amendments introduced by Order CTE/3366/2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 June 2006. The last instalment of aid is to be paid by 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: The Telecommunications Training Programme (FORINTEL) subsidises general training within the meaning of Article 2(e) of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001, as is explicitly stated in Section 3.1 of the above-mentioned Ministerial Order of 1 August 2001. It comprises the following two actions:

1. Training for users of telecommunications and the information society

The substance of the training, according to Section 3.2.(b) of the Ministerial Order of 1 August 2001, as amended by Order CTE/3366/2002 of 27 December 2002, is that featuring in Annex II of the CTE Order.

2. Training for telecommunications and information society professionals

This is provided pursuant to Section 3.3.(a) of the Ministerial Order of 1 August 2001 governing the programme

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Dirección General para el Desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información Palacio de Comunicaciones

Alcalá, 50

E - 28071 Madrid

Aid No: XT 18/03

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Weißer Rabe soziale Betriebe und Dienste gemeinnützige GmbH (Gebrauchtwarenhaus Perlach), Munich

Legal basis: Bayerische Haushaltsordnung (BayHO)

VO (EG) Nr. 1784/1999

EPPD zu Ziel 3

Ergänzendes Programmplanungsdokument Ziel 3

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total eligible costs: EUR 497048

ESF: EUR 116996

Maximum aid intensity: 80 %

Date of implementation: March/April 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Last payment expected to be in June 2004; Project duration: 1 July 2002 to 31 December 2003

Objective of aid: This is a general training measure for unemployed mentally ill and mentally handicapped persons with a view to placement on the general labour market. The aim is to provide skills in administration, storage and sales. The measure will help to provide transferable skills which will significantly improve the placement potential of the participants. The measure is based on the framework plan for general vocational skill acquisition measures for the handicapped and mentally ill in Bavarian integration firms/self-help firms of 18 July 2001. See also the description submitted by the body responsible

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services

Name and address of the granting authority: Regierung von Oberbayern Integrationsamt D - 80534 Munich

Aid No: XT 88/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Weißer Rabe soziale Betriebe und Dienste gemeinnützige GmbH (Wäscherei), Munich

Legal basis: Bayerische Haushaltsordnung (BayHO)

VO (EG) Nr. 1784/1999

EPPD zu Ziel 3

Ergänzendes Programmplanungsdokument Ziel 3

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total eligible costs: EUR 589929

ESF: EUR 252500

Maximum aid intensity: 80 %

Date of implementation: October/November 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Last payment expected to be in June 2004; Project duration: 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2003

Objective of aid: This is a general training measure for unemployed mentally ill and mentally handicapped persons with a view to placement on the general labour market. The aim is the acquisition of laundry skills. The measure will help to provide transferable skills which will significantly improve the placement potential of the participants. The measure is based on the framework plan for general vocational skill acquisition measures for the handicapped and mentally ill in Bavarian integration firms/self-help firms of 18 July 2001

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services

Name and address of the granting authority: Regierung von Oberbayern Integrationsamt D - 80534 Munich

Aid No: XT 90/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft zur Förderung der Arbeit Erlangen mbH (GGFA), employment and training company

Legal basis: Bayerische Haushaltsordnung (BayHO)

VO (EG) Nr. 1784/1999

EPPD zu Ziel 3

Ergänzendes Programmplanungsdokument Ziel 3

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total eligible costs: EUR 400214

ESF: EUR 158517

Maximum aid intensity: 45 %

Date of implementation: 30 August 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Last payment expected to be in December 2004; Project duration: 1 July 2002 to 30 June 2004

Objective of aid: This is a general training measure for long-term unemployed severely disabled persons with a view to placement on the general labour market. The aim is the acquisition of skills in office services and communications. Participants' skills and employability will be increased through practical teaching and exercise modules and placements in firms with individual guidance and support. The measure will help to provide transferable skills which will significantly improve the placement potential of the participants. The organiser's plan is attached

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services

Name and address of the granting authority: Regierung von Mittelfranken Integrationsamt D - 91511 Ansbach

Aid No: XT 97/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Veneto

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Article 6 of Law No 53/2000, Ministerial Decree 6.6.2001 - Financing of projects drawn up on the basis of contractual agreements providing for reductions in working time

Legal basis: D.G.R. n. 3020 del 29.10.2002

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1248784 excluding private-sector employers' contribution

Maximum aid intensity: It must be clearly stated when submitting projects, which may otherwise be rejected, which of the cases listed in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 covers the project and the relevant percentages of part-financing to be applied. Projects that differ from the definitions in Article 4 will not be regarded as eligible on the grounds of inadequate part-financing.

The maximum public-sector financing percentages can be defined as follows:

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NB:

The percentages referred to above are increased by 10 % for training for disadvantaged workers (as defined in Regulation (EC) 68/2001)

Each training project must relate to only one of the categories referred to above in paragraphs (a) to (d). If they relate to disadvantaged persons described in the "NB", this must be specified together with the category selected from (a) to (d).

Pursuant to Regulation (EC) 68/2001, the various types of measure provided for are sub-divided as follows:

(1) Specific training: Training involving tuition directly and principally applicable to the employee's present or future position in the assisted firm but providing qualifications which are not or only to a limited extent transferable to other firms or fields of work.

(2) General training: General training 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. Training is considered general if, for example:

- it is jointly organised by different independent enterprises or if employees of other enterprises may avail themselves of the training,

- it is recognised, certified or validated by public authorities or bodies or by other bodies or institutions on which a Member State or the Community has conferred the necessary powers.

All projects must relate to only one of the categories of training referred to above in points 1 and 2; the characteristics of the training module selected should also be clearly shown

Date of implementation: 29 October 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December 2003

Objective of aid: The aid is intended for continuing training projects put forward by firms which, on the basis of contractual agreements, apply reductions in normal working hours. The training projects concern workers employed in the private sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Sectors not covered by the de minimis arrangements in Article 1(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation No 69/2001, as well as transport, agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture

Name and address of the granting authority: Regione del Veneto Giunta Regionale Dorsoduro 3901 I - 30100 Venezia