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 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-12-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Italy, State aid, control of State aid, vocational training

1.12.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

C 339/15

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

(2001/C 339/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT/02/2001

Member State: Germany

Region: Land of Lower Saxony

(cid:151) formation of regional and local networks of small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The aim is to develop
structures and systems in relation to new types of work
model and new forms of organising work, with account
also being taken of the need to reconcile family and job
(e.g. teleworking)

Title: Grants for measures to assist employees in areas subject
to economic and social change financed out of resources from
the Land of Lower Saxony and the European Social Fund in
connection with Objective 2

Legal basis: § 44 Landeshaushaltsordnung Niedersachsen
(LHO)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Assistance
totalling DEM 5,2 million (EUR 2,66 million) per year

Maximum aid intensity: The grants (national co-financing
plus ESF funds) must not exceed 75 % of overall eligible expen-
diture in the case of SMEs. The corresponding figure for large
enterprises is 55 %. The grants out of ESF resources must not
exceed 50 % of eligible expenditure within the assessment
ceiling

Date of implementation: 1 April 2001

Duration of scheme: 1 April 2001 to 31 December 2005

Objective: To promote measures which focus on locally or
regionally identified requirements
and are based on a
bottom-up approach. The assisted measures must be linked
to activities supported from the other structural funds

The identification of requirements in the areas of education and
the acquisition of skills must be accompanied by the setting of
targets for the development and conversion of undertakings.
in the
This may include,
specific measures
following areas,
they supplement general
measures in connection with Objective 3:

for example,
in so far as

(cid:151) development of

appropriate

training and integration
initiatives and adaptation of the further training available
to the changing requirements of local and regional firms
against the background of adjustments or in preparation for
restructuring,

(cid:151) acquisition of further skills by employees, establishment of
new activities for the development of new products or
processes or tapping market potential, with account also
being taken of requirements in the technology and environ-
mental area,

(cid:151) identification and formulation of firms’ requirements and
promotion of adjustment of the training and employment
systems to requirements at local and regional level,

to promote the acquisition of vocational
Measures
guidance
and advisory
assistance. These include:

skills,
should receive priority

services

(cid:151) skills acquisition by way of

methods, particularly in the area of
nologies,

innovative concepts and
information tech-

(cid:151) skills acquisition for employees in tourism and the hotel/
catering industry and in the commercial and cultural area
with the aim of improving quality,

(cid:151) promotion of

training,

training and advisory
skilled and unskilled workers or workers

further

services
threatened with unemployment,

for

(cid:151) advisory services and further training for skilled employees
and management in research, development, production and
the service sector, with special attention being paid to
environmental protection,

(cid:151) advisory services and skills acquisition for

individuals
setting up in business on their own or taking over a firm,

(cid:151) specific measures in favour of women and their partici-
vocational
labour market,

including

pation in the
advancement,

(cid:151) aquisition by workers aged 45 or over of skills in the new
technologies sector with a view to preserving, developing
further
and thereby
ensuring employability

and expanding vocational

skills

Economic sectors concerned: All economic sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Nieders(cid:228)chsisches Ministerium f(cid:252)r Frauen, Arbeit und Soziales
Hinrich-Wilhelm-Kopf-Platz 2
D-30159 Hannover

Other information: Mr Gosling, tel. (49-511) 120 30 43; Mr
Franz, tel. (49-511) 120 30 47

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Aid No: XT/03/2001

Member State: Germany

Region: Land of Lower Saxony

(f) acquisition by workers aged 45 or over of skills in the new
technologies sector with a view to preserving, developing
further
and thereby
ensuring employability;

and expanding vocational

skills

(g) skills acquisition for workers alongside recruitment of an

unemployed person on a job-rotation basis;

Title: Grants for measures to assist employees in adapting to
economic and social change financed out of resources from the
Land of Lower Saxony and the European Social Fund in
connection with Objective 3

(h) conduct of studies to predict developments on the labour
market and in the need for vocational skills, to be followed
by practical implementation of the findings;

Legal basis: § 44 Landeshaushaltsordnung Niedersachsen
(LHO)

(i)

studies on extending structures and systems to take in new
work models and testing of new forms of work organi-
sation, having regard to the need to combine family and
work (e.g. teleworking)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Assistance
totalling DEM 16,5 million (EUR 8,43 million) per year

Economic sectors concerned: All economic sectors

Maximum aid intensity: The grants (national co-financing
plus ESF funds) must not exceed 70 % of overall eligible expen-
diture in the case of SMEs. The corresponding figure for large
enterprises is 50 %. The grants out of ESF resources must not
exceed 45 % of eligible expenditure within the assessment
ceiling

Date of implementation: 1 April 2001

Duration of scheme: 1 April 2001 to 31 December 2006

Objective: To promote general training measures in support of
structural change in the form of skills training, guidance and
advisory services for employees in SMEs:

(a) skills acquisition by way of

methods, particularly in the area of
group work;

innovative concepts and
skills and

social

(b) promotion of

training,

training, and advisory
skilled and unskilled workers or workers
further

services
threatened with unemployment; promotion of
training and skills acquisition by skilled female workers;

further

for

(c) advisory services and further training for skilled employees
and management in research, development, production and
the service sector, with special attention being paid to
environmental protection;

(d) advisory services and skills acquisition for

individuals
setting up in business on their own or taking over a firm;

(e) specific measures in favour of women and their partici-
vocational
labour market,

including

pation in the
advancement,

Name and address of the granting authority:

Nieders(cid:228)chsisches Ministerium f(cid:252)r Frauen, Arbeit und Soziales
Hinrich-Wilhelm-Kopf-Platz 2
D-30159 Hannover

Other information: Mr Gosling, tel. (49-511) 120 30 43; Mr
Franz, tel. (49-511) 120 30 47

Aid No: XT/22/2001

Member State: Italy

Region: Autonomous Province of Trento

Title: Funding for company, sectoral and regional
schemes

training

Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta provinciale n. 277 d.d.
9 febbraio 2001 avente ad oggetto «Procedure e criteri di at-
tuazione delle azioni formative aziendali riferibili alla gestione
dei fondi di cui all’articolo 9, comma 3, della Legge 19 luglio
1993, n. 236 (cid:151) Circolare del ministero del Lavoro e della
Previdenza sociale n. 92/2000»,
in attuazione della Circolare
del ministero del Lavoro della Previdenza sozial n. 92 d.d. 29
dicembre 2000 che ripartisce tra le regioni italiane le risorse di
cui all’articolo 9, comma 5, del decreto-legge n. 148 d.d. 20
maggio 1993 (convertito dalla legge n. 236 d.d. 19 luglio 1993)

expenditure

Annual
scheme:
planned
ITL 3 780 998 446 (EUR 1 952 722,73) for the Autonomous
Province of Trento

under

the

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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 %

Date of implementation: 23 March 2001

Duration of scheme: Indefinite

erazione of G.P. No 277 of 9 February 2001 involves tuition
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 sectors concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provinzia Autonoma di Trento
Servizio Addestramento e Formazione Professionale
Via Diaz 15
I-38100 Trento

Objective: The aid is intended for general and special training.
General training within the meaning of aforementioned Delib-

Other information: The Exemption Regulation expires on 31
December 2006, followed by a six-month transitional period

HOLIDAYS IN 2002

(2001/C 339/06)

COMMISSION

Brussels/Luxembourg

Tuesday, New Year’s Day

Wednesday, day following New Year’s Day

Maundy Thursday

Good Friday

Easter Monday

Wednesday, Labour Day

Thursday, Robert Schuman’s Day, Ascension

Friday, day following Ascension

Whit Monday

Thursday, Assumption

Friday, All Saints’ Day

Christmas and New Year’s Eve: six days

1 January

2 January

28 March

29 March

1 April

1 May

9 May

10 May

20 May

15 August

1 November

24 December to
31 December

Total: 17 days

(cid:27)