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 (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-01-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, investment aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 21/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

24.1.2002

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

(2002/C 21/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS/01/2001

Member State: Germany

Region: Land of Lower Saxony, district of Aurich

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Promotion of productive investment by indi-
vidual SMEs in Aurich

Legal basis: § 108 der Nieders(cid:228)chsischen Landkreisordnung
(NLO) in der Fassung vom 22.8.1996 (Nieders(cid:228)chsisches Ge-
setz- und Verordnungsblatt, S. 365) i. V. mit § 65 der Nieder-
s(cid:228)chsischen Gemeindeordnung (NGO)
in der Fassung vom
22.8.1996 (Nieders(cid:228)chsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt,
S. 382)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 200 000

Maximum aid intensity: The aid amounts:

(cid:151) in the case of small enterprises, to up to 15 %

(cid:151) and in the case of medium-sized enterprises, to up to 7,5 %

of eligible investment expenditure. The aid ceiling is set at
EUR 7 500

The rules on the combination of aid are complied with

Date of implementation: 1 June 2001

Rescue and restructuring aid to firms in difficulty (within the
meaning of the Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing
and restructuring firms in difficulty: OJ C 288, 9.10.1999) is
not covered by the measure

Aid may be granted for the following types of
project:

investment

(cid:151) Setting-up of an establishment

The investment must help to create at least one full-time
permanent job

(cid:151) Extension of an establishment

increase by 15 %
The number of permanent
compared with the position before the investment began

jobs must

The new jobs created by the investment must be maintained
for at least five years

The aid is granted in the form of investment grants

All tangible investments (buildings, machinery, equipment) and
intangible investments (acquisition of technology and of rights,
licences and patents) qualify for assistance

Economic sector(s) concerned: Those entitled to apply are
SMEs in manufacturing, the craft sector, the distributive trades,
and the hotel, and services and transport (excluding investment
in means of transport) sectors. Assistance to firms in other
sensitive sectors is ruled out

Name and address of the granting authority:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From 1 June
2001 to 31 December 2006, with adaptation period up to 30
June 2007

Landkreis Aurich
Amt f(cid:252)r Wirtschaftsf(cid:246)rderung
Fischteichweg 7-13
D-26603 Aurich

Objective of aid: The aid is intended to promote the competi-
tiveness and adaptability of small and medium-sized enterprises
in the district of Aurich, to encourage the creation of new jobs
and help safeguard existing ones and thereby to bring about
structural improvements

Other information:
Mr Bakenhus
Tel. (49-41) 165 61
Fax (49-41) 164 52
E-mail: bakenhus@ostfriesland.de