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: 2002-03-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Italy, State aid, aid to undertakings, continuing education, vocational training

C 64/8

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Official Journal of the European Communities

13.3.2002

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

(2002/C 64/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT/01/2001

Member State: Austria

Region: Burgenland

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Promoting training under the European Social
Fund (Objective 1, measure 4)

Legal basis:

§ 34 Arbeitsmarktservicegesetz (AMSG)

Einheitliches Programmplanungsdokument Ziel 1 2000(cid:151)2006

Erg(cid:228)nzung zur Programmplanung Ziel 1

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
Approximately EUR 550 000

Maximum aid intensity:

SMEs: national and ESF resources: 75 %

Large enterprises: national and ESF resources: 75 %

Under this scheme, only de-minimis aid can be granted in
respect of staff costs

Date of implementation: 1 June 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: In principle,
the scheme is to run for the entire programming period
(2000-2006), with adaptations being made on an annual
basis in the light of quality assurance checks

Objective of aid: Aid is available only for training projects
that transfer skills to other enterprises or areas of work (general
measures). Examples among many include training in modern
languages, accountancy and law,
information technologies,
sales techniques and communication

Economic sector(s) concerned: All economic sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Arbeitsmarktservice (cid:214)sterreich
Treustra(cid:223)e 35-43
A-1200 Vienna

Contact persons:
Brigitte Hellerschmid (AMS (cid:214)sterreich-Bundesgesch(cid:228)ftsstelle)
Tel. (43-1) 331 78-625
Fax (43-1) 331 78-161

Wolfgang Ries (AMS (cid:214)sterreich-Bundesgesch(cid:228)ftsstelle)
Tel. (43-1) 331 78-623
Fax (43-1) 331 78-161

Manfred Breithofer (AMS Burgenland)
Tel. (43) 268 26 92-164
Fax (43) 268 26 92-179

Aid No: XT/29/2001

Member State: Italy

Region: Piedmont

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Continuing training under Law No 236/93 (cid:151)
(cid:145)Development Agreement(cid:146) Directive (cid:151) 2001

Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta regionale del Piemonte
n. 62-3116 del 28 maggio 2001

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 5 512 074 (ITL 10 672 863 000)

Beneficiaries: firms (small, medium-sized or large) running the
they are individually identified before the
training course;
action is approved

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensities are
those laid down in Article 4(2) to (6) of Regulation (EC) No
68/2001. The aid, quantified on the assumption that the course
will be carried out properly and in full, is granted in the form
of reimbursements of eligible expenditure actually incurred and
backed by documentary evidence in respect of
training
in relation to the activity actually carried out
programmes,
and within the maximum intensity ceilings given below:

Large enterprises

Specific training

General training

Non-assisted areas

Article 87(3)(c) assisted areas

25

30

50

55

SMEs

Specific training

General training

Non-assisted areas

Article 87(3)(c) assisted areas

35

40

70

75

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The above intensities are increased by 10 percentage points if
the training is given to disadvantaged workers, as defined in
Article 2(g) of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001

Date of implementation: 25 July 2001

Duration of
December 2001

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: The aid scheme covers general and specific
training. Under Article 2(e) of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001:

(cid:151) general training means training of a general nature which
is not applicable only to the employee’s present or future
position in the assisted firm and provides qualifications that
are largely transferable to other firms or fields of work

(cid:151) specific training means training involving theoretical and
practical tuition applicable to the employee’s present or
future position in the assisted firm

For the purposes of implementing this aid scheme, it should be
pointed out that:

(cid:151) (cid:145)general training(cid:146)

includes courses where there is already
provision for final public certification of the qualification
or professional or vocational licence and training courses
organised for more than one firm, i.e. providing tuition for

workers from two or more firms, even if they are in the
same productive sector

(cid:151) (cid:145)specific training(cid:146) includes courses aimed at workers and/or

owners of the same firm

With regard to general training, see Article 24 of Regional Law
No 63 of 13 April 1995 and Article 14 of Law No 845 of 21
December 1978, referred to therein

Economic sector(s) concerned:

All sectors
All services

total public

Observations: The
contribution that may be
allocated to a single firm for training programmes under this
Directive may not
in any event exceed EUR 1 million
(ITL 1 936 270 000)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Piemonte
Direzione regionale alla Formazione Professionale (cid:151) Lavoro.
Settore Attivit(cid:224) Formativa
Via Magenta, 12
I-10128 Turin

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2218 (cid:151) Thomas Cook Holdings/British Airways/JV)

(2002/C 64/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 30 April 2001 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare
it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

(cid:151) as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

(cid:151) in electronic form in the (cid:145)CEN(cid:146) version of the CELEX database, under document No 301M2218. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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