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: 2002-03-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, competitiveness, control of State aid, job creation, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 72/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.3.2002

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 72/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS/11/2001

Member State: Germany

Region: Land of Lower Saxony, district of Wittmund

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Promotion of productive investment by small
and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Wittmund

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 150 000

Maximum aid intensity: The whole of the rural district of
Wittmund lies within the national regional aid map approved
by the Commission.

The aid amounts to up to 15 % of eligible investment expen-
diture.

The rules on the combination of aid are complied with

Date of implementation: 1 July 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 July 2001 to
31 December 2006

Aid may be granted for the following types of
project:

investment

(cid:151) setting-up of an establishment

(cid:151) extension of an establishment if the number of long-term
full-time jobs is increased by 15 % as compared with the
situation before the start of the investment

(cid:151) rationalisation, diversification or modernisation of an estab-
lishment if this serves to ensure the continued existence of
the business and the maintenance of most of the jobs

(cid:151) acquisition of an establishment

threatened with closure,

provided that this is done under market conditions.

The long-term jobs created through the aid must be maintained
for at least two years after payment of the grant.

The aid is granted in the form of investment grants.

All depreciable fixed assets relating to physical and intangible
assets are eligible

Economic sector(s) concerned: Those entitled to apply are
small firms in manufacturing, the craft sector, the distributive
trades, the hotel and restaurant industry, other service-sector
firms with fewer than 50 employees and persons starting new
businesses in these sectors whose place of business is in the
district of Wittmund.

Persons working in the professions may not receive aid.

Aid may not be granted to firms in sensitive sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Landkreis Wittmund
Am Markt 9
D-26409 Wittmund

Other information:

Rescue and restructuring aid for 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.

Mr Stigler
Tel. (49-4462) 86 11 03
Fax (49-4462) 86 11 25
E-mail: wirtschaftsfoerderung@lk.wittmund.de