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: 2002-06-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, Germany, Italy, Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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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 133/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS/04/01

Member State: Germany

Region: Lower Saxony — rural district of Friesland

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: District of Friesland Rules (Richtlinie) on grants
to promote individual businesses in Friesland

Legal basis: § 108 der Niedersächsischen Landkreisordnung
(NLO) in der Fassung vom 22.8.1996 (Niedersächsisches Ge-
setz- und Verordnungsblatt, S. 365) i. V. mit § 65 der Nieder-
in der Fassung vom
sächsischen Gemeindeordnung (NGO)
22.8.1996 (Niedersächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt,
S. 382)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 409 000

Maximum aid intensity: The whole of the rural district of
Friesland lies within the national assisted areas map approved
by the Commission.

The aid amounts:

— in the case of small enterprises, to no more than 25 %,

— and in the case of medium-sized enterprises, to no more

than 17,5 %

of eligible investment expenditure.

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 investment
project:

— setting-up of an establishment,

— 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,

— 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,

— acquisition of an establishment

threatened with closure,

provided that this is done on market terms.

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

The aid takes 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
SMEs in manufacturing, the craft sector, the distributive trades,
the hotel
firms and persons
working in the business-related professions whose place of
business is in the rural district of Friesland. Aid may not be
granted to firms in sensitive sectors

industry, other service-sector

The rules on the combination of aid are complied with

Name and address of the granting authority:

Date of implementation: From 1 June 2001

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

Landkreis Friesland
Lindenallee 1
D-26441 Jever

Other information:

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

Mr Schnieder
Tel. (044-61) 91 93 08
Fax (044-61) 91 98 86
E-mail: F.Schnieder@friesland.de

Rescue and restructuring aid for firms in difficulty (within the
meaning of the Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing

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Aid No: XS/09/01

Member State: Italy

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid to improve the environment and safety in
order to prevent accidents at some types of mine

Legal basis: Legge 23 dicembre 2000, n. 388 — art. 114,
comma 4

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The total
annual budget allocation is EUR 4 131 655 for 2001 and
EUR 7 746 853 for both years 2002 and 2003. The
expected annual expenditure is approximately EUR 12 million
for
and
EUR 7,70 million for the next phase, in 2003

completed in 2002,

first phase,

to be

the

Objective of aid: Optimum environmental restructuring and
increased levels of safety and accident prevention through
restructuring
of working
environments thanks to important, high-quality programmes

amendment

structural

and

Economic sector(s) concerned: Mining — Quarrying of orna-
mental stone (ISTAT codes 1991: 14.11.1)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministero delle attività produttive
Direzione generale per il coordinamento degli
imprese
Via del Giorgione 2B
I-00147 Roma

incentivi alle

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum gross aid intensity, as
a percentage of eligible investments costs, is 15 % for small
enterprises and 7,5 % for medium-sized enterprises

Aid No: XS/16/01

Member State: Spain

For investments made in depressed areas covered by Article
87(3)(c), the gross aid intensity, with reference to the eligible
investment costs, may be increased in line with the following
table:

Molise and Abruzzo

Central and Northern Italy

Small enterprises
Medium-sized enterprises

up to 30 %
up to 30 %

up to 18 %
up to 14 %

Region: Community of Madrid

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: SME consolidation and competitiveness plan in
the Community of Madrid

Legal basis: Orden no 4836/2001, de 21 de junio, de la Con-
sejería de Economía y Empleo, por lo que se establece el régi-
men de ayudas y el sistema de gestión del plan de consolida-
ción y competitividad de la pequeña y mediana empresa
(PYME) en la Comunidad de Madrid (Boletín Oficial de la Comu-
nidad de Madrid no 150 del 26 de junio de 2001).

For investments made in regions covered by Article 87(3)(a),
the gross aid intensity, with reference to the eligible investment
costs, may be increased in line with the following table:

Calabria

Campania, Puglia, Basilicata,
Sicily and Sardinia

SMEs

up to 65 %

up to 50 %

Observations: This Order of the Community of Madrid Adminis-
tration for Economic Affairs and Employment was adopted on
the basis of Royal Decree No 582/2001 of 1 June 2001 of the
Ministry of Economic Affair's State Secretariat for Economic
Affairs, Energy and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (State
the Autonomous
aid N 750/2000)
approval
Community Conference for SMEs at
its meeting of 26
October 2000 under the conditions laid down in Article
(‘Autonomous community conferences and other organs for
cooperation between the various public administrations)’ of
Law No 30/1992 of 26 November on the legal system for
public
common administrative
procedure, as amended by Law No 4/1999

administrations

after

and

the

by

Date of implementation: The aid can be granted after publi-
cation of the tender notice in the Italian Law Gazette which is
scheduled for October 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December
2005

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: On the
basis of the decisions taken at previous annual Autonomous
Community Conferences for SMEs, the budget allocation for
the Community of Madrid has been set at EUR 2,17 million
for 2001.
is not possible to make an estimate for the
subsequent years of the programme since the amount is set
at the annual Conference.

It

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However, authorisation N 750/2000 sets an annual budget of
EUR 36,06 million for the whole of Spain and the part of the
co-financing relating to the Community of Madrid always
represents a very small part of
it can therefore be
surmised that this amount cannot in any case be very much
higher than that approved for 2001.

this:

like

other

of Madrid,

is involved in the management of

autonomous
The Community
communities,
the plans
within its territorial competence and helps to finance them.
The basic features of its action,
laid down by Royal Decree
the Ministry of Economic Affairs and
No 582/2001 of
included in Order No 4836/2001 of 21 June governing this
aid as regards the Community of Madrid, are the following:

this expenditure, which is borne by the
In any event,
is conditional upon the necessary
Community of Madrid,
appropriations being entered in the budget, which is set
annually by the General Finance Law of the Community of
Madrid

— the full integration of SMEs in the information society,

— the incorporation of innovative business techniques.

Maximum aid intensity:

1. If the applicant and the direct beneficiary of the aid is an

SME:

— up to 15 % for small enterprises and up to 7,5 % for
medium-sized enterprises, for investment in tangible and
intangible fixed assets, up to a maximum ceiling of
EUR 10 000,

Experience of earlier aid programmes involving both central
government and autonomous community administrations has
demonstrated the multiplier effect of aid granted through inter-
mediary bodies; the SME consolidation and competitiveness
plan therefore makes these bodies responsible for managing
projects with SMEs in different sectors. However, some of
the plan's measures also envisage that
should also
involve the participation of SMEs as direct beneficiaries (incor-
poration of innovative business techniques, of the design aid
type, quality systems, creation of inter-company cooperation
networks, etc.)

this

— up to 50 % for expenditure on outside consultants.

Economic sector(s) concerned: It is indicated in the legal
basis that the economic sectors concerned are the following:

2. If the beneficiary is an intermediary body, and in so far as
the aid granted is passed on the enterprises, the intensities
mentioned above for SMEs remain applicable.

In accordance with the State aid authorisation
Observations:
N 750/2000 and Royal Decree No 582/2001 of the Ministry
of Economic Affairs, ‘intermediary body’ is defined in Article 2
of Order No 4836/2001 of 21 June 2001, which is the subject
of this communication,
‘any public,
semi-public or private body which habitually provides
support services to SMEs or any entity in which the public
authorities have a majority holding and which habitually
provides support services to SMEs, provided that the projects
supported are in conformity with the measures laid down in
this plan without seeking to make profits’

in the following terms:

Date of implementation: With effect from the publication of
the aid scheme in the Official Gazette of the Community of
Madrid

‘SMEs in the sectors of industry, construction, distribution and
services, and intermediary bodies specialising in support for
SMEs, without prejudice to the provisions of Community Regu-
lations or Directives adopted on the basis of the Treaties estab-
lishing the European Community and applicable to the
granting of State aid in specific sectors such as steel, ship-
building, synthetic fibres, motor vehicles and transport.

This order does not apply to:

— activities linked to the production, processing or marketing
of products listed in Annex I to the Treaties establishing the
European Communities and to the coal and fisheries
sectors,

— aid to export-related activities, namely aid directly linked to
the quantities exported, to the establishment and operation
of a distribution network or to other current expenditure
linked to the export activity’

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2001-2006;
31 December 2006 is the last date on which aid can be
granted

Name and address of the granting authority:

Objective of aid: The purpose of the SME consolidation and
competitiveness plan, adopted at the Autonomous Community
Conference for SMEs on 26 October 2000 and authorised by
the Commission in its communication of 11 April 2001 (State
aid N 750/2000), is to provide a framework for the distribution
of budget appropriations to enterprises while respecting the
principles of integrating action and cooperation between the
public administrations involved and of effectiveness of expen-
diture.

Instituto Madrileño de Desarrollo (IMADE)
(Consejeria de Economía y Empleo — Comunidad de Madrid)
José Abascal, 57
E-28003 Madrid
Tel. (34) 915 80 26 00
Fax (34) 915 80 97 43

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Aid No: XS/56/01

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Scotland (other than the Highlands and Islands of
Scotland)

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Property support for SMEs

Legal basis: Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990, as
amended 1 April 2001, by Scottish Statutory Instrument 2001
No 126

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: All costs
arising from the scheme,
including the costs of any called
guarantees, will be met from within the normal resources of
Scottish Enterprise. It is estimated the annual expenditure of
approximately GBP 5 million will be required

Maximum aid intensity: Each award will respect the relevant
aid intensity ceilings stipulated in Commission Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001 on investment aid (Article 4).

The amount of aid that can be awarded is variable, depending
upon an appraisal of the particular proposal which will assess
the need for the aid and the form in which it may most
the minimum
appropriately be provided. Aid will be
necessary for a project to proceed.

The aid will be limited to eligible expenditure directly and
in the development of
exclusively related to investment
business premises including:

Land. The actual purchase price or market value, whichever is
lower.

Construction. Construction costs of buildings suitable for occu-
pation by a range of businesses.

Infrastructure and services. The actual costs of providing infra-
structure and related services specific to the property.

Development fee. A level of fee to the developer which is appro-
priate to the type and scale of development and the risks
fee is excluded
associated with development.
where
the
the developer
premises or land).

the owner or occupier of

(Development

is

Finance charges. Interest or similar financing charges directly and
exclusively related to the project.

fees, etc. All other costs,

including design fees,
Professional
marketing and promotional expenses, and sale or letting fees
actually incurred in the course of the development, directly and
exclusively related in the project.

Aid will be calculated as a percentage of eligible expenditure.
The aid intensities will not exceed the following limits.

Qualifying criteria for beneficiary

Maximum aid level

In 87(3)(c)
areas not qualifying
under sparsity of population, qual-
ifying for 20 % under UK assisted
area definition

In 87(3)(c) areas limited to 15 %
maximum nge under UK assisted
area definition

In 87(3)(c) areas limited to 10 %
maximum nge under UK assisted
area definition

20 % nge + 10 % gross

15 % nge + 10 % gross

10 % nge + 10 % gross

In non-assisted areas for small enter-
prises (1 to 49 jobs)

15 % gross

Medium-sized
in
non-assisted areas (50 to 250 jobs)

enterprises

7,5 % gross

Aid for a particular project may take any form permitted under
EC guidelines including grants,
low-interest loans or interest
rebates, guarantees, equity in joint development projects and
services at concessionary prices. Where ais is given in a form
other than grants,
the aid will be
calculated in accordance with the relevant EC guidelines and
notices.

the grant-equivalent of

Development grant: The main type of aid to be provided by the
scheme is the development grant, which is a ‘gap funding’
grant aimed at bridging the difference between the market
value and the actual cost of a project. Subject always to any
award not exceeding the relevant aid intensity ceiling,
the
maximum amount of award for any project will be the gap
between eligible costs and market value. Aid will be the
minimum necessary for a project to proceed.

Prior to any offer of development grant, an appraisal of market
value and estimated costs will be made on behalf of Scottish
Enterprise by an independent chartered surveyor. Grants will
generally be made on the condition that all construction works
in
must
accordance with the EC public procurement
regulations.
Where competitive tender is not possible or practicable (1),
independent chartered surveyors will verify that the costs do
not exceed market levels.

tendered, where

competitively

applicable

be

(1) Wholly competitive procurement may not be practicable when
companies have
relationships with
long-established working
building contractors, professional advisers and suppliers. These
companies may be willing to proceed with an investment only if
they are able to work through their established relationships.
the cost
Within the constraints of such relationship, much of
remains subject to competitive procurement in the selection of
subcontract arrangements. Independent experts verify the market
the remaining costs. The Commission decision of 25
value of
the WDA Partnership
October 2000 on State aid No 656/99,
Development
such circumstances
wholly competitive procurement may not be possible.

scheme, accepts

that under

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commercial basis

Joint ventures: Aid may also be given in respect of joint venture
projects carried out between Scottish Enterprise and the private
sector. Generally, SE will seek to act purely as a market
investor sharing risks and rewards with the private partner
as verified by an independent
on a
chartered surveyor or accountant. No aid is involved in these
circumstances. However, there may be cases where, in order to
secure private sector participation, SE accepts a share of the
project returns which is lower than a market investor would
accept. In such cases the grant-equivalent of the aid will be
calculated in accordance with appropriate procedures and
verified by an independent chartered surveyor or accountant.
The amount of the aid should be the minimum necessary to
ensure private sector participation and must not exceed aid
intensity ceilings.

Where it is necessary to distinguish between small and medium
enterprises, the ‘small enterprise’ will comply with the defintion
contained in Annex 1

Economic sector(s) concerned: The scheme is primarily
aimed at the property sector, in particular SME developers of
‘speculative’ property where the occupier of the property is not
known in advance of the development being carried out. In
‘bespoke’ development by SME companies for their
addition,
own occupation may also be aided.

Assistance will be provided to the following sectors only to the
extent that there is no conflict with relevant sectoral guidelines:

The private sector partner must be selected through a
the developer also owns or
competitive process, unless
legally controls
in which case the amount of
support necessary to enable the project to proceed must be
verified by an independent chartered surveyor or accountant.

the site,

Development financing aid: Grant or loan support towards the
cost of financing developments, which would not otherwise be
economically viable. The aid is available for the lifetime of the
project and can relate only to financing eligible investment
costs. The grant or loan must exceed aid intensity ceilings

— motor vehicles,

— synthetic fibres,

— transport.

Assistance will not be granted to the following sectors under
this scheme:

— agriculture,

Date of implementation: 15 August 2001

— fisheries and aquaculture,

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31
December 2006

— shipbuilding,

— coal and steel

the property support

Objective of aid: Scottish Enterprise has a number of statutory
functions including furthering the development of Scotland's
economy. The purpose of
for SMEs
scheme is to stimulate private sector property development
in furtherance of these functions.
and investment by SMEs,
The
in the
provision of industrial and commercial property in supporting
SME developers through a range of aid instruments. Both
speculative and bespoke development may be assisted. Over
the longer
the aim is to promote a self-sustaining
property market throughout Scotland.

to address market

scheme operates

failure

term,

Applicants assisted under the scheme will comply with the
definitions of SMEs contained in Annex I to Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001. SMEs are defined as enterprises which:

Name and address of the granting authority:

Scottish Enterprise
120 Bothwell Street
Glasgow G2 7JP
United Kingdom

scheme is

Other information: This
in accordance with
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,
published in the Official
the European Communities
Journal of
on 13 January 2001.

— have fewer than 250 employees, and

The following general conditions must be satisfied:

— have either an annual

million, or an annual balance-sheet
EUR 27 million,

turnover not exceeding EUR 40
total not exceeding

1. The project must address an identifiable case of market
failure by meeting an unmet demand which, if met, will
provide net economic benefits to Scotland.

— conform to the criterion of

independence defined in

Annex 1.

2. The project should be undertaken at the minimum cost
necessary for it to proceed, or should otherwise demon-
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3. The project must be one that would not have gone ahead
without Scottish Enterprise assistance, or would have gone
ahead only on a significantly longer timescale, on a smaller
scale, or have been of lower quality.

Aid No: XS/70/01

Member State: Italy

4. Assistance should be structured in such a way as to

promote market adjustment.

5. The developer must be solvent and capable of funding its

share of the cost.

6. Projects that have commenced before an application is

submitted will not be eligible for support.

7. All development expenditures for a project are required to
be competitively tendered wherever possible. Where costs
is a
have not been exposed to competition,
requirement
to
verify that costs do not exceed market levels.

chartered surveyors

independent

there

for

8. Disposal of developments, whether by sale or lease, must
be carried out on an arm's length basis at market value.

9. The scheme excludes the use of grant

the
acquisition of plant and machinery specifically needed by
an occupier to carry out their business. Facilities that are
standard features of a building, suitable for a range of
potential occupiers, such as lifts, heating and lighting
systems, etc., are permitted.

to support

10. Offers of grant will generally include ‘clawback’ provisions
requiring grants to be repaid in whole or part in certain
circumstances:

10.1. In the event of a breach of the conditions of an
award, SE will have the right to seek repayment in
full.

10.2. The award will be conditional upon the initial
a minimum

investment being maintained for
period of five years.

10.3. An enforceable

required and, where practicable,
will be sought.

contractual obligation will be
tangible security

11. Profit participation may be sought where any profit is

realised by the project above agreed levels

Region: Tuscany

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Investment aid for small craft production firms
and production and workers' cooperatives

Legal basis: Delibera Consiglio regionale n. 283 del 28 dicem-
economico
bre 2000 «Piano
2001-2005», ai sensi della L.R. 20 marzo 2000, n. 35 «Disci-
plina degli interventi regionali in materia di attività produttive»
— Misura 1.2.

dello sviluppo

regionale

Decisione Giunta regionale n. 13 dell'11 luglio 2001 «Reg.
1260/99 — Docup Ob. 2 anni 2000-2006 — Direttive per
l'attuazione dei regimi di aiuto»

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 16 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: The intensity of aid received by an
individual firm must not exceed 15 % of total investment costs.

If the regions concerned by the programme are eligible for
exemption under Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty, the aid may
be increased within the limits provided for in the Commission
Decision.

Aid granted may not be combined with aid under other
schemes for the same investment costs

implementation:
Date of
Commission received the notification

July 2001, date on which the

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2001-2006

Objective of aid: System of repayable aid for small firms.

for
subsidies
Granting of
investments aimed at the following:

loans

tangible

and intangible

1. Establishment of new firms, especially by women and young

people, operating in innovative areas.

2. Expansion and upgrading of activities to encourage posi-
firms in market segments featuring a more
innovative products that could

tioning of
substantial proportion of
be classed as sustainable.

3. Reducing the environmental

impact of production and

reducing the consumption of energy and resources.

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4. Increased health and safety at the workplace, along the lines

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2001-2006

of Law No 626/1994 and the Seveso Directive.

Particular attention will be given to sectors involved in restruc-
turing, rationalisation, modernisation or conversion

Economic sector(s) concerned:

ISTAT Codes 1991:

— Section C — Mining,

— Section D — Manufacturing,

— Section F — Construction,

— Section K — Realty,

information technology,
rentals,
research, other professional activities (Divisions 72 and
74 only).

The following sectors are excluded from the concessions:
transport,
the manufacture of
and the
synthetic
production, processing and marketing of agricultural products

iron and steel, shipbuilding,
fibres,

automobile

industry,

coal

the

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Toscana
Via di Novoli 26
I-50127 Firenze

Aid No: XS/75/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Tuscany

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid for the purchase of consultancy services

Legal basis: Delibera Consiglio regionale n. 283 del 28 dicem-
bre 2000 «Piano
economico
2001-2005», ai sensi della L.R. 20 marzo 2000, n. 35 «Disci-
plina degli interventi regionali in materia di attività produttive»
— Misura 1.6.1. e 1.6.6.

dello sviluppo

regionale

Decisione Giunta regionale n. 13 dell'11 luglio 2001 «Reg.
1260/99 — Docup Ob. 2 anni 2000-2006 — Direttive per
l'attuazione dei regimi di aiuto»

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 2 500 000

Objective of aid:

External consultancy services which are not continuous or
periodic or related to the enterprise's usual operating expen-
diture.

In the case of participation in trade fairs and exhibitions, the
amount of aid is measured against the additional costs incurred
in renting, setting up and running a stand. Aid may also be
granted for participation in years following the first notified
year of participation.

Aid granted may not be combined with aid under other
schemes for the same investment costs

Economic sector(s) concerned:

Firms and consortia in the following sectors (ISTAT codes
1991):

— Section C — Mining,

— Section D — Manufacturing,

— Section F — Construction,

— Section G — Wholesale and retail trade,

— Section H — Hotels and restaurants,

— Section K — Realty,

information technology,
rentals,
research, other professional activities (Divisions 72 and
74 only),

— The ISTAT codes for tourism in applicatin of Law No
to Regional Executive

488/92 in Tuscany pursuant
Division (GR) No 349 of 2 April 2001 (Annex A).

The following sectors are excluded from the concessions:
the manufacture of
transport,
synthetic
and the
production, processing and marketing of agricultural products

iron and steel, shipbuilding,
fibres,

automobile

industry,

coal

the

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Toscana
Via di Novoli 26
I-50127 Firenze

Aid No: XS/77/01

Member State: Italy

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of
purchasing the services of external consultants

the costs incurred in

Region: Tuscany

Date of
implementation:
Commission received the notification

July 2001, date on which the

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Investment aid to tourism enterprises

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Legal basis: Delibera Consiglio regionale n. 283 del 28 dicem-
bre 2000 «Piano
economico
2001-2005», ai sensi della L.R. 20 marzo 2000, n. 35 «Disci-
plina degli interventi regionali in materia di attività produttive»
— Misura 1.3.1.

dello sviluppo

regionale

Decisione Giunta regionale n. 13 dell'11 luglio 2001 «Reg.
1260/99 — Docup Ob. 2 anni 2000-2006 — Direttive per
l'attuazione dei regimi di aiuto»

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 10 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: The intensity of the aid to each firm
may not exceed 15 % gross grant equivalent for small firms
and 7,5 % gge for mdium-sized firms of total investment costs.
If the regions concerned by the programme are eligible for
exemption under Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty, the aid may
be increased within the limits provided for in the Commission
Decision.

Aid granted may not be combined with aid under other
schemes for the same investment costs

Date of
implementation:
Commission received the notification

July 2001, date on which the

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2001-2006

Objective of aid: Granting of subsidised loans for tangible and
intangible investments aimed at
improving the quality of
tourist amenities through the consolidation and development
of tourism firms

Economic sector(s) concerned: Tourism

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Toscana
Via di Novoli 26
I-50127 Firenze

Aid No: XS/78/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Tuscany

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Qualification of commercial services

Legal basis: Delibera Consiglio regionale n. 283 del 28 dicem-
economico
bre 2000 «Piano
2001-2005», ai sensi della L.R. 20 marzo 2000, n. 35 «Disci-
plina degli interventi regionali in materia di attività produttive»
— Misura 1.4.

dello sviluppo

regionale

Decisione Giunta regionale n. 13 dell'11 luglio 2001 «Reg.
1260/99 — Docup Ob. 2 anni 2000-2006 — Direttive per
l'attuazione dei regimi di aiuto»

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 4 500 000

Maximum aid intensity: The intensity of the aid to each firm
may not exceed 15 % gross grant equivalent for small firms
and 7,5 % gge of
investment costs for medium-sized
firms.

total

If the regions concerned by the programme are eligible for
exemption under Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty, the aid may
be increased within the limits provided for in the Commission
Decision.

Aid granted may not be combined with aid under other
schemes for the same investment costs

implementation:
Date of
Commission received the notification

July 2001, date on which the

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2001-2006

Objective of aid: Aid to small and medium-sized enterprises
and public commercial concerns for tangible and intangible
investments to modernise and upgrade skills in the distribution
network

Economic sector(s) concerned: Retail sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Toscana
Via di Novoli 26
I-50127 Firenze