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: 2002-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, continuing education, control of State aid, vocational training

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Objective: The subsidy is an aid for the remission or partial
remission of investment credits for flood-caused damage on
investment property. The purpose of the aid is the continuance
of business

Legal basis:
Bundeshaushaltsordnung; Verwaltungsverein-
barung zwischen Bund und Ländern zum Erlass oder Teilerlass
von Investitionskrediten für land- und forstwirtschaftliche Be-
triebe, die durch die Folgen des Hochwassers 2002 in ihrer
Existenz gefährdet sind vom 6.9.2002

Budget: EUR 7 000 000

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 % of the market value of
the damaged or destroyed investment property

Duration: 2000 up to 2003

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Date of adoption of the decision: 8.10.2002

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: NN 83/02 (ex N 180/02)

Title: Scrapie monitoring and eradication scheme

Objective: Long-term initiative aimed at the compensation for
lost lambs and income loss due to the application of measures
for the eradication of scrapie from Ireland sheep flock

Budget: Approximately EUR 1,6 million for the purchase of
flocks and an additional EUR 0,9 million each year over and
above the income support figure for 2002

Duration: Unlimited

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

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 272/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 08/01

Member State: Spain

Region: All regions

— 2002: ESP 60 884 742 000 (EUR 365 924 670),

— 2003: ESP 61 888 056 000 (EUR 371 954 710),

— 2004: ESP 62 804 000 000 (EUR 377 459 640)

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Continuing training initiatives: application
procedure

Maximum aid intensity: In accordance with the intensities
laid down in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001

Legal basis: Orden Ministerial por la que se establecen las
bases reguladoras para la concesión de ayudas de formación
continua con cargo a la financiación prevista en el III Acuerdo
tripartito de formación continua y convocatoria de planes de
demanda de formación continua

Date of implementation: From publication in the Spanish
Official Gazette of the notice inviting applications

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2004

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

Objective of aid: Will depend on the training plan submitted
by each firm

— 2001: ESP 60 000 000 000 (EUR 360 607 262,63),

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

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Name and address of the granting authority:

Date of implementation: 2 February 2001

María Dolores Cano Ratia
Directora General del INEM
C/ Condesa de Venadito, no 9
E-28027 Madrid

Aid No: XT 23/01

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Scotland (other
Scotland)

than Highlands and Islands of

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Scottish Enterprise Training Scheme

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

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Until 31
future
March 2001: GBP 1,5 million.
a
at
budgets may
maximum of GBP 12-15 million over each of
the years
2001/2002, 2002/2003 and 2003/2004

is estimated that
and may be

considerably

increase

It

Maximum aid intensity:

Large firms outside of assisted areas:

— specific — 25 %,

— general — 50 %.

Large firms in Article 87(3)(c) areas:

— specific — 30 %,

— general — 55 %.

SMEs outside of assisted areas:

— specific — 35 %,

— general — 70 %.

SMEs in Article 87(3)(c) areas:

— specific — 40 %,

— general — 75 %

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

Objective of aid: Discretionary funding awarded to businesses
to assist them in developing the skills of their staff, thereby
creating a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce and a labour
market repsonsive to economic change.

Specific training: Training directly and principally applicable to
the employees' present or future position within the assisted
firm and providing qualifications which are not (or only to a
limited extent) transferable to other firms.

General training: Training not applicable only or principally to
the employees' 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 sector(s) concerned: This scheme applies to all
sectors, but in the case of the following sectors only to the
extent
there is no conflict with the relevant sectoral
that
guidelines:

— agriculture,

— fisheries and acquaculture,

— shipbuilding,

— coal and steel,

— motor vehicles,

— synthetic fibres

Name and address of the granting authority:

Scottish Enterprise
120 Bothwell Street
Glasgow G2 7JP
Scotland

Other information: This scheme is in accordance with Regu-
lation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application
of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to training
aid, published in the Official Journal of 13 January 2001