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: 2002-11-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, competitiveness, continuing education, exchange of information, investment aid, provision of services, small and medium-sized enterprises, social economy, tourism

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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 275/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 109/01

Member State: Germany

Region: Lower Saxony (rural district of Grafschaft Bentheim)

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Rural District of Grafschaft Bentheim 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-
sächsischen Gemeindeordnung (NGO)
in der Fassung vom
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 511 292

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

— 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 Grafschaft Bentheim. Aid
may not be granted to firms in sensitive sectors

industry, other service-sector

The aid amounts:

Name and address of the granting authority:

— 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.

The rules on the cumulation of aid are complied with

Date of implementation: 1 January 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 January
2002 to 31 December 2006

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 Grafschaft Bentheim, to encourage the
creation of new jobs and help safeguard existing ones and
thereby to bring about structural improvements.

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.

Aid may be granted for the following types of investment
project:

— setting-up of an establishment,

Landkreis Grafschaft Bentheim
Van-Delden-Straße 1—7
D-48529 Nordhorn

Other information:

Mrs Lübbert/Mr Wilbers
Tel. 059 21/96-13 13, -13 11
Fax 059 21/96-13 19

Aid No: XS 110/01

Member State: Germany

Region: All Länder

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Guidelines on aid for advisory services for craft
enterprises privided by their chambers and associations

Legal basis: Gesetz zur Ordnung des Handwerks, Haushalts-
gesetz

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 8,7
million

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Maximum aid intensity: 50 %

Date of implementation: 2002

Date of implementation: 1 January 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31
December 2004 with the option of extending it until 31
December 2006 at the latest

Objective of aid: To provide SMEs and start-ups with advice
on improving performance and competitivity.

Under the Craft Trade Act (Gesetz zur Ordnung des Handwerks),
craft chambers and associations are required inter alia to pro-
vide advice to their members, which are under an obligation to
join. This is funded from contributions by the chambers and
associations.

The European Commission, amongst others, regards compre-
hensive and up-to-date advice as crucial to ensure the success
of business start-ups and to guarantee SME's performance and
competitivity.

Accordingly, the Federal Government contributes to advisory
costs; this aid is supplemented by the Länder. Total State aid
does not exceed 50 % of advisory costs

Duration of
2001-2004

scheme or

individual aid award: Period

Objective of aid: To provide an incentive for productive
investment in the tourism sector in order to strengthen it
and make it competitive in today's tourism market

Economic sector(s) concerned: Tourism sector: accom-
modation and restaurants

Name and address of the granting authority:

Comunidad Foral de Navarra (España)
Avda. Carlos III El Noble, 4
E-Pamplona (Navarra)

Other information: The scheme also contains a de-minimis aid
line

Economic sector(s) concerned: Craft industries

Aid No: XS 16/02

Name and address of the granting authority:

BAFA
Frankfurter Straße 29—35
D-65760 Eschborn

Other information: BMWi, Bonn, Berlin

Aid No: XS 13/02

Member State: Spain

Region: Autonomous community of Navarre

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid scheme for investment in tourist estab-
lishments

Legal basis: Orden Foral 164/2001, de 14 de diciembre, de la
Consejería de Industria y Tecnología, Comercio, Turismo y
Trabajo (BON no 1, de 2 de enero de 2002)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 712 800,36 in 2002, EUR 1 352 277,23 in 2003,
EUR 1 352 277,23 in 2004

Maximum aid intensity: The gross maximum intensity is
25 %, with a maximum limit of EUR 270 000 in assisted
areas.
the intensity laid
down in Article 4 of the Regulation applies

In non-assisted areas

(Pamplona)

Member State: Spain

Region: Catalonia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Stimulation of the cooperative, mutual and
non-profit sector

Legal basis: Orden de 17 de diciembre de 2001, por la cual se
aprueban las bases reguladoras sobre el fomento de la econo-
mía social y se establece la convocatoria para el año 2002
(DOGC núm. 3542 de fecha de 28 de diciembre de 2001),
programa 2, subvenciones para inversiones productivas desti-
nadas al fomento del empleo y la competitividad

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 601 012,10

Maximum aid intensity: In the case of small firms: 15 %, and
in the case of medium-sized firms: 7,5 %

Date of implementation: 29 December 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 January to
31 December 2002

in productive
Objective of aid: To finance investments
tangible fixed assets that require a minimum effective capital
outlay of EUR 42 070,85 exclusive of
tax and are made
between 1 January and 31 December 2002 by cooperative
societies and worker-owned firms, provided they are directly
related to the objects of the firm

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Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Manuel Romero i Colomé
Director General d'Economia Social,
Cooperatives i Autoempresa
Departament de Treball
Generalitat de Catalunya
Calle Sepúlveda, 148-150, 7a planta
E-08011 Barcelona

Aid No: XS 24/01

Member State: Ireland

Region: All regions

de 2002], por la que se abre la convocatoria y aprueban las
bases para la concesión de incentivos a la inversión industrial

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 6
million

Maximum aid intensity: 12 % for small firms and 6 % for
medium-sized firms

Date of implementation: 9 March 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: One year,
from 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2002

Objective of aid: Promote industrial
investment projects to
encourage growth, modernisation and innovation in the
industrial fabric of areas with declining populations

Economic sector(s) concerned: Industrial sector

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Scheme of capital allowances for hotels

Name and address of the granting authority:

Legal basis: Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 as amended by
Finance Act 2001

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
Estimated cost in tax forgone: EUR 110 million

Antoni Gurguí i Ferrer
Director General de Indústria
C/ Provença, 339, 4a planta
E-08037 Barcelona

Maximum aid intensity: 12,7 %

Date of implementation: 2 February 2001

Aid No: XS 47/01

Member State: Germany

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: February 2001
to December 2006

Region: Lower Saxony (district of Emsland)

Objective of aid: Investment aid for the construction or refur-
bishment of small and medium-sized enterprises involved in
the trade of hotel-keeping

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 Emsland

Economic sector(s) concerned: Hotel sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Revenue Commissioners
Dublin Castle
Dublin 2
Ireland

Aid No: XS 25/02

Member State: Spain

Region: Catalonia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Granting of investment incentives

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
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 500 000

Maximum aid intensity: The aid amounts:

— in the case of small enterprises, to no more than 15 %,

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

than 7,5 %,

of eligible investment expenditure, with a maximum of
EUR 12 500 per aid grant

Legal basis: Orden de 27 de febrero [Diario Oficial de la
Generalitat de Catalunya (DOGC) núm. 3591 de 8 de marzo

The rules on the cumulation of aid are complied with

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Date of implementation: 1 September 2001

Other information:

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

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 Emsland, encourage the creation of new
jobs and help safeguard existing ones, thus bringing about
structural improvements.

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.

Aid may be granted for the following types of investment
project:

— setting-up of an establishment, provided that at least one

new job is created,

— extension of an establishment if the number of long-term
jobs is increased by 15 % as compared with the situation
before the start of the investment,

— relocation of an establishment if the number of long-term
jobs is increased by 15 % as compared with the situation
before the start of the investment,

— acquisition of an establishment

threatened with closure,

provided that this is done on market terms.

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

The aid takes the form of investment grants.

Landkreis Emsland
Herr Hofschröer
Tel. 059 31/44-23 34
Fax 059 31/44-39 23 34
E-mail: thorsten.hofschroeer@emsland.de

Aid No: XS 61/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Piedmont

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: SPD 2000-2006 for the Piedmont region —
Measure 2.1 Support for corporate investment — Line 2.1.c —
Supplementary laws on corporate investments — Point 3 —
Aid scheme provided for by Law No 598/94 on organisational
and commercial innovation and safety in the workplace

Legal basis: Atto deliberativo della Giunta Regionale n.
12-3626 del 31 luglio 2001 Reg. 1260. Ob. 2. Docup Regione
Piemonte, periodo di programmazione 2000-2006. Approva-
zione progetti di aiuto in esenzione ai sensi del Reg. Ce
70/2001 — Allegato 2 — 2.1.c — Leggi
integrative per gli
investimenti imprenditoriali — Punto n. 3 — Regime di aiuto
previsto dalla legge 598/94 relativo all'innovazione organizza-
tiva e commerciale e per la sicurezza sui luoghi di lavoro

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The
amounts relate to the aid scheme ‘Line 2.1.c — Supplementary
laws on corporate investments (Regulation (EC) No 70/01)’.

Year

2002

2003

2004

Expenditure in euro

10 000 000

6 000 000

4 000 000

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

Maximum aid intensity: Interest-rate subsidy as provided for
the investment
in Law No 598/94 of up to 70 % of
programme, with a maximum of ITL 3 billion.

Economic sector(s) concerned: Those entitled to apply are
small and medium-sized business enterprises in manufacturing,
the craft sector, the distributive trades, construction, transport,
the hotel
industry and other service-sector firms, as well as
independent businesses with their offices in the district of
Emsland and persons starting new business who intend to
establish a place of business in Emsland.

Aid may not be granted to firms in sensitive sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Landkreis Emsland
Ordeniederung 1
D-49716 Meppen

The aid may not exceed 7,5 % gge for medium-sized firms and
15 % gge for small firms, while in Article 87(3)(c) areas it may
not
for
exceed 8 % nge + six percentage points gge
medium-sized firms and eight percentage points nge + 10
percentage points gge for small firms.

The higher regional aid ceilings apply only where the aid is
conditional on the investment remaining in the area benefiting
for at least five years and on the beneficiary's contribution
being at least 25 % of the financing obtained.

The total gross aid for external consultancy services may not
exceed 50 % of the cost of such services, which must not be
connected with the normal
continuous or
day-to-day operating expenditure of
the firm, e.g. ordinary
tax advice, legal advice and advertising costs

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Date of implementation: 10 December 2001

Region: Piedmont

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 June
2007

Objective of aid: Aid for investment/consultancy.

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: SPD 2000-2006 for the Piedmont region,
Measure 2.1 — Support for business investment, Line 2.1.d
— Aid for investment in conjunction with EIB loans

Under the single programming document (SPD) 2000-2006 for
the Piedmont region (Axis 2 — System qualification and
support, Measure 2.1 Support for corporate investment, Inter-
vention line (c), Supplementary laws on corporate investment.
Point 3 — Aid scheme provided for by Law No 598/94 on
organisational and commercial
innovation and safety in the
workplace), the scheme in question significantly enhances the
stability and competitiveness of firms

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Piemonte — Assessorato Industria, Lavoro, New
Economy, Formazione professionale, Politiche comunitarie,
Affari internazionali, Commercio interno ed estero
Via Pisano, 6
I-Torino

Contact person: Dott. Vito Valsania
Via Pisano, 6
I-Torino
Tel. 011/432 31 95
Fax 011/432 34 83
E-mail: direzione16@regione.piemonte.it

Other information: The SPD identifies the Piedmont region as
the implementing body with responsibility for carrying out the
measure via a managing body to be selected in accordance
with the Community rules on public service contracts.

The scheme will apply to small and medium-sized firms in the
industrial, construction, crafts, tourism and service sectors, as
defined in Annex I to 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 enter-
prises (OJ L 10, 13.1.2001) located in an Objective 2 area
and/or in an Article 87(3)(c) area.

The aid will be granted without prejudice to regulations,
directives and guidelines under the EC Treaty governing the
granting of state aid in specific sectors within the meaning
of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001. If applications
for aid are received from firms in the sectors governed by
specific Community rules on State
competent
authority will examine them in the light of the rules applicable
and will comply with their requirements.

aid,

the

Aid from the ERDF will not be granted to firms producing,
processing or marketing agricultural products (Annex I to the
Treaty)

Aid No: XS 62/01

Member State: Italy

Legal basis: Atto deliberativo della Giunta Regionale n.
12-3626 del 31 luglio 2001 Reg. 1260. Ob. 2. Docup Regione
Piemonte, periodo di programmazione 2000-2006. Approva-
zione progetti di aiuto in esenzione ai sensi del Reg. Ce
70/2001 — Allegato 3 — 2.1.d. — Aiuti agli investimenti in
connessione con i prestiti BEI

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The
amounts relate to the aid scheme ‘Line 2.1.d — Aid for
in conjunction with EIB loans (Regulation (EC)
investment
No 70/01)’.

Year

2002

2003

2004

Expenditure in euro

7 500 000

4 500 000

3 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: The aid is in the form of a capital
grant of not more than EUR 500 000.

The aid may not exceed 7,5 % gge for medium-sized firms and
15 % gge for small firms, while in Article 87(3)(c) areas it may
for
exceed 8 % gge + six percentage points gge
not
medium-sized irms and 8 % gge + 10 percentage points gge
for small firms.

The higher regional aid ceilings apply only where the aid is
conditional on the investment remaining in the area benefiting
for at least five years and on the beneficiary's contribution
being at least 25 % of the financing obtained

Date of implementation: 10 December 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 30 June 2007

Objective of aid: Aid for investment.

Under the single programming document (SPD) 2000-2006 for
the Piedmont region (Priority 2 — System qualification and
for business investment,
support, Measure 2.1 — Support
Line 2.1.d — Aid for investment
in conjunction with EIB
loans), the scheme in question is intended to contribute to
diversifying/converting (i.e.
restructuring and
modernising) production (firms in difficulty not being eligible),
safeguarding and creating jobs and expanding the productive
base, restoring efficiency and rationalising the entire productive
base in the area concerned in conditions of maximum safety
and environmental protection introducing innovations
in
production cycles and creating multiplier effects in neigh-
bouring sectors (construction, capital goods) as the investments
are carried out

rationalising,

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

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Name and address of the granting authority:

— in the case of small enterprises, to no more than 15 %,

Regione Piemonte — Assessorato Industria, Lavoro, New
Economy, Formazione professionale, Politiche comunitarie,
Affari internazionali, Commercio interno ed estero
Via Pisana, 6
I-Torino

Contact person: Dott. Vito Valsania
Via Pisano, 6
I-Torino
Tel. 011/432 31 95
Fax 011/432 34 83
E-mail: direzione16@regione.piemonte.it

Other information: The SPD identifies the Piedmont region as
the implementing body with responsibility for carrying out the
measure via a managing body to be selected in accordance
with the Community rules on public service contracts.

The scheme will apply to small and medium-sized firms in the
industrial, construction, crafts, tourism and service sectors, as
defined in Annex I to 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 enter-
prises (OJ L 10, 13.1.2001) located in an Objective 2 area, a
phasing-out area and/or an Article 87(3)(c) area.

The aid will be granted without prejudice to regulations,
directives and guidelines under the EC Treaty governing the
granting of State aid in specific sectors within the meaning
of Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001. If applications
for aid are received from firms in the sectors governed by
specific Community rules on State aid,
the implementing
body will examine them in the light of the rules applicable
and will comply with their requirements.

Aid from the ERDF will not be granted to firms producing,
processing or marketing agricultural products (Annex I to the
Treaty)

Aid No: XS 67/01

Member State: Germany

Region: Lower Saxony (rural district of Soltau-Fallingbostel)

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Joint financing of grants to individual SMEs in
the Lower
the rural district of Soltau-Fallingbostel under
Saxony Objective 2 programme

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-
sächsischen Gemeindeordnung (NGO)
in der Fassung vom
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 50 000

Maximum aid intensity: The aid amounts:

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

than 7,5 %,

of eligible investment expenditure.

The rules on the combination of aid are complied with

Date of implementation: 1 August 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 August
2001 to 31 December 2005

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 Lüneburg, to encourage the creation of
new jobs and help safeguard existing ones and thereby to bring
about structural improvements.

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.

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.

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

The aid takes the form of investment grants.

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

Economic sector(s) concerned: The following are eligible:
SMEs in industry,
the craft sector,
the distributive trades,
building, transport and the hotel trade that are located in the
rural district of Soltau-Fallingbostel and individuals intending to
start up in business there.

Aid may not be granted to firms in sensitive sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Landkreis Soltau-Fallingbostel
Amt für Kreisentwicklung
Postfach 13 43
D-29603 Soltau

Other information:

Hans Jürgen Stegen
Tel. 051 91/97 06 73
Fax 051 91/97 07 53
E-mail: hans.juergen.stegen@heidekreis.de

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Aid No: XS 80/01

Member State: Austria

— setting-up and capitalising cooperative ventures, clusters

and networks,

— creating new businesses,

taking over existing ones and

Region: The scheme applies to the whole of Austria

keeping tourism businesses going,

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Provision of guarantees for tourism and leisure
businesses 2001-2006

Legal basis: Bundesgesetz über besondere Förderung von klei-
nen und mittleren Unternehmen (BGBl. Nr. 432/1996) in der
jeweils geltenden Fassung. Richtlinien des Bundesministeriums
für wirtschaftliche Angelegenheiten für die Übernahme von
Garantien für Tourismusbetriebe vom 9. September 1999,
N 26/99

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Budget
(estimated expenditure on guarantees called): 2001: ATS 5
million; 2002: ATS 10 million; 2003: ATS 15 million;
2004-2006: approximately ATS 15-20 million

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity wll be calculated in
accordance with the Commission notice on the application of
Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid in the form of
guarantees. The resulting intensities will comply with Regu-
lation (EC) No 70/2001 (i.e. they will be lower than 7,5 %
for medium-sized enterprises and 15 % for small enterprises).

In the case of equity capital guarantees, care will be taken to
ensure that the gross grant equivalent does not exceed the
in Commission Regulation (EC)
de-minimis
No 69/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of
Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to de-minimis aid

ceiling

set

Date of implementation: 1 September 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 January
2001 to 31 December 2006 pursuant
to the SME block
exemption Regulation or 1 January 2004 to 31 December
to the requested procedure for maintaining
2006 pursuant
the remaining notification of the extension of the rules on
restructuring guarantees for the years 2004-2006 (for the
period 1999-2003 an authorisation was granted by the
Commission in Case N 26/99)

Objective of aid: Horizontal aid restricted to SMEs in the
tourism and leisure industry (see point 1 of the Richtlinien,
‘Purpose’).

The main emphasis is on (see Richtlinien, points 4.1-4.10):

— investment which is innovative, helps to improve quality

and optimises the size of enterprises,

— improving tourist infrastructure,

— using new technologies,

— improving the provision of capital, particularly equity

capital,

— creating suitable structures with a view to stimulating

incoming tourism

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services. (Aid is to be
granted under the scheme to small and medium-sized enter-
prises in the tourism and leisure sector and for tourism-related
infrastructure.)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministry for Economic Affairs and Labour
Stubenring 1
A-1010 Wien

Contact person: Frau MR Mag. Walburga Einicher
Sektion VII, Abt. 4
Tel. (43-1) 711 00 59 30
Fax (43-1) 712 14 42
E-mail: walburga.einicher@bmwa.gv.at

Other information:

Ministry for Economic Affairs and Labour
Stubenring 1
A-1010 Wien

Contact person: Frau MR Mag. Walburga Einicher
Sektion VII, Abt. 4
Tel. (43-1) 711 00 59 30
Fax (43-1) 712 14 42
E-mail: walburga.einicher@bmwa.gv.at

Österreichische Hotel- und Tourismusbank Gesellschaft mbH
(ÖHT)
Parkring 12a
A-1011 Wien

Contact person: Herr Dir. Dr. Franz Hartl
Tel. (43-1) 515 30 20
Fax (43-1) 515 30 30
E-mail: hartl@oeht.at

Reference is also made to the existing standard information for
notifying the provision of guarantees for tourism and leisure
businesses 2001-2006, N 529/01

— purchasing units and developing them into staff accom-

modation,

Aid No: XS 82/01

— environment- and safety-related installations,

Member State: United Kingdom

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Official Journal of the European Communities

12.11.2002

Region: Available in the assisted areas and the enterprise grant
areas of the English regions

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

Legal basis: Industrial Development Act 1982; Section 7 and
Section 8

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Expected
to build up to around GBP 15 million per year from around
GBP 10 million this financial year. Please note that according
to recent spending patterns, annual expenditure is not expected
to reach this amount.

The ceiling for individual support is GBP 75 000 per applicant

Maximum aid intensity: 15 % gross of capital costs for small
firms; 7,5 % gross of capital costs for medium-sized firms
outside the assisted areas; 15 % gross for medium-sized firms
inside
(extra 7,5 % notified to the
Commission under the regional aid guidelines)

assisted areas

the

Date of implementation: Scheme began on 1 January 2000.
Capitalising lease costs of premises allowed with effect from 13
September 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: No end date
specified at present

Objective of aid: The scheme has three broad objectives:

(a) to develop and increase the SME base of the assisted areas;

(b) to improve the productivity and profitability of assisted

firms; and

(c) to improve the competitiveness of the regions

Economic sector(s) concerned: The scheme is available to a
broad range of manufacturing and service sectors. Aid to SMEs
transport,
in the restricted sectors (steel, coal, shipbuilding,
synthetic and motor vehicles)
is available only within the
terms of the individual State aid rules for these sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Department of Trade and Industry
Graham Thorpe
Assistant Director
Regional Assistance Policy and Scheme Administration
Room 389
1 Victoria Street

London SW1H 0ET
Tel. (44-207) 215 25 88
Fax (44-207) 215 25 62
E-mail: graham.thorpe@dti.gsi.gov.uk

Other information: The exemption regulation expires on 31
December 2006, followed by a transitional period six months

Aid No: XS 93/01

Member State: Spain

Region: Autonomous community of the Basque country

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid scheme for in-service training in enter-
prises

Legal basis: Acuerdo de 10 de octubre de 2001 del pleno del
Patronato de Hobetuz (Fundación Vasca para la Formación
Profesional Continua), por el que se aprueba la convocatoria
de ayudas a la formación continua dirigida a empresas para el
año 2001 (Boletín Oficial del País Vasco de 11 de octubre de
2001)

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

Maximum aid intensity: 50 %

Date of implementation: November 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December
2001

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid scheme is to finance
consulting services with a view to drawing up assessments of
training needs in small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors apart from those
whose particular rules are such that the Regulation cannot be
applied

Name and address of the granting authority:

Hobetuz, Fundación Vasca para la Formación Profesional
Continua
Gran Vía 35, 6o
E-48009 Bilbao