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: 2003-01-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, competitiveness, interest rate subsidy, investment aid, investment project, job creation, job preservation, small and medium-sized enterprises, urban renewal

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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

Aid No: XS 25/01

Member State: Ireland

Region: All regions

(2003/C 23/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Region: Veneto

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Revolving fund for the granting of subsidised
loans to small and medium-sized enterprises

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Town Renewal Scheme

Legal basis: Legge Regionale 9 febbraio 2001, n. 5, articolo 23

Legal basis: Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 as amended by
Finance Act 2000 and 2001

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: ITL 40
billion (EUR 20 658 275,96)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
Estimated EUR 69 million in tax forgone over the duration
of the scheme

Maximum Aid intensity: As laid down in Regulation (EC) No
70/2001 (Articles 4 and 5), the gross grant equivalent (gge)
may not exceed the following ceilings (for investemnt
in
tangible and intangible fixed assets):

Maximum aid intensity: 12,37 %

Date of implementation: 6 april 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 6 April 2001
to 31 December 2003

Objective of aid: Investment aid to support renewal projects
by small and medium-sized enterprises in 100 small towns in
Ireland

Economic sector(s) concerned: The sectors of
industrial
activity where special Community rules and framworks apply
(among which are those falling under the ECSC Treaty, ship-
transport,
building, motor manufacturing,
fisheries
and
marketing of agricultural products listed in Annex I of the
EC Treaty (OJ C 29, 2.2.1996, p. 4)) are excluded as are the
financial services and property development sectors

and agriculture,

synthetic fibres,

the processing

including

— 15 % for small enterprises,

— 7,5 % for medium-sized enterprises

Date of implementation: From 18 August 2001 (15 days
from the date of publication in the Regional Official Gazette
of
the regional authority measure under which the aid is
introduced: DGR No 1843 of 3 July 2001)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: This is a
revolving fund which makes it possible to reduce the cost of
loans provided by the banking sector; the duration cannot
therefore be specified. Im any event, no aid will be granted
after 30 December 2006

Objective of aid: To strengthen the productive system in
Veneto by granting subsidised loans to small and medium-sized
enterprises that carry out significant investments

Name and address of the granting authority:

Revenue Commissioners
Dublin Castle
Dublin 2
Ireland

Aid No: XS 66/01

Member State: Italy

sector(s)

Economic
sector, not
including activities which do not fall within the scope of Regu-
lation (EC) No 70/2001

concerned:

Secondary

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Veneto
Dorsoduro 3901
I-30123 Venezia

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Aid No: XS 94/01

Member State: Germany

— 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,

Region: Lower Saxony (district of Gifhorn)

— acquisition of an establishment

threatened with closure,

provided that this is done on market terms.

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Directive on the assistance of individual small
and medium-sized enterprises in the district of Gifhorn

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

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:
DEM 1,3 million

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 Gifhorn. Aid may not be
granted to firms in sensitive sectors

industry, other service-sector

Maximum aid intensity: The aid amounts

Name and address of the granting authority:

— 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.

The rules on the cumulation of aid are complied with

Date of implementation: 1 October 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 October
2001 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 Gifhorn, 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,

Landkreis Gifhorn
Schlossplatz 1
D-38518 Gifhorn

Other information:

Herr Krömer
Tel. (0 53 71) 8 24 88
Fax (0 44 61) 8 23 57

Aid No: XS 95/01

Member State: Germany

Region: Lower Saxony (city of Wolfsburg)

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Directive on the assistance of individual small
and medium-sized enterprises in the city of Wolfsburg

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)

— 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,

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: DEM 27
million

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Maximum aid intensity: The aid amounts

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

— 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,

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

— acquisition of an establishment

threated with closure,

than 7,5 %

provided that this is done on market terms.

of eligible investment expenditure.

The rules on the cumulation of aid are complied with

Date of implementation: 1 October 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 October
2001 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 Wolfsburg area, to 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 (OJ C 288, 9.10.1999)) is not covered by the
measure.

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

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

in manufacturing,
the hotel

Economic sectors concerned: Those entitled to apply are
the distributive
SMEs
the craft
trades,
firms and
persons working in the business-related professions whose
place of business is in Wolfsburg. Aid may not be granted to
firms in sensitive sectors

industry, other

service-sector

sector,

Name and address of the granting authority:

für Wirtschafts- und Beschäftigungsförderung

Stadt Wolfsburg
Gesellschaft
Wolfsburg mbH
Porschestraße 49
D-38449 Wolfsburg

— setting-up of an establishment,

Other information:

— 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,

Herr Krause
Tel. (0 53 61) 28-2867
Fax (0 53 61) 28-2899