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: 2003-03-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, business start-up, fight against unemployment, gender equality, job creation, means of public conveyance, professional qualifications, vocational training

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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

(2003/C 57/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 30/01

Member State: Spain

Region: Extremadura

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid for in-service training or retraining and
training courses linked to job creation commitments, targeted
on transport firms or activities in the fishing,
farming and
aquaculture sectors involving the production, processing or
sale of the products listed in Annex I of the Treaty establishing
the European Community

Legal basis: Decreto no 61/2001, de 17 de abril, por el que se
establece el plan Regionnal de la Comunidad Autónoma de
Extremadura, sobre formación, perfeccionamiento y cualifica-
ción profesional de trabajadores y desempleados (Diario Oficial
de Extremadura no 49 de 28 de abril de 2001)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
ESP 50 000 000/EUR 300 506,05

Maximum aid intensity: The percentages laid down in Regu-
lation (EC) No 68/2001

Date of implementation: 29 April 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 30 June 2007

Objective of aid: To facilitate the professional development of
people working for small and medium-sized enterprises or
private organisations and independent business people in the
autonomous community of Extremadura.

To implement vocational
thereby
promoting the direct integration of jobless workers into the
world of work. Training can be either specialised or general.

training on the

job,

It is regarded as general if it meets the requirements laid down
in Regulation (EC) No 68/2001.

worker's present or future job in the beneficiary firm and it
leads to qualifications which are transferable for the most part
to other firms or areas of work, thus making the worker far
more employable. Training is general
is
jointly organised by at least two independent enterprises in
the same sector;
is recognised, certified or validated by
public authorities or bodies or by other bodies or institutions
on which Spain or
the Community have conferred the
necessary powers. (Please find enclosed the vocational certifi-
cation programmes approved by the Spanish Government)

for instance:

if,

it

it

Economic sector(s) concerned: Transport firms or activities
in the fishing, farming and aquaculture sectors involving the
production, processing or sale of the products listed in Annex I
of the Treaty establishing the European Community

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consejería de Trabajo
Avda. de Extremadura, 43
E-06800 Méridas, Badajoz

Aid No: XT 37/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Hamburg

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Guidelines issued by the economic and labour
authorities with a view to promoting manpower skills for new
jobs

Legal basis: Haushaltsplan 2002 der Freien und Hansestadt
Hamburg (Drucksache 16/6400 und 17/180), beschlossen
von der Bürgerschaft
in den Haushaltsberatungen vom
15.—17. April 2002. Richtlinie über die Förderung der Quali-
fizierung von Arbeitskräften auf neuen Arbeitsplätzen

Training is considered to be ‘general’
if it includes training
which is not solely or mainly applicable directly to the

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 300 000

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Maximum aid intensity:

Large enterprises

General training: 50 %

Specific training: 25 %

Small and medium-sized enterprises

General training: 70 %

Specific training: 35 %

Maximum: EUR 3 000 EUR

Date of implementation: 1 May 2002

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

Objective of aid: The aid is intended for training measures
during the first six months of employment
in a new job
provided that the Labour Office does not decide to provide
the aid. The aid scheme concerns general and specific
training. According to Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No
68/2001 of 12 January 2001:

— general training means training involving tuition which is
not applicable only or principally to the employee's 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 improves the
employability of the employee,

— specific training means training involving tuition directly
and principally applicable to the employee's present or
future position in the assisted firm and providing qualifi-
cations which are not or only to a limited extent trans-
ferable to other firms or fields of work

Aid No: XT 38/02

Member State: Spain

Region: Autonomous Community of Navarre

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Grants for training in the public transport
sector

Legal basis: Ley Foral no 8/1997, de 9 de junio. Comunidad
Foral de Navarra

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Budget
appropriation earmarked: EUR 48 081

Maximum aid intensity: 75 %

Date of implementation: 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 20 December
2002

the
Objective of aid: General
training set out in Regional Order 392/2002 of 8 April 2002

training. Subject-matter of

Economic
services. Public road transport

sector(s)

concerned: Miscellaneous

transport

Name and address of the granting authority:

José Ignacio Palacios Zuasti
Consejero de Obras Públicas, Transportes y Comunicaciones
del Gobierno de Navarra
San Ignacio, 3
E-31003 Pamplona

Other information: Invitation to apply for grants published in
Regional Order 392/2002 of 8 April 2002

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors of the economy as
provided for in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001

Aid No: XT 39/01

Member State: Sweden

Name and address of the granting authority:

Behörde für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Amt Arbeitsmarkt- und Strukturpolitik
Alter Steinweg 4
D-20459 Hamburg

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Employee training

Legal basis: Förordningen om stöd till utbildning av anställda,
SFS 2001:626

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 27 314 046

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Maximum aid intensity: The aid is granted in respect of
training which is general or specific as defined in Article 2
of Commission Regulation No 68/2001. It does not exceed
50 % or 25 % of costs, or EUR 6 031 per person over a
two-year period. The eligible costs are specified in the aid
regulation in accordance with Article 4(7) of Commission
Regulation No 68/2001

Date of implementation: 1 September 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until further
notice. The budget resources are allocated annually by the
Government

by

labour market

skills motivated

Objective of aid: Contribution to the development of
workplace
policy
considerations. Training aid may be granted to employees in
small or medium-sized enterprises if at the same time the
employer takes on an unemployed person registered with the
public employment services as a replacement for the person
undergoing training. Aid may be granted even if no
replacement
the training is designed to
increase the employee's chances of keeping his job or finding
a new one after he has been given notice or made redundant.
The Labour Market Board, which is the granting authority, is
drawing up regulations on what should be considered general
or specific training in the light of the Commission's definitions
in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001

is appointed if

Economic sector(s) concerned: All
sectors and services
except activities in the coal and steel industry covered by the
Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community

Name and address of the granting authority:

Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen (AMS)
Kungstensgatan 45
S-113 59 Stockholm
Tel. (46-8) 58 60 60 00

Aid No: XT 45/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Directives of
the Ministry of Labour and
Construction for promoting the training and stabilisation of
persons setting up in business (AQMV 2000 RL 9)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 3,421
including
(new
million
commitment authorisations for subsequent budget years)

appropriations,

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 90 % of eligible expenditure
on planning, personnel and fixed assets. The aid intensities
depend on the type of training measure (general or specific),
on the type of enterprise receiving direct assistance (large
enterprise or SME) and on whether the measure benefits disad-
vantaged workers

Date of implementation: 1 January 2000. Until the entry into
force of the block exemption Regulation, assistance will be
granted under the Community framework on training aid

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 January
2000 to 31 August 2002

Objective of aid: To promote self-employment as a means of
reducing unemployment and contributing to the development
of a viable SME structure in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
via further training. For the most part, assistance is provided
for general measures and general training measures

Economic sector(s) concerned: All economic sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Versorgungsamt Rostock
Herr Dr. Regner
Erich-Schlesinger-Straße 35
D-18059 Rostock

Aid No: XT 47/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
the Ministry of Labour and
individual aid: Directives of
Construction on assistance under
the Law on Further
Training: paragraph 2.2 (AQMV 2000, paragraph 1b)

Legal basis: Landesprogramm „Arbeit und Qualifizierung für
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2000“, Richtlinien des Ministeriums
für Arbeit und Bau zur Förderung nach dem Weiterbildungs-
gesetz vom 16.2.2000

Legal basis: Landesprogramm „Arbeit und Qualifizierung für
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2000“, Richtlinien des Ministeriums
für Arbeit und Bau zur Förderung der Qualifizierung und Sta-
bilisierung von Existenzgründerinnen und Existenzgründern
vom 16.2.2000

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 11,658 million
including
(new
commitment authorisations for subsequent budget years)

appropriations,

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Maximum aid intensity: Up to 90 % of eligible expenditure
on planning, personnel and fixed assets. The aid intensities
depend on the type of training measure (general or specific),
on the type of enterprise receiving direct assistance (large
enterprise or SME) and on whether the measure benefits disad-
vantaged workers

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 90 % of eligible expenditures.
The aid intensities depend on the type of training measure
(general or
specific), on the type of enterprise receiving
indirect assistance (large enterprise or SME) and on whether
the measure benefits disadvantaged workers

Date of implementation: 1 January 2000. Until the entry into
force of the block exemption Regulation, asisstance will be
granted under the Community framework on training aid

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 January
2000 to 31 May 2002

Objective of aid: To promote company and manpower
adaptability as a means of reducing unemployment and to
support economic development via further vocational training
measures. For the most part, assistance is provided for general
measures and general training measures

Date of implementation: 1 September 2002

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

Objective of aid: To promote self-employment as a means of
reducing unemployment and contributing to the development
of a viable SME structure in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
via further training. For the most part, assistance is provided
for general measures and general training measures

Economic sector(s) concerned: All economic sectors

Economic sector(s) concerned: All economic sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Name and address of the granting authority:

Versorgungsamt Rostock
Herr Dr. Regner
Erich-Schlesinger-Straße 35
D-18059 Rostock

Versorgungsamt Rostock
Herr Dr. Regner
Erich-Schlesinger-Straße 35
D-18059 Rostock

Aid No: XT 49/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Directives of
the Ministry of Labour and
Construction for promoting the training and stabilisation of
persons setting up in business dated 10 April 2002

Legal basis: Richtlinien zum Arbeitsmarkt- und Strukturent-
für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
wicklungsprogramm (ASP)
(Amtsblatt
für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern vom 19. April
2002), D.8.3 Richtlinien des Ministeriums für Arbeit und Bau
zur Förderung der Qualifizierung und Stabilisierung von Exis-
tenzgründerinnen und Existenzgründern vom 10. April 2002

Aid No: XT 50/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Directives of
the Ministry of Labour and
Construction of 10 April 2002 aimed at promoting equality
of opportunity between men and women

Legal basis: Richtlinien zum Arbeitsmarkt- und Strukturent-
wicklungsprogramm (ASP)
für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern vom 19. April
(Amtsblatt
2002), E.9.1/2 Richtlinien des Ministeriums für Arbeit und
Bau zur Förderung der Chancengleichheit von Frauen und
Männern vom 10. April 2002

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 2,326 million
including
(new
commitment authorisations for subsequent budget years)

appropriations,

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 9,85 million for all
the
directives (new appropriations, including commitment author-
isations for subsequent budget years)

forms of assistance under

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Maximum aid intensity: Up to 80 % of eligible expenditure.
The aid intensities depend on the type of training measure
(general or specific), on the type of enterprise receiving direct
assistance (large enterprise or SME) and on whether
the
measure benefits disadvantaged workers. General measures
may in specific instances be financed in full,
in which case
the block exemption Regulation does not apply

Date of implementation: 1 May 2002

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

Objective of aid: To improve equality of opportunity between
men and women on the labour market and in the workplace
via specific measures (see also ‘Other information’)

Economic sector(s) concerned: All economic sectors

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 15 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: Provision is made for four maximum
intensities, depending on the nature of the training offered
(general or specialised) and the size of the firm concerned
(SME or non-SME): 30 %-40 %-55 %-75 %

Name and address of the granting authority:

Date of implementation: November 2001

Versorgungsamt Rostock
Herr Dr. Regner
Erich-Schlesinger-Straße 35
D-18059 Rostock

In practice,

Other information:
there are only a limited
number of cases where the ‘training measure’ criterion under
the block exemption Regulation for training measures is met.
As a rule, the assistance goes to general measures which do not
fall under Article 87 of the EC Treaty

Aid No: XT 57/01

Member State: Spain

Region: Autonomous community of the Basque Country

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December
2001

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid scheme is the
funding of training plans, which can involve training of any
kind

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Other information: Please find enclosed a copy of
those
sections of the Aid Scheme which refer to the application of
Regulation No 68