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: 2003-03-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, audiovisual industry, cooperative, exchange of information, gender equality, social economy, updating of skills, 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 72/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 01/02.

Member State: Italy.

(c)

Internationalisation of the company,

(d) Inter-enterprise cooperation,

Region: Objective 1 regions: Basilicata, Campania, Calabria,
Apulia, Sardinia, Sicily.

(e)

Introduction of new products or production processes,

(f)

Improvement of existing products and/or processes,

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid to businesses for implementing a training
programme linked to a programme of
fixed investments
assisted under Law No 488/92 or a programme of precom-
petitive development and industrialisation of research results
eligible for assistance under Laws Nos 46/82 and 488/92
respectively.

Legal basis:

— Decisione C(2000) 2342 dell'8 agosto 2000,

— Circolari attuative del ministero delle Attività produttive
n. 1167509 e n. 1167510 del 28.11.2001 — Misura 2.1:
Pacchetto integrato di agevolazioni — a) PIA Innovazione e
b) PIA Formazione — previste dal Programma operativo
nazionale «Sviluppo imprenditoriale locale» — QCS Obiet-
tivo 1 (2000-2006) pubblicate sulla Gazzetta ufficiale n. 292
(Supplemento ordinario n. 271) del 17.12.2001.

(g) Technological innovation,

(h) Business management,

(i) Process logic and quality certification,

(j) Environmental protection and improvement.

Economic sector(s) concerned: The extractive or manufac-
turing industries covered by Sections C and D of the ISTAT
'91 Classification of economic activities or, within the limits
laid down by Decree No 527 of 20 October 1995 of the
Ministry of Industry, Trade and Craft Trades, as amended and
the activities relating to the production and
supplemented,
distribution of
and
construction covered by Sections E and F of the ISTAT Classi-
fication.

steam and

hot water

electricity,

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 18
million.

The provision of services connected with the development of
the above production activities.

Maximum aid intensity: Contribution to expenses covering
45 % and 35 % of eligible costs in the case of SMEs and
large firms respectively, with a maximum of EUR 250 000.

Date of implementation: 28 November 2001.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 28 November
2001-31 December 2006.

the scheme is to provide
Objective of aid: The aim of
incentives for the specific training of newly hired employees
and/or upgrading, updating or focusing the skills of existing
employees of the recipient firm in the following fields linked to
its investment programme:

There are restrictions or exclusions for the sectors governed by
Community rules (steel, shipbuilding, synthetic fibres, motor
vehicles, food, drinks and tobacco).

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministero delle attività produttive — DGCII
Via del Giorgione, 2 B
I-00147 Roma.

Aid No: XT 44/02.

(a)

Information and communication technologies,

Member State: Spain.

(b) Research and development,

Region: Catalonia.

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Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Grants for training members and employees of
cooperatives and worker-owned businesses.

Legal basis: Orden de 12 de abril de 2001, por la que se
aprueban las bases reguladoras de las subvenciones del Instituto
para la Promoción y la Formación Cooperativas a la formación
de socios y trabajadores de las cooperativas, y también a los
socios y trabajadores de las sociedades laborales, y se abre la
convocatoria para el 2001 (DOGC no 3408 de 13.6.2001).

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 12 020,24. The Commission will be informed if
this
amount is increased.

Maximum aid intensity: The intensities allowed for specific
training, i.e. normally 25 % for large enterprises and 35 % for
small and medium-sized enterprises, plus any percentage
increases available under Article 4 of the Order for disad-
vantaged workers and according to the geographic location
of the business.

Date of implementation: Starting from 14 June 2001, the
calendar year corresponding to the budget year under which
the grant is awarded, i.e. from 1 January to 31 December.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2001-2006, as
provided for in Article 8 of the Order.

Objective of aid: The aim is to help finance specialised entre-
preneurial training for persons most directly involved in coop-
federations
eratives and worker-owned businesses and for
representing them, on condition that
the courses attended
clearly benefit the businesses for which they work or which
they represent.

Economic sector(s) concerned: Businesses in the non-profit
sector.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Sr. Josep M. Carol i Andreu,
Instituto para la Promoción y la Formación de Cooperativas
C/ Casp, 15
E-08010 Barcelona

Other information: Any amendment of the legal basis will be
immediately incorporated in the scheme and implemented.

Under Article 6, the possible accumulation of aid is to be
checked by requiring the recipient to produce a statement of
all grants received for the same purpose from any adminis-
tration or public or private entity. The Institute for
the
Promotion and Creation of Cooperatives undertakes to ensure
that the combined total of aid under this scheme and aid
received from other sources will under no circumstances
exceed the maximum intensity laid down in Regulation No
68/2001.

Aid No: XT 46/02.

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 aimed at promoting equality of opportunity
between men and women (AQMV 2000 RL 5).

Legal basis: Landesprogramm „Arbeit und Qualifizierung für
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 2000“, Richtlinien des Ministeriums
für Arbeit und Bau zur Förderung der Chancengleichheit von
Frauen und Männern vom 16.2.2000.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 2,465 million for all
the
directives (new appropriations, including commitment author-
isations for subsequent budget years).

forms of assistance under

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

Date of implementation: 1.1.2000. 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: 1.1.2000 to
30.4.2002.

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’).

Pursuant to Article 5 of the Order, aid granted under the
scheme to a single project will not exceed EUR 1 million.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All economic sectors.

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Name and address of the granting authority:

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 not caught
by Article 87 of the EC Treaty.

— up to 70 % of the calculated total costs for small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) within the meaning of
the EU definition.

If
the training scheme operates for an enterprise from a
category C assisted area under the joint programme ‘Improving
Regional Economic Structure’, the rate of assistance can be
increased by five percentage points. Training schemes for
disadvantaged workers can benefit from a (further)
increase
of 10 %.

Aid No: XT 60/01.

Member State: Germany.

Region: Lower Saxony and Bremen.

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Section 8 of the guidelines on cultural aid for
films and media by nordmedia Fonds GmbH (nordmedia
Fonds).

Legal basis:

1. Anspruch der nordmedia Fonds auf Gewährung einer Fi-
nanzhilfe (zur Förderung Dritter) aus Konzessionsabgaben
nach § 9a des Niedersächsischen Gesetzes über das Lotterie-
und Wettwesen vom 21. Juli 1997, zuletzt geändert durch
Artikel 7 des Niedersächsischen Haushaltsbegleitgesetzes
2001 vom 15. Dezember 2000,

The rules on the cumulation of aid are complied with.

Date of implementation: From 7.12.2001.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 7 December
2001 to 31 December 2004.

(including

associations

Objective of aid: The aid is intended to offer workers in the
innovative
media sector the opportunity to gain additional,
qualifications adapted to their needs. Those entitled are enter-
prises
organisations)
providing training and further training with a high degree of
professionalism and specific experience in the media field. Aid
will be granted only to general training schemes that are not
geared solely or primarily to the employee's current or future
place of work. The objective is that the qualification obtained
through the scheme should be broadly applicable throughout
the media sector.

other

and

2. Verpflichtung des NDR zur Vergabe von Fördermitteln ge-
mäß § 64 (3) des Niedersächsischen Landesrundfunkgesetzes
vom 9. November 1993, zuletzt geändert durch Gesetz vom
15. Dezember 2000 (Nds. GVBL. Nr. 24/2000),

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.

3. Vertrag über Vergabe von Mitteln des Landes Bremen aus

dem Landesförderprogramm „Bremen in Time“,

The aid is granted in the form of investment grants.

4. Vertrag über Vergabe freiwilliger Beiträge des NDR,

5. Vertrag über Vergabe freiwilliger Beiträge von Radio Bre-

men,

Economic sector(s) concerned: SMEs and start-ups in the
audiovisual/media field are eligible.

6. Vertrag über Vergabe freiwilliger Beiträge des ZDF.

Aid may not be granted to firms in sensitive sectors.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 400 000

Name and address of the granting authority:

Maximum aid intensity: The gross aid intensity is:

— up to 50 % for large enterprises, and

nordmedia Fonds GmbH
Expo-Plaza 1
D-30539 Hannover

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Other information:

Herr Coldewey
Tel. 0511-12 34 56-0
Fax 0511-12 34 56-29
E-mail: j.coldewey@nord-media.de

Aid No: XT 77/01.

Member State: Germany.

Region: Bavaria.

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Individual grants of aid under the measures
described below (scheme) are made on the basis of award
decisions.

the measures described below totals roughly EUR 5 200 000
from ESF funds and EUR 700 000 from Land resources.

As a rule, payments may run for up to five years.

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity in each case is fixed
in line with the permitted limits, the maximum being 70 % of
the eligible costs (45 % ESF funding, 25 % Land funding).

Date of implementation: Individual aid may be granted up to
31.12.2006.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Payments may
be made up to 31.12.2008.

Objective of aid: Individual aid under the measures described
below (scheme) is granted for the purposes of general training.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All economic sectors.

The award decisions include a reference to Regulation (EC) No
68/2001 and the corresponding exemption.

Name and address of the granting authority:

The names of
decided.

Legal basis:

the firms receiving aid have not yet been

Bayerisches Landesamt für Versorgung und Familienförderung
Sachgebiet III 4 und Sachgebiet III 5
Hegelstraße 2
D-95447 Bayreuth.

— BayHO (vor allem Artikel 23 und 44),

— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1260/1999,

— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1784/1999,

— Entscheidung der Europäischen Kommission K(2000) 2414,

— EPPD zu Ziel 3,

— EzPP Ziel 3.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The
annual amount earmarked for individual aid decisions under

Other information:

Description of the general training aid:

granted

the measures

under
is intended for general

described
aid
Individual
(programme arrangements)
training.
The content of such training must relate not only to a
specific area of work or a specific firm but must be transferable
to other areas of work or undertakings. The training will
always involve participants from several firms.

The content of the training will be in line with the accom-
the
panying description (programme arrangements) under
Single Programming Document (SPD) for Objective 3 and the
Supplementary Programming Document for Objective 3 (Policy
area C, measure 6 and policy area D, measure 7). Please refer
to the
from the SPD and the
Supplementary PD and the Bavarian Financial Regulation.

accompanying extracts