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: 2003-05-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, electronic commerce, hire purchase, machine tool, small and medium-sized enterprises, teleworking, 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

(2003/C 108/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 28/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Schleswig-Holstein

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Scheme to promote measures aimed at intro-
ducing Business to Business (B2B) in SMEs

Legal basis: Richtlinie über die Förderung von Maßnahmen zur
Einführung des elektronischen Geschäftsverkehrs — Business to
Business (B2B) — bei kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen
(KMU) Schleswig-Holsteins im Rahmen des Europäischen Fonds
für Regionale Entwicklung (B2B-Richtlinie)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 511 300

Objective of aid: The aid is designed to introduce B2B in
industry and commerce in Schleswig-Holstein, where SMEs
predominate, and to eliminate competitive disadvantages of a
structural nature. SMEs will be offered incentives to exploit in a
forward-looking and consequential manner the opportunities
afforded by B2B to improve their basic economic position.
To that end, customary business procedures in their entirety
should be extensively computerised

Economic sector(s) concerned: SMEs in all sectors of the
the activities specified in
economy, with the exception of
Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

Name and address of the granting authority:

Technologie-Transfer-Zentrale Schleswig-Holstein GmbH
Lorentzendamm 22
D-24103 Kiel
Tel. (49-431) 51 96 20
Fax (49-431) 51 96 233
e-mail: zentrale@ttzsh.de

Maximum aid intensity:

Other information:

(a) Under Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001,

in
Objective 2 areas of the districts of Dithmarschen, Nord-
friesland, Ostholstein and Schleswig-Flensburg as well as
the towns of Flensburg and Lübeck (national assisted area
under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty):

Günter Stelck
Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Technologie und Verkehr des
Landes Schleswig-Holstein, Ref. VII 312
Tel. (49-431) 988 46 39
Fax (49-431) 988 48 12
e-mail: guenter.stelck@wimi.landsh.de

Investment in fixed or intangible assets:

— for small enterprises: 25 %

— for medium-sized enterprises: 17,5 %

(b) in all other Objective 2 areas:

Aid No: XS 34/02

Member State: Italy

Investment in fixed or intangible assets:

Region: Molise

— for small enterprises: 15 %

— for medium-sized enterprises: 7,5 %

(c) External consultancy: 50 % of eligible expenditure

Date of implementation: 1 April 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 April 2002
until 31 December 2004

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual
‘Sabatini Law’):
additional capital contributions for the acquisition or leasing
of new machine tools or production equipment

aid: Law No 1329/65 (the

Legal basis: Legge 28.11.1965, n. 1329; Legge 19.12.1983, n.
696, art. 3; Legge 16.2.1987, n. 44; Decreto del ministro
dell'Industria, del commercio e dell'artigianato del 21.2.1973;
Decreto del ministro del Tesoro del 30.4.1987; Legge
17.5.1999, n. 144; Decreto legislativo 31.3.1998, n. 112, art.
19; Regolamento (CE) n. 70/2001 del 12.1.2001; Delibera di
giunta della Regione Molise del 5 giugno 2001, n. 653

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

Name and address of the granting authority:

Calendar year

2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Amount in EUR thousand

— 495

494

494

494

494

Maximum aid intensity: 19 % gge

Date of implementation: 1.5.2002 (no aid will in any event
be granted before this summary has been communicated to the
Commission)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2006

ITL 1 million,

Objective of aid: The aid is intended to facilitate the purchase
or leasing of machine tools or new manufacturing equipment
made in Italy or abroad, for a unit or aggregate cost in excess
ancillary
including machine
of
equipment, accessories, fixed or self-propelled machinery and
equipment
transporting and lifting equipment
(cranes and overhead travelling cranes, tractors, belt conveyors,
etc.) in the factory or yard, and kitchen and air-conditioning
equipment.

for handling,

systems,

The machine tools and production equipment must form part
of the logistical structure of production units located in Molise
and registered with the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts
and Agriculture (CCIAA) and should not be invoiced prior to
the date on which the purchase or leasing contract is signed.

Vehicles, vessels and aircraft entered in public registers are not
covered

Economic sector(s) concerned: SMEs in the extractive or
manufacturing sectors covered by Sections C and D of the
ISTAT 1991 Classification of economic activities, with the
following exceptions:

— agro-industry (subsection DA),

— iron and steel (13.10, 13.20, 27.10, 27.22.1, 27.22.2),

— manufacture of synthetic and artificial fibres (24.70),

— shipbuilding (35.11.1, 35.11.3),

— export-related activities (see Article 1(2) of Regulation No

70/2001),

— investments relating to the exercise of activities in the
motor vehicle industry (34.10, 34.20 and 34.30) are
subject
rule (aid not
exceeding a total of EUR 100 000 in a three-year period)

to the limits of

the de minimis

Regione Molise
Assessorato alle attività produttive
Settore industria
Via Roma, 84
I-86100 Campobasso
Tel. (39-0874) 42 95 82 — 42 98 40
Fax (39-0874) 42 96 33 — 42 98 54

Other information: This aid scheme does not apply to
investments that reach one of the following two thresholds:

(a) the total eligible costs of the whole project are at least
EUR 25 million and the net aid intensity is at least 50 %
of the net aid ceiling as determined in the regional aid map
for the area concerned; or

(b) the total gross aid amounts to at least EUR 15 million.

The aid scheme is not contingent upon the use of domestic as
opposed to imported goods.

Only expenditure incurred since the date on which the aid
application was submitted is eligible

Aid No: XS 44/02

Member State: Spain

Region: Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid to provide finance in 2002 for projects
aimed at integrating into the new economy, and particularly
teleworking, groups of workers experiencing difficulties in
gaining access to the traditional labour market, implemented
by firms and non-profit institutions in the Region of Murcia

Legal basis: Estatuto de Autonomía de la Región de Murcia;
Decreto del Consejo de Gobierno no 1/2002, de 15 de enero,
de reorganización de la Administración Regional; Decreto le-
gislativo 1/1999 de 2 de diciembre, texto refundido de la Ley
de Hacienda de la Región de Murcia; Orden de 12 de abril de
2002, de la Consejería de Ciencia, Tecnología, Industria y Co-
mercio, reguladora de las bases y convocatoria de las ayudas
para la incorporación a la nueva economía de colectivos con
dificultades de acceso al mercado laboral para el ejercicio 2002;

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

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Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Aid
allocated to private firms (SMEs): EUR 120 000

Maximum aid intensity: In the case of private firms, not more
than 50 % gross grant equivalent may be granted in respect of
eligible costs

Date of implementation: The Order came into force on 18
April 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid may
be granted until 31 July 2002

Objective of aid: Aid to provide finance in 2002 for projects
aimed at integrating into the new economy, and particularly
teleworking, groups of workers experiencing difficulties in
gaining access to the traditional labour market, implemented
by firms and non-profit institutions in the Region of Murcia

Economic sector(s) concerned: Private firms covered by the
definition of SMEs set out in the Commission Recommendation
of 3 April 1996

Name and address of the granting authority:

D. Patricio Valverde Megías
Consejero de Ciencia, Tecnología, Industria y Comercio
C/San Cristóbal, 6
E-30071 Murcia

Aid No: XS 50/02

Member State: Spain

Region: Autonomous Community of the Basque Country

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: GAUZATU tourism

Legal basis: Orden de 27 de diciembre de 2000, del Consejero
de Industria, Comercio, y Turismo, de modificación de la Or-
den de 28 de julio de 2000, del Consejero de Industria, Co-
mercio, y Turismo, por la que se regulan el programa GAU-
ZATU-Turismo, de ayudas a la inversión y a la creación de
empresas de especial interés estratégico para el desarrollo tu-
rístico (BOPV no 249 de 30 de diciembre de 2000), y Resolu-
ción de 13 de marzo de 2002 del Viceconsejero de Innovación
y Desarrollo Industrial, por la que se hace pública la convoca-
toria de concesión de las mencionadas ayudas (BOPV no 52 de
14 de marzo de 2002)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
2002:
EUR 1 569 000
EUR 1 202 000;
2003:
EUR 367 000)

(payment
commitment

appropriation

appropriation

Maximum aid intensity: 21,77 % gge for SMEs

Date of implementation: From 15 March 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2001-2004,
pursuant to Decree 121/2000

Objective of aid: To promote the creation of and investment
in SMEs of special interest for the harmonious growth of the
tourist industry and to contribute to territorial balance with a
view to revitalising the least-favoured geographical areas
(Margen Izquierda and Oarsoaldea)

in tourism: hotel
Economic sector(s) concerned: SMEs
accommodation in tourist towns and in rundown areas, rural
hotels, non-hotel accommodation and activities for tourists in
the nature, leisure or health sector

Name and address of the granting authority:

Sr. Juan Bautista Mendizábal Juaristi
Director de Promoción Turística
Departamento de Industria, Comercio y Turismo
Gobierno Vasco
C/Donostia-San Sebastián, 1
E-01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz