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: 2003-06-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Italy, State aid, aid system, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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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 138/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 45/01

Member State: Germany

Region: Saxony

Staatliches Amt für Ländliche Neuordnung Kamenz
Macherstraße 31
D-01917 Kamenz

Staatliches Amt für Ländliche Neuordnung Wurzen
Lüptitzer Straße 3
D-04808 Wurzen

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Guidelines for promoting development in rural
areas and villages in Saxony

Legal basis: Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für
Umwelt und Landwirtschaft für die Förderung der Entwicklung
des ländlichen Raumes und der Dörfer im Freistaat Sachsen

Richtlinie Nr. 53/2000 vom 20. Dezember 2000

Ziff. 2.1.4, 2.1.5, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.4.3 in Verbindung mit 5.2.1 (4)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 2 556 460

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % or 43 % in accordance with the
regional aid map

Date of implementation: 2 February 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Approval by
31 December 2006; payment by 31 December 2008

Objective of aid: The main objective of the aid scheme is to
support SMEs in rural areas and villages in Saxony and to
develop those areas and villages in an integrated manner, i.e.
by generating growth that
is economically viable, socially
balanced, environmentally sustainable and therefore lasting.
The priority is to improve the quality of life and employment
for villagers to counter movement away from structurally weak
regions, particularly by young people

Economic sector(s) concerned: All economic sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Staatliches Amt für Ländliche Neuordnung Oberlungwitz
Erlbacher Straße 4
D-09353 Oberlungwitz

Aid No: XS 38/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Umbria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Regional aid scheme to promote investments
by tour operators

Legal basis: Determinazione
dirigenziale n. 3007 del
10.4.2002. In attuazione della misura 2.1. Sostegno allo svi-
locali. Azione 2.1.4. Regime di
luppo dei sistemi produttivi
aiuti regionale a sostegno degli operatori
turistici DOCUP.
Obiettivo 2 (2000-2006) per la regione dell'Umbria, approvato
dalla Commissione europea con decisione C(2001) 2119 del 7
settembre 2001

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company: A
maximum of EUR 2 000 000 per year in accordance with
the funding plan in the programming complement
to the
(SPD) 2000-06
Objective 2 single programming document
for
a maximum total of
region,
EUR 12 000 000 for the duration of the scheme

the Umbria

giving

Maximum aid intensity:

— small

the total cost of

firms: 15 % gge of

the eligible
investments. In areas eligible for regional aid and covered
by the Objective 2 SPD for Umbria, 20 % gge of the total
the eligible investments (less than the intensity
cost of
allowed by
aid map, which is 10 %
gge + 8 % nge),

regional

the

— medium-sized firms: 7.5 % gge of the total cost of the
eligible investments. In areas eligible for regional aid and
covered by the Objective 2 SPD for Umbria, 15 % gge of
the total cost of the eligible investments (less than the
intensity allowed by the regional aid map, which is 6 %
gge + 8 % nge)

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Date of implementation: Publication of the notice inviting
applications: Ordinary Supplement
to the Regional Official
Gazette, General Series, No 20, 30.4.2002. Aid will be
granted only on presentation by the firms concerned of
suitable applications, which may be submitted from the day
following publication of the notice. Only investments made
after presentation of the aid application will be eligible

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company: A
amount of
maximum of EUR 1 615 853 per year under
the funding
plan in the programming complement
to the Objective 2
(SPD) 2000-06 for Umbria,
single programming document
giving a maximum total of EUR 7 701 929 for the duration
of the scheme

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Aid will be
granted in respect of investments made by firms up to 31
December 2006,
the deadline for eligibility of expenditure
charged to the Objective 2 SPD 2000-06 for Umbria

Maximum aid intensity:

Objective of aid: To support investments by tour operators in
the Objective 2 phasing-out areas in Umbria. The investments
concerned by this scheme relate to costs incurred in building,
internal and external finishing, fittings and sporting/recreational
equipment, outdoor furniture,
technical planning and civil
engineering work

Economic sector(s) concerned: Firms operating in the
tourism sector or wishing to enter the tourism business

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione dell'Umbria — Giunta regionnale — Servizio Turismo
Via Mario Angeloni
I-06128 Perugia
tel. (39) 075 504 58 75
fax (39) 075 504 58 87
E-mail: Servizio_turismo@umbria2000.it

Aid No: XS 41/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Umbria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Regional aid scheme to promote investment in
social economy structures

Legal basis: Deliberazione della giunta Regionale n. 458 del
17.4.2002. In attuazione della Misura 2.1. Sostegno allo svi-
luppo dei sistemi produttivi locali — Azione 2.1.6. Regime di
aiuti regionale a sostegno degli
investimenti delle strutture
dell'economia sociale — del DOCUP Obiettivo 2 (2000-2006)
per la regione dell'Umbria, approvato dalla Commissione euro-
pea con decisione C(2001) 2119 del 7 settembre 2001

— small

the total cost of

firms: 15 % gge of

the eligible
investments. In areas eligible for regional aid covered by
the Objective 2 SPD for Umbria, 20 % gge of the total cost
of the eligible investments (less than the intensity allowed
by the regional aid map, which is 10 % gge + 8 % nge),

— medium-sized firms: 7.5 % gge of the total cost of the
eligible investments.
regional aid
covered by the Objective 2 SPD for Umbria, 15 % gge of
the total cost of the eligible investments (less than the
intensity allowed by the regional aid map, which is 6 %
gge + 8 % nge)

In areas eligible for

and

bodies

agencies,

Date of implementation: Aid can be granted only on the
basis of appropriate applications presented by enterprises
operating in the social or welfare areas, social cooperatives,
social
voluntary
advancement, non-banking foundations, non-profit-making
institutions, employers' associations or bodies recognised by
religious denominations with which the State has concluded
contracts, agreements or understandings. Applications can
the
only be presented from the day of publication of
competition notice. Only investments made after presentation
of the application for aid will be eligible

associations

for

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Aid will be
granted in respect of investments made by firms up to 31
December 2006,
the deadline for eligibility of expenditure
charged to the Objective 2 SPD 2000-06 for Umbria

and

bodies

agencies,

Objective of aid: Support for investments made by enterprises
operating in the social or welfare areas, social cooperatives,
social
voluntary
advancement, non-banking foundations, non-profit-making
institutions, employers' associations or bodies recognised by
religious denominations with which the State has concluded
contracts, agreements or understandings within the scope of
for Umbria. The investment
Objective 2 and phasing-out
covered by this scheme relates to expenditure on

associations

for

— assistance for locally orientated structures,

— the

acquisition of

special

vehicles

and any

special

equipment required for servicing such vehicles,

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— the acquisition of equipment and machines,

including
communications and mobility technology, in terms of the
specific eligibility datasheets for costs for the purposes of
Regulation (EC) No 1685/2000

Aid No: XS 63/02

Member State: Italy

Economic sector(s) concerned: Enterprises operating in the
social or welfare areas social cooperatives, voluntary agencies,
bodies and associations for social advancement, non-banking
foundations,
employers'
associations or bodies recognised by religious denominations
with which the State has concluded contracts, agreements or
understandings. Further
imposed as
required by new mandatory Community rules

restrictions may be

non-profit-making

institutions,

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione dell'Umbria — Giunta regionale — Direzione sanità e
servizi sociali — Servizio VIIo
Programmazione socio assistenziale
Palazzo Maltauro, Via Fontivegge, 55
I-06124 Perugia
tel. (39) 075 504 56 78
fax (39) 075 50 45 56 95
E-mail: socioprogrammazione@regione.umbria.it

Region: Autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Acquisition of real services

Legal basis: Azione 2.3.1 del complemento di programma-
zione del DOCUP obiettivo 2 (2000-2006) approvato con de-
libera della Giunta regionale n. 846 del 22.3.2002, da attuare
tramite bandi

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

2000

—

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Total

2 432 779

2 904 853

2 850 459

1 862 316

1 819 086

1 786 143

13 655 636

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of eligible costs

Name and address of the granting authority:

Date of implementation: 31 May 2002 (date of publication
of first notice inviting applications)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2006

real

Objective of aid: Improvement of business systems in terms
of knowhow, productivity and competitiveness through the
acquisition of
the
acquisition by SMEs in the industrial, crafts, retail trade and
tourism sectors of strategic advice on the development, inno-
vation and internationalisation of their firms. Financing will not
be granted for repetitive or routine services

services. Aid will be granted for

Economic sector(s) concerned: Manufacturing and service
SMEs in the industrial and crafts sectors, with the exception
of certain activities in agrifoodstuffs, synthetic fibres, motor
vehicles, shipbuilding and coal and steel.

SMEs operating in tourism and cooperatives managing social
accommodation structures.

SMEs managing small retail businesses, persons managing a
not-for-profit
trade’ operation, with the exception of
activities relating to the production, processing or marketing
of products listed in Annex 1 to the Treaty

‘fair

For craft SMEs:

Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia
Direzione regionale del lavoro e della previdenza, della cooper-
azione e dell'artigianato — Servizio per lo sviluppo dell'arti-
gianato
Via Giulia, 75/1
I-34100 Trieste
E-mail: lavoro.coop.art@regione.fvg.it

For industrial SMEs:

Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia
Direzione regionale dell'industria — Servizio dello sviluppo
industriale
Via Trento, 2
I-34100 Trieste
E-mail: s.svil.ind@regione.fvg.it

For SMEs in trade and tourism:

Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia
Direzione regionale del commercio, del turismo e del terziario
Viale Miramare, 19
I-34100 Trieste
E-mail: commercio.tur@regione.fvg.it

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Aid No: XS 69/02

Member State: Germany

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: ERP environmental and energy conservation
programme

Article 4(2) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (OJ C 112,
9.5.2002, p. 5), or

— in areas which qualify for regional aid, the net aid
the net aid ceiling as

least 50 % of
intensity is at
determined in the German assisted-areas map;

(b) the total gross aid amount is at least EUR 15 million

Legal basis: Gesetz über die Feststellung des Wirtschaftsplans
des ERP-Sondervermögens für das Jahr 2002

Date of implementation: 1 August 2002

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 1
billion a year

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum permissible gross aid
intensity (1) amounts to:

(a) 15 % in the case of small enterprises (2);

(b) 7.5 % in the case of medium-sized enterprises (3).

In the case of investment projects in areas eligible for regional
aid, a bonus in line with the relevant German assisted-areas
maps approved by the Commission may be granted as follows:

(a) 10 % in assisted areas covered by Article 87(3)(c);

(b) 15 % in assisted areas covered by Article 87(3)(a).

These bonuses may be granted only where the aid is condi-
tional on the investment remaining in the recipient region for
at least five years and on the recipient firm's contribution being
at least 25 %

loans not usually

Maximale scale of project and aid: The aid is granted in the
an amount of
form of
in cases of
EUR 500 000 for individual projects. However,
environmental benefit,
particular
this maximum may be
exceeded.
Individual aid applications under the scheme will
be refused if one of the following ceilings for the planned
project is exceeded:

exceeding

(a) the total eligible cost of the project is at least EUR 25

million and

— in areas which do not qualify for regional aid, the gross
aid intensity is at least 50 % of the ceilings laid down in

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2006

Objective of aid: Promotion of investment by SMEs in sewage
treatment, waste recycling and removal, the prevention of air
pollution, energy conservation, the rational use of energy and
the use of renewable energy sources. Particular encouragement
is given to investment which prevents or substantially reduces
the risk of pollution arising in the first place

Economic sector(s) concerned: The aid may be provided in
all sectors, including the service sector, in compliance with the
special rules applying to individual sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Deutsche Ausgleichsbank
DtA
D-53170 Bonn

Other information: The scheme will be applied in accordance
with 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 (OJ L 10,
13.1.2001, p. 33)

(1) Under the measure soft loans are granted whose interest rates are
geared to rates on the capital market. The aid intensity of the
measure thus varies
in line with the ratio between the EU
reference interest rate and the relevant interest rate on the loans.
The aid intensity of the loans granted is generally well below the
maximum permitted gross aid intensity.

(2) Definition given in the annex to the Commission recommendation
and
in the

of 3 April 1996 concerning the definition of
medium-sized enterprises (OJ L 107, 30.4.1996, p. 4)
currently applicable version.

small

(3) Idem.