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: 2003-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to undertakings, 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 148/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

For sections 5 and 7, depending on the location:

Aid No: XT 58/01

Member State: Germany

Region: Saxony

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Sections of the Guidelines on the Promotion of
SMEs and the Improvement of Entrepreneurial Potential (Richt-
linien zur Mittelstandsförderung — Verbesserung der unter-
nehmerischen Leistungsfähigkeit):

1. Intensive coaching

3. Foreign business consultancy

4. Fairs

5. Cooperation

7. Product design promotion

8. Environmental management

Legal basis: §§ 23 und 44 der Haushaltsordnung des Freistaa-
tes Sachsen (Vorläufige Sächsische Haushaltsordnung — SäHO)
vom 19. Dezember 1990 (SächsGVBl. S. 21); geändert durch
Art. 13 des Gesetzes vom 14. Dezember 2000 (SächsGVBl. S
613, 616) sowie Vorläufige Verwaltungsvorschriften des SMF
zu § 44 SäHO in der jeweils gültigen Fassung

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 16
million

Maximum aid intensity: 50 %

Date of implementation: 15 July 2001

Regierungspräsidium Chemnitz
Altchemnitzer Straße 41
D-09105 Chemnitz

Regierungspräsidium Dresden
Stauffenbergallee 2
D-01099 Dresden

Regierungspräsidium Leipzig
Braustraße 2
D-04107 Leipzig

Aid No: XS 70/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Bremen

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: LIP 2000, Land investment incentive scheme

Legal basis: §§ 23, 44 Haushaltsordnung der Freien Hansestadt
Bremen

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The
budgetary and financial planning principles already known to
the Commission remain unchanged. For the years 2002 to
2006,
for DEM 26,0 million (about EUR 13,3
including resources for the D assisted area defined
million),
for
under
improving regional economic structures (Gemeinschaftsaugabe)

Federal Government/Länder

they call

scheme

joint

the

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31
December 2008 or until approval of notified Guidelines

Maximum aid intensity:

Objective of aid: To help SMEs to improve their entrepre-
neurial potential, and to make it easier for them to take
advantage of outside services

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors with the exception
of agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority: For sections 1,
3, 4 and 8 referred to above:

Sächsische Aufbaubank GmbH
Pirnaische Straße 9
D-01069 Dresden

1. Investment aid: 15 % for small enterprises and 7,5 % for

medium-sized enterprises

2. Aid for consultancy services: 50 %, up to a maximum of

DEM 30 000

Date of implementation: 8 July 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2006

Objective of aid:
long-term jobs; consultancy services to SMEs

Investment aid to create and protect

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Economic sector(s) concerned: The aid scheme covers all
economic sectors, subject to the special rules for particular
industries laid down by the Commission (see Annex 6, p. 2,
point 1.4, in the programme submitted)

Name and address of the granting authority: Corporations
delegated by the Land of Bremen:

For the municipality of Bremen:

WfG Bremer Wirtschaftsförderung GmbH
Kontorhaus am Markt
Langenstraße 2–4
D-28195 Bremen

For the municipality of Bremerhaven:

BIS Bremerhavener Gesellschaft für Investitionsförderung und
Stadtentwicklung mbH
Am Alten Hafen 118
D-27568 Bremerhaven

Aid No: XS 79/02

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: West Midlands Objective 2

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Telford/Wolverhampton High Tech. Corridor
Polymer Cluster initiative 2002-05

Legal basis: Sections 5 and 6 Regional Development Agencies
Act 1998, Greater London Authority Act 1999 and Leasehold
Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The total
value of the project will be GBP 3 422 000 (EUR 5 540 218):

2002/03: GBP 1 399 000 (EUR 2 264 981)

2003/04: GBP 1 010 000 (EUR 1 635 190)

2004/05: GBP 1 013 000 (EUR 1 640 047)

No one company will receive more than GBP 100 000

Maximum aid intensity: No company will receive consultancy
services beyond 50 %

Date of implementation: 1 August 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2005

Objective of aid: To provide 50 % aid for consultancy to
SMEs in the polymer sector.

To engage with 180 known local polymer businesses – the
consultancy will aim to identify reasons for market
failure
and to raise awareness of new products and new markets.

The polymer sector has been identified as one of the areas of
potential for diversifying and reversing stagnation in the region
and has been approved as part of the structural funds SPD by
the Commission

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other manufacturing (plastics
and polymers), without prejudice
to the regulations on
sensitive sectors

N.B. None of the beneficiary firms will be involved in the
synthetic fibre industry

Name and address of the granting authority:

Government Office for the West Midlands
77 Paradise Circus, Queensway,
Birmingham B1 2DT
United Kingdom