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: 2003-06-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, United Kingdom, continuing vocational training, control of State aid

25.6.2003

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 148/13

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 148/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 52/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Measures to promote company, sectoral and
regional training schemes and to develop continuing training
— 2002

Legal basis: Delibera della Giunta regionale n. 1729 dd.
23.5.2002 (Legge n. 236/93. Interventi di promozione di piani
formativi aziendali, settoriali e territoriali e sviluppo della for-
mazione continua. Anno 2002)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 3 069 030,52

Maximum aid intensity:

Large enterprises

Specific training: 25 %

General training: 50 %.

SMEs

Specific training: 35 %

General training: 70 %.

The above rates of intensity are increased by:

— 5 percentage points where the measures are aimed at firms
in areas that qualify for regional aid under Article 87(3)(c)
of the Treaty,

— 10 percentage points where the objective of the measures is

to train disadvantaged workers,

— during the first six months of work, any person under
25 who has not previously had a regular paid job,

— any person with a serious physical or mental disability

who is nevertheless fit for work,

— any migrant worker who moves or has moved within
the Community or becomes resident in the Community
to take up work and needs vocational and/or language
training,

— during the first six months of work, any person who
was seeking work after a break of at least three years, in
particular, any person who gave up work on account of
the difficulty of reconciling working life and family life,

— any person over 45 who has not acquired an upper
secondary educational qualification or its equivalent,

— during the first six months of work, any long-term
i.e. any person out of work for

unemployed person,
12 consecutive months

Date of implementation: 1 July 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 June
2004

Objective of aid: The aid covers both general and specific
training as described in the documents annexed: Excerpt
from the annex to Decision No 1729 of 23 May 2002
concerning measures
sectoral and
regional training schemes and to develop continuing training
— 2002, point 6 ‘Provisions
the public
contribution’

to promote company,

concerning

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia,
direzione regionale della Formazione professionale
Via S. Francesco n. 37
I-34100 Trieste
Tel. (39-040) 377 52 87
E-Mail: formazione.prof@regione.fvg.it

Aid No: XT 65/02

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: West Midlands Objective 2

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Black Country Cluster and Diversification
Training Scheme 2002–06

Legal basis: Section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000,
Employment Act 1973, Sections 2(1) and 2(2), as substantiated
by Section 25 of the Employment and Training Act 1998

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

2002: GBP 250 520

2003: GBP 253 156

2004: GBP 255 858

2005: GBP 258 628

2006: GBP 260 678

Total public expenditure: GBP1 278 840

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Maximum aid intensity: Aid will not exceed a maximum of
75 % for SMEs and 55 % for large companies within this
Article 87(3)(c) assisted area.

No one company will receive more than GBP 25 000 under
this exemption

Date of implementation: 1 August 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 30 April 2007

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to provide general
training for individuals working for SMEs in order to support
the overarching aim of increasing diversification and competi-
tiveness in this assisted area, which has been subject to intense
economic decline, particularly in manufacturing. The training
will enable the workforce to gain transferable skills which will
both safeguard their jobs and make them more marketable in
the workplace.

The general training will result in units towards NVQs or other
accredited training (see attached supporting documentation)

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Richard Hillier
Government Office for the West Midlands
77 Paradise Circus
Queensway
Birmingham B1 2DT

Other information:

Contact Officer:

Julie Boardman
Black Country Investment
Black Country House
Rounds Green Road
Oldbury
West Midlands B69 2DG
Tel. (44-121) 569 23 33

Notice under Article 2 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1177/2002 of 27 June 2002 (1)

(2003/C 148/10)

The Commission gives notice that it confirms, on the basis of investigations covering the period of 2002,
that Community industry has suffered material injury and serious prejudice in the market segment of LNG
carriers caused by unfair Korean practices.

(1) OJ L 172, 2.7.2002, p. 1.