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: 2003-07-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Liguria, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

24.7.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 175/11

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

Aid No: XS 32/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Liguria

(2003/C 175/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Maximum aid intensity:

— Non-repayable grant for the de minimis investment scheme,
not exceeding 50 % of eligible costs in Objective 2 and
phasing-out areas or 60 % of eligible costs
in areas
exempted under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty

aid: Measure

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual
regeneration’ —
Submeasure C ‘Action by consortia of SMEs to revitalise
urban centres’ — Objective 2 single programming document
(SPD) 2000 to 2006 for the Liguria region

3.5 ‘Urban

— non-repayable grant

specialised
consultancy services, amounting to 50 % of eligible costs
and not exceeding EUR 10 000

the acquisition of

for

Legal basis:

— Docup Obiettivo 2 Regione Liguria 2000-2006 approvato
con Decisione Commissione Europea C(2001) 2044 del
7.9.2001,

— Complemento di Programmazione del Docup Obiettivo 2
Regione Liguria 2000-2006, approvato con Deliberazione
Giunta regionale n. 1404 del 30.11.2001,

— Bando della Misura 3.5 «Riqualificazione urbana» — Sotto-
misura C «Interventi di Consorzi di p.m.i. per la rivitalizza-
zione dei centri urbani», approvato con Deliberazione della
Giunta regionale n. 235 del 14.3.2002

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

Total expenditure of EUR 4 306 364, broken down as follows:

— EUR 569 046,20 of average annual public expenditure in
the period 2002 to 2006 (Objective 2 areas and Article
87(3)(c) exempted areas)

— EUR 365 283,25 of average annual public expenditure in
support and

the period 2002 to 2005 (transitional
phasing-out areas)

Date of implementation: 15 April 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

31 December 2005, Transitional support (phasing-out) areas;
31 December 2006, Objective 2 areas exempted under Article
87(3)(c)

Objective of aid: The submeasure is intended to provide
support for investments by consortia of SMEs in the regen-
eration of urban centres
suffering from environmental,
economic and social difficulties but which have a high concen-
tration of craft and business activities

sector(s)

Economic
concerned: Consortia, within the
meaning of the Civil Code, that are non-profit-making and
small and medium-sized craft, commercial,
composed of
service and industrial businesses satisfying the Community defi-
nition of SMEs

Name and address of granting authority:

Regione Liguria
Dipartimento Sviluppo Economico
Settore Politiche di Sviluppo Industria e Artigianato
Via Fieschi, 15
I-16121 Genova