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: 2003-07-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Autonomous Province of Bolzano, Bavaria, State aid, Styria, Yorkshire and The Humber, continuing education, control of State aid, vocational training

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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 175/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of implementation: 26 February 2001

Aid No: XT 11/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Autonomous Province of Bolzano

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Funding of company training projects under
the 2000 to 2006 operational programme for ESF Objective 3
in the Autonomous Province of Bolzano

Legal basis: Legge Provinciale del 29 luglio 1986 n. 20 «Pro-
getti di formazione professionale da realizzare con i contributi
del Fondo Sociale Europeo» e sul Programma operativo
2000-2006 obiettivo 3 del FSE per la Provincia autonoma di
Bolzano approvato con decisione della Commissione europea
C2000-2074 del 21.9.2000

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Up to 31
December 2006 as provided for by Regulation (EC) No
68/2001. Payments will be made
according to project
duration up to 31 December 2008, the deadline for submission
of all expenditure on projects funded under the 2000 to 2006
operational
the
Autonomous Province of Bolzano, approved by Commission
Decision C(2000) 2074 of 21 September 2000

ESF Objective

programme

for

in

3

Objective of aid: The aid covers general and specific training
as set out in the document ‘Programming supplement annexed
to the 2000 to 2006 operational programme for ESF Objective
3’. For each project submitted, the applicant company will have
to certify that the criteria for general and specific training are
fulfilled, and during subsequent inspections the ESF department
will check the conformity of the content of the training given

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 9 790 000

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

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:

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

Provincia autonoma di Bolzano
Ripartizione 39
Servizio FSE
Via Piave 2
I-39100 Bolzano
Responsabile del Servizio è la Dott.ssa Barbara Repetto-
Visentini

Aid No: XT 36/02

Member State: Austria

Region: Styria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Styrian qualification and employment scheme
‘Qualifying with a future’

— 10 percentage points where the training is given to disad-
vantaged workers within the meaning of Article 2(g) of
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001

Legal basis: Steirisches Qualifizierungs- und Beschäftigungs-
programm

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Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
Approximately EUR 4 000 000

Maximum aid intensity:

General training measures: up to 50 %

— plus 20 % for SMEs

— plus 10 % for disadvantaged workers within the meaning of

Regulation (EC) No 68/2001

— plus 5 % for firms located in an assisted area

— maximum aid intensity: 85 %

Specific training measures: up to 25 %

— plus 10 % for SMEs

— plus 10 % for disadvantaged workers within the meaning of

Regulation (EC) No 68/2001

— plus 5 % for firms located in an assisted area

— maximum aid intensity: 50 %

Date of implementation: 15 March 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2006

Objective of aid: Promotion of general and specific training
measures with a view to enhancing the human resources
potential and hence the economic activity of Styria

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other manufacturing; other
services

Name and address of the granting authority:

Amt der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung
Fachabteilung 14B
Ausbildungs- und Beschäftigungspolitik
Nikolaiplatz 3
A-8020 Graz

Other information:

Mag. Brigitte Scherz
Tel. (43) 316/877-79 70
e-mail: brigitte.scherz@stmk.gv.at

Aid No: XT 70/02

Member State: Austria

Region: Styria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Böhler Edelstahl GmbH & Co. KG, A-8605
Kapfenberg

Legal basis: Steirisches Qualifizierungs- und Beschäftigungs-
programm

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 9 800

Maximum aid intensity: 25 % of eligible expenditure

Date of implementation: 29 August 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: August 2002

Objective of aid: Grant
purchasing a universal cutting tool
apprentices in the apprentice workshop, equivalent
depreciation amount

towards the investment cost of
training of
for dual
to the

Economic sector(s) concerned: Steel industry

Name and address of the granting authority:

Amt der Steiermärkischen Landesregierung
Fachabteilung 14B
Ausbildungs- und Beschäftigungspolitik
Nikolaiplatz 3
A-8020 Graz

Other information:

Contact person Brigitte Scherz
Tel. (43) 316/877-79 70
e-mail: brigitte.scherz@stmk.gv.at

Aid No: XT 71/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: FTZ Büroservice e.V. (non-profit association),
Munich

Legal basis: Bayerische Haushaltsordnung (BayHO); Verord-
nung (EG) Nr. 1784/1999; EPPD zu Ziel 3; Ergänzendes Pro-
grammplanungsdokument Ziel 3

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Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total
eligible costs: EUR 612 529; ESF: EUR 245 421

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Entrepreneurial Skills WYL/3E/OB2

Maximum aid intensity: 80 %

Date of implementation: September/October 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Last payment
expected to be in June 2004; project duration: 1 January 2002
to 31 December 2003

Objective of aid: This is a general training measure for unem-
ployed mentally ill and mentally handicapped persons with a
view to placement on the general labour market. The aim is to
provide skills
in clerical work and data processing. The
measure will help to provide transferable skills which will
significantly
the
participants. The measure is based on the framework plan
for general vocational skill acquisition measures for the handi-
capped and mentally ill in Bavarian integration firms/self-help
firms of 18 July 2001. See also the description submitted by
the body responsible

placement

potential

improve

the

of

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regierung von Oberbayern
Integrationsamt
D-80534 München

Aid No: XT 83/02

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Yorkshire and The Humber

Legal basis: C(2001) 796-23 March 2001; Local Government
Act 2000

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Overall
amount: GBP 9 885 151; 2002: GBP 4 932 576; 2003:
GBP 4 952 575

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity will be
70 % or 80 % for disadvantaged groups. Each SME will receive
maximum GBP 5 000

Date of implementation: 1 October 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31
December 2006

Objective of aid: To provide general training to SMEs within
their first 36 months of operation

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors, without prejudice
to special rules in the regulations and directives concerning
state aid in certain sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Mr E. I. Dockrat
Learning and Skills Council
West Yorkshire
4 Mercury House
Manchester Road
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD5 0QL
United Kingdom