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 state aid to training aid (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-08-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: East Midlands, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, State aid, control of State aid, vocational training

1.8.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 182/19

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 state aid to training aid

(2003/C 182/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Region: West Midlands Objective 2 Region

Aid No: XT 48/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Directives of
the Ministry of Labour and
Construction for promoting company and workforce adapta-
bility dated 10 April 2002

Legal basis: Richtlinien zum Arbeitsmarkt- und Struktur-
entwicklungsprogramm (ASP)
für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
(Amtsblatt
für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern vom 19. April
2002), D.7.1/2 Richtlinien des Ministeriums für Arbeit und
Bau zur Förderung der Anpassungsfähigkeit der Unternehmen
und der Beschäftigten

Title of aid or name of company receiving an individual
aid: Birmingham and Solihull Learning Skills Council Auto-
motive
and
Obj2/02/3/1.6)

(Obj2/02/1/1.4,

Obj2/02/2/1.5

Training

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

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

Total public expenditure GBP 800 000;

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 15.1 million (new appropriations, including commitment
authorisations for future budgeting)

2002: GBP 400 000

2003: GBP 400 000

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 75 % of eligible expenditure
on planning, personnel and fixed assets. The aid intensities
depend on the type of training measure (general or specific),
on the type of enterprise receiving indirect assistance (large
enterprise or SME) and on whether the measure benefits disad-
vantaged workers

Maximum aid intensity: 75 % for SMEs in this Article 87(3)(c)
region. This aid will support 446 companies.No SME will
receive more than GBP 125 000

Date of implementation: 1 September 2002

Date of implementation: 1 June 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From 1 June
2002 to 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: To stabilise and safeguard jobs and to
improve manpower
flexibility and mobility by workplace
training tailored to requirements

Economic sector(s) concerned: All economic sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Versorgungsamt Rostock
Herr Dr. Regner
Erich-Schlesinger-Straße 35
D-18059 Rostock

Aid No: XT 60/02

Member State: United Kingdom

Objective of aid: To give general training in order to improve
the skills of the individuals and thereby improve the general
economic productivity of the assisted area Training supported
under this programme will be general training to accredited
national standards such as NVQ and will be transferable
between economic sectors (see attached documentation)

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other manufacturing: motor
vehicles, without prejudice to special rules in regulations and
directives concerning state aid in certain sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Paul Cornick, Manufacturing Sector Coordinator
(0121 345 4621) or Karen Brown (0121 345 4511)
Birmingham and Solihull LSC
Chaplin Court, 80 Hurst Street
Birmingham, B 5 4TG
United Kingdom