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: 2003-08-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Bavaria, England, State aid, control of State aid, in-service training

20.8.2003

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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 196/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 43/02

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: England

The training will be in the form of nationally recognised
qualifications such as National Vocational Qualifications or
other vocationally specific qualifications as defined by the
appropriate Sector Skills Council where an NVQ framework
is not currently available

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Employer Training Pilot 2002 to 2004

In line with Section 3 of
Economic sector(s) concerned:
Commission Regulation (EC) 68/2001, Section 3, the scope
of this training block exemption will cover all sectors

Legal basis: Employment Act 1973, Sections 2(1) and 2(2) as
substantiated by Section 25 of the Employment and Training
Act 1998 and the Industrial Development Act 1982, Section
11; Industrial Development Act 1982, Section 7; Learning and
Skills Council Act 2000

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

will

programme

some
This
GBP 34 000 000 (EUR 54 400 000) over a period of 3 years
commencing 1 September 2002 and ending 31 March 2004.
The estimated annual funding profile is as follows:

funding

provide

of

— 2002-2003: GBP 13,0 million (EUR 20,8 million)

— 2003-2004: GBP 20,5 million (EUR 32,8 million)

— 2004-2005: GBP 0,5 million (EUR 0,8 million)

Maximum aid intensity: In the case of aid schemes and indi-
vidual training exempted under this scheme, the intensity rates
specified in Article 4(2) to (7) of Commission Regulation (EC)
No 68/2001 will be adhered to, i.e. 50 % for a large company,
70 % for an SME + 5 % for assisted-areas status and 10 % if the
beneficiaries meet
the definition of disadvantaged workers.
Under this block exemption, the maximum amount available
to any one company will be no more than GBP 100 000
(EUR 163 000 based on an exchange
rate of GBP 1 =
EUR 1,60 as at 17 June 2002) within the three-year period
to which this notification relates and, in any case, will comply
with Article 5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001

Date of implementation: 1 September 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Three year

Objective of aid: The scheme is focused exclusively on
low-skilled and poorly qualified employees. The objective of
the scheme is to use training to reduce individual employee
vulnerability to unemployment and to persuade employers,
particularly small employers, of the value of investing in the
skills of their workforce. The scheme is a pilot scheme which
will be evaluated with the intention of rolling out a national
strategy available to all employers in a future phase building on
the lessons learnt in this pilot.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Learning and Skills Council
Cheylesmore House
Quinton Road
Coventry
CV1 2WT
United Kingdom

Other information:

Contact Officer: David Greer
Direct line (44-2476) 70 33 27
Mobile (44-7789) 65 11 36

Aid No: XT 77/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Mudra
I; gardening and landscape
gardening, service project

e.V.

Legal basis: Regulation (EC) No 1784/1999; EPPD zu Ziel 3;
Ergänzendes Programmplanungsdokument Ziel 3; Bayerische
Haushaltsordnung (BayHO)

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

Total eligible costs: EUR 293 482

ESF: EUR 92 032

Maximum aid intensity: 70 %

Date of implementation: 16 July 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: October 2002

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Objective of aid: This is a general training measure for former
drug addicts with a view to placement on the general labour
market. Training is provided in gardening/landscaping and in
services. The level of skills and integration potential are
enhanced by work experience placements. The measure will
help to provide transferable skills which will significantly
improve the placement potential of the participants. The aid
is for an SME as defined in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No
68/2001

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regierung von Mittelfranken
Integrationsamt
D-91511 Ansbach

Aid No: XT 79/02

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: All of England (and Gibraltar) excluding the Objective
1 areas of Cornwall, Merseyside and South Yorkshire

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Objective 3 Operational Programme
for
England and Gibraltar 2000 to 2006

Legal basis:

— Learning and Skills Act 2000

— Employment Act 1973, Section 2(1) and 2(2), substantiated
by Section 25 of the Employment and Training Act 1998

— Sections 5 and 6, Regional Development Agencies Act

1998

— Section 2 of the Employment and Training Act 1993

— Further and Higher Education Act 1992

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total
expenditure over a five-year period: GBP 615,543 million

Annual expenditure:

2002: GBP 36,950 million

2003: GBP 152,338 million

2004: GBP 139,274 million

2005: GBP 142,076 million

2006: GBP 144,907 million

Maximum aid intensity:

— 25 % in the case of large enterprises for specific training

— 35 % in the case of SMEs for specific training

— 50 % in the case of large enterprises for general training

— 70 % in the case of SMEs for general training

All aid intensities may be increased by 5 percentage points in
assisted areas.

Where aid is provided to a disadvantaged worker as defined in
Article 2(g), the aid intensity can be increased by 10 percentage
points.

No one undertaking will receive aid exceeding EUR 1 000 000

Date of implementation: 1 October 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 30 June 2007

Objective of aid: The Objective 3 programme is a broad-based
training and development programme which aims to improve
the employability of unemployed people including disad-
vantaged workers, to promote lifelong learning for those in
and out of employment, to improve the skills base and adapta-
bility of the employed labour force and to reduce the level of
disadvantage faced by women in the labour market. Training
aid covered by this exemption covers those measures in the
programme that provide aid to employees and enterprises.

General training

The majority of training supported through Objective 3 is
general in nature. It is applicable not only to an employee's
present or future position in the enterprise being assisted
because the provision of qualifications provides transferable
the
skills that
employee concerned. Where training leads to the award of
National Vocational Qualifications and Key Skills Qualifi-
cations, training will be considered to be general in nature.

substantially improve the employability of

Specific training

Where training provided through Objective 3 is applicable
principally to the employee's present or future position in
the assisted enterprise and provides qualifications that are not
transferable, the maximum aid intensities for specific training
will apply

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Department for Work and Pensions
ESF Division
Moorfoot
Sheffield S1 4PQ
United Kingdom
Tel. (44-114) 267 73 06

Other information:

Contact:
Steve Briggs
Tel. (44-114) 267 73 06