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: 2003-10-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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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

(2003/C 237/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 117/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Autonomous Province of Bolzano

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Funding of investments, consultancy and other
services and activities for SMEs under the 2000-06 operational
programme for ESF Objective 3 in the Autonomous Province
of Bolzano

Legal basis: Legge Provinciale del 13 febbraio 1997 n. 4 «In-
terventi della Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano — Alto Adige
per il sostegno dell'economia» e sul Programma Operativo
2000-2006 Obiettivo 3 del FSE per la Provincia Autonoma
di Bolzano approvato con decisione della Commissione Euro-
pea C(2000) 2074 del 21.9.2000

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 8 925 799

Maximum aid intensity: As stipulated in Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 70/2001 in the case of investments and Article
the Regulation in the case of consultancy and other
5 of
services and activities

Date of implementation: 26 February 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Up to 31
December 2006 as provided for by Regulation (EC) No
70/2001. 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 2000-06 oper-
ational programme for ESF Objective 3 in the Autonomous
Province of Bolzano, approved by Commission Decision
C(2000) 2074 of 21 September 2000

Objective of aid: The general objective is to help boost the
the area by supporting SMEs and local
competitiveness of
types of
services in the region. This should encourage all
SME to develop and become more
competitive while
promoting local products and services. The planned measures
will relate to business management and other related areas such
as competitiveness and growth, sustainable development of
SMEs, technology and extending the technology base of SMEs
in the region,
innovation and product development, thereby
promoting job creation

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

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: XS 40/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Umbria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Assistance for
the acquisition of back-up
services for enterprises (Part B)

Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 497 del
24.4.2002 in attuazione della Misura 2.2 — Servizi alle im-
prese innovazione animazione economica — Azione 2.2.1 so-
stegno alla acquisizione di servizi reali tipologia B) del Docup
Ob. 2, 2000-2006 per la Regione dell'Umbria approvato dalla
Commissione europea con decisione C(2001) 2119 del 7 set-
tembre 2001

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: On
average, EUR 700 000 per year under the financial plan in
the supplement
for
Objective 2, 2000-06 for Umbria
and Decision No
1529/2001 of the Regional Executive. That amount is liable
to vary as a function of changes in the two categories of
assistance provided for under Action 2.2.1 (Category A and
Category B)

to the Single Programming Document

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of
acquisition of services

the expenditure on the

Date of implementation: The date of publication of the invi-
tation to apply in Ordinary Supplement No 4 to Official
Gazette of the Umbria Region No 22 of 15 May 2002. Aid
may be granted on the basis of appropriate applications by
SMEs operating in the productive sectors of
the economy
(industry, craft trades, distributive trades, tourism, non-profit
sector)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Aid is to be
granted until 31 December 2006,
for
commitments for
the assistance specified in the SPD for
Objective 2, 2000-06 for Umbria

final date

the

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In particular,

the period 2000-06.

the acquisition of back-up
Objective of aid: To support
services for SMEs in Objective 2 areas and phasing-out for
Umbria for
aid for
consultancy work concerning energy saving, innovative tech-
nology and specialisation in other aspects of business (indi-
vidual or combined). This excludes continuous or periodical
consultancy work or consultancy work relating to normal
business operations. However,
in the case of SMEs in the
tertiary sector, aid may be granted for consultancy work
aimed at improving organisation and administration

sector(s)

Economic
sectors,
including the non-profit sector but subject to some restrictions
and excluding:

concerned: All

economic

— the extraction of metal-bearing minerals (Division 13 in the
1991 Italian Statistical Office (ISTAT) classification) and the
steel products specified in Annex 1 to the ECSC Treaty;

— shipbuilding and ship repair;

— the production of artificial fibres;

— enterprises in the agro-industrial sectors specified in Section
D, subsection DA of Divisions 15 and 16 in the 1991
ISTAT classification, i.e.:

— 15.1, 15.2, 15.3 and 15.4 — all classes and categories;

— 15.5 — all of class 15.51;

— 15.6 and 15.7 — all classes and categories;

— 15.8 — class 15.83 and category 15.89.3;

— 15.9 — classes 15.91, 15.92, 15.93, 15.94, 15.95,

15.97;

— 16.0 — all

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione dell'Umbria
Giunta Regionale
Servizio politiche per l'offerta pubblica dei servizi alle imprese
e diffusione dell'innovazione e della ricerca
Via Mario Angeloni 61
I-06124 Perugia
Tel. (39-75) 504 57 65, (39-75) 504 57 22, (39-75) 504 50 82
Fax (39-75) 504 57 85
e-mail: innovazione@regione.umbria.it

Aid No: XS 86/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Liguria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Measure 3.2 ‘Upgrading of port areas’ —
submeasure C ‘Aid to investment by terminal operators’
(restricted to small and medium-sized enterprises)

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, così come mo-
dificato con Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 694 del
2.7.2002;

— Bando della Misura 3.2 «Riqualificazione aree portuali» —
Sottomisura C) «Aiuto all'investimento delle imprese termi-
naliste» (limitatamente alle piccole e medie imprese), appro-
vato con Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 768 del
19.7.2002

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total
expenditure: EUR 4 862 124 (in 2002)

and 7,5 % gge

Maximum aid intensity: Outright grant with a maximum
intensity of 15 % gge
and
medium-sized enterprises respectively in Objective 2 areas
and 8 % nge + 10 percentage points gge and 8 % nge + 6
percentage points gge respectively for small and medium-sized
enterprises in areas exempted under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC
Treaty

small

for

Date of implementation: 1 November 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2006

Objective of aid: This submeasure is intended to facilitate
investment by terminal operators aimed at consolidating and
developing
the
operators' own competitiveness

and improving

goods-handling

activities

Economic sector(s) concerned: Services
terminal operators working in port areas

to production:

Name and address of the granting authority:

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