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: 2003-10-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to undertakings, continuing vocational training, control of State aid

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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 237/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 63/02

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: West Midlands

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
background documentation)

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other
without prejudice to the regulations on sensitive sectors

services:

tourism,

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Birmingham and Solihull Learning and Skills
Council Tourism Training Project (Obj2/02/9/1.11) 2002-06

Name and address of the granting authority:

Legal basis:

— Employment Act 1973, Sections 2(1) and 2(2), as substan-
tiated by Section 25 of the Employment and Training Act
1998 and the Industrial Development Act 1982, Sections 7,
8 and 11

Paul Cornick
Sector Coordinator
Birmingham and Solihull LSC
Chaplin Court
80 Hurst Street
Birmingham B5 4TG
United Kingdom
Tel. (0121) 345 46 21

— Section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000

— Learning and Skill Act 2000

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total
amount of state aid granted to SMEs: UKL 1 337 142

Other information: The organisations involved in delivering
the training in this project are colleges, which are funded by
the public sector and act as a conduit of funds to SMEs. The
only exception to this is for core skills, which are delivered by
both colleges and private training providers who have won a
competitive tender to carry out this project

— 2002: UKL 745 839

— 2003: UKL 591 303

Maximum aid intensity: SMEs will qualify for up to 75 % of
training costs.

Aid No: XT 100/02

Member State: Spain

589 SMEs will be assisted. They are all situated in Art. 87(3)(c)
areas.

Region: Autonomous Community of the Basque Country

For any one SME the total aid will not exceed EUR 1 000 000

Date of implementation: 1 September 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2003

Objective of aid: To give general training in order to improve
the skills of individuals working for SMEs in the tourism sector
that are based in Art. 87(3)(c) areas, with the overarching aim
of improving the general economic productivity of the assisted
area.

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid scheme for in-service training in enter-
prises

Legal basis: Acuerdo de 25.9.2002 del pleno del Patronato de
Hobetuz (Fundación Vasca para la Formación Profesional Con-
tinua), por el que se aprueba la Convocatoria de Ayudas a la
Formación Continua dirigida a Empresas para el año 2002
(Boletín Oficial del País Vasco de 1.10.2002)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 16 400 000

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Maximum aid intensity: Provision is made for four maximum
intensities, depending on the nature of the training offered
(general or specific) and the size of the firm concerned (SME
or non-SME): 30 %-40 %-55 %-75 %

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid scheme is the
funding of training plans, which can involve training of any
kind

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Date of implementation: November 2002

Name and address of granting authority:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December
2002

Hobetuz, Fundación Vasca para la Formación Profesional
Continua
Gran Vía 35 — 6o
E-48009 Bilbao

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2003/C 237/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.6.2003

Aid No: N 795/02

Member State: Germany (Baden-Württemberg)

Title: Aid in favour of VW Mechatronic GmbH & Co. KG

Aid No: N 25/03

Title: Aid in favour of STP Elektronische Systeme GmbH

Objective: Rescue Aid

Legal basis: Ad hoc

Objective: Realisation of a large investment project under the
Multisectoral Framework on regional aid

Legal basis: 31. Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe (GA)
„Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur“;

Investitionszulagengesetz 1999 oder Nachfolgeregelung

Aid intensity or amount: 90 % guarantee for a EUR 1,5
million loan and a EUR 1,5 million loan by Stadtwerke
Sindelfingen

Budget: EUR 270 million

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 84,672 million

Duration: Six months

Duration: 2003-2008

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.7.2003

Other information: Commitment by Germany to comply with
the obligations regarding ex-post monitoring according to
point 6 of the Multisectoral Framework on regional aid for
large investment projects

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

Member State: Germany (Saxony)

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids