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: 2003-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, United Kingdom, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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14.10.2003

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

Aid No: XS 43/03

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Wales

(2003/C 246/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Cardiff CF10 3AH
United Kingdom

Other information: Larger companies may be provided with
similar support under de minimis

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Reactive Development Programme

Legal basis: Welsh Development Agency Act 1975, as
amended

Aid No: XS 50/03

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The
scheme will provide funding to support SMEs over a 4 year
period as follows:

— 2003/2004: GBP 600 000

— 2004/2005: GBP 600 000

— 2005/2006: GBP 600 000

— 2006/2007: GBP 600 000.

The funding will support a maximum of 200 SMEs per annum
which meet
the SME Block
Exemption

the definition of Annex 1 of

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity will be
50 % of the consultancy costs. It is estimated that no one SME
will receive more than GBP 20 000 worth of aid

Date of implementation: 1 April 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 March
2007

Objective of aid: Through the use of proven third party
consultants the Reactive Development Programme addresses
specific business improvement needs, in order to improve the
efficiencies of Welsh-based clients, thereby helping them to
reduce costs, retain existing business and secure new business

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

Name and address of the granting authority:

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: West Midlands

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an
individual aid: Environmental Business Growth Action Plan

Legal basis:

— Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

— Industrial Development Act 1982, Sections 7 and 11

— Industrial Development Act 1988, Section 8, Section 126

— Housing Grant Construction and Regeneration Act 1996

— Industrial Development 1982, Section 11

— Section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000

— Part 3 of Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban

— Environment Act 1995

— National Lottery Act 1998

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

— 2003: GBP 3 161 127

— 2004: GBP 3 681 398

— 2005: GBP 3 471 271

— 2006: GBP 2 916 859

— 2007: GBP 2 509 624

— 2008: GBP 2 023 782.

Gareth Loundes
Welsh Development Agency
Plas Glyndwr
Kingsway

Total for the Scheme: GBP 17 764 061

Maximum aid intensity: SMEs will meet the SME definition as
per Annex 1 of the 70/2001 regulation.

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For consultancy and trade fairs the maximum intervention rate
will be 50 %. For grants the maximum intervention rate will
comply with the regional aid ceilings, with a maximum of
30 % for investment in tangible assets.

The maximum value of aid that will be provided under the
programme to any one SME will be GBP 100 000, although
the actual amount cumulated over all possible actions,
is
expected to be much lower.

The average direct capital grant is expected to be GBP 25 000

Date of implementation: 1 March 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From 1 March
2003 to 30 June 2007 in accordance with the current regu-
lation. Following this the scheme will comply with the regu-
lations then in force

Objective of aid: To provide consultancy assistance to help
improve SMEs' environmental efficiency and assist them to
diversify into the
and
services. The scheme will also provide assistance with partici-
pation in trade fairs and very small grants toward capital costs
to help the conversion of the business. In this very new and
rapidly developing area, SMEs would be unable to access the

environmental products

area of

necessary level of
assistance

specialist advice and support without

Economic sector(s) concerned: All manufacturing and all
services. Without prejudice to special rules, regulations and
directives concerning state aid in certain sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

David Hill
Government Office West Midlands
77 Paradise Circus
Queensway
Birmingham B1 2DT
United Kingdom

Other information: Action Plan Accountable Body:

Environment Agency
Sapphire East
550 Streetsbrook Road
Solihull B91 1QT
United Kingdom

Contacts: Marisa Gunn — Programme Manager
Gerard Scott — Programme Officer
Tel. 0121 711 23 24