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: 2003-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Spain, 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

Aid No: XS 11/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Emilia-Romagna

(2003/C 269/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 28/03

Member State: Spain

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid:
for developing and improving
regional tourist amenities

Incentives

Legal basis: Legge regionale 23 dicembre 2002, n. 40

Region: Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid to businesses for the implementation of
projects to harness renewable energy resources

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: About
EUR 10 000 000

Legal basis:

Maximum aid intensity: Investment aid may not exceed the
following maximum intensities:

Small firms 15 % gge (8 % nge + 10 % gge in Article 87(3)(c)
areas)

— Orden de 10 de enero de 2003, de la Consejería de Ciencia,
Tecnología, Industria y Comercio, por la que se establecen
las bases y la convocatoria para la concesión de ayudas para
el año 2003 a empresas y a familias e instituciones sin fines
de lucro, para la ejecución de proyectos de explotación de
recursos energéticos renovables

Medium-sized firms 7,5 % gge (8 % nge + 6 % gge in Article
87(3)(c) areas)

Consultancy aid may not exceed 50 % gge

— Reglamento (CE) no 70/2001 de la Comisión, de 12 de
enero de 2001, relativo a la aplicación de los artículos
87 y 88 del Tratado (CE) a las ayudas estatales a las pe-
queñas y medianas empresas (DO C de 13.1.2001)

Date of implementation: The Law entered into force on 25
December 2002. It will be applied following the publication of
the implementing criteria

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The Law is of
indefinite duration. Whether
it will be applied after 31
December 2006 will depend on whether Regulation No
70/2001 is extended or on the existence of a similar exemption

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Aid
allocated to private firms: EUR 268 000

Maximum aid intensity:

Objective of aid: To support the development of the tourism
industry by granting investment/consultancy aid

For private firms, the intensity of aid may not exceed 40 % of
the eligible project amount
in terms of gross investment
equivalent.

Economic sector(s) concerned: Tourism is the only sector
concerned

Name and address of the granting authority:

Where there is an overlap of different
the
maximum aid intensity is 40 % net grant equivalent plus 15
percentage points gross grant equivalent

types of aid,

Regione Emilia-Romagna
Assessorato a Turismo e Commercio
Viale Aldo Moro, 64
I-40100 Bologna

Date of implementation: The Order came into force on 6
February 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Aid can be
granted until December 2003

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Objective of aid: Aid to private firms (SMEs) located in the
Murcia Region for the implementation of projects to harness
renewable energy sources, including in some of the following
technical areas:

— 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,

— Solar-thermal

— Solar-photovoltaic

— Wind

— Biomass

— Geothermal

— Biofuels

Economic sector(s) concerned: All
sectors of economic
activity with the exception of firms engaged in the production,
processing or marketing of products listed in Annex I to the EC
Treaty

Name and address of the granting authority:

D. Patricio Valverde Megías
Consejería de Ciencia, Tecnología, Industria y Comercio
San Cristóbal, 6
E-30071 Murcia

Aid No: XS 77/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Liguria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual
areas,
submeasure C) Aid to investment by terminal operators
(restricted to small and medium-sized enterprises)

aid: Measure 3.2 Upgrading of port

Legal basis:

— Docup Obiettivo 2 Regione Liguria 2000-2006 approvato
con decisione Commissione Europea C(2001) 2044 del
7.9.2001,

— 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)

Maximum aid intensity: Outright grant with a maximum
intensity of 15 % gge and 7,5 % gge respectively for small
and medium-sized enterprises in Objective 2 areas and 8 %
nge + 10 % gge and 8 % nge + 6 % gge respectively for
small and medium-sized enterprises in areas exempted under
Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty

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
and improving the
developing goods handling activities
operators' own competitiveness

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