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: 2003-11-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Spain, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Official Journal of the European Union

28.11.2003

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

(2003/C 285/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 22/03

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

Member State: Austria

Region: Carinthia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: ‘Tourism’ scheme. Following amendment to the
the
scheme, under point Z.1.4.1(c), aid is provided for
following consultancy services
(external consultancy costs,
only for SMEs):

— in connection with the setting-up of a tourist infrastructure

project

— for projects whose economic impact goes beyond indi-
vidual firms and which are of substantial significance for
tourism in Carinthia

Under point 2. Z.2.1.(2),
maximum of 50 % gross

the aid intensity amounts to a

Legal basis: Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungsgesetz, LGBl. Nr.
6/1993 in der geltenden Fassung

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: This is
an amendment
to an existing scheme, and the resources
already provided for are sufficient to cover it.

Expenditure under the ‘tourism’ scheme (in EUR 1 000):

— Period of validity: the amendment is to enter into force on
1 May 2003, with aid commitments under the amendment
being issued only after approval of the amendment by the
European Commission. The scheme will remain in force
until 31 December 2006.

— Provided the application is submitted within that period,
aid under the scheme may, in accordance with European
Commission requirements, be granted up to 30 June 2007

Objective of aid: Support
certain consultancy services

for SMEs by providing aid for

Economic sector(s) concerned: Tourism and the leisure
industry

Name and address of the granting authority:

Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungsfonds
Heuplatz 2
A-9020 Klagenfurt

Aid No: XS 25/03

Member State: Spain

Region: Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid for e-commerce projects for small and
medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for 2003

Year

2003

2004

2005

2006

Total

Total expenditure

5 250

5 360

5 470

5 540

21 620

Legal basis:

Expenditure under the
exemption Regulation
on SME aid

Expenditure under the
exemption Regulation
for training aid

4 500

4 600

4 700

4 800

18 600

150

200

200

200

750

Maximum aid intensity: max. 50 % for external consultancy
costs of SMEs

Date of implementation: 1 May 2003

— Orden de 10 de enero de 2003, de la Consejería de Ciencia,
Tecnología, Industria y Comercio, reguladora de las bases y
convocatoria de las ayudas a proyectos de comercio elec-
trónico para la pequeña y mediana empresa, para el ejerci-
cio 2003 (BORM no 12 de 16 de enero de 2003).

— 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
(OJ L 10, 13.1.2001)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Aid
allocated to private enterprises (SMEs): EUR 350 000

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Maximum aid intensity: The gross intensity of the aid may
not exceed 40 % of eligible costs. Where there is an overlap
between different types of aid, total net intensity of the aid may
not exceed 40 % of those costs

Date of implementation: The Order came into force on 17
January 2003

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

Objective of aid: Aid to small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs) in the Murcia Region to finance e-commerce projects

Economic sector(s) concerned: Private firms (SMEs) in any
sector of activity other than those engaged in the production,
processing or marketing of products listed in Annex I to the EC
Treaty, and activities which encourage the use of domestic
products as opposed to imported products

Name and address of the granting authority:

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

Aid No: XS 26/03

Member State: Spain

Legal basis:

— Orden de 10 de enero de 2003, de la Consejería de Ciencia,
Tecnología, Industria y Comercio, reguladora de las bases y
convocatoria de las ayudas para la incorporación de Redes
y Servicios avanzados de Telecomunicación a Espacios In-
dustriales y Parques Empresariales ubicados en la Región de
Murcia, para el 2003 (BORM no 13 de 17 de enero de
2003).

— 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

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Aid
allocated to private firms (SMEs): EUR 600 000

Maximum aid intensity: The gross intensity of aid may not
exceed 40 % of the eligible project costs. Where there is an
overlap of different types of aid, the gross intensity of all the
aid received by a single project may not exceed 40 % of the
eligible costs

Date of implementation: The Order came into force on 18
January 2003

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

Objective of aid: Aid for improving and developing existing
for
or new telecoms infrastructures and networks, support
advanced services, with the aim of ensuring that enterprises
situated in business parks and zones and in areas of high
business concentration enjoy more competitive conditions in
which to develop their economic activity

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Region: Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia

Name and address of the granting authority:

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid for the incorporation of advanced telecom-
munications networks and services in industrial areas and
business parks located in the Murcia Region for 2003

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