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: 2003-12-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Italy, Spain, State aid, control of State aid, quality standard, small and medium-sized enterprises, tourism, waste recycling

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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 294/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 105/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Sicily

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid for reusing and recycling waste

Legal basis:

for which is 12 December 2002 (90 days after the date of
publication of the notice in the Sicilian Gazzetta Ufficiale on
13 September 2002), will be eligible

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: December
2006

Objective of aid: Investment in tangible and intangible fixed
assets in accordance with Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No
70/2001

— Decreto presidenziale 20.11.2000: Programma operativo

regionale Sicilia 2000-2006,

Economic sector(s) concerned: All
those
specifically excluded by Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 for the
agriculture and fisheries sectors

sectors except

— Articolo 70 della legge regionale 23 dicembre 2000 n. 32
«Disposizioni per l'attuazione del POR 2000-2006 e di
riordino dei regimi di aiuto alle imprese»,

— Articolo 117 della legge regionale 3 maggio 2001, n. 6,

— Complemento

POR Sicilia
programmazione
2000-2006 (adottato con deliberazione n. 273 del 7 agosto
2002 della Giunta regionale — sottomisura 4.1c),

del

di

— Decreto Dirigente generale del dipartimento Industria del
6.9.2002: «Bando per la presentazione e la selezione delle
istanze per l'attivazione della sottomisura 4.1c — Attività di
trattamento dei rifiuti» (pubblicato nella Gazzetta ufficiale
della Regione Sicilia n. 43 — supplemento ordinario — del
13.9.2002)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The total
expenditure for submeasure 4.1(c)
is EUR 26 666 000, of
which 30 % will be tied to particular areas.

The use of the following amounts will be decided on the basis
of the notice published on 13 September 2002:

— EUR 18 666 200 = 0,7 × 26 666 000 (not tied to particular

areas),

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione siciliana
Assessorato Industria
Dipartimento Industria
Viale regione Siciliana, 4580
I-90145 Palermo

Aid No: XS 130/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Veneto

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Financial assistance towards
the costs of
consultancy, technical assistance and specific staff training for
adapting
and
requirements

standards

business

systems

quality

to

Legal basis: Articolo 4 della legge regionale del Veneto n. 3 del
28.1.1997,
in Bollettino ufficiale della Regione Veneto n. 9 del
1997

— EUR 906 426 for the Progetto Integrato Territoriale No 29
‘Biovalley’ under Regional Presidential Decree No 94 of 18
June 2002.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 4 423 500

Annual
expected for the period 2003 to 2005

expenditure of

approximately EUR 6 524 200 is

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of
services
provided by outside consultancies, with a maximum grant of
EUR 15 000 for each project

the costs of

Maximum aid intensity: 35 % net grant equivalent (nge) with
a bonus of 15 percentage points gross grant equivalent (gge).
Assistance may not exceed EUR 6 197 482,79

Date of implementation: Earliest date from which the aid
may be granted: 5 December 2002

Date of implementation: Expenditure incurred as from the
day following the submission of the application, the deadline

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Deadline for
the grant of aid: 31 December 2002.

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Indicative date planned for payment of the last instalment: 31
December 2004

— EUR 1 352 277,23 in 2004

— EUR 1 800 000 in 2005

Objective of aid: To support the introduction of business
quality systems in SMEs based in Veneto

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors, except for:

Maximum aid intensity: The gross maximum intensity is
25 %, with a maximum limit of EUR 270 000 in assisted
areas.
the intensity laid
down in Article 4 of the Regulation applies

In non-assisted areas

(Pamplona)

— activities linked to the production, processing or marketing

of products listed in Annex I to the Treaty,

Date of implementation: 2002 to 2003

— export-related activities,

— coal and steel industry,

— synthetic fibres,

— motor vehicle industry,

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2001 to 2005

Objective of aid: To provide an incentive for productive
investment in the tourism sector in order to strengthen it
and make it competitive in today's tourism market

Economic
accommodation and restaurants

sector(s)

concerned:

Tourism

sector:

— transport (with the exception of Italian Statistical Office
(ISTAT) Codes 602, 6021, 6022, 6023, 6024, 6025,
631, 6311, 6312, 632 and 6321),

Name and address of the granting authority:

— shipbuilding,

— fisheries,

— commerce,

tourism and services

covered by Veneto
Regional Act No 16 of 10 April 1998 (Veneto Official
Gazette No 33/1998) on regional assistance for quality
and innovation in commerce, tourism and services

Comunidad Foral de Navarra
Avda. Carlos III El Noble, 4
Pamplona
Navarra

Other information: The scheme also contains a de minimis aid
line

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Veneto — Giunta regionale
Palazzo Balbi
Dorsoduro 3901
I-30100 Venezia

Aid No: XS 40/03

Member State: Germany

Region: Lower Saxony (Visselhövede)

Aid No: XS 17/03

Member State: Spain

Region: Autonomous Community of Navarre

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid scheme for investment in tourist estab-
lishments

Legal basis: Orden Foral 164/2001, de 14 de diciembre, de la
Consejería de Industria y Tecnología, Comercio, Turismo y
Trabajo (B.O.N. no 1, de 2 de enero de 2002)

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Directive of the town of Visselhövede on joint
financing of grants to individual SMEs in the rural district of
Soltau-Fallingbostel under
the Lower Saxony Objective 2
Programme 2000-2006

Legal basis: Niedersächsische Gemeindeordnung (NGO) in der
Fassung vom 22.8.1996 (Niedersächsisches Gesetz- und Ver-
ordnungsblatt S. 382)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 300 000

Maximum aid intensity: The aid amounts

— in the case of small enterprises, to no more than 15 %

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

— and in the case of medium-sized enterprises, to up to 7,5 %

— EUR 712 800,36 in 2002

of eligible investment expenditure.

— EUR 1 352 277,23 in 2003

The rules on the cumulation of aid are complied with

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Date of implementation: From 26 February 2003

Region: Autonomous Community of the Region of Murcia

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 26 February
2003 to 31 December 2003

Objective of aid: The aid is intended to promote the competi-
tiveness and adaptability of small and medium-sized enterprises
in the Visselhövede area, to encourage the creation of new jobs
and help safeguard existing ones, thus bringing about structural
improvements.

Rescue and restructuring aid for firms in difficulty (within the
meaning of the Community guidelines on state aid for rescuing
and restructuring firms in difficulty: OJ C 288, 9.10.1999) is
not covered by the measure.

Aid may be granted for the following types of investment
project:

— setting up of an establishment,

— extension of an establishment if the number of long-term
jobs is increased by 15 % as compared with the situation
before the start of the investment,

— takeover when the business is threatened with closure.

The aid takes the form of investment grants

sector(s)

Economic
to
concerned:
companies in the industrial, commercial, craft, construction,
transport and accommodation sectors with their headquarters
in Visselhövede and entrepreneurs and companies which intend
to start up a business in Visselhövede.

Eligibility

extends

Aid may not be granted to firms in sensitive sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Stadt Visselhövede
Marktplatz 2
D-27374 Visselhövede

Other information:

Herr Günter Claus
Tel. 042 62-30 11 41
Fax 042 62-30 11 47
E-mail: stadt.claus@visselhoevede.de

Aid No: XS 60/03

Member State: Spain

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid to be granted in 2002 for presenting
information society products and services at the Sicarm 2002
Business Innovation Days

Legal basis:

— Orden de 10 de abril de 2003, de la Consejería de Ciencia,
Tecnología, Industria y Comercio, por la que se establecen
las bases reguladoras y se convoca la concesión de ayudas a
la exposición de productos y servicios de la Sociedad de la
Información en las Jornadas técnicas y demostraciones tec-
nológicas Sicarm 2003. (BORM no 95 de 26 de abril 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: EUR 30 000

Maximum aid intensity: The amount of subsidies governed by
this order may not exceed 50 % of gross grant equivalent of
eligible costs

Date of implementation: The order came into force on 27
April 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Aid may
therefore be granted until 31 May 2003

Objective of aid: To finance the presentation of information
society products and services at the Sicarm 2002 Business
Innovation Days (e-commerce projects)

Economic sector(s) concerned: Small and medium-sized
enterprises as defined in the European Commission's Recom-
mendation of 3 April 1996, other than those engaged in the
production, processing or marketing of agricultural 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
San Cristóbal, 6
E-30071 Murcia