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: 2003-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Northern Ireland, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to undertakings, continuing education, 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 297/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 102/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Autonomous Province of Trento

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Financing procedures and criteria for 2002 for
training measures for workers employed under Law No 53 of 8
March 2000

Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta Provinciale n. 2695 d.d.
31.10.2002, come modificata dalla deliberazione della Giunta
provinciale n. 2767 d.d. 8.11.2002 recante «Procedure e criteri
di finanziamento per l'anno 2002 delle azioni formative rivolte
a lavoratori occupati in attuazione del comma 4 dell'art. 6 della
Legge 8 marzo 2000, n. 53 e riferibili alla gestione dei fondi di
cui al Decreto de Ministero del Lavoro e della Previdenza So-
ciale del 6 giugno 2001 n. 167» (pubblicata sul Bollettino
Ufficiale della Regione Trentino Alto Adige n. 48 del 19 no-
vembre 2002)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 373 349,90

Maximum aid intensity:

Specific training for large enterprises: intensity not exceeding
25 %.

Specific training for SMEs: intensity not exceeding 35 %.

General training for large enterprises: intensity not exceeding
50 %.

General training for SMEs: intensity not exceeding 70 %.

The above intensities are increased by 10 percentage points
where the training is given to disadvantaged workers within
the meaning of Article 2(g) of 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

the assisted firm, but which provides qualifications that are
largely transferable to other firms or fields of work and
thereby
the
employee’

employability of

substantially

improve

the

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincia Autonoma di Trento
Servizio Addestramento e Formazione Professionale
via Gilli, 3
I-38100 Trento

it is not
Other information: Since this is an aid scheme,
possible to give a description of the content of each project
in order to confirm that it corresponds to the definition of
general training.

The prior verification procedure applied by the Province to
ensure that
the highest aid intensity is granted only to
general training projects comprises the following steps:

— on submitting the project, the applicant declares whether it

involves general or specific training;

— a committee makes a prior assessment of whether indi-
vidual projects are to be classed as general or specific
training;
its findings are set out on an assessment grid
signed by the experts and attached to the minutes of the
committee meeting;

— on the basis of

the Province
determines the intensity of the funding to be granted to
each individual project;

the above assessment,

— the Province then adopts the project-funding decision,
which also reproduces the committee's assessment of the
nature of each project (general or specific training);

— the Province notifies

the
outcome of the committee's assessment and, consequently,
the intensity of the funding allocated to them.

the individual applicants of

Date of implementation: 19 November 2002

The committee is composed of:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:
although not beyond 31 December 2006

Indefinite

Objective of aid: The aid is intended for general and special
training. The definition of general training given in Regulation
is considered
(EC) No 68/2001 has been adopted as
sufficiently clear and exhaustive:
shall
training”
mean training involving tuition which is not applicable only
or principally to the employee's present or future position in

it
‘ “general

— three experts on training and the assessment of training
activities from outside the Province (all highly qualified
university lecturers),

— one official from the Province, appointed by the Provincial

Council

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Aid No: XT 11/03

Member State: United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland

future
management, with a view to preparing them for
senior management. The training is general as it is generic to
all participating graduates and provides skills which are trans-
ferable across industry

Region: 32 Counties of the island of
Ireland and Republic of Ireland

Ireland — Northern

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Fusion

Legal basis: British/Irish Agreement Act 1999 Section 2.3 Part
7 of Annex 2 of the Act empowers InterTradeIreland to invest,
lend or grant aid for the purposes of its function

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

InterTradeIreland
The Old Gasworks Business Park
Kilmorey Street
Newry
Co Down
Northern Ireland
BT34 2DE

Maximum cost per
company

Maximum total funded element

2002

2003

2004

2005

GBP 29 000

GBP 29 000

GBP 29 000

GBP 29 000

GBP 470 000

GBP 1 410 000

GBP 921 667

GBP 68 333

Aid No: XT 13/03

Member State: Germany

Region: North Rhine-Westphalia

basis

during 2002-2005. Cost per project

Notes: 70 projects will be established and implemented on a
rolling
is
GBP 41 000 over 18-month duration (although annual cost
is approx GBP 29 000 — as some aspects are pro-rata and
others not). The GBP 41 000 per project is paid in quarterly
instalments over the 18-month period. Therefore, total expen-
diture for the overall Fusion scheme of 70 projects varies each
year — depending on how many projects have been estab-
lished on a rolling basis and the number of cumulative
projects in any one year.

funding

element

over
4
Total
years = GBP 2 870 000. This
the total
project cost with the remaining 40 % attributed by the partici-
pating enterprises

for
represents 60 % of

projects

70

Maximum aid intensity: Up to a maximum of GBP 29 000
assistance per project per annum representing 60 % aid
intensity

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Scheme implementing ‘Jugend in Arbeit plus’

Legal
§ 44
basis:
Nordrhein-Westfalen

Landeshaushaltsordnung

des

Landes

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 24 700 000 annual allocation in the budget
for refi-
nancing of the whole programme

Maximum aid intensity: General training measures are to be
and medium-sized enterprises, not
supported in small
exceeding 70 % of
including only aid
the eligible costs,
training — no aid is
the vocational
towards the costs of
granted towards the costs of teaching in the workplace. The
aid is given as a flat-rate subsidy (hourly rate per participant) of
up to EUR 3,30

Date of implementation: 1 January 2003 (scheme enters into
force)

Date of implementation: Proposed scheme to run for 4 years
from date of approval. Individual companies will be eligible for
assistance for a maximum of 18 months

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2006 (end of financing period)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Scheme will
run until 2005

Objective of aid: The objective of the aid is to train high-
calibre graduates
and technology transfer
between industry and academia as well as general business

in knowledge

Objective of aid: General
training measures are to be
supported by subsidies for day-release vocational training for
employees (minimum one day or equivalent of at least 20 % of
a normal working contract).
In addition to the vocational
qualification,
the training should also increase the young
person's personal and social skills, in order to overcome indi-
vidual barriers to successful integration into working life

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Economic sector(s) concerned: All EU economic sectors

Expenditure under the ‘tourism’ scheme

Name and address of the granting authority:

Versorgungsamt Köln
Boltensternstraße 10
D-50735 Köln

Other information: The scheme is partially financed with EU
Objective 3 funds.

After the exemption regulation expires on 31 December 2006
a six-month transitional period will apply.

The aid scheme ‘Jugend in Arbeit plus’ incorporates both an
employment and a qualification component, so two summary
information forms have been provided.

The qualification component falls under Regulation (EC) No
68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles
87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid and is set out in
the summary information form.

The employment component falls under Regulation (EC) No
2204/2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the
EC Treaty to State aid for employment. Please see the relevant
summary information form for employment aid

Aid No: XT 17/03

Member State: Austria

Region: Carinthia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: ‘Tourism’ scheme. Following amendment to the
scheme, under point 1.4.1.(d) and point 1.6.1.(d), aid is
provided for training costs in connection with skills devel-
opment measures

Year

2003

2004

2005

2006

Total

Total expenditure

5 250 5 360 5 470 5 540

21 620

EUR In 1 000

under

Expenditure
the
exemption Regulation on
SME aid

under

the
Expenditure
exemption Regulation on
training aid

4 500 4 600 4 700 4 800

18 600

150

200

200

200

750

Maximum aid intensity: max. 50 %

Date of implementation: 1 May 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

— 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: General
measures are not
mainly in the recipient
employees in various types of establishment

training measures. The training
intrinsically designed for use solely or
firm and may be made use of by

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: XT 20/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Molise

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid scheme for vocational training

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

Legal basis:

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.

— Legge n. 845 del 21.12.1978 «Legge quadro in materia di

formazione professionale» e successive modifiche.

— Legge reg. n. 10 del 30.3.1995 «Nuovo ordinamento della

formazione professionale» e successive modifiche

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Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: The total
planned expenditure is EUR 11 559 057, broken down as
follows:

(EUR 168 000 000) from 1 July 2003 to 31 December 2004.
The estimated annual funding profile is as follows:

— July-December 2003: GBP 30 million (EUR 42 million)

— 2000: EUR 1 607 577,09

— 2001: EUR 2 353 859,75

— 2002: EUR 1 478 159,56

— 2003: EUR 1 637 279,92

— 2004: EUR 1 261 980,52

— 2005: EUR 1 258 380,28

— 2006: EUR 1 961 819,88

Maximum aid intensity: Pursuant to the rules on training aid
laid down in Regulation (EC) No 68/2001,
the Region of
Molise has provided that the gross intensity of training aid
granted under the scheme must comply with the ceilings
stipulated in the Regulation for assisted and non-assisted areas

Date of implementation: 15 July 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2000-2006

Objective of aid: Aid to both specific and general training

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors allowed by the
Community rules

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Molise — Assessorato alla formazione professionale
Via S. Antonio Abate 236/B
I-86100 Campobasso

Aid No: XT 33/03

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: England

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Employer Training Pilot Phase 2 (2003-2004)

Legal basis:

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

— Industrial Development Act, 1982, Section 7

— Learning and Skills Council Act 2000

— January-December 2004: GBP 90 million (EUR 126

million)

Maximum aid intensity: In the case of aid schemes and indi-
vidual training exempted under this scheme, the intensity rates
specified in Article 4(2)-(7) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
68/2001 will be adhered to,
i.e. 50 % for a large company,
70 % for a SME, + 5 % for assisted areas status and 10 % if the
beneficiaries meet
the definition of disadvantaged workers.
Under this block exemption, the maximum amount available
to any one employer will be no more than GBP 100 000
(EUR 140 000 based on Exchange rate of GBP 1 = EUR 1,40
as at 8 May 2003) within the 3-year period to which this
notification relates and in any case, will comply with Article
5 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001

Date of implementation: 1 July 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 18 months
ending December 2004 (split over two financial years and
two calendar years)

Objective of aid: The scheme is focused exclusively on
low-skilled and poorly qualified employees. The objective of
the scheme is to use training to reduce individual employee
vulnerability to unemployment and to encourage employers,
particularly small employers, of the value of investing in the
skills of their workforce. The scheme is a pilot scheme, which
will be evaluated with the intention of rolling out a national
strategy available to all employers in a future phase building on
the lessons learnt in this pilot.

The training (which will be exclusively general) will be in the
form of nationally recognised qualifications such as National
Vocational Qualifications or other vocationally specific qualifi-
cations as defined by the appropriate Sector Skills Council
where an NVQ framework is not currently available (see
Annex A for examples)

Economic sector(s) concerned: In compliance with Article 3
Commission Regulation (EC) 68/2001,
this
training aid block exemption will cover all sectors

the scope of

Name and address of the granting authority:

Learning and Skills Council
Cheylesmore House
Quinton Road
Coventry
CV1 2WT
United Kingdom

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: This
programme will provide funding of some GBP 120 000 000

Other information: Contact officer: David Greer
Direct line: 024 76 82 33 27
Mobile: 077 89 65 11 36