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: 2003-12-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, United Kingdom, 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

(2003/C 301/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 115/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Lombardy

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid to SMEs

Legal basis: Legge regionale 4 gennaio 2001, n. 3 così come
modificata dalla legge regionale n. 23 del 10.8.2001

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Priority 1 ‘Improving the competitiveness of
the economic system in Lombardy’; Measure 1.5.C ‘Support
for the setting-up of innovatory firms’

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
According to the 2002 budget the expenditure will amount
to EUR 44 084 000

Legal basis: Docup Obiettivo 2 2000-2006 Lombardia; Ap-
provato con decisione C(2878) del 10.12.2001

Maximum aid intensity: 35 % nge + 15 % gge with a
maximum of 75 % net

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

2002 (Objective 2): EUR 2 250 000

2003 (Objective 2): EUR 1 284 979

2004 (Objective 2): EUR 1 200 000

2005 (Objective 2): EUR 800 000

Maximum aid intensity:

Small firms: gross intensity of 15 % of eligible costs.

Medium-sized firms: gross intensity of 7,5 % of eligible costs.

In the areas qualifying for exemption under Article 87(3)(c) of
the Treaty, the intensity is increased by 10 percentage points.

Date of implementation: From the date of submission of
applications following the issue of specific calls for applications
and regulations

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: From the entry
into force and until any subsequent amendment of Regional
Law No 3 of 4 January 2001, as amended by Regional Law No
23 of 10 August 2001

Objective of aid: Promoting business startups, new investment
programmes and the extension and modernisation of existing
plants

Economic sector(s) concerned: Craft
tourism; distributive
trades;
Article 1 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

industry;
in accordance with

industry;

services

The total contribution must not exceed 30 % of costs

Name and address of the granting authority:

Date of implementation: 25 November 2002

Regione Puglia
Via G.ppe Capruzzi n. 212 — Bari (BA)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2006

Objective of aid: To assist the setting-up of new firms

Name and address of
Lombardy

the granting authority: Region

Aid No: XS 58/03

Aid No: XS 32/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Apulia

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Yorkshire and the Humber

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Be There — Cultural Industries Supply Chain

Legal basis: Local Government Act 2000

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

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

2003: GBP 175 999

2004: GBP 175 999

2005: GBP 175 999

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of consultancy costs

Date of implementation: 1 April 2003

Duration of
December 2005

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

introductions

Objective of aid: Specifically the project will do the following:
provide sector expertise for participating SMEs, help with
cultural
business
industries market, provide added-value specialist experience to
enhance mainstream business
support and diversification
programmes, and coordinate and deliver business to business
trading events within the Bradford International Festival which
are specific to SMEs interested in the sector

and tendering

into the

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors bar those excluded
under the SME regulation No 70/2001

Name and address of the granting authority:

Bradford International Festival
Business Innovation Centre
Angel Way
Bradford
BD7 1BX
United Kingdom

Other information:

Zulfi Karim
Business Innovation Centre
Angel Way
Bradford
BD7 1BX
United Kingdom

Aid No: XS 71/03

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Objective 2 Map United Kingdom

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Objective 2 2000-2006 SME Consultancy
Support

Annual expenditure of Objective 2 measures:

2003: EUR 193,08 million

2004: EUR 195,15 million

2005: EUR 126,43 million

2006: EUR 111,73 million

Total: EUR 626,39 million

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % towards the cost of consultancy
from the combination of public sources. No one SME will
receive more than EUR 15 000 000 in assistance

Date of implementation: 29 May 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: No award will
be given after 30 June 2007

Objective of aid: The scheme will use targeted consultancy to
improve the competitiveness of SMEs, fulfilling the definition
in Annex 1 of the block exemption, within Objective 2 areas.
Specifically the consultancy will
focus on diversification,
modernisation, new product development, expansions, human
resource and management development and knowledge and
technology transfer.

No assistance will be given towards consultancy for a
company's
tax consultancy
such as
services, regular legal services or advertising

expenditure

routine

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors excluding sensitive
sectors: coal mining, steel manufacture, ship building, synthetic
fibre production, motor vehicle manufacture and tier 1
suppliers, transport services and financial services

Name and address of the granting authority:

Administering Authorities:

Government Office for the East of England

Government Office for the East Midlands

Government Office for London

Government Office for the North East

Government Office for the North West (Liverpool)

Government Office for the North West (Manchester)

Government Office for the South East

Government Office for the South West

Government Office for the West Midlands

Government Office for Yorkshire and Humberside

Welsh Assembly Government

Scottish Executive

Legal basis: Industrial Development Act 1982, Sections 7 and
11; Section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000

Government of Gibraltar (Department of Trade, Industry and
Telecommunications)

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Contact for correspondence:

Department of Trade and Industry
Regional European Funds Directorate
3 Floor, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET
United Kingdom

Aid No: XS 72/03

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Objective 2 Map United Kingdom

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Objective 2 2000-2006 SME Grant Support
Towards Investment

Investment in premises will be where intervention is required
to ensure adequate provision of accommodation to allow for
growth. Loans, venture capital and grants will be given to
ensure that
lack of access to finance is not a barrier to
growth or start-up. The aid will be calculated on the basis of
the costs of specific investments in land, buildings, machinery
and equipment.

Target SMEs will be in areas of market failure where the private
sector is not supporting such firms. Criteria will be as set out
under the relevant measures in each Objective 2 area Single
Programming Document and Programme Complement.

Intangible assets shall be the acquisition of new technology as
defined in Article 2(d) of the Regulation

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors excluding sensitive
sectors: coal mining, steel manufacture, ship building, synthetic
fibre production, motor vehicle manufacture and tier 1
suppliers, transport services and financial services

Name and address of the granting authority:

Legal basis: Industrial Development Act 1982, Sections 7 and
11; Section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000

Administering Authorities:

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

Annual expenditure of Objective 2 measures:

2003: EUR 204,81 million

2004: EUR 208,05 million

2005: EUR 131,7 million

2006: EUR 118,27 million

Total: EUR 662,83 million

Maximum aid intensity:

Outside of assisted areas:

7,5 % for medium-sized enterprises

15 % for small enterprises.

Within assisted areas the regional aid ceilings + SME top-ups
will be observed. No one SME will
receive more than
EUR 15 000 000 in assistance

Date of implementation: 29 May 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: No award will
be given after 30 June 2007

Government Office for the East of England

Government Office for the East Midlands

Government Office for London

Government Office for the North East

Government Office for the North West (Liverpool)

Government Office for the North West (Manchester)

Government Office for the South East

Government Office for the South West

Government Office for the West Midlands

Government Office for Yorkshire and Humberside

Welsh Assembly Government

Scottish Executive

Government of Gibraltar (Department of Trade, Industry and
Telecommunications)

Contact for correspondence:

Department of Trade and Industry
Regional European Funds Directorate
3 Floor, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET
United Kingdom

Objective of aid: To enable SMEs, fulfilling the definition in
Annex 1 of the block exemption located in the Objective 2
region to invest in tangible and intangible assets. Costs of
tangible investment will relate to land, building, equipment
and machinery.

Aid No: XS 76/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Veneto

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Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Non-reimbursable grants towards the costs
incurred by small and medium-sized enterprises operating in
the assisted areas (municipalities located in Objective 2 and
in acquiring consultancy services relating
phasing-out areas)
to quality,
safety,
hygiene, environmental impact, the introduction of innovative
business strategies, product marking and/or certification and
voluntary certification

technological

certification,

innovation,

Legal basis: Legge regionale del Veneto n. 3 del 28.1.1997 e
legge regionale del Veneto n. 16 del 10.4.1998

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

Budget for 2001: EUR 3 119 240
Budget for 2002: EUR 3 424 718
Budget for 2003: EUR 3 020 776
Budget for 2004: EUR 2 421 458
Budget for 2005: EUR 2 040 682
Budget for 2006: EUR 1 536 614

Maximum aid intensity:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award:

Deadline for the granting of aid: December 2006.

Indicative date planned for payment of the last instalment:
December 2008

technological
impact measures,

Objective of aid: Supporting the dissemination of quality
systems,
innovation, safety, hygiene, environ-
strategies,
mental
product marking and/or certification and voluntary certification
among SMEs operating in the assisted areas (municipalities
located in Objective 2 and phasing-out areas) in Veneto

innovative business

Economic sector(s) concerned:

All sectors, except for:

— activities linked to the production, processing or marketing

of products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty,

— export-related activities,

— coal and steel industry,

Not more than 50 % of
services, subject to a ceiling for each operation of:

the costs of outside consultancy

— synthetic fibres,

— EUR 10 000 for operations relating to quality,

— EUR 47 000 for operations relating to technological inno-

vation,

— EUR 15 000 for operations relating to safety, hygiene and

environmental impact,

— EUR 20 000 for operations relating to the introduction of

innovative business strategies,

— motor vehicle industry,

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

— shipbuilding,

— fisheries

Name and address of the granting authority:

— EUR 10 000 for operations relating to product marking

and/or certification and voluntary certification

Date of implementation: Earliest date from which the aid
may be granted is 18 August 2003

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