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: 2004-01-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Italy, Spain, State aid, aid to undertakings, vocational training

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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

(2004/C 4/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 9/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Autonomous Province of Trento

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid for training under measure D1 of the
operational programme for
the Autonomous Province of
Trento — Objective 3 — European Social Fund 2000-2006

Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta Provinciale n. 3304 d.d.
23.12.2002 avente ad oggetto «Modifica della deliberazione n.
2920 d.d. 9.11.2001 avente ad oggetto “Modalità e termini di
presentazione e di valutazione dei progetti rientranti nella Mi-
sura D1 del FSE — Sviluppo della formazione continua, della
flessibilità del mercato del
lavoro e della competitività delle
imprese, con priorità alle P.M.I.”» (pubblicata sul Bollettino
Ufficiale della Regione Trentino Alto Adige n. 3 del 21.1.2003)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: A total
of EUR 1 371 504,32 for the period 2003 to 2006; the indi-
vidual annual allocation will be established each year

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincia Autonoma di Trento — Servizio Addestramento e
Formazione professionale
Via Gilli, 3
I-38100 Trento

Aid No: XT 103/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: KSB Aktiengesellschaft Pegnitz

Legal basis: Bayerische Haushaltsordnung, Bescheid vom
12.12.2002

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 25 000

Maximum aid intensity:

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of eligible expenditure

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 %

implementation: Agreement on early start

Date of
to
measure: 18 September 2002; First approved: 12 December
2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: First payment:
20 December 2002; Last payment will probably be made 31
January 2004

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

Date of implementation: 28 January 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2006

training involves

Objective of aid: The aid is intended for general and special
training. General
training which is not
applicable only or principally to the employee's present or
future position in the assisted firm but which provides qualifi-
cations that are largely transferable to other firms or fields of
work and thereby substantially improve the employability of
the employee

Objective of aid: General training aid. Industry-wide measure:
continuation of
(subject area:
turning technology) of two third-year apprentices taken over
from NMH, Sulzbach-Rosenberg in accordance with the
Training Framework Plan

lathe operators

training as

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other manufacturing, here:
mechanical engineering

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regierung der Oberpfalz
Sachgebiet 600
D-93039 Regensburg

Aid No: XT 104/02

Member State: Germany

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Region: Bavaria

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Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: DAMUS gemeinnützige GmbH, Nürnberg

Legal basis:

Bayerische Haushaltsordnung (BayHO)

VO (EG) Nr. 1784/1999

EPPD zu Ziel 3

Ergänzendes Programmplanungsdokument Ziel 3

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % for large enterprises and 70 %
for SMEs. If the project is carried out in one of the regions
referred to in Article 87(3)(a) or (c) of the Treaty establishing
the European Community, the intensity will be increased by 10
and 5 percentage points respectively (see Section 8 of the
Ministerial Order of 1 August 2001)

Date of implementation: 22 August 2001; 4 January 2003 in
the
by Order
case
CTE/3366/2002

amendments

introduced

the

of

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 June
2006. The last instalment of aid is to be paid by 31 December
2006

Total eligible costs: EUR 244 000

ESF: EUR 99 000

Maximum aid intensity: 45 %

Date of implementation: December 2002 to January 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Last payment
expected to be in June 2004; Project duration: 1 January 2003
to 31 December 2003

Objective of aid: This is a general training measure for unem-
ployed mentally ill and mentally handicapped persons with a
view to placement on the general labour market. The aim is to
provide skills in painting, varnishing and cleaning buildings.
The measure will help to provide transferable skills which
the
significantly improve the placement potential of
will
participants. The measure is based on the framework plan
for general vocational skill acquisition measures for the handi-
capped and mentally ill in Bavarian integration firms/self-help
firms of 18 July 2001. See also the description submitted by
the project organiser

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regierung von Mittelfranken
Integrationsamt
D-91511 Ansbach

of

The

aid:

Telecommunications

Objective
Training
Programme (FORINTEL) subsidises general training within the
meaning of Article 2(e) of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001, as is
explicitly stated in Section 3.1 of the above-mentioned Minis-
terial Order of 1 August 2001. It comprises the following two
actions:

1. Training

for

users

of

telecommunications

and

the

information society

The substance of the training, according to Section 3.2.(b)
of the Ministerial Order of 1 August 2001, as amended by
is that
Order CTE/3366/2002 of 27 December 2002,
featuring in Annex II of the CTE Order.

2. Training for telecommunications and information society

professionals

This is provided pursuant to Section 3.3.(a) of the Minis-
terial Order of 1 August 2001 governing the programme

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Dirección General para el Desarrollo de la Sociedad de la
Información
Palacio de Comunicaciones
Alcalá, 50
E-28071 Madrid

Aid No: XT 14/03

Member State: Spain

Aid No: XT 18/03

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

Region: The whole of Spanish territory

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

Legal basis: Orden Ministerial (O.M.) de 1.8.2001 del Ministe-
la Orden
rio de Ciencia y Tecnología, modificada por
CTE/3366/2002 de 27 de diciembre

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Where
aid schemes are concerned: EUR 11 million

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Weißer Rabe soziale Betriebe und Dienste
gemeinnützige GmbH (Gebrauchtwarenhaus Perlach), Munich

Legal basis:

Bayerische Haushaltsordnung (BayHO)

VO (EG) Nr. 1784/1999

EPPD zu Ziel 3

Ergänzendes Programmplanungsdokument Ziel 3

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

Date of implementation: October/November 2002

Total eligible costs: EUR 497 048

ESF: EUR 116 996

Maximum aid intensity: 80 %

Date of implementation: March/April 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Last payment
expected to be in June 2004; Project duration: 1 July 2002 to
31 December 2003

Objective of aid: This is a general training measure for unem-
ployed mentally ill and mentally handicapped persons with a
view to placement on the general labour market. The aim is to
provide skills in administration, storage and sales. The measure
will help to provide transferable skills which will significantly
improve the placement potential of
the participants. The
measure is based on the framework plan for general vocational
skill acquisition measures for the handicapped and mentally ill
in Bavarian integration firms/self-help firms of 18 July 2001.
See also the description submitted by the body responsible

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regierung von Oberbayern
Integrationsamt
D-80534 Munich

Aid No: XT 88/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Last payment
expected to be in June 2004; Project duration: 1 January 2002
to 31 December 2003

Objective of aid: This is a general training measure for unem-
ployed mentally ill and mentally handicapped persons with a
view to placement on the general labour market. The aim is
the acquisition of
laundry skills. The measure will help to
provide transferable skills which will significantly improve
the placement potential of the participants. The measure is
based on the framework plan for general vocational skill
acquisition measures for the handicapped and mentally ill in
Bavarian integration firms/self-help firms of 18 July 2001

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regierung von Oberbayern
Integrationsamt
D-80534 Munich

Aid No: XT 90/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Gemeinnützige Gesellschaft zur Förderung der
Arbeit Erlangen mbH (GGFA), employment and training
company

Legal basis:

Bayerische Haushaltsordnung (BayHO)

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Weißer Rabe soziale Betriebe und Dienste
gemeinnützige GmbH (Wäscherei), Munich

VO (EG) Nr. 1784/1999

EPPD zu Ziel 3

Legal basis:

Bayerische Haushaltsordnung (BayHO)

VO (EG) Nr. 1784/1999

EPPD zu Ziel 3

Ergänzendes Programmplanungsdokument Ziel 3

Ergänzendes Programmplanungsdokument Ziel 3

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

Total eligible costs: EUR 400 214

ESF: EUR 158 517

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

Maximum aid intensity: 45 %

Total eligible costs: EUR 589 929

Date of implementation: 30 August 2002

ESF: EUR 252 500

Maximum aid intensity: 80 %

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Last payment
expected to be in December 2004; Project duration: 1 July
2002 to 30 June 2004

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training measure for
Objective of aid: This is a general
long-term unemployed severely disabled persons with a view
to placement on the general
labour market. The aim is the
acquisition of skills in office services and communications.
increased
Participants'
through
and
placements in firms with individual guidance and support.
The measure will help to provide transferable skills which
will
the
significantly improve the placement potential of
participants. The organiser's plan is attached

and employability will be
teaching

exercise modules

skills
practical

and

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regierung von Mittelfranken
Integrationsamt
D-91511 Ansbach

Aid No: XT 97/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Veneto

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Article 6 of Law No 53/2000, Ministerial
Decree 6.6.2001 — Financing of projects drawn up on the
basis of contractual agreements providing for reductions in
working time

Legal basis: D.G.R. n. 3020 del 29.10.2002

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 1 248 784
employers'
contribution

private-sector

excluding

Maximum aid intensity:
It must be clearly stated when
submitting projects, which may otherwise be rejected, which
of the cases listed in Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001
of 12 January 2001 covers the project and the relevant
percentages of part-financing to be applied. Projects that
differ from the definitions in Article 4 will not be regarded
as eligible on the grounds of inadequate part-financing.

The maximum public-sector
defined as follows:

financing percentages can be

Maximum public financing

(a) not in a priority area

Specific
training

25 %

General
training

50 %

Large
enterprises

(b) in Article 87(3)(c)
priority area

SMEs

(c) not in a priority area

(d) in Article 87(3)(c)
priority area

30 %

55 %

35 %

40 %

70 %

75 %

NB: The percentages referred to above are increased by 10 % for training
for disadvantaged workers (as defined in Regulation (EC) 68/2001)

Each training project must relate to only one of the categories
referred to above in paragraphs (a) to (d). If they relate to
disadvantaged persons described in the ‘NB’,
this must be
specified together with the category selected from (a) to (d).

Pursuant to Regulation (EC) 68/2001, the various types of
measure provided for are sub-divided as follows:

(1) Specific training: Training involving tuition directly and
principally applicable to the employee's present or future
position in the assisted firm but providing qualifications
which are not or only to a limited extent transferable to
other firms or fields of work.

(2) General training: General training involves training which
is not applicable only or principally to the employee's
present or future position in the assisted firm but which
provides qualifications that are largely transferable to other
firms or fields of work and thereby substantially improve
the employability of the employee. Training is considered
general if, for example:

— it is jointly organised by different independent enter-
prises or if employees of other enterprises may avail
themselves of the training,

— it is recognised, certified or validated by public auth-
orities or bodies or by other bodies or institutions on
which a Member State or the Community has conferred
the necessary powers.

All projects must relate to only one of
the categories of
training referred to above in points 1 and 2; the characteristics
of the training module selected should also be clearly shown

Date of implementation: 29 October 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2003

Objective of aid: The aid is intended for continuing training
forward by firms which, on the basis of
projects put
contractual agreements, apply reductions in normal working
hours. The training projects concern workers employed in
the private sector

Economic sector(s) concerned: Sectors not covered by the de
minimis arrangements in Article 1(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation
No 69/2001, as well as transport, agriculture,
fisheries and
aquaculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione del Veneto
Giunta Regionale
Dorsoduro 3901
I-30100 Venezia