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: 2004-01-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, aid to undertakings, 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

Aid No: XS 63/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Veneto

(2004/C 9/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Veneto
Palazzo Balbi Venezia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid for the capitalisation of loan syndicates

Legal basis: Single programming document 2000-2006

guarantee

Other information: The Veneto Region awards the grants to
loan
loan
institutions,
syndicates, organised as consortia, companies
set up by
consortia and cooperative firms and classed as financial inter-
mediaries in accordance with the legislation on credit (Article
106 of Legislative Decree No 385 of 1 September 1993).

second-tier

including

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 42 810 502

The grants are to be used to set up or strengthen risk capital
funds linked to the provision of guarantees of which SMEs are
the ultimate beneficiaries.

Maximum aid intensity: 15 % in the case of small enterprises;
7,5 % in the case of medium-sized enterprises

Date of implementation: May 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Up to the end
of the period covered by the single programming document,
i.e. 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: Improving access to credit for small and
in Objective 2 and phasing-out
medium-sized enterprises
areas — Single programming document 2000 to 2006

Economic sector(s) concerned:

— Section C — Mining and quarrying

— Section D — Manufacturing

— Section E — Electricity, gas and water supply

— Section F — Construction

— Section G — Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor
vehicles, motorcycles and personal and household goods

— Section H — Hotels and restaurants

— Section I — Transport,

storage

and communication

(excluding Division 64: Post and telecommunications)

— Section K — Real estate, renting and business activities
(only for Divisions 71: Renting of machinery
and
and related activities, 73:
equipment, 72: Computer
Research and development,
and 74: Other business
activities)

With regard to the maximum allowable aid intensity,
the
ultimate beneficiaries may opt for application of exemption
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 or the de minimis rules laid
down in Regulation (EC) No 69/2001 of 12 January 2001,
published in the Official
the European Communities
Journal of
No L 10 of 13 January 2001

Aid No: XS 83/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Tuscany

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
investment
individual aid: Aid towards
in technological,
innovation for the protection
organisational and commercial
of the environment and safety in the workplace

Legal basis: Art. 11 L. 598/94 «Aiuti agli
investimenti per
l'innovazione tecnologica, organizzativa e commerciale, per la
tutela ambientale e per la sicurezza sui luoghi di lavoro»

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 15 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity for the individual
firm, expressed in gross grant equivalent (gge), may not exceed
15 % of the total investment cost in the case of small firms or
7,5 % in the case of medium-sized firms.

Where the areas covered by the scheme qualify for exemption
under Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty, the aid ceiling is 18 % gge
for small firms and 14 % gge for medium-sized firms.

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In the case of consultancy services, however, the aid may not
exceed 50 % of the total admissible costs

— Division K 72 — Computer and related activities

Date of implementation: June 2003, when the Commission
received the notification

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Period 2003
to 2006

Objective of aid: To assist small and medium-sized manufac-
turing and craft enterprises to carry out integrated business
projects

Economic sector(s) concerned:

ISTAT Codes 1991

— Section C — Mining and quarrying

— Section D — Manufacturing

— Division K 73 — Research and development

— Division K 74 — Other business activities

— Division I 63 — Supporting and auxiliary transport
travel agencies and tour

the activities of

activities; but
operators are excluded.

Firms engaged in the production, processing or marketing of
products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty and firms in the
shipbuilding industry are excluded.

The recipient firms must be financially and economically sound

Name and address of the granting authority:

— Section E — Electricity, gas and water supply

— Section F — Construction

Regione Toscana
Via di Novoli, 26
I-50127 Firenze

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2004/C 9/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.1.2003

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 769/02

Title: Rescue aid for three ABX Logistics companies (F, D, NL)

Objective: Road haulage

Budget: EUR 123 million

Duration: Six months and repayable over twelve months

Other information: Type of aid: Rescue aid in the form of three bridging loans

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be
found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids