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: 2004-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, 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

(2004/C 16/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 46/03

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

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

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

the costs of

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Deadline for
the granting of aid: 31 December 2002.
Indicative date
planned for payment of the last instalment: 31 December 2004

— 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

Name and address of granting authority:

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

Other information: Investments in excess of EUR 1,5 million
are not eligible.

The aid scheme does not apply to export-related activities, i.e.
aid directly linked to the quantities exported, to the estab-
lishment and operation of a distribution network or to other
current expenditure linked to the export activity, and aid
contingent upon the use of domestic over imported goods.

Only expenditure incurred since the date on which the aid
application was submitted is eligible.

The aid is granted following a technical, economic and
financial assessment aimed at checking:

— the innovative and original nature of the know-how to be

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

acquired;

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

— activities linked to the production, processing or marketing

of products listed in Annex I to the Treaty;

— export-related activities;

— coal and steel industry;

— synthetic fibres;

— 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;

— the value of that know-how to innovative products and
increase competitiveness and encourage

that

processes
development;

— the relevance to programme implementation of the costs

listed;

— the feasibility of the results projected by the proposer

Only consultancy services that are not continuous or regular,
or connected with the normal operating expenses of the firm
are eligible for aid.

A further precondition for the aid grant is that the investment
must be financed by a bank which has checked the firm's
creditworthiness and development prospects

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Aid No: XS 97/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Sicily

Aid No: XS 99/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Sicily

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid:
Investment aid for SMEs in the distributive
trades

Legal basis: Art. 60 della L.R. 23.12.2000 n. 32 e art. 113
della L.R. 3.5.2001 n. 6

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
ITL 5 000 million (2001)

Maximum aid intensity: 35 % net grant equivalent + 15 %
gross grant equivalent

Date of implementation: After conclusion of the agreement
with each beneficiary, to be identified following publication of
a call for applications

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Up to 2006

Objective of aid: Facilitating access to credit for SMEs

Economic sector(s) concerned: Distributive trades

Name and address of granting authority:

Assessorato regionale Cooperazione, commercio,
artigianato e pesca
Via degli Emiri n. 43
Palermo

Other information: The aid takes the form of:

(a) subsidised loans;

(b) grants towards lease payments;

(c) grants for interest relief on loans contracted with credit

institutions;

(d) capital grants in respect of the investments covered by

points (a), (b) and (c) above

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Investment aid to small and medium-sized craft
enterprises

Legal basis: Art. 48 L.R. 23.12.2000 n. 32 con modificazioni
ed integrazioni apportate dall'art. 111, commi 1 e 2 della L.R.
3.5.2001 n. 6

Maximum aid intensity: 35 % nge + 15 % gge for small and
medium-sized enterprises

Date of implementation: After conclusion of the agreement
with each beneficiary, to be identified following publication of
a call for applications

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Up to 2006

Objective of aid: Helping small and medium-sized craft enter-
prises to set up new workshops or restructure or extend
existing workshops

Economic sector(s) concerned: Craft enterprises not engaged
in the processing and marketing of agricultural products or the
production, processing and marketing of fishery and/or aqua-
culture products, and not involved in the transport, steel, ship-
building, synthetic fibres or motor vehicle industries

Name and address of granting authority:

Assessorato regionale Cooperazione, commercio,
artigianato e pesca
Via degli Emiri n. 43
Palermo

Other information: The aid may be granted in one of the
following two forms:

— either as capital grants, subsidised loans, or grants for

interest relief or towards lease payments;

— or as a combination of capital grants plus subsidised loans
or capital grants plus grants for interest relief or towards
lease payments