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: 2004-02-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Balearic Islands, Italy, Spain, State aid, Tuscany, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

19.2.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 43/13

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 43/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 35/02

Member State: Spain

Region: Balearic Isles

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Industria 2002

Legal basis: Decreto 29/1997, de 18 de febrero; Decreto
70/1998, de 17 de julio; Decreto 17/2001, de 2 de febrero;
Orden del Consejero de Economía, Comercio e Industria, no
4327, de 24 de enero de 2002

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 3 267 914

Maximum aid intensity: 30 % for all the areas covered by this
Regulation

Date of implementation: 6 March 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31
December 2003

Objective of aid: Aid to SMEs to carry out investment in:

— the modernisation of production facilities,

— transfers to industrial land,

— micro-enterprises,

— job creation.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All industrial sectors except
coalmining

Name and address of the granting authority:

Consellería de Economía, Comercio e Industria — Govern de
les Illes Balears
San Felip, 10
Palma de Mallorca

Aid No: XS 65/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Tuscany

Legal basis: Decreto Giunta regionale n. 1252 del 5 marzo
2003 «Piano regionale dello sviluppo economico 2001-2005
— Misura 1.1 — Approvazione bando per presentazione do-
mande»

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 5 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: Aid may be granted towards interest
payments, equal in present values to interest relief of between
1,5 and 2,5 percentage points, calculated on the basis of an
amortisation plan with six-monthly instalments for a loan
lasting not more than seven years and amounting to not
more than 75 % of the investment cost.

(small

The aid intensity for the individual firm may not exceed 15 %
gross grant equivalent
firms) and 7,5 % gross grant
equivalent (medium-sized firms) of the total investment cost.
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

Date of implementation: April 2003, date on which the
Commission received the factsheet

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2003 to 2005

Objective of aid: Facilitating access to credit for and granting
aid to SMEs investing in tangible and intangible assets

Economic sector(s) concerned:

ISTAT Codes 1991

— Section C: Mining and quarrying

— Section D: Manufacturing

— Section F: Construction

— Division K 72: Computer and related activities.

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.

Beneficiary firms must be financially and economically sound

Name and address of the granting authority:

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aid for productive investment by SMEs —
Zenit

Regione Toscana
Via di Novoli 26
I-50127 Firenze