Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production, processing and marketing of agricultural products
Date: 2004-03-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, State aid, agricultural production, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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16.3.2004

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1/2004 of 23 December 2003 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of
the EC Treaty to State aid for small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production,
processing and marketing of agricultural products

(2004/C 66/02)

Maximum aid intensity:

— Grant:

Aid No: XA 3/04

Member State: Austria

Region: Austria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
Jungunternehmer/innen-Förderungsaktion
individual
(scheme to assist young entrepreneurs)
(including business
establishment bonus) 2001 to 2006

aid:

Legal basis:

— Richtlinien für die

Jungunternehmer/innen-Förderungs-
aktion (einschließlich Gründungsbonus) vom 28.11.2002
(guidelines for the scheme to assist young entrepreneurs
of 28 November 2002),

— Bundesgesetz über besondere Förderungen von kleinen und
mittleren Unternehmen (BGBl. Nr. 432/1996), i. d. g. F. im
Folgenden kurz KMU-FG (Federal law on special assistance
for
(BGBl. No
and medium-sized enterprises
432/1996), as amended, abbreviation: KMU-FG),

small

— Bürgschaftsbedingungen

der Austria Wirtschaftsservice
(conditions of the Austria Wirtschaftsservice for loan gua-
rantees),

— Garantiebedingungen der Austria Wirtschaftsservice für
Leasingfinanzierungen (guarantee conditions of the Austria
Wirtschaftsservice for leasing financing),

— Ergänzende

Förderungsbedingungen der Austria Wirt-
the Austria

schaftsservice (supplementary conditions of
Wirtschaftsservice for assistance),

Maximum aid intensity (present value of grant as a
percentage
subsidy
equivalent): 6,83 % (if paid in two instalments), 7 % (if
paid in a single instalment)

substantiated

costs = gross

of

Tax treatment: the tax treatment of aid is regulated in the
Austrian Einkommenssteuergesetz (income tax act)

— Interest rate subsidy = interest rate cap (for business estab-

lishment bonus only)

Maximum aid intensity (present value of grant as a
percentage
subsidy
equivalent): 11,95 %

substantiated

costs = gross

of

Tax treatment: the tax treatment of aid is regulated in the
Austrian Einkommenssteuergesetz (income tax act)

— Loan guarantee:

Subsidy equivalent: 1,65 %

Tax treatment: there is no special tax treatment in the case
of financing for which the Austria Wirtschaftsservice has
provided a guarantee

— Bonus for the establishment of a new business

Maximum aid intensity (present value of grant as a
percentage
subsidy
of
equivalent): 14 %

substantiated

costs = gross

— The guidelines for the scheme to assist young entrepreneurs
were treated until 27 November 2002 as de minimis aid and
afterwards as coming under the SME block exemption

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Expen-
three years: none, as no assistance was
diture in the last
granted for
the marketing and processing of agricultural
products.

Planned expenditure up to 2006 (in EUR thousand):

Grants

Business establishment
bonuses

Assumptions of liability

2004

2005

2006

200

200

200

3

3

3

1 700

1 700

1 700

Tax treatment: the tax treatment of aid is regulated in the
Austrian Einkommenssteuergesetz (income tax act)

Assumptions of
covered by the block exemption regulation

liability for working capital

loans are not

Date of implementation: After notification of the aid under
the block exemption regulation

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The assistance
guidelines
limited to 31 December 2006 (date of
are
submission of application)

Objective of aid: Support for the establishment or taking over
of competitive, economically independent small businesses

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors except
for the
tourism and leisure industry and primary agriculture and
forestry

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Name and address of the granting authority:

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Center 1 Wirtschaftspolitik
Stubenring 1
A-1010 Wien
Contact person: Alexandra Moser-Witzky
Tel. (43-1) 711 00-58 90
Fax (43-1) 714 27 22

Managing agency:

Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Ungargasse 37
A-1030 Wien
Contact person: Kurt Leutgeb
Tel. (43-1) 501 75-256
Fax (43-1) 501 75-900
Internet: www.awsg.at

Aid No: XA 2/04

Member State: Austria

Region: Austria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Aktion ‘Unternehmensdynamik’ — Programm
zur Stärkung des innovativen Potentials von kleinen und
mittleren Unternehmen — ‘KMU-Innovationsprogramm’
(business dynamism scheme — programme to boost the inno-
vative potential of small and medium-sized enterprises — SME
innovation programme)

Legal basis:

— Richtlinien des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Ar-
beit der Aktion „Unternehmensdynamik“ — Programm zur
Stärkung des innovativen Potentials von kleinen und mitt-
leren Unternehmen — „KMU-Innovationsprogramm“
(2001—2006) vom 28.11.2002

— Bundesgesetz über besondere Förderungen von kleinen und
mittleren Unternehmen (BGBl. Nr. 432/1996, i. d. g. F.)

— Bürgschaftsbedingungen

der Austria Wirtschaftsservice

Ges.m.b.H.

— Garantiebedingungen

der

Austria Wirtschaftsservice

Ges.m.b.H. für Leasingfinanzierungen

The guidelines for the business dynamism scheme were treated
until 27 November 2002 as de minimis aid and afterwards as
coming under the SME block exemption

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Expen-
three years: none, as no assistance was
diture in the last
granted for
the marketing and processing of agricultural
products.

Planned expenditure up to 2006 (in EUR million):

Investment premiums

Assumptions of liability

2004

2005

2006

1 million

1 million

1 million

2,5 million

2,5 million

2,5 million

Maximum aid intensity:

— Grant (investment premium):

Calculation of the level of the grant: A grant of between
5 % and 15 % (limited to 7,5 % in the case of medium sized
enterprises — except in national regionally assisted areas,
is awarded towards the
where the ceiling is also 15 %)
substantiated costs of
that come
under one of the assistance priorities.

investment projects

for a standard amount of
Maximum level of the grant:
EUR 750 000 and a grant (investment premium) of 15 %
(including the share of the relevant province), the amount
of aid will be EUR 112 500.

Maximum aid intensity (present value of grant as a
percentage of substantiated eligible costs, gross subsidy
equivalent): 15 % (limited to 7,5 % in the case of medium
sized enterprises — except in national regionally assisted
areas, where the ceiling is also 15 %).

— Guarantees:

Die Austria Wirtschaftsservice Ges.m.b.H. can normally
provide guarantees of up to 80 %.

Calculation of the aid intensity of the guarantees: Subsidy
equivalent: maximum 7,93 %, which falls to 1,65 % after
deduction of
the
guidelines.

required under

the guarantee

fee

Where a grant and a guarantee are
the
maximum aid intensity of 7,5 % or 15 % is maintained in
all cases.

combined,

liability for working capital

Assumptions of
provision of equity guarantees and assumptions of
for
exemption regulation

the
liability
covered by the block

restructuring loans

are not

loans,

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Date of implementation: After notification of the aid under
the block exemption regulation

Name and address of the granting authority:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The assistance
limited to 31 December 2006 (date of
are
guidelines
submission of application)

Objective of aid: Horizontal aid: SMEs; Secondary aim:
to the ceilings allowed under the
regional aid — subject
competition rules, higher levels of aid may be granted by the
provinces concerned for projects in areas of Austria covered by
Objective 2 of the EU Structural Funds

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors except
for the
tourism and leisure industry and primary agriculture and
forestry

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Center 1 Wirtschaftspolitik
Stubenring 1
A-1010 Wien
Contact person: Alexandra Moser-Witzky
Tel. (43-1) 177 00-58 90

Managing agency:
Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Ungargasse 37
A-1030 Wien
Contact person: Anton Neunteufl
Tel. (43-1) 501 75-223
Fax (43-1) 501 75-900
Internet: www.awsg.at

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3136 — GE/AGFA NDT)

(2004/C 66/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 5 December 2003 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(2) of Council Regu-
lation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in German and will be made public
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