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: 2004-03-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Italy, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, exchange of information, 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 72/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

system and the care of the elderly, sick or physically handi-
capped

Aid No: XS 57/03

Member State: Austria

Region: Vienna

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Individual aid for the non-profit association
‘Kuratorium zur
Senioren-Wohnanlagen
Fortuna’, A-1100 Vienna, Holbeingasse 8. The company is an
enterprise within the meaning of Annex I to Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001

Errichtung

von

Legal basis: Beschluss Gemeinderat vom 28.3.2003

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
Fifteen-year interest-free loan of EUR 1 929 110 repayable in
15 years

Maximum aid intensity: Gross: 1,85 % of the construction
costs for the ‘Schlosspark Fortuna’ housing development for
the elderly (incl. incidental costs and installations); net: same
as maximum aid intensity, since the beneficiary does not make
a profit

Date of implementation: May 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 2003

Objective of aid: Support for a non-profit association which
builds housing units and care facilities for elderly people. In
particular, the aid will permit the construction of a welfare
(A-1120
centre in the ‘Schlosspark Fortuna’ development
Vienna, Khlesplatz 6) which will provide the widest possible
range of services and the best possible infrastructure for elderly
people

FEDER

Total

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services; Provision of
housing for the elderly, the property market, especially the
market in housing for the elderly

Name and address of the granting authority:

Magistratsabteilung 5 der Stadt Wien
Ebendorferstraße 2
A-1082 Wien

Aid No: XS 96/03

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: North East of England

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Shepherd Offshore plc

Legal basis: Industrial Development Act 1982, Sections 7 and
11; Local Government Act 2000, Section 2

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

SOURCE OF FUNDS

Private

Shepherd Offshore plc

2003

2004

2005

Total

2003

2004

2005

Total

2003

2004

2005

GBP 1 197 388

GBP

361 805

GBP

35 521

GBP 1 594 714

GBP

399 130

GBP

120 601

GBP

11 840

GBP

531 571

GBP 1 596 518

GBP

482 406

GBP

47 361

Total

GBP 2 126 285

Grand total

GBP 2 126 285

Other information: The recipient is a non-profit association
and as such is not geared to making a profit; it pursues the
goals established in the general interest for the social housing

(Assisted area: 20 % for Newcastle upon Tyne under Article
87(3)(c) + 10 percentage points to reach the maximum aid
intensity of 30 %)

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity will be
30 %.

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Date of implementation: 4 August 2003

— legge 19.12.1983, n. 696, articolo 3,

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 30 May 2005

— legge 16.2.1987, n. 44,

Objective of aid: The project concerns the building of three
new high-quality industrial accommodation units with offices
for letting to SMEs.

— decreto del ministro dell'Industria, del commercio e dell'ar-

tigianato del 21.2.1973,

The project has identified the demand for these industrial units
in an area where there is market
failure, as evidenced by
current demand models

Economic sector(s) concerned: All eligible sectors of industry
(without prejudice to special rules concerning state aid in
certain sectors — Article 1(2) of the SME Block Exemption
Regulation)

Name and address of the granting authority:

ERDF contact:

Ann Beavers
European Programme Secretariat
Government Office North East
Wellbar House
Gallowgate
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE1 4TD
United Kingdom

Sponsor contact:

Mr B S Shepherd
Shepherd Offshore plc
Nelson Road
Walker
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE6 3DW
United Kingdom

Aid No: XS 98/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Apulia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Law No 1329/65 (the ‘Sabatini Law’): additional
grants for the acquisition or leasing of new machine tools or
production equipment

Legal basis:

— legge 28.11.1965, n. 1329,

— decreto del ministro del Tesoro del 30.4.1987,

— legge 17.5.1999, n. 144,

— decreto legislativo 31.3.1998, n. 112, articolo 19,

— regolamento (CE) n. 70 del 12.1.2001,

— legge regionale 2.5.2001, n. 7, articolo 31 quarter,

— delibera di giunta della Regione Puglia del 5 ottobre 2001,

n. 1378

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

Calendar year

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

Amount in ITL billion

20

10

10

10

10

10

Maximum aid intensity: 25 % gge

Date of implementation: November 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31
December 2006

systems,

for handling,

ITL 1 million,

Objective of aid: The aid is intended to facilitate the purchase
or leasing of machine tools or new manufacturing equipment
made in Italy or abroad, for a unit or aggregate cost in excess
ancillary
including machine
of
equipment, accessories, fixed or self-propelled machinery and
equipment
transporting and lifting equipment
(cranes and overhead travelling cranes, trucks, belt conveyors,
etc.) in the factory or yard, and kitchen and air-conditioning
equipment. The machine tools and production equipment must
form part of the logistical structure of production units located
in Apulia and registered with the Chamber of Commerce,
Industry, Crafts and Agriculture (CCIAA) and should not be
invoiced prior to the date on which the purchase or leasing
contract is signed.

Vehicles, vessels and aircraft entered in public registers are not
covered

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Economic sector(s) concerned:

The aid is to be given to SMEs; the following industries are
excluded:

— iron and steel,

— shipbuilding,

— fisheries,

— transport,

— farming,

— production, processing or marketing of the products listed
in Annex I to the EC Treaty (see Article 1(2) of Regulation
No 70/2001),

Legal basis: D.P. n. 0250/Pres. del 21 agosto 2002 di appro-
vazione del «Regolamento concernente i criteri e le modalità
per la concessione delle agevolazioni previste dall'articolo 2
della legge regionale 36/1996, come sostituito dall'articolo
158, comma 2, della legge regionale 2/2000»

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
Estimated annual costs of EUR 6 900 000, financed annually
under the financial law

Maximum aid intensity: 15 % gge for small firms; 7,5 % gge
for medium-sized firms.

For firms in areas qualifying for exemption under Article
87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty:

8 % nge + 10 % gge for small firms

— export-related activities (see Article 1(2) of Regulation No

8 % nge + 6 % gge for medium-sized firms

70/2001),

— manufacture of synthetic and artificial fibres.

Investments relating to activities in the motor industry (34.10,
34.20 and 34.30) must remain within the de minimis rule (aid
not to exceed a total of EUR 100 000 in a three-year period)

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Puglia (sede legale)

Date of implementation: Entered into force on 3 October
2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2006

Objective of aid: Subsidised loans for SMEs' investments in
commerce, tourism and services, aimed at the creation of new
business initiatives, and the expansion and modernisation of
existing initiatives

Aid No: XS 114/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Granting of subsidised loans to SMEs operating
in the commercial, tourism and services sectors

Economic
commercial,
provided for
constitute de minimis aid

concerned:

sector(s)
that manage
tourism and service activities. The measures
in Article 2 of Regional Law No 36/1996

SMEs

Name and address of the granting authority:

Autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Direzione regionale del Commercio, del Turismo e del Terziario
Viale Miramare, 19
I-34100 Trieste
E-mail: commercio.tur@regione.fvg.it