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: 2004-03-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, cooperative, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 79/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

30.3.2004

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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 79/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 5/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Measures to assist social cooperatives

Legal basis: Decreto del Presidente della Regione n. 0299 del
1o ottobre 2002 (capo III)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Up to
EUR 1 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: The gross intensity of
towards an investment may not exceed:

the aid

— 15 % in the case of small enterprises,

— 7,5 % in the case of medium-sized enterprises.

If the investment is in an area exempted under Article 87(3)(c)
of the EC Treaty, the intensity may not exceed 8 % net grant
equivalent plus 10 % gross grant equivalent in the case of small
enterprises, or 8 % net grant equivalent plus 6 % gross grant
equivalent in the case of medium-sized enterprises. The gross
intensity of
the aid towards consultancy services may not
exceed 50 % of the eligible cost

Date of implementation: 7 November 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 June
2007

Objective of aid: To facilitate development and innovation in
social cooperatives carrying on economic activities aimed at
for persons who are disadvantaged,
providing employment
endangered or marginalised

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors with the exception
of activities linked to the production, processing or marketing
of products listed in Annex I to the Treaty

Name and address of the granting authority:

Amministrazione provinciale di Gorizia
Corso Italia, 55
I-34170 Gorizia

Amministrazione provinciale di Pordenone
Piazza Cardinal Costantini, 3
I-33170 Pordenone

Amministrazione provinciale di Trieste
Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 4
I-34132 Trieste

Amministrazione provinciale di Udine
Piazza Patriarcato
I-33100 Udine

Other information: The legal basis states that aid may be
granted by any of the four provincial administrations in the
Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia