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: 2004-04-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Italy, State aid, United Kingdom, 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 84/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 84/03

Name and address of the granting authority:

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: England and Scotland

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Work — Life Balance Challenge Fund

Legal basis:

— Appropriation Act 2002

Ruth Henrywood
Assistant Director
Department of Trade and Industry
Work-life Balance Team
UG 142
1 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0ET
United Kingdom

Aid No: XS 86/03

Member State: Belgium

— Appropriation Act 2003 (to be published)

Region: Brussels Capital Region

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

— 2003 Calendar year: GBP 300 000

— 2004 Calendar year: GBP 700 000

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity will be
50 % for consultancy.

Date of implementation: 1 September 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 30 September
2004

In particular,

Objective of aid: The scheme will provide consultancy
support to SMEs as defined in Annex I to the SME Block
Exemption Regulation.
consultants will be
working with companies to incorporate work-life balance
strategies into the workplace. The overall aim is to improve
the workplace by introducing elements
flexible
working,
improved training, a change in culture and better
policy for managers and staff. Consultants will work closely
with each individual company initially, addressing the issues
of concern followed by a strategy to address the work-life
balance issue and begin the process of
incorporating the
objective arising out of the Challenge Fund

such as

Economic sector(s) concerned: All eligible industry sectors,
without prejudice to special rules concerning state aid in
certain sections — Art. 1 (2) of the SME Block Exemption
Regulation (excluding agriculture and food processing)

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Regional incentives for general investment in
very small, small or medium-sized enterprises

Legal basis: Projet d'ordonnance relative aux incitants régio-
naux pour les investissements généraux en faveur des très
petites, petites ou moyennes entreprises

Ontwerpordonnantie betreffende regionale steunmaatregelen
voor algemene investeringen ten gunste van micro-, kleine en
middelgrote ondernemingen

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

Investment grants

Interest subsidies

(EUR 1 000)

2001

2002

2003

9 419

9 009

9 009

Maximum aid intensity:

7 188

7 100

7 100

— 15 % in the case of very small and small enterprises;

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

(maximum 25 % in the case of
Article 87(3)(c) regions)

investment carried out

in

Date of implementation: Scheduled to enter into force on
1 January 2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2006

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Objective of aid:

1. Employment objectives:

— Creation of

jobs during the two years preceding or

following the investment;

— Hiring of local labour;

— Hiring of low-skilled labour;

— Hiring of a first employee.

2. Economic policy objectives:

— Creation of new businesses;

— Involvement in a neighbourhood contract;

— Strategic sectors.

sector(s)

Economic
the
distributive trades and services. Certain sub-sectors may,
however, be excluded

concerned: Manufacturing,

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministère de la Région de Bruxelles-Capitale
Administration de l'économie et de l'emploi
Service de l'expansion économique
Boulevard du Jardin Botanique, 20
B-1035 Brussels

Aid No: XS 96/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Apulia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Measures
to promote innovative business
structures and processes

Legal basis:

— legge 27.10.1994, n. 598, articolo 11 come modificati ed

integrati da:

— legge 8.8.1995, n. 341, articolo 3;

— legge 23.12.1999, n. 488, articolo 54;

— legge 5.3.2001, n. 57, articolo 15;

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

tigianato del 18.9.1997;

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

20

20

20

20

20

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity for
Apulia on the European regional aid map (35 % nge + 15 %
gge)

Date of implementation: November 2001

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

Objective of aid: The aid, in the form of interest subsidies and
grants, is intended to assist investment in innovative business
structures and processes through the construction or devel-
opment of production units and the start-up of
related
activities involving substantial modification of products or
processes,
in particular through rationalisation, restructuring
or modernisation.

The following types of costs are eligible for aid:

— building work;

— machinery and equipment;

— computer programs and patents involving new product and

production process technologies;

— consultancy services.

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
(EC) No 70/2000);

— export-related activities (see Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC)

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

No 70/2000);

— decreto legislativo 31.3.1998, n. 123;

— manufacture of synthetic and artificial fibres

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

n. 1377

Name and address of the granting authority: Regione Puglia
(sede legale)