Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2004-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Italy, State aid, control of State aid, vocational training

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Official Journal of the European Union

7.4.2004

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the
EC Treaty to training aid

(2004/C 87/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 40/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Apulia

Economic sector(s) concerned: The aid is intended for SMEs
operating in the craft sector, industry, tourism, the distributive
trades and services

Name and address of granting authority:

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Promoting the human factor: training measures
under Article 10(1)(b) of Regional Law 3/2001

Regione Puglia
Via G. Capruzzi, 212
I-Bari

Legal basis: Legge regionale 4 gennaio 2001 n. 3/01 modifi-
cata dalla legge regionale n. 23/01

Other information: The maximum aid intensity is 40 %, plus
an extra 10 % where the training is given to disadvantaged
workers

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 EUR million

1,5

1,5

1,5

1,5

1,5

1,5

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

Date of implementation: 12 September 2001 (date on which
the aid schemes were notified to the Commission)

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

Objective of aid: The aid is intended to facilitate on-the-job
training. The following costs are eligible:

(a) costs of trainers;

(b) travelling expenses of trainers and trainees;

(c) current expenses;

(d) amortisation costs for training tools and equipment;

(e) costs of consultancy services;

(f) staff costs.

Aid No: XT 41/03

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

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

BMW AG
Herbert-Quandt-Allee
D-93055 Regensburg

Legal basis: Bayerische Haushaltsordnung, Bescheid vom
8.8.2003

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
EUR 500 000

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of eligible expenditure

Date of implementation:

— Agreement on early start to measure: 12 September 2002

— First approved: 8 August 2003

The planned aid is in line with Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of
12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of
the EC Treaty to training aid, published in Official Journal No L
10 of 13 January 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: First payment:
1 September 2003. Last payment will probably be made on 31
January 2005

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training aid for the continued
Objective of aid: General
training of 19 apprentices taken over from NMH, Sulzbach-
Rosenberg, as follows:

— 7 as industrial mechanics in their 2nd year of training

in accordance with the Training Framework Plan

Economic
sector(s)
motor vehicle sector

concerned: Manufacturing industry,

— 6 as industrial mechanics in their 3rd year of training

Name and address of granting authority:

— 4 as electronics technicians in their 2nd year of training

— 2 as electronics technicians in their 3rd year of training,

Regierung der Oberpfalz
Sachgebiet 600
D-93039 Regensburg

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3376 — Dillinger Hüttenwerke/Saarstahl/Cokerie de Carling)

(2004/C 87/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 17 March 2004, 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(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 304M3376. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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