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: 2004-04-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, 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 87/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 30/02

Member State: Netherlands

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Subsidies for technical assistance in emerging
markets

Legal basis: Artikel 3 van de Kaderwet EZ-subsidies

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
individual aid granted to the company:
amount of
EUR 6 000 000

Maximum aid intensity:

— Management support projects: EUR 275 000

— Training projects: EUR 90 000

Date of implementation: 7 March 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Indefinite; the
subsidy ceiling is set every year

Objective of aid: To contribute to the transition of emerging
markets and the positioning on those markets of small and
medium-sized enterprises based in the Netherlands, by subsi-
dising management support and training projects run by firms
in emerging markets with Dutch participation

Economic sector(s) concerned: All industries not excluded by
special Community regulations or directives on the granting of
state aid in specific industries. The scheme also excludes
(Article 2(2))
fur farms, and
firms making military goods,
firms engaging in activities prohibited in the Netherlands

Name and address of the granting authority:

On behalf of the Ministry of Finance:

Nederlandse Financierings-Maatschappij voor Ontwikkeling-
slanden NV (FMO)
Koningskade 40
Postbus 93060
2509 AB Den Haag
Nederland

Aid No: XS 59/03

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: North East of England

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

Legal basis: Section 126 of Housing, Grants, Construction and
Regeneration Act 1996

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

— 2003: GBP 168 072

— 2004: GBP 208 950

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid density will be
30 % (assisted area 20 % for Hartlepool under Article 87(3)(c)
+ 10 % in areas covered by Article 87(3)(c)
to reach the
maximum aid intensity of 30 %)

Date of implementation: 21 February 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: End 31
December 2004

Objective of aid: The project will provide grant assistance to
135 start-up and expanding businesses in Hartlepool. The grant
will subsidise the purchase of capital equipment. This project
aims to encourage investment by SMEs to create jobs for local
residents (Hartlepool suffers from a very low level of economic
activity and high unemployment). The need for the project has
been explored by the sponsor through focus groups with SMEs
who have previously received grant assistance from the Council

Economic sector(s) concerned: All eligible industry sectors
without prejudice to special rules concerning State aid in
certain sections

Name and address of the granting authority:

ERDF contact: Kay Goodinson
European Programme Secretariat
Government Office North East
Wellbar House
Gallowgate
Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4TD
United Kingdom

Sponsor contact: Mr M. Emerson
Hartlepool Borough Council
Bryan Hanson House
Hanson Square
Hartlepool TS24 7BT
United Kingdom

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Aid No: XS 112/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Lombardy

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Priority 1,
improving the competitiveness of
the economic system in Lombardy

— Measure 1.1.B, assistance for investment in technological
innovation and environmental protection under Article 5
of Act No 598/94

— Measure 1.2.A, assistance for investment in organisational
innovation and safety in the workplace

and commercial
under Article 11 of Act No 598/94

Legal basis: Legge 598/94 articolo 11 — «Agevolazioni per
investimenti per l'innovazione tecnologica, la tutela ambientale,
l'innovazione organizzativa e commerciale e la sicurezza sui
luoghi di lavoro» come modificata ed integrato 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 legislativo 31.3.1998, n. 112, articolo 19;

— Decreto legislativo 31.3.1998, n. 123;

— Docup Obiettivo 2 2000-2006 Lombardia;

— Approvato con decisione C(2878) del 10.12.2001

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

2001:
2002:

2003:

2004:

2005:

2006:

Objective 2
EUR 1 941 615
EUR 2 359 152

Phasing out
EUR 244 574
EUR 272 188

EUR 2 401 756

EUR 224 854

EUR 2 056 075

EUR 153 844

EUR 2 092 907

EUR 103 878

EUR 2 149 157

Maximum aid intensity:

— 15 % gge in the case of small enterprises;

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

Date of implementation: 27 August 2002 (no aid will be
granted in any event before this summary has been notified
to the Commission)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2006

Interest subsidies are provided to assist
Objective of aid:
programmes of investment aimed at technological innovation,
environmental protection, organisational and commercial inno-
vation and safety in the workplace.

The measures are designed in line with the definitions in
Article 2(c) and (d) and Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No
70/2001

Economic sector(s) concerned: SMEs operating in mining
and quarrying and in manufacturing (Sections C, D, E and F
in the 1991 Italian Statistical Office (ISTAT) classification of
economic activities), with the exclusions and restrictions laid
down in the Community rules for the steel, shipbuilding,
synthetic fibres, motor vehicle and transport industries.

The scheme does not apply to activities
linked to the
production, processing or marketing of products listed in
Annex I to the Treaty

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Lombardia
Struttura Sviluppo produttivo e Incentivi
DG Industria, PMI, Cooperazione e Turismo
Via Taramelli 20
I-Milano

Aid No: XS 123/02

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: North East

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual
for businesses —
Investment
aid:
Derwentside District Council

incentives

Legal basis: Local Government Act 2000

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

— 2002: GBP 136 500

— 2003: GBP 126 000

Maximum aid intensity: Individual SMEs will receive 15 % of
eligible project costs

Date of implementation: 18 November 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2003

Objective of aid: The project will provide grant assistance to
53 start-up and expanding businesses in Derwentside (a 20 %
Article 87(3)(c) assisted area) to allow them to invest in new
premises.

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The eligible costs of the project will be within the scope of
tangible investment as outlined in Article 4(5) of the Regu-
lation.

SMEs in Derwentside find it difficult to identify suitable and
affordable premises for the purpose of expanding the business
because of the rural concentration of Derwentside. These grants
will ensure that the SMEs will be able to afford new and
suitable accommodation that
they are to
survive and flourish

is essential

if

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors, without prejudice
to special rules, regulations and directives concerning state aid
in certain sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

ERDF Contact: Kay Goodinson
European Programme Secretariat
Government Office North East
Wellbar House
Gallowgate
Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4TD
United Kingdom

Sponsor Contact: Mr K Robinson
Derwentside District Council
Civic Centre
Consett
Co Durham DH8 5JA
United Kingdom

Aid No: XS 127/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an
individual aid: Guidelines on aid for the provision of foreign
trade advice for small and medium-sized enterprises

Legal basis: Artikel 23, 44 Bayerische Haushaltsordnung
(BayHO)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
individual aid granted to the company:
2003-2006: some EUR 600 000 (gross estimates according
to medium-term fiscal plans)

Maximum aid intensity: Up to 50 % of the eligible consulting
costs

Date of implementation: 1 January 2003

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

Objective of aid: Support for small and medium-sized enter-
prises within the meaning of the Commission's definition in
making use of external consultancy services:

— reduction in existing competitive disadvantages for small
and medium-sized enterprises, establishment and main-
tenance of equality of opportunity

— provision of foreign-trade-related information and expert

knowledge

Economic sector(s) concerned: All branches of industry, the
craft sector, the services sector and the professions. Firms not
exempted under Article 1 of the Regulation on state aid for
small and medium-sized enterprises are not eligible

Name and address of the granting authority:

— Industrie- und Handelskammer für Aschaffenburg, Postfach

17, D-63701 Aschaffenburg

— Industrie-

und Handelskammer

für Augsburg

und

Schwaben, Postfach 10 18 80, D-86008 Augsburg

— Industrie- und Handelskammer für Oberfranken Bayreuth,

Postfach 10 06 53, D-95406 Bayreuth

— Industrie- und Handelskammer zu Coburg, Postfach 20 43,

D-96409 Coburg

— Industrie- und Handelskammer Lindau/Bodensee, Postfach

13 65, D-88103 Lindau

— Industrie- und Handelskammer für München und Ober-

bayern, D-80323 München

— Industrie-

und Handelskammer Nürnberg,

Postfach,

D-90271 Nürnberg

— Industrie- und Handelskammer für Niederbayern in Passau,

Postfach 17 27, D-94030 Passau

— Industrie-

und Handelskammer Regensburg,

Postfach

11 03 55, D-93016 Regensburg

— Industrie- und Handelskammer Würzburg-Schweinfurt,

Postfach 58 40, D-97008 Würzburg