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: 2005-06-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Autonomous Province of Trento, Marches, 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 Regu-
lation (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

(2005/C 137/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid number: XS 93/03

Date of implementation: 1 January 2004.

Member State: Italy

Region: Autonomous Province of Trento

Title of aid scheme: Services for small and medium-sized
firms.

Legal basis: Legge provinciale 12 luglio 1993 n. 17 e s.m.;
relativo regolamento di attuazione approvato con delibera di
Giunta provinciale n. 1664 di data 30 giugno 2000 e s.m.
Norma di proroga da inserire nel disegno di legge finanziaria.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Maximum
EUR 4 500 000 (annual budget allocation).

Maximum aid intensity: The aid scheme is an extension of
State Aid No 280/98 as specified in the notification procedure
started on 20 April 1998 Ref. No 703/98-D112/ES/pc. The
scheme, authorised by letter of 18 September 1998, Ref. No SG
(98) D/7787, provides for various types of aid.

Duration of scheme: From 1 January 2004 to 31 December
2006.

Objective of aid: Investment/consultancy aid for SMEs and
consortia of SMEs.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors, subject to the
restrictions laid down by Community rules (i.e. excluding activ-
ities linked to the production, processing or marketing of
products listed in Annex I to the Treaty).

Name and address of granting authority:

Provincia autonoma di Trento
Piazza Dante 15
38100 Trento — Italia

A. Consultancy (Article 5 of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001)

Aid No: XS 140/03

Information services aimed at facilitating access to informa-
tion via databases and IT systems. The maximum intensity
of the measure is 50 %.

Member State: Italy

Region: Marche

Basic services, providing detailed analysis of one or more
business areas, with a maximum intensity of 30 %.

Specialised services, aimed at maximising the development
of businesses in terms of market presence, organisation and
technology, with a maximum intensity of 40 % of expendi-
ture.

Specialised services connected with strategic approaches,
aimed at pursuing the objectives identified in the provincial
development programme (quality of the firm, new entrepre-
neurship,
integration) with a maximum intensity of 50 %
for small firms and 45 % for medium-sized firms.

Title of aid scheme: Single Programming Document Objective
2 2000-2006 — Measure 1.1 Aid to productive and environ-
mental investment by small and medium-sized industrial and
craft firms, Submeasure 1.1.1 Aid to productive investment by
small and medium-sized industrial firms, assistance b2 Law
598/94, Article 11 — Investment subsidies for technological
innovation, environmental protection, organisational
innova-
tion, commercial innovation and safety at work.

Legal basis: SPD Objective 2 2000-2006

Annual expenditure planned:

B. Investment (Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001)

Ordinary aid

carried out by test laboratories and certification bodies will
receive aid up to a maximum intensity of 15 % for small
firms and 7.5 % for medium-sized firms. If the investment
is carried out by consortia of small firms, the maximum
intensity is 15 %;
for consortia of medium-sized firms,
7.5 %.

EUR 788 835.00 for 2001

EUR 831 006.00 for 2002

EUR 989 370.60 for 2003

Total: EUR 2 609 211.60

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Transitional aid

EUR 268 149.60 for 2001

EUR 431 879.10 for 2002

EUR 402 292.20 for 2003

Total: EUR 1 102 320.90

Ordinary aid

EUR 3 028 405.00 for 2004

EUR 3 221 452.00 for 2005

EUR 1 600 855.00 for 2006

Transitional aid

EUR 411 207.00 for 2004

EUR 32 622.00 for 2005

Maximum aid intensity: In accordance with Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001, the following rates of aid will be applied: 15 %
gge for small firms and 7.5 % gge for medium-sized firms; in
areas qualifying for exemption under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC
Treaty, 8 % nge + 10 % gge for small firms and 8 % nge + 6 %
gge for medium-sized firms.

Date of implementation: In accordance with Commission
guidelines, aid will be granted for costs incurred by the final
recipient from the date of publication of the call for applica-
tions. Only expenditure incurred after the date on which the
aid application was submitted is eligible.

Duration of scheme: The scheme shall be implemented for
the same length of time as SPD Objective 2 2000-06.

Objective of aid: The aid is intended for small and medium-
sized industrial firms in Objective 2 and phasing-out areas in
the Marche.

Economic sectors concerned: Sections C, D, E and F of the
1991 Italian Statistical Office (ISTAT) classification of economic
activities, subject to the exclusions and limitations laid down by
the Community rules on state aid (including export aid and aid
to the motor manufacturing industry). Activities involving the
production, processing or marketing of the goods listed in
Annex I to the EC Treaty are excluded

Name and address of
the granting authority: Regione
Marche, Servizio Industria e Artigianato, Via Tiziano 44, I-
60100 Ancona — tel. 0718061

Other information: Amendment to the duration of aid XS
140/2003