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: 2005-06-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, 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

(2005/C 158/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 2/04

Germany

Lower Saxony (Bremervörde)

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Directive of the city of Bremervörde of 16 December 2003 on the co-financing of
firms under the Lower Saxony Objective 2
financial assistance to individual
programme for the 2000-06 programming period

Legal basis

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

§ 108 der Niedersächsischen Landkreisordnung (NLO)
in der Fassung vom
22.8.1996 (Niedersächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt S. 365) i. V. mit § 65
der Niedersächsischen Gemeindeordnung (NGO) in der Fassung vom 22.8.1996
(Niedersächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt S. 382)

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,4 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(6) and Article 5
of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

17.12.2003

Duration of the scheme or indivi-
dual aid award

Until 31.12.2005

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Yes

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

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Name and address of the granting
authority:

Name:

Stadt Bremervörde

Address:

Rathausplatz 1
D-27432 Bremervörde

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

The measure excludes awards of aid or requires
prior notification to the Commission of awards
of aid,

(a) if the total eligible costs are at least EUR 25

Yes

million and

— the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %,
— in areas which qualify for regional aid,
the net aid intensity is at least 50 %; or

(b) if the total gross aid amount is at least EUR

15 million.

Aid No

XS 15/04

Member State

Region

Italy

Veneto

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Measure 1.7, action (b): incentives for the use by SMEs of structures suitable for
research work.

Legal basis

Docup obiettivo 2, 2000-2006;

Dgr n. 3025 del 9 novembre 2001;

Dgr n. 2633 del 8 agosto 2003 (bando)

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 2 600 000

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of
the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

15.3.2004

Duration of scheme or individual
aid award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

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Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Yes

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

Yes

— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

Yes

Name and address of the granting
authority

Name:

Regione Veneto

Address:

Direzione Industria
Corso del Popolo, 14
30174 Mestre Venezia

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

The measure excludes awards of aid or requires
prior notification to the Commission of awards
of aid,

(a) if the total eligible costs are at least EUR 25

million and

— the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %,
— in areas which qualify for regional aid,
the net aid intensity is at least 50 %; or

(b) if the total gross aid amount is at least EUR

15 million.

Aid Number

Member State

Region

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

XS 59/04

United Kingdom

North East of England

Allendale Estates

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Legal basis

Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

the

expenditure

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

Industrial Development Act 1982 Sections 7 & 11

Section 2 Local Government Act 2000

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

GBP 187 186

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(6) and Article 5
of the Regulation

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

Date of implementation

From 19 July 2004

Duration of scheme or individual
aid award

Until 30 December 2005

Objective of aid

Aid to SME

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SME

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

Or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

Or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

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Name and address of the granting
authority

Name:

Government Office for the North East European Programmes Secretariat

Address:

Wellbar House
Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4TD

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

—

The measure excludes awards of aid or requires
prior notification to the Commission of awards
of aid,

(a) if

the

total eligible
EUR 25 000 000 and

costs are at

least

— the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %,
— in areas which qualify for regional aid,
the net aid intensity is at least 50 %; or

(b) if

the total gross aid amount

is at

least

EUR 15 000 000.