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: EU Member State, 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

(2005/C 158/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 48/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Veneto

Title of aid scheme: Objective 2 SPD 2000-2006 Priority 3,
Measure 3.1 Tourism facilities and support structures — Aid to
businesses for the upgrading, modernisation and improvement
of tourist amenities.

Legal basis: Docup ob. 2 2000-2006 — approvato con Decisione

C (2001) n. 2889 del 26.11.2001

DGR 3217 dell'8.11.2002 (approvazione bando)

DGR 4141 del 30.12.2002 (integrazione alla DGR 3217
dell'8.11.2002)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Amount as
in supplementary financing plan. Total: EUR 14 445 200
excluding resources for Measure 3.1(c)

2001

EUR 1 262 998,88

2002

EUR 1 639 391,34

2003

EUR 1 704 541,33

2004

EUR 1 742 959,91

2005

EUR 1 792 693,38

2006

EUR 1 857 415,15

Maximum aid intensity:

— 7,5 % gge for medium-sized firms

— 15 % gge for small firms

Aid for promotional and marketing activities; organisation of
and participation in trade fairs and exhibitions; quality certifica-
tion and environmental compatibility will be granted at 50 %
gge.

Aid to small and medium-sized firms in areas falling within the
aid map shall comply with the ceilings laid down for the map.

Date of implementation: 15 November 2002

Duration of
to
30 September 2003; with the possibility of publishing new
calls for tender if any funds are left over.

scheme: From 15 November

2002

Economic sector(s) concerned: Tourism.

Name and address of granting authority:

Regione del Veneto — Direzione Turismo
Cannaregio, 168
30121 Venezia

through the company

Veneto Sviluppo SpA
via Ca' Marcello, 67/2
30172 Mestre Venezia

Aid No: XS 54/02

Member State: Netherlands

Region: North Netherlands

Title of aid scheme: Sport en Recreatiecentrum Thialf B.V.
(aid recipient) (Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland)

Legal basis:

Granting of subsidy

Date

Amount in EUR

Gemeente Heerenveen

11.7.2001 and
10.9.2001

185 100

Provincie Fryslân

1.11.2001

562 995

Samenwerkingsverband
Noord-Nederland

9.10.2001

984 120

Staatssecretaris
Volksgezondheid,
Welzijn en Sport

van

25.10.2001
and
26.10.2001

521 850

Total

2 254 065

Objective of aid: Upgrading of tourist facilities within the
integrated territorial projects through aid to small firms oper-
ating in the tourist industry.

N.B. Het besluit van het Samenwerkingsverband betreft het, in het
kader van de uitvoering van het Ruimtelijk-Economisch Ontwikkeling-
sprogramma voor Noord-Nederland 2000-2006, beschikbaar stellen
van een bijdrage uit de zogenaamde EZ/Kompas-middelen.

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Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Single
tranche of EUR 2 254 065

Maximum aid intensity: 29,2 % of the entire investment

Maximum aid intensity: 15 % gge for small enterprises and
7.5 % gge for medium-sized enterprises; in areas qualifying for
exemption under Article 87(3)(c), 8 % nge + 10 % gge for
small enterprises and 8 % nge + 6 % gge for medium-sized
enterprises.

Date of implementation: 1 November 2001

Duration of scheme: Ad hoc aid

Objective of aid: To provide aid with a view to stepping up
extension and technical redevelopment measures for the Thialf
skating rink in Heerenveen.

The project aims to create a sporting facility the public char-
acter of which will be guaranteed via an automatic transfer
provision for a period of five years after the definitive fixing of
the aid.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Samenwer-
kingsverband Noord-Nederland (in conjunction with the
Province of Friesland, the municipality of Heerenveen and the
Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport)

Postbus 779
9700 AT Groningen

Other information: This measure concerns ad hoc aid for
investments in fixed assets by a small, independent enterprise
as defined in Annex I to 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.

Date of implementation: 5 June 2002

Duration of scheme: 30 June 2007

Objective of aid: To facilitate the financing of SMEs and asso-
ciations of SMEs operating in industry and services, with par-
ticular attention to businesses run by young people and
women.

Economic sector(s) concerned: Manufacturing and produc-
tion services firms.

Observations: Subject to Community regulations or directives
adopted under the EC Treaty governing State aid in specific
industries.

The legislation lists the industries where aid is limited by Com-
munity rules.

Name and address of granting authority:

Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Direzione regionale dell'Industria
Via Trento, 2
34132 Trieste
Tel. 040/3772422
Fax 040/3772463
E-mail: s.svil.ind.@regione.fvg.it

Aid No: XS 60/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Aid No: XS 100/03

Member State: Italy

Region:: Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme: Subsidised loans to SMEs and associa-
tions (consorzi) of SMEs operating in industry and services.

Legal basis: DPR n. 0118/PRES. del 2 maggio 2002 di approva-
zione del ‘Regolamento per l'utilizzo della provvista mista di cui all'ar-
ticolo 6, commi da 1 a 7, della legge regionale 12 settembre 2001,
n. 23’.

Annual expenditure planned under
12 911,42, to be financed under the annual Finance Act.

the scheme: EUR

Title of aid scheme: Advisory services provided to SMEs by
outside consultants

Legal basis: DPR n. 152 del 23/5/2003.

Regolamento di attuazione per la concessione di contributi finalizzati
all'affidamento di studi di fattibilità e predisposizione di progetti di
ricerca da presentare alla U.E. ai sensi dell'articolo 21, comma 4,
dalla LR. N. 47 del 3/6/1978.

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Annual expenditure planned under
25 000, to be financed under the annual Finance Act.

the scheme: EUR

Maximum aid intensity: The rural district of Peine lies partly
within the national assisted areas map approved by the
Commission (transitional area).

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % of the cost of the advisory
service provided, up to a ceiling of EUR 5 000.

The aid amounts:

Date of implementation: From the date of publication in the
Regional Official Gazette. The first measures will not be taken
before August 2003.

— in the case of small enterprises, to no more than 15 % and

Duration of scheme: 30 June 2007.

— in the case of medium-sized enterprises, to no more than

7,5 % of eligible investment expenditure.

Objective of aid: To enable SMEs to familiarise themselves
with and take advantage of European research and develop-
ment programmes.

Economic sector(s) concerned: Small and medium-sized
industrial enterprises and research centres.

Observations: Subject to Community regulations or directives
adopted under the EC Treaty governing State aid in specific
industries.

Name and address of granting authority:

Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Direzione regionale dell'Industria
Via Trento, 2
34132 Trieste
Tel. 040/3442422
Fax 040/3772463
e-mail: s.svil.ind@regione.fvg.it

Aid No: XS 118/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Lower Saxony (rural district of Peine)

Title of aid scheme: Guidelines issued by the rural district of
Peine on the promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises
in the municipalities of Hohenhameln,
Ilsede, Lahstedt and
Lengede in connection with Objective 2 assistance by the Euro-
pean Union

Legal basis: § 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 (Nieder-
sächsisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt S. 382)

Annual expenditure planned under
200 000

the scheme: EUR

The rules on the cumulation of aid are complied with.

Date of implementation: 1 November 2002

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2005

Objective: The aid is intended to promote the competitiveness
and adaptability of small and medium-sized enterprises in the
rural district of Peine (municipalities of Hohenhameln, Ilsede,
Lahstedt and Lengede), to encourage the creation of new jobs
and help safeguard existing ones and thereby to bring about
structural improvements.

Rescue and restructuring aid for firms in difficulty (within the
meaning of the Community guidelines on State aid for rescuing
and restructuring firms in difficulty: OJ C 288, 9.10.1999) is
not covered by the measure.

Aid may be granted for the following types of investment
project:

— setting-up of an establishment;

— extension of an establishment if the number of long-term
full-time jobs is increased by 15 % as compared with the
situation before the start of the investment;

— rationalisation, diversification or modernisation of an estab-
lishment if this serves to ensure the continued existence of
the business and the maintenance of most of the jobs;

— acquisition of an establishment

threatened with closure,

provided that this is done under market conditions.

The aid takes the form of investment grants.

All depreciable fixed assets relating to physical and intangible
assets are eligible.

Economic sector(s) concerned: Those entitled to apply are
SMEs in manufacturing, the craft sector, the distributive trades,
firms and persons
the hotel
working in the business-related professions whose place of
business is in the rural district of Peine. Aid may not be
granted to firms in sensitive sectors.

industry, other service-sector

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Name and address of the granting authority:

Landkreis Peine
Burgstr. 1
31224 Peine

Other information: Mr Kolloch

Tel.: 05171/401288

Fax: 05171/401686

Aid No: XS 130/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Grants for the acquisition of patents or operating
the
licences for new manufacturing technologies aimed at
production cycle.

Legal basis: D.P.R. no 0382/Pres. del 17 ottobre 2003 di appro-
vazione del ‘Regolamento di attuazione per la concessione di contributi
finalizzati all'acquisizione di brevetti o di diritti di utilizzazione di
nuove tecnologie produttive finalizzati al ciclo produttivo’.

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of indivi-
dual aid granted to the company: Planned annual expendi-
ture: EUR 500 000

Maximum aid intensity: Up to the maximum of 7,5 % of
eligible costs incurred as regards medium-sized firms and 15 %
for small firms, apart from the increases in the areas exempted
under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty.

Date of implementation: From the date of publication in the
Regional Official Gazette (BUR No 48 of 26.11.2003).

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 30 June 2007

Objective of aid: To raise the technological level of SMEs by
giving them the opportunity to acquire patents or operating
licences for new manufacturing technologies

Economic
industrial firms.

sectors

concerned: Small

and medium-sized

Comments: Subject to Community regulations or directives
adopted under the EC Treaty governing State aid in specific
industries.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Via Trento, 2
34132 Trieste
Tel. 040/377 24 22
Fax 040/377 24 63
e-mail: s.svil.ind@regione.fvg.it