Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 of 12 December 2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-06-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, disclosure of information, employment aid, job creation, recruitment, worker with disabilities

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 of 12 December 2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of
the EC Treaty to State aid for employment

(2005/C 159/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XE 04/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Campania

Title of aid scheme: Regional rules on aid for employment.

Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta regionale della Campania n. 1448 dell'11.4.2003

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: The scheme will be implemented using funds
earmarked for the Campania Objective 1 regional operational programme, measures 1.11, 2.3, 3.4, 3.9,
3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 4.4, 5.3 and 6.4; the appropriation for employment aid will be set by the regional
executive within the approved bands.

The resources to be drawn from these facilities to finance the scheme amount to EUR 110 000 000.

Any further appropriations to finance the scheme will be approved by the regional executive and notified
to the Commission in the annual report.

Maximum aid intensity: In line with Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002, the maximum intensities are those
indicated in Articles 4, 5 and 6 of the Regulation, calculated as a percentage of the gross wage cost for the
jobs created for a period of two years; they are summarised in the following table.

Types of aid

Maximum

— Aid for job creation not linked
to the carrying-out of a project
of investment

— Aid for job creation linked to
the carrying-out of a project of
investment

The intensities are those stated in the regional aid map, i.e.:
— for large enterprises, 35 % net;
— for SMEs, 35 % net plus 15 % gross.

The increase of 15 % gross is available to SMEs only provided that
the total net intensity of the aid does not exceed 75 %, that the reci-
pient's own contribution is no less than 25 % of
the financing
obtained, and that the jobs are maintained in the Region.

Where the aid is of one of these types, a further 50 % gross of the
gross wage cost for a year may be granted if the net job creation
relates to a worker who is disadvantaged within the meaning of
Article 2(f) of Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 or 60 % of the gross
wage cost for a year if the worker is disabled within the meaning of
Article 2(g) of the same Regulation.

Aid towards
the recruitment of
disadvantaged and disabled workers

The maximum intensity of aid as a percentage of the wage cost over
the year following recruitment may not exceed 50 % gross in the
case of disadvantaged workers and 60 % gross in the case of disabled
workers.

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Types of aid

Maximum

Aid linked to the extra cost of
recruiting a disabled worker

All of the extra costs and related expenditure incurred during the
period within which the disabled person works for the recipient
enterprise in respect of:
— conversion of premises;
— the working time spent by the responsible staff solely on the

assistance of the disabled worker or workers;

— the costs of adapting or acquiring equipment for the use of the

disabled worker or workers.

Date of implementation: April 2003

Duration of scheme: Until December 2006

Objective of aid: In line with recital 7 to Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002, with the European employment
strategy and with the strategy of the Campania Objective 1 regional operational programme, the objective
of this scheme is to encourage job creation, the recruitment of disadvantaged and disabled workers and the
employment of disabled workers, without adversely affecting trading conditions to an extent contrary to
the common interest.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All
firms operating in Campania qualify for the employment aid
provided for in these rules, except those operating in transport (though the aid is available in the case of
disadvantaged and disabled workers), shipbuilding and ship repair, and coal.

Name and address of granting authority:
Regione Campania
Area Generale di Coordinamento Istruzione, Educazione, Formazione, Politiche Giovanili e del Forum
Regionale,
Ormel - Centro Direzionale
Isola A/6, 80141 — Napoli.
Tel. 081/7966303
Fax 081/7966045
E-mail c.neri@regione.campania.it

Other information: The scheme is cofinanced by the ESF under the Campania regional operational
programme for 2000/2006, which was approved by EU decision C(2000) 2347, adopted on 8 August
2000, notified on 12 August 2000, and published in a special issue of the Region of Campania Official
Gazette (BURC) in September 2000.