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: 2005-07-15
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

(2005/C 175/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

XS 27/04

United Kingdom

Article 87(3)(a) Assisted Area in the North West Region of the UK

Aid Number

Member State

Region

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

Delleve Plastics Limited

Legal basis

Section 153 Environmental Protection Act 1990 and Financial Assistance for
Environmental Purposes (No 2) Order 2000 (SI 2000:2211)

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme or overall amount of indi-
vidual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

GBP
1,085 million

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 30.5.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30.7.2005

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 (recycling companies)

Yes

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Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
WRAP

Address:
The Old Academy, 21 Horsefair, Banbury, OX16 0AH

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 costs are at least

— EUR 25 000 000 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

15 000 000.

Not
applic-
able

Aid No

Member State

Region

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Austria

Lower Austria (Province)

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

NAFES aid guidelines

Legal basis

NAFES Förderrichtlinie; in individual cases, the relevant decision by the Provin-
cial Government.

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

EUR 1,2 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

max.
EUR 0,3 million

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

2.4.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Economic sectors concerned

Aid to SMEs,
Investment aid for infrastructure projects.

All sectors where SME aid may be granted, but
especially for other services. Excluding agri-
culture and transport.

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

Yes

Yes

No

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— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Landesregierung Niederösterreich, Abteilung Raumordnung und Regionalpolitik
Einreich- und Abwicklungsstelle Wirtschaftskammer NÖ

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

Address:
Landhausplatz 1, A-3109 St.Pölten