Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2005-07-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, control of State aid, vocational training

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC
Treaty to training aid

(2005/C 183/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 07/2001

Member State: Spain

Title of aid scheme: Aid for training shipbuilding workers

Legal basis: Resolución CN.4.02. F.S.E., de fecha 9 de mayo de
2001, de la Dirección General de Política Tecnológica del Ministerio
de Ciencia y Tecnología y Circular de la Gerencia del Sector Naval de
fecha 30 de mayo de 2001

components for the purpose of calculating the aid intensity,
or where it is impossible to class the project as general or
specific training,
the intensities for specific training will
apply.

5. The following costs incurred by a training project will be

eligible for aid:

(a) training staff costs;

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme:

(b) transport expenses of training staff and training partici-

pants;

2001: EUR 19 000 000

2002: EUR 19 000 000

2003: EUR 19 000 000

2004: EUR 19 000 000

2005: EUR 19 000 000

2006: EUR 19 000 000

Maximum aid intensity:

1. Before any aid is granted to an individual project, the type
of training involved will be assessed and the applicable aid
ceiling will be determined as indicated below.

2. Where the aid is for general training, the maximum inten-
sity will be 50 % for large firms and 70 % for small and
medium-sized enterprises.

These intensities will be increased by 5 percentage points
for firms located in areas qualifying for regional aid under
Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty and by 10 percentage points
for firms located in areas qualifying for regional aid under
Article 87(3)(a) of the Treaty.

(c) other

current

expenditure

such as materials

and

supplies;

(d) depreciation of tools and equipment in proportion to
their exclusive use for the training project concerned;

(e) costs of consultancy services related to the training

project;

(f) personnel costs of participants in the training project,
up to an amount equivalent to the total of the other
eligible costs listed in (a) to (e) above. Only the time
actually spent by the workers on training can be taken
into account, once productive time or the equivalent has
been deducted.

Date of implementation: 30 May 2001

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid:

General training

Specific training

3. Where the aid is for specific training, the maximum inten-
sity will be 25 % for large firms and 35 % for small and
medium-sized enterprises.

Economic sector(s) concerned: Shipbuilding and related
industries

These intensities will be increased by 5 percentage points
for firms located in areas qualifying for regional aid under
Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty and by 10 percentage points
for firms located in areas qualifying for regional aid under
Article 87(3)(a) of the Treaty.

Name and address of the granting authority:

Gerencia del Sector Naval
Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología
Po de la Castellana, 143 — 10o
E-28046 Madrid

4. Where the project

involves both general and specific
training and cannot be broken down into the respective

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Aid No: XT 12/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Veneto

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

An amount not exceeding EUR 1 million (approx. GBP
620 000) will be provided to the company over 3 years, as
follows:

Title of aid scheme: ESF Obj. 3 operational programme,
labour
measure DI, Development of continuing training,
market flexibility and business competitiveness in the public
and private sectors, with priority being granted to SMEs

Legal basis: DGR n. 4011 del 31 dicembre 2001

Year 1: GBP 178 000

Year 2: GBP 254 000

Year 3: GBP 201 000

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme: The
measure will cover the period 2002-03 and involve a total
amount of EUR 36 300 000, excluding private funding.

N.B.: Proposed aid levels will be re-calculated at each financial-
year end to ensure amounts do not exceed the maximum aid
level of EUR 1 million.

Maximum aid intensity: In accordance with Article 4 of
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001

Date of implementation: 31 December 2001

Duration of scheme: 31 December 2003

Objective of aid: To promote continuing training, both
general and specific, to accompany the changes in the world of
work brought about by developments in working methods, the
introduction of computerised production systems, the globalisa-
tion of markets and the need for greater operational flexibility.
The measures develop the qualitative and quantitative approach
to human resources in the local economic context.

Maximum aid intensity: Atmel is based in North Tyneside,
an assisted area in receipt of regional aid — Article 87(3)(Tier
2). It is a large company in receipt of Regional Selective Assis-
tance totalling GBP 27,8 million (approx. EUR 47 million).
The eligible costs of this training aid do not overlap with any
of
is
the costs paid for by the RSA package that Atmel
receiving. The proposed support package totalling no more
than EUR 1 million is equal to some 27,6 % of the training
costs of the overall project. The funding will help purchase
training in transferable skills — approximately 14 % will be
applied to general
training and 14 % to specific training,
thereby not exceeding the permissible intensities of 55 % and
30 % respectively, under the State aid rules. It will enhance
workers personal development and increase their employ-
ability.

Economic sectors concerned: All production sectors

Date of implementation: 28 January 2002

Name and address of granting authority:

Regione Veneto
Segreteria regionale alla Formazione e Lavoro
Via Allegri, 29
I-30173 Mestre Venezia

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Up to 31
December 2004

Objective of aid: To support the design and delivery of the
following types of training:

Aid No: XT 18/02

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: North East of England

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Training support for Atmel, North Tyneside

Legal basis: Department
Investment Fund, approved by HMT.

for Education and Skills,

Inward

The Department for Education and Skills is the sponsor depart-
ment. The DfES and the Secretary of State's authority is via the
Education and Training Act 1973; and the Industrial Develop-
ment Act 1982 (Sections 8, 11 and 12)

Regional Development Agencies
(RDAs) have delegated
authority functions via Section 6 of the Regional Development
Agencies Act 1998.

General

— Internal training

Safety training for operators/technicians on:

risk assessment

fire precautions

chemical handling and spills

environmental awareness

manual handling

— General safety training

Training for technicians/engineers for more advanced safety
techniques (such as fire extinguishers, breathing apparatus,
COSHH, laser, arsenic, radiation hazards and qualification
as laser/radiation safety officers.

Educational/development support

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— Providing the opportunity for staff to achieve

NVQ, ONC, HNC, Degree and Masters level courses

— IT — Training user

nology skills enabling them to gain employment in a variety of
other industries including electronics, electrical engineering,
ICT, software and systems engineering. In addition, the generic
skills they receive will be those required for employment else-
where in the private and public sector.

Provision of basic, intermediate, advanced PC skills for all
staff including specific technical packages

— IT — Technical

Training on specific IT support systems and servers

A contract document with the company and the Regional
Development Agency (RDA) will be set up under which acces-
sing and receiving the funding will be managed. The RDA will
monitor evidence against targets and milestones identified in
the contract and payment will be made on attainment of these.

— General training

Name and address of the granting authority:

Permitting skill provision in electrical, mechanical, pneu-
matic, vacuum, RF, etc.

— Production engineering

Training on all production tools for operators, technicians
and engineers

— Facilities engineering

Regional Policy Division
Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
Level 11, Moorfoot
Sheffield, S1 4PQ
United Kingdom
Contact: Madeleine Gadsby

Provision of certification and maintenance training in areas
forklift
such as gas installations (Corgi)weld inspection,
trucks, HV switching, PLCs, fire systems.

Aid No: XT 34/03

— Quality

Member State: United Kingdom

Training and certification in all aspects of ISO9000, 14001
and HS18001

Region: North West England

— Costs: apprentice/undergraduate

— Salaries during training period due to turnover and growth

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Centre of Vocational Excellence Programme (BAE
Systems)

— Capital

Legal basis: Learning and Skills Act 2000.

Atmel and the RDA have confirmed that this capital is to
be used solely for training purposes for its entire lifetime.

Specific:

— Consultancy and support

— Travel/accommodation

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

Not exceeding EUR 1 million (approx. GBP 624 000) will be
provided to the company over 3 years as follows:

Year 1: GBP 300 000

— Salaries during training period due to turnover and growth

Year 2: GBP 150 000

Economic sector(s) concerned: Manufacturing IT

Remarks: (Semi-conductor manufacturing plant)

Year 3: GBP 100 000

Total: 550 000

Funding will support only the activities identified. It will not
support any activities funded under any other State aid scheme.
There are no other sectors that need to be considered in this
bid.

IT and the semiconductor manufacturing industry is a major
growth sector in the North East of England and is a key
component of its economic strategy

The general training elements of this package will ensure that
the recipients of the training programmes will receive tech-

Maximum aid intensity: BAE Systems is a large company
based in Preston.

The maximum aid intensity will not exceed 60 % of the eligible
costs for general training (50 % permitted for large enterprises
plus 10 % for disadvantaged workers as defined in Article 2(g)
of the regulation). Different maximum aid intensities will apply
depending on whether or not recipients are actually disadvan-
taged workers.

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Date of implementation: 20 June 2003

Aid No: XT 44/03

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Up to 31 July
2006

Member State: Greece

Region: Entire country

Objective of aid: The Aerospace sector has a shortage of
labour with the skills required for employment in a high-tech-
nology industry. This is a significant barrier to economic
growth in England, especially north-west England.

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Research and Technology Training Networks

Legal basis: N.1514/85, N.1733/87, 2741/99 and N.2919/01

General Training

industry. Modern Apprenticeships

The objective of this aid is to increase the regional and national
pool of labour with the high-level transferable skills necessary
to meet the needs of the industry. This will be achieved in two
ways. Firstly, by increasing the number of young people
entering the industry through modern apprenticeship training
and by improving the skills of those who are already working
in the
in Engineering
provide more opportunities for young people to enter the
labour market and the best possible preparation to achieving
skilled and/or technician status within the aerospace industry.
They also, where appropriate, provide positive progression to
Higher Education or higher-level work. Secondly, by increasing
the number of existing employees in aeronautical engineering
companies across the North West region who upgrade their
existing vocational skills. This will be achieved by expanding
BAE's training capacity to upskill its existing employees. The
training provided will lead to nationally recognised vocational
qualifications that boost productivity and also substantially
enhance individual employability across a range of jobs within
the engineering sector.

The individual aid is being awarded to BAE Systems, a
company engaged in aerospace engineering and avionics. The
General Training elements of this package will ensure that the
recipients of the training programmes will receive technology
skills which would enable them to gain employment in the
aerospace engineering and avionics industry and across a range
of other industries including electronics, electrical engineering
and engineering.

Economic sector(s) concerned: Aerospace engineering

Name and address of the granting authority:

Skills for Employment Division
Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
Level 4, Moorfoot
Sheffield
S1 4PQ
United Kingdom
Contact: Keith McMaster

Other information: This aid is approved by the Department
for Education and Skills. The Learning and Skills Council
is
responsible for contracting with the company, monitoring
progress in accordance with State Aid rules. The Learning &
Skills Council has delegated authority via the Learning and
Skills Act 2000.

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of indivi-
dual aid granted to the company:

Annual expenditure:

2003: EUR 1 400 000

2004: EUR 767 852

2005: EUR 766 851

Maximum aid intensity: Small and medium-sized firms are
granted 45 % and large firms 35 % of their contribution to the
total budget

Date of implementation: October 2002

Duration of
December 2006

scheme or

individual

aid award: Until

Objective of aid: The objective is to create scientific networks
on advanced technology topics of high scientific priority for
the country, to train researchers, post-graduate students and
graduates in certain specialist fields and to develop the skills of
people working in business in order to modernise and increase
the competitiveness of productive units.

Economic sectors concerned:

Health, biomedicine, diagnostic and treatment methods

Biotechnology/bioethics

Culture/tourism/sport

Marine environment

Transport and navigation

Land and air environment and sustainable development

Water resources

Natural disasters and forest fires

Renewable energy sources and energy conservation

Refuse recycling

Information and telecommunications

Foodstuffs and agricultural production

Aquaculture

Raising public awareness of new technologies

New methods of organising and managing businesses, social
agencies and public bodies

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Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministry of Development
General Secretariat for Research and Technology
Messogion 14-18
Athens 11510

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

Not exceeding EUR 1 million (approx GBP 624 000) will be
provided to the company over 3 years as follows:

Aid No: XT 45/03

Member State: Netherlands

Region: Flevoland

Year 1: GBP 300 000

Year 2: GBP 100 000

Year 3: GBP 100 000

Total: GBP 500 000

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Farm Dairy Holding B.V.

Maximum aid intensity: British Gas is a large company with
major bases in Leeds and Basingstoke.

Legal basis: Subsidieverordening ESF doelstelling 1

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of indivi-
dual aid granted to the company: EUR 141 349 Cofinancing
paid by Farm Dairy Holding B.V.

The maximum aid intensity will not exceed 60 % of the eligible
costs for general training (50 % permitted for large enterprises
plus 10 % for disadvantaged workers as defined in Article 2(g)
of the regulation).

Maximum aid intensity: 50 %

Date of implementation: 1 January 2004

Date of implementation: 29 April 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 9 May 2003

Objective of aid: General training to an appropriate level,
which will help to strengthen the position of the employees on
the general job market.

Economic sectors concerned: Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority:

Provincie Flevoland
Postbus 55
8200 AB Lelystad

Other information: The company Farm Dairy has many
employees with a low level of training. The lack of sufficient
trained workers is a considerable handicap for the company.
The aim of the ‘Opleidingstraject Farm Dairy’ project is to raise
the level of vocational training of the employees to an appro-
priate level. This will also help to strengthen the position of the
employees on the general job market. The project comprises
ten components ranging from ‘quality and hygiene’ to ‘fork-lift
truck training’. A total of 68 employees are taking part, though
numbers vary in the individual course units. Of the partici-
pants, 26 belong to the ‘minorities’ category.

Aid No: XT 46/03

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Yorkshire and Humber, and South East

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
aid: Centre of Vocational Excellence Programme
vidual
(British Gas)

Legal basis: The Learning and Skills Act 2000.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Up to 31
December 2006

Objective of aid: The Gas installation and maintenance sector
has a shortage of labour with the skills required for employ-
ment in a high-technology industry (recent research showed
that the industry needs an additional 30 000 gas installers).
This is a significant barrier to economic growth in England.

The objective of this aid is twofold.

General Training

— To increase the regional and national pool of labour with
the high-level transferable skills necessary to meet the needs
of the industry. This will be achieved in two ways. Firstly,
by increasing the number of young people entering the
industry through modern apprenticeship training and by
improving the skills of those who are already working in
the industry. Modern Apprenticeships in gas installation
and maintenance provide more opportunities for young
people to enter the labour market and the best possible
preparation to achieving skilled and/or technician status
within the gas installation and maintenance industry. They
also, where appropriate, provide positive progression to
Higher Education or higher-level work. Secondly, by
increasing the number of existing employees in gas installa-
tion and maintenance companies across the Yorkshire and
Humber and South East regions and England more widely
who upgrade their existing vocational skills. This will be
achieved by expanding British Gas'
training capacity to
upskill its existing employees and opening up its provision
to other companies. Particular emphasis will be given to
local SMEs. The training provided will
lead to nationally
recognised vocational qualifications that boost productivity
and also substantially enhance individual employability
across a range of jobs within the gas installation and main-
tenance sector.

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— Secondly, to maximise the nationally recognised training
expertise of British Gas by sharing best practice with other
training providers so as to increase the volume and quality
of training generally within the industry and to promote
British Gas as an exemplar in the industry so as to encou-
rage other companies to invest more in developing their
workforces. The Learning and Skills Council, the funding
body for post-16 education and training in England, will
actively manage the sharing of best practice. Most sharing
of best practice will be hands on, for example other training
providers will visit British Gas or British Gas staff will facili-
tate regional/national networking events.

The individual aid is being awarded to British Gas, a company
engaged in gas installation and maintenance. The General
Training elements of this package will ensure that the recipients
of the training programmes will receive technology skills which
would enable them to gain employment in the gas installation
and maintenance industry and across a range of other indus-
tries including plumbing, refrigeration and engineering.

Sharing British Gas' expertise with other companies and
training providers will mean that other companies in the gas
installation and maintenance industry as well as others in a
range of other industries will be able to improve the quality of
training provision and thus improve the employment and
career prospects of new entrants to the labour market and
those already in work.

Economic sector(s) concerned: Gas installation and mainte-
nance

Name and address of the granting authority:

Skills for Employment Division
Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
Level 4, Moorfoot
Sheffield
S1 4PQ
United Kingdom
Contact: Sue Read

Legal basis: Landeshaushaltsordnung (LHO)
vom 30.4.1991
(GVBl. LSA S. 45), insbesondere die Verwaltungsvorschriften zu §
44 LHO des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt in der aktuellen Fassung;

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 68/2001 der Kommission vom 12.1.2001
über die Anwendung der Artikel 87 und 88 EG-Vertrag auf Ausbil-
dungsbeihilfen (ABl. L 10 vom 13.1.2001, S. 20)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Approx.
EUR 800 000

Maximum aid intensity:

Training aid

In the case of SMEs, expenditure on staff (instructors), travelling
costs, current expenditure, depreciation of tools and equipment,
consultancy costs and staff costs for participants are eligible for
assistance.

The aid intensity is limited in the case of specific training to a
maximum of 45 % gross of the eligible expenditure for SMEs,
and in the case of general training to a maximum of 80 %
gross of the eligible expenditure for SMEs.

Date of implementation: 1 January 2003

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2004

Objective of aid:

— Improving labour market equilibrium by strengthening

firms' capacity for innovation

— Guaranteeing the participation of all social categories and
equal opportunities for women, men and disadvantaged
groups in the use of modern IC technologies

— Improving conditions of access to the new IC technologies,

e.g. by creating corresponding training competencies

— Increasing user competence and user numbers

— Increasing the availability and use of modern IC technolo-

gies in all areas of the economy and society

Other information: This aid is approved by the Department
for Education and Skills. The Learning and Skills Council
is
responsible for contracting with the company, monitoring
progress in accordance with State Aid rules. The Learning &
Skills Council has delegated authority via the Learning and
Skills Act 2000

Economic sector(s) concerned:

All economic sectors

All services

Comments

Aid No: XT 48/03

Member State: Germany

Region: Saxony-Anhalt

The following are excluded:

— Activities

relating to the manufacture, processing and

marketing of goods listed in Annex 1 to the EC Treaty

— Aid for export-related activities

— Aid which is conditional on the use of indigenous products

rather than imported goods

Title of aid scheme: Special programme for building the
information society in Saxony-Anhalt

— Aid to the steel, synthetic fibres, motor vehicle and ship-

building industries

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Since special rules apply to agriculture, fisheries and aquacul-
ture and transport and since even small amounts of aid to
those sectors might fulfil the criteria of Article 87(1) of the EC
Treaty, the sectors in question are excluded from the scheme.

The steel, synthetic fibres, motor vehicle and shipbuilding
industries are excluded owing, among other things, to the fact
that appropriate measures have been agreed in relation to
regional investment aid.

Economic sector(s) concerned: Farming

Name and address of granting authority:

Camera di commercio,
Reggio Emilia
Piazza della Vittoria
I-42100 Reggio Emilia

industria, artigianato e agricoltura di

Name and address of the granting authority:

Landesförderinstitut Sachsen-Anhalt
Gruppe Sonderprogramm
Domplatz 12
D-39104 Magdeburg

Other information:

Ministry for Economic Affairs and Labour
Referat 35
Hasselbachstraße 4
D-39104 Magdeburg

Aid No: XT 49/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Chamber of Commerce,
culture of Reggio Emilia (Emilia-Romagna)

Industry, Craft and Agri-

Title of aid scheme: Contributions to training measures in
farming in Reggio Emilia

Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta della Camera di commercio
di Reggio Emilia n. 109/2003 e n. 120/2003

Annual expenditure planned under
57 221,65

the scheme: EUR

Maximum aid intensity: 70 %

Date of implementation: 10 October 2003

(Deadline for submission of applications: 30 October 2003)

Duration of scheme: 31 July 2004

Objective of aid:

The aid is intended to support general training plans for farms
in the province of Reggio Emilia in order to:

— improve the occupational

farmers and farm
workers in preparation for the qualitative reorientation of
production, the application of production practices compa-
tible with the protection of the environment, enhancement
of the landscape, hygiene standards and animal welfare;

skills of

— provide farmers and farm workers with the necessary
knowledge to run an economically profitable business.

Aid No: XT 54/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Tuscany

Title of aid scheme: Aid to businesses operating in Tuscany
for the implementation of company training projects drawn up
on the basis of contractual agreements providing for reductions
in working time

Legal basis: Delibera della Giunta Regionale della Toscana n.
1119 del 15 ottobre 2001, attuativa di quanto disposto dalla legge
in merito alla realizzazione da parte delle
53/2000, articolo 6,
formativi aziendali
Regioni e delle Province Autonome di progetti
collegati a riduzioni dell'orario di lavoro.

the scheme: EUR
Annual expenditure planned under
for the period between
1 355 313,05 (ITL 2 624 252 000)
December 2001 and the end of 2002, allocated to Tuscany by
Interministerial Decree No 167 of 6 June 2001. For subsequent
years, the funds allocated to Tuscany for this scheme will be
determined by implementing decrees issued by the Ministry of
Labour (in agreement with the Ministry of the Treasury, the
Budget and Economic Planning, now the Ministry of Economic
Affairs and Finance). The total allocation for the period up to
2006 is EUR 4 131 655,19 (ITL 8 000 000 000), giving an
expected
555 294,45
(ITL 1 075 200 000).

allocation

annual

EUR

of

Maximum aid intensity: The aid is granted by reimbursing
duly documented eligible expenditure actually incurred in
implementing training activities,
to the following
maximum aid intensities as provided for by Regulation (EC) No
68/2001:

subject

Large enterprises

Specific
training

General
training

Non-assisted areas

Assisted areas under
Article 87(3)(c)

25

30

50

55

SMEs

Specific
training

General
training

Non-assisted areas

Assisted areas under
Article 87(3)(c)

35

40

70

75

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The above intensities are increased by 10 percentage points if
the training is given to disadvantaged workers, as defined in
Article 2(g) of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001.

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicle industry

Where the aid is granted in the maritime transport sector, it
may reach an intensity of 100 %, regardless of whether the
training project concerns specific or general training, provided
that the following conditions are met:

Other manufacturing industries

All services

— the trainee may not be an active member of the crew but

must be supernumerary on board, and

— the training must be carried out on board ships on Com-

munity registers.

Date of implementation: 15 October 2001.

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: The aid scheme covers general and specific
training. General training within the meaning of Article 2(e) of
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 involves training which is not
applicable only or principally to the employee's present or
future position in the assisted firm but which provides qualifi-
cations that are largely transferable to other firms or fields of
work and thereby substantially improve the employability of
the employee. For the purposes of
implementing this aid
scheme, ‘general’ training means:

— inter-enterprise training,

i.e. training organised jointly by
different
independent enterprises (under the Community
rules defining SMEs) or in which employees of different
enterprises may take part. Checks are made on supporting
documents during the project selection procedure to ensure
that these requirements are fulfilled (the training is inter-
enterprise and the enterprises are independent);

— company training relating to job profiles included in the
regional classification or training relating to profiles for
which inclusion in the catalogue is requested. The relevant
certificate is issued by the region or province concerned.
The legal basis for the certification system is Regional Law
No 70 of 31 August 1994 (new rules on vocational
training), and more specifically Article 11 thereof, which
provides for the issue of a vocational training or specialisa-
tion certificate for certain training activities following an
aptitude test, and Article 18 thereof, which confers on the
Regional Council the powers to determine the job profiles
included in the regional classification and in respect of
which the vocational training or specialisation certificate is
issued.

Economic sector(s) concerned:

Farming

Fisheries and aquaculture

Coalmining

Steel

Shipbuilding

Comments: The aid scheme applies to all sectors covered by
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001.
It does not apply to aid for
training or retraining workers employed by 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), as part of
restructuring operations
rescue or
assisted through public funds (rescue and/or restructuring aid).
Such aid will be assessed in the light of the above guidelines.
Neither does the aid scheme apply if the amount of aid granted
to one enterprise for a single training project exceeds EUR 1
million, in which case the individual aid grant must be notified
to the Commission for its approval.

Name and address of granting authority:

Regione Toscana
Dipartimento delle Politiche Formative e dei Beni Culturali
Servizio FSE e Sistema della Formazione Professionale,
Piazza della Libertà 15,
I-50129 Firenze

Aid No: XT 96/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Lazio

Title of aid scheme: Rules for promoting economic develop-
ment, social cohesion and employment in Lazio. Identification
and organisation of local productive clusters, industrial districts
and investment areas in the region.

Legal basis: Legge Regionale 19 dicembre 2001, n. 36 ‘Norme per
l'incremento dello sviluppo economico, della coesione sociale e dell'oc-
cupazione nel Lazio.
Individuazione e organizzazione dei sistemi
produttivi locali, dei distretti industriali e delle aree laziali di investi-
mento’, pubblicata sul
supplemento ordinario n. 7 al BURL
(Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Lazio) n. 36 del 29/12/01

Regolamento regionale 28 ottobre 2002,n. 2 ‘Regolamento per il
finanziamento dei sistemi produttivi locali, dei distretti industriali e
investimento’, pubblicato sul supplemento ordi-
delle aree laziali di
nario n. 4 al BURL n. 30 del 30 ottobre 2002.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Total EUR
4 250 000 (for all aid under the law)

Maximum aid intensity: Total EUR 4 250 000 (for all aid
under the law)

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Specific training:

— areas eligible for the derogation under Article 87(3)(c):

40 % for SMEs; 30 % for large firms

— other areas: 35 % for SMEs; 25 % for large firms

Objective of aid: The aid is intended to promote specific
training programmes in the areas identified by the Lazio
Region as industrial districts,
local productive clusters and
investment areas.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Date of implementation: The aid may be granted after publi-
cation of the public notice in the Lazio Region Official Gazette
(Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Lazio, BURL).

The activity codes are those identified on a case-by-case basis
by the Regional authorities in relation to industrial districts,
local productive clusters and investment areas.

Duration of scheme: Open-ended; the aid scheme is in any
case exempt from compulsory notification under Article 88(3)
of the EC Treaty up to 31 December 2006, when Regulation
(EC) No 68/2001 expires.

Name and address of granting authority:
Regione Lazio
Via Rosa Raimondi Garibaldi, 7
I-00145 — Rome