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: 2005-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Germany, 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 185/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

XS 34/04

United Kingdom

East Wales Objective 2 and Transitional Programme

Aid Number

Member State

Region

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

Creating Lean Enterprises

Legal basis

Industrial Development Act 1982

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

GBP 119 659

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

From 1.7.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30.6.2007

Objective of aid

Aid to SME

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SME

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
authority

the granting

Name:
Welsh European Funding Office

Large individual aid grants

Address:
Cwm Cynon Business Park
Mountain Ash
CF45 4ER

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.

Aid No

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Member State

Region

Belgium

Flanders

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Growth bonus — aid scheme to promote investment aid to small and medium-
sized enterprises

Legal basis

Besluit van de Vlaamse regering van 10 oktober 2003 tot toekenning van steun
aan kleine en middelgrote ondernemingen voor investeringen in het Vlaamse
Gewest

expenditure

Annual
or
overall amount of aid granted to the
company

planned

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 25 million

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

18.11.2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

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

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

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap
Administratie Economie
Afdeling Economisch Ondersteuningsbeleid

Large individual aid grants

Address:
Markiesstraat 1
1000 Brussels

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

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

Member State

Region

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Germany

Hamburg

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Directive for the granting by the Innovationsstiftung Hamburg of financial assis-
tance for project promotion

Legal basis

Gesetz über die Innovationsstiftung Hamburg

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Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

EUR
0,25 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

1.12.2003

Duration of the scheme or individual
aid award

Until 31.12.2006

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

Name and address of
authority:

the granting

Name:
Innovationsstiftung Hamburg

Large individual aid grants

Address:
Pickhuben 4
D-20457 Hamburg

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

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.

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Aid Number

Member State

Region

XS 126/03

United Kingdom

Wales

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

Intellectual Property Wales (IPWales®)

Legal basis

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

The University of Wales, Swansea was incorporated by Royal Charter in 1920.
(Under the Charter the University of Wales, Swansea has the power to operate
This scheme.)

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

GBP 85 000

Individual aid

Loans guaranteed

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

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

From 1.12.2003

Until 31.12.2004

Objective of aid

Aid to SME

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SME

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

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
University of Wales, Swansea

Large individual aid grants

Address:
Singleton Park
Swansea
South Wales
SA1 8PP

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

Yes

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.