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: 2005-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, 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 187/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 34/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Apulia

Title of aid scheme: Combinations of aid from different
schemes or different sources of funding. XS/34/2001

Legal basis: Legge regionale 4 gennaio 2001 n. 3/01 modificata
dalla legge regionale n. 23/01

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme:

2001: EUR 25 million

2002: EUR 25 million

2003: EUR 25 million

2004: EUR 25 million

2005: EUR 25 million

2006: EUR 25 million

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity for
Apulia on the European regional aid map (35 % nge + 15 %
gge)

Date of implementation: 12 September 2001 (date on which
the aid schemes were notified to the Commission)

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: The aid is intended to promote complex
investment programmes through various forms of incentive
brought together into a single expenditure commitment via
negotiated procedures. The following costs are eligible:

(a) practical services (‘servizi reali’);

(b) land;

(c) planning and studies;

(d) buildings, etc.;

(e) machinery and equipment;

(f) innovative finance operations;

(g) costs incurred for new employees;

(h) training.

Economic sector(s) concerned: The aid is intended for SMEs
operating in the craft sector, industry, tourism, the distributive
trades and services. The following economic activities are
excluded:

— iron and steel;

— shipbuilding;

— fisheries;

— transport;

— farming;

— production, processing or marketing of the products listed
in Annex I to the EC Treaty (see Article 1(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 70/2001);

— export-related activities (see Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC)

No 70/2001);

— manufacture of synthetic and artificial fibres.

Name and address of granting authority:

Regione Puglia
Via G. Capruzzi n. 212 — Bari

Aid No: XS 73/03

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: North East of England

Title of aid scheme or name of Company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Business Support Fund

Legal basis: Local Government and Housing Act 1989

Local Government Act 2000

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

2003 — GBP 630 000

2004 — GBP 504 000

2005 — GBP 504 000

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Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity will be
30 % (assisted area 20 % for North Tyneside under Article
87(3)(c) + 10 % to reach the maximum aid intensity of 30 %)

Title of aid scheme: Law No 1329/65 (the ‘Sabatini Law’):
grants for the acquisition or leasing of new machine tools or
production equipment

Date of implementation: 19 March 2003

Legal basis:

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 1 March 2003
— 31 December 2005

Objective of aid: The project will provide grant assistance to
new and existing businesses (in existence for less than 36
months) to help bridge funding gaps so as to encourage invest-
ment in improved performance and competitiveness. The aid
will be calculated on the basis of the costs of specific invest-
ments in land, buildings, machinery and equipment.

to undertake

investment projects. Without

Research has shown that 96 % of businesses need financial
support
this,
projects would not go ahead or would be delayed. The grant
will enable a funding package to be put together and unlock
the potential of private-sector finance where limited collateral
is available or if a project is considered to present a higher-
than-normal level of commercial risk.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All eligible industry sectors,
without prejudice to special rules concerning State aid in
certain sectors — Art. 1(2) of SME Block Exemption Regula-
tions

Name and address of granting authority:

ERDF Contact:

Neil McGuinness
European Programmes Secretariat
Government Office North East
Wellbar House
Gallowgate
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne and Wear NE1 4TD

Sponsor Contact:

Michael Halsey
Head of Development
North Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
105 Howard Street
North Shields
Tyne and Wear NE 30 1NA

Aid No: XS 89/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Molise

Legge 28.11.1965, n. 1329;

Legge 19.12.1983, n. 696, art. 3;

Legge 16.2.1987, n. 44;

Decreto del Ministro dell'Industria, del Commercio e dell'Artigianato
del 21.02.1973;

Decreto del Ministro del Tesoro del 30.4.1987;

Legge 17.5.1999, n. 144;

Decreto legislativo 31.03.1998, n. 112, art. 19;

Decreto legislativo 31.03.1998, n. 123;

Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001;

Delibera di Giunta della Regione Molise del 5 giugno 2001, n. 653;

Delibera di Giunta Regione Molise dell'8 luglio 2002, n. 953.

Annual expenditure planned under
2 471 000 (until 2006)

the scheme: EUR

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity in the
areas eligible for exemption under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC
Treaty is 20 % nge plus 10 % gge. In all the other areas of the
region which do not qualify under Article 87(3)(c) the aid
intensity will be 15 % gge for small firms and 7,5 % gge for
medium-sized firms.

Date of implementation: 7 August 2002 (no aid will be
granted in any event before this summary has been notified to
the Commission)

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: The aid is intended to facilitate the purchase
or leasing of new machine tools or manufacturing equipment
made in Italy or abroad, for a unit or total cost in excess of
EUR 500 000, including machine systems, ancillary equipment,
accessories, fixed or self-propelled machinery and equipment
for handling,
transporting and lifting materials (cranes and
overhead travelling cranes, trolleys, belt conveyors, etc.) in the
factory or yard, and air-conditioning equipment.

The machine tools and production equipment must form part
of the logistical structure of production units located in Molise
and registered with the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts
and Agriculture (CCIAA) and should not be invoiced prior to
the date on which the contract is concluded, where the equip-
ment is purchased outright, or the handover document signed,
where the equipment is leased.

Vehicles, vessels and aircraft entered in public registers are not
covered.

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Economic sector(s) concerned: SMEs operating in the extrac-
tive and manufacturing industries (Sections C and D in the
1991 Italian Statistical Office (ISTAT) classification of economic
activities), with the exclusions and restrictions laid down in the
Community rules for the steel, shipbuilding, synthetic fibres,
motor vehicle and transport industries.

The scheme does not apply to activities linked to the produc-
tion, processing or marketing of products listed in Annex I to
the Treaty.

Measure 1.10 ‘Support for internationalisation of firms’

Submeasure B ‘Assistance in penetrating foreign markets’

Legal basis:

Docup Obiettivo 2 2000-2006 Lombardia

Approvato con decisione C (2878) del 10.12.2001

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme:

Name and address of granting authority:

Objective 2

Phasing out

Regione Molise
Assessorato alle Attività produttive
Settore Industria
Via Roma, 84
I-86100 Campobasso
Tel. 0874429840
Fax 0874429854

Other information:

2001: EUR 296 111,50

EUR 3 639,50

2002: EUR 347 638,00

EUR 40 109,00

2003: EUR 353 917,00

EUR 33 134,00

2004: EUR 331 497,00

EUR 22 670,00

2005: EUR 336 874,50

EUR 15 307,00

This aid scheme does not apply to investments that reach one
of the following two thresholds:

2006: EUR 342 258,00

(a) the total eligible costs of the whole project are at least EUR

25 million and

(i) in areas which do not qualify for regional aid, the gross
aid intensity is at least 50 % of the aid ceiling of 15 %
gge for small firms and 7,5 % for medium-sized firms;

(ii) in areas which qualify for regional aid, the net aid
intensity is at least 50 % of the ceiling laid down in the
regional aid map for the area concerned; or

(b) the total gross aid amounts to at least EUR 15 million.

The aid scheme does not apply to export-related activities,
i.e. aid directly linked to the quantities exported, to the
establishment and operation of a distribution network or to
other current expenditure linked to the export activity, and
aid contingent upon the use of domestic over imported
goods.

Only expenditure incurred since the date on which the aid
application was submitted is eligible.

Aid No: XS 116/02

Member State: Italy

Region: Lombardy

Title of aid scheme:

Priority 1 ‘Improving the competitiveness of
system in Lombardy’

the economic

Maximum aid intensity:

Small firms: 15 %

Medium-sized firms: 7,5 %

Plus 10 % in areas qualifying for exemption under Article
87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty.

Total assistance must not exceed 30 % of costs.

Date of implementation: 28 August 2002

Duration of scheme: Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: The aid is intended to strengthen the
competitiveness of firms on foreign markets.

The aid scheme does not apply to export-related activities, i.e.
aid directly linked to the quantities exported, to the establish-
ment and operation of a distribution network or to other
current expenditure linked to the export activity, and aid
contingent upon the use of domestic over imported goods.

The measures envisaged under the scheme are defined in
accordance with Articles 2 and 5 of Regulation (EC) No 70/
2001.

Economic sector(s) concerned:

All sectors

Name and address of granting authority:

Regione Lombardia
Struttura Interventi per la promozione estera
D.G. Industria PMI Cooperazione e Turismo
Via Taramelli 20
Milan

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Aid No: XS 142/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Liguria

Title of aid scheme:

Objective 2 single programming document
the
Liguria Region (2000-2006) — Measure 2.1 ‘Waste cycle
management and support for environmental protection’:

(SPD)

for

— submeasure B ‘environmental protection’;

— submeasure C ‘safety at work’.

Legal basis:

— Legge n. 598/94, art. 11 e s.m.i.;

— Docup obiettivo 2 Regione Liguria 2000-2006 approvato con
decisione Commissione europea C(2001)2044 del 7.9.2001;

— complemento di programmazione del Docup obiettivo 2 Regione
Liguria 2000-2006, approvato con deliberazione Giunta regio-
nale n. 1404 del 30.11.2001, così come modificato con deliber-
azioni della Giunta regionale n. 694 del 2.7.2002 e n. 872 del
25.7.2003;

— bando della misura 2.1 ‘Gestione ciclo rifiuti e sostegno alla
tutela ambientale’ — sottomisure B) e C), approvato con delibera-
zione della Giunta regionale n. 863 del 25.7.2003

MCC SpA
Via Piemonte n. 51 — I-00187 Roma

Aid No: XS 144/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Lombardy

Title of aid scheme: Grants to haulage businesses in Brescia
for the installation of security systems and satellite monitoring
— 2003/04

Legal basis: Articolo 12 Legge 7 agosto 1990, n. 241, delibera-
zioni camerali n. 240 del 10.12.2002 e n. 185 del 29.9.2003.

Determinazione dirigenziale n. 93/AV del 9.10.2003.

Annual expenditure planned under
50 000

the scheme: EUR

Maximum aid intensity:

Purchase of central server and necessary software:

— minimum eligible expenditure: EUR 2 600

— grant: 15 % of expenditure with a maximum of EUR 7 500

the scheme: EUR

per business

Annual expenditure planned under
9 602 653

Maximum aid intensity:

— Interest subsidy equivalent to 100 % of the reference rate of
not more than 15 % gge and 7,5 % gge respectively for
small and medium-sized enterprises in Objective 2 areas
and not more than 18 % gge and 14 % gge respectively for
small and medium-sized enterprises in areas exempted
under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty; or alternatively

— a capital grant (for assistance under submeasure 2.1 B) with
a maximum intensity of 15 % gge and 7,5 % gge respec-
tively for small and medium-sized enterprises in Objective
2 areas and 18 % gge and 14 % gge respectively for small
and medium-sized enterprises in areas exempted under
Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty.

Date of implementation: 1 December 2003

Duration of scheme: 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: The submeasures in question are intended
to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises to invest in
environmental protection or improvement, as well to improve
safety in the workplace.

Economic sector(s) concerned: Production and production
services

Name and address of granting authority:

Purchase of peripheral equipment:

— grant: 15 % of expenditure with a maximum of EUR
516,46 per item of equipment and a maximum of 15 items
per business

Cost of external consultancy for satellite navigation system:

— grant: 50 % of expenditure with a maximum of EUR 2 000

per business

Date of implementation: 20 October 2003

Duration of scheme: From 20 October 2003 to 19 October
2004

Objective of aid: To promote the installation of security
systems and satellite monitoring in businesses in Brescia

Economic sector(s) concerned: Transport

Name and address of granting authority:

Camera di commercio industria artigianato e agricoltura di
Brescia
Via Orzinuovi, n. 3
I-25125 Brescia
e-mail: costantino@bs.camcom.it