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, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 364/2004 of 25 February 2004   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-07-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Hungary, Poland, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, credit guarantee, investment aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

30.7.2005

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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, as amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 364/2004 of 25 February 2004

(2005/C 187/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 115/04

Hungary

—

Title of
company receiving individual aid

aid scheme or name of

Investment loan scheme to close the technology gap with the rest of Europe

Legal basis

A Magyar Köztársaság 2004. évi költségvetéséről és az államháztartás három
éves kereteiről szóló 2003. évi CXVI. törvény 39. § (3) bekezdése, a Magyar
Fejlesztési Bank Rt. program dokumentuma.

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

EUR 400 million up to 31 December 2006, no annual budget

Maximum aid intensity

In line with the regional aid map

Date of implementation

30.4.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Provision of preferential investment loans for the following objectives:
— development of technology to rationalise energy consumption,
— development to improve capacity utilisation,
— IT and communication technology development,
— development
production,

to increase value added and improve the efficiency of

— development of direct and indirect (e.g. packaging technology) production

structures,

— development of technology to avoid environmental damage,
— development to increase the level of product recycling,
— development to promote compliance with EU environmental protection,

industrial safety and general safety provisions,

— improvement in relations with suppliers through the modernisation of

production technology conditions and the creation of networks,

— development to promote job creation.

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors
Note: the scheme refers to the rules in the multisec-
toral framework regarding former ECSC sectors. Agri-
culture and fisheries are not eligible for aid under the
scheme.

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Magyar Fejlesztési Bank Rt.

Address:
Budapest, 1051 Nádor u. 31.

Other information

The scheme is on the list of existing aid schemes as scheme number HU-22/
2004. Its budget was increased from EUR 320 million to EUR 400 million on
7 August 2004; the other conditions remained unchanged.

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 118/03

Germany

Brandenburg

Title of
company receiving individual aid

aid scheme or name of

Legal basis

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

Guidelines for the underwriting of guarantees for the part-financing of
projects in the Republic of Poland by the Bürgschaftsbank Brandenburg of 1
January 2003.

Haushaltsgesetz des Landes Brandenburg 2002/2003 § 3 Abs. 1 im Gesetz-
und Verordnungsblatt I/12, S. 321.

The guarantee ceiling for the Poland guarantee guidelines for 2002 and 2003
totals EUR 4,5 million. To date the Bürgschaftsbank Brandenburg has under-
written guarantees totalling EUR 817 409,00 for three Brandenburg undertak-
ings. So far, claims amounting to EUR 319 826,50 because of the insolvency
of one firm have been made against the Land of Brandenburg. There is
currently one other guarantee acceptance with a volume of EUR 506 000,00.
A comparable volume is also being assumed for the future.

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

1.1.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

Guarantees restricted to:
All manufacturing
All services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Bürgschaftsbank Brandenburg GmbH

Large individual aid grants

Address:
Schwarzschildstraße 94
14480 Potsdam
E-Mail: info@bb-brbg.de
www.bb-brbg.de

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.