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: 2005-08-02
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 188/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 70/03

Government Office for the North West [Liverpool]

Member State: United Kingdom

Government Office for the North West [Manchester]

Region: Objective 2 Map United Kingdom

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Objective 2 2000-2006 SME Trade Fair Support

Government Office for the South East

Government Office for the South West

Government Office for the West Midlands

Legal basis: Industrial Development Act 1982, Sections 7 &
11.

Government Office for Yorkshire and Humberside

Section 2 of the Local Government Act 2000.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Annual
expenditure of Objective 2 measures:

2003: EUR 33,34 million

2004: EUR 33,03 million

2005: EUR 21,59 million

2006: EUR 20,34 million

Total: EUR 108,30 million

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % towards the cost of first-time
support for trade fairs and exhibitions from the combination of
public sources. No one SME will receive more than EUR
15 000 000 in assistance

Date of implementation: 29 May 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: No award will
be given after 30 June 2007

Objective of aid: To enable SMEs fulfilling the definition in
Annex 1 of the block exemption located in the Objective 2
region to initially access trade fairs and exhibitions in order to
improve their marketing potential.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors excluding sensi-
tive sectors: coal mining, steel manufacture, ship building,
synthetic fibre production, motor vehicle manufacture and tier
1 suppliers, transport services and financial services.

Name and address of granting authority:

Administering Authorities:

Government Office for the East of England

Government Office for the East Midlands

Government Office for London

Government Office for the North East

Welsh Assembly Government

Scottish Executive

Government of Gibraltar [Department of Trade, Industry and
Telecommunications]

Contact for correspondence:

Department of Trade and Industry
Regional European Funds Directorate
3 Floor, 1 Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET

Aid No: XS 133/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Tuscany

Title of aid scheme: Automatic fiscal aid measures to support
the productive base

Legal basis:

— Art. 1 legge 341/95 e s.m. e i. di cui alla legge 266/97

— Decreto legislativo 112/98, art. 19

— Decreto legislativo 123/98

— Decreto Giunta regionale n. 6108/03

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 20 million

Maximum aid intensity: The aid intensity for the individual
firm, expressed in gross grant equivalent (gge), may not exceed
15 % of the total investment cost in the case of small firms or
7,5 % in the case of medium-sized firms.

Where the areas covered by the scheme qualify for exemption
under Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty, the aid ceiling is 18 % gge
for small firms and 14 % gge for medium-sized firms.

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Date of
Commission received the notification.

implementation: November 2003, when the

Duration of scheme: Period 2003-06

Legal basis: Legge n. 341/95 e s.m. di cui alla legge n. 266/97;
decreto legislativo n. 112/98, art. 19; decreto legislativo n. 123/98;
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001; delibera di
Giunta regionale n. 109 — 10275 dell'1.8.2003

Objective of aid: The aid in the form of a tax bonus is
intended for expenditure on measures to set up new plant, and
to expand, modernise, restructure, convert, reactivate and relo-
cate production plant.

Economic sectors concerned:

ISTAT Codes 1991

Section C — Mining and quarrying

Section D — Manufacturing

Section F — Construction

Division K 72 — Computer and related activities

Division K 74 — Other professional and business activities

Division I 63 — Supporting and auxiliary transport activities

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme:

2003: EUR 34 500 000

2004: EUR 45 000 000

2005: EUR 45 000 000

2006: EUR 45 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: For tangible and intangible invest-
ments and for consultancy the aid intensity applicable will be
8 % nge + 10 % gge for small firms and 8 % nge + 6 % gge for
medium-sized firms, where the production plant is in areas of
the region which fall within the scope of Article 87(3)(c); for
small and medium-sized firms with production plant in other
areas of the region the aid intensity will be 15 % gge and
7,5 % gge respectively.

Firms engaged in the production, processing or marketing of
products listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty and firms in the
shipbuilding industry are excluded.

In any case no large individual amounts of aid will be granted,
in accordance with Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of
12 January 2001.

The recipient
sound.

firms must be financially and economically

Name and address of the granting authority:

Date of implementation: 27 October 2003 (no aid will be
granted in any event before this summary has been notified to
the Commission)

Regione Toscana, via di Novoli 26, I-50127 Firenze

Duration of scheme: 31 December 2006

information: Activities linked to exporting,

Additional
i.e.
the actual exporting of goods, the establishment and operation
of a foreign distribution network and other current expenditure
linked to exporting are excluded, and the aid is not conditional
on the preferential use of domestic rather than imported
products.

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

Only consultancy services that are not continuous or regular,
or connected with the normal operating expenses of the firm
are eligible for aid.

Aid No: XS 138/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Piedmont

Title of aid scheme: Automatic fiscal aid measures to support
the productive base.

Objective of aid: The aid,
is
intended for tangible or intangible fixed assets for measures to
set up new plant, and to expand, modernise, restructure,
convert, reactivate and relocate production plant in the region.

in the form of a tax bonus,

Economic sector(s) concerned: SMEs with production plant
in the region operating in the following sectors:

— mining and quarrying, manufacturing, production and
distribution of electricity, gas and water, construction
covered by sections C, D, E and F of the ISTAT 1991 classi-
fication of economic activities. The sections eligible for aid
under subsection DA are: 15.52; 15.81.1; 15.81.2; 15.82;
15.85; 15.88; 15.89.1; 15.89.2; 15.96; 15.98; 15.99.

Firms operating in the following sectors are also eligible for
aid:

— the telecommunications sector;

— services which could have a positive influence on the devel-

opment of the above production activities.

The scheme is subject to the exclusions and limitations laid
down by the Community rules for the steel
industry, ship-
building, synthetic fibres, motor manufacturing and the trans-
port industry.

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Name and address of granting authority:

Regione Piemonte
Direzione Industria
Via Pisano n. 6, I-10152 Torino

The scheme does not apply to firms active in the production,
marketing or processing of agricultural products, as referred to
in Annex 1 to the EC Treaty.

Other information: 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.

Only consultancy services that are not continuous or regular,
or connected with the normal operating expenses of the firm
are eligible for aid.