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: 2005-08-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, State aid, aid to undertakings, business start-up, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

5.8.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Information communicated by Member States regarding state aid granted under Commission Regu-
lation (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 191/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid number: XS 2/03

Guarantees credit volume:

Member State: Austria

2001: €40,4 million; 2000: €54,5 million; 1999: €40,7 million

Title of aid scheme: Aid scheme for young entrepreneurs
(including business establishment bonus) 2001-2006

Planning up to 2006 (in € million):

Grants

Business
establishment

Assumptions of
liability

Legal basis:

Richtlinien für die Jungunternehmer/innen-Förderungsaktion
vom 28.11.2002

Bundesgesetz über besondere Förderungen von kleinen und
im
mittleren Unternehmen (BGBl. Nr. 432/1996)
folgenden kurz KMU-FG

idgF.

Bürgschaftsbedingungen der Austria Wirtschaftsservice

2002:

2003:

2004:

2005:

2006:

8,4

7,6

7,6

8,0

8,2

Maximum aid intensity:

Garantiebedingungen
Leasingfinanzierungen

der Austria Wirtschaftsservice

für

1. Grant

0,3

0,3

0,3

0,3

0,3

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36

36

36

36

Ergänzende Förderungsbedingungen der Austria Wirtschaftsser-
vice

Die Richtlinien für die Jungunternehmer/innen-Förderungsak-
tion wurden bis 27.11.2002 als ‘De-minimis’-Förderung abge-
wickelt.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme:

Expenditure in the last 3 years:

Grant payments:

Maximum aid intensity (present value of grant as percentage
of substantiated costs = gross grant equivalent): 6,83 % (if
paid in two instalments), 7 % (if paid in a single instalment)

Tax treatment: the rules on the tax treatment of aid are laid
down in the Austrian Income Tax Act.

2. Interest rate subsidy =interest rate cap (only for business

establishment bonus)

Maximum aid intensity (present value of grant as percentage
of substantiated costs = gross grant equivalent): 11,95 %

Tax treatment: the rules on the tax treatment of aid are laid
down in the Austrian Income Tax Act.

2001: €7,4 million; 2000: €7,4 million; 1999: €5,9 million

3. Loan guarantee:

Grant equivalent: 1,65 %

Business establishment bonus:

Tax treatment: no special tax treatment is provided for in
the case of
financing in respect of which the Austria
Wirtschaftsservice has provided a guarantee.

2001: €10 000; 2000: €5 000; 1999: no payments yet

4. Bonus for the establishment of a new business

Guarantee payments:

2001: €1,1 million; 2000: €1,0 million; 1999: €0,5 million

Maximum aid intensity (present value of grant as percentage
of substantiated costs = gross grant equivalent): 14 %

Tax treatment: the rules on the tax treatment of aid are laid
down in the Austrian Income Tax Act.

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Date of implementation: Date of entry into force of the aid
scheme: 28.11.2002, i.e. aid commitments as from 28.11.2002
are based on Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of
12.1.2001

Duration of scheme: 28.11.2002 (date of aid commitment)
— 31.12.2006 (date of submission of application)

Objective: Support for the establishment or taking-over of
competitive, economically independent small businesses

Economic
tourism and the leisure industry and agriculture and forestry

concerned: All

sector(s)

sectors

except

for

Name and address of the granting authority:
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Center 1 Wirtschaftspolitik
Stubenring 1
A-1010 Wien
Contact person:
Alexandra Moser-Witzky
Tel: (43-1) 711 00 58 90
Fax: (43-1) 714 27 22
Managing agency:
Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft m.b.H.
Taborstr. 10
A-1020 Wien
Contact person:
Kurt Leutgeb
Tel: (43-1) 214 75 74-256
Fax: (43-1) 214 75 74-211