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: 2005-10-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Saxony-Anhalt, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 268/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

28.10.2005

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 268/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 125/03

Member State: Germany

Region: Saxony-Anhalt

Title of aid scheme: Special programme for building the
information society in Saxony-Anhalt

Legal basis:

— Landeshaushaltsordnung (LHO) vom 30.4.1991 (GVBl. LSA
S. 45), insbesondere die Verwaltungsvorschriften zu § 44
LHO des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt;

— Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/2001 der Kommission vom
12.1.2001 über die Anwendung der Artikel 87 und 88 EG-
Vertrag auf staatliche Beihilfen an kleine und mittlere
Unternehmen (ABl. L 10 vom 13.1.2002, S. 33)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Approx.
EUR 2,5 million

Maximum aid intensity:

— Investment grants

The aid intensity is limited to a maximum of 50 % gross
(35 % gross regional aid plus 15 % gross SME bonus).

— Consultancy aid

towards expenditure on services provided by outside
consultants to existing or new SMEs and expenditure on
assessing feasibility. The aid intensity is limited to 50 %
gross of the eligible expenditure

Date of implementation: 1.1.2003

Duration of scheme: Until 31.12.2004

Objective:

— Supporting small and medium-sized enterprises in the
information,

development, use and application of digital
communication and media technologies

— Improving competitive conditions for SMEs

— Promoting the development of regional networks of compa-

nies in technology-oriented sectors

— Increasing the region's attractiveness to businesses

— Helping to improve equal opportunities for women, men
and disadvantaged groups in access to training and employ-
ment

Economic sector(s) concerned:

All economic sectors. All services

Comments: The following are excluded:

— Activities

relating to the manufacture, processing and

marketing of goods listed in Annex 1 to the EC Treaty

— Aid for export-related activities

— Aid which is conditional on the use of indigenous products

rather than imported goods.

— Aid to the steel, synthetic fibres, motor vehicle and ship-

building industries

Since special rules apply to agriculture, fisheries and aquacul-
ture and transport and since even small amounts of aid to
those sectors might fulfil the criteria of Article 87(1) of the EC
Treaty, the sectors in question are excluded from the scheme.

The steel, synthetic fibres, motor vehicle and shipbuilding
industries are excluded owing, among other things, to the fact
that appropriate measures have been agreed in relation to
regional investment aid

Name and address of the granting authority:

Landesförderinstitut Sachsen-Anhalt
Gruppe Sonderprogramm
Domplatz 12
DE-39104 Magdeburg

Other information:

Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Referat 35
Hasselbachstraße 4
DE-39104 Magdeburg