Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-10-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, vocational training

29.10.2005

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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
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC
Treaty to training aid

(2005/C 270/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 43/03

Name and address of the granting authority:

Member State: Germany

Region: City of Bremen

Bremerhavener Arbeit GmbH
Friedrich-Ebert-Straße 6
DE-27570 Bremerhaven

Other information:

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual award: Regional scheme to promote training in the
interests of Bremen's economy — aid for the establishment of
undertakings

Senator für Arbeit, Frauen, Gesundheit, Jugend und Soziales
Referat 24 — Frau Zaremba
Bahnhofsplatz 29
DE-28195 Bremen

Legal basis: §§ 23, 44 Landeshaushaltsordnung (LHO) der
Freien Hansestadt Bremen (dort vorliegend)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of individual aid granted to the company: Aid is
granted within the limits of the available budgetary resources.
Between now and 2006, EUR 250 000 a year has been
earmarked for implementing the scheme

Aid No: XT 8/03

Maximum aid intensity: In the case of small undertakings
within the meaning of Article 1(2) of Annex I to Regulation
(EC) No 70/2001: a maximum of 65 %; in the case of other
undertakings: a maximum of 50 %

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: Northern Ireland

Date of implementation: Once an application is made, aid is
authorised before training begins. Training which has already
begun does not qualify for assistance

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The scheme
entered into force on 1.10.2003 and ends on 31.12.2006

Objective: Strengthening of the labour force potential of the
City of Bremen by training workers in the event of the estab-
lishment of undertakings and the re-location of regional busi-
nesses. Aid is granted to employees who, by receiving general,
broad-based training, can acquire up-to-date skills in the areas
of production, processing, information, communication, multi-
media and environmental technologies, new working methods
and organisational structures, knowledge of foreign languages
and cultures, and quality assurance. Specific training measures
are not assisted. The training of individual employees, e.g. with
a view to obtaining a vocational qualification, is excluded

sector(s)

Economic
aimed
concerned: The
primarily at small and medium-sized enterprises within the
meaning of the Community definition in the craft industry, the
distributive trades, manufacturing, the business-oriented profes-
sions, tourism and other service industries in Bremen

scheme

is

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Training in improving communication, under-
standing and integration within the supply chain

Legal basis:

— Agriculture Act 1949

— Agriculture

(Miscellaneous

Provisions) Act

(Northern

Ireland) 1970

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

2003/04: GBP 0,23 million

2004/05: GBP 0,24 million

2005/06: GBP 0,25 million

Total: GBP 0,724 million to train 890 participants

No individual recipient will receive more than EUR 1 million.

The average aid per beneficiary amounts to GBP 850

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Maximum aid intensity: The actual aid intensity of
the
programme is 75 %. This matches the maximum allowable aid
intensity of 75 %, based on

— 70 % for general training for small and medium-sized
enterprises. All trainees come from SMEs as defined in
Annex 1 of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001. The training is
the qualification is open to employees of
general as
is transferable to other sectors and
different enterprises,
improves the employability of the individual. Eligibility of
trainees will be monitored when registering for the course.

— 5 % regional aid. Northern Ireland qualifies for regional aid

under Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty

Date of implementation: April 2003

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award: 1.4.2003
to 31.3.2006

Objective of aid:

tools which enable the whole supply chain to better meet
consumer needs.

— To encourage and enable participants to take informed
decisions about the future of their businesses based on
objective information, to adopt best practice, to effectively
manage change and to access and interpret information.

— To ultimately improve the employability of the trainees.

— The programme will be targeted at farmers, members of the
from small and

farm family and associated businesses,
medium-sized enterprises.

— The following number of training places will be provided:

— 2003/04: 297

— 2004/05: 297

— 2005/04: 296

Total training places = 890

— To provide ‘general training’ to improve communication,
understanding and integration between producers, proces-
sors and multiple retailers within a supply chain.

Economic sectors concerned: Agriculture, horticulture and
related food businesses

Name and address of granting authority:

— To increase competences and skills in supply chain issues
such as changing market and consumer
requirements,
needs of downstream companies within a supply chain,
benefits of collaboration and understanding of business

Dr John Speers, Director of Environmental, Food and Central
Services, Agri-Food Development Service, Department of Agri-
culture and Rural Development, Room 547, Dundonald House,
Upper Newtownards Rd, Belfast BT4 3SB Northern Ireland