Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 363/2004 of 25 February 2004 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: Belgium, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, vocational training

29.10.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 270/39

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
363/2004 of 25 February 2004 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training
aid

(2005/C 270/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 55/04

United Kingdom

Northwest England

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Training Support for BAE Systems Marine Submarines

Legal basis

Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme or overall amount of indi-
vidual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

GBP 435 000 over 2
years

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the
Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

From 1.7.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.3.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Limited to specific sectors

— Agriculture

— Fisheries and aquaculture

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Yes

No

No

Yes

Shipbuilding (Warships)

Yes

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

or

Maritime transport services

Other transport services

Financial services

Other services

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Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:

Northwest Development Agency

Address:

Rennaissance House, PO Box 37, Centre Park, Warrington, UK-Cheshire WA1
1XB

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regu-
lation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 40/03

Belgium

Flanders

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Bombardier Transportation Belgium NV
Vaartdijkstraat 5
BE-8200 Brugge

Legal basis

Besluit van de Vlaamse regering van 4.7.2003

expenditure

Annual
or
overall amount of aid granted to the
company

planned

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 0,9 million

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(6) of the
Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

4.7.2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid Until 31.12.2004

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Yes

Yes

No

Limited to specific sectors

Ad hoc case

— Agriculture

— Fisheries and aquaculture

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

or

Maritime transport services

Other transport services

Financial services

Other services

Production of
stock and trams

rolling

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Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:

Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap
Administratie Economie
Afdeling Economisch Ondersteuningsbeleid

Address:

Markiesstraat 1
BE-1000 Brussels

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regu-
lation

Yes

The measure excludes awards of aid or
requires prior notification to the Commis-
sion of awards of aid, if the amount of aid
granted to one enterprise for a single
training project exceeds EUR 1 million.