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: 2005-12-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, Italy, Spain, State aid, 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 320/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 41/04

Ireland

All regions

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving an individual aid

Prolongation Town Renewal scheme (currently XS/25/2001)

Legal basis

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 as amended by Finance Act 2004

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 15 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(6) and Article 5
of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

From 6.4.2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Was 31.12.2004

Finance Act 2004 extended scheme until 31.7.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SME

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SME

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

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Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Revenue Commissioners

Address:
Dublin Castle
Dublin 2
Ireland

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

The measure excludes awards of aid or requires
prior notification to the Commission of awards
of aid,

(a) if the total eligible costs are at least EUR

25 million and

— the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %,
— in areas which qualify for regional aid,
the net aid intensity is at least 50 %; or

(b) if the total gross aid amount is at least EUR

15 million

Aid No

Member State

XS 44/04

Spain

Region

Basque Country

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

GAUZATU — Tourism

Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Orden de 11 de junio de 2003, del Consejero de Industria, Comercio, y
Turismo, por la que se desarrolla el programa GAUZATU-Turismo, de ayudas a
la inversión y a la creación de empresas de especial interés estratégico para el
desarrollo turístico (BOPV no 128 de 1 de julio de 2003)

Resolución de 21 de abril de 2004, del Viceconsejero de Turismo, por la que se
hace pública la convocatoria de concesión de las mencionadas ayudas (BOPV no
81 de 3 de mayo de 2004)

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 5,248 million

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the
Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

4.5.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

2004 budgetary year — Deadline for applications: 5 July 2004

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

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Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

Or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

Or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services: tourism services

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Sra Koro Garmendia Galbete
Viceconsejera de Turismo

Large individual aid grants

Address:
C/Donostia 1
E-01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation
The measure excludes awards of aid or requires
prior notification to the Commission of awards
of aid,

Yes

(a) if the total eligible costs are at least EUR

25 million and

— the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %,
— in areas which qualify for regional aid,
the net aid intensity is at least 50 %; or

(b) if the total gross aid amount is at least EUR

15 million.

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 46/2004

Spain

Autonomous Community of the Basque Country

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

GAUZATU-Industry

Legal basis

Orden de 30 de abril de 2003, del Consejero de Industria, Comercio, y
Turismo, por la que se regulan el programa GAUZATU-Industria, de impulso a
la creación y desarrollo de pymes de base tecnológica y/o innovadoras (BOPV
no 96 de 19 de mayo de 2003), y Resolución de 7 de abril de 2004 del Vice-
consejero de Innovación y Desarrollo Industrial, por la que se hace pública la
convocatoria de concesión de las mencionadas ayudas (BOPV no 72 de 19 de
abril de 2004)

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Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 47,396 million

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the
Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

From 20.4.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Financial year 2004. Deadline for applications: 15.6.2004

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Sr. José Ignacio Telletxea Fernández
Viceconsejero de Innovación y Desarrollo Industrial

Address:
Departamento de Industria, Comercio y Turismo
Gobierno Vasco
C/ Donostia- San Sebastián, 1
E-01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

The measure excludes awards of aid or requires
prior notification to the Commission of awards
of aid,

(a) if the total eligible costs are at least EUR

25 million and

— the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %,
— in areas which qualify for regional aid,
the net aid intensity is at least 50 %; or

(b) if the total gross aid amount is at least EUR

15 million.

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 52/2004

Italy

Umbria region, Objective 2 and Phasing-out area

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Aid to businesses
(The
exempted scheme relates to any part of the SME's investment which involves
an increase in production capacity)

for environmental protection and rehabilitation.

Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Docup Obiettivo 2 Regione Umbria. Decisione C(2001) 2119 del 7 settembre
2001.

Misura 3.1. Sostegno alle imprese per la tutela e la riqualificazione dell'am-
biente. Aiuto di Stato n. 613/2002. Decisione C(2004) 264 del 29 gennaio
2004

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 5 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

or
aid

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the
Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

28.4.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Other manufacturing

Yes

— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Regione Umbria. Direzione attività produttive. Servizio Energia.

Address:
Via Mario Angeloni, 61
I-06121 Perugia
Tel. (39) 075 504 57 31; fax (39) 075 504 56 95
Email servizioenergia@regione.umbria.it

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes