Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 of  12 December 2002  on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-12-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, control of State aid, disabled person, employment aid, job creation

16.12.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 321/13

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 of 12 December 2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of
the EC Treaty to State aid for employment

(2005/C 321/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

XE 06/03

Member State

Italy

Region

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme

Measures to assist social cooperatives

Legal basis

Decreto del Presidente della Regione n. 0199 del 17 giugno 2003 (art. 2. co. 1,
lett. d, che aggiunge il capo V bis al regolamento di cui al decreto del Presidente
della Regione n. 0299 del 1o ottobre 2002), pubblicato sul Bollettino ufficiale
della Regione n. 30 del 23 luglio 2003

Annual expenditure planned

Up to EUR 1 000 000

Maximum aid intensity

Employment creation

The aid intensity, calculated as a percentage of the
wage costs borne by cooperatives in the two years
following recruitment of
the worker(s), must not
exceed:

(a) 15 % in the case of small firms;
(b) 7,5 % in the case of medium-sized firms.

Where jobs are created in an area exempted under
Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty, or in the produc-
tion, processing and marketing of products listed in
Annex I to the EC Treaty in less favoured areas as
defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999,
the aid intensity must not exceed the corresponding
ceiling for regional aid, which is 8 % nge plus 10 %
gge for small and medium-sized firms

Recruitment of disad-
vantaged and disabled
workers

The aid intensity, calculated as a percentage of the
in the year
wage costs borne by cooperatives
the disadvantaged or
following recruitment of
disabled worker(s), must not exceed 50 % for disad-
vantaged workers and 60 % for disabled workers

costs

Additional
employment
disabled workers

of
of

Up to 100 % of the eligible costs of additional expen-
diture may be financed for the following measures:

(a) adapting the workplace to the needs of disabled

workers;

(b) adapting or acquiring special equipment for their

use.

Social cooperatives where disabled workers make up
at least 50 % of the workforce may receive grants of
up to 80 % of eligible costs to cover expenditure
relating to the construction, installation or extension
of facilities in which at least 50 % of the workforce is
disabled

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Date of implementation

Duration of scheme

Objective of aid

22 August 2003

30 July 2007

Employment creation

Recruitment of disad-
vantaged and disabled
workers

of

Cover
additional
costs of employment of
disabled workers

To promote the recruitment and integration into
including those with the legal and
work of staff,
economic status of senior staff or management,
in
social cooperatives carrying on economic activities
aimed at providing employment for disadvantaged
persons who are or are in danger of being margina-
lised

To promote the recruitment and integration into
work of disadvantaged and disabled workers in social
cooperatives carrying on economic activities aimed
at providing employment for disadvantaged persons
who are or are in danger of being marginalised

To promote initiatives aimed at
improving the
working conditions of disabled workers in social
cooperatives carrying on economic activities aimed
at providing employment for disadvantaged persons
who are or are in danger of being marginalised; to
support sheltered employment in such cooperatives

Economic sectors concerned

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Further information

All EC sectors except for the coal industry and shipbuilding and, as regards aid
for job creation, the transport sector

Under Article 4 of Regional Law No 3 of 25 January 2002, aid may be granted
by any of the four provincial administrations in the Autonomous Region of
Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Gorizia, Pordenone, Trieste and Udine).

However, responsibility for planning, policy, coordination and monitoring and
relations with the EU lies with the Autonomous Region itself:

Regione autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Direzione regionale dell'artigianato e della cooperazione
Servizio per gli incentivi alla cooperazione
Via Giulia 75/1 — I-34126 Trieste
Tel. (040) 377 48 55 — Posta el. dir.art.coop@regione.fvg.it

The exempting regulation runs until 31 December 2006, and is to be extended
for a transitional period of six months. Should amendments be made to
Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 in accordance with the Commission recommen-
dation of 6 May 2003 (2003/361/EC), the new definition of micro-, small and
medium-sized enterprises will be applied for the purposes of granting aid