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: 2006-01-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Greece, State aid, control of State aid, employment aid

6.1.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 3/13

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

(2006/C 3/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XE 1/04

Germany

Thuringia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Directive on the granting of subsidies from the European Social Fund and/or
the resources of the Land of Thuringia to support the employment of unem-
ployed persons who are difficult to place and disadvantaged workers

Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

„Richtlinie über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen aus Mitteln des Euro-
päischen Sozialfonds und/oder des Freistaats Thüringen zur Förderung der
Einstellung schwer vermittelbarer Arbeitsloser und benachteiligter Arbeit-
nehmer“. Veröffentlicht im Thüringer Staatsanzeiger Nr. 50/2003 vom 15.
Dezember 2003.

Annual overall amount

some EUR 11 million

Loans guaranteed

or
aid

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

1.1.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Article 4: creation of employment

Article 5: recruitment of disadvantaged and
disabled workers

No

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

— All Community sectors (1)

eligible

for

Yes

Article 6: employment of disabled workers

Yes

employment aid

— All manufacturing (1)

— All services (1)

— Others

Yes

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Thüringer Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Infrastruktur
MR Gerd Fuchs
Referat 5.3 ‘Europäischer Sozialfonds’

Address:
Max-Reger-Str. 4-8
D-99105 Erfurt
Tel.: (49-361) 379 75 30
Fax: (49-361) 379 78 539
E-mail: Gerd.Fuchs@th-online.de

Other information

The scheme is part-financed by the European Social Fund (Operational
Programme of the Land of Thuringia for implementing the European Structural
Funds in the period 2000-06).

Aid subject
the Commission

to prior notification to

In conformity with Article 9 of the Regu-
lation, the measure excludes awards of aid or
requires prior notification to the Commission
of awards of aid.

Yes

(1) With the exception of the shipbuilding sector and of other sectors subject to special rules in regulations and directives governing all

state aid within the sector.

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Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme

Legal basis

XE 9/2004

Greece

All regions

Programme of subsidies to firms to recruit unemployed people (new jobs),
2004
Άρθρο 29 του Ν. 1262/82 «Για την παροχή κινήτρων ενίσχυσης της οικονοµικής
και περιφερειακής ανάπτυξης της χώρας και τροποποίηση συναφών διατάξεων» όπως
συµπληρώθηκε µε το άρθρο 8 παρ. 1 του 1545/85 «Εθνικό Σύστηµα Προστασίας
από την ανεργία και άλλες διατάξεις» που τροποποιήθηκε µε το άρθρο 6 του Ν.
1836/89 «Προώθηση της απασχόλησης και της επαγγελµατικής κατάρτισης και
άλλες διατάξεις» και το άρθρο 6 του 2434/96 «Μέτρα πολιτικής για την απα-
σχόληση και την επαγγελµατική κατάρτιση και άλλες διατάξεις», Κοινή Απόφαση των
Υπουργών Οικονοµίας & Οικονοµικών και Απασχόλησης & Κοινωνικής Προστασίας
(33389/13-1-2004), Κανονισµός της Ευρωπαϊκής Επιτροπής 2204/2002

Annual expenditure planned

Annual overall amount

EUR 50 million for 2004
EUR 20 million for 2005
EUR 20 million for 2006
Total
amount:
million

EUR 90

Maximum aid intensity

Date of implementation

Duration of scheme

Objective of aid

Loans guaranteed

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

Yes

February 2004

Until June 2006

Art. 4: Creation of employment

Art. 5: Recruitment of disadvantaged and
disabled workers

Art. 6: Employment of disabled workers

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

— All Community sectors (1)

eligible

for

employment aid

— All manufacturing (1)

— All services (1)

— Other

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Hellenic Republic
Ministry of Employment and Social Protection
Organisation for Employment of the Workforce (OAED)
General Directorate for the Workforce
Directorate for Employment

Address:
Ethn. Antistaseos 8, GR-16610 Alimos
Enquiries: E. Harhalou, M. Xenou
Tel.: 210-9989135-136, 9989115
www.oaed.gr

Other information

The scheme is cofinanced in accordance with the provisions and guidelines of
the Third Community Support Framework and in particular the Operational
Programme for Employment and Vocational Training 2000-06, 75 % by the
ESF and 25 % by the Ministry of Finance's Public Investment Programme.

Aid subject
the Commission

to prior notification to

The measure excludes awards of aid or
requires prior notification to the Commission
of awards of aid in conformity with Article 9
of the Regulation

Yes

(1) With the exception of the shipbuilding sector and other sectors which are the subject of special rules in regulations and directives

governing all state aid within the sector.