Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of  12 January 2001 , as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 364/2004 of 25 February 2004, 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: 2006-01-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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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 70/2001 of 12 January 2001, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
364/2004 of 25 February 2004, on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State
aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2006/C 19/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid Number

XS 51/04

Member State

Greece

Region

Entire country

Title of aid scheme

Business plans for microenterprises and small enterprises as defined in the
Commission Recommendation of 3 April 1996

Legal basis

Ν. 2244/94 (άρθρο 7, παράγραφος 4) και Π.∆. 98/96

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme

The scheme is organised in three rounds,
round beginning in
October 2001, with public expenditure of EUR 48,7 million, the second begin-
ning in November 2002, with public expenditure of EUR 43,9 million, and the
third beginning in January 2004, with public expenditure of EUR 44 million,
during the lifetime of the Business Programme for Competitiveness (2000-2006)

the first

Maximum aid intensity

40%, grant only

Date of implementation

Third round beginning January 2004

Duration of scheme

2004-2006

Objective of aid

The aim of the measure is to help microenterprises and small enterprises in
manufacturing industry with no more than 50 employees to improve their
competitiveness by implementing an integrated two-year business plan providing
for technological and organisational modernisation.

Economic sector(s) concerned

All sectors with the exception of:
— agriculture
— fisheries
— aquaculture
— aid linked to quantities exported or to distribution networks
— specific industries subject to restrictive guidelines (steel, shipbuilding, motor

manufacture, synthetic fibres etc.)

and address of

Name
authority

granting

Ministry of Development
Secretariat-General for Industry
Directorate for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises
Director: K. Vlahoulis
Tel.: 0030 210 6969270
Fax: 0030 210 6969240

Other information:

The amount of aid to any one firm may on no account exceed EUR 200 000; on
average it will be about EUR 100 000

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Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

XS 89/04

United Kingdom

West Wales & The Valleys Objective 1 Region

Merthyr Tydfil Business Support Package — Phase 11

Legal basis

Industrial Development Act 1982

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme or overall amount of
individual
the
company

granted

aid

to

Maximum aid intensity

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

GBP 124 916 per annum

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

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

Yes

Date of implementation

From 03/09/2004

Duration of scheme or individual
aid award

Until 31/12/2006
NB As noted above, the Grant was committed prior to 31 December 2006.
Payments against this commitment will, potentially (in line with N+2), continue
until 30 June 2008

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs Yes

Name and address of the granting
authority

Name:
Welsh European Funding Office

Address:
Cwm Cynon Business Park, Mountain Ash CF45 4ER

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the
Regulation

Yes