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: 2006-02-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: 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, 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 35/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 38/05

Estonia

Estonia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Support for research and development projects

Legal basis

Majandus- ja kommunikatsiooniministri 14.
jaanuari 2005. a määrus nr 4
“Majandus- ja kommunikatsiooniministri määrus 13. aprillist 2004 nr 73 “Eesti
riikliku arengukava Euroopa Liidu struktuurifondide kasutuselevõtuks — ühtne
programmdokument aastates 2004-2006” meetme nr 2.3 “Teadus- ja arendus-
ja arendustegevuse
tegevuse ning innovatsiooni edendamine” osa “Teadus-
projektide toetamine” tingimused muutmine” (RTL, 20.1.2005, 12, 101)

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

or
aid

The aid budget
for 2005-
2006 amounts to EEK 250
million (1)
(EUR 15,97
million), of which

ERDF: EUR 11,98 million

Estonia: EUR 3,99 million

The annual total amount is
around EEK 125 million

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

24.1.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors

Limited to specific sectors

— All manufacturing

— All services

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Ettevõtluse Arendamise Sihtasutus

Address:
Liivalaia 13/15
EE-Tallinn 10118

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

(1) Since the budget for the aid programme is not divided equally between the years, the overall budget is given here.

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 40/05

United Kingdom

North East England

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

City and Northern Projects Ltd

Legal basis

Industrial Development Act 1982 Sections 7 & 11

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

Section 2 Local Government Act 2000

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

GBP 608 857

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

From 19.11.2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.8.2004

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name
Government Office for the North East
European Programmes Secretariat

Yes

Yes

Address:
Citygate
Gallowgate
Newcastle Upon Tyne NE 4WH
United Kingdom

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 41/05

United Kingdom

North East England

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Fergusons (Blyth) Ltd

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Legal basis

Industrial Development Act 1982 Sections 7 & 11

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

Section 2 Local Government Act 2000

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

GBP 260 875

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

From 17.6.2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2004

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Government Office for the North East
European Programmes Secretariat

Yes

Yes

Address:
Citygate
Gallowgate
Newcastle Upon Tyne Ne1 4WH
United Kingdom

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 42/05

United Kingdom

North East England

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Network Space Ltd — phase 1

Legal basis

Industrial Development Act 1982 Sections 7 & 11

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

Section 2 Local Government Act 2000

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

GBP 156 168

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

From 14.5.2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 1.10.2002

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

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Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Government Office for the North East
European Programmes Secretariat

Address:
Citygate
Gallowgate
Newcastle Upon Tyne NE 4WH
United Kingdom

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 43/05

United Kingdom

North East England

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Network Space Ltd — phase 2

Legal basis

Industrial Development Act 1982 Sections 7 & 11

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

Section 2 Local Government Act 2000

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

GBP 144 777

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

From 27.12.2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30.4.2003

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Government Office for the North East
European Programmes Secretariat

Yes

Yes

Address:
Citygate
Gallowgate
Newcastle Upon Tyne NE 4WH
United Kingdom

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 51/05

Netherlands

Province of South Holland

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Vereniging Deltalinqs (Deltalinqs Association)

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Legal basis

Algemene Subsidieverordening Zuid-Holland, 1 juni 2004

expenditure

or
Annual
overall amount of aid granted to the
company

planned

Maximum aid intensity

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 140 000

Loans guaranteed

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

Yes;
the aid intensity is
60 %, taking the various
authorities together.

Date of implementation

25.1.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.10.2005

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

The aim of the project is to
carry out industrial research
into modern methods of
raw materials
obtaining
from industrial
residual
flows. A consortium has to
be set up as well to build a
factory for
recovering the
raw materials from the resi-
flows. The subsidy is
dual
the activities
intended for
relating to the research

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific
sectors

Yes

Other
turing

manufac-

Chemical industry

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Province of South Holland

Address:
Postbus 90602
2509 LP The Hague
Netherlands

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 52/05

Italy

Tuscany

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Support for pilot projects involving strategic industry alliances or clusters of
enterprises in the pleasure boats sector.

Legal basis

Delibera G.R. n. 1235 del 6.12.2004

Decreto n. 8179 del 23.12.2004

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Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 1,5 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

2.2.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2005

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Shipbuilding

Other manufacturing

Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Regione Toscana

Address:
Via di Novoli, 26
I-50127 Firenze

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 55/05

Spain

Rioja

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Regulatory bases for granting aid by competitive tendering for investment in
setting up and reforming retail trade structures promoted by SMEs

Legal basis

expenditure

Annual
or
overall amount of aid granted to the
company

planned

Resolución del Presidente de la Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja,
de 11 de febrero de 2005, por la que se aprueban las Bases reguladoras de la
concesión de subvenciones en régimen de concurrencia competitiva para las
inversiones dirigidas a la implantacion y reforma de estructuras comerciales
minoristas promovidas por pymes

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 746 550

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

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Date of implementation

18.2.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Limited to specific sectors

services:

(Only activities

Other
listed under
heading 52 of the CNAE business register will
be eligible for aid: retail trade except for trade in
motor vehicles, motorcycles and scooters; repair
of personal and household goods. The activities
listed under CNAE heading 52.6 — retail trade
not
conducted with establishments — are
excepted).

Yes

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Agencia de Desarrollo Economico de LA Rioja

Address:
Muro de la Mata 13-14
E-26071 Logroño

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 57/05

Spain

Rioja

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Regulatory bases for granting aid by competitive tendering for investment in
SMEs in the industrial, wholesale trade and service sectors

Legal basis

expenditure

or
Annual
overall amount of aid granted to the
company

planned

Resolución del Presidente de la Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja,
de 11 de febrero de 2005, por la que se aprueban las Bases reguladoras de la
concesión de subvenciones en régimen de concurrencia competitiva a la inver-
sión destinadas a pymes del sector industrial, comercio mayorista y de servicios

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 2,28 million

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

18.2.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

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Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Limited to specific sectors

industrial sectors (only extractive and
for the agri-

Other
manufacturing industries, except
food industry, will be eligible for aid)

Other services. Only wholesale trade will be
eligible for aid, except for motor vehicles, agri-
food and the
services
relating to the industrial sector:

following technical

— Railways
— Goods handling and storage
— IT
— Market surveys and opinion polls
— Technical engineering services
— Technical trials and tests
— Advertising
— Recruitment of management and executive

staff

— Employment agencies
— Investigation and security services
— Non-industrial design
— Organisation of trade fairs, exhibitions and

conferences

— Film and video production

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja

Address:
C/Muro de la Mata 13-14
E-26071 Logroño (La Rioja)

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

Aid No

XS 148/04

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

England

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Jack Moody Ltd

Legal basis

Section 153 Environmental Protection Act 1990 and Financial Assistance for
Environmental Purposes (No 2) Order 2000 (SI 2000:2211)

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 184 110

Loans guaranteed

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Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

From 28.10.2004

Until 31.3.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Other services (Recycling Companies)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP)

Address:
The Old Academy
21 Horsefair
Banbury OX16 OAH
United Kingdom

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes