Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 of  5 December 2002  on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-02-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, employment aid, job creation, worker with disabilities

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 of 5 December 2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the
EC Treaty to State aid for employment

(2006/C 37/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

XE 2/04
(N616 A/B/2002)

Member State

Netherlands

Region

Friesland

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

2003 Friesland Jobs Plan

Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

(Oorspronkelijke verordening Fries Banenplan 2003: vastgesteld door Provin-
ciale Staten d.d. 19 juni 2002, Rechtsgrondslag: art. 145 Provinciewet, Goedge-
keurd door de Europese Commissie bij Beschikking C(2002) 4252).

Aanpassing verordening Fries Banenplan 2003: vastgesteld door Provinciale
Staten d.d. 17 december 2003, besluit nr. 10 H. Rechtsgrond: art. 145 Provin-
ciewet.

Aangepaste artikelgewijze toelichting op het Fries Banenplan 2003: vastgesteld
door Gedeputeerde Staten d.d. 23 september 2003, geldt als beleidsregel op
grond van art. 4,81 van de Algemene Wet Bestuursrecht

or
aid

Annual overall amount

EUR 1,5 million

Applications for up to a total of EUR 4,5 million
can be submitted over the period 2003-2005.
Payments can be made between 2003 and 2008

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

The following applies to Arti-
cles 4, 5 and 6 of Regulation
(EC) No 2204/2002:

1. The

aid

represents
maximum of 20 % of
costs eligible for
tion.

a
the
subsidisa-

1,

2. As a deviation from para-
graph
the maximum
be
amount
reduced if EU rules so require
(see
scheme
original
adopted by the EC)

aid will

the

of

Date of implementation

1.1.2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid Until 31.12.2005

(NB. The amendment adopted by PS on 17 December 2003 also applies retro-
actively back to 1.1.2003.)

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Objective of aid

Art. 4: Creation of employment

Yes

Objective of the original aid measure:

The objective of the 2003 Friesland Jobs Plan is to promote
employment (by providing aid for labour costs where an initial
investment of a minimum of EUR 50 000 is made) as a result
of a limited initial investment.

The objective of the present amendment is to broaden slightly
the range of workers eligible to take up posts created through
aid by adding the category of ‘workers at risk of becoming
unemployed’

Art. 5: Recruitment of disadvantaged and disabled workers

Yes

The scheme focuses on helping ‘non-working jobseekers’ to
find work, with special emphasis on ‘the long-term unem-
ployed’, ‘older workers’, ‘foreign workers’ and ‘persons with a
disability affecting their employability’

Art. 6: Employment of disabled workers

Economic sectors concerned

— All Community sectors (1) eligible for employment aid

— All manufacturing (1)

— All services (1)

— Other

The scheme is restricted to providing aid for enterprises in one
of the following sectors: industry (including industries invol-
ving the processing of raw materials and agricultural produce),
wholesaling, care (standard industrial classification code 85),
services to business, construction, catering and tourism, and
recreation. There are no restrictions on the size of the enter-
prises involved other than those deriving from the legal provi-
sions of the European Commission.
The following are not eligible for aid:

— enterprises in the primary sector

— enterprises requiring a permit under the Law on the Trans-

port of Persons, and

— public enterprises

Name:
Gedeputeerde Staten van de Provincie Fryslân
Contact person:
Ms J.M. van Leeuwen
Tel. (31-58) 292 55 44 (issues of substance)
Ms A.J. Swart Ranshuysen-Veenema
Tel. (31-58) 292 55 02 (legal matters)

Address:
Postbus 20.120
8900 HM Leeuwarden
Nederland

Name and address of
authority

the granting

(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.

Aid No

Member State

Region

XE 6/05

Spain

Rioja

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Strategic programme for foreign trade

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Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

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 el
programa estratégico de comercio exterior

or
aid

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

EUR 21 600

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

18.2.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Art. 4: Creation of employment

Art. 5: Recruitment of disadvantaged and disabled
workers

Art. 6: Employment of disabled workers

Economic sectors concerned

— All Community sectors (1) eligible for employ-

Yes

No

No

ment aid

— All manufacturing (1)

— All services (1)

— Other: Only Group D: manufacturing industries
in the National Classification of Economic Activ-
ities will be eligible for aid

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja

Address:
Muro de La Mata, 13-14
E-26071 Logroño (La Rioja)

Aid subject
the Commission

to prior notification to

In conformity with Article 9 of the Regulation

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.