Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of  12 January 2001  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: 2006-03-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 58/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.3.2006

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC
Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2006/C 58/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

XS 107/03

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

North East of England

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council — Exchange for Manufacturing
Resources

Legal Basis

Section 11(1) of the Industrial Development Act 1982

Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

or
aid

Public aid planned under the scheme is:

ERDF: 2003 — GBP 23 400

2004 — GBP 63 000

Single programme: 2003 — GBP 52 000

Maximum aid intensity

50 % of the costs of consultancy from the combination of public sources. No
one SME will receive more than EUR 15 million in assistance

Date of implementation

1 October 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

30 September 2004

Objective of aid

‘Soft Aid’ scheme (consultancy, dissemination of knowledge)

The aid will fund the cost of high-level consultancy from brokers with engi-
neering expertise who will visit SMEs in order to identify new business oppor-
tunities and new markets for businesses by advising SMEs on how to trade
otherwise idle resources between each other using a web-based trading platform
acting as a credit system. This system will also allow SMEs to increase their
own levels of competitiveness

Economic sectors

All eligible industry sectors without prejudice to special rules concerning state
aid in certain sectors — Article 1(2) of SME block exemption Regulations

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
ERDF Contact
Neil McGuinness
European Programmes Secretariat
Government Office for the North East

Wellbar House
Address:
Gallowgate
Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 4TD
United Kingdom

10.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 58/7

Aid No

XS 48/04

Member State

Region

Italy

Veneto

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Local Development Plan ‘From the Sile to the Tagliamento rivers’

Action 1: New services
GAL Venezia Orientale

Legal basis

Programma Regionale LEADER + della Regione Veneto approvato con Dec. CE
n. C(2001)3564 del 19.11.2001

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

EUR 40 000

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

11.11.2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
GAL Venezia Orientale

Yes

Yes

Address:

Sede legale: Piazza della Repubblica 1,
Portogruaro (VE) CAP I-30026

Sede operativa: Borgo S. Agnese 89,
Portogruaro (VE) CAP I-30026

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

The measure excludes awards of aid or requires prior
notification to the Commission of awards of aid,

a) if the total eligible costs are at least EUR 25 million

and

— the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %,
— in areas which qualify for regional aid, the net aid

intensity is at least 50 %; or

b) if

the total gross aid amount

is at

least EUR 15

million

C 58/8

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.3.2006

Aid No

XS 120/04

Member State

Region

Italy

Sardinia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Financial aid for the purchase or lease of new production machines and tools

Legal basis

Legge 28 novembre 1965, n. 1329

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

Direttive di attuazione approvate con Decreto dell'Assessore dell'Industria della
Regione Sardegna n. 553 del 22.10.2004

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 1 500 000

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

1.11.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Limited to specific sectors

— All manufacturing

Other services

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Regione Autonoma della Sardegna — Assessorato dell'Industria

Address:
Viale Trento 69
I-09123 Cagliari

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

The measure excludes individual aid grants or requires
prior notification to the Commission of awards of aid,

a) if the total eligible costs are at least EUR 25 million

and

— the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %,
— in areas which qualify for regional aid, the net aid

intensity is at least 50 %; or

b) if

the total gross aid amount

is at

least EUR 15

million

10.3.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 58/9

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 123/04

Austria

Land of Carinthia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Small firms guidelines for promoting small firms in trade and industry

Legal basis

Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungsgesetz

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

LGBl. Nr. 6/1993 idgF

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

EUR 2,5 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

From 1 January 2004

Duration of the scheme or individual
aid award

Until 30 September 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:
Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungs Fonds

Address:
Heuplatz 2
A-9020 Klagenfurt

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

The measure excludes awards of aid or requires prior
notification to the Commission of awards of aid,

a) if the total eligible costs are at least EUR 25 million

and

— the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %, or
— in areas which qualify for regional aid, the net aid

intensity is at least 50 %; or

b) if

the total gross aid amount

is at

least EUR 15

million