Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of  12 January 2001  on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-04-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, vocational training

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC
Treaty to training aid

(2006/C 82/18)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 34/2004

Austria

Carinthia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving an individual aid

Carinthian business training offensive

Legal basis

Ziel-2-Programm Kärnten 2000 — 2006

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

approx. EUR 1,2 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article
4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

1.6.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Limited to specific sectors

— Agriculture

— Fisheries and aquaculture

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

General training
— Large enterprises: 50 %
— Small and medium-sized enter-

prises (SMEs): 70 %

— Maximum aid intensity: 70 %

of eligible costs
— Specific training
— Large enterprises: 25 %
— Small and medium-sized enter-

prises (SMEs): 35 %

— Maximum aid intensity: 35 %

of eligible costs

Strengthening of the human
resources potential through
training, and support for firms'
growth opportunities through
future-oriented manpower devel-
opment strategies

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

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Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

or

Maritime transport services

Other transport services

Financial services

Other services

No

No

Manufacture of machinery and
equipment (NACE 29, 34 and 35)
Manufacture of wood and wood
products (NACE 20)
chemicals
Manufacture of
chemical products (NACE 24)
Research and development (NACE
73)
Manufacture of pulp, paper and
paper products (NACE 21)

and

No

No

No

No

Electronics, software, hardware
and data communications (NACE
30-33 and 72)

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Amt der Kärntner Landesregierung, Unterabteilung 6 — Bildungs- und Arbeits-
marktpolitik

Adress:
Mießtaler Straße 12
A-9020 Klagenfurt

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regu-
lation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 87/04

Germany

Lower Saxony

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Guidelines on the granting of aid for the promotion of measures under the
Further Training Plan for small and medium-sized businesses (ESF — Objective
3)

Legal basis

§ 44 der Niedersächsischen Landeshaushaltsordnung (LHO)

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

EUR 9 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

7.10.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Expires on 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen GmbH (NBank)

Address:
Günther-Wagner-Allee 12-14
D-30177 Hannover
Tel.: 0511/30031 — 0
info@nbank.de

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 94/04

Czech Republic

NUTS III — South Moravia, Zlín and Moravian Silesia regions

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

INTERREG IIIA Czech Republic — Slovakia

Legal basis

Usnesení vlády ČR č. 432/2004 ze dne 5. května 2004 k programu Iniciativy
Společenství INTERREG IIIA České republiky a Polska, Slovenska, Rakouska,
Bavorska a Saska

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,27486
million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

28.10.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Ministry for Regional Development

Address:
Staromestske nam. 6
CZ-110 15 Prague 1

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 6/05

United Kingdom

West Wales & The Valleys Objective 1 Region

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

The Merthyr Tydfil Institute for the Blind

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Legal basis

Industrial Development Act 1982

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 65,014

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

From 6.1.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

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 1 September 2007

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Limited to specific sectors

Other manufacturing (indoor & outdoor furniture)

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name
Welsh European Funding Office

Address
Cwm Cynon Business Park
Mountain Ash CF45 4ER
United Kingdom

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid Number

Member State

Region

XT 45/05

United Kingdom

Whole of the UK

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving an individual aid

Bio-energy Infrastructure Scheme

Legal basis

Environmental Protection Act 1990 (UK legislation)

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 5,1 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(6) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

From 29.7.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

To 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

No

Yes

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Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Limited to specific sectors

— Agriculture

Other manufacturing

Other services

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Address:
Katherine Donne
Crops for Energy Branch, Area 5A
Ergon House
Horseferry Road
London SWIP 2AL
United Kingdom

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation
The measure excludes awards of aid or requires prior
notification to the Commission of awards of aid, if the
amount of aid granted to one enterprise for a single
training project exceeds 1 000 000 EUR

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 60/05

UK

North West

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Greater Merseyside Learning & Skills Council
Merseyside LSC Investment proposals for training in Priority One 2005 – 2008.
(Measures 4 & 12)

Legal basis

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

Maximum aid intensity

Date of implementation

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Objective of aid

Learning and Skills Act 2000, Employment Act 1973, Section 2(1) and 2(2) as
substantiated by Section 25 of the Employment and Training Act 1998

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount GBP 20 million

Individual aid

Loans guaranteed

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

From: 1.4.2005

Until: 31.12.2006 (project completes 31.7.2008)

General training

Specific training

Yes

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Government Office for the North West (GONW)

Address:
Cunard Building,
Pier Head, Water Street
Liverpool, L3 1QB
United Kingdom

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes