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: 2006-06-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Italy, Spain, 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 142/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 13/05

Spain

Rioja

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Strategic programme for foreign trade

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 el
programa estratégico de comercio exterior.

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 9 000

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

18.2.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Other industrial sectors: Only Section D: Manufacturing
industries in the National Classification of Economic
Activities will be eligible for aid.

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)

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

XT 19/05

Spain

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Training in Telecommunications (Forintel) programme

Legal basis

Orden ITC/582/2005, de 4 de marzo
BOE no 61 de 12 de marzo de 2005

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expenditure

Annual
or
overall amount of aid granted to the
company

planned

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 14,188
million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Ye

Date of implementation

13.3.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.6.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Yes

No

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Secretario de Estado de Telecomunicaciones y para la Sociedad de la Informa-
ción

Address:
c/ Alcalá, 50
E-28071 Madrid

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 21/05

Italy

Veneto

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

supervision code
to coast. Department: Tourism/environmental and

regional

framework plan under

Implementation of
BAVEN331070 ‘Coast
cultural training’.
Regional Decree No 1202 of 18.3.2005
Training aid
Managing body: Po Delta Regional Park– Training Unit

Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Regolamento (CE) n. 1260/1999 — Programma di
INTERREG III A Italia-Slovenia.
Decisione della Commissione europea n. C(2004)4157 del 19 ottobre 2004 che
modifica la decisione C(2001)3614 del 27 dicembre 2001 che approva il
nuovo Programma di iniziativa comunitaria Interreg III A Italia-Slovenia

iniziativa comunitaria

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 105 168

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

in

euros

EUR 105 168 or another
in
amount
costs
proportion to the
incurred by the managing
body in carrying out the
training project

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Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

Date when the training bodies sign up to the agreement — this should be
within 60 days of notification of Regional Decree No 1202 of 18.3.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

- Agriculture

Other services

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Direzione Programmi Comunitari della Regione Veneto — Servizio Interreg

Address:
Ria Novo
Dorsoduro 3494
I-30123 Venezia

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 32/05

Italy

Tuscany

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Aid scheme for foreign-language training for firms in the province of Prato

Legal basis

Regolamento CE n. 68/2001 della Commissione del 12 gennaio 2001 relativo
all'applicazione degli articoli 87 e 88 del Trattato CE agli aiuti destinati alla
formazione
Deliberazione della Giunta camerale n. 57 del 25 maggio 2005

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

EUR 50 000

Individual aid

EUR 1 500 per firm

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

1.6.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.5.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Yes

No

Yes

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Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Camera di Commercio Industria Artigianato Agricoltura di Prato

Address:
Via Valentini 14
I-59100 Prato

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 33/05

Spain

Basque Country

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Aid for company strategic training measures

Legal basis

expenditure

Annual
or
overall amount of aid granted to the
company

planned

Orden de 26 de abril de 2005, de la Consejera de Educación, Universidades e
Investigación, por la que se convocan ayudas económicas a la financiación de
acciones estratégicas formativas que se desarrollen por parte de las empresas de
la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco para el ejercicio 2005 (Boletín Oficial
del País Vasco de 29.4.2005)

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 8,28 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

29.4.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12. 2005

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
HOBETUZ
Fundación Vasca para la Formación Profesional Continua

Address:
Gran Vía 35 — 6o
E-48009 Bilbao

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 42/04

Italy

Friuli — Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Training initiatives for workers and firms

Legal basis

Legge n. 236 del 9 luglio 1993, articolo 9 ‘Interventi di formazione professio-
nale’, commi 3 e 7.
Decreto del Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali n. 296 del 28 ottobre
2003

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Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

EUR 1 235 000

Annual overall amount
The Ministerial Order
referred
to, No 296/03, sets aside a sum
EUR 1 235 000 for the autono-
region of Friuli-Venezia
mous
Giulia
financial
the
of
out
resources available for the auton-
omous regions and provinces in
Italy.

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

3.6.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

General training

The aid covers both general and specific training as
described in the documents annexed:
Order of the President of the Giunta Regionale (Regional
Executive) No 0125/PRES of 20 April 2001, published in
the Region's Official Gazette,
special series, No 9 of
18 June 2001;
Extract from Annex A to Regional Order 0125/PRES/01
‘Regulation containing Rules for the implementation of the
Objective 3 Regional Operational Programme’, Article 21
‘Specific and general training’

Specific training

The aid covers both general and specific training as
described in the documents annexed:
Order of the President of the Giunta Regionale (Regional
Executive) No 0125/PRES of 20 April 2001, published in
the Region's Official Gazette,
special series, No 9 of
18 June 2001;
Extract from Annex A to Regional Order 0125/PRES/01
‘Regulation containing Rules for the implementation of the
Objective 3 Regional Operational Programme’, Article 21
‘Specific and general training’

Yes

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Regione Autonoma Friuli — Venezia Giulia, Direzione centrale del Lavoro,
Formazione, Università e Ricerca (già Direzione regionale della Formazione
Professionale)

Address:
Via S. Francesco n. 37
I-34100 Trieste
E-mail: formazione.prof.@regione.fvg.it

Large individual aid grants

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

No

Note

From 1 January 2005 the regional authorities undertake to adapt the rules in
question to the new definition of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises
given in Commission Recommendation No 2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 44/05

Spain

Whole country

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Programme for initial training of online workers (Intro)

Legal basis

Orden ITC/2406/2005, de 20 de julio (BOE 174)

expenditure

or
Annual
overall amount of aid granted to the
company

planned

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 3 million

Loans guaranteed

EUR 15 million

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

From 22.7.2005 to 30.6.2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30.6.2007

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio

Yes

No

Yes

Address:
Capitán Haya, 41
E-28071 Madrid

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 48/05

Spain

Catalonia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Incentives for reorientation of production activities for undertakings faced with
substantial international competition

Legal basis

expenditure

Annual
or
overall amount of aid granted to the
company

planned

Orden TRI/298/2005, de 15 de junio, por la que se aprueban las bases regula-
doras de incentivos a la reorientación de actividades productivas para empresas
fuertemente expuestas a la competencia internacional, y se abre la convocatoria
para el año 2005 (DOGC no 4417 de 1.7.2005)

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,2 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

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Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

Since 1.7.2005

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:
Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Empresarial (CIDEM)

Address:
Paseo de Grácia, 129
E-08008 Barcelona

No

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 68/05

Germany

Bavaria

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Tourismusakademie Ostbayern gGmbH
Pfarr-Seidl-Straße 1
D-93413 Cham

Legal basis

Bay HO, VO (EG) Nr. 1260/1999, VO (EG) Nr. 1784/1999, EPPD zu Ziel 2,
Programmergänzung zu Ziel 2

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

EUR 534 027

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

27 October 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

31 December 2006 (closure of aid measure)
31 December 2007 (payment of last instalment)

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Zentrum Bayern Familie und Soziales

Yes

Yes

Address:
Hegelstraße 2
D-95477 Bayreuth

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 71/05

Germany

Brandenburg

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Guidelines for the promotion of skills development in small and medium-sized
enterprises

Legal basis

Landeshaushaltsordnung (LHO) § 44 und die dazugehörigen Verwaltungs-
vorschriften

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 4,7 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

1 January 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31 December 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:
LASA Brandenburg GmbH

Address:
Wetzlarer Straße 54
D-14482 Potsdam

Yes

Yes
(except banks and insurance
companies)

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Individual grants not made
to large enterprises

Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 72/05

Germany

Brandenburg

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Rolls Royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co KG

Legal basis

§§ 23, 44 Landeshaushaltsordnung des Landes Brandenburg

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

EUR 0,47 million

Loans guaranteed

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Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

19 September 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30 November 2005

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Other manufacturing

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Landesagentur für Struktur und Arbeit Brandenburg GmbH

Address:
Wetzlarer Straße 54
D-14482 Potsdam

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes