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: 2006-07-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Netherlands, Poland, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, exchange of information, 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 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC
Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2006/C 153/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 2/05

Germany

Lower Saxony

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Directive on the granting of aid for patent exploitation and application (Lower
Saxony Patent Exploitation Programme)

Legal basis

Niedersächsische Landeshaushaltsordnung

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,8 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

1.1.2005

Duration of the 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:
Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen GmbH

Address:
Günther-Wagner-Allee 12-14
D-30177 Hannover

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 3/05

Federal Republic of Germany

Hessen

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

R&D

Legal basis

Gesetz zur Förderung der kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen der hessischen
Wirtschaft vom 23. September 1974 (GVBl. S. 458), zuletzt geändert am 22.
August 1986 (GVBl. S. 265)

Richtlinien des Landes Hessen zur Innovationsförderung

hier: 1. Forschung und Entwicklung

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Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

EUR 3,25 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 0,5 million

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

1.1.2005

Duration of the scheme or individual
aid award

Until 31.12.2006 (until 31.12.2004 if implemented as de minimis aid)

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Hessisches Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Verkehr und Landesentwicklung

Address:
Kaiser-Friedrich-Straße 75
D-65185 Wiersbaden

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 63/04

Netherlands

Province of Flevoland

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Legal basis

expenditure

Annual
or
overall amount of aid granted to the
company

planned

1. Cooperative Agro-Milieucooperatie voor Boer en Bodem
2. The four farmer members of that cooperative: Nieuwenhuyzen, Siebenga,
Naalden and the farm run by the Christian Agricultural College (CAH) in
Dronten

— Decentralisatie-convenant Rijk/provincie Flevoland
— EPD-overeenkomst tussen provincie Flevoland en de Coöperatieve Agro- en

Milieucoöperatie voor Boer en Bodem

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Individual aid

Loans guaranteed

Overall
amount
aid
(= 32,3 % of the total
investment)

Loans guaranteed

EUR 1,504 million

Maximum aid intensity

Date of implementation

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

Yes

Date of Single Programming Document agreement
referred to above) (mid-September 2004)

(the EPD-overeenkomst

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31 December 2007

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs. The activities being assisted involve research
and broad dissemination of know-how relating to the
development of new plant especially suited to biogas
manure fermentation on farms;
the development of
experience from practical testing of the various types of
plant; study of the applicability and scope for the use on
farms of the electricity and heat produced; and the devel-
opment of experience with co-fermentation.

Yes

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Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Other manufacturing

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Province of Flevoland

Yes

Agriculture

Address:
Postbus 55
8200 AB Lelystad
Nederland
contact:
G.H.M. Gielen
Tel. No (31-320) 26 54 81
email: gielen@flevoland.nl

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 66/05

Germany

Berlin

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Design promotion

Legal basis

Operationelles Programm der EU für Berlin 2000-2006

Einheitliches Programmplanungsdokument der EU für Berlin 2000-2006

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

EUR 1million

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

1.4.2005

Duration of the 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:
Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Frauen

Yes

Yes

Address:
Referat II D
Martin-Luther-Straße 105
D-10820 Berlin

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 97/05

Republic of Poland

Central Region

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Biuro Projektów Budownictwa Ogólnego ‘BUDOPOL’ S.A., Warsaw

Legal basis

Ustawa z dnia 30 sierpnia 1996 r. o komercjalizacji i prywatyzacji (Dz.U. z
2002 r. nr 171, poz. 1397, z późniejszymi zm.) art. 52 ust. 1

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 0,177457
million (*)

Loans guaranteed

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

Yes

20.1.2005

12.8.2011

Maximum aid intensity

Date of implementation

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Minister for the Treasury

Address:
Ul. Krucza 36/Wspólna 6
PL-00-522 Warsaw

Yes

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

(*) amount of aid awarded to the firm expressed as gross grant equivalent

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 98/05

Republic of Poland

Southern Region

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Legal basis

Krakowskie Przedsiębiorstwo Hotelarsko –Turystyczne Sp. z o.o., Cracow

Ustawa z dnia 30 sierpnia 1996 r. o komercjalizacji i prywatyzacji (Dz.U. z
2002 r. nr 171, poz. 1397, z późn. zm.) art. 52 ust. 3 i 4 w związku z art. 54
ust. 1; Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 16 października 1997 r. w
sprawie szczegółowych zasad ustalania należności za korzystanie z przedsię-
biorstwa,
części należności oraz
warunków oprocentowania nie spłaconej należności (Dz.U. z 1997 r. nr 130,
poz. 855) § 8 ust. 1

sposobu zabezpieczenia nie

spłaconej

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 0,254737
million (*)

Loans guaranteed

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Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

23.3.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Up to 20.8.2016

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Minister for the Treasury

Address:
Ul. Krucza 36/Wspólna 6
PL-00-522 Warsaw

Yes

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

(*) Amount of aid awarded to the firm expressed as gross grant equivalent

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 99/05

Federal Republic of Germany

Saxony-Anhalt

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Directive of the Land of Saxony-Anhalt on the granting of financial assistance
to small and medium-sized firms for taking part in fairs and exhibitions

Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Mittelstandsförderungsgesetz des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt vom 27. Juli 2001;
Verwaltungsvorschriften zu § 44 der Landeshaushaltsordnung (VV-LHO, RdErl.
des Ministeriums der Finanzen LSA vom 1.2.2001, MBl. LSA 239, geändert
durch RdErl. des MF vom 4.9.2003; MBl.LSA s. 657)

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

EUR 1 227 600
of which
EUR 0,43 million
are Land funds

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

1.1.2005

Duration of the 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

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Ministerium für Landwirtschaft und Umwelt des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt

Address:
Hasselbachstraße 4
D-39104 Magdeburg

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 105/05

Germany

Schleswig-Holstein

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Scheme to promote measures aimed at introducing Business to Business (B2B)
in SMEs

Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Maximum aid intensity

Date of implementation

Richtlinie über die Förderung von Maßnahmen zur Einführung des elektro-
nischen Geschäftsverkehrs — Business to Business (B2B) — bei kleinen und
mittleren Unternehmen (KMU) Schleswig-Holsteins im Rahmen des Euro-
päischen Fonds für Regionale Entwicklung ( B2B-Richtlinie)

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

EUR 1 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

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

Yes

Publication in the Schleswig-Holstein Official Gazette 2005, p. 418; entry into
force of the Directive: 15.4.2005.

Duration of the scheme or individual
aid award

From 15.4.2005 to 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Wirtschaftsförderung- und Technologietransfer Schleswig-Holstein GmbH

Address:
Lorentzendamm 24
D-24103 Kiel

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 187/05

Netherlands

Gelderland Province

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Duijghuizen Transport B.V.

Legal basis

expenditure

Annual
or
overall amount of aid granted to the
company

planned

EG-Verordening 70/2001, in het bijzonder de overwegingen 4 en 13, en arti-
kelen 1 en 5 jo. de Subsidieregeling marktgericht innoveren en implementeren
Gelderland II (MI&I-regeling), in het bijzonder de artikelen 1.1 onder c en 1.1
onder d

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 18 700

Loans guaranteed

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Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes
The
aid covers 50 % of
consultancy fees of EUR 37 400

the

Date of implementation

3.11.2005 (date of decision: 25.10.2005)

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

It is a one-off grant; the project period is 4.11.2005 — 1.4.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes
Support for consultancy services
regarding innovations within the
company

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Transport services (Transport sector)

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Gedeputeerde Staten van Gelderland

Yes

Yes

Address:
PO Box 9090
6800 GX Arnhem
Nederland

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 189/05

Netherlands

Province of South Holland

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Name of company: Vidomes, housing corporation

Legal basis

Algemene subsidieverordening (Asv), hoofdstuk 6, Milieu

expenditure

Annual
or
overall amount of aid granted to the
company

planned

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 140 443,23
(2 % of Vidome's
total investment
costs)

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

Date of decision: 30.5.2005. The support will be granted only after notification

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until December 2007 (duration of the project)

At the applicant's request, a maximum of 80% of the amount of the expected
entitlement may be paid in advance. Where this is not the case, a single
payment will be made 13 weeks after the aid has been approved

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Objective of aid

Aid to SME. Aim of the project:

Yes

the project combines the use of hot and cold sources
with heat pumps and unbalanced ventilation for heat
recovery in 129 housing units for the elderly (32 in the
public sector, 30 in the private sector and 67 in the
owner-occupied sector). There will also be workspaces
for (para)medics and shops

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to
SMEs

Yes
All SMEs may apply for
for
encouraging the use of sustainable energy
(part of the South Holland General Subsidy
Scheme). This particular decision concerns
Vidomes housing corporation

subsidies

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Province of South Holland

Address:
Zuid-Hollandplein 1
2596 AW Den Haag
Nederland

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 208/05

Netherlands

Province of South Holland

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Mobisant

Rechtsgrond

Algemene Subsidieverordening Zuid-Holland, 1 juni 2004

expenditure

Annual
or
overall amount of aid granted to the
company

planned

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 248 557

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes;
the official
inten-
aid
sity is 14 %

Date of implementation

1.12.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 1.6.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

and

between

This project is a partner-
research
ship
bodies, trade associations,
banks
greenhouse
horticulturalists. It aims to
use industrial research to
study whether chrysanthe-
mums can be cultivated in
pots.

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Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific
sectors

Yes

Other manufacturing

Greenhouse horticulture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Province of South Holland

Address:
Postbus 90602
2509 LP Den Haag
Nederland

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes