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: 2006-07-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Greece, Italy, State aid, 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 164/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 124/03

Greece

Whole country

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Aid for small and medium-sized enterprises (as defined in the Commission
Recommendation of 3 April 1996) for environmental cooperation between
businesses.

Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Π∆ 93/97 (ΦΕΚ 92/Α/16-5-97) ‘Όροι και διαδικασίες για την ένταξη και χρηµατο-
δότηση έργων του ιδιωτικού τοµέα σε προγράµµατα ή τµήµατα του Υπουργείου
Ανάπτυξης τα οποία αναφέρονται στους τοµείς Βιοµηχανίας, Ενέργειας, Έρευνας και
Τεχνολογίας’

or
aid

The scheme is being published for the first time in 2003 with a budget of EUR
18 480 000 (public and private expenditure);
it is expected to be published
again in 2004.

Maximum aid intensity

50 % grant only (this amount may not exceed the ceilings in the regional aid
map approved for Greece, increased by 15 % in the case of SMEs).

Date of implementation

First publication November 2003

Duration of the scheme or individual
aid award

2003—2007

Objective of aid

The aim is to boost entrepreneurship in the waste management/utilisation
sector, to combat acute environmental problems at local level and to signifi-
cantly cover Greece's shortfall in installations for handling industrial and other
waste.

Economic sectors

All manufacturing industries, other than the sector covered by the Community
Guidelines on State aid in the agriculture sector (OJ C 28, 1.2.2000, p. 2).

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Ministry of Development
Directorate-General for Industry
Directorate for Industrial Planning & Environment

Address:
Director: Ioannis Patiris
Tel: +30 210 696 92 68
Fax: +30 210 696 92 43

Other information

The scheme is Action 2.9.3 in the competitiveness operational programme
jointly financed by the structural funds.

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 143/04

Italy

Marche

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Support for competitiveness of local productive clusters

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Legal basis

Delibera di Giunta regionale 20 aprile 2004, n. 435 recante
‘Disposizioni di prima attuazione art. 18 (Servizi avanzati per la competitività
dei sistemi produttivi locali) della L.R. n. 20/2003 nonché utilizzo e riparto
risorse del Fondo Unico 2001/2002/2003 destinato alle Leggi n. 266/97, art. 3,
comma 6 e n. 317/91, art. 36’

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Maximum aid intensity

or
aid

The amount available for 2004 is EUR 3 806 827,60. For 2005 and 2006 the
resources (not yet quantifiable) of the Single Fund for those years will be used.

The aid is governed either by the de minimis rule (Regulation (EC) No 69/2001)
or by Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, depending on the applicant's choice.
For projects that provide exclusively for expenditure on services and/or consul-
tancy, the maximum regional aid intensity will be 40 % of the cost of the
project (regardless of the regime chosen).
For projects that provide for expenditure on investment in tangible and intan-
gible fixed assets and expenditure on services and/or consultancy, pre-competi-
tive development activity and industrial research the maximum aid intensity
will be:
— for the ‘de minimis’ rule option, 40%;
— for the regime under Regulation (EC) No 70/2001;

1) for expenditure on consultancy and services, 50 % gge;
2) for investment expenditure (tangible and intangible fixed assets), 15 %

gge for small firms, 7,5 % gge for medium-sized firms;

3) for industrial research and pre-competitive development (see sheet on

Regulation (EC) No 364/2004).

The total amount of regional resources involved for each project must not
exceed 40 % of the cost of the project. Consequently, in the case of projects
comprising both investment and services, in order to comply with the above
ceiling the overall maximum aid intensity will be 40% of the total cost of the
project, subject to the aid ceilings laid down for each type.

Date of implementation

From 2004 and in any case 10 working days after this form (Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001) is sent.

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

31 December 2006

Objective of aid

(b)

internationalisation and promotion;

To encourage the competitiveness of local productive clusters, via the consoli-
dation and development of industrial districts targeted towards the following
growth factors: (a) industrial research, pre-competitive development activity and
technology transfer;
(c) quality and
innovation. Within this framework, the Region intends to encourage parties
permanently established in the region (service centres, consortia, development
companies set up by consortia, firms, research and technology transfer centres,
universities) to submit projects that: 1) are innovative with respect to the
current services on offer in the regional market; 2) guarantee a significant
degree of self-financing and project financing, with institutional or private
parties sharing a large part of the costs, and 3) dovetail with Community,
national or regional programmes. Priority is given for: (a) creation of innovation
networks; (b) business promotion; (c) collaboration with innovation observa-
tories; (d) computerised management of commercial transactions; (e) creation of
advanced professional
software
projects; (g) establishment of advanced infrastructure to assist production, also
through the setting up of ecologically equipped industrial areas; (h) improving
the quality of the area and the eco-sustainability of business.

interconnection with intelligent

skills;

(f)

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Eligible expenditure

Economic sectors concerned

Eligible aid is for innovative projects with a minimum amount designed to
guarantee their financial significance and in any case no less than:
— EUR 100 000 of eligible expenditure for projects that provide for services

and consultancy only

— EUR 250 000 of eligible expenditure for projects that provide for tangible
and intangible investments, services and consultancy and expenditure on
pre-competitive development and industrial research.

Expenditure is admissible if concerned with:
tangible and intangible fixed assets, services, consultancy, in accordance with
Regulation (EC) No 69/2001 and Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.
Expenditure for consultancy or services of a repetitive nature in the ordinary
day-to-day running of a firm (accounts, wages etc.) is excluded.
Expenditure shall be deemed to start from the following dates:
— for the de minimis regime, from the date following publication of the notice

inviting applications;

— for the regime under Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, from the date following

submission of the request.

Sectors (ISTAT '91 classification) C, D, E, F and certain production services
(sector K, code 72; code 74; restricted to 74.12.1, 74.12.2, 74.14.4, 74.14.5,
74.14.6, 74.2, 74.20.1, 74.20.2, 74.20.3, 74.20.4, 74.20.5, 74.20.6, 74.3,
74.30.1, 74.30.2, 74.4, 74.40.1, 74.40.2, 74.5, 74.60.1, 74.7, 74.70.1,
74.70.2, 74.82, 74.82.1, 74.82.2, 74.84.5, 74.84.6; sector O, restricted to the
following codes: 90.00.1, 90.00.2), subject to the exclusions and restrictions
laid down by Community law on state aid (including export aid and aid to the
motor vehicle industry)

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Regione Marche, Servizio Industria e Artigianato

Address:
Via Tiziano 44
I-60100 Ancona

Aid No

XS 144/04

Member State

Region

Italy

Marche

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Support for competitiveness of local productive clusters

Legal basis

Delibera di Giunta regionale 20 aprile 2004, n. 435 recante
‘Disposizioni di prima attuazione art. 18 (Servizi avanzati per la competitività
dei sistemi produttivi locali) della L.R. n. 20/2003 nonché utilizzo e riparto
risorse del Fondo Unico 2001/2002/2003 destinato alle Leggi n. 266/97, art. 3,
comma 6 e n. 317/91, art. 36’

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

or
aid

The amount available for 2004 is EUR 3 806 827,60. For 2005 and 2006 the
resources (not yet quantifiable) of the Single Fund for those years will be used.

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Maximum aid intensity

For sectors other than the agro-industrial sector, the aid is governed by Regu-
lation (EC) No 69/2001 (the de minimis rule) or Regulation (EC) No 364/2004,
depending on the applicant's choice. Within this framework, for projects that
provide for pre-competitive development activity and industrial research the
maximum aid intensity will be:
— for the ‘de minimis’ rule option, 40%;
— for the regime under Regulation (EC) No 70/2001;

1) for industrial research, 60 % gge
2) for pre-competitive development activity 35 % gge

For projects in the agro-industrial sector:
1) for industrial research, 60% gge
2) for pre-competitive development activity 35 % gge

The total amount of regional resources involved for each project must not
exceed 40% of the cost of the project. Consequently, in the case of projects
comprising both investment and services, in order to comply with the above
ceiling the overall maximum aid intensity will be 40 % of the total cost of the
project, subject to the aid ceilings laid down for each type.

Date of implementation

From 2004 and in any case 10 working days after this form (Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001) is sent.

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Eligible expenditure

(b)

internationalisation and promotion;

To encourage the competitiveness of local productive clusters, via the consoli-
dation and development of industrial districts targeted towards the following
growth factors: (a) industrial research, pre-competitive development activity and
technology transfer;
(c) quality and
innovation. Within this framework, the Region intends to encourage parties
permanently established in the region (service centres, consortia, development
companies set up by consortia, firms, research and technology transfer centres,
universities) to submit projects that: 1) are innovative with respect to the
current services on offer in the regional market; 2) guarantee a significant
degree of self-financing and project financing, with institutional or private
parties sharing a large part of the costs, and 3) dovetail with Community,
national or regional programmes. Priority is given for: (a) creation of innovation
networks; (b) business promotion; (c) collaboration with innovation observa-
tories; (d) computerised management of commercial transactions; (e) creation of
advanced professional
software
projects; (g) establishment of advanced infrastructure to assist production, also
through the setting up of ecologically equipped industrial areas; (h) improving
the quality of the area and the eco-sustainability of business.

interconnection with intelligent

skills;

(f)

Eligible aid is for innovative projects with a minimum amount designed to
guarantee their financial significance and in any case no less than:
— EUR 100 000 of eligible expenditure for projects that provide for services

and consultancy only

— EUR 250 000 of eligible expenditure for projects that provide for tangible
and intangible investments, services and consultancy and expenditure on
pre-competitive development and industrial research.

Expenditure is admissible if concerned with:
industrial research and pre-competitive development activity.
Expenditure shall be deemed to start from the following dates:
— for the de minimis regime, from the date following publication of the notice

inviting applications;

— for the regime under Regulation (EC) No 364/2001, from the date following

submission of the request.

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Economic sectors concerned

Sectors (ISTAT '91 classification) C, D, E, F and certain production services
(sector K, code 72; code 74; restricted to 74.12.1, 74.12.2, 74.14.4, 74.14.5,
74.14.6, 74.2, 74.20.1, 74.20.2, 74.20.3, 74.20.4, 74.20.5, 74.20.6, 74.3,
74.30.1, 74.30.2, 74.4, 74.40.1, 74.40.2, 74.5, 74.60.1, 74.7, 74.70.1,
74.70.2, 74.82, 74.82.1, 74.82.2, 74.84.5, 74.84.6; sector O, restricted to the
following codes: 90.00.1, 90.00.2), subject to the exclusions and restrictions
laid down by Community law on state aid (including export aid and aid to the
motor vehicle industry).

Agro-industrial sector, with reference to the following codes (ISTAT '91 classifi-
cation): 15.11.1, 15.11.2, 15.12.1, 15.13, 15.31, 15.32, 15.33, 15.41.1,
15.41.2, 15.42.1, 15.42.2, 15.51.1, 15.61.1, 15.61.2, 15.62, 15.7, 15.83,
15.92, 15.93, 15.94, 15.95, 15.97, 16, 51.23.2, 51.32.1, 51.32.2, 51.32.3, flax
and hemp, forestry products.

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Regione Marche, Servizio Industria e Artigianato

Address:
Via Tiziano 44
I-60100 Ancona