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: Czechia, Germany, 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 164/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 55/04

Italia

Emilia-Romagna

Title of aid scheme or name of
receiving
company
aid
Economic Development
Regional
Plan:

individual

Legal basis

Industrial research and pre-competitive development projects

Delibera di Giunta n. 2823 del 30 dicembre 2003 — Bando per l'attuazione
della misura 1, Azione A del programma Regionale della Ricerca Industriale,
l'Innovazione e il Trasferimento tecnologico (PRRIITT) «Progetti di ricerca indus-
triale e sviluppo precompetitivo»

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 30 million

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

20.1.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2005

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:

Regione Emilia — Romagna

Yes

Yes

Address:

Via Aldo Moro 52
I-40127 Bologna

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

No

Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme or name of
company
aid
Regional Economic Development Plan

individual

receiving

XS 74/04

Italy

Calabria

Investment contract

Legal basis

Legge regionale 2 maggio 2001, n. 7, art 31 quater;

Legge regionale 26 giugno 2003, n. 8, art 26;

Deliberazione di Giunta regionale 26 aprile 2004, n. 242.

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Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

or
aid

total

amount

The
is
EUR 25 million, with esti-
of
mated
EUR 10 million in 2005
and EUR 15 million in
2006

expenditure

Loans guaranteed

No assistance is granted
for loans.

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

2.8.2004

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

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes:
textile,
and tourism sectors

footwear,

IT

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name.

Regione Calabria

Address:

Via Massara, n.2
I-88100 Catanzaro

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

No

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 84/2005

Czech Republic

Cohesion regions NUTS II Moravia-Silesia, Central Bohemia, North-West,
Central Moravia, North-East, South-East, South-West

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Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Energy savings (Úspory energie)

Legal basis

Zákon č. 47/2002 Sb., o podpoře malého a středního podnikání, par.

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

15 million in the years
2004 — 2006 inclusive

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

1.4.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006 or earlier depending on demand for funding.

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:

Ministry of Industry and Trade

Address:

Na Františku 32
CZ-110 15 Praha 1

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation.

Yes

The fund excludes awards of aid to an individual
enterprise which would require prior notification
to the Commission.

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 85/2005

Czech Republic

Cohesion regions NUTS II Moravia-Silesia, Central Bohemia, North-West,
Central Moravia, North-East, South-East, South-West

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Obnovitelné zdroje energie (Renewable Energy Resources)

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Legal basis

Zákon č. 47/2002 Sb., o podpoře malého a středního podnikání, par.

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

15 million EUR in the
years 2004 — 2006 inclu-
sive

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

1.4.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006 or earlier depending on demand for funding.

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:

Ministry of Industry and Trade

Address:

Na Františku 32
CZ-110 15 Praha 1

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation.

Yes

The fund excludes awards of aid to an individual
enterprise which would require prior notification
to the Commission.

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 102/04

Italy

Veneto

Title of aid scheme or name of
aid
receiving
company
Regional
Economic Development
Plan:

individual

Support for the system of production districts recognised by the Veneto Region

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Legal basis

Legge regionale del Veneto n. 8 del 4.4.2003,
(in Bollettino ufficiale della
Regione Veneto n. 36/2003): «Disciplina dei Distretti Produttivi ed Interventi di
Politica Industriale locale».

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 17 million

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Maximum aid intensity

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

Loans guaranteed

Yes

Maximum permitted contribution: up
to 40 % of eligible costs. Maximum
expenditure
between
and
EUR 150 000,00
EUR 1 000 000,00 according to the
type of project envisaged in the rele-
vant notice.

of

Date of implementation

20.10.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until August 2007

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for
aid to SMEs

Yes

Yes

from businesses operating in the following

apart
sectors: agriculture, fisheries, transport

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:

Regione Veneto — Giunta Regionale

Large individual aid grants

Other information

Address:

Palazzo Balbi
Dorsoduro 3901
I-30100 VENEZIA

In
conformity with
Article 6 of the Regu-
lation

The possibility exists to
opt for the application
(EC)
of
Regulation
‘de
69/01 — the
minimis’ rule

Yes

(article does not apply to assistance
for production districts)

Aid No

XS 111/05

Member State

Federal Republic of Germany

Region

Thuringia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Research and development aid for SMEs in which subcontracting accounts for a
maximum of up to 70 % of the total eligible expenditure of the R&D project
(‘research cheque’)

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Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1260/1999 des Rates vom 21. Juni 1999 (ABl. L 161
vom 26.6.1999) sowie Operationelles Programm des Freistaates Thüringen

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 364/2004 der Kommission vom 25. Februar 2004 (ABl. L
63 vom 28.02.2004) zur Änderung der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/2001 der
Kommission vom 12. Januar 2001 (ABl. L 10 vom 13.1.2001)

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 5 million

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 5(a) to (c) of the Regu-
lation

Yes

Date of implementation

20.6.2005

Duration of the scheme or individual
aid award

From 20.6.2005 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:

Thüringer Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Technologie und Arbeit (TMWTA)

Address:

Max-Reger-Str. 4-8
D-99096 Erfurt

Other information:

TMWTA
Referatsleiter Technologieförderung
Dr. Michael Kummer
Tel.: 0361/37 97 480
Fax: 0361/37 97 409
E-Mail: Michael.Kummer@th-thueringen.de

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Articles 6 and 6a of the Regu-
lation.

Yes

Aid No

XS 129/05

Member State

Federal Republic of Germany

Region

The aid measure covers the entire Federal territory

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

ERP-Innovation programme

Note: This brief description in accordance with the SME exemption regulation
relates only to part II of the ERP Innovation programme (market introduction
phase), which is restricted to SMEs matching the Community definition.

Part I (R&D phase) is being notified separately in accordance with the Com-
munity framework for state aid for research and development.

Legal basis

Beschluss der Bundesregierung vom 17.3.2005 zur Modifizierung des ERP-
Innovationsprogramms

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Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

or
aid

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 50 million

Note:
The
amount
entire
to the
relates
programme, i.e. parts I
and II. Resources will
be allocated to the two
in the light of
parts
cannot
claims
therefore
deter-
mined in advance.

and
be

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

1.10.2005

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

The following firms may not receive aid.

— Firms in difficulty in accordance with the
aid for

Community guidelines on State
rescuing and restructuring firms in difficulty

— Firms in the fisheries sector which process
and market agricultural products listed in
Annex I to the EC Treaty.

Name and address of
authority

— The rules on the sensitive sectors

(steel,
transport and shipbuilding)

synthetic fibres,
will be observed.

the granting

Name:

KfW Bankengruppe

Address:

Palmengartenstraße 5-9
D-60325 Frankfurt

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 176/05

Germany

Free State of Saxony

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Supplementary guidelines to the Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs and
Employment's Guidelines on the Promotion of SMEs — Improvement of Entre-
preneurial Potential — ‘Regional Cooperation Measures’ of 13 September 2005

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Legal basis

§§ 23 und 44 der Haushaltsordnung des Freistaates Sachsen (Sächsische Haush-
altsordnung — SäHO)
in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung vom 10. April
2001 (SächsGVBl. S. 153)

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 1,9 million

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

15.9.2005

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:

Sächsische Aufbaubank — Förderbank

Yes

Yes

Address:

Pirnaische Straße 9
D-01069 Dresden

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 202/05

Germany

Free State of Saxony

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Aid scheme of the Saxony Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment to
promote investment by small firms in structurally weak areas

Legal basis

§§ 23 und 44 der Haushaltsordnung des Freistaates Sachsen (Sächsische Haush-
altsordnung — SäHO)
in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung vom 10. April
2001 (SächsGVBl. S. 153)

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

or
aid

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

2005 EUR 2,8 million

2006 EUR 8,3 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

29.9.2005

Duration of the scheme or individual
aid award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

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Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

— All manufacturing

Other services

Yes

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:

Sächsische Aufbaubank — Förderbank

Address:

Pirnaische Straße 9
D-01069 Dresden

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

XS 211/05

Federal Republic of Germany

Hamburg

HI Hamburg International
Luftverkehrsgesellschaft mbh & Co. KG
Oberhauptstraße 3
22335 Hamburg

Legal basis

Einzelfallentscheidung der Kreditkommission gemäß dem Gesetz über die
Kreditkommission

(Hamburgisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt 1997, Nr. 18, Seite 133)

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

or
aid

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 110 775

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes 7,5 %

Date of implementation

2.12.2005

Duration of the scheme or individual
aid award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Transport services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:

Hamburg

Yes

Yes

Yes

Behörde für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

Referat Finanzierungshilfen

Address:

Alter Steinweg 4
D-20459 Hamburg

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 215/05

Germany

Land Berlin

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Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Low-interest promotion loans for investments on the basis of KfW enterprise
credit to SMEs (‘Berlin credit’)

Legal basis

Investitionsbankgesetz vom 25. Mai 2004

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

or
aid

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 58,8 million

Individual aid

Loans guaranteed

Overall aid amount:
Some 400 applications
a year are expected
with an average indivi-
dual commitment of
EUR 147 000

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

for

the period of validity of

the exemption regulation

Date of implementation

1.1.2006

Duration of the scheme or individual
aid award

Unlimited, or
(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:

Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Employment and Women

Address:

Referat III D
Martin-Luther-Straße 105
D-10820 Berlin

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Yes

Yes