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, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 364/2004 of  25 February 2004  as regards the extension of its scope to include aid for research and development   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-07-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

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28.7.2006

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, as amended by Commission Regulation
(EC) No 364/2004 of 25 February 2004 as regards the extension of its scope to include aid for
research and development

(2006/C 176/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 127/04

Member State: Italy

Region: Umbria

Title of aid scheme: Incentives
research and pre-competitive development

for SMEs

for

industrial

Legal basis: Legge 27.10.1994 n. 598 art. 11 come modificato
ed integrato da: legge 8.8.1995 n. 341 art. 3, legge 23.12.1999
n. 488 art. 54,
legge 5.3.2001 n. 57 art. 15; Deliberazione
della Giunta Regionale del 20.10.2004 n. 1585; Determina-
zione dirigenziale del 21.10.2004 n. 9093

— 13.10 ‘Mining of iron ores’ — whole class excluded

except for pyrites.

— 13.20 ‘Mining of non-ferrous metal ores’ — only

manganese excluded.

— D — manufacturing

subsection DA restricted to codes 15.52, 15.81, 15.82,
15.84, 15.85, 15.86, 15.87, 15.88, 15.89.1, 15.89.2,
15.96, 15.98, 15.99

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 7 091 000 for 2004 and
EUR 6 000 000 for each of the years 2005 and 2006

with the exclusion of

Maximum aid intensity:

— 35 % of the cost of projects eligible for the incentive for

pre-competitive development;

— 23.1 ‘Manufacture of coke oven products’ (all of group)

— 24.70 ‘Manufacture of man-made fibres’ — whole cate-

— 60 % of the cost of projects eligible for the incentive for

gory excluded

industrial research.

An additional 5 % will be given if the local unit where the
research project is being carried out is in an area covered by
Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty.

In the case of mixed projects, i.e. comprising both industrial
the aid will be
research and pre-competitive development,
calculated according to the proportion of
the
the project
eligible activity represents

Date of implementation: 17 November 2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2006

Objective of aid: Aid to SMEs for industrial research and pre-
competitive development projects

Economic sectors concerned: Production and production
services firms operating in one of the following sectors and
holding the relevant Ateco 2002 codes:

— C — mining and quarrying

with the exclusion of

— 10.1 ‘Mining and agglomeration of hard coal’

(all of

group)

— 10.2 ‘Mining and agglomeration of lignite’ (all of group)

— 10.3 ‘Extraction and agglomeration of peat’

(all of

group)

— 27.10 ‘Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-

alloys (ECSC)’

crude

including steel castings,

The whole of the iron and steel industry, as defined in
the ECSC Treaty, including related activity, is excluded.
Pig iron and ferro-alloys; pig iron for steelmaking,
foundry and other pig iron, spiegeleisen and high-
semi-finished
and
carbon ferro-manganese;
steel,
special
iron, ordinary steel or
products of
including products for re-use and re-rolling; liquid steel
cast or not cast into ingots, including ingots for forging,
semi-finished products such as blooms, billets and slabs,
sheet bars and tinplate bars; hot-rolled wide coils; hot
finished products of iron, ordinary steel or special steel
(not
forged products and
products obtained using dust); rails, sleepers, fishplates,
soleplates,
joists, heavy sections and bars of 80 mm
and over, sheet piling, bars and sections of less than
80 mm and flats of less than 150 mm, wire rod, tube
rounds and squares, hot-rolled hoop and strip (including
hoop for tubes and coils classed as finished products),
hot-rolled plate of less than 3 mm, plates and sheets of
3 mm and over, universal plates of 150 mm and over;
end products of iron, ordinary steel or special steel (not
including
than
steel
500 mm wide,
tinplate, drawn
products, calibrated bars and cast iron; tinplate, terne
plate, black plate, galvanised sheets, other coated sheets,
cold-rolled plate of less than 3 mm, electrical sheets,
strip for tinplate, cold-rolled plate, in coil and in strips
of 3 mm or more);

cold-rolled strip less

tubes,
except

strip for

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— 27.22.1 ‘Manufacture of seamless tubes’ — whole cate-

gory excluded;

— 27.22.2 ‘Manufacture of closed, seamed, welded and
similar tubes’ — (only tubes with a diameter exceeding
406.4 mm are excluded);

— 35.11.1 ‘Shipyards for structural metal products’ —
exclusion applies only to the construction of metal-
hulled commercial vessels for passenger and/or goods
transport of not less than 100 grt; metal-hulled fishing
vessels of not less than 100 grt (only if destined for
export); metal-hulled dredgers or other vessels
for
marine works (except for drilling platforms) of not less
than 100 grt; metal-hulled tugs with a power of less
than 365 KW);

— 35.11.3 ‘Naval repair yards’ — The exclusion applies to
the conversion of metal-hulled vessels of not less than
(only where conversion operations entail
1000 grt
radical alterations to the cargo plan, the hull or the
propulsion system or the passenger accommodation);
repair of metal-hulled vessels;

— E — production and distribution of electricity (only classes

40.10 and 40.30);

— F — construction;

parties other than the holders of franchises for radio and/or
television broadcasting at national level under Act 233 of
6 August 1990, as subsequently amended and consolidated;

— 72 — ‘Computer and related activities’, including services
connected with the creation of advanced technology
systems for the production and/or distribution of telematics
services and support services for research and technological
innovation in the IT and telematics field;

— 90 — ‘Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar
activities’ of industrial or commercial origin only, disposal
and purification of waste water and related activities (ref.
90.00.2) — only dilution, filtering, sedimentation, settling
by chemical means, treatment with activated sludge and
other processes for the purification of
industrial waste
water;

— 92 — ‘Recreational, cultural and sporting activities’ — only
than
radio and television production by parties other
holders of
franchises for radio and/or television broad-
casting at national level under Act 233 of 6 August 1990,
as subsequently amended and consolidated, only formation
expenses (ref. 92.20)

Name and address of the granting authority:

— 64 — ‘Post and telecommunications’ — only telecommuni-
cations (64.20), including the reception, recording, amplifi-
cation, distribution, processing, handling and broadcasting
of signals and data from and via space and the broadcasting
radio and television shows and/or programmes by
of

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