Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 , as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 363/2004 of 25 February 2004 , on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-09-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, vocational training

2.9.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 211/3

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
363/2004 of 25 February 2004, on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to
training aid

(2006/C 211/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

XT 39/04

Belgium

French-speaking region of Wallonia

Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Financial incentives for training company workers

Training cheques (TC)

Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Décret relatif aux incitants financiers à la formation des travailleurs occupés par
les entreprises du 10 avril 2003 (publié au MB le 29 avril 2003)

Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon du 1er avril 2004 portant exécution du décret
du 10 avril 2003 relatif aux incitants financiers à la formation des travailleurs
occupés par les entreprises

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

EUR 8,993 mil-
lion

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

Under Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

50 TC (50 X EUR 15) per natural person or per single-
person company

400 TC per company with 2 to 50 workers registered
with the National Social Security Office

600 TC per company with 51 to 100 workers

700 TC per company with 101 to 200 workers

800 TC per company with 201 to 250 workers

Date of implementation

1.5.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006 (+ exemption period of 6 months)

Objective of aid:

General training

The Training Cheque system is intended to foster
training in SMEs by giving them a grant to cover
part of the expenditure incurred in enrolling their
workers in general training programmes promoting
the acquisition of broadly transferable skills

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

All professions in the commercial sector

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Walloon Ministry of Employment and Training

Address:
Rue des Moulins de Meuse 104
B-5000 Namur

Large individual aid grants

Not applicable

Yes

No

Yes

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 40/04

Belgium

French-speaking region of Wallonia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Financial incentives for training company workers

Adaptation Credit

Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Décret relatif aux incitants financiers à la formation des travailleurs occupés par
les entreprises du 10 avril 2003 (publié au MB le 29 avril 2003)

Arrêté du Gouvernement Wallon du 1er avril 2004 portant exécution du décret
du 10 avril 2003 relatif aux incitants financiers à la formation des travailleurs
occupés par les entreprises

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall amount

EUR 5,5 m

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

Under Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

EUR 9 per hour of training and per worker in the case
of an SME (as defined by the EU Regulation) and €10 if
the SME is in a region eligible for regional aid under
Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty;

training and per worker if

the
EUR 6 per hour of
company is not an SME (as defined by the EU Regulation)
and €7 if it is in a region eligible for regional aid under
Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty

Date of implementation

1.5.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006 (+ exemption period of 6 months)

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

No

Yes

The Adaptation Credit system is intended to foster
training in companies by giving them grants to cover
part of the expenditure incurred in enrolling their
workers in specific training programmes promoting
the acquisition of skills that are not, or only slightly,
transferable to other companies or other fields of
work

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Yes

All professions in the commercial sector

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Walloon Ministry of Employment and Training

Address:
Rue des Moulins de Meuse 104
B-5001 Namur

Large individual aid grants

Not applicable