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: 2006-09-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: 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 Regu-
lation (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

Aid No

Member State

Region

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

individual

Legal basis

(2006/C 222/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

XS 74/04

Italy

Calabria

Investment contract

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.

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual
amount

overall

The total amount is EUR 25
estimated
million,
with
EUR 10
expenditure
million
and
in
EUR 15 million in 2006

of
2005

Loans guaranteed

No assistance is granted for
loans

Individual aid

Overall
amount

aid

No

Loans guaranteed

No

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

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

Yes

No

Yes

No

Yes: textile, footwear, IT and
tourism sectors

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

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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 108/01

Italy

Sicily

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Investment aid to small and medium-sized craft businesses in the services sector

Legal basis

Art. 40 L.R. 23.12.2000 n. 32 con modificazioni ed integrazioni apportate
dagli art. 110 e 111, commi 1 e 2 della L.R. 3.5.2001 n. 6

Maximum aid intensity

35 % nge + 15 % gge

Date of implementation

After conclusion of
following publication of a call for applications

the agreement with each beneficiary,

to be identified

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 2006

Objective of aid

To help craft-based firms and their consortia or coop-
eratives to invest

Economic sectors concerned

Craft-based services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Assessorato regionale Cooperazione, commercio, artigianato e pesca

Address:
Via degli Emiri n. 43
I-Palermo

Other information

The aid consists of capital grants

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 131/05

Italy

Sicilia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

‘Measures to promote and support regional research and innovation’. The
scheme comprises the following two lines of action: Action A (Support for
SMEs for preparing national and European research projects) and Action B
(Incentives for network-based innovative and experimental projects)

Legal basis

art. 38 della legge della Regione Siciliana n. 32 del 23 dicembre 2000 (S.O.
GURS n. 61 del 23 dicembre 2000) contenente disposizioni per l'attuazione del
Programma Operativo Regionale (POR) Sicilia 2000/2006 e riordino dei regimi
di aiuto alle imprese; POR Sicilia 2000-2006 approvato, da ultimo, con Deci-
sione CE C(2004) n. 5184 del 15.12.2004 e relativo Complemento di Program-
mazione, misura 3.14; D.D.G. del 17 marzo 2005 (GURS n. 15 dell'8 aprile
2005) concernente il bando relativo alle procedure per la richiesta, la conces-
sione e l'erogazione delle agevolazioni di cui alla misura 3.14 del POR Sicilia
2000-2006; Regolamento (CE) n. 70/2001 della Commissione del 12 gennaio
2001 (G.U.C.E. serie L-10 del 13.1.2001); Regolamento (CE) n. 364/2004 della
Commissione del 25 febbraio 2004 (G.U.C.E. serie L-63 del 28 febbraio 2004)

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Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Maximum aid intensity

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual
amount

overall

2005: EUR 66 million
2006: EUR 14 million

Individual aid

Loans guaranteed

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the
Regulation,
within the limits laid down by Article 5a (Aid for
research and development) and 5b (Aid for tech-
nical
feasibility studies) of Regulation (EC) No
70/2001, as amended by Regulation (EC) No
364/2004

Yes

Date of implementation

8.4.2005 (date of publication of the call for applications in the Sicilian Official
Gazette); the aid may be granted from 1.11.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs.
Action A:

Yes

encouraging firms to find the best solutions in
terms of organisation, management and technology
to the problems they are trying to solve, identify
strategies for protecting and making optimum use
of
for
their know-how and draw up plans
exploiting and disseminating the results;
Action B:

raising the firm's quality standards, boosting its
competitiveness and improving links with research
centres and technology transfer with other firms

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs:
sections B, C, D, E, F and I of the ISTAT ATECO 2002 classifi-
cation of economic activities — with the exception of the
prohibitions and restrictions laid down by the current EU rules

— All services

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Name:
Regione Siciliana — Assessorato dell'industria — Dipartimento regionale indus-
tria

Address:
via Ugo La Malfa n. 87/89
I-90146 Palermo

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes