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: 2006-09-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, United Kingdom, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Official Journal of the European Union

20.9.2006

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

(2006/C 226/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid number

XS 3/03

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

The whole of the UK

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving
an individual aid

The Foundation Programme of the Carbon Trust: Consultancy

Legal basis

Environmental Protection Act 1990 and Science and Technology
Act 1965

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or
overall amount of individual aid granted to the
company

The Market Diffusion stream has predicted total expenditure of
GBP 1,5 million for 2002-2003.
Funding under the Market Diffusion stream will also operate
under de minimis and training block exemptions. Parallel informa-
tion is being submitted about its operation under the latter. The
use of the block exemption will depend on the response to the
call for proposals. The funding outlined above refers to the total
funding under all block exemptions for the market diffusion
stream.
Aid will not exceed GBP 250 000 to any one company

Maximum aid intensity

When operated under the SME Block Exemption, the scheme will
only support consultancy for SMEs. Maximum aid intensity will
not exceed 50 % for consultancy costs

Date of implementation

10.1.2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

31.12.2005

Objective of aid

The purpose of the Foundation Programme is the reduction of
greenhouse gas emissions through the support of low carbon tech-
nologies along the innovation chain.
The main objective of the Market Diffusion stream is to address
non-technological and non-financial barriers to the adoption of
new and emerging technologies through small projects.
Consultancy work supported will assist one or more SMEs in
operations relating to carbon emissions outside their normal activ-
ities. An example might be a consultants' report on opportunities
in emissions trading, or a management/legal/tax consultancy
report on how to write a business plan for it. Another might be a
report for a group of SMEs (perhaps organised through a trade
association) on the barriers to the implementation of remote
energy metering

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Economic sector concerned

All sectors — without prejudice to those sectors governed by
other specific rules

Name and address of the granting authority

Other information

Aid No

Member State

Region

Recipient

Legal basis

Peter Shortt
Foundation Programme Director
The Carbon Trust
9th/10th Floor
3 Clements Inn
London WC2A 2AZ
United Kingdom

The operation of the scheme by the Trust will be supervised by
the UK Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs
(‘DEFRA’) and where appropriate the Devolved Administrations of
Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

XS 34/06

Netherlands

Gelderland

Selman Transporten B.V.

Verordening (EG) nr. 70/2001, in het bijzonder de overwegingen
4 en 13, en artikelen 1 en 4 jo. de Subsidieregeling marktgericht
innoveren en implementeren Gelderland II (MI&I-regeling), in het
bijzonder de artikelen 1.1 onder c en 1.1 onder d.

Total amount of aid granted to the recipient

One-off payment of EUR 3 248.
The total cost of the project is EUR 34 609,40

Maximum aid intensity

7,5 % of the cost of investment in tangible and intangible assets;
30 % of consultancy costs for innovation within the firm.

Date of implementation

21 February 2006

Duration of scheme

Objective of aid

Relates to the period 29 November 2004 to 30 June 2006 (the
grant was awarded after proceedings on an objection)

Aid towards tangible and intangible investment and consultancy
services relating to innovations within the firm

Economic sectors concerned

Transport

Name and address of the granting authority

Gedeputeerde Staten van Gelderland
Postbus 9090
6800 GX Arnhem
Nederland