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: 2006-10-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, France, Hungary, Ireland, Slovakia, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

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13.10.2006

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 246/12)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

XS 17/06

Denmark

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

‘Strategic Programme for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology’

‘Strategic Programme for IT Research’

‘Strategic Programme on the Interdisciplinary Application of Nanotechnology,
Biotechnology and IT and Communications Technology’

Legal basis

‘Lov om forskningsrådgivning m.v’ (Act No 405, 28.5.2003) and the calls for
applications

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,51million

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid grant

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

31.12.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2008

(Note: We are prepared to make changes according to changes in rules in the
successor of the regulation at the end of 2007)

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Forskningsstyrelsen (Direction de la recherche)

Artillerivej 88
DK-2300 København S

Yes

Research

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

X 27/06

Hungary

Entire country

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

Aid to purchase instruments necessary for the setting up or modernisation of
Hungarian terrestrially distributed local or regional radio broadcasters' broad-
casts

Legal basis

A rádiózásról és televíziózásról szóló 1996. évi I. törvény 131. §-ának (3)
bekezdése, az Országos Rádió és Televízió Testület 81/2006. (I. 11.) számú
határozata

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Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,12 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

18.1.2006

Duration of the scheme or individual
aid award

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

Országos Rádió és Televízió Testület

Reviczky u. 5.
H-1088 Budapest

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 104/06

Slovak Republic

The whole territory of the Slovak Republic — in accordance with the regional
state aid map:

Article 87(3)(a) regions

Article 87(3)(c) regions

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Schéma podpory výskumu a vývoja Agentúrou na podporu výskumu a vývoja
(Aid scheme for the support of research and development by the Research and
Development Support Agency)

Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Právnym základom pre poskytnutie štátnej pomoci (ďalej len „pomoc“) je naria-
denie Komisie (ES) č. 70/2001 z 12. januára 2001 o použití článkov 87 a 88
Zmluvy o založení ES na štátnu pomoc malým a stredným podnikom, publiko-
vané v Úradnom vestníku EÚ (Ú. v. ES C, 13.1.2001) v znení nariadenia
Komisie (ES) č. 364/2004 z 25.2.2004, ktorým sa mení a dopĺňa nariadenie
(ES) č. 70/2001 vzhľadom na rozšírenie jeho pôsobnosti na pomoc na výskum
a vývoj a zákon č. 172/2005 Z. z. o organizácii štátnej podpory výskumu
a vývoja

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall
amount

EUR 34 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

— fundamental research 100 %
60 %
— industrial

research

+

regional bonuses

— development 35 % + regional

bonuses

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Date of implementation

14.6.2006

As regards the regional bonuses, the Slovak Republic undertakes to act in
compliance with Section 9 point 107 of the Guidelines on national regional aid
for 2007-2013 (OJ C 54, 4.3.2006)

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2007

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs — aid for research and
development

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

In conformity with Article 1(2) of
Commission Regulation (EC) No
70/2001 as amended by Commission
Regulation (EC) No 364/2004

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Agentúra na podporu výskumu a vývoja

Mýtna 23
SK-811 07 Bratislava

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of
Regulation

the

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 122/05

France

All except Ile-de-France and the Lyons employment area

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Aid for real estate investment and for building rental granted to firms by local
authorities and their groupings

Legal basis

Art. L. 1511-3 et R. 1511-4 à R. 1511-23 du code général des collectivités
territoriales

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall
amount n.a.

The local authorities are free to
decide on the amount of aid they
will grant. These amounts cannot
be fixed in advance.

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

29.5.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

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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

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministère de l'intérieur, de la sécurité intérieure et des libertés locales — Direc-
tion générale des collectivités locales

Place Beauvau
F-75800 Paris cedex 08

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regu-
lation

Yes

Aid number

Member State

Region

XS 147/03

(United Kingdom and) Republic of Ireland

32 Counties of Ireland

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

InterTradeIreland Acumen Consultancy programme

Legal Basis

British/Irish Agreement Act 1999, Section 2.3 (Part 7 of Annex 2 of the Act
empowers InterTradeIreland to invest, lend or grant aid for the purposes of its
function)

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

Maximum Cost Per Company

2003/04: GBP 3 000

2004/05: GBP 3 000

2005/06: GBP 3 000

Maximum Total funded element

2003/04: (30 x GBP 3 000) GBP 90 000

2004/05: (45 x GBP 3 000) GBP 135 000

2005/06: (45 x GBP 3 000) GBP 135 000

Total Funded Consultancy element for 3 years = GBP 360 000, representing
50 % contribution.

Funding provided to companies on a ‘one-off basis’ within a 52 week period i.e.
companies not eligible for repeat funding in subsequent years

Maximum aid intensity

Up to a maximum of GBP 3 000 assistance per company representing 50 %
assistance

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Date of implementation

Proposed scheme to run for 3 years from November 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Objective of aid

Individual companies will be eligible for assistance for a maximum of 52 weeks

Scheme will run from November 2003 to December 2006

To provide consultancy expertise to assist SMEs to develop and increase cross
border trade by developing research expertise, market competence and experi-
ence

Economic Sector(s) concerned

All Sectors

Name and Address of
authority

the granting

InterTradeIreland
The Old Gasworks Business Park

Kilmorey Street
Newry BT34 2DE
Tel: (44-28 30) 83 41 09
United Kingdom