Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 of 12 December 2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-10-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU initiative, Hungary, Spain, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, job creation, worker with disabilities

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14.10.2006

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 of 12 December 2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of
the EC Treaty to State aid for employment

(2006/C 248/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

XE 19/06

Hungary

Region

Entire country

Title of aid scheme

EQUAL Community Initiative

Legal basis

Az EQUAL Közösségi Kezdeményezés fejezeti kezelésű előirányzat felhasználá-
sával kapcsolatos szabályokról szóló 33/2004. (XII. 23.) FMM rendelet

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme

Annual overall amount

For 2005:
EUR 13 649 200 (1)

Maximum aid intensity

Loans guaranteed

The gross intensity of all aid relating to the employment of the disadvantaged
or disabled worker or workers concerned, calculated as a percentage of the
wage costs over a period of one year following recruitment, shall not exceed
50% for disadvantaged workers or 60% for disabled workers.

Where the employment of handicapped workers entails additional costs, aid of
up to 100% of such additional costs may be granted to the firm employing the
disabled person

Date of implementation

Start of the aid programme: 1 January 2005

Duration of scheme

End of the aid programme: 31 December 2006

Objective of aid

The aim of the EQUAL Community Initiative is to develop innovative methods
to tackle discrimination and inequalities on the labour market via the Develop-
ment Partnership and with the help of economic operators, including undertak-
ings. Aid for recruiting and employing disadvantaged and disabled workers has
an important role to play in achieving this aim.

EQUAL contributes to the implementation of
Strategy

the European Employment

Economic sectors concerned

— All Community sectors (2) eligible for employ-

Yes

ment aid

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Foglalkoztatáspolitikai és Munkaügyi Minisztérium Humánerőforrás-fejlesztési
Operatív Program és EQUAL Program Irányító Hatóság

Alkotmány u. 3
H-1054 Budapest

(1) Data contains the total annual budget for the EQUAL programme for 2005. The budget also contains measures not constituting State

aid. (Calculated with exchange rate HUF 250 = EUR 1.)

(2) With the exception of the shipbuilding sector and other sectors subject to special rules in regulations and directives governing all

state aid within the sector.

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XE 21/06

Spain

Galicia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Legal basis

Aid for hiring personnel in farm and food industry businesses

Orden de la Conselleria do Medio Rural por la que se convocan ayudas a
empresas para la promoción y mejora de la comercialización de productos
agrarios y agroalimentarios gallegos en el año 2006 (DOG 75, 19.4.2006)

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

or
aid

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

EUR 0,3 million

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

19.5.2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Art. 4 Creation of employment

Art. 5 Recruitment of disadvantaged and
disabled workers

Art. 6 Employment of disabled workers

Economic sectors concerned

— All Community sectors eligible for

employment aid (1)

— All manufacturing (1)

— All services (1)

— Other: Agriculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Conselleria do Medio Rural

San Caetano s/n
Santiago de Compostela
E-A Coruña

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Aid subject
the Commission

to prior notification to

In conformity with Article 9 of the Regu-
lation

Yes

(1) With the exception of the shipbuilding sector and of other sectors subject to special rules in regulations and directives governing all

state aid within the sector.