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: 2006-10-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Northern Ireland, Poland, Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

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19.10.2006

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 253/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

XS 9/06

Italy

Molise: varying levels of aid depending on the area where the meaure is imple-
mented

Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Multiannual programme of measures designed to promote economic recovery
in Molise following disasters: open notice concerning the granting of aid for
craft firms

Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Ordinanza del Presidente del Consiglio dei Ministri n. 3268 del 12 marzo
2003, e successive, che ha nominato il Presidente della Regione Molise,
Commissario Delegato per gli eccezionali eventi sismici del 31 ottobre 2002 e
per quelli meteorologici del gennaio 2003 ed ha previsto, all'art. 15, la predi-
sposizione di un Programma pluriennale d'interventi diretti a favorire la ripresa
produttiva nel territorio della Regione Molise.

Tale Programma è stato approvato dalla Giunta regionale del Molise con Delib-
erazione n. 841 del 9 giugno 2004 e dal Comitato Interministeriale per la
Programmazione Economica, con Deliberazione n. 32 del 29 settembre 2004
(pubblicata nella Gazzetta Ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana n. 289 del 10
dicembre 2004).

For the legal basis, see the specific section on the multiannual economic regen-
eration programme for Molise, on the region's official website (www.regione.-
molise.it)

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 4 million

Forecast
expenditure over whole
period

Average
years

over

three

of which: Loans guaran-
teed

Average
years

over

three

EUR 0,17 million

or
aid

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation:

7.12.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30.6.2008

Objective of aid

Aid for commercial SMEs, including start-ups

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

— Other commercial

Yes

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Commissario Delegato per l'Attuazione Operativa del Programma ex art. 15

via XXIV Maggio, 130
I-86100 Campobasso

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

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Aid No

Member State

Region

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United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Scotland (Local Authorities)

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Support for SMEs for consultancy and research and development

Legal basis

Section 20 of Local Government in Scotland Act 2003

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

GBP 3 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

Date of implementation

From 1.1.2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Name and address of
authority

— All manufacturing

— All services

the granting

Scottish Executive

State Aid Unit
Meridian Court
5 Cadogan Street
Glasgow G2 6AT
United Kingdom

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 58/06

Spain

La Rioja

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Rules for granting aid in the form of interest rebates on loans to finance corpo-
rate investments by small and medium-sized enterprises

Legal basis

expenditure

Annual
or
overall amount of aid granted to the
company

planned

Resolución del Presidente de la Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja
de 17 de marzo de 2006 (BOR No 40/2006, de 23 de marzo), por la que se
modifican las Bases Reguladoras de la concesión de subvenciones en forma de
bonificación de intereses de préstamos destinadas a financiar inversiones empre-
sariales realizadas por pequeñas y medianas empresas (pymes) aprobadas por
Resolución del Presidente de la Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja,
de 11 de febrero de 2005 (B.O.R. no 24/2005, de 17 de febrero), y se fija su
texto definitivo

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 1,00 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

Date of implementation

23.3.2006

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Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Other industrial sectors (only extractive and manu-
facturing industries,
agri-food
except
industry)

the

for

Other services (only energy production and distri-
bution, construction except for building construc-
tion, trade except for agri-food products, transport,
storage and communications, renting of machinery
and equipment without operator, IT, research and
development activities, other business activities,
health and veterinary activities, social services and
sundry other personal services)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Agencia de Desarrollo Económico de La Rioja

C/Muro de la Mata 13-14
E-26071 Logroño (La Rioja)

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 73/06

Poland

Województwo Dolnośląskie

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Legal basis

Horizontal aid scheme for the development of SMEs in Legnica

Uchwała Rady Miejskiej nr XL/409/05 z dnia 28 listopada 2005 r. w sprawie
przyjęcia programu pomocy horyzontalnej na rozwój małych i średnich przed-
siębiorstw na terenie miasta Legnicy. Art. 7 ust. 3 ustawy z dnia 12 stycznia
1991 r. o podatkach i opłatach lokalnych (j.t. Dz.U. z 2002 r., nr 9, poz. 84 ze
zm.)

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,642 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

22.3.2006

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

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Prezydent miasta Legnicy
/076/ 72 12 215

PL-59-220 Legnica, pl. Słowiański 8

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes