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: 2006-11-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Lithuania, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Official Journal of the European Union

11.11.2006

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 275/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

XS 35/06

Greece

Region

Countrywide

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Aid scheme.
Aid for business plans of small and medium-sized undertakings operating as
industrial subcontractors and covered by Commission Regulation (EC) No
364/2004

Legal base

Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, Υπουργικές Αποφάσεις: 23.74.1339.1.2006 και
23.75.1340.1.2006

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

or
aid

The measure was announced in January 2006 and the public aid was estab-
lished at EUR 17 million, within the period of application of the operational
programme for ‘Competitiveness’ (2000-2006)

Maximum aid intensity

Grant up to 55 %

Date of application

January 2006

Duration of scheme

2001-2006

Objective of aid

Economic sectors concerned

Name and address of
authority

the granting

The purpose of the measure is to support industrial subcontracting and is
addressed to manufacturing small and medium-sized undertakings (SMEs) that
do more than 50 % of their business (on average over at least the last three
years) via industrial subcontracting, with the aim of modernising their produc-
tion process and in general their range of operations, by carrying out a compre-
hensive plan lasting 16 months. A small or medium-sized industrial subcon-
tracting undertaking is an SME that manufactures a product on the basis of
instructions and designs from an industrial client and on behalf of that client,
into its final
so that
product.

the client undertaking can incorporate the product

All manufacturing, except for:
— Agriculture
— Fisheries
— Aquaculture
— Aid linked to quantities exported or to distribution networks
— Specific industries subject to restrictive guidelines (steel, shipbuilding, motor

manufacture, synthetic fibres etc.)

Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης (Ministère du développement)
Γενική Γραµµατεία Βιοµηχανίας (Secrétariat général de l'industrie)
∆ιεύθυνση Μικροµεσαίων Επιχειρήσεων (Direction des petites et moyennes entre-
prises)
Directrice: κα Μ. Πετρουλάκη (Mme M. Petroulaki)
Tél. (30) 21 06 96 92 70
Fax (30) 21 06 96 92 40

Other information

The maximum amount of the eligible co-funded budget of each business plan is
EUR 1 200 000

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Aid No

Member State:

XS 71/06

Cyprus

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Access to Research Infrastructure Programme 2006

Legal basis

Απόφαση του ∆ιοικητικού Συµβουλίου της 9ης Φεβρουαρίου 2006 για επανα-
προκήρυξη για το 2006 των Προγραµµάτων που προκηρύχθηκαν από το Ίδρυµα
κατά την τριετία 2003-2005

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

0,6 EUR 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: 75 %

Date of implementation

26.4.2006

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

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ίδρυµα Προώθησης Έρευνας [Fondation pour la promotion de la recherche]

Γωνία Απελλή και Νιρβάνα (Gonia Apelli kai Nirvana)
Άγιοι Οµολογητές, Λευκωσία (Agioi Omologites, Nicosia)
Τ.Κ. 23422
CY-1683 Λευκωσία (Nicosia)

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes:
the plan does not
apply to large individual
aid grants

Aid No

Member State

XS 72/06

Cyprus

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Programme of Research Cooperation with Distinguished Overseas Scientists
2006

Legal basis

Απόφαση του ∆ιοικητικού Συµβουλίου της 9ης Φεβρουαρίου 2006 για επανα-
προκήρυξη για το 2006 των Προγραµµάτων που προκηρύχθηκαν από το Ίδρυµα
κατά την τριετία 2003-2005

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,51 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: 75 %

Date of implementation

26.4.2006

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Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ίδρυµα Προώθησης Έρευνας (Fondation pour la promotion de la recherche)

Γωνία Απελλή και Νιρβάνα (Gonia Apelli kai Nirvana)
Άγιοι Οµολογητές, Λευκωσία (Agioi Omologites, Nicosia)
Τ.Κ. 23422
CY-1683 Λευκωσία (Nicosia)

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes:
the plan does not
apply to large individual
aid grants

Aid No

XS 112/05

Member State

The Republic of Lithuania

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

Activity area ‘Investment for improvement and rationalisation of deforestation
and logging’ of the Rural development and fisheries priority measure ‘Forestry’
of the Lithuanian Single Programming Document 2004-2006

Legal Basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Lietuvos Respublikos žemes ūkio ministro 2004 m. liepos 16 d. įsakymas Nr.
3D-437 „Dėl gairių pareiškėjams, teikiantiems projektus paramai gauti pagal
Lietuvos 2004-2006 metu. Bendrojo programavimo dokumento (BPD) Kaimo
plėtros ir žuvininkystės prioriteto priemonę „Miškų ūkis“ patvirtinimo“ (Žin.,
2004, Nr. 121-4449).

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,2 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

1.9.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30.6.2007

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Other Services

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministerija

Gedimino pr. 19
LT-01 103 Vilnius

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

No

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 114/06

Italy

Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Consultancy aid to SMEs, pursuant to measure D3 of the regional operational
programme (ROP) for structural measures taken by the region of Valle d'Aosta
to meet Objective 3 in the period 2000-06

Legal basis

Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 2930 del 30.8.2004

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,15 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

1.1.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30.6.2005

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

— All manufacturing

Yes

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta — Assessorato attività produttive e politiche
del lavoro — Dipartimento industria, artigianato ed energia

Large individual aid grants

Piazza della Repubblica, 15
I-11100 Aosta

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation, the
measure excludes individual aid grants or requires
prior notification to the Commission of awards of
aid,
a)

if the total eligible costs are at least EUR 25
million and

Yes

— the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %,
— in areas which qualify for regional aid, the

net aid intensity is at least 50 %; or

b)

if the total gross aid amount is at least EUR 15
million.

Aid No

Member State

XS 120/05

Cyprus

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Programme of research cooperation with distinguished scientists abroad

Legal basis

Απόφαση του ∆ιοικητικού Συµβουλίου του Ιδρύµατος Προώθησης Έρευνας
ηµεροµηνίας 2.2.2005

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Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,47 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: -75 %

Date of implementation

19 May 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

The closing date for the submission of research proposals is 7 October 2005

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ίδρυµα Προώθησης Έρευνας (Fondation pour la promotion de la recherche)

Γωνία Απελλή και Νιρβάνα, (Gonia Apelli kai Nirvana)
Άγιοι Οµολογητές, (Agioi Omologites)
Τ.Κ. 23422
CY-1683 Λευκωσία (Nicosia)

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes: the grant ceiling is
EUR 170 000

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 133/06

Italy

Calabria

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Incentives for commercial undertakings under Article 16(1) of Law No 266 of
7 August 1997.

Legal basis

Legge regionale 2 maggio 2001, n. 7, art 31 quater;

Legge nazionale 7 agosto 1997, n. 266 art.16 comma 1;

Decreto dirigenziale 17 luglio 2007, n. 8983

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

is
The overall amount
EUR
10 597 244,14,
with estimated expendi-
ture of EUR 1 000 000
and
2007
in
EUR 9 597 244,14
in
2008

No assistance is granted
for loans

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

21 July 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

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Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

Yes

Other services

Yes, commercial sector.

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Calabria

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 134/06

Italy

Calabria

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Investment by undertakings for demand for services — Action 4.1 of the ROP
for Calabria 2000-2006.

Legal basis

Legge regionale 2 maggio 2001, n. 7, art 31 quater;

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Decreto dirigenziale 17 luglio 2007, n. 8982.

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

The overall amount
is
EUR 3 million, with esti-
mated
of
EUR 1 million in 2007
and EUR 2 million in
2008.

expenditure

No assistance is granted
for loans.

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

21 July 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

— All manufacturing

Other manufacturing

Financial services

Other services

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Calabria

Via Massara, n. 2
I-88100 Catanzaro

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

No

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 135/06

Italy

Calabria

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Innovation centres
set up by SMEs within PIT (Integrated Territorial
Programme) areas to strengthen production systems and production chains —
Action 4.2.b.

Legal basis

Legge regionale 2 maggio 2001, n. 7, art 31 quater;

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Decreto dirigenziale 17 luglio 2007, n. 8986.

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

The overall amount
is
EUR 13 156 845, with
estimated expenditure of
EUR 3 000 000 in 2007
and EUR 10 156 845 in
2008

No assistance is granted
for loans.

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

21 July 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

— All manufacturing

Other manufacturing

Other services

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Calabria

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 136/06

Italy

Calabria

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Tangible and intangible investments carried out by export consortia — Action
4.2.d of the ROP for Calabria 2000-2006.

Legal basis

Legge regionale 2 maggio 2001, n. 7, art 31 quater;

Decreto dirigenziale 17 luglio 2007, n. 8986.

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Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

The overall amount
is
EUR 4 million, with esti-
of
mated
EUR 1 million in 2007
and EUR 3 million in
2008

expenditure

No assistance is granted
for loans

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

21 July 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

Other manufacturing

Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Calabria

Via Massara, n. 2
I-88100 Catanzaro

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

No

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 137/06

Italy

Calabria

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Investment by commercial undertakings in rural and mountain areas — Action
4.1.c of the ROP for Calabria 2000-2006.

Legal basis

Legge regionale 2 maggio 2001, n. 7, art 31 quater;

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Decreto dirigenziale 17 luglio 2007, n. 8985.

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

or
aid

The overall amount
is
EUR 5 million, with esti-
mated
of
EUR 2 million in 2007
and EUR 3 million in
2008

expenditure

Loans guaranteed

No assistance is granted
for loans.

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

21 July 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

Yes

Yes

Other services

Yes, commercial sector.

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Calabria

Via Massara, n. 2
I-88100 Catanzaro

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

No