Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2006-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Ireland, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, exchange of information, vocational training

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

10.11.2006

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC
Treaty to training aid

(2006/C 274/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

Member State

XT 29/06

Estonia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Estonian Ministry of Agriculture Regulation No 70 ‘Procedure for processing
applications from producers of fisheries products for training aid’

Legal basis

“Kalandusturu korraldamise seadus”, vastu võetud 17.12.2003. a seadusega (RT
I 2003, 88, 593; 2004, 37, 254; 2005, 39, 308; 2006, 5, 22).
https://www.riigiteataja.ee/ert/act.jsp?id=988427

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EEK
(EUR 28 761)

450 000

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regu-
lation

Date of implementation

17 July 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until October 2006

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

— Fisheries and aquaculture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet

Narva mnt. 3, Tartu, EE-51009, Vabariik

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes,
in conformity with
Articles 4(2), (3) and (4)
of Regulation (EC) No
68/2001. The upper limit
is
applicants
for
EEK
(around
4 000
EUR 256) per employee

to provide training aid
for producers of fisheries
products with a view to
and
acquiring
their
supplementing
knowl-
edge necessary for their
economic activity

Yes

Yes

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Aid number

Member State

Region

XT 55/03

(United Kingdom and) Republic of Ireland

32 Counties of the island of Ireland — Northern Ireland and Republic of
Ireland

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

Fusion

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

2002: GBP 29 000

2003: GBP 29 000

2004: GBP 29 000

2005: GBP 29 000

Maximum Total funded element

2002: GBP 470 000

2003: GBP 1 410 000

2004: GBP 921 667

2005: GBP 68 333

Notes:

70 projects will be established and implemented on a rolling basis during
2002-2005. Cost per project is GBP 41 000 over 18months duration (although
annual cost is approx GBP 29 000 ~ as some aspects are pro-rata and others
not). The GBP 41 000 per project is paid in quarterly instalments over the
18month period. Therefore, total expenditure for the overall FUSION scheme
of 70 projects varies each year — depending on how many projects have been
established on a rolling basis and the number of cumulative projects in any one
year.

Total funding element for 70 projects over 4 years = GBP 2 870 000. This
represents 60 % of the total project cost with the remaining 40 % attributed by
the participating enterprises

Up to a maximum of GBP 29 000 assistance per project per annum repre-
senting 60 % aid intensity

Proposed scheme to run for 4 years from date of approval.
Individual companies will be eligible for assistance for a maximum of 18
months

Maximum aid intensity

Date of implementation

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Scheme will run until 2005

Objective of aid

The objective of the aid is to train high-calibre graduates in knowledge and
technology transfer between industry and academia as well as general business
management, with a view to preparing them for future senior management.
The training is general as it is generic to all participating graduates and provides
skills which are transferable across industry

Economic Sector(s) concerned

All Sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

InterTradeIreland

The Old Gasworks Business Park
Kilmorey Street
Newry
Co Down
Northern Ireland
BT34 2DE
United Kingdom