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: 2006-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Latvia, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

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10.11.2006

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

Aid No

Member State

Region

(2006/C 274/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

XS 45/06

Latvia

The aid is given only in the special assisted areas designated under Government
Regulation No 637 laying down the procedure for the granting and withdrawal
of the status of special assisted area

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Development of enterprise in the special assisted areas

Legal basis

— Vienotais programmdokuments; Programmas papildinājums
— Ministru kabineta noteikumiem Nr. 637 “Īpaši atbalstāmo teritoriju statusa

piešķiršanas un atcelšanas kārtība”

— Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr. 103 “Noteikumi par projektu iesniegšanas
un finansēšanas kārtību grantu shēmā “Atbalsts ieguldījumiem un uzņē-
mumu attīstībā īpaši atbalstāmajās teritorijās””

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall
amount

Financing from state budget

2004:
LVL 0 (EUR 0)

2005:
LVL 2 000 000,00 (EUR 2 845 743,62)

2006:
LVL 3 150 000,00 (EUR 4 482 046,20)

Financing from ERDF

2004:
LVL 0 (EUR 0)

2005:
LVL 2 000 000,00 (EUR 2 845 743,62)

2006:
LVL 3 150 000,00 (EUR 4 482 046,20)

Overall aid planned

2004-2006:
LVL 10 300 000,00 (EUR 14 655 579,65)

Individual aid

Loans guaran-
teed

Overall
amount

aid

Loans guaran-
teed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes
Does not exceed 50 %

Date of implementation

1 January 2004

The scheme for the development of enterprise in the special assisted areas has
applied since 1 January 2004, in accordance with the European Commission's
decision C(2003) 5354/5 of 25 December 2003, which authorised it under the
interim procedure.

This summary is intended to inform the Commission that the scheme has been
amended

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Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Projects can be submitted until 31 December 2006. Applications are to be
assessed and decisions taken by 30 June 2007.

The last payments under the scheme are to be made by 31 August 2008.

The scheme is also in line with the new regional aid guidelines drawn up by
the Commission

Objective of aid

Yes

is

to part–finance
The object
development
put
projects
forward by SMEs in order to
accelerate the development of
the special assisted areas and to
facilitate economic activity there.
This would reduce undesirable
disparities
different
between
areas and ensure balanced devel-
opment throughout the country

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to
SMEs

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Eligible sectors

— manufacturing

— building

— processing

(excluding

the
processing of products of
agriculture and fisheries)

— services (excluding the hiring
out of equipment or tech-
nology,
and
intermediaries'
financial
services,
transport
services)

consultancy

and

— for firms operating in agri-
culture, agricultural services
are eligible only where the
provision of services of an
character
agricultural
accounts
than
75 % of the firm's turnover

for no less

Ineligible sectors

— the production, processing and marketing of the products of agriculture and

fisheries

— steel manufacture

— transport

— man-made fibre production

— shipbuilding and repair

— motor vehicle manufacture

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Valsts reģionālās attīstības aģentūra (VRAA)

Elizabetes iela 19
LV-1010 Rīga

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of
the Regulation

Yes

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 93/06

Czech Republic

Ústecký kraj

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

České přístavy, a.s.

Legal basis

Zákon č. 104/2000 Sb., o Státním fondu dopravní
www.mvcr.cz/sbirka/2000/sb032-00.pdf

infrastruktury: http://

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

and

Pravidla pro financování programů, staveb a akcí z rozpočtu Státního fondu
dopravní infrastruktury v roce 2005: www.sfdi.cz — Veřejné listiny (‘Pravidla’)

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 0,119909 million
(CZK 3,386 million)

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

From 1.8.2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.10.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Transport services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerstvo dopravy

Nábřeží Ludvíka Svobody 12
CZ-110 15 Praha 1

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Yes

Yes

Aid No

XS 94/06

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Bridlington Premises Improvements Grants (East Riding of Yorkshire Council)

Legal basis

Local Government Act 2000

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

GBP 0,137 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 22 May 2006

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Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30 June 2007

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber

25 Queen Street, Leeds, LS1 2TW, United Kingdom

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes