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: 2006-11-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Latium, State aid, aid system, control of State aid, development aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

25.11.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 288/11

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 288/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

XS 113/06

Member State

Region

Italy

Lazio

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Rules for promoting economic development, social cohesion and employment
in Lazio. Identification and organisation of local productive clusters, industrial
districts and investment areas in the region.

Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Maximum aid intensity

Legge Regionale 19 dicembre 2001, n. 36 «Norme per l'incremento dello
sviluppo economico, della coesione sociale e dell'occupazione nel Lazio. Indivi-
duazione e organizzazione dei sistemi produttivi locali, dei distretti industriali e
delle aree laziali di investimento», pubblicata sul supplemento ordinario n. 7 al
BURL (Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Lazio) n. 36 del 29.12.2001
Regolamento regionale 28 ottobre 2002, n. 2 «Regolamento per il finanzia-
mento dei sistemi produttivi locali, dei distretti industriali e delle aree laziali di
investimento», e successive modificazioni ed integrazioni.

or
aid

Total EUR 7 500 000 (for all aid provided for under the law, including other
types of aid already notified and set out in XS 125/02 and XT 96/02).

Research and Pre-competitive Development:
1. The funding for industrial research and pre-competitive development activ-
ities consists of grants, within the limits of resources available and in accord-
ance with Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, as amended.

2. The grants are awarded in relation to industrial research and pre-competitive
development activities, as defined in Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No
70/2001, as amended.

3. The grants are awarded as follows:

(a) for industrial research: 60% of eligible expenditure;
(b) for pre-competitive development activities: 35 % of eligible expenditure;
(c) for technical feasibility studies in preparation for industrial research or
pre-competitive development activities: 75 % of eligible expenditure;

(d) for combined activities,

involving both industrial research and pre-
competitive development activities, the weighted average of the percen-
tages for (a) and (b).

4. The aid intensity for (a), (b) and (d) above is increased by five percentage
points if the industrial research or pre-competitive development project is in
one of the areas qualifying for exemption under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC
Treaty.

Date of implementation

The aid may be granted after publication of the public notice in the Lazio
Region Official Gazette (Bollettino Ufficiale della Regione Lazio, BURL).

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Open-ended; the aid scheme is in any case exempt from compulsory notifica-
tion under Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty up to 31 December 2006, when
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 expires, unless the Regulation itself is extended.

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Objective of aid

The aid is intended to promote research and pre-competitive development in
the areas identified by the Lazio Region as industrial districts, local productive
clusters and investment areas.

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes
The activity codes are those identified
on a case-by-case basis by the Lazio
in
Region
industrial
relation
local productive clusters and
districts,
investment areas.

to

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Lazio

Via Rosa Raimondi Garibaldi, 7
I-00145 — Roma