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: 2006-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Greece, State aid, control of State aid, vocational training

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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

Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme

Legal basis

(2006/C 291/11)

(Text with EEA relevance)

XT 38/06

Hellas

Entire country

Hellenic Technology Clusters Initiative (HTCI) is an endorsed activity under the
auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Development, that targets the establishment
and development of competitive technology clusters in knowledge-intensive
and exports-oriented focused segments. The selected clusters are comprised
mainly of SMEs.

Νόµος 1514/85 όπως τροποποιήθηκε από το Νόµο 2919/01. Ο ρόλος του Ερευνη-
τικού Κέντρου «Αθηνά» περιγράφεται στο Άρθρο 8 του Νόµου 2919/01 και το
Προεδρικό ∆ιάταγµα 145/03 όπως τροποποιήθηκαν από το άρθρο 9 του Νόµου
3438/06 και το άρθρο 15 του Νόµου 3460/06.

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

Annual overall amount

2006: EUR 200 000
2007: EUR 200 000
2008: EUR 106 000

Overall aid amount

287 000

Actual amounts in each year may vary somewhat,
but the total is fixed.

Maximum aid intensity

The maximum aid intensity will not exceed the ceilings of Regulation (EC) No
68/2001 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 363/2004.

Date of implementation

First call for proposals opened at the beginning of August 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31 December 2008. Legal commitments until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid

The HTCI programme will support
the clustering initiatives by providing
support in the form of grants for a short period of time (2006-2008) for
general training and specific training for both SME and non-SMEs. The objec-
tive of the aid is to help expand cluster-members' activities, promote technology
and know-how diffusion among cluster members, focus on the utilization of
talented human capital, and improve skills of the firms involved.

Economic sectors concerned

Microelectronics and Embedded Systems with the exception of firms with activ-
ities linked to the production, processing or marketing of products listed in
Annex I to the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης, Γενική Γραµµατεία Έρευνας και Τεχνολογίας, Ερευνητικό
Κέντρο ‘Αθηνά’
Γ. Αναστασίου 13
GR-11527 Αθήνα

(Ministry of Development, General Secretariat for Research and Technology,
Research Center Athena
G. Anastasiou 13
GR-11527 Athens)

Further information

The scheme is in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 363/2004. The aid concerns Action 4.6.3 of the Competi-
tiveness Operational Programme which is jointly funded by Structural Funds.

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XT 47/06

Austria

Kärnten

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

Carinthian business training offensive

Legal basis

Ziel-2-Programm Kärnten 2000 — 2006

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

Annual overall
amount
(subsid)y

Approx. EUR 1,2 million

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

General training

— Large enterprises: 50 %
— uzed enterprises (SMEs): 70 %
— utensity: 70 % of eligible costs

Specific training

— Large enterprises: 25 %
— Small

and medium-sized enterprises

(SMEs): 35 %

— Maximum aid intensity: 35 % of eligible

costs

Date of implementation

1 June 2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31 December 2007

Objective of aid

General training

Specific training

Strengthening of
potential through training,

the human resources

and support for firms' growth opportunities
through future-oriented manpower devel-
opment strategies

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

Other manufacturing

Other services

Manufacture of machinery and equipment
(NACE 29, 34 and 35)

Manufacture of wood and wood products
(NACE 20)

Manufacture of chemicals and chemical
products (NACE 24)

Research and development (NACE 73)

Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper
products (NACE 21)

Electronics, software, hardware and data
communications (NACE 30-33 and 72)

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Amt der Kärntner Landesregierung, Unterabteilung 6 — Bildungs- und Arbeits-
marktpolitik

Mießtaler Straße 12
A-9020 Klagenfurt

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of
the Regulation

Yes