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: 2006-12-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Germany, Italy, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

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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)

(2006/C 296/05)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 18/05

Italy

Molise

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

‘Guarantee fund’ under Action 4.1.4 of OPR Molise 2000-06

Legal basis

POR Molise 2000-2006 — Azione 4.1.4. Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale
Molise del 30 luglio 2004 n. 1105, cosi come modificata ed integrata dalla
Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale Molise del 27 agosto 2004 n. 1122

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

EUR 4 713 503 for the entire period of application

or
aid

Maximum aid intensity

The aid shall be granted in net and gross subsidy equivalent, within the
maximum levels laid down for the Article 87(3)(c) and phasing-out areas of the
region of Molise.

Enterprises may opt to request aid under the de minimis scheme rules.

Date of implementation

From 1 December 2004 (date on which the contract for fund managers is
scheduled to be awarded and the resulting scheme to begin).

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until December 2008

Objective of aid

To facilitate access to medium- and long-term credit
for financially and
economically sound small and medium-sized enterprises, by awarding loan-
based guarantees and/or other funding schemes for investment.

Economic sectors concerned

Comments

— Industry
— Trade
— Tourism
— Craft industry
— Business services, with reference to the list given in the Minister for
Industry, Trade and Craft Circular No 900315 of 14 July 2000 and subse-
quent amendments, implementing Law No 488/92.

These facilities are not available to any activities related to the production,
processing or marketing of products listed in the Annex to the EC Treaty, or to
any export-related activities or aid contingent upon the use of domestic over
imported goods.

Name
authority

and

address

of

granting

Regione Molise
Assessorato alla Attività Produttive — Settore Industria

Via Roma, 84
I-86100 Campobasso
Tel. 0874-429825
Fax 0874-429853
Referente: Dr. Elvio Carugno

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Further information

1. Further legal references for the application of this scheme:

(EC) No 1260/1999, 1783/1999, 69/2001, 70/2001 and

Regulations
448/2004;
Commission Decision C(2000) 2371 of 8 August 2000; Communication EC
2000/C7I/07;
Law 326 of 24 November 2003; Legislative Decrees 385/1993 and
157/1995.

2. The subsidy equivalent for this scheme has been calculated according to Part
VII of the operational provisions for guarantee funds for SMEs pursuant to
Article 2(100)(a) of Law No 662/1996, Article 15 of Law No 266/1997 and
Ministerial Decree 248/1999.

3. The Guarantee Fund shall be divided into Sections, on the basis of the

number of fund managers ultimately awarded a contract.

4. Those selected to manage the Fund shall privately co-finance the Fund
Section they are allocated at a level of at least 20 % of the public resources
granted to them.

5. The call

for tenders for Fund Managers and the related annexes were
approved by means of Regional Council Decisions, which — as indicated
above — constitute the legal basis of this scheme and which were published
in the OJ of 16.9.2004 (Supplement No 181 — Document No 155086) and
in the Official Gazette of the Region of Molise (No 19 of 23.9.2004).

6. The Guarantee Fund under Action 4.1.4 of the OPR Molise will be included
in a new Measure of the OPR (Measure 4.4) following an interim restruc-
turing to be approved by a new Commission Decision. The content of
Action 4.1.4 shall, however, remain unchanged.

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 62/05

Italy

Regione Marche

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

SPD Obj. 2 2000-2006 — Measure 1.1 Aid to productive and environmental
investment by small and medium-sized industrial and craft firms, sub-measure
1.1.1 Aid to productive investment by small and medium-sized industrial firms,
assistance b3 ‘Law 598/94, Article 11, amended by Law 488/99, Article 54 and by
Law 57/2001, Article 15: incentives for industrial research and pre-competitive devel-
opment’

Legal basis

Docup Ob. 2 2000-2006

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme

The financial envelope is as follows:

Ordinary aid

EUR 1 609 201 for 2004
EUR 695 399,50 (estimate for 2005)
EUR 695 399,50 (estimate for 2006)
Total: EUR 3 000 000

Transitional aid

EUR 200 000 for 2004
Total: EUR 200 000

Types of investment and expenditure
eligible

Industrial research and/or pre-competitive research projects lasting up to 18
months. The cost of the project may not be less than EUR 100 000 or more
than EUR 1 000 000.

The following types of cost are eligible:

— employee costs, only for work actually done for the project;
— overhead costs directly attributable to research and development activities;
— new purchase of instruments and equipment used for the project and for

the duration of the project;

— consultancy and equivalent services used exclusively for the purposes of

research and/or development activities;

— cost of materials directly attributable to research activities.

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Maximum aid intensity

The aid is granted in one of the following forms:

(a) outright grant of:

— 25 % of the cost of eligible projects, for pre-competitive development

activities;

— 50 % of the cost of eligible projects, for industrial research development

activities;

(b) interest rate subsidy (in addition to the outright grant), for bank financing
meeting the following conditions: duration of not more than ten years,
including a grace period of up to 18 months, and not less than the duration
of the project, for an amount not more than 75 % of the cost of the eligible
project and not less than the overall grant under (a); the amount of the
subsidy is:

— 80 % of the reference rate in force on the date the application for aid is
submitted for SMEs with production units in which the project is being
carried out and which are located in areas qualifying for exemption
under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty;

— 50 % of the reference rate for SMEs with production units in which the
project is being carried out and which are located in the rest of the
region. In any case the grant may not exceed the ceilings for research
and development aid laid down in Regulation (EC) No 364/2004. For
projects comprising both industrial research and pre-competitive devel-
opment activities, the aid intensity may not exceed the average laid
down for both types of activity, weighted according to the costs
incurred for each type of activity.

Date of implementation

Only investments carried out after the date on which the aid application was
submitted are eligible for aid.

Duration of scheme

Objective of aid

Economic sectors concerned

The scheme will be implemented for the same length of time as SPD Objective
2 2000-06.

To promote research in industrial SMEs in Objective 2 and phasing-out areas in
the Marche, by granting financial incentives to support industrial research and
pre-competitive development activities, as defined in Community rules. The
scheme is intended in particular to support activities aimed at acquiring innova-
tive know-how that can be transferred to production processes and used to
develop new products to improve the competitiveness of firms.

Sections C, D, E and F of the 1991 Italian Statistical Office (ISTAT) classification
of economic activities, subject to the exclusions and limitations laid down by
the Community rules on state aid (including export aid and aid to the motor
manufacturing industry). Activities involving the production, processing or
marketing of the goods listed in Annex I to the EC Treaty are excluded.

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Marche, Servizio Industria, Artigianato, Energia

Via Tiziano 44
I-60100 Ancona
Tel. 071 8061

Aid No

Member State

XS 65/05

Denmark

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Regional scheme for firms to take on highly trained consultants (videnpiloter) to
carry out specified development projects

Legal basis

Lov om Teknologi og Innovation

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

or
aid

An annual overall amount of DKK 12,9 million (EUR 1,2 million) was
budgeted for 2005, while an annual sum of DKK 15 million (EUR 1,4 million)
was budgeted for 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Maximum aid intensity

The maximum aid intensity is 50 %, with a maximum of DKK 145 000 million
(EUR 20 000) per project.

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Date of implementation

The guidelines were adopted in 2005 and aid has been paid since that year.

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

The budget provides for state aid until 2008. The individual aid project takes
between 6 and 12 months.

Objective of aid

To increase the number of highly trained staff in SMEs (fewer than 100 staff)
by taking on persons not previously in employment and to enhance coopera-
tion between SMEs and public research institutions.

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

Other information

the granting

Ministeriet for Videnskab, Teknologi og Videnskab

Bredgade 43
DK-1260 København K

Aid is to be granted for taking on highly trained staff and for buying in scien-
tific skills for a development project in the firm from research institutions. Indi-
vidual projects must first be approved by the authorities.

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 142/06

Germany

Freistaat Sachsen

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Legal basis

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

or
aid

Guideline of the Saxony State Ministry of the Environment and Agriculture on
support under the agricultural investment promotion programme (AFP);
RL-Nr. 21/2005 of 15 June 2005; 2.1.3 in conjunction with 5.1
http://www.saxonia-verlag.de/recht-sachsen/08540bs.pdf

Rahmenplan nach dem Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung
der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes“ vom 3. September 1969, neu
gefasst durch Bekanntmachung vom 21. Juli 1988 (BGBl. I S. 1055), zuletzt
geändert durch Art. 2 des Gesetzes vom 2. Mai 2005 (BGBl. I S. 1527)

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,8 million

Individual aid

Loans guaranteed

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

2006

Duration of the scheme or individual
aid award

Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Landesanstalt für Landwirtschaft

Sörbigener Straße 3a
D-01326 Dresden

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes