Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 , as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 364/2004 of 25 February 2004 , 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: 2006-12-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Italy, Latvia, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Official Journal of the European Union

9.12.2006

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
364/2004 of 25 February 2004, 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 300/05)

Aid No

Member State

XS 82/06

Latvia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Legal basis

Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No 380 from 9 may 2006 ‘Regulation laying
down rules on consultancy aid for small and medium sized enterprises and
partnerships’
(2006. gada 9. maija MK noteikumi Nr.380 ‘Noteikumi par konsultāciju atbalsta
sniegšanas nosacījumiem mazajām un vidējām komercsabiedrībām un partner-
ībām’)

— Vienotais programmdokuments 2004. -2006. gadam
— Programmas papildinājums
— 2006. gada 9. maija MK noteikumi Nr. 380 “Noteikumi par konsultāciju
atbalsta sniegšanas nosacījumiem mazajām un vidējām komercsabiedrībām
un partnerībām”

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

TOTAL:
EUR 1,28
million (LVL 0,9 million)
ERDF: EUR 0,9 million
(LVL 0,63 million)
State budget: EUR 0,38
million
0,27
(LVL
million)
2006 budget: EUR 1,28
million (LVL 0,9 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
Maximum aid intensity is
50 %

Date of implementation

Cabinet of Ministers regulation is accepted in 9 May 2006 and come in force
25 May 2006
This aid scheme will replace aid scheme LV/12/2005 of 8 march 2004
‘Support to the consultancy services and the participation of the commercial
companies in international exhibitions and trade missions’. This aid scheme will
replace aid scheme LV/12/2005 for consultancy aid and also will be introduced
separate de minimis aid scheme for aid for participation in exhibitions.

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Project applications are accepted until 31 December 2006 (project applications
are evaluated and contracts are signed until 30 June 2007)
All payments are made until 31 August 2008

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes
Objective of aid scheme
is consultancy aid

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Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

No
Excluded form aid is agri-
fishery
and
cultural
products

Yes

Yes
(excluding
and fishery products)

agricultural

— All services

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Latvian Investment and development agency (Latvijas Investīciju un attīstības
aģentūra)

Pērses street 2
LV-Rīga

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 116/06

Italy

Campania

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

‘regional programme for the development of workers' and social cooperatives’

Legal basis

Deliberazione di Giunta Regionale N. 3708 del 19.12.2003

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 24 million

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

overall amount

EUR 24 million

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation:

1 July 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid

Aid to workers' and social cooperatives meeting
the size criteria for microenterprises and SMEs set
out
Recommendation
2003/361/EC of 6 May 2003 concerning the defi-
nition of micro, small and medium-sized enter-
prises

Commission

in

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Campania Assessorato Attività Produttive
Area Generale di Coordinamento n. 12
«Sviluppo Attività Settore Secondario»
Dirigente del Settore Artigianato Dr.ssa Vittoria Capriglione
«Sviluppo e Promozione Attività Artigiane e della Cooperazione»

Centro Direzionale
Isola A6
Napoli (Italia)
Tel. (39) 081 796 67 24
(39) 081 796 67 25
fax (39) 081 796 67 18
e-mail: v.capriglione@regione.campania.it

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

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Aid No

XS 119/06

Member State

Region

Italy

Toscana

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

Regional Economic Development Plan — Measure D Loans.
for SMEs’

‘Guarantee Fund

Legal basis

Decreto n. 2179 del 15.5.2006 di modifica del decreto n. 3883 del 15.7.2005

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

or
aid

Overall
amount

general

fund

EUR 23 million

Loans guaranteed

EUR 460 million

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:

June 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

— mining and quarrying
— manufacturing
— supply and distribu-
tion of electricity, gas
and water
— construction
— wholesale and retail

trades

— hotels and restaurants
ware-
— transport,
housing and commu-
nications

— real estate, rental, IT,
research and business
services
— education
— health and welfare
— other public,

social
and personal services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Toscana

Via di Novoli, 26
I-50127 Firenze

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 140/06

Czech Republic

Česká republika

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Aid scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises in support of projects to
develop high-speed Internet access

Legal basis

— Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 364/2004

— Zákon č. 218/2000 Sb. (rozpočtová pravidla)
— usnesení Vlády ČR č. 105/2005 k návrhu národní politiky pro vysokory-

chlostní přístup

— program veřejné podpory pro malé a střední podniky na podporu projektů
pro rozvoj vysokorychlostního přístupu k internetu (http://www.micr.cz/
files/2788/program.pdf)

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 1,5 million

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

expenditure

Annual
overall
granted to the company

amount of

planned
individiual

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

25 August 2006

Duration of 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

Česká republika – Ministerstvo informatiky

Yes

Yes

Ing. Jana Vohralíková, náměstkyně pro sekci ekonomickou
Havelkova 2
CZ-Praha 3 Žižkov

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 144/06

Italy

Sardegna

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Interest subsidies for SMEs operating in the biomedical field

Legal basis

APQ «Società dell'Informazione» del 28.12.2004 e Atto integrativo Io del
13.4.2005.
Deliberazione di Giunta Regionale del 30.11.2004, n. 50/2.

Annual
overall
granted to the company

expenditure
amount of

planned
individual

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 1 500 000

or
aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

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Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

31 December 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31 December 2007

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

— All manufacturing

— either

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

— either

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Autonoma della Sardegna
Assessorato degli Affari Generali e Riforma della Regione

via XXIX Novembre 1847, n. 23
I-09123 Cagliari

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes