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: 2006-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Germany, Slovakia, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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C 313/3

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regu-
lation (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 313/03)

XS 128/06

Slovak Republic

Stredné Slovensko, Žilinský kraj

Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

KLF – ZVL OMNIA, a.s., Na stanicu 22, SK-010 09 Žilina

IČO: 31 635 164

Legal basis

Ustanovenie § 240 ods. 3 a § 241 ods. 3 v spojení s ustanovením § 277a
zákona č. 461/2003 Z. z. o sociálnom poistení v znení zákona č. 721/2004
Z. z.,

Ustanovenie § 5 ods. 2 písm. b) zákona č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci,
Metodické usmernenie Sociálnej poisťovne č. 30/2005

Annual expenditure planned or overall
amount of individual aid granted to
the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

SKK 6 520 324,50
EUR 168 776,03

Loans guaranteed

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

Yes
63,93 %

2006

14.7.2006

Maximum aid intensity

Date of implementation

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Name and address of
authority

— Manufacturing

the granting

Sociálna poisťovňa, agentúra Žilina

Námestie Ľ. Štúra č. 5
SK-010 01 Žilina
Web address: www.socpoist.sk

Yes

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

No

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 143/06

United Kingdom

Merseyside

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Centre for High Throughput Materials Discovery

Legal basis

Higher Education Corporation incorporated under the Education

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

Reform Act 1988

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

2006: GBP 0,066million
2007: GBP 0,066million

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

From 31.10.2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30.6.2007 — scheme will run until the end of December 2007 and will
apply SME regulation in force

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

University of Liverpool

The Foresight Centre
1 Brownlow Street
L69 3GL Liverpool
United Kingdom

Large individual aid grants N/A

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 147/06

Estonia

Estonia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Investment aid for the development and diversification of alternative economic
activity in rural areas

Legal base

Annual expenditure planned or overall
amount
the
company

granted

aid

to

of

Põllumajandusministri 7. septembri 2006 määrus nr 92 “Põllumajandusministri
28. juuli 2004. a määruse nr 126”“Eesti riikliku arengukava Euroopa Liidu struk-
tuurifondide kasutuselevõtuks — ühtne programmdokument aastateks 2004–
2006” meetme 3.3 “Majandustegevuse mitmekesistamine maapiirkonnas” tingi-
mused “muutmine” (RTL 19.9.2006, 69, 1277)

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount
EEK 57 462 076 (EUR 3 672 496
of which EEK 14 365 519 (EUR 918 124)
from the Republic of Estonia
and EEK 43 096 557 (EUR 2 754 372)
EAGGF

from the

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

22.9.2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

Other manufacturing

Other services

Yes

Yes

No

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet

Narva mnt 3 Tartu

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 148/06

Slovak Republic

Západné Slovensko

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Prefabetón Koš, a. s. Nováky, Lehotská 640, SK-972 71 Nováky

Legal basis

1. Ustanovenie § 240 ods. 3 a § 241 ods. 3 v spojení s ustanovením § 277a
zák. č. 461/2003 Z. z. o sociálnom poistení v znení zák. č. 721/2004 Z. z.
internetové spojenie www.socpoist.sk

2. Ustanovenie § 5 ods. 2 písm. b) zák. č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci.70/
2001 v znení neskorších predpisov, internetové spojenie www.finance.gov.sk

3. Metodické usmernenie Sociálnej poisťovne č. 30/2005
4. Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the appli-

cation of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to SMEs

Annual expenditure planned or overall
amount of individual aid granted to
the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 330 281,80
SKK 12 431 477

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes
49,73 %

Date of implementation

Decision 1100-122-GC09/2006 of 4.9.2006, effective 6.9.2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

September 2006 — one-off aid measure

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

Yes

— Manufacturing

Yes — construction

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Sociálna poisťovňa, agentúra Prievidza

Matice slovenskej 10
SK-971 01 Prievidza
Web address: www.socpoist.sk

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 149/06

Netherlands

Province of Flevoland

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

‘De Boerderij’ children's day-care centre

Legal basis

— Decentralisatie-convenant Rijk/Flevoland m.b.t. het Leader+ programma

Regio Randstad 2000-2006 d.d. 11 april 2001

— Leader+ overeenkomst tussen de provincie Flevoland en mevrouw A. Reijns

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 11 718

Loans guaranteed

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Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes,
the aid intensity is 15 %.
This is in line with Article
4(2)(a)
Regulation
70/2001

of

Date of implementation

The decree will be issued once the notice has appeared in the Official Journal of
the European Union

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 1.8.2007

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

4(1)).

Yes,
aid is granted for invest-
in tangible assets
ment
The
(Article
purpose of the aid is to
contribute to the costs
incurred by the under-
taking in establishing a
children's day-care centre

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Provincie Flevoland

Postbus 55
8200 AB Lelystad
Nederland

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 150/06

United Kingdom

Yorkshire & the Humber

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Kestonbond Holdings Limited

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

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

GBP 0,173 million

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

From 9.10.2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30.6.2007

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

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Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Legal basis

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

XS 151/06

Germany

Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg

Hamburg R&D promotion directive

§ 9 des Gesetzes über die Förderung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen
und der in der Wirtschaft tätigen freien Berufen

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 1,8 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

3.1.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2007

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Behörde für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

Alter Steinweg 4
D-20459 Hamburg

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

XS 152/06

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

North East of England

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Neosensors Ltd

Legal basis

The University of Durham and Newcastle Act 1963

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

GBP 4 446,24

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

From 2.6.2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30.6.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Yes

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Name and address of
authority

the granting

Government Office for the North East
European Programmes Secretariat

Citygate
NE1 4WH Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom

Sponsor Contact
Professor Ken Snowdon
University of Newcastle (INEX)
Herschel Annex
NE1 7RU Newcastle upon Tyne
United Kingdom

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes