Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 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: 2007-05-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Italy, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

16.5.2007

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 70/2001 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)

(2007/C 110/11)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 5/07

Italy

Sardegna

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Contratto di investimento per le PMI operanti nei settori dell'industria, dell'arti-
gianato e dei servizi

Legal basis

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

Legge regionale n. 7/2005 «Disposizioni per la formazione del bilancio annuale
e pluriennale della Regione», art. 11;

Direttive di attuazione approvate con Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale
n. 49/22 del 28.11.2006 «Strumenti di
incentivazione» ai sensi della Legge
Regionale n. 7/2005, art. 11

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 100 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4, 5, 5(a), (b) and (c) of
the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

20.12.2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

To maintain the competitiveness of production systems and production chains
already in existence or under development in the region, via technical, organisa-
tional, production and commercial cooperation and inter-company integration
processes.

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

either

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

either

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

No

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Autonoma della Sardegna — Assessorato alla Programmazione,
Bilancio, Credito e Assetto del territorio

via Mameli, 88
I-09123 Cagliari

Other information

The amount of aid may not exceed the maximum aid intensity levels given in
the Regional Aid Map approved by the European Commission.

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 6/07

Italy

Toscana

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Legal basis

«Fondo speciale rischi per la prestazione di garanzie e cogaranzie»

Deliberazione di G. R. n. 155 del 7.3.2006 — Decreto dirigenziale n. 4762 del
16.10.2006

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

Aid scheme

Overall
fund amount

general

EUR 12 million

Loans guaranteed

EUR 200 million

Individual aid

Overall amount:

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

1.12.2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30.6.2007 (pursuant to Article 10(2) of Commission Regulation (EC) No
70/2001)

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

— mining and quarrying

— manufacturing

— supply and distribution of electri-

city, gas and water

— construction

— wholesale and retail trades

— hotels and restaurants

— transport,

warehousing

and

communications

— 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

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 24/07

Italy

Sardegna

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Pacchetti Integrati di Agevolazione per le PMI operanti nei settori del turismo e
dei beni culturali e ambientali

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Legal basis

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

Legge regionale n. 7/2005 «Disposizioni per la formazione del bilancio annuale
e pluriennale della Regione», art. 11;

Direttive di attuazione approvate con Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale
n. 49/22 del 28.11.2006 «Strumenti di
incentivazione» ai sensi della Legge
Regionale n. 7/2005, art. 11

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 50 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall amount:

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4, 5, 5a, 5b, 5c of the
Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

20.12.2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

— To effectively support existing enterprises with regard to improving and

developing the services they provide;

— To improve and make accessible to visitors Sardinia's cultural and environ-
mental heritage within the framework of the regional tourist amenities;
— To reinforce existing and developing tourist systems by improving the
competitiveness of the individual companies through adopting technological
and organizational
training staff, and promoting tourism
packages;

innovations,

— To promote the creation and attractiveness of new business initiatives in the
tourism sector that serve to improve the region's cultural and environmental
heritage.

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Other services

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Autonoma della Sardegna — Assessorato alla Programmazione,
Bilancio, Credito e Assetto del territorio

via Mameli, 88
I-09123 Cagliari

Other information

The amount of aid may not exceed the ceilings for aid intensity provided for by
the Regional Aid Map approved by the European Commission.

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 45/07

Austria

All regions

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Young entrepreneur and innovation promotion for SMEs — assumption of liabi-
lity

Legal basis

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

Förderungsrichtlinien „Jungunternehmer- und Innovationsförderung für KMU —
Haftungsübernahmen“

Bundesgesetz über besondere Förderungen von kleinen und mittleren Unter-
nehmen (BGBl. Nr. 432/1996 idgF)

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Up to EUR 80 million =
approx EUR 3,2 million
equivalent
net
(NGE)

grant

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

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Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4, 5, 5a, 5b and 5c of
the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

1.1.2007

End of implementation or individual
aid — last instalment

Objective of aid

Date of commencement of the aid scheme, i.e., as from when applications were
admissible

31.12.2013

Date of termination of the aid scheme, i.e., as from when applications will no
longer be admissible. Applications are approved in conformity with Article 10
of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1976/2006;
i.e., for the time being, up to the end of 2008.

The objective is to support young entrepreneurs (including in founding and
taking over businesses) and to strengthen and consolidate the innovation poten-
tial of SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Austria Wirtschaftsservice Ges.m.b.H. (aws)

Ungargasse 37
A-1030 Wien
Tel. (43-1) 501-75 466
E-mail: e.kober@awsg.at
Internet: www.awsg.at/2007plus

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes