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: 2007-05-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: 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 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 111/07)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 25/07

Italy

Sardegna

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Pacchetti Integrati di Agevolazione per le PMI operanti nei settori dell'industria,
dell'artigianato 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 150 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall amount:

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4, 5, 5a, 5b, and 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 support companies effectively during the implementation of their busi-

ness development programmes;

— To reinforce existing and developing productive systems by improving the
competitiveness of individual companies through adopting technological and
organizational innovations and training staff;

— To promote the creation and attractiveness of new business ventures in stra-

tegic sectors for the regional economy.

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

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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 42/07

Italy

Friuli Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Fondo di Rotazione per Iniziative Economiche

Legal basis

Delibera del Comitato di Gestione del F.R.I.E. del 20.12.2006 «Criteri operativi
del Comitato F.R.I.E.»

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

Aid scheme

Annual budget

EUR 4 million (1)

Loans guaranteed

No provision

Individual aid

No provision

No provision

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

1.1.2007

Duration

Objective

Until 31.12.2013

Aid to SME

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SME

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Comitato di Gestione del Fondo di Rotazione per Iniziative Economiche

Via Locchi 19
I-34123 Trieste
Tel. (39) 040 319 75 09
frie@mediocredito.fvg.it

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

(1) Amount estimated assuming constant volumes of financing (average 2005/2006) and constant differences between the reference rate

and the subsidised rate.

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 49/07

Italia

Regione Marche

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Diffusione dell'innovazione e della ricerca per lo sviluppo precompetitivo di
filiera

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Legal basis

Programma Regionale di Azioni innovative del FERS 2000-2006 «Innovazione e
Sviluppo Sostenibile come fattori
identificativi per la Competitività Regionale
(ISSOCORE)». Azione 7.1 «Diffusione dell'Innovazione e della ricerca per lo
sviluppo precompetitivo di filiera». Sub-azione A «Ricerca industriale e sviluppo
precompetitivo»

Budget

The budget for the scheme is EUR 1 145 000 to be declared as expenditure in
2008

Maximum aid intensity

The proposed aid consists of a grant of 45 % of the eligible expenditure for
industrial research activities and 35 % of the eligible expenditure for pre-compe-
titive development activities, up to a maximum of EUR 250 000

The contribution may not exceed the ceilings laid down for aid to R&D in
Commission Regulation (EC) No 364/2004.

Date of implementation

Expected publication date: January 2007

Duration

Objective

Type of investment and eligible expen-
diture

Programma Regionale Azioni Innovative Issocore — 18 months

To promote research and development activities through measures that can
reconcile innovation demand and supply and stimulate entrepreneurial creativity
among SMEs in the Marche and a willingness to innovate at all levels of the
productive technological
industries in sectors of strategic importance for the
development and competitiveness of the regional manufacturing system.

These objectives will be attained by paying particular attention to the Marche
system, adopting a methodology with a positive impact on regional problems
and potential which fosters a ‘system’ approach aimed at creating innovation
governance based on a regional network of skills linking clusters of technical
excellence which can carry out programmes sharing common objectives.

The scheme will, specifically:

— promote activity on a larger scale, through new forms of association and

new synergies;

— encourage technology transfers, helping companies to absorb new technolo-

gies and access new types of skills;

— promote product innovation, concentrating measures on advanced sectors

and technologies;

— train staff in project activities, by involving young, newly qualified tech-
nology graduates and university researchers seconded to the project head-
quarters.

research and pre-competitive development projects in particular
Industrial
sectors, carried out by groups of SMEs (as defined by D.M. 18 April 2005),
before 30 June 2008, in conjunction with universities, public research bodies
and centres for innovation and technology transfer.

The total cost of each eligible project must be over EUR 240 000

The following expenditure will qualify for aid: personnel costs, consultancy,
training, equipment, materials and general operating costs incurred by the
companies after the date on which the application was submitted.

Economic sector

Sectors C, D, E, and F of
the manufacturing activities plus certain related
services, subject to the exclusions and limitations provided for in the Com-
munity state aid rules.

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Marche, Servizio Industria, Artigianato, Energia
Via Tiziano 44
I-60100 Ancona
Tel. (39) 071 806 37 02

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Aid number

Member State

Region

XS 61/07

Germany

State aid map for 1 January 2007 to 31 December 2013 (boundaries at 31
October 2005):

http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/state_aid/register/ii/doc/XS61_07%20DEU
%20WLAL.pdf

‘D’ assisted areas; and assistance for non-profit, non-university business research
bodies in ‘A’ and ‘C’ assisted areas too (pursuant to Commission decision of
8 November 2006 on Germany's State aid map (OJ C 295, 5.12.2006)).

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur“ (GA),
36. Rahmenplan: Teil II A — Gewerbliche Wirtschaft (einschließlich gemein-
nützige außeruniversitäre wirtschaftsnahe Forschungseinrichtungen).

Legal basis

Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschafts-
struktur“ (GA) vom 12 Mai 1969

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 60 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

1.1.2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30.6.2008

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

Bayern

Regierung von Niederbayern
Regierungsplatz 540
D-84028 Landshut

Regierung der Oberpfalz
Emmeramsplatz 8/9
D-93047 Regensburg

Regierung von Oberfranken
Ludwigstraße 20
D-95444 Bayreuth

Berlin

Investitionsbank Berlin
Bundesallee 210
D-10719 Berlin

Brandenburg

InvestitionsBank des Landes Brandenburg
Postfach 90 02 61
D-14438 Potsdam

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Bremen

BIG Bremer Investitions-Gesellschaft mbH
Kontorhaus am Markt
Langenstraße 2-4
D-28195 Bremen

BIS Bremerhavener Gesellschaft für Investitionsförderung und Stadtentwicklung
GmbH
Am Alten Hafen 118
D-27568 Bremerhaven

Hessen

InvestitionsBank Hessen AG (IBH)
Schumannstraße 4-6
D-60325 Frankfurt am Main

Niederlassung Wiesbaden
Abraham-Lincoln-Str. 38-42
D-65189 Wiesbaden

Niederlassung Kassel
Kurfürstenstr. 7
D-34117 Kassel

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Tourismus des Landes Mecklenburg-
Vorpommern
Johannes-Stelling-Str. 14
D-19048 Schwerin
Tel. 0385 588/0
Fax 0385 588/5861
E-mail: poststelle@wm.mv-regierung.de

Landesförderinstitut Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Hauptsitz Schwerin
Werkstraße 213
D-19061 Schwerin
Tel. 0385 6363-0
Fax 0385 6363-1212
E-mail: info@lfi-mv.de.

Niedersachsen

Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen GmbH
Günther-Wagner-Allee 12-14
D-30177 Hannover
Tel. 30031-0
E-mail: info@nbank.de

Nordrhein-Westfalen

NRW.Bank
Johanniterstraße 3
D-48145 Münster
Tel. 0251 91741-0
E-mail: info-westfalen@nrwbank.de

Rheinland-Pfalz

Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz (ISB) GmbH
Holzhofstraße 4
D-55116 Mainz

Saarland

Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Franz-Josef-Röder-Straße 17
D-66119 Saarbrücken

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Sachsen

Sächsische Aufbaubank — Förderbank
Pirnaische Straße 9
D-01069 Dresden

Sachsen-Anhalt

Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt
Domplatz 12,
D-39104 Magdeburg

Schleswig-Holstein

Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein
Fleethörn 29-31
D-24103 Kiel

Für Anträge gem. Ziff. 5.1.3 und 5.1.4:
Wirtschaftsförderung und Technologietransfer GmbH (WTSH)
Lorentzendamm 24
D-24103 Kiel

Thüringen

Thüringer Aufbaubank (TAB)
Gorkistraße 9
D-99084 Erfurt

mit ihren Regionalbüros:
Regionalbüro Suhl
Am Bahnhof 3
D-98529 Suhl

Regionalbüro Gera
Friedrich-Engels-Str. 7
D-07545 Gera

Regionalbüro Nordhausen
Hüpedenweg 52
D-99734 Nordhausen

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 62/07

Germany

Kreise Herzogtum Lauenburg, Pinneberg (ohne Insel Helgoland), Segeberg,
Stormarn im Bundesland Schleswig-Holstein

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Richtlinie für die einzelbetriebliche Investitionsförderung im Rahmen des
Zukunftsprogramms Wirtschaft aus Mitteln des Europäischen Fonds für Regio-
nale Entwicklung für Vorhaben kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen im südlichen
Schleswig-Holstein („Investitionsförderung im Hamburg-Rand-Raum“)

Legal basis

— Regelungen der Europäischen Union für Förderungen aus dem Europäischen

Fonds für Regionale Entwicklung (EFRE),

— Verwaltungsvorschriften zu § 44 Landeshaushaltsordnung (LHO) Schleswig-

Holstein.

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount
(estimate)

approx. EUR 5 million

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Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

January 2007

Duration of the scheme or individual
aid award

Until 30.6.2008. Extension is planned.

Objective of aid

Investment grants to small and medium-sized enter-
prises for the creation and/or preservation of jobs.
the primary-effect
The investments must meet
criterion.

Yes

exclusively

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Remarks

The aid programme will be financed entirely under
the ERDF and is part of the operational programme
for Schleswig-Holstein for 2007-2013

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein

Fleethörn 29-31
D-24103 Kiel

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

please see Legal basis.