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: 2007-07-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

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)

(2007/C 174/06)

Aid No

XS 155/06

Member State

Czech Republic

Region

Czech Republic, except for NUTS II region Prague

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Joint regional operational programme

Measure 1.1 — Business support in selected regions

Sub-measure 4.2.2. — Support for regional and local tourism infrastructure

Legal basis

Usnesení vlády č. 102 ze dne 23. ledna 2002

Usnesení vlády č. 149 ze dne 12. února 2003

Usnesení vlády č. 79/2003

Zákon č. 248/2000 Sb., o podpoře regionálního rozvoje, v platném znění

Zákon č. 215/2004 Sb., o úpravě některých vztahů v oblasti veřejné podpory
a o změně zákona o podpoře výzkumu a vývoje, v platném znění

Nařízení Komise (ES) č. 70/2001

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 58,182 million (*)

Annual
overall amount of
granted to the company

expenditure planned

or
individual aid

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

1.1.2007

Duration of scheme or
aid award

individual

Until 31.12.2007

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of the granting
authority

Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj

Staroměstské nám. 6
CZ-110 15 Praha 1

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation No

None to be granted

(*) The amount relates to 2007 and is made up as follows:

Structural funds: EUR 42,248 million; national public sources: EUR 15,934 million (exchange rate: CZK/EUR 28,465).

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 172/06

Germany

Berlin

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Sulfurcell Solartechnik GmbH

Legal basis

Annual
overall amount of
granted to the company

expenditure planned

or
individual aid

Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschafts-
struktur“ vom 6.10.1969 (BGBl. I, S. 1861), zuletzt geändert durch Art. 102 der
Achten Zuständigkeitsanpassungsverordnung vom 25.11.2003 (BGBl. I, S. 2304
ff)

35. Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe
regionalen
Wirtschaftsstruktur“ (GA) für den Zeitraum 2006 bis 2009, veröffentlicht im
Bundesanzeiger Nr. 240 am 20.12.2005

„Verbesserung der

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

—

—

Individual aid

Overall aid amount:

EUR 21 616 760

(Joint
EUR 5 204 100)

scheme

(Investment
EUR 16 412 660)

funds:

grants (1):

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

28.8.2006 (2)

Duration of scheme or
aid award

individual

Until 31.12.2009 (3)

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Other manufacturing

Name and address of the granting
authority

Investitionsbank Berlin

Bundesallee 210
D-10719 Berlin

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

(1) The investments concerned must be made in the period between December 2006 and November 2009. For investments scheduled for
before 1 January 2007, the investment grant rates under the Investment Grant Act 2005 were taken into account. For investments
from 2007 to 2009, the grant rates under the Investment Grant Act 2007 were used.

(2) The award decision for the grant from joint scheme funds was issued on 28 August 2006, with a stipulation (ancillary clause to the
administrative decision pursuant to Article 36 of the Administrative Procedure Act) that the grant could be paid only after the planned
aid was notified under EU rules. On this basis, the actual date of implementation will be the date of approval by the EU.

(3) The investments must be made in the period between December 2006 and November 2009. The aid is to be paid out in annual instal-

ments in accordance with the progress of the investment project.

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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
individual
the
company

granted

aid

to

XS 173/06

Finland

Aid area I in the development area designated by government decision on the
basis of the Regional Development Act No 602/2002

Accelerated depreciation for investments made by SMEs in the development area

Kehitysalueelle
annettu laki
tehtävien investointien korotetuista poistoista
(1262/1993, muut. 1736/1995, 32/1998, 1215/1998, 964/2000, 901/2001,
914/2003 et 979/2006).

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount Approx. EUR 1 million (1)

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: 1 %

Date of implementation

From 1.1.2007

Duration of scheme or
aid award

individual

Until 31.12.2008

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Tourism

Other services

Yes

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Name and address of the granting
authority

Valtiovarainministeriö
PL 28
FIN-00023 Valtioneuvosto

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

(1) The advantage the companies get from the tax relief comprises the interest benefit from the frontloading of the depreciation,

amounting to EUR 0,5 million on the investments over a year.

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27.7.2007

Aid No

XS 175/06

Member State

Italy

Region

Campania

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Aid scheme for SMEs to build plant for the recovery of materials from waste from
specific production categories, to build energy recycling plant for waste not other-
wise recoverable and to adapt the technology of existing waste recovery plant
inert waste, motor vehicles, durables, bulky items, quality
(processing of
composting, recovery of plastics)

Legal basis

POR Campania 2000-2006

Complemento di programmazione, misura 1.7, azioni e) e g)

DGR n. 317 del 4.3.2005 di approvazione dei criteri ed indirizzi, modificata con
DGR n. 1545 del 5.10.2006 e DGR n. 1633 del 17.10.2006

Decreto dirigenziale n. 955 del 14.11.2006 pubblicato sul B.U.R.C. del
20.11.2006

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 35,5 million

Maximum aid intensity

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

Loans guaranteed

No

Yes

The maximum aid intensity is
35 % nge, plus 15 % gge calcu-
lated on the basis of eligible
costs relating to land, buildings,
construction and related activi-
ties, plant, machinery, brand
new equipment and intangible
assets and 50 % gge of eligible
costs relating to planning and
studies and support services

Date of implementation

From 21.12.2006

Duration of scheme

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

Yes

Other services

Yes — Waste management

Name and address of the granting
authority

Regione Campania
Area Generale di Coordinamento 05
Settore 02
Responsabile della Misura 1.7 del POR Campania 2000-2006

Via A. De Gasperi, 28
I-80133 Napoli
Tel. (39) 081 796 30 25
E-mail: l.pagnozzi@maildip.regione.campania.it; m.lupacchini@regione.campania.it

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

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Aid No

XS 182/06

Member State

(United Kingdom and) Republic of Ireland

Region

32 Counties of the island of Ireland — Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland

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

Consultancy Aid for Software Development

Legal Basis

British/Irish Agreement Act 1999 Section 2.3 Part 7 of Annex 2 of the act
empowers Inter Trade Ireland to invest, lend or grant aid for the purposes of its
function

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme or overall amount of
individual
the
company

granted

aid

to

Total Cost of Scheme:

2006: GBP 70 000

2007: GBP 86 000

The scheme will be implemented on a rolling basis during 2006-2007. Cost of
the project is GBP 156 000 over 12 months duration

Total funding element for the scheme = GBP 6 000. This represents 37 % of the
total project cost with the remaining 63 % attributed by the participating enter-
prise

Maximum aid intensity

Up to a maximum of 37 % aid intensity

Date of implementation

Proposed scheme to run for 1 year from date of approval

Individual companies will be eligible for assistance for a maximum of 12 months

Duration of scheme or
aid award

Objective of aid

individual

Scheme will run until the end of 2007

To provide consultancy aid to SMEs in the software sector towards the cost of
technology development and promotion of an integrated solution for mobile tech-
nology products

Economic Sector(s) concerned

Other services

Name and address of the granting
authority

InterTradeIreland
The Old Gasworks Business Park
Kilmorey Street
Newry
Co Down BT34 2DE
Northern Ireland
United Kingdom

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 183/06

Netherlands

Provincie Fryslân

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Van der Velden Systeemtechniek B.V. in Drachten

Legal basis

Algemene wet bestuursrecht 4.2

Algemene subsidieverordening SNN

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme or overall amount of
individual
the
company

granted

aid

to

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount —

Loans guaranteed

—

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 194 640

Loans guaranteed

—

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Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

The total project costs are EUR 486 600. The
total eligible costs are EUR 486 600. The aid
to be provided by SNN totals EUR 194 640
(aid intensity of 35 % under Article 5a(3)(c),
increased by 5 % under Article 5a(4)(a) inserted
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 364/2004
amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 as
regards the extension of its scope to include aid
for research and development making a total of
40 %)

Date of implementation

22.12.2006

Duration of scheme or
aid award

individual

Until 1.9.2009

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

The objective of the project is to develop a
shaftless propulsion system

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

Yes

Other manufacturing

Yes, systems technology

Name and address of the granting
authority

Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland

Postbus 779
9700 AT Groningen
Nederland

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 184/06

Netherlands

Provincie Fryslân

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

JB Besturingstechniek B.V. in Oosterwolde

Legal basis

Algemene wet bestuursrecht 4.2

Algemene subsidieverordening SNN

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme or overall amount of
the
individual
company

granted

aid

to

Maximum aid intensity

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount —

Loans guaranteed

—

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 80 740

—

Yes

Loans guaranteed

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

The total project costs are EUR 201 850. The
total eligible costs are EUR 201 850. The aid
to be provided by SNN totals EUR 80 740 (aid
intensity of 35 % under Article 5a(3)(c)
increased by 5 % under Article 5a(4)(a) inserted
by Commission Regulation (EC) No 364/2004
amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 as
regards the extension of its scope to include aid
for research and development making a total of
40 %)

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Date of implementation

22.12.2006

Duration of scheme or
aid award

individual

Until 1.9.2009

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

The objective of the project is to develop a
shaftless propulsion system

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

Yes

Other manufacturing

Yes, control technology

Name and address of the granting
authority

Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland

Postbus 779
9700 AT Groningen
Nederland

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 185/06

Netherlands

Provincie Drenthe

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Combimac B.V. in Emmen

Legal basis

Algemene wet bestuursrecht 4.2

Algemene subsidieverordening SNN

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme or overall amount of
the
individual
company

granted

aid

to

Maximum aid intensity

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount —

Loans guaranteed

—

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 132 660

—

Yes

Loans guaranteed

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

The total project costs are EUR 331 650. The
total eligible costs are EUR 331 650. The aid
to be provided by SNN totals EUR 132 660
(aid intensity of 35 % under Article 5a(3)(c),
increased by 5 % under Article 5a(4)(a),
inserted
by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 364/2004 amending Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001 as regards the extension of
its
scope to include aid for research and develop-
ment, making a total of 40 %)

Date of implementation

22.12.2006

Duration of scheme or
aid award

individual

Until 1.9.2009

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

The objective of the project is to develop a
shaftless propulsion system

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Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

Other manufacturing

Yes, electric motors

Name and address of the granting
authority

Samenwerkingsverband Noord-Nederland

Postbus 779
9700 AT Groningen
Nederland

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 186/06

Ireland

All regions

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

SME Development Scheme

Legal basis

The Industrial Development Act 1986 as amended

Údarás na Gaeltachta Act 1979 as amended.

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Limited Act 1959, as amended.

Aid scheme

Estimated
overall amount

annual

EUR 40 million

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme or overall amount of
individual
the
company

granted

aid

to

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

—

—

Yes

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

1.1.2007

Duration of scheme or
aid award

individual

2007-2013 subject to revision of SME Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

Yes

Yes

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Name and address of the granting
authority

IDA Ireland
Wilton Park House
Wilton Place, Dublin 2
Ireland

Enterprise Ireland
Glasnevin
Dublin 9
Ireland

Udaras na Gaeltachta
Na Forbacha
Co na Gaillimhe

Shannon Free Airport Development Company Ltd
Shannon Town
Co Clare
Ireland

Large individual aid grants

Large individual aid grants as defined in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001
are not exempted from prior notification to the Commission

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 188/06

Finland

Whole country

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Guarantee commission aid for SMEs

(Takausprovisiotuki pk-yrityksille)

Legal basis

Valtion erityisrahoitusyhtiöstä annettu laki (443/1998), valtion erityisrahoitusyh-
(445/1998), Valtioneuvoston
tiön luotto-
sitoumus Finnvera Oyj:lle takausprovisiotuen maksamisesta (1/023/2005)

ja takaustoiminnasta annettu laki

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme or overall amount of
the
individual
company

granted

aid

to

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount Approx. EUR 1,7 million

Loans guaranteed

EUR 26 millions

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

1.1.2007

Duration of scheme or
aid award

individual

Until 31.12.2007

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Sector(s) concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of the granting
authority

Finnvera Oyj
Kotimaan alueellinen rahoitus

PL 1010
FIN-00101 Helsinki

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

—

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 21/07

Italy

Sicilia and Valle d'Aosta

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Financial aid for the purchase or lease of new production machines and tools

Legal basis

Legge 28.11.1965, n. 1329

expenditure

Annual
overall amount of
granted to the company

planned

or
individual aid

Deliberazione del Comitato Agevolazioni Nazionale del 21.12.2006

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 10 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

—

—

—

Maximum aid intensity

The scheme is subject to the aid ceilings laid down by Article 4 of the Regulation

The contribution is calculated on the basis of the amount eligible for aid and is
equal to be the difference between:

— the net proceeds of the loan at the reference rate, and
— the net proceeds of the loan at the reduced rate,

in force on the date on which the loan is granted

The interest rate for recipient companies is:

— zero (no interest payments, i.e. a contribution of 100 % of the reference rate)

for enterprises located in Sicily,

— 50 % of the reference rate for enterprises located in Valle d'Aosta

Enterprises from either Sicily or Valle d'Aosta investing in the production and
marketing of agricultural products sector may not benefit from an aid intensity
higher than:

— 40 % of eligible costs for enterprises located in non-disadvantaged areas,
— 50 % of eligible costs for enterprises located in disadvantaged areas

Date of implementation

1.1.2007

Duration of scheme or
aid award

individual

Until the expiry date of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 set by Article 10 of the same
Regulation and subsequent amendments and additions

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

The aid is intended for SMEs, with the following exceptions:

— agricultural production,
— hunting,
— fisheries,
— production of dairy products,
— transport

The aid is also subject to specific restrictions for the following sectors:

— steel,
— shipbuilding,
— processing and marketing of agricultural products,
— synthetic fibres

Name and address of the granting
authority

Ministero dell'Economia e delle finanze
Dipartimento del Tesoro
Via XX Settembre, 97
I-00186 Roma