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
Date: 2007-08-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, investment 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 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

(2007/C 190/02)

XA Number

XA 7021/07

Member State

Region

Italy

Lazio

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Fondo di rotazione per la promozione e lo sviluppo della cooperazione —
Foncooper — in relazione alle iniziative nella Regione Lazio

Legal basis

Titolo I della legge 27 febbraio 1985 n. 49 e successive modificazioni
Direttiva del ministero dell'Industria, del commercio e dell'artigianato (ora
ministero dello Sviluppo economico) del 9 maggio 2001 (G.U. n. 171 del 25
luglio 2001)
Articolo 19 del decreto legislativo 31 marzo 1998, n. 112
Articolo 45, comma 2, della legge regionale 6 agosto 1999, n. 14
Deliberazione di giunta regionale n. 1911 del 14 dicembre 2001

Annual expenditure planned under
the scheme

Aid scheme: annual overall amount EUR 6 million (*)

Maximum aid intensity

The gross aid intensity must not exceed:
— 50 % of eligible investments in regions eligible under Article 87(3)(a) of the

EC Treaty,

— 40 % of eligible investments in other regions

Date of implementation

Date of submission of this summary to the European Commission

Duration of the scheme or the indivi-
dual aid

Open-ended. The aid scheme is, however, exempt from compulsory notification
under Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty until 30 June 2008, when, unless it is
extended, Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, as amended, expires

Objective of the aid

Aid to cooperative SMEs for investment projects in tangible fixed assets, to be
implemented after the request for funding is submitted.
Eligible expenditure (net of VAT) to purchase land and buildings, carry out
building works and to purchase, modernise and restructure machinery, equip-
ment and facilities

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Economic sectors concerned

— All sectors

or

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

— Steel

— Shipbuilding

— Synthetic fibres

— Motor vehicles

— Other manufacturing

— Processing and marketing of agricultural products

Yes

— All services

or

— Transport services

— Financial services

— Other services

Regione Lazio — Assessorato Piccola e media impresa, commercio e artigianato
Direzione regionale Attività produttive
Area Risorse per le attività produttive
Via Rosa Raimondi Garibaldi, 7
I-00147 Roma
Decision-making body:
‘Comitato di gestione Foncooper — Regione Lazio’
(Foncooper Management
Committee — Lazio Region), in accordance with the agreement concluded on
26 June 2000 between the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Crafts (now the
Ministry of Economic Development) and Coopercredito SpA (now Banca
Nazionale del Lavoro SpA, Via Veneto 119, I-00187 Roma) and the Addendum
adopted on 13 May 2002 between the Lazio Region and Coopercredito SpA
(now Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA)

Individual finance projects may not exceed EUR 2 million or 70 % of the eligible
investment.
The aid granted covers the difference between the repayments at market rates
and the repayments at the subsidised rate applicable under the scheme

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Other information

(*) The annual expenditure includes the expenditure provided for under the scheme, with the same legal basis, intended for SMEs covered
by Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 for sectors other than those dealt with in this summary, or by Commission Regulation (EC)
No 1857/2006.