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: 2007-10-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Estonia, Germany, Italy, Slovakia, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

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Official Journal of the European Union

6.10.2007

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 234/09)

Aid No

XS 147/07

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

1. Titolo I della legge 27 febbraio 1985 n. 49 e successive modifiche
2. Direttiva del ministero dell'Industria, del Commercio e dell'Artigianato (ora
ministero dello Sviluppo economico) del 9 maggio 2001 (G.U. 171 del
25.7.2001)

3. Art. 19 decreto legislativo 31.3.1998 n. 112
4. Art. 45, comma 2, della legge regionale 6.8.1999, n. 14
5. Deliberazione di giunta regionale n. 1911 del 14 dicembre 2001

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 6 million (*)

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

—

—

—

Maximum aid intensity

Under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, the aid intensity may not
exceed 7,5 % or 15 %, depending on the size of the firm. Where the investment
takes place in areas that qualify for regional aid, the aid intensity must not
exceed the ceiling for regional investment aid laid down in the map approved by
the Commission for each Member State by more than the percentages laid down
in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

Date of implementation

16.5.2007

Duration

Objective

Open-ended; the aid scheme is in any case exempt from compulsory notification
under Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty up to 30 June 2008 when Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001, as amended, expires, unless extended

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, upgrade and restructure machinery, equipment
and facilities

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

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Name and address of
authority

the granting

Large individual aid grants

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

Organo deliberante: «Comitato di Gestione Foncooper — Regione Lazio», ai
sensi della Convenzione stipulata il 26 giugno 2000 tra il Ministero Industria,
Commercio e Artigianato (ora Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico) e la Cooper-
credito SpA (ora Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA., Via Veneto, 119, I-00187
Roma) e dell'atto aggiuntivo stipulato in data 13.3.2002 tra la Regione Lazio e
la predetta Coopercredito SpA (ora Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA)

Maximum amount for each individual finance project: EUR 2 million, with a
limit of 70 % of eligible investments.

The aid granted represents the difference between the repayments calculated at
market rates and the subsidy repayments applied to the financing

(*) The figure for annual expenditure includes expenditure provided for under the scheme with the same legal basis designed for SMEs

covered by Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006.

Aid No

Member State

XS 223/07

Estonia

Region

Eesti Vabariik

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Eesti maaelu arengukava 2007–2013 meede 3.1 „Majandustegevuse mitmekesis-
tamine maapiirkonnas”

Legal basis

Maaelu arengukava 2007–2013

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EEK 251,43 million; Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

1.9.2007

Duration

Objective

30.6.2008

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

Other manufacturing, Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet
Narva mnt 3
Tartu

Aid No

Member State

XS 224/07

Estonia

Region

Eesti Vabariik

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Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Eesti maaelu arengukava 2007–2013 meede 3.2 „Külade uuendamine ja arenda-
mine”

Legal basis

Maaelu arengukava 2007–2013

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EEK 168,14 million; Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

1.9.2007

Duration

Objective

30.6.2008

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet
Narva mnt 3
Tartu

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 227/07

Italy

Sardegna

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Programmi integrati di innovazione

Legal basis

Art. 17 — Legge regionale 18 gennaio 1999, n. 1 — Disposizioni per la forma-
zione del bilancio annuale e pluriennale della Regione (Legge finanziaria 1999)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 1 million; Overall budget: EUR 2,3 million

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

1.7.2007

Duration

Objective

31.12.2008

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Sardegna Ricerche — Consorzio per l'assistenza alle PMI — Ente Pubblico della
Regione Sardegna
Località Piscinamanna — Edificio 2
I-09010 Pula (CA)
Tel. (39) 070 92 43 22 04
Fax (39) 070 92 43 22 03

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 249/07

Germany

Brandenburg

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Richtlinie des Ministeriums für Wirtschaft zur Förderung der Unternehmens-
aktivitäten von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen im Rahmen der Gemein-
schaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur“
(Beratungs-
richtlinie) v. 27.7.2007

Legal basis

EFRE OP Brandenburg 2000-2006, EFRE OP Brandenburg 2007-2013,
GA-Rahmenplan, LHO Brandenburg

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 3,4 million; Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

27.7.2007

Duration

Objective

30.6.2008

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg
Steinstr. 104-106
D-14480 Potsdam

Aid No

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Legal basis

XS 250/07

Slovakia

Regióny podľa čl. 87 (3) (a) a čl. 87 (3) (c) Zmluvy o založení ES

Schéma štátnej pomoci poskytnutej formou odpustenia sankcie alebo povolenia
úľavy zo sankcie podľa § 103 zákona SNR č. 511/1992 Zb. o správe daní
a poplatkov a o zmenách v sústave územných finančných orgánov v znení
neskorších predpisov – poskytovanie štátnej pomoci malým a stredným
podnikom

Ustanovenie § 103 ods. 1 písm. c) zákona č. 511/1992 Zb. o správe daní
a poplatkov a o zmenách v sústave územných finančných orgánov v znení
neskorších predpisov (www.finance.gov.sk);

Ustanovenie § 5 ods. 2 písm. b) zákona č. 231/1999 Z. z, Zákona ostatnej
pomoci v znení neskorších predpisov (www.finance.gov.sk);

Nariadenie Komisie (ES) č. 70/2001 o uplatňovaní článkov 87 a 88 zmluvy ES
(uverejnené v Ú. v. ES
na štátnu pomoc malým a stredným podnikom,
L 10,13.1.2001, s. 33-42), v znení nariadenia Komisie (ES) č. 364/2004, ktorým
sa mení a dopĺňa nariadenie (ES) č. 70/2001 vzhľadom na rozšírenie jeho
pôsobnosti na pomoc na výskum a vývoj
(uverejnené v Ú. v. EÚ L 63,
28.2.2004,
s. 22), nariadenia Komisie (ES) č. 1857/2006 o uplatňovaní
článkov 87 a 88 zmluvy o štátnej pomoci pre malé a stredné podniky (MSP)
pôsobiace v poľnohospodárskej výrobe, ktorým sa mení a dopĺňa nariadenie
(ES) č. 70/2001 (uverejnené v Ú. v. EÚ L 358, 16.12.2006, s. 3), nariadenia
Komisie (ES) č. 1976/2006, ktorým sa menia a dopĺňajú nariadenia Komisie (ES)
č. 2204/2002, (ES) č. 70/2001 a
(ES) č. 68/2001, pokiaľ ide o predĺženie
obdobia ich uplatňovania (uverejnené v Ú. v. EÚ L 368, 23.12.2006, s. 85)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

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Budget

Annual budget: SKK 30 million; Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

Duration

Objective

1.9.2007

30.6.2008

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerstvo financií SR
Štefanovičova 5
SK-817 82 Bratislava
Tel. (421) 02 59 58 11 11

Daňové riaditeľstvo SR
Nová ulica 13
SK-975 04 Banská Bystrica
Tel. (421) 04 84 39 31 11
www.drsr.sk

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 255/07

Germany

Sachsen-Anhalt

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Richtlinie über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen zur Förderung kleiner und
mittlerer Unternehmen bei der erstmaligen Initiierung innovativer FuE-Projekte
(Forschungsscheck) sowie zur Förderung von Unterstützungsmaßnahmen zur
Teilnahme an EU-Wettbewerben und -programmen

Legal basis

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1998/2006 der Kommission vom 15.12.2006 über die
Anwendung der Artikel 87 und 88 EG-Vertrag auf „De-minimis“-Beihilfen (ABl.
EU Nr. L 379 S. 5 ), der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/2001 der Kommission vom
12.1.2001 über die Anwendung der Artikel 87 und 88 EG-Vertrag auf staatliche
Beihilfen an kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (ABl. EG Nr. L 10 S. 33), zuletzt
geändert durch Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1976/2006 der Kommission vom
20.12.2006 (ABl. EU Nr. L 368 S. 85) und der Verwaltungsvorschriften zu § 44
der Landeshaushaltsordnung (VV-LHO, RdErl. des MF vom 1.2.2001, MBl. LSA
S. 241, zuletzt geändert durch RdErl. vom 16.11.2006, MBl. LSA S. 762) und
des Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetzes Sachsen-Anhalt vom 18.11.2005 (GVBl. LSA
S. 698, 699) sowie des Mittelstandsförderungsgesetzes (MFG) vom 27.6.2001
(GVBl. LSA S. 230)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 0,2 million; Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

31.8.2007

Duration

Objective

31.12.2008

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Investitionsbank Sachsen-Anhalt
Domplatz 12
D-39104 Magdeburg