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: 2007-10-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, Italy, State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 258/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

31.10.2007

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

(2007/C 258/04)

XA Number: XA 7028/07

Member State: Italy

Region: Emilia Romagna

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving indivi-
dual aid: Fondo di rotazione per la promozione e lo sviluppo
della cooperazione — Foncooper — in relazione alle iniziative
nella regione Emilia Romagna

Legal basis:

— Titolo I della legge 27 febbraio 1985 n. 49, modificata con
legge 5 marzo 2001 n. 57, art. 12 (G.U. n. 66 del 20 marzo
2001)

— 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)

Name and address of the granting authority: Regione Emilia
Romagna — Direzione generale Attività produttive, commercio
e turismo, Viale Aldo Moro, 44, I-40127 Bologna

Other information: Maximum amount
for each individual
financing project: EUR 2 million, subject to a limit of 70 % of
the total eligible investment.

The aid granted represents the difference between the repay-
ments calculated at market rates and the repayments corre-
sponding to the subsidised rate applied to the financing.

XA Number: XA 7032/07

Member State: Ireland

— Deliberazione regionale n. 792 del 4.6.2007

Region: —

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of indivi-
dual aid granted to the company: Aid scheme: the overall
annual amount is EUR 15 million.

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an indi-
vidual aid: Off-Farm Scheme of Grant Aid for the Development
of the Organic Sector

Maximum aid intensity: In accordance with Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 70/2001 the intensity of aid may not exceed
7,5 % or 15 %, depending upon the size of the undertaking.

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 percen-
tages laid down in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.

For investment in the processing and marketing of agricultural
products, the maximum aid intensity may not exceed 40 % of
the costs eligible under Article 4(7)(d) of Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001.

Date of implementation: Date on which this summary sheet is
submitted.

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award: Until
31 December 2008

Objective of aid: Aid to cooperative SMEs for investment
projects in tangible fixed assets, to be implemented after the
request for funding is submitted.

Eligible expenditure (excluding VAT) on the purchase of land
and buildings, on the carrying out of building works and on the
purchase, upgrading and restructuring of machinery, equipment
and facilities.

Economic sectors: All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs under
Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, as amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 364/2004 of 25 January 2004 and Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006.

Legal basis: Statutory Instrument No 112 of 2004 — European
Communities (Organic Farming) Regulations 2004

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall
amount of
aid granted to the company:
EUR 4,5 million over 7 year period (2007-2013)

individual

Maximum aid intensity: 40 % of approved eligible investment

Date of implementation: 1 July 2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December
2013

Objective of aid: The objective of the Scheme is to facilitate
the development of the organic sector so as to ensure a regular
supply of high quality value added organic produce to the
market. The Scheme is in accordance with Article 4 of Regu-
lation (EC) No 70/2001 as amended by Article 21(3)(d) of
Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. Eligible costs covered include
the development of facilities for preparation, grading, packing,
storage, distribution and sale of organic products in viable
enterprises.

Economic Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture sector

Name and address of the granting authority: Organic Unit,
Department of Agriculture and Food, Johnstown Castle Estate,
Co. Wexford, Ireland

Web-address: www.agriculture.gov.ie/organics

The Scheme documentation and conditions will be located in
the Organic Food and Farming page of the Department of Agri-
culture and Food website: www.agriculture.gov.ie