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: 2007-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, Spain, 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
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 277/05)

XA Number

Member State

Region

XA 7031/07

Italy

Umbria

Title of
company receiving individual aid

the scheme or name of

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

Legal basis

— Titolo I della legge 27 febbraio 1985 n. 49, modificata con legge 5 marzo

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

Maximum aid intensity

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)

— Deliberazione regionale n. 1095 del 31.7.2002

Aid scheme: annual overall amount: EUR 3 million

In accordance with Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 the aid intensity
cannot exceed 7,5 % or 15 % of company size.

Where the investment takes place in areas which qualify for regional aid, the aid
intensity should not exceed the ceiling of regional investment aid determined 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.

For investment in the processing and marketing of agricultural products, the
maximum aid intensity may not exceed:

— 50 % of eligible investments in regions eligible under Article 87(3)(a) of the

EC Treaty,

— 40 % of eligible costs in other regions

Implementation date

Date on which this communication was forwarded

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2008

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 (net of VAT) to purchase land and buildings, carry out
building works and to purchase, upgrade and restructure machinery, equipment
and facilities

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs listed in Article 1 of Regulation (EC)
No 70/2001, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 364/2004 and by Regulation
(EC) No 1857/2006

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Umbria — Servizio Politiche di sostegno alle Imprese
Via Mario Angeloni, 61
I-06100 Perugia

Deliberating body: ‘Comitato di gestione Foncooper’, ai sensi della convenzione
stipulata il 26 giugno 2000 tra il ministero dell'Industria, del commercio e
dell'artigianato (ora Ministero dello Sviluppo economico) e la Coopercredito SpA
(ora Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA, Via Veneto, 119 — I-00187 Roma) e
degli atti aggiuntivi stipulati in data 31 ottobre 2002 tra la Regione Umbria e la
predetta Coopercredito SpA (ora Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA) ed in data
9 novembre 2006 tra la Regione Umbria e la Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA

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Other information

Maximum intensity of each individual aid scheme; EUR 2 million within the
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

Aid No

Member State

Region

XA 7034/07

Spain

Navarra

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Ayudas a las pequeñas y medianas empresas para la elaboración de productos
alimentarios

Legal basis

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

Orden foral del consejero de agricultura, ganadería y alimentación por la que se
aprueban las normas que regulan las ayudas estatales a las pequeñas y medianas
empresas, para la transformación y comercialización de productos agroalimen-
tarios de fuera del anexo i del tratado, en las zonas no incluidas en el mapa de
ayudas de finalidad regional para el periodo 2007-2013

Aid scheme

Overall annual amount

EUR 0,7 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

—

—

—

Maximum aid intensity

Date of implementation

Pursuant
Regulation

1.6.2007

to Articles 4(2)-(6)

and 5 of

the

Yes

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2013

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sector(s) concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

Food product industry

Processing and marketing of agricultural products

All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

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Name and address of
authority

the granting

Gobierno de Navarra
Departamento de Agricultura, Ganadería y Alimentación

C/ Tudela, 20
E-31003 Pamplona (Navarra)
http://www.cfnavarra.es/bon/076/F0708204.htm

Large individual aid grants

Pursuant to Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes