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: 2007-12-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Italy, State aid, control of State aid, industrial research, 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

(2007/C 290/11)

Aid No

XA 7040/07

Member State

Italy

Region

Regione Lazio

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Agevolazioni a favore di PMI per progetti di ricerca industriale e sviluppo
precompetitivo

Legal basis

Deliberazione della giunta regionale n. 440 del 19.6.2007, pubblicata sul Bollet-
tino Ufficiale della Regione Lazio n. 20 del 20.7.2007, che modifica la delibera-
zione della giunta regionale n. 28 del 25.1.2007, attuativa della legge
27.10.1994, n. 598, art. 11, e s.m.i.

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

EUR 25 million (*)

Maximum aid intensity

The contribution may not exceed the ceilings laid down by Community law

Date of implementation

As from 19 June 2007 and, in any case, after adoption of further legislative acts
as provided for by Decision No 440/2007 of the Regional Executive

Duration of the scheme or the indivi-
dual aid

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

Objective of the aid

The aid is intended to facilitate industrial research and pre-competitive develop-
ment activity

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors

or

Coalmining

All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

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Processing and marketing of agricultural products

All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Lazio — Assessorato della Piccola e media impresa, commercio
e artigianato
Direzione regionale Attività produttive
Via Cristoforo Colombo, 212
I-00147 Roma
Tel. (39) 06 51 68 37 75
Fax (39) 06 51 68 37 73
E-mail: nconsole@regione.lazio.it

Other information

—

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

covered by Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 for sectors other than those covered by this information sheet.

Aid No

Member State

Region

XA 7041/07

Germany

Land Niedersachsen

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Durchführung von Beratungs- und Organisationsdienstleistungen im Bereich
Agrarmarketing für die Landesregierung sowie für Unternehmen und Vereini-
gungen im land- und ernährungswirtschaftlichen Sektor

Legal basis

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

Vertrag zwischen dem Niedersächsischen Ministerium für den ländlichen Raum,
Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz und der Marketinggesellschaft
der niedersächsischen Land- und Ernährungswirtschaft über die Durchführung
von Beratungs- und Organisations-Dienstleistungen im Bereich Agrarmarketing
für die Landesregierung sowie für Unternehmen und Vereinigungen im land-
und ernährungswirtschaftlichen Sektor

Contrat attribué dans le cadre d'un appel d'offres communautaire (voir 2007/
S 45-055475 du 6.3.2007)

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 1,23 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

—

—

—

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

1.7.2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

30.6.2012

Objective of aid

Aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

Yes

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Economic sectors concerned

All economic sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Limited to the following economic sectors

Yes

— Mining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel industry

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

Processing and marketing of agricultural
products

Yes

— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Niedersächsisches Ministerium für den ländlichen Raum, Ernährung, Land-
wirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz

Adresse
Postfach 243
D-30002 Hannover

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes