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: 2007-12-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Portugal, State aid, control of State aid, investment aid, silviculture, 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

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 319/06)

Aid No

XS 259/07

Member State

France

Region

Toutes les régions de France métropolitaine et les départements d'outre-mer

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Régime cadre d'aides publiques en faveur des petites et moyennes entreprises

Legal basis

Règlement d'exemption (CE) no 70/2001, modifié par le règlement (CE) no
364/2004, prolongé par le règlement (CE) no 1976/2006.

Pour l'État: articles L 2251-1, L 3231-1, L 4211-1 du CGCT; programmes opér-
ationnels national et régionaux des fonds structurels au titre de l'objectif
«compétitivité et emploi» ainsi qu'au titre de l'objectif «convergences» une fois
adoptés par la Commission européenne pour la période 2007-2013.

Pour les collectivités territoriales: articles L 1511-2 à L 1511-5 du Code général
des collectivités territoriales (CGCT)

Annual expenditure planned under the
scheme or overall amount of
indivi-
dual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

EUR 600 million

Individual aid

—

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation: Yes (see Section 8 of the
attached notice)

Date of implementation

1.9.2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 30.6.2008 (or, where appropriate, a later date if the European Commission
takes a decision authorising the extension of this scheme or the Regulations on
which it is based)

Objective of aid

State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises in support of research and
development, productive investment, consultancy services supplied to them and
participation in certain activities, and to cover patenting costs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors covered by the Regulations in question: Yes, the scheme applies to all
economic sectors under the conditions set out in current Community legisla-
tion, which excludes aid:

— to fishery and aquaculture products covered by Council Regulation (EC)
No 104/2000 and to activities linked to the primary production (farming)
of agricultural products; to the manufacture and marketing of products
intended to imitate or substitute for milk and milk products,

— to the coal

industry, which is covered by Council Regulation (EC)

No 1407/2002

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Name and address of
authority

the granting

Soit le ministère de l'écologie, de l'aménagement et du développement durable,
délégation interministérielle à l'aménagement et à la compétitivité des territoires
le
(DIACT) pour l'État, soit
concerne.

les collectivités territoriales, chacun en ce qui

Correspondant: Pour l'État:

Ministère de l'écologie, de l'aménagement et du développement durable, déléga-
tion interministérielle à l'aménagement et à la compétitivité des territoires
(DIACT) pour l'État, soit les collectivités territoriales
1, avenue Charles Floquet
F-75015 Paris

Site:

http://www.diact.gouv.fr/datar_site/datar_framedef.nsf/webmaster/pat_
framedef_vf?OpenDocument

Correspondant: Pour les collectivités locales:

Ministère de l'intérieur (DGCL)
Place Beauvau
F-75800 Paris

Site:

http://www.dgcl.interieur.gouv.fr/Orga_territoriale/Organisation%20territoriale/
Interv_econo_col_ter.html

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 263/07

France

Les régions de France métropolitaine à l'exception des zones de la région Île-de-
France qui ne sont pas en ZUS ou en ZRR, et les départements d'outre-mer

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Aides à l'investissement immobilier accordées aux petites et moyennes entre-
prises par les collectivités territoriales et leurs groupements

Legal basis

Règlement d'exemption (CE) no 70/2001, modifié par le règlement (CE) no
364/2004, prolongé par le règlement (CE) no 1976/2006.

Le dispositif réglementaire se fonde par ailleurs sur les bases juridiques suivantes:

— Règlement d'exemption (CE) no 1628/2006 du 24 octobre 2006

— Règlement d'exemption (CE) no 1998/2006 du 15 décembre 2006

— Décision (CE) no 1092/2004 de la Commission du 22 mars 2004 autorisant
la mise en œuvre du régime d'aides N 446/03 d'aides directes des collecti-
vités territoriales en faveur des projets de recherche-développement

— Décision (CE) no 2976/2004 de la Commission du 28 juillet 2004 autorisant
la mise en œuvre du régime d'aides N 553/03 d'aides aux entreprises de
commercialisation-transformation du secteur agricole

— Articles L 1511-3 et R. 1511-4 à R. 1.23.1511 du Code général des collecti-

vités territoriales (CGCT)

Annual expenditure planned under the
scheme or overall amount of
indivi-
dual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Individual aid

EUR 70 million

—

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

30.8.2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2013 (or, where appropriate, until a later date if the European
Commission should adopt a decision authorising the extension of the scheme
or of the regulations on which it is based)

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Objective of aid

Aid for real estate investment granted to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors covered by the regulations concerned: Yes, the scheme applies to all
economic sectors under the conditions laid down by applicable Community
rules that exclude the aid:

— to fishery and aquaculture products covered by Council Regulation (EC)
No 104/2000 and to activities linked to the primary production (farming)
of agricultural products; to the manufacture and marketing of products
intended to imitate or substitute for milk and milk products,

— to the coal industry, covered by Council Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministère de l'intérieur
Correspondant: Direction générale des collectivités locales

Place Beauvau
F-75800 Paris

Site:

http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/WAspad/UnTexteDeJorf?numjo=IOCB0755790D

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 276/07

Portugal

Portugal continental

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Modernização e Capacitação das Empresas Florestais

Acção 1.3.3 do Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural — Continente

Legal basis

Annual expenditure planned under the
scheme or overall amount of
indivi-
dual aid granted to the company

Maximum aid intensity

Regulamento (CE) n.o 70/2001. A Acção 1.3.3 do Programa de Desenvolvi-
mento Rural — Continente, tem por base o artigo 28.o do Regulamento (CE) n.o
1698/2005, e será objecto de regulamentação nacional de aplicação após a
aprovação do referido Programa pela Comissão.

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 11 438 682

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of
Regulation (EC) 70/2001

Maximum aid intensity: 50 % in convergence
regions and 40 % in other regions

—

—

—

Yes

The aid to be awarded is
subject
to a maximum
limit of 50 % in conver-
gence regions and 40 %
in other regions

Date of implementation

Start: 2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2013

Objective of aid

Supporting undertakings in the forestry sector with
the objective of
forestry
products

increasing the value of

Yes

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Economic sector(s) concerned

Forestry sector

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Autoridade de Gestão do Programa de Desenvolvimento Rural — Continente

Rua Padre António Vieira, n.o 1
1099 P-099
P-073 Lisboa
www.gpp.pt

Large individual aid grants

No