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: 2008-01-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Italy, Spain, State aid, control of State aid, 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)

(2008/C 27/08)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 308/07

Italy

Sicilia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Misura 311 — Diversificazione in attività non agricole

Legal basis

PSR Sicilia 2007/2013 — articoli 52 e 53 del regolamento (CE) n. 1698/2005

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

Aid scheme

Planned
amount

average

annual

EUR 10,8 million

Maximum aid intensity

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

the

Yes

Date of implementation

1.1.2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31 December 2013, unless the new exemption Regulation to replace
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, which expires on 30 June 2008, necessitates revi-
sion of the scheme to make it comply with the new rules

Objective

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Aid limited to certain sectors

Yes

Yes

Agri-tourism and other forms of diversification
to non-agricultural activities

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Siciliana — Assessorato Agricoltura e foreste — Dipartimento Interventi
strutturali

Viale Regione Siciliana (angolo via Leonardo da Vinci)
I-90145 Palermo

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 309/07

Italy

Sicilia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Misura 313 — Incentivazione delle attività turistiche

Legal basis

PSR Sicilia 2007/2013 — articoli 52 e 55 del regolamento (CE) n. 1698/2005

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

Aid scheme

Planned
amount

average

annual

EUR 2 million

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Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

1.1.2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31 December 2013, unless the new exemption Regulation to replace
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, which expires on 30 June 2008, necessitates revi-
sion of the scheme to make it comply with the new rules

Objective

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Aid limited to certain sectors

Yes

Yes

Rural tourism

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Siciliana — Assessorato Agricoltura e foreste — Dipartimento Interventi
infrastrutturali

Viale Regione Siciliana (angolo via Leonardo da Vinci)
I-90145 Palermo

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 313/07

Germany

Berlin, soweit nicht Fördergebiet nach Artikel 87 Absatz 3 Buchst c des EG-
Vertrags (sog. D-Fördergebiet); die straßengenaue Abgrenzung vgl.
http://www.businesslocationcenter.de/de/C/i/3/seite0.jsp?nav1=open&nav2=open

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Investitionszulagengesetz 2007

Legal basis

§ 5a Investitionszulagengesetz 2007 in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung vom
23. Februar 2007 (BGBl. I S. 282
http://www.bgblportal.de/BGBL/bgbl1f/bgbl107s0282.pdf)
geändert
durch Artikel 8a des Gesetzes zur weiteren Stärkung des bürgerschaftlichen
Engagements vom 10. Oktober 2007 (BGBl. I S. 2332
http://www.bgblportal.de/BGBL/bgbl1f/bgbl107s2332.pdf)

zuletzt

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 580 million
Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

16.10.2007

Duration

Objective

31.12.2008

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All manufacturing, Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Every tax office (Finanzamt) in Germany

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Aid No

XS 314/07

Member State

Region

Spain

Galicia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Ayudas a la implantación de servicios de asesoramiento y gestión a las explota-
ciones agrarias, y de asesoramiento en el sector forestal

Legal basi

Art. 25 del Reglamento (CE) no 1698/2005 del Consejo, de 20 de septiembre de
2005, relativo a la ayuda al desarrollo rural a través del Fondo Europeo Agrícola
de Desarrollo Rural
(FEADER), así como el art. 16 del Reglamento (CE) no
1974/2006, de la Comisión, que establece disposiciones de aplicación del ante-
rior

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

Aid scheme

Overall
amount

annual

EUR 2 million

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes
Galicia is one of
the regions
coming under Article 87(3)(a) of
the EC Treaty and is included in
the regional aid map with a
basic aid intensity limit of 30 %,
to be increased by 15 % for
SMEs, making
possible
maximum of 45 %

a

Date of implementation

1.1.2008

Duration

Until 31 December 2013, subject to the entry into force of the new Exemption
Regulation replacing Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, which expires in June 2008;
where appropriate, the scheme will be revised or amended to bring it into line
with the new rules

Objective

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors

Provision of advisory and management services to the agricultural sector and of
advisory services to the forestry sector

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Director General de Producción,
Consellería del Medio Rural de la Xunta de Galicia
Tel. (34) 981 54 47 76

Industrias y Calidad Agroalimentaria de la

Edificio San Caetano, s/n
E-15773 Santiago de Compostela
http://mediorural.xunta.es
Tel. (34) 981 54 73 54
Fax (34) 981 54 73 81

Large individual aid grants

No

Other information

Rural development measure 115 on aid for the setting up of advisory, manage-
ment and relief services, comes under axis 1 ‘Improving the competitiveness of
the agricultural and forestry sector’ of
the Galicia Rural Development
Programme for 2007-2013 financed by the EAFRD.
For information on the Galicia Rural Development Programme for 2007-2013
and the content and scope of measure 115 see:
http://mediorural.xunta.es/desenvolvemento/pdr/arquivos/pdr_galiza.pdf

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 316/07

Spain

Cataluña

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Incentivos para desarrollar nuevas oportunidades de negocio para empresas fuer-
temente expuestas a la competencia internacional

Legal basis

IUE/1255/2007, de 23 de abril, por la que se aprueban las bases reguladoras de
incentivos para desarrollar nuevas oportunidades de negocio para empresas fuer-
temente expuestas a la competencia internacional y se abre la convocatoria para
el año 2007 (DOGC núm. 4876 de 4.5.2007)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 2 million
Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

Duration

Objective

5.5.2007

31.12.2007

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Centro de Innovación y Desarrollo Empresarial (CIDEM)
Paseo de Grácia, 129
E-08008 Barcelona