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: 2008-02-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Italy, 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 36/06)

Aid No

XS 234/07

Member State

Region

Title of aid scheme

Italy

Umbria

Pacchetti Integrati di Agevolazioni (PIA) finalizzati alla competitività e all'innova-
zione del sistema produttivo. Fondo unico regionale per le attività produttive.
POR FERS 2007-2013 Asse I-Asse III

Legal basis

Deliberazione della Giunta regionale del 9.7.2007 n. 1163

Annual expenditure planned

EUR 20 000 000

Maximum aid intensity

A: Investments

Small firms: 15 % gge of the total cost of eligible investments. Small firms
located in the areas in the Umbria Region assisted under Article 87(3)(c) of
the EC Treaty: 20 % gge of the total cost of eligible investments (up to the
maximum admissible amount under the current guidelines on national
regional aid).

Medium-sized firms: 7.5 % gge of the total cost of eligible investments.
Medium-sized firms located in the areas in the Umbria Region assisted under
Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty: 10 % gge of the total cost of eligible invest-
ments (up to the maximum admissible amount under the current guidelines
on national regional aid).

b) Consultancy and other services and activities

Small and medium-sized enterprises: 50 % gge of eligible costs.

c) Industrial research and pre-competitive development

SMEs: a capital grant of 35 % of eligible costs of pre-competitive (experi-
mental) development.

SMEs: a capital grant of 60 % of eligible costs of industrial research projects.

For SMEs located in areas aided by the Umbria Region under Article 87(3)(c)
of the EC Treaty, the grant is raised by 5 %

Date of implementation

18.7.2007

Duration of scheme

30.6.2008

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Objective of the aid

To support investment by SMEs from the handicraft and industrial sectors in
production and production services, covering at least two of the following:

A — INVESTMENT IN INNOVATION, comprising:

A.I:

Investment
production processes

in fixed assets aimed at

A.II:

Research and development laboratories

innovating products or

A.III:

Investment in information and communication technology.

B — CONSULTANCY AND OTHER ACTIVITIES, comprising:

B.I:

B.II:

Specialised consultancy

Consultancy regarding information and communication tech-
nology

B.III:

Certification.

C — INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH AND PRE-COMPETITIVE DEVELOPMENT

Industrial
projects eligible for aid under Article 11 of Law No 598/94

research and pre-competitive (experimental) development

Economic sectors

LIST OF ELIGIBLE ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES UNDER THE ATECO 2002 CLASSI-
FICATION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

Section D ‘Manufacturing’ with the exception of:

— Tobacco industry — Division 16: growing and preliminary processing of
tobacco connected to primary production of agricultural commodities listed
in Annex 1 to the EC Treaty.

— Manufacture of coke oven products: all of group 23.1.
— Manufacture of man-made fibres: all of class 24.70.
— Iron and steel production: all of class 27.10 and categories 27.22.1 and

27.22.2 (only tubes with a diameter exceeding 406.4 mm).
— Shipbuilding and ship repair: categories 35.11.1 and 35.11.3.

Section K ‘Real estate, renting,
information technology, research and other
professional and business activities’ limited to division 72 (entire division) and
division 74 (class 74.3, category 74.81.2, classes 74.82 and 74.86 and category
74.87.5).

Section O ‘Other community, social and personal service activities’
limited to
division 90, division 92 (limited to category 92.11) and division 93 (only cate-
gory 93.01.1).

FURTHER EXCLUSIONS

The aid is not available for the manufacture of products imitating or replacing
milk and other dairy commodities as defined by Community legislation

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione dell'Umbria — Giunta regionale — Direzione regionale Sviluppo
economico, istruzione, formazione e lavoro — Servizio Politiche di sostegno
alle imprese — Servizio Politiche per l'offerta pubblica di servizi alle imprese e
diffusione della innovazione e della ricerca
Via Mario Angeloni, 61
I-06100 Perugia

Aid No

XS 235/07

Member State

Italy

Region

Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia

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Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Finanziamenti agevolati alle imprese artigiane a sostegno degli
aziendali

investimenti

Legal basis

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

Decreto del presidente della Regione n. 0131/2003 (già comunicato in esen-
zione XS 111/03) e successive modifiche e integrazioni (già comunicate in esen-
zione XS 55/07)

Decreto del presidente della Regione n. 0176/Pres. del 13 giugno 2007, che
approva modifiche e integrazioni al DPREG 0272/2005 (Testo unico delle
disposizioni regolamentari in materia di incentivi a favore del settore artigiano),
con particolare riferimento al titolo II, capo III (Finanziamenti agevolati per
sostenere gli investimenti aziendali) (oggetto della presente comunicazione)

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 3 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

28.6.2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2008

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

—

—

—

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

— Processing and marketing of agricultural products Yes

— All services

Yes

Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia
Direzione centrale Attività produttive
Servizio Sostegno e promozione comparto produttivo artigiano
Via Trento, 2
I-34132 Trieste

Large individual aid grants

In accordance with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

XS 238/07

Member State

Italy

Region

Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Legge 1329/1965 ‘Sabatini’ — Agevolazioni per l'acquisto o la locazione finan-
ziaria di nuove macchine utensili o di produzione

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Legal basis

Legge 1329/1965 ‘Sabatini’

Decreto del presidente della Regione 0244/2006 (già comunicato in esenzione
XS 156/2006)

Decreto del presidente della Regione 0178/Pres. del 18 giugno 2007 che
approva modifiche ed integrazioni al DPREG 0244/2006 recante ‘Regolamento
concernente criteri e modalità per la concessione delle agevolazioni di cui alla
legge 1329/1965’ (oggetto della presente comunicazione)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 35 million

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

1.7.2007

Duration

Objective

Economic sectors

31.1.2008

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Motor vehicles, Other manufacturing, Processing and marketing of agricultural
products, Financial services, Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia
Direzione centrale Attività produttive
Servizio Sostegno e promozione comparto produttivo industriale
Via Trento, 2
I-34132 Trieste

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 312/07

Italy

Sicilia

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Misura 123 — Accrescimento del valore aggiunto dei prodotti agricoli e forestali
(trasformazione e commercializzazione dei prodotti allegato I in prodotti fuori
allegato I)

Legal basis

PSR Sicilia 2007/2013 — articolo 28 del regolamento (CE) n. 1698/2005

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

Aid scheme

Planned average annual
amount

EUR 8,6 million

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

50 % of eligible invest-
ment

Date of implementation

31.1.2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 31.12.2013, unless the new exemption Regulation to replace Regulation
(EC) No 70/2001, which expires on 30 June 2008, necessitates revision of the
scheme to make it comply with the new rules

Objective

Aid to SMEs

Yes

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Economic sectors concerned

Aid limited to certain sectors

Yes

Agri-food industry

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Regione Siciliana — Assessorato Agricoltura e foreste — Dipartimento Inter-
venti strutturali
Viale Regione Siciliana (angolo via Leonardo da Vinci)
I-90145 Palermo