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: 2008-04-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Netherlands, Romania, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, development aid, exchange of information, 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

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 88/05)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 307/07

Netherlands

Provincie Limburg

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

European Centre for treatment and research of Obesity and weight problems

Legal basis

Algemene wet bestuursrecht, Algemene Subsidie Verordening 2004, Nadere
subsidieregels voor de bevordering van de economische ontwikkeling en Nadere
subsidieregels voor de zorg 2007

Type of measure

Individual aid

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 0,2 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation. 15 % + 10 % (aid
map)

Date of implementation

13 November 2007 (date of the Provincial Executive's decision (Gedeputeerde
Staten))

Duration

Objective

1 January 2008 (project start date)

31.12.2010

Aid to SMEs: It concerns the starting-up of a business (1. treatment centre;
2. research centre; 3. knowledge and expertise centre; and 4. information and
training centre) in the area of excess weight and obesity. The aid amount is
calculated as a percentage of the wage costs related to the jobs created

Economic sectors

Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Provincie Limburg
Postbus 5700
6202 MA Maastricht
Nederland

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 28/08

Romania

Toate cele 8 regiuni de dezvoltare ale României

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Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Stimularea microîntreprinderilor din domeniul prelucrării primare a produselor
forestiere lemnoase şi nelemnoase

Legal basis

Programul Naţional de Dezvoltare Rurală — prevederile art. 28 — Creşterea
valorii adăugate pentru produsele agricole
(CE)
nr. 1698/2005 al Consiliului (1), privind sprijinul pentru dezvoltare rurală
acordat din Fondul European Agricol pentru Dezvoltare Rurală (FEADR)

forestiere din Regulamentul

şi

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

EUR 110 000 000

Maximum aid intensity

— 40 % of total eligible expenditure relating to projects carried out in the

Bucharest-Ilfov region,

— 50 % of total eligible expenditure relating to projects carried out in the other

7 development regions

Date of implementation

30.3.2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

31.12.2008

Objective of aid

Investment aid granted to micro-enterprises

Economic sectors concerned

Forestry products:
(a) Wood products:

1. harvesting, shaping, sorting and transport of trees;
2. production of timber, including finely sawn wood;
3. seasoning of wood;
4.

impregnation or chemical treatment of wood, with preservatives and
other substances;

5. collection of wood chips, sawdust, scrap wood, wood particles and other

wood fragments;

6. packing and bundling of wood products and by-products;
7. production of combustible material by processing the biomass produced

by the primary processing of harvested trees;

8. harvesting and processing of forest trees/bushes from bioenergy crops.

(b) Non-wood products:

1. harvesting, sorting, packing and temporary storage, with a view to
marketing, of forest mushrooms, forest fruits, and other natural products
growing wild in the forest (lacquer, resins, balsams, plant hair, grass,
seeds, mosses, lichens, medicinal plants, flowers and leaves with aroma-
therapeutic properties)

Name
authority

and

address

of

granting

Ministerul Agriculturii şi Dezvoltării Rurale — Direcţia Generală Management
Fond Forestier, Funciar şi Cinegetic
Bucureşti, B-dul Carol I nr. 24 sector 3
Tel. (40-21) 307 88 01
Fax (40-21) 307 98 03

Miscellaneous

(1) OJ L 277, 21.10.2005, p. 1.

The aid scheme implements measure 123 entitles ‘Adding value to agricultural
and forestry products’
in Annex 1 of Romania's National rural Development
Programme for 2007-2013, financed by the European Agricultural Fund for
Rural Development under Regulation (EC) No 1698/2005 (1).

The complete text of this aid scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises is
published on the web page of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Develop-
ment at the following address:

http://www.madr.ro/pages/dezvoltare_rurala/schema_ajutor_de_stat_microintre-
prinderi_paduri.pdf

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Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 44/08

Malta

Malta

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

SME Development Grant Scheme

Legal basis

Small and Medium-Sized Undertakings

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 0,1 million

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

1.1.2008

Duration

Objective

31.12.2013

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All manufacturing, Other services

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Malta Enterprise Corporation Enterprise Centre
San Gwann SGN 3000
Malta

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 52/08

France

—

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Amortissement exceptionnel des immeubles à usage industriel et commercial
construits en zone de revitalisation rurale ou en zone de redynamisation urbaine

Legal basis

Article 39 quinquies D du code général des impôts

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 1 million

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

1.1.2007

Duration

Objective

31.12.2013

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'emploi
139, rue de Bercy
F-75012 Paris

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 53/08

United Kingdom

Wales

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Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

The Wales European Collaboration fund

Legal basis

Type of measure

Budget

The Industrial Development Act 1982

Aid scheme

Annual budget: GBP 0,2 million

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

Duration

Objective

14.2.2008

14.2.2011

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Welsh Assembly Government
Plas Glyndwr
Kingsway
Cardiff CF10 3AH
United Kingdom