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| 28.11.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 289/2 |

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2006/C 289/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

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| Aid No | XS 79/06 | | |
| Member State | Federal Republic of Germany | | |
| Region | Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg | | |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | |  | | --- | | Hodorff Qualitätslogistic GmbH | | Banksstraße 28 | | D-20097 Hamburg | | | |
| Legal basis | Einzelfallentscheidung der Kreditkommission gemäß dem Gesetz über die Kreditkommission vom 29.4.1997 (Hamburgisches Gesetz- und Verordnungsblatt 1997, Nr. 18, Seite 133).  Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/2001 der Kommission vom 12. Januar 2001 über die Anwendung der Artikel 87 und 88 EG-Vertrag auf staatliche Beihilfen an kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (Amtsblatt der Europäischen Gemeinschaften13.1.2001 L 10/33) | | |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount |  |
| Loans guaranteed |  |
| Individual aid | Overall aid amount | EUR 27 300 |
| Loans guaranteed | EUR 5,46 million |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation | | Yes |
| Date of implementation | 15.5.2006 | | |
| Duration of the scheme or individual aid award | No scheme and no award as this is a one-off guarantee | | |
| Objective of aid | Aid to SMEs | | Yes |
| Economic sectors concerned | Limited to specific sectors | | Yes |
| Other services | | Yes |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg  Behörde für Wirtschaft und Arbeit  Referat Finanzierungshilfen | | |
| |  | | --- | | Alter Steinweg 4 | | D-20459 Hamburg | | | |
| Large individual aid grants | In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation | | Yes |

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| Aid No | XS 90/06 | | |
| Member State | Germany | | |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Programm zur Innovationsförderung/Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz | | |
| Legal basis | Programm und zugehörige Bekanntmachungen sind unter www.ble.de (Link Innovationsförderung — dort unter 3. Download des Programms zur Innovationsförderung des Bundesministeriums für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz (PDF-Dokument) und 3.1 Download der Bekanntmachung einer Richtlinie über die Förderung innovativer Pflanzenschutzvorhaben zur Reduzierung der Anwendung von Pflanzenschutzmitteln im Rahmen des Programms zur Innovationsförderung (PDF-Dokument)) einsehbar | | |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount | EUR 21,6 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 | | Yes |
| Date of implementation | Programme starts immediately, current authorisations after notices and corresponding application | | |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | Unlimited.  The programme will be adapted if required by successor to Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 | | |
| Objective of aid | Aid to SMEs | | Yes |
| Economic sectors concerned | All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs | | Yes |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE)  Projektgruppe Innovationsförderung | | |
| |  | | --- | | Deichmanns Aue 29 | | D-53179 Bonn | | | |
| Large individual aid grants | In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation | | n.a. |

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| Aid No | XS 112/06 | | |
| Member State | Netherlands | | |
| Region | Province Zuid-Holland | | |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Bioception B.V. | | |
| Legal basis | Artikel 12 van de Algemene subsidieverordening Zuid-Holland, 1 juni 2005 | | |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount |  |
| Loans guaranteed |  |
| Individual aid | Overall aid amount | EUR 139 001 |
| Loans guaranteed |  |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation | | Yes, the state aid intensity is 45 % (precompetitive research). |
| Date of implementation | 13 June 2006. Subject to the usual reservations, the aid will be awarded following notification. | | |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | Until 31 December 2007. If need be, the measure will be aligned on the relevant provisions following revision of the Regulation. The Commission will be notified accordingly. | | |
| Objective of aid | Aid to SMEs | | Yes  This R&D project is developing knowledge and technology in the field of the practical application of biological test media.  The manufacture of medicines and food is subject to increasingly high quality and hygiene requirements (including HAACP). Intrusive measuring for this purpose involves contact with the product. The equipment used has to be cleaned after testing. Achieving the requisite sterility demands investment in increasingly expensive appliances. This project seeks a possible alternative through R&D in the field of disposable containers with built-in data-acquisition and -transmission capacities. During manufacturing the process parameters need to be measured online and transmitted to a central process-operating system. The physical components to be developed need to be small and cheap, hence the project. Delft university is responsible for providing the scientific know-how and for developing the strips to which the sensors are attached. |
| Economic sectors concerned | Limited to specific sectors | | Yes |
| Other manufacturing | | Supply of various sectors. |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Provincie Zuid-Holland | | |
| |  | | --- | | Postbus 90602 | | 2509 LP Den Haag | | Nederland | | | |
| Large individual aid grants | In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation | | Yes |

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| Aid No | XS 118/06 | | |
| Member State | Netherlands | | |
| Region | Province Flevoland | | |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Eenmanszaak Pitch & Putt Swifterbant te Swifterbant | | |
| Legal basis | |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Decentralisatie-convenant Rijk/Flevoland m.b.t. het Leader+ programma Regio Randstad 2000-2006 d.d. 11 april 2001. |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Leader+ overeenkomst tussen de provincie Flevoland en Pitch & Putt Swifterbant. | | | |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount |  |
| Loans guaranteed |  |
| Individual aid | Overall aid amount | EUR 155 700 |
| Loans guaranteed |  |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation | | Yes.  The aid intensity is 12,4 %. This is in conformity with Article 4(2)(a) of the Regulation. |
| Date of implementation | The decision will be issued after the notification has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | | |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | Until 30 November 2007.  If need be, the measure will be aligned on the relevant provisions following revision of the Regulation. The Commission will be notified accordingly. | | |
| Objective of aid | Aid to SMEs | | Yes.  Aid is being granted for investment in tangible assets (Article 4(1)). The purpose of the aid is to contribute towards the investment costs needed to construct a pitch-and-putt course and club house. This tourist activity offers a new source of income for the former farmer. |
| Economic sectors concerned | All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs | | Yes |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Provincie Flevoland | | |
| |  | | --- | | Postbus 55 | | 8200 AB Lelystad | | Nederland | | | |
| Large individual aid grants | In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation | | Yes |

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| Aid No | XS 121/06 | |
| Member State | Greece | |
| Region | Entire country | |
| Title of aid scheme | Hellenic Technology Clusters Initiative (HTCI) is an endorsed activity under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Development, that targets the establishment and development of competitive technology clusters in knowledge-intensive and exports-oriented focused segments. The selected clusters are comprised mainly of SMEs. | |
| Legal basis | Νόμος 1514/85 όπως τροποποιήθηκε από το Νόμο 2919/01. Ο ρόλος του Ερευνητικού Κέντρου ‘Αθηνά’ περιγράφεται στο Άρθρο 8 του Νόμου 2919/01 και το Προεδρικό Διάταγμα 145/03 όπως τροποποιήθηκαν από το άρθρο 9 του Νόμου 3438/06 και το άρθρο 15 του Νόμου 3460/06 | |
| Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Annual overall amount | 2006: EUR 1 310 000  2007: EUR 1 310 000  2008: EUR 652 000 |
| Overall aid amount  Actual amounts in each year may vary somewhat, but the total is fixed. | EUR 1 514 000 |
| Maximum aid intensity | The maximum aid intensity will not exceed 50 % according to the ceiling of regional investment aid determined in the map approved by the Commission for each Member State and the conditions of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 364/2004. | |
| Date of implementation | First call for proposals opened at the beginning of August 2006 | |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | Until 31 December 2008. Legal commitments until 31 December 2006 | |
| Objective of aid | The HTCI programme will support the clustering initiatives by providing support in the form of grants for a short period of time (2006-2008) for investments (Office space arrangement and modification, purchasing of hardware and equipment, purchasing of software and software licenses), consultancy services (such services do not constitute a permanent or regular activity and are not connected with the enterprise's ordinary running costs), other services and activities (participation in trade fares and shows), and aid to cover the costs of obtaining and validating licenses and other intellectual property rights (patents). The objective of the aid is to help expand cluster-members' activities, establish strong human networks, address policy measures in innovation and R&D, promote technology and know-how diffusion among cluster members, focus on the utilization of talented human capital, and improve skills of the SMEs involved. | |
| Economic sectors concerned | Microelectronics and Embedded Systems with the exception of firms with activities linked to the production, processing or marketing of products listed in Annex I to the Treaty establishing the European Community. | |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης, Γενική Γραμματεία Έρευνας και Τεχνολογίας, Ερευνητικό Κέντρο ‘Αθηνά’, Γ. Αναστασίου 13, GR-11527 Αθήνα  (Ministry of Development, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Research Center Athena, G. Anastasiou 13, GR-11527 Athens) | |
| Further information | The scheme is in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 364/2004. The aid concerns Action 4.6.3 of the Competitiveness Operational Programme which is jointly funded by Structural Funds. | |

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| Aid No | XS 127/06 | | |
| Member State | Netherlands | | |
| Region | All regions are eligible. | | |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Feasibility studies for R&D for figureheads. | | |
| Legal basis | Kaderwet EZ-subsidies | | |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount | EUR 1 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 | | Concerns R&D aid. The maximum aid intensities are respected. |
| Date of implementation | 21 June 2006 | | |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | 4 years | | |
| Objective of aid | Aid to SMEs | | Yes |
| Economic sectors concerned | All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs | | Yes |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Ministerie van Economische Zaken | | |
| |  | | --- | | Bezuidenhoutseweg 20 | | 2500 EC Den Haag | | Nederland | | | |
| Large individual aid grants | In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation | | Yes |

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| Aid No | XS 132/06 | | |
| Member State | Netherlands | | |
| Region | Province Flevoland | | |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Maatschap M.T.M.& I. Daniëls-Bisschop | | |
| Legal basis | |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Decentralisatie-convenant Rijk/Flevoland m.b.t. het Leader+ programma Regio Randstad 2000-2006 d.d 11 april 2001. |  |  |  | | --- | --- | | — | Leader+ overeenkomst tussen de provincie Flevoland en Maatschap M.T.M.& I. Daniëls-Bisschop | | | |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount |  |
| Loans guaranteed |  |
| Individual aid | Overall aid amount | EUR 121 446 |
| Loans guaranteed |  |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation | | Yes.  The aid intensity is 15 %. This is in conformity with Article 4(2)(a) of the Regulation. |
| Date of implementation | The decision will be issued after notification has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. | | |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | Until 1 September 2006 | | |
| Objective of aid | Aid to SMEs | | Yes.  The aid is for investment in tangible assets (Article 4(1)). The objective is to provide entrepreneurs with a contribution towards the investment costs necessary for the construction of a hostel for the temporary accommodation of foreign workers performing temporary work for a large number of farmers in Flevoland. |
| Economic sectors concerned | All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs | | Yes |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Provincie Flevoland | | |
| |  | | --- | | Postbus 55 | | 8200 AB Lelystad | | Nederland | | | |
| Large individual aid grants | In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation | | Yes |

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| Aid No | XS 146/06 | | |
| Member State | Netherlands | | |
| Region | Provincie Zuid-Holland | | |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Name of company:  Vastgoed Ontwikkelings Combinatie | | |
| Legal basis | Algemene subsidieverordening (Asv), hoofdstuk 6, Milieu, onderdeel regeling stimulering duurzame energie | | |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount |  |
| Loans guaranteed |  |
| Individual aid | Overall aid amount | EUR 370 837,00  (0,9 % of Vastgoed Ontwikkelings Combinatie's total investment costs) |
| Loans guaranteed |  |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation | | Yes |
| Date of implementation | Date of decision: 15 June 2006. The aid will be granted only after the European Commission has been notified | | |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | Until 1 September 2007.  The applicant may request an advance of no more than 80 % of the sum to which it can expect to be entitled. If no use is made of this facility a single payment will be made 13 weeks after the final sum has been determined. | | |
| Objective of aid | Aid to SMEs | | Yes |
| Project purpose | The purpose is to heat and cool the new business estate on the Zuidelijke Randweg in Middelharnis by means of cold and heat storage in aquifers and heat pumps. The business estate comprises six parcels, which will be connected to a central heating and cooling plant. Given the imbalance in energy demand for heating and cooling (60/40 %), road energy systems (pipes in the asphalt) will be used to draw heat from the asphalt.  This should reduce CO2 emissions by 473 tonnes a year. | | |
| Economic sectors concerned | All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs | | Yes |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Provincie Zuid Holland | | |
| |  | | --- | | Zuid-Hollandlaan 1 | | 2596 AW Den Haag | | Nederland | | | |
| Large individual aid grants | In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation | | Yes |

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