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# 52003XC0123(03)

**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 (Text with EEA relevance)** 
  
*Official Journal C 016 , 23/01/2003 P. 0007 - 0007*

  

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

(2003/C 16/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS31/02

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: West Midlands

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Concurrent engineering support for innovation for the West Midlands 2000 to 2006

Legal basis: Industrial and Development Act 1982, sections 7 and 11 and Employment Act 1973, sections 2(1) and 2(2), as substantiated by section 25 of the Employment and Training Act 1998 and the Industrial Development Act 1982, section 11

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The scheme will provide funding for SMEs valued at GBP 2627000 over a three-year period as follows:

2002 - GBP 785000

2003 - GBP 885000

2004 - GBP 957000

Total - GBP 2627000

The funding will support 375 SMEs which meet the definition in Annex 1 to the SME Block Exemption Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity will be 50 % of the consultancy costs. It is estimated that no single SME will receive aid of more than GBP 20000

Date of implementation: 1 May 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Three years to 31 December 2004

Objective of aid: The objective of the scheme is to facilitate, through one-off consultancy, the development of the economic activities of small and medium-sized enterprises by supporting innovation in new markets, products and processes.

The objective will be achieved by consultancy to facilitate the application of concurrent engineering principles in SMEs during the formative stages of innovative activity.

The intervention offered through concurrent engineering support for innovation will be for one-of and non-recurring consultancy activities in accordance with Article 5(a) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

Economic sector(s) concerned: The scheme will support SMEs in established manufacturing sectors including:

- engineering

- ceramics

and their supply chains.

The project will also support SMEs in high-growth sectors including:

- medical sector

- food and drink.

The project will not support SMEs in agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture or SMEs in other sensitive sectors, i.e. motor vehicle, synthetic fibres and transport

Name and address of the granting authority: Government Office for the West Midlands 77 Paradise Circus

Queensway

Birmingham B1 2DT United Kingdom

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