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Document 52005XC1029(04)

    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, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 364/2004 of 25 February 2004 (Text with EEA relevance)

    OB C 270, 29.10.2005, p. 13–14 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    29.10.2005   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 270/13


    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, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 364/2004 of 25 February 2004

    (2005/C 270/07)

    (Text with EEA relevance)

    Aid No

    XS 71/04

    Member State

    Latvia

    Region

    Latvia

    Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

    Promotion of the conversion and development of rural areas

    Legal basis

    Vienotā programmdokumenta Programmas papildinājuma 4.1. apakšprioritātes ‘Lauksaimniecības un lauku attīstības veicināšana’ 4.1.4. pasākums: Lauku teritoriju pārveidošanās un attīstības veicināšana

    Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

    Aid scheme

    Annual overall amount

    2004

    EUR 20 681 355

    2005

    EUR 29 031 429

    2006

    EUR 30 573 281

    Loans guaranteed

    n.a.

    Individual aid

    Overall aid amount

     

    Loans guaranteed

     

    Maximum aid intensity

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

    Yes X

    No

    The amount of public aid may not exceed 50 % of the total eligible investment expenditure.

    If the total eligible expenditure called for by the investment in undertakings provided for in the project does not exceed EUR 540 000 for one aid recipient in the period from 2004 to 2006, the public financing will be 50 % of that total. The financing breaks down as follows: European Union, 35 %; Republic of Latvia, 15 %; and private, 50 %.

    The eligible expenditure corresponds to the initial investment defined in Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, as amended: investment in land, buildings, machinery and equipment

    Date of implementation

    30.4.2004

    Duration of scheme or individual aid award

    31.12.2006; the financial resources may be utilised until 31.12.2008, in accordance with the EU structural fund procedures.

    Objective of aid

    Aid to SMEs

    Yes X

    No

    Economic sectors concerned

    All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

    No

    Limited to specific sectors

     

    Coalmining

     

    All manufacturing

     

    or

     

    Steel

     

    Shipbuilding

     

    Synthetic fibres

     

    Motor vehicles

     

    Other manufacturing

     X

    All services

     

    or

     

    Transport services

     

    Financial services

     

    Other services

     X

    The sectors qualifying are defined in accordance with Article 33 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 of 17 May 1999:

    encouragement for tourist and craft activities;

    diversification of agricultural activities and activities close to agriculture to provide multiple activities or alternative incomes;

    basic services for the rural economy and population

    Name and address of the granting authority

    Name:

    Lauku atbalsta dienests [Rural Assistance Department]

    Address:

    Republikas laukums 2, Riga, LV-1981

    Large individual aid grants

    In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

    Yes X

    No


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