52003XC0625(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

(2003/C 148/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 58/01

Member State: Germany

Region: Saxony

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Sections of the Guidelines on the Promotion of SMEs and the Improvement of Entrepreneurial Potential (Richtlinien zur Mittelstandsförderung - Verbesserung der unternehmerischen Leistungsfähigkeit):

1. Intensive coaching

3. Foreign business consultancy

4. Fairs

5. Cooperation

7. Product design promotion

8. Environmental management

Legal basis: §§ 23 und 44 der Haushaltsordnung des Freistaates Sachsen (Vorläufige Sächsische Haushaltsordnung - SäHO) vom 19. Dezember 1990 (SächsGVBl. S. 21); geändert durch Art. 13 des Gesetzes vom 14. Dezember 2000 (SächsGVBl. S 613, 616) sowie Vorläufige Verwaltungsvorschriften des SMF zu § 44 SäHO in der jeweils gültigen Fassung

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 16 million

Maximum aid intensity: 50 %

Date of implementation: 15 July 2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2008 or until approval of notified Guidelines

Objective of aid: To help SMEs to improve their entrepreneurial potential, and to make it easier for them to take advantage of outside services

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors with the exception of agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority: For sections 1, 3, 4 and 8 referred to above: Sächsische Aufbaubank GmbH Pirnaische Straße 9 D - 01069 Dresden

For sections 5 and 7, depending on the location: Regierungspräsidium Chemnitz Altchemnitzer Straße 41 D - 09105 Chemnitz Regierungspräsidium Dresden Stauffenbergallee 2 D - 01099 Dresden Regierungspräsidium Leipzig Braustraße 2 D - 04107 Leipzig

Aid No: XS 70/02

Member State: Germany

Region: Bremen

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: LIP 2000, Land investment incentive scheme

Legal basis: §§ 23, 44 Haushaltsordnung der Freien Hansestadt Bremen

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The budgetary and financial planning principles already known to the Commission remain unchanged. For the years 2002 to 2006, they call for DEM 26,0 million (about EUR 13,3 million), including resources for the D assisted area defined under the joint Federal Government/Länder scheme for improving regional economic structures (Gemeinschaftsaugabe)

Maximum aid intensity: 1. Investment aid: 15 % for small enterprises and 7,5 % for medium-sized enterprises

2. Aid for consultancy services: 50 %, up to a maximum of DEM 30000

Date of implementation: 8 July 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December 2006

Objective of aid: Investment aid to create and protect long-term jobs; consultancy services to SMEs

Economic sector(s) concerned: The aid scheme covers all economic sectors, subject to the special rules for particular industries laid down by the Commission (see Annex 6, p. 2, point 1.4, in the programme submitted)

Name and address of the granting authority: Corporations delegated by the Land of Bremen:

For the municipality of Bremen: WfG Bremer Wirtschaftsförderung GmbH Kontorhaus am Markt

Langenstraße 2-4

D - 28195 Bremen

For the municipality of Bremerhaven: BIS Bremerhavener Gesellschaft für Investitionsförderung und Stadtentwicklung mbH Am Alten Hafen 118 D - 27568 Bremerhaven

Aid No: XS 79/02

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: West Midlands Objective 2

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Telford/Wolverhampton High Tech. Corridor Polymer Cluster initiative 2002-05

Legal basis: Sections 5 and 6 Regional Development Agencies Act 1998, Greater London Authority Act 1999 and Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The total value of the project will be GBP 3422000 (EUR 5540218):

2002/03: GBP 1399000 (EUR 2264981)

2003/04: GBP 1010000 (EUR 1635190)

2004/05: GBP 1013000 (EUR 1640047)

No one company will receive more than GBP 100000

Maximum aid intensity: No company will receive consultancy services beyond 50 %

Date of implementation: 1 August 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 31 December 2005

Objective of aid: To provide 50 % aid for consultancy to SMEs in the polymer sector.

To engage with 180 known local polymer businesses - the consultancy will aim to identify reasons for market failure and to raise awareness of new products and new markets.

The polymer sector has been identified as one of the areas of potential for diversifying and reversing stagnation in the region and has been approved as part of the structural funds SPD by the Commission

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other manufacturing (plastics and polymers), without prejudice to the regulations on sensitive sectors

N.B.

None of the beneficiary firms will be involved in the synthetic fibre industry

Name and address of the granting authority: Government Office for the West Midlands 77 Paradise Circus, Queensway, Birmingham B1 2DT United Kingdom