Aid No

XS 147/07

Member State

Italy

Region

Lazio

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Fondo di rotazione per la promozione e lo sviluppo della cooperazione — Foncooper — in relazione alle iniziative nella Regione Lazio

Legal basis

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 6 million (1)

Loans guaranteed

—

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

—

Loans guaranteed

—

Maximum aid intensity

Under Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, the aid intensity may not exceed 7,5 % or 15 %, depending on the size of the firm. Where the investment takes place in areas that qualify for regional aid, the aid intensity must not exceed the ceiling for regional investment aid laid down in the map approved by the Commission for each Member State by more than the percentages laid down in Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

Date of implementation

16.5.2007

Duration

Open-ended; the aid scheme is in any case exempt from compulsory notification under Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty up to 30 June 2008 when Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, as amended, expires, unless extended

Objective

Aid to cooperative SMEs for investment projects in tangible fixed assets, to be implemented after the request for funding is submitted.

Eligible expenditure (net of VAT) to purchase land and buildings, carry out building works and to purchase, upgrade and restructure machinery, equipment and facilities

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Organo deliberante: «Comitato di Gestione Foncooper — Regione Lazio», ai sensi della Convenzione stipulata il 26 giugno 2000 tra il Ministero Industria, Commercio e Artigianato (ora Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico) e la Coopercredito SpA (ora Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA., Via Veneto, 119, I-00187 Roma) e dell'atto aggiuntivo stipulato in data 13.3.2002 tra la Regione Lazio e la predetta Coopercredito SpA (ora Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA)

Large individual aid grants

Maximum amount for each individual finance project: EUR 2 million, with a limit of 70 % of eligible investments.

The aid granted represents the difference between the repayments calculated at market rates and the subsidy repayments applied to the financing

Aid No

XS 223/07

Member State

Estonia

Region

Eesti Vabariik

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Eesti maaelu arengukava 2007–2013 meede 3.1 „Majandustegevuse mitmekesistamine maapiirkonnas”

Legal basis

Maaelu arengukava 2007–2013

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EEK 251,43 million; Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

1.9.2007

Duration

30.6.2008

Objective

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

Other manufacturing, Other services

Name and address of the granting authority

Aid No

XS 224/07

Member State

Estonia

Region

Eesti Vabariik

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Eesti maaelu arengukava 2007–2013 meede 3.2 „Külade uuendamine ja arendamine”

Legal basis

Maaelu arengukava 2007–2013

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EEK 168,14 million; Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

1.9.2007

Duration

30.6.2008

Objective

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

Other services

Name and address of the granting authority

Aid No

XS 227/07

Member State

Italy

Region

Sardegna

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Programmi integrati di innovazione

Legal basis

Art. 17 — Legge regionale 18 gennaio 1999, n. 1 — Disposizioni per la formazione del bilancio annuale e pluriennale della Regione (Legge finanziaria 1999)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 1 million; Overall budget: EUR 2,3 million

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

1.7.2007

Duration

31.12.2008

Objective

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of the granting authority

Aid No

XS 249/07

Member State

Germany

Region

Brandenburg

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Richtlinie des Ministeriums für Wirtschaft zur Förderung der Unternehmensaktivitäten von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen im Rahmen der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur“ (Beratungsrichtlinie) v. 27.7.2007

Legal basis

EFRE OP Brandenburg 2000-2006, EFRE OP Brandenburg 2007-2013, GA-Rahmenplan, LHO Brandenburg

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 3,4 million; Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

27.7.2007

Duration

30.6.2008

Objective

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of the granting authority

Aid No

XS 250/07

Member State

Slovakia

Region

Regióny podľa čl. 87 (3) (a) a čl. 87 (3) (c) Zmluvy o založení ES

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Schéma štátnej pomoci poskytnutej formou odpustenia sankcie alebo povolenia úľavy zo sankcie podľa § 103 zákona SNR č. 511/1992 Zb. o správe daní a poplatkov a o zmenách v sústave územných finančných orgánov v znení neskorších predpisov – poskytovanie štátnej pomoci malým a stredným podnikom

Legal basis

Ustanovenie § 103 ods. 1 písm. c) zákona č. 511/1992 Zb. o správe daní a poplatkov a o zmenách v sústave územných finančných orgánov v znení neskorších predpisov (www.finance.gov.sk);

Ustanovenie § 5 ods. 2 písm. b) zákona č. 231/1999 Z. z, Zákona ostatnej pomoci v znení neskorších predpisov (www.finance.gov.sk);

Nariadenie Komisie (ES) č. 70/2001 o uplatňovaní článkov 87 a 88 zmluvy ES na štátnu pomoc malým a stredným podnikom, (uverejnené v Ú. v. ES L 10,13.1.2001, s. 33-42), v znení nariadenia Komisie (ES) č. 364/2004, ktorým sa mení a dopĺňa nariadenie (ES) č. 70/2001 vzhľadom na rozšírenie jeho pôsobnosti na pomoc na výskum a vývoj (uverejnené v Ú. v. EÚ L 63, 28.2.2004, s. 22), nariadenia Komisie (ES) č. 1857/2006 o uplatňovaní článkov 87 a 88 zmluvy o štátnej pomoci pre malé a stredné podniky (MSP) pôsobiace v poľnohospodárskej výrobe, ktorým sa mení a dopĺňa nariadenie (ES) č. 70/2001 (uverejnené v Ú. v. EÚ L 358, 16.12.2006, s. 3), nariadenia Komisie (ES) č. 1976/2006, ktorým sa menia a dopĺňajú nariadenia Komisie (ES) č. 2204/2002, (ES) č. 70/2001 a  (ES) č. 68/2001, pokiaľ ide o predĺženie obdobia ich uplatňovania (uverejnené v Ú. v. EÚ L 368, 23.12.2006, s. 85)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: SKK 30 million; Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

1.9.2007

Duration

30.6.2008

Objective

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of the granting authority

Aid No

XS 255/07

Member State

Germany

Region

Sachsen-Anhalt

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Richtlinie über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen zur Förderung kleiner und mittlerer Unternehmen bei der erstmaligen Initiierung innovativer FuE-Projekte (Forschungsscheck) sowie zur Förderung von Unterstützungsmaßnahmen zur Teilnahme an EU-Wettbewerben und -programmen

Legal basis

Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1998/2006 der Kommission vom 15.12.2006 über die Anwendung der Artikel 87 und 88 EG-Vertrag auf „De-minimis“-Beihilfen (ABl. EU Nr. L 379 S. 5 ), der Verordnung (EG) Nr. 70/2001 der Kommission vom 12.1.2001 über die Anwendung der Artikel 87 und 88 EG-Vertrag auf staatliche Beihilfen an kleine und mittlere Unternehmen (ABl. EG Nr. L 10 S. 33), zuletzt geändert durch Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1976/2006 der Kommission vom 20.12.2006 (ABl. EU Nr. L 368 S. 85) und der Verwaltungsvorschriften zu § 44 der Landeshaushaltsordnung (VV-LHO, RdErl. des MF vom 1.2.2001, MBl. LSA S. 241, zuletzt geändert durch RdErl. vom 16.11.2006, MBl. LSA S. 762) und des Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetzes Sachsen-Anhalt vom 18.11.2005 (GVBl. LSA S. 698, 699) sowie des Mittelstandsförderungsgesetzes (MFG) vom 27.6.2001 (GVBl. LSA S. 230)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 0,2 million; Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity

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

Date of implementation

31.8.2007

Duration

31.12.2008

Objective

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of the granting authority