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Document 52005XC0805(02)

    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)

    OJ C 191, 5.8.2005, p. 5–6 (ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, NL, PL, PT, SK, SL, FI, SV)

    5.8.2005   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 191/5


    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

    (2005/C 191/05)

    (Text with EEA relevance)

    Aid number: XS 2/03

    Member State: Austria

    Title of aid scheme: Aid scheme for young entrepreneurs (including business establishment bonus) 2001-2006

    Legal basis: Richtlinien für die Jungunternehmer/innen-Förderungsaktion vom 28.11.2002

    Bundesgesetz über besondere Förderungen von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen (BGBl. Nr. 432/1996) idgF. im folgenden kurz KMU-FG

    Bürgschaftsbedingungen der Austria Wirtschaftsservice

    Garantiebedingungen der Austria Wirtschaftsservice für Leasingfinanzierungen

    Ergänzende Förderungsbedingungen der Austria Wirtschaftsservice

    Die Richtlinien für die Jungunternehmer/innen-Förderungsaktion wurden bis 27.11.2002 als ‘De-minimis’-Förderung abgewickelt.

    Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: Expenditure in the last 3 years:

    Grant payments:

    2001: €7,4 million; 2000: €7,4 million; 1999: €5,9 million

    Business establishment bonus:

    2001: €10 000; 2000: €5 000; 1999: no payments yet

    Guarantee payments:

    2001: €1,1 million; 2000: €1,0 million; 1999: €0,5 million

    Guarantees credit volume:

    2001: €40,4 million; 2000: €54,5 million; 1999: €40,7 million

    Planning up to 2006 (in € million):

    Maximum aid intensity:

    1.

    Grant

    Maximum aid intensity (present value of grant as percentage of substantiated costs = gross grant equivalent): 6,83 % (if paid in two instalments), 7 % (if paid in a single instalment)

    Tax treatment: the rules on the tax treatment of aid are laid down in the Austrian Income Tax Act.

    2.

    Interest rate subsidy =interest rate cap (only for business establishment bonus)

    Maximum aid intensity (present value of grant as percentage of substantiated costs = gross grant equivalent): 11,95 %

    Tax treatment: the rules on the tax treatment of aid are laid down in the Austrian Income Tax Act.

    3.

    Loan guarantee:

    Grant equivalent: 1,65 %

    Tax treatment: no special tax treatment is provided for in the case of financing in respect of which the Austria Wirtschaftsservice has provided a guarantee.

    4.

    Bonus for the establishment of a new business

    Maximum aid intensity (present value of grant as percentage of substantiated costs = gross grant equivalent): 14 %

    Tax treatment: the rules on the tax treatment of aid are laid down in the Austrian Income Tax Act.

    Date of implementation: Date of entry into force of the aid scheme: 28.11.2002, i.e. aid commitments as from 28.11.2002 are based on Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12.1.2001

    Duration of scheme: 28.11.2002 (date of aid commitment) — 31.12.2006 (date of submission of application)

    Objective: Support for the establishment or taking-over of competitive, economically independent small businesses

    Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors except for tourism and the leisure industry and agriculture and forestry

    Name and address of the granting authority:

    Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

    Center 1 Wirtschaftspolitik

    Stubenring 1

    A-1010 Wien

    Contact person:

    Alexandra Moser-Witzky

    Tel: (43-1) 711 00 58 90

    Fax: (43-1) 714 27 22

    Managing agency:

    Austria Wirtschaftsservice Gesellschaft m.b.H.

    Taborstr. 10

    A-1020 Wien

    Contact person:

    Kurt Leutgeb

    Tel: (43-1) 214 75 74-256

    Fax: (43-1) 214 75 74-211


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