Aid No

XT 38/06

Member State

Hellas

Region

Entire country

Title of aid scheme

Hellenic Technology Clusters Initiative (HTCI) is an endorsed activity under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Development, that targets the establishment and development of competitive technology clusters in knowledge-intensive and exports-oriented focused segments. The selected clusters are comprised mainly of SMEs.

Legal basis

Νόμος 1514/85 όπως τροποποιήθηκε από το Νόμο 2919/01. Ο ρόλος του Ερευνητικού Κέντρου «Αθηνά» περιγράφεται στο Άρθρο 8 του Νόμου 2919/01 και το Προεδρικό Διάταγμα 145/03 όπως τροποποιήθηκαν από το άρθρο 9 του Νόμου 3438/06 και το άρθρο 15 του Νόμου 3460/06.

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

Annual overall amount

2006: EUR 200 000

2007: EUR 200 000

2008: EUR 106 000

Overall aid amount

Actual amounts in each year may vary somewhat, but the total is fixed.

287 000

Maximum aid intensity

The maximum aid intensity will not exceed the ceilings of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 363/2004.

Date of implementation

First call for proposals opened at the beginning of August 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31 December 2008. Legal commitments until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid

The HTCI programme will support the clustering initiatives by providing support in the form of grants for a short period of time (2006-2008) for general training and specific training for both SME and non-SMEs. The objective of the aid is to help expand cluster-members' activities, promote technology and know-how diffusion among cluster members, focus on the utilization of talented human capital, and improve skills of the firms involved.

Economic sectors concerned

Microelectronics and Embedded Systems with the exception of firms with activities linked to the production, processing or marketing of products listed in Annex I to the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Name and address of the granting authority

Further information

The scheme is in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 363/2004. The aid concerns Action 4.6.3 of the Competitiveness Operational Programme which is jointly funded by Structural Funds.

Aid No

XT 47/06

Member State

Austria

Region

Kärnten

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid

Carinthian business training offensive

Legal basis

Ziel-2-Programm Kärnten 2000 — 2006

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount (subsid)y

Approx. EUR 1,2 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Yes

General training

Specific training

Date of implementation

1 June 2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31 December 2007

Objective of aid

General training

Strengthening of the human resources potential through training,

and support for firms' growth opportunities through future-oriented manpower development strategies

Specific training

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

Other manufacturing

Manufacture of machinery and equipment (NACE 29, 34 and 35)

Manufacture of wood and wood products (NACE 20)

Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products (NACE 24)

Research and development (NACE 73)

Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products (NACE 21)

Other services

Electronics, software, hardware and data communications (NACE 30-33 and 72)

Name and address of the granting authority

Amt der Kärntner Landesregierung, Unterabteilung 6 — Bildungs- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes