Information communicated by Member States regarding state aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid

(2005/C 139/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid number: XT 13/01

Member State: Italy

Region: Calabria

Title of aid scheme: Aid towards vocational training

Legal basis: Legge regionale 2 maggio 2001, n. 7, articolo 31 quater, commi 7 e 8, Programma operativo regionale Calabria n. 1999 IT 16 1 PO006. Decisione Comunità europea C(2000)2345 dell'8.8.2000.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme: EUR 15 million

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum admissible intensity is 35 % of eligible costs in the case of specific training and 60 % in the case of general training.

These percentages are increased by 10 percentage points for training for the weakest categories (poorly qualified workers, disabled people, older people, women re-entering the labour market, etc.).

Date of implementation: 2001

Duration of scheme: Period 2001-2006.

Objective of aid: To help firms in Calabria, all of them small, by relieving them of some of the cost of training at a time when technical progress and the introduction of new technologies obliges them to provide continuous training for their staff, whose skills grow obsolete very rapidly.

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors

Name and address of granting authority:

Other information: General manager of the scheme: Dr Giovanni Benussi

Tel. 09 61 85 84 64