Aid No

XT 1/04

Member State

Germany

Region

Germany

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Aid to promote training in the German inland shipping sector.

This aid measure is the successor to aid scheme No N 569/99, which came to an end on 31.12.2003

Legal basis

§§ 23, 44 BHO

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 1,534 million

(max. EUR 25 564,59 per trainee)

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(6) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

1.1.2004

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

General training

Yes

Recognised occupation requiring formal training: inland shipping operator

Specific training

No

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Other transport services

Yes

Inland shipping enterprises which engage in inland shipping services using their own inland shipping vessels or rented or leased vessels

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Wasser- und Schifffahrtsdirektion West

Address:

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

The measure excludes awards of aid or requires prior notification to the Commission of awards of aid, if the amount of aid granted to one enterprise for a single training project exceeds EUR 1 million.

Yes

Aid No

XT 5/04

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

North East of England

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Stockton Borough Council — Childcare Entrepreneurs

Legal basis

Section 11(1) Industrial Act 1982

Section 21(a), (b) and (c) Local Authority Act 2000

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

GBP 301 262

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(6) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

16.2.2004

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2005

Objective of aid

General training

Yes

Specific training

No

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for training aid

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Government Office for the North East,

European Programmes Secretariat

Address:

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

The measure excludes awards of aid or requires prior notification to the Commission of awards of aid, if the amount of aid granted to one enterprise for a single training project exceeds EUR 1 million.

Not applicable

Aid Number

XT 7/2004

Member State

Italy

Region

Piedmont

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Directive on continuing training — Law No 236/93 — Company, sectoral and regional training schemes agreed by labour and management — 2004

Legal basis

Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 16 — 11521 del 19.1.2004

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 4 411 395,03 in the form of reimbursements of eligible expenditure actually incurred in respect of training programmes and supported by documentary evidence.

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(6) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

31.3.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2004

Objective of aid

General training

Yes

Specific training

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for training aid

Yes

All services

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

The authorities granting the aid are, depending on the type of activity provided for by the Directive concerned, the Region itself and the Piedmont provincial administrative departments

Address:

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

The measure excludes awards of aid or requires prior notification to the Commission of awards of aid, if the amount of aid granted to one enterprise for a single training project exceeds EUR 1 million.

Yes

Aid No

XT 11/2004

Member State

Italy

Region

Veneto

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Act No 236/93, Article 9. Management Order (decreto dirigenziale) of 21 July 2003 on the financing of single-firm and multi-firm training plans

Legal basis

D.G.R.U. 437 del 20.2.2004

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 5 275 000, excluding private-sector contribution. This amount also includes the contribution under the arrangements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 69/2001.

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(6) of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

20.2.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2005

Objective of aid

General training

Yes

Specific training

Yes

Economic sectors

Limited to specific sectors

Sectors not covered by the ‘de minimis’ arrangements laid down in Article 1(a), (b) and (c) of Regulation (EC) No 69/2001, as well as transport, agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Regione del Veneto — Giunta regionale

Address:

Dorsoduro 3901, IT-30100 Venezia

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation

The measure excludes awards of aid, or requires prior notification to the Commission of awards of aid, if the amount of aid granted to one enterprise for a single training project exceeds EUR 1 million.

Yes