Aid No

XS 5/05

Member State

Slovak Republic

Region

Bratislava autonomous region. Within the region only the territory of three districts (Malacky, Pezinok and Senec) and the territory of five boroughs of the Slovak capital, Bratislava (Vajnory, Záhorská Bystrica, Jarovce, Rusovce and Čunovo). According to the regional state aid map for the Slovak Republic, the assisted area falls under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty.

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

State aid scheme for the development of tourism under SPD 2 (state aid scheme) — Appendix 1

Legal basis

Zákon NR SR č. 503/2001 Z. z. o podpore regionálneho rozvoja.

Jednotný programový dokument NUTS II Bratislava cieľ 2 na obdobie rokov 2004 – 2006.

Nariadenie Komisie (ES) č. 70/2001 z 12. januára 2001 o použití článkov 87 a 88 Zmluvy o založení ES na štátnu pomoc malým a stredným podnikom, publikované v Úradnom vestníku Európskeho spoločenstva (Ú. v. ES L 10, 13.1.2001) v znení nariadenia Komisie (ES) č. 364/2004 z 25. februára 2004

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount 2004

Note: the amount not utilised in 2004 is included in the amount for 2005

Annual overall amount 2005: EUR 7,05 million

Annual overall amount 2006: EUR 3,643 million

Total for 2004 — 2006: EUR 10,693 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

For investment projects: 30 % gross (which represents 20 % net + 10 percentage points gross as a bonus for SMEs) of total eligible expenditure;

For first-time participation in a trade fair, exhibition or trade mission and for advisory and consulting services received: 50 % of total eligible expenditure

Date of implementation

27.5.2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs, except for ore-mining, coal-mining, steel manufacture, shipbuilding, manufacture of synthetic fibres, healthcare and transport, and the scheme is inapplicable in accordance with Article 1(2)(a), (b) and (c) of Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001.

Yes

Restricted to specific sector: Tourism

Yes

Other services

Advisory and consulting;

First-time participation in a trade fair, exhibition or trade mission

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

The Ministry of Construction and Regional Development SR

Address:

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

 Yes

Aid No

XS 34/05

Member State

Italy

Region

Liguria

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Measure 1.3, financial engineering services

Submeasure B), fund for participating loans

Legal basis

Documento Unico di Programmazione per gli interventi strutturali comunitari a titolo dell'Obiettivo 2 nella Regione Liguria approvato con decisione della Commissione europea n. C(2004) 4369 del 5.11.2004, di modifica della decisione C(2001) 2044 del 7.9.2001.

Complemento di Programmazione del DOCUP Obiettivo 2 Liguria (2000-2006) approvato con deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 1351 del 23.11.2004

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 2,681 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

8 January 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 30 November 2008 (in the event that the Regulation is amended after 31 December 2006, this measure will likewise be amended if necessary in order to bring it into line with the new rules)

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Ligurcapital S.p.A. (managing company acting on the instructions of the Region of Liguria)

Address:

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

XS 58/04

Member State

Italy

Region

Veneto

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Aid to SMEs for access to services and tangible and intangible investments concerning the exchange of technical and commercial information in enterprises and on international markets

Legal basis

DOCUP Ob. 2 (2000/2006): Misura 2.5.az.b).

Bando aree Ob. 2: DGR n. 989/2004 + DGR n. 1662/2004

Bando aree ST: DGR n. 990/2004 + DGR n. 1663/2004

Pubblicazione su BUR n. 58 dell'11 giugno 2004

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

Aid scheme

Total for Obj. 2 areas

EUR 2,366 million

Total for transitional support areas

EUR 1,452 million

Individual aid

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

11.6.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 30.6.2005

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Regione Veneto

Giunta regionale

Address:

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

XS 121/05

Member State

Italy

Region

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Regulation establishing criteria and mechanisms for measures to optimise biotechnology research in freshwater aquaculture

Legal basis

legge 21 maggio 1998, n. 164 concernente misure in materia di pesca e di acquacoltura.

legge regionale 20 agosto 2003, n. 14 «assestamento del bilancio 2003 e del bilancio pluriennale per gli anni 2003-2005 ai sensi dell'articolo 18 della legge regionale 16 aprile 1999, n. 7»

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 0,125 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 5a of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

30 July 2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Direzione centrale risorse agricole, naturali, forestali e montagna

Servizio pesca e acquacoltura

Address:

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Other information

Article 9a(2) of the Regulation provides that aid schemes implemented before the date of entry into force of the Regulation and aid granted in the absence of a Commission authorisation are to be compatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 87(3) of the Treaty if they fulfil the conditions laid down in the Regulation, except the requirement in Article 3(1) that express reference be made to the Regulation

Aid No

XS 133/05

Member State

Austria

Region

Austria and Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

CIR-CE = Co-operation in Innovation and Research with Central and Eastern Europe

Legal basis

Sonderrichtlinien CIR-CE = Co-operation in Innovation and Research with Central and Eastern Europe, auf der Grundlage der ‘Allgemeinen Rahmenrichtlinien für die Gewährung von Förderungen aus Bundesmitteln’ (ARR 2004) des Bundesministeriums für Finanzen, BGBl. II, 51/2004, vom 26. Jänner 2004.

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 3,2 million (1)

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

EUR 0,1 million

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

December 2005

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

Abtlg. für Internat. Technologie- und Innovationsangelegenheiten

Address:

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

XS 144/05

Member State

Austria

Region

Carinthia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Directive on Investments by dynamic firms

Legal basis

Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungsgesetz 1993 idgF

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 2,5 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

28.7.2005

Duration of the scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Kärntner Wirtschaftsförderungs Fonds

Address:

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

XS 145/05

Member State

Italy

Region

Campania

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Promotion of youth enterprise: contributions towards self-employed enterprise

Legal basis

Legge regionale n. 15/2002 Art. 42

Deliberazione di Giunta Regionale n. 2500 del 30.12.2004 — Burc n. 7 del 31.1.2005

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 6 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

16 June 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Regione Campania

Assessorato alle attività produttive

Area generale di coordinamento sviluppo attività settore secondario — settore sviluppo e promozione delle attività industriali e fonti energetiche

Dott. Giuseppe Gramanzini

Address:

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

Aid No

XS 153/05

Member State

Italy

Region

Tuscany

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Regional Economic Development Plan: measure A.1, support for innovation and internationalisation of SMEs

Legal basis

Delibera C.R. n. 64 del 22.6.2004

Decreto n. 3577 del 20.6.2005

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 25 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

Date of implementation

1 September 2005

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

Other manufacturing

Yes

Other services

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Regione Toscana

Address:

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes