15.12.2005   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 320/9

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 320/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No

XS 41/04

Member State

Ireland

Region

All regions

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

Prolongation Town Renewal scheme (currently XS/25/2001)

Legal basis

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 as amended by Finance Act 2004

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 15 million

Loans guaranteed

 

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

 

Loans guaranteed

 

Maximum aid intensity

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

Yes

 

Date of implementation

From 6.4.2001

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Was 31.12.2004

Finance Act 2004 extended scheme until 31.7.2006

Objective of aid

Aid to SME

Yes

 

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SME

No

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

—

Coalmining

No

—

All manufacturing

No

or

 

Steel

No

Shipbuilding

No

Synthetic fibres

No

Motor vehicles

No

Other manufacturing

Yes

—

All services

 

or

 

Transport services

No

Financial services

No

Other services

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Revenue Commissioners

Address:

Dublin Castle

Dublin 2

Ireland

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

The measure excludes awards of aid or requires prior notification to the Commission of awards of aid,

(a)

if the total eligible costs are at least EUR 25 million and

—

the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %,

—

in areas which qualify for regional aid, the net aid intensity is at least 50 %; or

(b)

if the total gross aid amount is at least EUR 15 million

Yes

 


Aid No

XS 44/04

Member State

Spain

Region

Basque Country

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

GAUZATU — Tourism

Legal basis

Orden de 11 de junio de 2003, del Consejero de Industria, Comercio, y Turismo, por la que se desarrolla el programa GAUZATU-Turismo, de ayudas a la inversión y a la creación de empresas de especial interés estratégico para el desarrollo turístico (BOPV no 128 de 1 de julio de 2003)

Resolución de 21 de abril de 2004, del Viceconsejero de Turismo, por la que se hace pública la convocatoria de concesión de las mencionadas ayudas (BOPV no 81 de 3 de mayo de 2004)

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 5,248 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

4.5.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

2004 budgetary year — Deadline for applications: 5 July 2004

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

 

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

—

Coalmining

 

—

All manufacturing

 

Or

 

Steel

 

Shipbuilding

 

Synthetic fibres

 

Motor vehicles

 

Other manufacturing

 

—

All services

 

Or

 

Transport services

 

Financial services

 

Other services: tourism services

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Sra Koro Garmendia Galbete

Viceconsejera de Turismo

Address:

C/Donostia 1

E-01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation The measure excludes awards of aid or requires prior notification to the Commission of awards of aid,

(a)

if the total eligible costs are at least EUR 25 million and

—

the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %,

—

in areas which qualify for regional aid, the net aid intensity is at least 50 %; or

(b)

if the total gross aid amount is at least EUR 15 million.

Yes

 


Aid No

XS 46/2004

Member State

Spain

Region

Autonomous Community of the Basque Country

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

GAUZATU-Industry

Legal basis

Orden de 30 de abril de 2003, del Consejero de Industria, Comercio, y Turismo, por la que se regulan el programa GAUZATU-Industria, de impulso a la creación y desarrollo de pymes de base tecnológica y/o innovadoras (BOPV no 96 de 19 de mayo de 2003), y Resolución de 7 de abril de 2004 del Viceconsejero de Innovación y Desarrollo Industrial, por la que se hace pública la convocatoria de concesión de las mencionadas ayudas (BOPV no 72 de 19 de abril de 2004)

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 47,396 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

From 20.4.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Financial year 2004. Deadline for applications: 15.6.2004

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

 

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

—

Coalmining

 

—

All manufacturing

 

or

 

Steel

Yes

Shipbuilding

Yes

Synthetic fibres

Yes

Motor vehicles

Yes

Other manufacturing

 

—

All services

 

or

 

Transport services

 

Financial services

 

Other services

 

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Sr. José Ignacio Telletxea Fernández

Viceconsejero de Innovación y Desarrollo Industrial

Address:

Departamento de Industria, Comercio y Turismo

Gobierno Vasco

C/ Donostia- San Sebastián, 1

E-01010 Vitoria-Gasteiz

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

The measure excludes awards of aid or requires prior notification to the Commission of awards of aid,

(a)

if the total eligible costs are at least EUR 25 million and

—

the gross aid intensity is at least 50 %,

—

in areas which qualify for regional aid, the net aid intensity is at least 50 %; or

(b)

if the total gross aid amount is at least EUR 15 million.

Yes

 


Aid No

XS 52/2004

Member State

Italy

Region

Umbria region, Objective 2 and Phasing-out area

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Aid to businesses for environmental protection and rehabilitation. (The exempted scheme relates to any part of the SME's investment which involves an increase in production capacity)

Legal basis

Docup Obiettivo 2 Regione Umbria. Decisione C(2001) 2119 del 7 settembre 2001.

Misura 3.1. Sostegno alle imprese per la tutela e la riqualificazione dell'ambiente. Aiuto di Stato n. 613/2002. Decisione C(2004) 264 del 29 gennaio 2004

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

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

EUR 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

28.4.2004

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

No

Limited to specific sectors

Yes

—

Coalmining

 

—

All manufacturing

Yes

or

 

Steel

 

Shipbuilding

 

Synthetic fibres

 

Motor vehicles

 

Other manufacturing

Yes

—

All services

 

or

 

Transport services

 

 Financial services

 

Other services

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority

Name:

Regione Umbria. Direzione attività produttive. Servizio Energia.

Address:

Via Mario Angeloni, 61

I-06121 Perugia

Tel. (39) 075 504 57 31; fax (39) 075 504 56 95

Email servizioenergia@regione.umbria.it

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes