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6.1.2006 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
C 3/15 |
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001, as amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 364/2004 of 25 February 2004, on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises
(2006/C 3/08)
(Text with EEA relevance)
Aid No: XS 114/04
Member State: Czech Republic
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Programme of Grantová agentura České republiky — Czech Science Foundation to support fundamental research
Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb. o podpoře výzkumu a vývoje.
Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002 Sb.
Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total amount: CZK 8 000 million, EUR 250 million,
Annual expenditure planned: CZK 1 300 million, EUR 40 million, only up to 5 % of total expenditure will be granted to undertakings (SMEs); i.e. EUR 12,5 million total amount, EUR 2 million annual expenditure
Maximum aid intensity: 100 % — fundamental research
Date of implementation:
Duration of scheme or individual aid award: 6 years (2005-2010) (1)
31.12.2010; after 3 years from the beginning of the project
Objective of aid: Research and Development for SMEs
Economic Sector(s) concerned: All sectors: universities, research institutions, 5 % of private subjects (SME)
Name and address of the granting authority:
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Grantová agentura České republiky — Czech Science Foundation |
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Národní 3 |
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CZ-110 00 Praha 1 |
Aid No: XS 128/04
Member State: Italy
Region: Umbria
Title of aid scheme: Regional aid scheme for investments by SMEs that are members of cooperatives or consortia and promote integrated projects to strengthen production sectors in Umbria
Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale del 20/10/2004 n. 1580 — Determinazione dirigenziale n. 9090 del 21/10/2004 in attuazione della Misura 2.1 — Azione 2.1.3 del DOCUP Ob.2
Annual expenditure planned: A maximum of EUR 18 801 246,00 to be granted in full in the three-year period 2004-06
Maximum aid intensity: Small firms: 15 % gge; in areas eligible for regional aid covered by the Objective 2 SPD (Single Programming Document) for Umbria: 10 % gge + 8 % nge.
Medium-sized firms: 7,5 % gge; in areas eligible for regional aid covered by the Objective 2 SPD for Umbria: 6 % gge + 8 % nge.
If the firms wish, the aid may be granted under Regulation (EC) No 69/2001
Date of implementation:
Duration of scheme:
Objective of aid: Support for investment by small and medium-sized firms in the Objective 2 and phasing-out areas of Umbria. The investments covered by this aid scheme correspond to expenditure on buildings, land, plant, equipment and machinery, computer programs and design work as defined in the specific cost eligibility rules laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1685/2000
Economic sectors concerned: Production and production services firms operating in one of the following sectors and holding the relevant Ateco 2002 codes:
Section D ‘Manufacturing activities’ with the exception of:
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Manufacture of coke oven products: all of group 23.1 |
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Manufacture of iron and steel: all of class 27.10 and categories 27.22.1 and 27.22.2 (only tubes with a diameter exceeding 406,4 mm) |
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Building and repairing of ships: categories 35.11.1 and 35.11.3 |
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Manufacture of man-made fibres: all of class 24.70 |
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enterprises in the agro-industrial sectors specified in Section D, subsection DA of Divisions 15 and 16 in the 1991 ISTAT classification, i.e.: |
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15.1, 15.2, 15.3 and 15.4 — all classes and categories; |
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15.5 — all of class 15.51; |
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15.6 and 15.7 — all classes and categories; |
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15.8 — 15.83 and categories 15.87.0 and 15.89.0 |
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15.9 — classes 15.91, 15.92, 15.93, 15.94, 15.95 and 15.97; |
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16.0 in its entirety. |
Section I, Division 63, only groups 63.1 and 63.2, excluding investments in the acquisition of means of transport
Section K, only Division 72 (all categories) and only Division 74 (for group 74.3, category 74.81.2, class 74.82 and category 74.87.5)
Section O, only Division 90 and category 93.01.1
Name and address of the granting authority:
(1) The provider of State aid (Grantová agentura České republiky - Czech Science Foundation) confirms, that if there are any changes in the guidelines/legislation of the EC, the scheme will be always changed in line with the successive legislation of the Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.