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C 170/2EN Official Journal of the European Union 9.7.2005

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 170/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No XS 1/04

Member State

Region Saxony-Anhalt

Title of aid scheme or name of Directive of the Land of Saxony-Anhalt on the granting of financial assistance company receiving individual aid to small and medium-sized firms for taking part in fairs and exhibitions

Legal basis Mittelstandsförderungsgesetz des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, vom 27. Juni 2001 (GVBl. LSA Nr. 27/2001) Richtlinie des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen an kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen zur Beteiligung an Messen und Ausstellungen (MBl. LSA 52/2003, S. 856) Verwaltungsvorschriften zu § 44 der Landeshaushaltsordnung (VV-LHO, RdErl. des Ministeriums der Finanzen LSA vom 01.02.2001, MBl. LSA S. 239, geän- dert durch RdErl. des MF vom 4.9.2003, MBl. LSA, S. 657)

Annual expenditure planned or Aid scheme Annual overall amount EUR 1,4 million overall amount of individual aid of which EUR granted to the company 0,35 million in Land resources

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity In conformity with Article 4(2)-(6) and Article 5 Yes of the Regulation

Date of implementation 1.1.2004

Duration of the scheme or individual Until 31.12.2004 aid award

Objective of aid Aid to SMEs Yes

Economic sectors All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs Yes

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services 9.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 170/3

Name and address of the granting Name: authority: Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt

Address: Hasselbachstraße 4 D-39104

Large individual aid grants In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes 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.

Aid No XS 4/04

Member State Germany

Region ‘D’ assisted areas under Part II Section 2.5 of the 33rd Financial Plan for the joint Federal Government Länder programme on improving regional economic structures (JT) : Landkreise: , , , Rhön-Grabfeld : Kreisfreie Stadt Bremen Hessen: Landkreise: Waldeck-Frankenberg, Vogelsbergkreis : (a) Kreisfreie Städte: , , , (mit Baddeckenstedt) (b) Landkreise: , , Lüneburg, , Oldenburg, Oster- holz, , Soltau-Fallingbostel, Wolfenbüttel (ohne Baddeckenstedt) North Rhine-Westphalia: Kreisfreie Städte: Mönchengladbach, Rhineland-Palatinate: Landkreis Bad Kreuznach Schleswig-Holstein: (a) Kreisfreie Städte: , Neumünster (b) Landreise: Plön, Rendsburg-Eckernförde

‘E’ assisted areas under Part II Section 2.5 of the 33rd Financial Plan for the joint Federal Government Länder programme on improving regional economic structures (JT) Bavaria: (a) Kreisfreie Städte: , Weiden (b) Landkreise: Coburg, Haßberge, Neustadt a.d. Walnaab, Hessen: Landkreis Fulda Lower Saxony: (a) Kreisfreie Stadt (b) Landkreis Gifthorn Schleswig-Holstein: Landkreis Herzogtum Lauenburg C 170/4EN Official Journal of the European Union 9.7.2005

Title of aid scheme or name of Aid for SMEs under the joint Federal Government/Länder programme on company receiving individual aid improving regional economic structures (JT), located outside the areas covered by Article 87(3) of the EC Treaty (assisted area categories D and E)

Legal basis Teil II Ziffer 2.5.1 des 33. Rahmenplans der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe ‘Verbes- serung der regionalen Wirtschaftstruktur’ (GA) und des Gesetzes über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe ‘Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur’ vom 6. Oktober 1969

Annual expenditure planned or Aid scheme Annual overall amount Max. overall amount of individual aid EUR 20 million granted to the company Loans guaranteed

Individual aid Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity In conformity with Article 4(2)-(6) and Article 5 Yes of the Regulation

Date of implementation 1.1.2004

Duration of the scheme or individual Until 31.12.2006 aid award

Objective of aid Aid to SMEs Yes

Economic sectors All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs Yes

Limited to specific sectors

— Coalmining

— All manufacturing

or

Steel

Shipbuilding

Synthetic fibres

Motor vehicles

Other manufacturing

— All services

or

Transport services

Financial services

Other services 9.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 170/5

Name and address of the granting In Bavaria authority: Regierung von Niederbayern, Regierungsplatz 540, D-84028 Regierung der Oberpfalz, Emmeramsplatz 8/9, D-93047 Regierung von Oberfranken, Ludwigstraße 20, D-95444

In Investitionsbank Berlin, Abteilung Wirtschafsförderung, Bundesallee 210, D- 10719 Berlin

In InvestitionsBank des Landes Brandenburg, Postfach 90 02 61, D-14438

In Bremen WfG, Bremer Wirtschaftsförderung GmbH, Kontorhaus am Markt, Langenstraße 2-4, D-29195 Bremen BIS Bremerhavener Gesellschaft für Investitionsförderung und Stadtentwicklung GmbH, Am Alten Hafen 118, D-27568

In Hessen InvestitionsBank Hessen AG (IBH), Schumannstraße 4-6, D-60325 am , Niederlassung : Abraham-Lincoln-Str. 38-42, D-65189 Wiesbaden Niederlassung : Kurfürstenstraße 7, D-34117 Kassel

In Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Ministry of Economic Affairs of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Johannes-Stel- ling-Straße 14 Tel.: 0385-588/0, Fax: 0385-588/5861, e-mail: poststel- [email protected] Landesförderinstitut Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Hauptsitz Schwerin, Werk- straße 213, D-19061 Schwerin, Tel.: 0385-6363-0, Fax: 0385-6363-1212, E- Mail: [email protected]

In Lower Saxony Investitions- und Förderbank Niedersachsen GmbH, Günther-Wagner-Allee 12- 14, D-30177 Hannover, Tel.: 30031-0, E-Mail: [email protected]

In North Rhine-Westphalia Ein Kreditinstitut nach Wahl des Antragstellers (Hausbank)

In Rheinland-Pfalz Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz (ISB) GmbH, Holzhofstraße 4, D-55116

In Saarland Der Minister für Wirtschaft, Am Stadtgraben 6-8, D-66111 Saarbrücken

In Saxony Sächsische Aufbaubank GmbH, Pirnaische Straße 9, D-01069

In Saxony-Anhalt Landesförderinstitut Sachsen-Anhalt, Domplatz 12, D-39104 Magdeburg

In Schleswig-Holstein Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein, Fleethörn 29-31, D-24103 Kiel, Für Anträge gemäß Ziff. 5.1.3 und 5.1.4: Technologie-Transfer-Zentrale Schleswig-Holstein GmbH (ttz), Wittland 10, D- 24109 Kiel

In Thüringer Aufbaubank (TAB), Gorkistraße 9, D-99084 , mit ihren Regio- nalbüros: Regionalbüro Suhl, Am Bahnhof 3, D-98529 Suhl Regionalbüro Gera, Friedrich-Engels-Straße 7, D-07545 Gera Regionalbüro Artern, Johannisstraße 1, D-06556 Artem C 170/6EN Official Journal of the European Union 9.7.2005

Large individual aid grants In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes No 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.

Aid No XS 49/04 Member State Region Entire country Title of aid scheme or name of Aid scheme involving various tax breaks for small and medium-sized enter- company receiving individual aid prises Legal basis Art. 48 § 1 pkt 1 i 2 i art. 67 § 1 ustawy z dnia 29 sierpnia 1997 r. Ordynacja podatkowa (Dz. U. Nr 137, poz. 926 z późn. zm.) Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 21 kwietnia 2004 r. w sprawie szcze- gółowych warunków udzielania pomocy dla małych i średnich przedsiębiorców w zakresie niektórych ulg podatkowych (Dz. U. Nr 95, poz. 954) Annual expenditure planned or Aid scheme Annual overall amount EUR overall amount of individual aid 61,93 million granted to the company Loans guaranteed Individual aid Overall aid amount Loans guaranteed Maximum aid intensity In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6), and 5 of Yes the Regulation Date of implementation 1.5.2004 Duration of scheme or individual aid Until 31.12.2006 award Objective of aid Aid to SMEs Yes Economic sectors concerned All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs Yes Limited to specific sectors No — Coalmining — All manufacturing or Steel Shipbuilding Synthetic fibres Motor vehicles Other manufacturing — All services or Transport services Financial services Other services 9.7.2005 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 170/7

Name and address of the granting Name: authority Tax-collection bodies: 1. the head of the tax office, the head of the customs office, the head of the local authority, the mayor, the head of the district authority or the head of the voivodship — as the body of first instance, 2. the head of the tax chamber and the head of the customs chamber — as: (a) the body repealing decisions issued by the head of the tax office or the head of the customs office respectively, (b) the body of first instance, on the basis of separate provisions, (c) the body repealing decisions issued by this body of first instance, 3. the local government appeals board — as the body repealing decisions issued by the head of the local authority, the mayor, the head of the district authority or the head of the voivodship. 4. the Minister for Public Finances is a tax-collection body — as: (a) the body of first instance in cases involving the declaration of invalidity of a decision, renewal of proceedings, amendments to or repeal of a decision or a declaration that it has expired — in its official capacity. (b) the body repealing decisions issued in the cases referred to at a.

Address: Entire country

Large individual aid grants In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes

Aid No XS 73/04

Member State Denmark

Region

Title of aid scheme or name of BornGlobal Programmet company receiving individual aid

Legal basis Lov nr. 53 af 31. januar 2001 om visse aspekter af Danmarks Eksportråds virke

Annual expenditure planned or Aid scheme Annual overall amount DKK 1 687 500 overall amount of individual aid (EUR 226 815) granted to the company Loans guaranteed

Individual aid Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of Yes the Regulation

Date of implementation 5.8.2004

Duration of scheme or individual aid Until 31.12.2006 award

Objective of aid Aid to SMEs Yes C 170/8EN Official Journal of the European Union 9.7.2005

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 Yes — All services or Transport services Financial services Other services Yes Name and address of the granting Name: authority Udenrigsministeriet, Danmarks Eksportråd Address: Asiatisk Plads 2 DK-1448 Copenhagen K Large individual aid grants In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation Yes