Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001Show full title

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

ANNEX IIIU.K.Form of the periodic report to be provided to the CommissionAnnual reporting format on aid schemes exempted under a group exemption regulation adopted pursuant to Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98

Member States are required to use the format below for their reporting obligations to the Commission under group exemption regulations adopted on the basis of Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98.

The reports should also be provided in computerised form.

Information required for all aid schemes exempted under group exemption regulations adopted pursuant to Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 994/98U.K.

1.Title of aid schemeU.K.

2.Commission exemption regulation applicableU.K.

3.ExpenditureU.K.

Separate figures have to be provided for each aid instrument within a scheme or individual aid (e.g. grant, soft loans, etc.) The figures have to be expressed in euro or, if applicable, national currency. In the case of tax expenditure, annual tax losses have to be reported. If precise figures are not available, such losses may be estimated.

These expenditure figures should be provided on the following basis.

For the year under review indicate separately for each aid instrument within the scheme (e.g. grant, soft loan, guarantee, etc.):

3.1.

amounts committed, (estimated) tax losses or other revenue forgone, data on guarantees, etc. for new assisted projects. In the case of guarantee schemes, the total amount of new guarantees handed out should be provided;

3.2.

actual payments, (estimated) tax losses or other revenue forgone, data on guarantees, etc. for new and current projects. In the case of guarantee schemes, the following should be provided: total amount of outstanding guarantees, premium income, recoveries, indemnities paid out, operating result of the scheme under the year under review;

3.3.

number of new assisted projects;

3.4.

estimated overall number of jobs created or maintained by new projects (if appropriate);

3.5.

estimated overall amount of investment aided by new projects;

3.6.

Regional breakdown of amounts under point 3.1 either by regions defined at NUTS(1) level 2 or below or by Article 87(3)(a) regions, Article 87(3)(c) regions and non-assisted regions;

3.7.

Sectorial breakdown of amounts under point 3.1. by beneficiaries' sectors of activity (if more than one sector is covered, indicate the share of each):

  • coalmining

  • manufacturing

    of which:

    • steel

    • shipbuilding

    • synthetic fibres

    • motor vehicles

    • other manufacturing (please specify)

  • services

    of which:

    • transport services

    • financial services

    • other services (please specify)

  • other sectors (please specify)

4.Other information and remarks.U.K.

(1)

NUTS is the nomenclature of territorial units for statistical purposes in the Community.