G/SCM/N/284/EU/Add.18  
3 September 2015  
(15-4464)  Page: 1/8  
Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures  Original: French  
 
  SUBSIDIES 
NEW AND FULL NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XVI:1 OF THE GATT 1994 AND 
ARTICLE 25 OF THE AGREEMENT ON SUBSIDIES AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES 
EUROPEAN UNION 
Addendum 
The following addendum to the notification of the European Union relates to the subsidy 
programmes of Luxembourg . 
 
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  LUXEMBOURG 
 
 
TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
SME AID SC HEME ............................................................................................................. 3  
AID SCHEME FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC DE VELOPMENT THAT EXPIRED IN 2006 ............ 4  
AID SCHEME FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN FORCE SINCE 2008 .............. 5  
R&D AID SCHEME THAT EXPIRED IN  2009 ....................................................................... 6  
R&D AID SCHEME IN FORC E SINCE 5 JU NE 2009 ............................................................. 7  
AID SCHEME FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, THE RATIONAL USE 
OF ENERGY AND THE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES, IN 
FORCE SINCE 18 FE BRUARY 2010 .................................................................................... 8  
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  SME AID SCHEME 
1. Title of the programme 
 
Aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). 
 
2. Period covered by the notification 
 
2013-2014. 
 3. Policy objective of the aid scheme 
 
To promote productive investment by SMEs. 
 4. Legal basis 
 Amended Law of 27 July 1993, the objectives of which are: 1. economic development and diversification; 
2. improvement of the economy's over all structure and regional balance. 
 5. Form of the aid 
 
Capital subsidy. 
 6. Beneficiaries of the aid and allocation mechanism 
 The aid is granted by ministerial decision to  SMEs that meet the Community definition. 
 
7. Subsidy per unit or, in cases where this is not possible, the total amount or the annual 
amount budgeted for that subsidy (indicating, if possible, the average subsidy per unit in 
the previous year) 
 Actual expenditure: 
2013: EUR 3.02 million 2014: EUR 2.24 million 
 
8. Duration of the subsidy and/or any other time-limits attached to it 
 
Indefinite. 
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy 
 
Not available. G/SCM/N/284/EU/Add.18 
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  AID SCHEME FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THAT EXPIRED IN 2006 
1. Title of the programme 
 
Aid to enterprises in disadvantaged regions. 
 
2. Period covered by the notification 
 
2013-2014. 
 3. Policy objective of the aid scheme 
 
Economic development and diversification of disadvantaged regions. 
 4. Legal basis 
 Law of 22 December 2000, the objective of which is the economic development of certain regions of the country. 
 
5. Form of the aid 
 Capital subsidy. 
 
6. Beneficiaries of the aid and allocation mechanism 
 
The aid is granted by ministerial decision to enterp rises meeting the criteria in Articles 2, 3, and 6 
of the Law. The Law expired on 31 December 2006. The expenditure from 2013 and 2014 arises 
from commitments made prior to the year-end 2006 expiration date. 
 
7. Subsidy per unit or, in cases where this is not possible, the total amount or the annual 
amount budgeted for that subsidy (indicating, if possible, the average subsidy per unit in 
the previous year) 
 Actual expenditure: 2013: EUR 0.06 million 
2014: EUR 0 million 
 8. Duration of the subsidy and/or any other time-limits attached to it 
 Expiration of the Law on 31 December 2006.  9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy 
 Not available. G/SCM/N/284/EU/Add.18 
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  AID SCHEME FOR REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN FORCE SINCE 2008 
1. Title of the programme 
 
Aid to enterprises in disadvantaged regions. 
 
2. Period covered by the notification 
 
2013-2014. 
 3. Policy objective of the aid scheme 
 
Economic development and diversification of disadvantaged regions. 
 4. Legal basis 
 Amended Law of 15 July 2008, the objective of whic h is economic development and diversification. 
 
5. Form of the aid 
 
Capital subsidy.  
6. Beneficiaries of the aid and allocation mechanism 
 
The aid is granted by ministerial decision to ente rprises in regions designated as disadvantaged on 
the basis of Community criteria. 
 7. Subsidy per unit or, in cases where this is not possible, the total amount or the annual 
amount budgeted for that subsidy (indicating, if possible, the average subsidy per unit in 
the previous year) 
 Actual expenditure: 
2013: EUR 4.34 million 
2014: EUR 6.78 million  
8. Duration of the subsidy and/or any other time-limits attached to it 
 
Expiration of the Law on 30 June 2014. 
 
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy 
 Not available. G/SCM/N/284/EU/Add.18 
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  R&D AID SCHEME THAT EXPIRED IN 2009 
1. Title of the programme 
 
Promotion of research, development and innovation. 
 
2. Period covered by the notification 
 
2013-2014. 
 3. Policy objective of the aid scheme 
 
To promote the development of technologies for new products and processes. 
 4. Legal basis 
 Amended Law of 27 July 1993, the objectives of which are: 1. economic development and diversification; 
2. improvement of the economy's over all structure and regional balance. 
 5. Form of the aid 
 
Capital subsidy. 
 6. Beneficiaries of the aid and allocation mechanism 
 The aid is granted by ministerial decision to enterp rises meeting the criteria in Article 6 of the Law. 
The Law was repealed by a new instrument in mid-2009. The expenditure from 2013 and 2014 
arises from commitments made prior to the expiration date in 2009. 
 7. Subsidy per unit or, in cases where this is not possible, the total amount or the annual 
amount budgeted for that subsidy (indicating, if possible, the average subsidy per unit in 
the previous year) 
 Actual expenditure: 
2013: EUR 0.27 million 
2014: EUR 0.72 million  
8. Duration of the subsidy and/or any other time-limits attached to it 
 
The Law was repealed by a new instrument in mid-2009.  
9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy 
 
Not available. G/SCM/N/284/EU/Add.18 
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  R&D AID SCHEME IN FORCE SINCE 5 JUNE 2009 
1. Title of the programme 
 
Promotion of research, development and innovation. 
 
2. Period covered by the notification 
 
2013-2014. 
 3. Policy objective of the aid scheme 
 
To promote the development of technologies for new products and processes. 
 4. Legal basis 
 Amended Law of 5 June 2009, the objective of which is to promote research, development 
and innovation. 
 
5. Form of the aid 
 Capital subsidy. 
 
6. Beneficiaries of the aid and allocation mechanism 
 
The aid is granted by ministerial decision to enterp rises and projects that meet the criteria set out 
in the Law.  
7. Subsidy per unit or, in cases where this is not possible, the total amount or the annual 
amount budgeted for that subsidy (indicating, if possible, the average subsidy per unit in 
the previous year) 
 Actual expenditure: 
2013: EUR 35.18 million 2014: EUR 33.56 million 
 
8. Duration of the subsidy and/or any other time-limits attached to it 
 
Expiration of the Law on 31 December 2015. 
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy 
 
Not available. G/SCM/N/284/EU/Add.18 
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  AID SCHEME FOR THE PROTECTION OF TH E ENVIRONMENT, THE RATIONAL USE OF 
ENERGY AND THE PRODUCTION OF ENERGY FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES, IN FORCE SINCE 18 FEBRUARY 2010 
1. Title of the programme 
 
Promotion of environmentally sound technologies.  
2. Period covered by the notification 
 
2013-2014.  
3. Policy objective of the aid scheme 
 
To promote investment to protect the environment and implement new techniques for the rational 
use of energy. 
 4. Legal basis 
 Amended Law of 18 February 2010 introducing an aid scheme for the protection of the environment and the rational use of natural reso urces. This Law repeals and replaces the Law 
of 22 February 2004, which expired on 31 December 2007. 
 
5. Form of the aid 
 
Capital subsidy. 
 6. Beneficiaries of the aid and allocation mechanism 
 The aid is granted by ministerial decision to ente rprises meeting the criteria in Articles 4 to 9 
of the Law.  
7. Subsidy per unit or, in cases where this is not possible, the total amount or the annual 
amount budgeted for that subsidy (indicating, if possible, the average subsidy per unit in 
the previous year) 
 
Actual expenditure: 2013: EUR 9.13 million 
2014: EUR 4.03 million 
 8. Duration of the subsidy and/or any other time-limits attached to it 
 
Expiration of the Law on 31 December 2015. 
 9. Statistical data permitting an assessment of the trade effects of the subsidy 
 Not available.  
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