# Official Journal C 125/2009

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| Official Journal
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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 525 June 2009 |

ISSN 1725-2423

doi:10.3000/17252423.C_2009.125.eng

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 125

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 525 June 2009

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | II   Information |
| | INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES |
| | Commission |
| 2009/C 125/01 | Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (
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  ) | 1 |
| 2009/C 125/02 | Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (
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  ) | 6 |
| 2009/C 125/03 | Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections | 10 |
| 2009/C 125/04 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration — (Case COMP/M.5380 — Air France-KLM/Royal Air Maroc/JV) | 11 |

Notice No

Contents

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II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

2009/C 125/01

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (
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  )

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2009/C 125/02

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (
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  )

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2009/C 125/03

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections

10

2009/C 125/04

Non-opposition to a notified concentration — (Case COMP/M.5380 — Air France-KLM/Royal Air Maroc/JV)

11

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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES |
| | Commission |
| 2009/C 125/05 | Euro exchange rates | 12 |
| | NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES |
| 2009/C 125/06 | Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (
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  ) | 13 |
| 2009/C 125/07 | Extract from the Decision concerning Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A. pursuant to Directive 2001/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of credit institutions | 18 |
| 2009/C 125/08 | Extract from the decision concerning Landsbanki Íslands hf. pursuant to Directive 2001/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of credit institutions — Invitation to lodge a claim — Time limits to be observed | 22 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

2009/C 125/05

Euro exchange rates

12

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

2009/C 125/06

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 (
  1
  )

1

13

2009/C 125/07

Extract from the Decision concerning Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A. pursuant to Directive 2001/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of credit institutions

18

2009/C 125/08

Extract from the decision concerning Landsbanki Íslands hf. pursuant to Directive 2001/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of credit institutions — Invitation to lodge a claim — Time limits to be observed

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| | V   Announcements |
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| | ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES |
| | European Parliament |
| 2009/C 125/09 | Call for proposals IX-2010/02 — Grants to political foundations at European level | 24 |
| 2009/C 125/10 | Call for proposals IX-2010/01 — Grants to political parties at European level | 27 |
| | Commission |
| 2009/C 125/11 | Calls for proposals under the work programme for 2009 of the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007 to 2013) | 30 |
| 2009/C 125/12 | MEDIA 2007 — Development, distribution, promotion and training — Call for proposals — EACEA/04/09 — Training | 31 |
| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION POLICY |
| | Commission |
| 2009/C 125/13 | Prior notification of a concentration — (Case COMP/M.5510 — Atlantia/SIAS/Acciona/Itinere Chilean Assets) — Candidate case for simplified procedure | 33 |

V   Announcements

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

European Parliament

2009/C 125/09

Call for proposals IX-2010/02 — Grants to political foundations at European level

24

2009/C 125/10

Call for proposals IX-2010/01 — Grants to political parties at European level

27

Commission

2009/C 125/11

Calls for proposals under the work programme for 2009 of the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007 to 2013)

30

2009/C 125/12

MEDIA 2007 — Development, distribution, promotion and training — Call for proposals — EACEA/04/09 — Training

31

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION POLICY

Commission

2009/C 125/13

Prior notification of a concentration — (Case COMP/M.5510 — Atlantia/SIAS/Acciona/Itinere Chilean Assets) — Candidate case for simplified procedure

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5.6.2009

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 125/1

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Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

2009/C 125/01

| Date of adoption of the decision | 23.3.2009 |
| --- | --- |
| Reference number of State aid | N 395/08 |
| Member State | The Republic of Slovenia |
| Region | — |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | Shema za spodbujanje nabave okolju prijaznejših težkih tovornih vozil |
| Legal basis | Sklep Vlade Republike Slovenije št. 35405-2/2008/7 (175. redna seja z dne 26.6.2008 na podlagi 2. in 21. člena Zakona o Vladi Republike Slovenije (Uradni list RS, št. 24/05 – uradno prečiščeno besedilo), 21. člena in 38. člena Zakona o izvrševanju proračunov Republike Slovenije za leti 2008 in 2009 (Uradni list RS, št. 114/07), v skladu z Resolucijo o prometni politiki Republike Slovenije (Uradni list RS, št. 58/06) |
| Type of measure | The eligible costs per vehicle constitute the difference in investment price between a vehicle with a EURO V engine and the same vehicle with a EURO IV engine |
| Objective | The objective of the scheme is to promote the purchase of new heavy goods vehicles which are more environmentally-friendly and which use exhaust emission control equipment in anticipation of the deadline for the start of its mandatory use |
| Form of aid | Direct grant |
| Budget | EUR 4 000 000 |
| Intensity | 50 % of the eligible costs, 60 % for a medium-sized enterprise and 70 % for a small enterprise |
| Duration (period) | 1 January 2008 to 30 September 2009 |
| Economic sectors | Road freight transport |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Ministrstvo za promet |
| Direktorat za promet |
| Langusova 4 |
| 1535 Ljubljana |
| SLOVENIJA |

Date of adoption of the decision

23.3.2009

Reference number of State aid

N 395/08

Member State

The Republic of Slovenia

Region

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Shema za spodbujanje nabave okolju prijaznejših težkih tovornih vozil

Legal basis

Sklep Vlade Republike Slovenije št. 35405-2/2008/7 (175. redna seja z dne 26.6.2008 na podlagi 2. in 21. člena Zakona o Vladi Republike Slovenije (Uradni list RS, št. 24/05 – uradno prečiščeno besedilo), 21. člena in 38. člena Zakona o izvrševanju proračunov Republike Slovenije za leti 2008 in 2009 (Uradni list RS, št. 114/07), v skladu z Resolucijo o prometni politiki Republike Slovenije (Uradni list RS, št. 58/06)

Type of measure

The eligible costs per vehicle constitute the difference in investment price between a vehicle with a EURO V engine and the same vehicle with a EURO IV engine

Objective

The objective of the scheme is to promote the purchase of new heavy goods vehicles which are more environmentally-friendly and which use exhaust emission control equipment in anticipation of the deadline for the start of its mandatory use

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

EUR 4 000 000

Intensity

50 % of the eligible costs, 60 % for a medium-sized enterprise and 70 % for a small enterprise

Duration (period)

1 January 2008 to 30 September 2009

Economic sectors

Road freight transport

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministrstvo za promet

Direktorat za promet

Langusova 4

1535 Ljubljana

SLOVENIJA

Other information

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The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/index.htm

| Date of adoption of the decision | 29.4.2009 |
| --- | --- |
| Reference number of State aid | N 570/08 |
| Member State | Poland |
| Region | Podlaskie |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | Pomoc na inwestycje w Porcie Lotniczym Rzeszów-Jasionka |
| Legal basis | Uchwała nr VI/85/07 Sejmiku Województwa Podkarpackiego z dnia 26 marca 2007 r. w sprawie woli utworzenia spółki prawa handlowego; Akt notarialny dotyczący zawiązania Spółki z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością Rep. A Nr-2310/2007 z dnia 18 grudnia 2007 r.; Zgoda Ministra Transportu z dnia 11.10.2007 r. (znak: TL-4761-46/2007 Doc: 765082) na objęcie przez P.P. „Porty Lotnicze” 49,78 % udziałów w Port Lotniczy Rzeszów-Jasionka Sp. z o.o. z 50,22 % udziałem Urzędu Marszałkowskiego Województwa Podkarpackiego |
| Type of measure | Investment aid |
| Objective | Sectorial development |
| Form of aid | Direct grant, contribution in kind, capital injections |
| Budget | Approx. PLN 650 million |
| Economic sectors | Air transport |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Marszałek Województwa Podkarpackiego |
| ul. Grunwaldzka 15 |
| 35-959 Rzeszów |
| POLSKA/POLAND |
| Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe „Porty Lotnicze” |
| ul. Żwirki i Wigury 1 00-906 Warszawa |
| Minister Infrastruktury |
| ul. Chałubinskiego 4/6 |
| 00-928 Warszawa |
| POLSKA/POLAND |

Date of adoption of the decision

29.4.2009

Reference number of State aid

N 570/08

Member State

Poland

Region

Podlaskie

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Pomoc na inwestycje w Porcie Lotniczym Rzeszów-Jasionka

Legal basis

Uchwała nr VI/85/07 Sejmiku Województwa Podkarpackiego z dnia 26 marca 2007 r. w sprawie woli utworzenia spółki prawa handlowego; Akt notarialny dotyczący zawiązania Spółki z ograniczoną odpowiedzialnością Rep. A Nr-2310/2007 z dnia 18 grudnia 2007 r.; Zgoda Ministra Transportu z dnia 11.10.2007 r. (znak: TL-4761-46/2007 Doc: 765082) na objęcie przez P.P. „Porty Lotnicze” 49,78 % udziałów w Port Lotniczy Rzeszów-Jasionka Sp. z o.o. z 50,22 % udziałem Urzędu Marszałkowskiego Województwa Podkarpackiego

Type of measure

Investment aid

Objective

Sectorial development

Form of aid

Direct grant, contribution in kind, capital injections

Budget

Approx. PLN 650 million

Economic sectors

Air transport

Name and address of the granting authority

Marszałek Województwa Podkarpackiego

ul. Grunwaldzka 15

35-959 Rzeszów

POLSKA/POLAND

Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe „Porty Lotnicze”

ul. Żwirki i Wigury 1 00-906 Warszawa

Minister Infrastruktury

ul. Chałubinskiego 4/6

00-928 Warszawa

POLSKA/POLAND

Other information

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The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/index.htm

| Date of adoption of the decision | 29.4.2009 |
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| Reference number of State aid | N 642/08 |
| Member State | Czech Republic |
| Region | Severovýchod |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | N 642/08 — Czech Republic — Public financing of alternative refuelling stations for public transport operators |
| Legal basis | Zákon č. 248/2000 Sb., o podpoře regionálního rozvoje, ve znění pozdějších předpisů; zákon č. 250/2000 Sb., o rozpočtových pravidlech územních rozpočtů, ve znění pozdějších předpisů; zákon č. 111/1994 Sb., o silniční dopravě, ve znění pozdějších předpisů; nařízení vlády č. 493/2004 Sb., kterým se upravuje prokazatelná ztráta ve veřejné linkové dopravě a kterým se konkretizuje způsob výkonu státního odborného dozoru v silniční dopravě nad financováním dopravní obslužnosti (včetně přílohy); usnesení vlády České republiky ze dne 17. května 2006 č. 560 o Strategii regionálního rozvoje České republiky; usnesení vlády České republiky ze dne 15. listopadu 2006 č. 1302 k postupu přípravy operačních programů pro čerpání prostředků ze strukturálních fondů a Fondu soudržnosti v letech 2007–2013; usnesení vlády České republiky ze dne 11. května 2005 č. 563 k Programu podpory alternativních paliv v dopravě – zemní plyn; programový dokument k Regionálnímu operačnímu programu regionu soudržnosti Severovýchod – relevantní části; prováděcí dokument k Regionálnímu operačnímu programu regionu soudržnosti Severovýchod – relevantní části |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Objective | Regional development; sectoral development |
| Form of aid | Direct grant and other forms of equity interventions |
| Budget | EUR 3 million |
| Intensity | Up to 40 % of the total eligible costs; the aid intensity may be exceeded by 10 %, when the aid is given to a medium-sized enterprise and by 20 %, when the aid is granted to a small-sized entreprise |
| Duration (period) | 1.1.2009-31.12.2014 |
| Economic sectors | Road transport |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Regionální rada regionu soudržnosti Severovýchod (Regional Council of the North-East Cohesion Region) |
| Pražská 320/8 |
| 500 04 Hradec Králové |
| ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA |

Date of adoption of the decision

29.4.2009

Reference number of State aid

N 642/08

Member State

Czech Republic

Region

Severovýchod

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

N 642/08 — Czech Republic — Public financing of alternative refuelling stations for public transport operators

Legal basis

Zákon č. 248/2000 Sb., o podpoře regionálního rozvoje, ve znění pozdějších předpisů; zákon č. 250/2000 Sb., o rozpočtových pravidlech územních rozpočtů, ve znění pozdějších předpisů; zákon č. 111/1994 Sb., o silniční dopravě, ve znění pozdějších předpisů; nařízení vlády č. 493/2004 Sb., kterým se upravuje prokazatelná ztráta ve veřejné linkové dopravě a kterým se konkretizuje způsob výkonu státního odborného dozoru v silniční dopravě nad financováním dopravní obslužnosti (včetně přílohy); usnesení vlády České republiky ze dne 17. května 2006 č. 560 o Strategii regionálního rozvoje České republiky; usnesení vlády České republiky ze dne 15. listopadu 2006 č. 1302 k postupu přípravy operačních programů pro čerpání prostředků ze strukturálních fondů a Fondu soudržnosti v letech 2007–2013; usnesení vlády České republiky ze dne 11. května 2005 č. 563 k Programu podpory alternativních paliv v dopravě – zemní plyn; programový dokument k Regionálnímu operačnímu programu regionu soudržnosti Severovýchod – relevantní části; prováděcí dokument k Regionálnímu operačnímu programu regionu soudržnosti Severovýchod – relevantní části

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Regional development; sectoral development

Form of aid

Direct grant and other forms of equity interventions

Budget

EUR 3 million

Intensity

Up to 40 % of the total eligible costs; the aid intensity may be exceeded by 10 %, when the aid is given to a medium-sized enterprise and by 20 %, when the aid is granted to a small-sized entreprise

Duration (period)

1.1.2009-31.12.2014

Economic sectors

Road transport

Name and address of the granting authority

Regionální rada regionu soudržnosti Severovýchod (Regional Council of the North-East Cohesion Region)

Pražská 320/8

500 04 Hradec Králové

ČESKÁ REPUBLIKA

Other information

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The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/index.htm

| Date of adoption of the decision | 24.3.2009 |
| --- | --- |
| Reference number of State aid | NN 4/09 (ex N 361/08) |
| Member State | Germany |
| Region | — |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | Flughafen Dresden |
| Legal basis | — |
| Type of measure | Investment aid |
| Objective | Reconstruction and extension of sole runway at Dresden airport |
| Form of aid | Non-reimbursable subsidies |
| Budget | EUR 60 million |
| Intensity | 100 % |
| Duration (period) | 2006-2007 |
| Economic sectors | Transport sector |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Freistaat Sachsen, Land Sachsen-Anhalt, Landkreis Meißen, Landkreis Kamenz, Cities of Dresden, Halle and Leipzig |
| Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit |
| Wilhelm-Buck Str. 2 |
| 01097 Dresden |
| DEUTSCHLAND |

Date of adoption of the decision

24.3.2009

Reference number of State aid

NN 4/09 (ex N 361/08)

Member State

Germany

Region

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Flughafen Dresden

Legal basis

—

Type of measure

Investment aid

Objective

Reconstruction and extension of sole runway at Dresden airport

Form of aid

Non-reimbursable subsidies

Budget

EUR 60 million

Intensity

100 %

Duration (period)

2006-2007

Economic sectors

Transport sector

Name and address of the granting authority

Freistaat Sachsen, Land Sachsen-Anhalt, Landkreis Meißen, Landkreis Kamenz, Cities of Dresden, Halle and Leipzig

Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit

Wilhelm-Buck Str. 2

01097 Dresden

DEUTSCHLAND

Other information

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The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/index.htm

| Date of adoption of the decision | 8.4.2009 |
| --- | --- |
| Reference number of State aid | N 45/09 |
| Member State | Italy |
| Region | Toscana |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | N 45/2009 — Italia — Progetto relativo a interventi integrati per il sistema aeroportuale toscano |
| Legal basis | Decreto dirigenziale n. 83 del 19.1.2009 |
| Type of measure | Individual aid |
| Objective | Sectoral development; regional development |
| Form of aid | Direct grant |
| Budget | EUR 8 million |
| Intensity | — | up to 70 % for Firenze and Pisa airports |

Date of adoption of the decision

8.4.2009

Reference number of State aid

N 45/09

Member State

Italy

Region

Toscana

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

N 45/2009 — Italia — Progetto relativo a interventi integrati per il sistema aeroportuale toscano

Legal basis

Decreto dirigenziale n. 83 del 19.1.2009

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Sectoral development; regional development

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

EUR 8 million

Intensity

—

up to 70 % for Firenze and Pisa airports

| — | 100 % for Siena, Grossetto and Marina di Campo airports |
| --- | --- |

—

100 % for Siena, Grossetto and Marina di Campo airports

Duration (period)

2009-2011

Economic sectors

Air transport

Name and address of the granting authority

| Regione Toscana |
| --- |
| Direzione Generale politiche Territoriali e Ambientali — Settore Sistema Integrato Porti |
| Aeroporti e Logistica |
| Via Slataper 6 |
| 50134 Firenze |
| ITALIA |

Regione Toscana

Direzione Generale politiche Territoriali e Ambientali — Settore Sistema Integrato Porti

Aeroporti e Logistica

Via Slataper 6

50134 Firenze

ITALIA

Other information

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The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/index.htm

| Date of adoption of the decision | 23.4.2009 |
| --- | --- |
| Reference number of State aid | N 60/09 |
| Member State | The Netherlands |
| Region | — |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | Wijziging van subsidieregeling N 208/2000 voor openbare inlandterminals (SOIT) |
| Legal basis | Besluit van het ministerie van vervoer, openbare werken en waterbeheer |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Objective | Facilitate the construction of inland terminals in order to shift more freight traffic from road to inland waterway and rail transport |
| Form of aid | Direct grant |
| Budget | EUR 11,95 million |
| Duration (period) | 2000-2003 (last decisions pending on budget increase) |
| Economic sectors | Transport |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Minister van Verkeer en Waterstaat |
| Postbus 20901 |
| 2500 EX Den Haag |
| NEDERLAND |

Date of adoption of the decision

23.4.2009

Reference number of State aid

N 60/09

Member State

The Netherlands

Region

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Wijziging van subsidieregeling N 208/2000 voor openbare inlandterminals (SOIT)

Legal basis

Besluit van het ministerie van vervoer, openbare werken en waterbeheer

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Facilitate the construction of inland terminals in order to shift more freight traffic from road to inland waterway and rail transport

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

EUR 11,95 million

Duration (period)

2000-2003 (last decisions pending on budget increase)

Economic sectors

Transport

Name and address of the granting authority

Minister van Verkeer en Waterstaat

Postbus 20901

2500 EX Den Haag

NEDERLAND

Other information

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The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/index.htm

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| 5.6.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 125/6 |
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5.6.2009

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 125/6

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Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

2009/C 125/02

| Date of adoption of the decision | 19.11.2008 |
| --- | --- |
| Reference number of State Aid | N 560/08 |
| Member State | Greece |
| Region | — |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | Support Measures for the Credit Institutions in Greece
  Μέτρα στήριξης για τα πιστωτικά ιδρύματα της Ελλάδας
  Metra stiriksis gia ta pistwtika idrumata ths Elladas |
| Legal basis | Law 3723/2008 ‘For the enhancement of liquidity of the economy in response to the impact of the international financial crisis’
  N 3723/08 ‘Ενίσχυση της ρευστότητας της οικονομίας για την αντιμετώπιση των επιπτώσεων της διεθνούς χρηματοπιστωτικής κρίσης και άλλες διατάξεις’
  N 3723/08 ‘Enisxisi ths refstotitas tis oikonomias gia tin antimetwpisi twn epiptwsewn tis diethnous xrhmatopistwtikis krisis kai alles diatakseis’ |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Objective | Aid to remedy serious disturbances in the economy |
| Form of aid | Guarantee, other forms of equity intervention |
| Budget | Overall budget: EUR 28 000 million |
| Intensity | — |
| Duration (period) | 19.11.2008-19.5.2009 |
| Economic sectors | Financial intermediation |
| Name and address of the granting authority | The Ministry of Economy and Finance
  Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών
  Ypourgeio Oikonomias kai Oikonomikwn |
| Other information | — |

Date of adoption of the decision

19.11.2008

Reference number of State Aid

N 560/08

Member State

Greece

Region

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Support Measures for the Credit Institutions in Greece

Μέτρα στήριξης για τα πιστωτικά ιδρύματα της Ελλάδας

Metra stiriksis gia ta pistwtika idrumata ths Elladas

Legal basis

Law 3723/2008 ‘For the enhancement of liquidity of the economy in response to the impact of the international financial crisis’

N 3723/08 ‘Ενίσχυση της ρευστότητας της οικονομίας για την αντιμετώπιση των επιπτώσεων της διεθνούς χρηματοπιστωτικής κρίσης και άλλες διατάξεις’

N 3723/08 ‘Enisxisi ths refstotitas tis oikonomias gia tin antimetwpisi twn epiptwsewn tis diethnous xrhmatopistwtikis krisis kai alles diatakseis’

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Aid to remedy serious disturbances in the economy

Form of aid

Guarantee, other forms of equity intervention

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 28 000 million

Intensity

—

Duration (period)

19.11.2008-19.5.2009

Economic sectors

Financial intermediation

Name and address of the granting authority

The Ministry of Economy and Finance

Υπουργείο Οικονομίας και Οικονομικών

Ypourgeio Oikonomias kai Oikonomikwn

Other information

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The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/index.htm

| Date of adoption of the decision | 14.4.2009 |
| --- | --- |
| Reference number of State Aid | N 81/09 |
| Member State | Austria |
| Region | Land Niederösterreich |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | Eybl Austria GmbH |
| Legal basis | NÖ Wirtschafts- und Tourismusfondsgesetz |
| Type of measure | Individual aid |
| Objective | Rescue of firms in difficulty |
| Form of aid | Guarantee |
| Budget | Overall budget: EUR 2 million |
| Intensity | — |
| Duration (period) | 1.3.2009-1.9.2009 |
| Economic sectors | Textiles |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Mag. Georg Bartmann c/o NÖ Wirtschafts- und Tourismusfonds beim Amt der NÖ Landesregierung Landhausplatz 1/14 |
| 3109 St. Pölten |
| ÖSTERREICH |

Date of adoption of the decision

14.4.2009

Reference number of State Aid

N 81/09

Member State

Austria

Region

Land Niederösterreich

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Eybl Austria GmbH

Legal basis

NÖ Wirtschafts- und Tourismusfondsgesetz

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Rescue of firms in difficulty

Form of aid

Guarantee

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 2 million

Intensity

—

Duration (period)

1.3.2009-1.9.2009

Economic sectors

Textiles

Name and address of the granting authority

Mag. Georg Bartmann c/o NÖ Wirtschafts- und Tourismusfonds beim Amt der NÖ Landesregierung Landhausplatz 1/14

3109 St. Pölten

ÖSTERREICH

Other information

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http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/index.htm

| Date of adoption of the decision | 30.3.2009 |
| --- | --- |
| Reference number of State Aid | N 90/09 |
| Member State | Germany |
| Region | Freistaat Sachsen |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | Palla Creativ Textiltechnik GmbH & Co. KG |
| Legal basis | Sächsische Haushaltsordnung |
| Type of measure | Individual aid |
| Objective | Rescue of firms in difficulty |
| Form of aid | Soft loan |
| Budget | Annual budget: EUR 4,5 million; Overall budget: EUR 4,5 million |
| Intensity | — |
| Duration (period) | 1.4.2009-30.9.2009 |
| Economic sectors | Textiles |
| Name and address of the granting authority | SAB Sächsische Aufbaubank und Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen |
| Pirnaische Straße 9 |
| 01069 Dresden |
| DEUTSCHLAND |

Date of adoption of the decision

30.3.2009

Reference number of State Aid

N 90/09

Member State

Germany

Region

Freistaat Sachsen

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Palla Creativ Textiltechnik GmbH & Co. KG

Legal basis

Sächsische Haushaltsordnung

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Rescue of firms in difficulty

Form of aid

Soft loan

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 4,5 million; Overall budget: EUR 4,5 million

Intensity

—

Duration (period)

1.4.2009-30.9.2009

Economic sectors

Textiles

Name and address of the granting authority

SAB Sächsische Aufbaubank und Sächsisches Staatsministerium der Finanzen

Pirnaische Straße 9

01069 Dresden

DEUTSCHLAND

Other information

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| Date of adoption of the decision | 1.4.2009 |
| --- | --- |
| Reference number of State Aid | N 156/09 |
| Member State | Netherlands |
| Region | — |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | National Framework ‘Limited amounts of compatible aid’ |
| Legal basis | Nederlands nationaal kader voor het tijdelijk verlenen van beperkte steunbedragen |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Objective | Aid to remedy serious disturbances in the economy |
| Form of aid | Direct grant, Interest subsidy, Guarantee |
| Budget | — |
| Intensity | — |
| Duration (period) | until 31.12.2010 |
| Economic sectors | All sectors |
| Name and address of the granting authority | — |
| Other information | — |

Date of adoption of the decision

1.4.2009

Reference number of State Aid

N 156/09

Member State

Netherlands

Region

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

National Framework ‘Limited amounts of compatible aid’

Legal basis

Nederlands nationaal kader voor het tijdelijk verlenen van beperkte steunbedragen

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Aid to remedy serious disturbances in the economy

Form of aid

Direct grant, Interest subsidy, Guarantee

Budget

—

Intensity

—

Duration (period)

until 31.12.2010

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority

—

Other information

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| Date of adoption of the decision | 4.11.2008 |
| --- | --- |
| Reference number of State Aid | NN 54a/08 |
| Member State | Spain |
| Region | — |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | Fondo de adquisición de activos financieros |
| Legal basis | Real Decreto-Ley 6/2008, Proyecto de Orden adoptado el 31 de octubre de 2008 y acuerdo básico del Consejo Rector del Fondo para la adquisición de activos financieros adoptado el 27 de octubre de 2008, Ley 47/2003 de 26 de noviembre 2003, Ley 4/1999 de 13 de enero de 1999 |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Objective | Aid to remedy serious disturbances in the economy |
| Form of aid | Other forms of equity intervention |
| Budget | Overall budget: EUR 30 000-50 000 million |
| Intensity | — |
| Duration (period) | 6 months |
| Economic sectors | Financial intermediation |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Dirección General del Tesoro |
| Paseo del Prado 6 |
| Madrid |
| ESPAÑA |

Date of adoption of the decision

4.11.2008

Reference number of State Aid

NN 54a/08

Member State

Spain

Region

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Fondo de adquisición de activos financieros

Legal basis

Real Decreto-Ley 6/2008, Proyecto de Orden adoptado el 31 de octubre de 2008 y acuerdo básico del Consejo Rector del Fondo para la adquisición de activos financieros adoptado el 27 de octubre de 2008, Ley 47/2003 de 26 de noviembre 2003, Ley 4/1999 de 13 de enero de 1999

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Aid to remedy serious disturbances in the economy

Form of aid

Other forms of equity intervention

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 30 000-50 000 million

Intensity

—

Duration (period)

6 months

Economic sectors

Financial intermediation

Name and address of the granting authority

Dirección General del Tesoro

Paseo del Prado 6

Madrid

ESPAÑA

Other information

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 125/10

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Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

2009/C 125/03

| Date of adoption of the decision | 4.5.2009 |
| --- | --- |
| Reference number of State Aid | N 89/09 |
| Member State | Greece |
| Region | Regions hit by fires during 2008 |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | Πρόγραμμα κρατικών οικονομικών ενισχύσεων για την αντιστάθμιση ζημιών από πυρκαγιές έτους 2008 |
| Legal basis | Σχέδιο ΚΥΑ με θέμα: «Μέτρα υπέρ των παραγωγών της χώρας που οι γεωργοκτηνοτροφικές τους εκμεταλλεύσεις ζημιώθηκαν από πυρκαγιές κατά το έτος 2008» |
| Type of measure | Compensation for damage to means of Agricultural production from an exceptional occurrence |
| Objective | Exceptional occurrences |
| Form of aid | Direct grant |
| Budget | Overall budget EUR 30 000 000 |
| Intensity | Τhe producers, that suffered damages of a minimum threshold of 30 %, will have the right to receive aid. The intensity of the aid will depend on the nature of the damaged object and it will range between 50 %-80 % |
| Duration (period) | From 1 May 2009 until 31 December 2012 |
| Economic sectors | Agricultural sector |
| Name and address of the granting authority | α. Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων |
| Αχαρνών 2, 10176 Αθήνα |
| β. ΕΛΓΑ |
| Μεσογείων 45 |
| 11510 Αθήνα |
| ΕΛΛΑΔΑ/GREECE |

Date of adoption of the decision

4.5.2009

Reference number of State Aid

N 89/09

Member State

Greece

Region

Regions hit by fires during 2008

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Πρόγραμμα κρατικών οικονομικών ενισχύσεων για την αντιστάθμιση ζημιών από πυρκαγιές έτους 2008

Legal basis

Σχέδιο ΚΥΑ με θέμα: «Μέτρα υπέρ των παραγωγών της χώρας που οι γεωργοκτηνοτροφικές τους εκμεταλλεύσεις ζημιώθηκαν από πυρκαγιές κατά το έτος 2008»

Type of measure

Compensation for damage to means of Agricultural production from an exceptional occurrence

Objective

Exceptional occurrences

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Overall budget EUR 30 000 000

Intensity

Τhe producers, that suffered damages of a minimum threshold of 30 %, will have the right to receive aid. The intensity of the aid will depend on the nature of the damaged object and it will range between 50 %-80 %

Duration (period)

From 1 May 2009 until 31 December 2012

Economic sectors

Agricultural sector

Name and address of the granting authority

α. Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίμων

Αχαρνών 2, 10176 Αθήνα

β. ΕΛΓΑ

Μεσογείων 45

11510 Αθήνα

ΕΛΛΑΔΑ/GREECE

Other information

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5.6.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 125/11

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5380 — Air France-KLM/Royal Air Maroc/JV)

2009/C 125/04

On 19 May 2009, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in French and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

| — | from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes, |
| --- | --- |

—

from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

| — | in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32009M5380. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu). |
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in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32009M5380. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).

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IV Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

| 5.6.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 125/12 |
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5.6.2009

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 125/12

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Euro exchange rates (1)

4 June 2009

2009/C 125/05

1 euro =

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| USD | US dollar | 1,4095 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 136,32 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4479 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,86890 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 10,8115 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,5126 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 8,9055 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 26,931 |
| EEK | Estonian kroon | 15,6466 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 287,10 |
| LTL | Lithuanian litas | 3,4528 |
| LVL | Latvian lats | 0,7093 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 4,5193 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 4,2145 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 2,1784 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,7732 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,5694 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 10,9257 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 2,2480 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 2,0400 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 757,87 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 11,3902 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 9,6313 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,3580 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 14 218,04 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 4,9220 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 66,481 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 43,6440 |
| THB | Thai baht | 48,141 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 2,7713 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 18,8380 |
| INR | Indian rupee | 66,5350 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,4095

JPY

Japanese yen

136,32

DKK

Danish krone

7,4479

GBP

Pound sterling

0,86890

SEK

Swedish krona

10,8115

CHF

Swiss franc

1,5126

ISK

Iceland króna

NOK

Norwegian krone

8,9055

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

26,931

EEK

Estonian kroon

15,6466

HUF

Hungarian forint

287,10

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,7093

PLN

Polish zloty

4,5193

RON

Romanian leu

4,2145

TRY

Turkish lira

2,1784

AUD

Australian dollar

1,7732

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,5694

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

10,9257

NZD

New Zealand dollar

2,2480

SGD

Singapore dollar

2,0400

KRW

South Korean won

1 757,87

ZAR

South African rand

11,3902

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

9,6313

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,3580

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

14 218,04

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

4,9220

PHP

Philippine peso

66,481

RUB

Russian rouble

43,6440

THB

Thai baht

48,141

BRL

Brazilian real

2,7713

MXN

Mexican peso

18,8380

INR

Indian rupee

66,5350

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(1)  Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

| 5.6.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 125/13 |
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C 125/13

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises active in the production of agricultural products and amending Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

(Text with EEA relevance)

2009/C 125/06

Aid No: XA 220/08

Member State: The Netherlands

Region: Provincie Noord Brabant

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Subsidieregeling Duurzame Landbouw in Noord-Brabant

Legal basis: Algemene subsidieverordening provincie Noord-Brabant, ASV and the Subsidieverordening inrichting landelijk gebied 2007, the ILG-verordening

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Under Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the policy scheme covers up to EUR 8,09 million in the period 2008-2013. The expenditure under the Regulation is disbursed in order to achieve the following policy goals:

—   A: Boost sustainable agriculture — period 2008-2013 — max. EUR 3,91 million

—   B: Increase production capacity in organic farming and knowledge sharing between organic and conventional farming — period 2008-2011 — max. EUR 0,68 million

—   C: Improve air quality in the vicinity of farms — period 2008-2011 — max. EUR 3,50 million.

Annual (maximum) expenditure under the policy scheme is as follows:

2008: EUR 1,43 million

2009: EUR 1,70 million

2010: EUR 2,51 million

2011: EUR 2,31 million

2012: EUR 0,06 million

2013: EUR 0,08 million

Maximum aid intensity: The Subsidieregeling Duurzame Landbouw aid scheme in Noord-Brabant has been set up to achieve policy goals A to C inclusive under Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006. Investments in agricultural holdings (Article 4) are subject to a maximum intensity level of 40 %: A maximum of EUR 400 000 applies to start-up aid for the constitution of producer groups (Article 9). A maximum of 100 % of eligible expenses applies to aid to encourage the production of quality agricultural products (Article 14) and the provision of technical support in the agricultural sector (Article 15)

Date of implementation: 1 July 2008, once the European Commission has published the summary information

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: The aid scheme applies during the management period up to 1 January 2012 for all policy goals, and up to 1 January 2014 for policy goal A

Objective of aid: Activities that may be supported are as follows:

Investments by agricultural holdings as referred to in Article 4 up to a maximum of 40 % of eligible expenses. Aid may be granted to reduce production costs (paragraph 3(a)), improve and re-deploy production (paragraph 3(b)), improve quality (paragraph 3(c)) or preserve and improve the natural environment or improve hygiene or animal welfare standards (paragraph 3(d)). Eligible expenses may include the construction, acquisition or improvement of immovable property (paragraph 4(a)), the purchase or lease-purchase of machinery and equipment (paragraph 4(b)) and general costs linked to expenditure under points (a) and (b) (paragraph 4(c)). Aid of up to 35 % is awarded for elutriator investment costs. The aid is not granted to companies in difficulty, nor is it awarded in contravention of market regulations. No more than EUR 400 000 per farm is paid out over a period of three fiscal years. The conditions of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, in particular of Article 4(2) to (10) inclusive, are met

Producer groups or producer associations as referred to in Article 9. Start-up aid may be granted up to a maximum of EUR 400 000. The conditions of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, in particular of Article 9(2) to (6) inclusive, are met

Encouragement of the production of quality agricultural products as referred to in Article 14. Aid is granted up to a maximum of 100 % of eligible expenses. The conditions of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, in particular of Article 14(2) to (6) inclusive, are met

Development of knowledge and its transfer to farmers and farm workers in order to preserve operations as referred to in Article 15. Aid is granted up to a maximum of 100 % of eligible expenses. The conditions of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, in particular of Article 15(2) to (4) inclusive, are met

Sector(s) concerned: All the (primary) production sectors of agriculture and horticulture involving small and medium-sized enterprises as referred to in Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006

Name and address of the granting authority:

| Gedeputeerde Staten van Noord-Brabant |
| --- |
| Postbus 90151 |
| 5200 MC’s-Hertogenbosch |
| NEDERLAND |

Gedeputeerde Staten van Noord-Brabant

Postbus 90151

5200 MC’s-Hertogenbosch

NEDERLAND

Website: http://www.brabant.nl/sitecore/content/Applicaties/SIS/Zoek.aspx?q=219-08&qsd=A12&qvv

Other information: The award of grants under this policy scheme is subject to the following general conditions within the framework already provided by Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006, the ILG-verordening and the ASV (See Article 7 of the Subsidieregeling Duurzame Landbouw in Noord-Brabant):

| — | up to 40 % in so far as Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 applies |
| --- | --- |

—

up to 40 % in so far as Article 4 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 applies

| — | grants of up to EUR 400 000 may be awarded in so far as Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 applies |
| --- | --- |

—

grants of up to EUR 400 000 may be awarded in so far as Article 9 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 applies

| — | grants of up to 100 % may be awarded in so far as Article 14 or Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 applies |
| --- | --- |

—

grants of up to 100 % may be awarded in so far as Article 14 or Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 applies

To view the scheme, please go to the above website.

Aid No: XA 41/09

Member State: Spain

Region: Principado de Asturias

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Asociación española de criadores de ganado vacuno selecto de raza Asturiana de la Montaña (ASEAMO)

Legal basis: Convenio de colaboración entre el Gobierno del Principado de Asturias y la Asociación española de criadores de ganado vacuno selecto de raza Asturiana de la Montaña (ASEAMO) para el desarrollo del programa de conservación y mejora de dicha raza durante el trienio 2009-2011

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The maximum amount of aid granted in each year that this scheme runs will be:

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity to be granted for each of the headings of the action programme to be implemented by the beneficiary of the aid will be:

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the registration number for the request for exemption on the website of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: until 31 December 2011

Objective of aid: To implement a genetic improvement programme for the Asturiana de la Montaña breed of cattle

The following Articles of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 apply:

Article 15 Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector. Eligible costs: the costs of organising case study exhibitions.

Pursuant to the condition stipulated in Article 15(4), technical assistance will be available to all owners of animals registered in the herd-book for this race, without membership of the Association being a prerequisite for using the service.

Article 16 Support for the livestock sector. Eligible costs: Costs of maintaining the herd-book, costs of performance testing and tests to determine the genetic quality of livestock, costs relating to the introduction of innovative animal breeding techniques

In accordance with the provisions of Articles 15.3 and 16.3 of the above-mentioned Regulation, the aid will be granted in kind by means of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers.

Sector(s) concerned: Cattle breeding

Name and address of the granting authority:

| Consejería de Medio Rural y Pesca del Principado de Asturias |
| --- |
| C/Coronel Aranda, s/n, 4a planta |
| 33071 Oviedo (Asturias) |
| ESPAÑA |

Consejería de Medio Rural y Pesca del Principado de Asturias

C/Coronel Aranda, s/n, 4a planta

33071 Oviedo (Asturias)

ESPAÑA

Website: The text of the cooperation agreement is available from www.asturias.es by following the links for www.asturias.es at the URL: http://www.asturias.es/Asturias/descargas/CONVENIOS%20GANADERIA/ASEAMO%2009%20convenio.pdf

Other information: –

The director-general for livestock farming and Agri-food

Luis Miguel ÁLVAREZ MORALES

Aid No: XA 42/09

Member State: Spain

Region: Principado de Asturias

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Asociación española de criadores de ganado vacuno selecto de raza Asturiana de los Valles (ASEAVA)

Asturiana de los Valles

Legal basis: Convenio de colaboración entre el Gobierno del Principado de Asturias y la Asociación española de criadores de ganado vacuno selecto de raza Asturiana de los Valles (ASEAVA) para el desarrollo del programa de mejora genética de dicha raza durante el trienio 2009-2011

Asturiana de los Valles

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: The maximum amount of aid to be granted in each year under the agreement will be:

Maximum aid intensity: The maximum aid intensity to be granted for each of the headings of the action programme to be implemented by the beneficiary of the aid will be:

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the registration number for the request for exemption on the website of the Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2011

Objective of aid: To implement a genetic improvement programme for the Asturiana de los Valles breed of cattle

Asturiana de los Valles

The following Articles of Regulation (EC) No857/2006 apply:

Article 15 — Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector. Eligible costs: the costs of organising training programmes, consultancy services provided by third parties, disseminating scientific knowledge and producing publications and websites.

Article 15 — Provision of technical support in the agricultural sector.

Pursuant to the condition stipulated in Article 15(4), technical assistance will be available to all owners of animals registered in the herd-book for this race, without membership of the Association being a prerequisite for using the service.

Article 16 — Support for the livestock sector. Eligible costs: costs of maintaining the herd-book, costs of performance testing and tests to determine the genetic quality of livestock, costs relating to the introduction of innovative animal breeding techniques.

Article 16 — Support for the livestock sector.

In accordance with the provisions of Articles 15.3 and 16.3 of the above-mentioned Regulation, the aid will be granted in kind by means of subsidised services and must not involve direct payments of money to producers.

Sector(s) concerned: Cattle breeding

Name and address of the granting authority:

| Consejería de Medio Rural y Pesca del Principado de Asturias |
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| C/Coronel Aranda, s/n, 4a planta |
| 33071 Oviedo (Asturias) |
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Consejería de Medio Rural y Pesca del Principado de Asturias

C/Coronel Aranda, s/n, 4a planta

33071 Oviedo (Asturias)

ESPAÑA

Web address: The text of the cooperation agreement can be consulted on the www.asturias.es website at the following page: http://www.asturias.es/Asturias/descargas/CONVENIOS%20GANADERIA/ASEAVA%2009%20%20convenio.pdf

Other information: —

The director-general for livestock farming and Agri-food

Luis Miguel ÁLVAREZ MORALES

Aid No: XA 52/09

Member State: Spain

Region: Castilla y León

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Ayudas para realización de cursos/jornadas de formación agraria y agroalimentaria

Legal basis: Orden AYG/.../2009, de la Consejería de Agricultura y Ganadería por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de la concesión de ayudas para la realización cursos/jornadas de formación agraria y agroalimentaria

The aid scheme makes use of the exemption laid down in Commission Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006 of 15 December 2006 and complies with Article 15 of that Regulation

Annual expenditure planned: EUR 1 800 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Date of implementation: From the date on which the registration number of the exemption request is published on the website of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2013

Objective of aid: Technical support (Article 15 of Regulation (EC) No 1857/2006). Provision of technical support to the agricultural sector through aid intended for training activities, with a view to improving the qualifications of professionals in the rural agricultural and agri-food sector.

Sector(s) concerned: Agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry and agri-food sector

Name and address of the granting authority: Dirección General de Industrialización y Modernización Agraria

Website: The full text of the aid scheme will be published on the website of the Junta de Castilla y Léon

The direct link is: http://www.jcyl.es/scsiau/Satellite/up/ds/EconomiaEmpleo/pdf;charset=UTF8/134/62/ORDEN_BASES%20publicada.pdf/_?asm=jcyl

Aid No: XA 72/09

Member State: Italy

Region: Campania

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving an individual aid: Indennizzi integrativi regionali per l’abbattimento di animali della specie bufalina affetti da brucellosi, tubercolosi e leucosi enzootica nel territorio della Regione Campania

Legal basis: Delibera di Giunta Regione Campania n. 1497 del 29 settembre 2006

Delibera di Giunta Regione Campania n. 797 del 9 maggio 2008

Delibera di Giunta Regione Campania n. 1369 del 28 agosto 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: EUR 5 million

Maximum aid intensity: 100 % of the market value of animals slaughtered

Date of implementation: From the date of publication of the registration number of the request for exemption on the website of the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development.

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 31 December 2012. No aid will be granted in any case more than four years after the event

Objective of aid: Article 10(2)

additional compensation in respect of the State financing up to the market value of buffalo slaughtered, as derived from the ISMEA bulletin, net of the value of any compensation granted under Law No 615 of 9 June 1964, as subsequently amended and supplemented, and of revenue from the sale of the meat and any insurance settlements

Sector(s) concerned: livestock

Name and address of the granting authority: Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Avellino 1 — Grottaminarda

Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Avellino 2 — Avellino

Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Benevento 1 — Benevento

Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Caserta 1 — Caserta

Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Caserta 2 — Aversa

Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Napoli 1 — Napoli

Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Napoli 2 — Pozzuoli

Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Napoli 3 — Frattamaggiore

Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Napoli 4 — Nola

Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Napoli 5 — Pompei

Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Salerno 1 — Nocera Superiore

Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Salerno 2 — Salerno

Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale Salerno 3 — Vallo della Lucania

All in respect of the slaughter of infected buffalo which are part of the existing buffalo herd in the territory for which each is responsible

Website: The full text and related documentation may be consulted on: www.izsmportici.it/upload/articoli/100/delibere.zip

Other information: This aid may not be combined with other regional aid granted for the same purpose

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DISSOLUTION

By judgment of 1 April 2009, the Second Chamber of the Tribunal d’arrondissement de et à Luxembourg (District Court of Luxembourg) sitting in commercial matters (‘the Court’), pronounced the dissolution and ordered the winding up of the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A. established at 7 Val Sainte Croix, L-1371 Luxembourg, RCS (Company Register) Luxembourg B No 39564.

The same judgment appointed Odette PAULY, First Vice-President of the Tribunal d’arrondissement de Luxembourg, as official receiver and appointed Jacques DELVAUX, notary, and Laurent FISCH, lawyer, both with an address for service in Luxembourg, as liquidators,

with the task of winding up the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A., ...

| | states that the winding up of the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A. will take place in accordance with the provisions of the Law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector, as amended, Articles141, 144, 146 and 149 of the Law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended, and Articles 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 463, 464, 465-1, 3 and 5, 485, 487, 508, 528, 537, 538, 539, 540, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 567-1 of the Commerical Code, |
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states that the winding up of the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A. will take place in accordance with the provisions of the Law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector, as amended, Articles141, 144, 146 and 149 of the Law of 10 August 1915 on commercial companies, as amended, and Articles 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 463, 464, 465-1, 3 and 5, 485, 487, 508, 528, 537, 538, 539, 540, 542, 543, 544, 545, 546, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 552, 567-1 of the Commerical Code,

| | fixes the time for the termination of payments as 24 March 2008 and lays down the methods for the winding up of the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A. as follows:


  ‘Creditors:

  From the day of the present judgment, the rates of interest on all claims not guaranteed by a prefential ranking, security or mortgage shall be stopped.
  From the same day, compensation shall no longer be payable except in the following cases:






  — | existence of related debts, |
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fixes the time for the termination of payments as 24 March 2008 and lays down the methods for the winding up of the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A. as follows:

‘Creditors:

From the day of the present judgment, the rates of interest on all claims not guaranteed by a prefential ranking, security or mortgage shall be stopped.

From the same day, compensation shall no longer be payable except in the following cases:

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existence of related debts,

| — | application of the provisions of the Law of 5 August 2005 on financial guarantees, |
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application of the provisions of the Law of 5 August 2005 on financial guarantees,

| — | application of the provisions of foreign law, in particular under the rules of private international law laid down in Articles 61-10, 61-12, 61-13, 61-14, 61-15, 61-25 and 61-26 of the Law on the financial sector. |
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application of the provisions of foreign law, in particular under the rules of private international law laid down in Articles 61-10, 61-12, 61-13, 61-14, 61-15, 61-25 and 61-26 of the Law on the financial sector.

The period within which declarations of claims must be filed shall be fixed on 1 August 2009.

Verification of claims:

The verification of claims shall be carried out by the liquidators, but admission of claims shall be the subject of a report signed by the official receiver and the liquidators.

The lists with the claims periodically declared admissible will be filed at the registry of the Second Chamber of the Tribunal d’arrondissement de Luxembourg during the first ten days in October, February and June, where it may be inspected by the declared creditors and those entered on the balance sheet.

During that period, the same persons may make an objection to the claims entered on the list. The objection is made by declaration at the registry. The registrar shall refer to the list in question in the margin of the contested claim. The reference shall carry the date of the objection and the identity of its author and, as the case may be, of the agent making the objection declaration. The objection must be repeated within three days by registered letter sent to the liquidators, failing which it shall be inadmissible. To be admissible it must contain the exact status of the author of the objection, choice of domicile in the Municipality of Luxembourg, the reasons for his or her position as declared creditor or creditor entered on the balance sheet and the pleas and documents relied on in support of the objection.

The admissibility and substance of the objection shall be checked briefly by the liquidators.

After expiry of the period of ten days to make an objection, the claims declared admissible which are uncontested shall be definitively admitted in the reports signed by the liquidators and the official receiver.

The liquidators of the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A. shall duly inform the creditors whose declarations of claim have been contested or are the subject of an objection that their claims are contested or that there is an objection, by registered letter to the address stated in the declaration of claim or, alternatively, their last known address.

If those creditors fail to proceed by summons within a period of 40 (forty) days from the date of sending of that registered letter by the post office, the declaration of claim in question must be considered to be definitively rejected.

It is imperative that a creditor who proceeds by writ against the liquidators and, in the case of objections, against the objecting creditor, has an address for service in the Municipality of Luxembourg, either in the writ or in a subsequent document. If that address for service is not maintained for the duration of the proceedings or there is no notification to the liquidators of the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A. of a change of address for service all further information for him and service against him may be validly given or effected at the registry of the Tribunal d’arrondissement de Luxembourg sitting in commercial matters, as laid down in the second paragraph of Article 499 of the Commercial Code.

Disputes which cannot be decided immediately shall be dealt with separately. Those which are not within the jurisdiction of the Tribunal d'arrondissement de Luxembourg shall be sent back to the court having jurisdiction.

No application may be made to set aside judgments ruling on disputes and objections.

Creditors whose claims have been admitted shall be informed individually thereof by the liquidators of the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A. by ordinary post.

Conversion of claims drawn up in a currency other than EUR:

The claims drawn up in a currency other than EUR shall be converted into that currency at the exchange rate of the day of the judgment of the winding up as published by the Central European Bank, and the payment of all admitted claims shall be in that currency.

Distribution of dividends:

The liquidators shall send the court a request for the purpose of authorisation to proceed to the distribution and of drawing up a statement of account. The judgment fixing the date of the statement will be published in extracts, at least one month before the date fixed by the court in the following newspapers: Luxemburger Wort, tageblatt and the Financial Times.

The publication will show information to creditors who fail to present their debt before the date fixed for the statement of account and cannot be taken into consideration at the time of the payment of the upcoming dividend, in accordance with the provisions of Article 508 of the Commercial Code.

At the date of the statement of account, the liquidators will fix the assets and the liabilities and determine the dividend to be paid.

The distribution of the dividend declared shall take place in the four months after the statement of account.

At the request of the liquidators, a judgment will be delivered approving the status of the distributions to the creditors, which will have the result that distributions to creditors from the liquidators will not be available.

There shall be no need to pay interest to creditors whose claim has not been admitted definitively, and which have received payment of one or several dividends after other creditors, provided that and only in so far as that interval is caused by the normal course of winding up transactions.

Further, there shall be no need to pay interest to creditors whose claims have been admitted definitively but the payment of which takes place after a certain interval between the date of the judgment authorising the payment of the interim dividends and actual payment, whether that delay is owing to the creditors not having provided the liquidators with the necessary information for actual payment, a legal restriction or difficulty in identifying creditors.

During the winding up proceedings the undistributed dividends must be retained by the liquidators and produce interest for the body of creditors.

Liquidators:

From the date of this judgment, all acts concerning movable and immovable property and enforcement concerning movables or immovables may be pursued or commenced only against the liquidators, just as the exercise of any act concerning the company shall henceforth be reserved to the liquidators.

The liquidators will take an oath before the official receiver to carry out their duties in a proper and loyal manner.

The Tribunal de commerce (Commercial Court) may replace at any time one or both of the liquidators, revoke their capacity or increase their number.

The liquidators will draw up an inventory of instruments, securities, claims and assets of all kinds forming part of the assets of the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A., without making a distinction as to their place of filing or situation in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg or abroad.

The liquidators will realise and sell those instruments, securities, credits and assets and distribute the income in one sum or by a series of instalments in accordance with the respective rights of the creditors. The distributions relating thereto must be approved by the court.

With a view to achieving that objective, the liquidators may receive all payments, give a release with or without a receipt, endorse all commercial instruments and sell the movable or immovable property of the company.

With the authorisation of the court, given upon a report of the official receiver, the liquidators may reach agreements or settle all disputes, even those relating to property rights, when those transactions or settlements relate to an indefinite value or a value in excess of EUR 100 000.

The liquidators may commence and continue all proceedings and actions before any court in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and abroad which they deem necessary for the protection of the interests of the creditors and to realise or sell or take possession of all assets, instruments, securities or claims which are part of the assets of Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A.

The liquidators will also have power to defend in all cases, proceedings and actions brought either against them in their capacity of liquidators or against the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A., pursue, both as applicant and defendant, and intervene in all cases, proceedings and actions pending now and in the future before any court, and to bring appeals against all judgments, orders or other decisions delivered or made or to be delivered or made in all disputes, proceedings and cases, in both Luxembourg and abroad, and in so far as the liquidators consider that the defence, pursuance, intervention and appeal is necessary or useful to protect the assets of the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A.

The liquidators may, in so far as they deem necessary, have recourse to the services of attorneys, agents or staff for the purpose of preserving or keeping the books, records and archives of the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A. and for the purpose of preserving and selling those assets and take all other measures they deem necessary in the interest of the winding up.

All expenditure incurred for that purpose and to that end by the liquidators will be chargeable to the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A.

The liquidators will implement their decisions and act vis-à-vis third parties and institutions and courts, without any special delegated powers for specific acts and under their joint signature.

The costs and fees of the liquidators will be chargeable to the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A.

After completing the winding-up work, the liquidators will report to the court concerning the result of the winding up and the use of the institution’s assets, submitting the accounts to the court and providing it with supporting documents.

After the report of the receivers, a ruling will be given on the management of the liquidators and on the closure of the winding up.

The judgment closing the winding up will be published in accordance with the detailed rules to be determined in the closure decision, stating both the place where the books and documents of the winding up are to be filed and preserved for at least five years and the measures taken for the purpose of deposit of the monies and assets passing to the creditors and shareholders which could not be handed over to them’,

| | orders the provisional enforcement of this judgment with immediate effect and before registration, notwithstanding any appeal, |
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orders the provisional enforcement of this judgment with immediate effect and before registration, notwithstanding any appeal,

orders the provisional enforcement

| | makes the costs of the present decision chargeable to the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A., |
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makes the costs of the present decision chargeable to the limited liability company Lehman Brothers (Luxembourg) S.A.,

makes

| | states that the present judgment will be published in extracts in the special Mémorial C collection of companies and associations and in the following newspapers: Luxemburger Wort, tageblatt and the Financial Times, within eight days of delivery in accordance with Article 61(12) of the Law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector, as amended, |
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states that the present judgment will be published in extracts in the special Mémorial C collection of companies and associations and in the following newspapers: Luxemburger Wort, tageblatt and the Financial Times, within eight days of delivery in accordance with Article 61(12) of the Law of 5 April 1993 on the financial sector, as amended,

states

Luxemburger Wort, tageblatt

Financial Times

Official extract.

The liquidators

Jacques DELVAUX and Laurent FISCH

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Extract from the decision concerning Landsbanki Íslands hf. pursuant to Directive 2001/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reorganisation and winding-up of credit institutions

Invitation to lodge a claim — Time limits to be observed

2009/C 125/08

ADVERTISMENT ON EXTENSION OF MORATORIUM

A ruling by the Reykjavík District Court, pronounced on 3 March 2009, authorised the extension of the moratorium granted to Landsbanki Íslands hf., Reg. No 540291-2259, Austurstræti 16, 101 Reykjavík, which was originally granted on 5 December 2008, to Thursday, 26 November 2009. According to Temporary Provision II of Act No 44/2009, amending Act No 161/2002, the Reykjavík District Court has appointed a Winding-up Board for the bank, which will handle, for instance, claims against the bank while the moratorium is in effect and after winding-up proceedings commence upon the conclusion of the moratorium.

The reference date is 15 November 2008. The commencement date of claims processing shall be based on the entry into force of Act No 44/2009 and is 22 April 2009, cf. further the first paragraph and the second sentence of the third paragraph of Article 102 of Act No 161/2002, cf. Article 6 of Act No 44/2009.

All parties claiming debts of any sort or other rights against Landsbanki Íslands hf. or assets controlled by the bank, including preferential claims and those secured in re, are hereby invited to submit their claims to the bank’s Winding-up Board within six months of the first publication of this notice on 30 April 2009, accordingly the last day to submit claims is 30 October 2009. Submission of claims shall be made by mail to the bank’s Winding-up Board at Austurstræti 16, 101 Reykjavík, Iceland; their contents must comply with the instructions in the second and third paragraph of Article 117 of the Act on Bankruptcy etc. No 21/1991. With reference to the previously mentioned provisions of the first paragraph and the second sentence of the third paragraph of Article 102 of Act No 161/2002, cf. Article 6 of Act No 44/2009, creditors are directed to include in their claims submissions the position of the claim as of 22 April 2009.

Claims in foreign currency must be submitted in the currency in question. A creditor from a Member State of the European Economic Area or the European Free Trade Association may submit claims in a language of that state. Such claims submissions must be accompanied by an Icelandic translation; claims may be submitted in English without an accompanying translation. Other creditors may submit their claims in Icelandic or English.

If a claim is not submitted within the above mentioned time limit it shall be subject to the same legal effect as a claim not properly submitted, as provided for in Article 118 of the Act on Bankruptcy etc., No 21/1991, and the claim shall therefore be deemed to be cancelled against Landsbanki Íslands hf. unless the exceptions in Points 1-6 of the provision apply.

It is specifically reiterated that, in submitting a claim, a creditor is deemed to have agreed to the removal of confidentiality (bank secrecy) with regard to the claim concerned.

A creditors’ meeting will be held on Monday, 23 November 2009, at 9.00 am at Hilton Hotel Nordica, Suðurlandsbraut 2, Reykjavík. Parties who have submitted claims against the bank are entitled to attend the meeting. This meeting will discuss a list of claims lodged and the decision of the Winding-up Board insofar as it is then available. A list of claims lodged will be accessible to those who have submitted claims against the bank at least one week prior to the above mentioned meeting.

The above mentioned meeting is also held for discussion of the moratorium of Landsbanki Íslands hf. as provided for in Chapter III of the Act on Bankruptcy etc., No 21/1991. According to the above ruling by the Reykjavík District Court, the court will once more consider the bank’s moratorium on 26 November 2009 at 1.30 pm in Courtroom 102.

Further information on submission of claims and handling of claims will be made accessible on the bank’s website: www.lbi.is The Winding-up Board instructs creditors to provide information on their e-mail address or that of their agents to facilitate communication of information.

Reykjavík, 12 May 2009.

Winding-up Board of Landsbanki Íslands hf.

Kristinn BJARNASON, Supreme Court Attorney

Halldór H. BACKMAN, Supreme Court Attorney

Herdís HALLMARSDÓTTIR, Supreme Court Attorney

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ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

European Parliament

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Call for proposals IX-2010/02 — Grants to political foundations at European level

2009/C 125/09

1.   OBJECTIVES

1.1.   Background

Article 191 of the Treaty establishing the European Community says that the political parties at European level are an important factor for integration within the Union. They contribute to forming a European awareness and expressing the political will of the citizens of the Union. In this context, Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 (1) lays down the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding. The revision of the Regulation recognised the role of political foundations at European level, which, as organisations affiliated to political parties at European level, ‘may through their activities support and underpin the objectives of the latter notably in terms of contributing to the debate on European public policy issues and on European integration, including by acting as catalysts for new ideas, analysis and policy options’. The Regulation provides, in particular, for an annual operating grant from the European Parliament, to political foundations which apply and which satisfy the conditions laid down in the Regulation.

1.2.   Objective of the call

Under Article 2 of the Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004 laying down the procedures for implementing Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 (2), ‘The European Parliament shall publish each year, before the end of the first half of the year, a call for proposals with a view to the awarding of grants to fund parties and foundations’. This call for proposals relates to grant applications for the financial year 2010 covering the period of activity from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010.

2.   CRITERIA AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

2.1.   Admissibility

Applications will not be admissible unless they are submitted in writing on the grant application form in Annex 1 of the above Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004, forwarded to the President of the European Parliament by the closing date and meet the conditions for the submission of applications set out below.

2.2.   Eligibility criteria

In order to be eligible for a grant, a political foundation at European level must satisfy the conditions laid down in Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003, i.e.:

| (a) | it must be affiliated with one of the political parties at European level recognised in accordance with this Regulation, as certified by that party; |
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(a)

it must be affiliated with one of the political parties at European level recognised in accordance with this Regulation, as certified by that party;

| (b) | it must have legal personality in the Member State in which its seat is located. This legal personality shall be separate from that of the political party at European level with which the foundation is affiliated; |
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(b)

it must have legal personality in the Member State in which its seat is located. This legal personality shall be separate from that of the political party at European level with which the foundation is affiliated;

| (c) | it must observe, in particular in its programme and in its activities, the principles on which the European Union is founded, namely the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law; |
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(c)

it must observe, in particular in its programme and in its activities, the principles on which the European Union is founded, namely the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law;

| (d) | it shall not promote profit goals; |
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(d)

it shall not promote profit goals;

| (e) | its governing body shall have a geographically balanced composition. |
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(e)

its governing body shall have a geographically balanced composition.

2.3.   Exclusion criteria

Applicants must also certify that they do not find themselves in any of the circumstances described in Articles 93(1) and 94 of the Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3).

2.4.   Selection criteria

Applicants must provide evidence that they possess the legal and financial viability required to carry out the programme of activities set out in the application for funding and that they have the technical capability and management skills needed to carry out successfully the programme activities for which they are applying for a grant.

2.5.   Award criteria

In accordance with Article 4(5) of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003, the available appropriations for the financial year 2010 will be distributed as follows among the political foundations at European level which have obtained a positive decision to their application for funding on the basis of the admissibility, eligibility, exclusion and selection criteria:

| (a) | 15 % will be distributed in equal shares; |
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(a)

15 % will be distributed in equal shares;

| (b) | 85 % will be distributed among those that are affiliated to such political parties at European level which have elected members in the European Parliament, in proportion to the number of elected members. |
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(b)

85 % will be distributed among those that are affiliated to such political parties at European level which have elected members in the European Parliament, in proportion to the number of elected members.

2.6.   Supporting documents

For the purpose of assessing the above criteria, applicants must provide the following supporting documents:

| (a) | original covering letter indicating the grant amount requested; |
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(a)

original covering letter indicating the grant amount requested;

| (b) | application form in Annex 1 of the Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004 duly completed and signed (including the written solemn declaration); |
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(b)

application form in Annex 1 of the Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004 duly completed and signed (including the written solemn declaration);

| (c) | statutes of the applicant (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded); |
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(c)

statutes of the applicant (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded);

| (d) | official certificate of registration (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded); |
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(d)

official certificate of registration (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded);

| (e) | recent proof of existence of the applicant; |
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(e)

recent proof of existence of the applicant;

| (f) | list of the directors/members of the Management Board (names and forenames, citizenship, titles or functions within the applicant) (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded); |
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(f)

list of the directors/members of the Management Board (names and forenames, citizenship, titles or functions within the applicant) (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded);

| (g) | programme of the applicant (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded); |
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(g)

programme of the applicant (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded);

| (h) | comprehensive financial statement for 2008 certified by an external auditing body (4); |
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(h)

comprehensive financial statement for 2008 certified by an external auditing body (4);

| (i) | provisional operating budget for the period concerned (1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010) indicating expenditure eligible for funding from the Community budget. |
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(i)

provisional operating budget for the period concerned (1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010) indicating expenditure eligible for funding from the Community budget.

3.   COMMUNITY FUNDING

The budget for the financial year 2010 is estimated at a total of EUR 7 140 000 subject to approval by the budgetary authority.

The maximum amount paid to the beneficiary by the European Parliament may not exceed 85 % of the eligible operating costs of political foundations at European level. The burden of proof shall lie with the political foundation concerned.

Community funding shall take the form of an operating grant as provided for by the Financial Regulation and the Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (5). The arrangements for paying the grant and the obligations governing its use will be set out in a grant award agreement, a specimen of which appears in Annex 2 to the Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004.

4.   PROCEDURE

4.1.   Closing date and submission of applications

The closing date for forwarding the applications is 1 November 2009. Applications forwarded after that date will not be considered.

Applications must:

| — | be made on the grant application form, |
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be made on the grant application form,

| — | be signed, without fail, by the applicant or his duly authorised agent, |
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be signed, without fail, by the applicant or his duly authorised agent,

| — | be submitted under double cover; the two envelopes must be sealed. In addition to the address of the recipient department as given in the call for proposals, the inner envelope must bear the following:

  ‘CALL FOR PROPOSALS — 2010 grants to political foundations at European level



  NOT TO BE OPENED BY THE MAIL SERVICE OR BY ANY OTHER UNAUTHORISED PERSON’

  If self-adhesive envelopes are used, they must be sealed with adhesive tape with the signature of the sender affixed across it. The signature of the sender shall be deemed to comprise not only his hand-written signature, but also his organisation's stamp; |
| --- | --- |

—

be submitted under double cover; the two envelopes must be sealed. In addition to the address of the recipient department as given in the call for proposals, the inner envelope must bear the following:

‘CALL FOR PROPOSALS — 2010 grants to political foundations at European level

NOT TO BE OPENED BY THE MAIL SERVICE OR BY ANY OTHER UNAUTHORISED PERSON’

If self-adhesive envelopes are used, they must be sealed with adhesive tape with the signature of the sender affixed across it. The signature of the sender shall be deemed to comprise not only his hand-written signature, but also his organisation's stamp;

| — | be forwarded at the latest on the closing date laid down in the call for proposals either by registered mail, as evidenced by the postmark or by courier service as evidenced by the date of the deposit slip,
  The outer envelope must be addressed to:






  EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT |
| --- | --- |
| Mail Service |
| KAD 00D008 |
| 2929 Luxembourg |
| LUXEMBOURG |

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be forwarded at the latest on the closing date laid down in the call for proposals either by registered mail, as evidenced by the postmark or by courier service as evidenced by the date of the deposit slip,

The outer envelope must be addressed to:

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Mail Service

KAD 00D008

2929 Luxembourg

LUXEMBOURG

This envelope must also show the sender's address.

The inner envelope must be addressed to:

| President of the European Parliament |
| --- |
| via Mr Vanhaeren, Director-General of Finance |
| SCH 05B031 |
| 2929 Luxembourg |
| LUXEMBOURG |

President of the European Parliament

via Mr Vanhaeren, Director-General of Finance

SCH 05B031

2929 Luxembourg

LUXEMBOURG

4.2.   Timetable for implementing the programme of activities

The eligible period for cofinancing of operating expenditure of political foundations at European level in 2010 runs from 1 January 2010 until 31 December 2010.

4.3.   Award procedure and timetable

The following procedure and timetable will apply to the awarding of grants to political foundations at European level:

| (a) | Forwarding of the application to the European Parliament (no later than 1 November 2009). |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Forwarding of the application to the European Parliament (no later than 1 November 2009).

| (b) | Consideration and selection by the European Parliament's departments. Only the applications deemed admissible will be examined on the basis of the eligibility, exclusion and selection criteria set out in the call for proposals. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Consideration and selection by the European Parliament's departments. Only the applications deemed admissible will be examined on the basis of the eligibility, exclusion and selection criteria set out in the call for proposals.

| (c) | Adoption of the final decision by the Bureau of the European Parliament (no later than 1 February 2010) and notification of applicants. |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Adoption of the final decision by the Bureau of the European Parliament (no later than 1 February 2010) and notification of applicants.

| (d) | Signature of grant award agreement (within 30 days following the Bureau decision). |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Signature of grant award agreement (within 30 days following the Bureau decision).

| (e) | Payment of an advance of 80 % (within 15 days following the signing of the agreement). |
| --- | --- |

(e)

Payment of an advance of 80 % (within 15 days following the signing of the agreement).

4.4.   Further information

The following texts are available on the European Parliament's Internet site at the following address:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/tenders/invitations.htm

| (a) | Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding;

| (b) | Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004 laying down procedures for implementing Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004 laying down procedures for implementing Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding;

| (c) | Grant application form; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

Grant application form;

| (d) | Specimen agreement. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

Specimen agreement.

Any questions relating to this call for proposals with a view to the awarding of grants should be sent by e-mail, quoting the reference, to the following address: Helmut.Betz@europarl.europa.eu

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(1)  OJ L 297, 15.11.2003, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 155, 12.6.2004, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

(4)  Unless the applicant was established during the current year.

(5)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1.

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Call for proposals IX-2010/01 — Grants to political parties at European level

2009/C 125/10

1.   OBJECTIVES

1.1.   Background

Article 191 of the Treaty establishing the European Community says that the political parties at European level are an important factor for integration within the Union. They contribute to forming a European awareness and express the political will of the citizens of the Union. In this context, Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 (1) lays down the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding. The Regulation provides, in particular, for an annual grant from the European Parliament, in the form of an operating subsidy to political parties that apply and which satisfy the conditions laid down in the Regulation.

1.2.   Objective of the call for proposals

Under Article 2 of the Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004 laying down the procedures for implementing Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 (2), ‘The European Parliament shall publish each year, before the end of the first half of the year, a call for proposals with a view to the awarding of grants to fund parties and foundations.’ This call for proposals relates to grant applications for the financial year 2010 covering the period of activity from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010.

2.   CRITERIA AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

2.1.   Admissibility

Applications will not be admissible unless they are submitted in writing on the grant application form in Annex 1 of the above Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004, forwarded to the President of the European Parliament by the closing date and meet the conditions for the submission of applications set out below.

2.2.   Eligibility criteria

In order to be eligible for a grant, a political party at European level must satisfy the conditions laid down in Article 3(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003, i.e.:

| (a) | it must have legal personality in the Member State in which its seat is located; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

it must have legal personality in the Member State in which its seat is located;

| (b) | it must be represented, in at least one quarter of Member States, by Members of the European Parliament or in the national Parliaments or regional Parliaments or in the regional assemblies, or it must have received, in at least one quarter of the Member States, at least three per cent of the votes cast in each of those Member States at the most recent European Parliament elections; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

it must be represented, in at least one quarter of Member States, by Members of the European Parliament or in the national Parliaments or regional Parliaments or in the regional assemblies, or it must have received, in at least one quarter of the Member States, at least three per cent of the votes cast in each of those Member States at the most recent European Parliament elections;

| (c) | it must observe, in particular in its programme and in its activities, the principles on which the European Union is founded, namely the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

it must observe, in particular in its programme and in its activities, the principles on which the European Union is founded, namely the principles of liberty, democracy, respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms, and the rule of law;

| (d) | it must have participated in elections to the European Parliament, or have expressed the intention to do so. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

it must have participated in elections to the European Parliament, or have expressed the intention to do so.

2.3.   Exclusion criteria

Applicants must also certify that they do not find themselves in any of the circumstances described in Articles 93(1) and 94 of the Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3).

2.4.   Selection criteria

Applicants must provide evidence that they possess the legal and financial viability required to carry out the programme of activities set out in the application for funding and that they have the technical capability and management skills needed to carry out successfully the programme activities for which they are applying for a grant.

2.5.   Award criteria

In accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003, the available appropriations for the financial year 2010 will be distributed as follows among the political parties at European level which have obtained a positive decision on their application for funding on the basis of the admissibility, eligibility, exclusion and selection criteria:

| (a) | 15 % will be distributed in equal shares; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

15 % will be distributed in equal shares;

| (b) | 85 % will be distributed among those which have elected members in the European Parliament, in proportion to the number of elected members. |
| --- | --- |

(b)

85 % will be distributed among those which have elected members in the European Parliament, in proportion to the number of elected members.

2.6.   Supporting documents

For the purpose of assessing the above criteria, applicants must provide the following supporting documents:

| (a) | original covering letter indicating the grant amount requested; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

original covering letter indicating the grant amount requested;

| (b) | application form in Annex 1 of the Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004 duly completed and signed (including the written solemn declaration); |
| --- | --- |

(b)

application form in Annex 1 of the Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004 duly completed and signed (including the written solemn declaration);

| (c) | statutes of the political party (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded); |
| --- | --- |

(c)

statutes of the political party (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded);

| (d) | official certificate of registration (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded); |
| --- | --- |

(d)

official certificate of registration (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded);

| (e) | recent proof of existence of the political party; |
| --- | --- |

(e)

recent proof of existence of the political party;

| (f) | list of the directors/members of the Management Board (names and forenames, titles or functions within the applicant party) (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded); |
| --- | --- |

(f)

list of the directors/members of the Management Board (names and forenames, titles or functions within the applicant party) (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded);

| (g) | documents certifying that the applicant meets the conditions laid down in Article 3(b) (4) of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003; |
| --- | --- |

(g)

documents certifying that the applicant meets the conditions laid down in Article 3(b) (4) of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003;

| (h) | documents certifying that the applicant meets the conditions laid down in Article 3(d) of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded); |
| --- | --- |

(h)

documents certifying that the applicant meets the conditions laid down in Article 3(d) of Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded);

| (i) | programme of the political party (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded); |
| --- | --- |

(i)

programme of the political party (or declaration that there have been no changes to documents already forwarded);

| (j) | comprehensive financial statement for 2008 certified by an external auditing body (5); |
| --- | --- |

(j)

comprehensive financial statement for 2008 certified by an external auditing body (5);

| (k) | provisional operating budget for the period concerned (1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010) indicating expenditure eligible for funding from the Community budget. |
| --- | --- |

(k)

provisional operating budget for the period concerned (1 January 2010 to 31 December 2010) indicating expenditure eligible for funding from the Community budget.

3.   COMMUNITY FUNDING

The budget for the financial year 2010 is estimated at a total of EUR 11 075 000, subject to approval by the budgetary authority.

The maximum amount paid to the beneficiary by the European Parliament may not exceed 85 % of the eligible operating costs of political parties at European level. The burden of proof shall lie with the political party concerned.

Community funding shall take the form of an operating grant as provided for by the Financial Regulation and the Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (6). The arrangements for paying the grant and the obligations governing its use will be set out in a grant award agreement, a specimen of which appears in Annex 2 to the Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004.

4.   PROCEDURE

4.1.   Closing date and submission of applications

The closing date for forwarding the applications is 1 November 2009. Applications forwarded after that date will not be considered.

Applications must:

| — | be made on the grant application form, |
| --- | --- |

—

be made on the grant application form,

| — | be signed, without fail, by the applicant or his duly authorised agent, |
| --- | --- |

—

be signed, without fail, by the applicant or his duly authorised agent,

| — | be submitted under double cover; the two envelopes must be sealed. In addition to the address of the recipient department as given in the call for proposals, the inner envelope must bear the following:

  CALL FOR PROPOSALS — 2010 grants to political parties at European level



  NOT TO BE OPENED BY THE MAIL SERVICE OR BY ANY OTHER UNAUTHORISED PERSON

  If self-adhesive envelopes are used, they must be sealed with adhesive tape with the signature of the sender affixed across it. The signature of the sender shall be deemed to comprise not only his hand-written signature, but also his organisation's stamp, |
| --- | --- |

—

be submitted under double cover; the two envelopes must be sealed. In addition to the address of the recipient department as given in the call for proposals, the inner envelope must bear the following:

CALL FOR PROPOSALS — 2010 grants to political parties at European level

NOT TO BE OPENED BY THE MAIL SERVICE OR BY ANY OTHER UNAUTHORISED PERSON

If self-adhesive envelopes are used, they must be sealed with adhesive tape with the signature of the sender affixed across it. The signature of the sender shall be deemed to comprise not only his hand-written signature, but also his organisation's stamp,

| — | be forwarded at the latest on the closing date laid down in the call for proposals either by registered mail, as evidenced by the postmark or by courier service as evidenced by the date of the deposit slip.
  The outer envelope must be addressed to:






  EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT |
| --- | --- |
| Mail Service |
| KAD 00D008 |
| L-2929 Luxembourg |

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be forwarded at the latest on the closing date laid down in the call for proposals either by registered mail, as evidenced by the postmark or by courier service as evidenced by the date of the deposit slip.

The outer envelope must be addressed to:

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

Mail Service

KAD 00D008

L-2929 Luxembourg

This envelope must also show the sender's address.

The inner envelope must be addressed to:

| President of the European Parliament |
| --- |
| via Mr Vanhaeren, Director-General of Finance |
| SCH 05B031 |
| L-2929 Luxembourg |

President of the European Parliament

via Mr Vanhaeren, Director-General of Finance

SCH 05B031

L-2929 Luxembourg

4.2.   Timetable for implementing the programme of activities

The eligible period for cofinancing of operating expenditure of political parties at European level in 2010 runs from 1 January 2010 until 31 December 2010.

4.3.   Award procedure and timetable

The following procedure and timetable will apply to the awarding of grants to political parties at European level:

| (a) | forwarding of the application to the European Parliament (no later than 1 November 2009); |
| --- | --- |

(a)

forwarding of the application to the European Parliament (no later than 1 November 2009);

| (b) | consideration and selection by the European Parliament's departments. Only the applications deemed admissible will be examined on the basis of the eligibility, exclusion and selection criteria set out in the call for proposals; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

consideration and selection by the European Parliament's departments. Only the applications deemed admissible will be examined on the basis of the eligibility, exclusion and selection criteria set out in the call for proposals;

| (c) | adoption of the final decision by the Bureau of the European Parliament (no later than 1 February 2010) and notification of applicants; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

adoption of the final decision by the Bureau of the European Parliament (no later than 1 February 2010) and notification of applicants;

| (d) | signature of grant award agreement (within 30 days following the Bureau decision); |
| --- | --- |

(d)

signature of grant award agreement (within 30 days following the Bureau decision);

| (e) | payment of an advance of 80 % (within 15 days following the signing of the agreement). |
| --- | --- |

(e)

payment of an advance of 80 % (within 15 days following the signing of the agreement).

4.4.   Further information

The following texts are available on the European Parliament's Internet site at the following address:

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/tenders/invitations.htm

| (a) | regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding; |
| --- | --- |

(a)

regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding;

| (b) | decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004 laying down procedures for implementing Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding; |
| --- | --- |

(b)

decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004 laying down procedures for implementing Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding;

| (c) | grant application form; |
| --- | --- |

(c)

grant application form;

| (d) | specimen agreement. |
| --- | --- |

(d)

specimen agreement.

Any questions relating to this call for proposals with a view to the awarding of grants should be sent by e-mail, quoting the publication reference, to the following address: Helmut.Betz@europarl.europa.eu

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(1)  OJ L 297, 15.11.2003, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 155, 12.6.2004, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

(4)  Including the lists of elected persons referred to in Articles 3(b), first subparagraph, and 10(1)(b).

(5)  Unless the political party at European level was established during the current year.

(6)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1.

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Calls for proposals under the work programme for 2009 of the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007 to 2013)

2009/C 125/11

Notice is hereby given of the launch of the call for proposals under the work programme for 2009 of the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme — (2007 to 2013).

Proposals are invited for the following call: CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3bis.

Call documentation including content, deadline and budget is given in the call texts which are published on the ICT PSP website: http://ec.europa.eu/ict_psp

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MEDIA 2007 — DEVELOPMENT, DISTRIBUTION, PROMOTION AND TRAINING

Call for proposals — EACEA/04/09

Training

2009/C 125/12

1.   Objectives and Description

This call for proposals is based on the decision No 1718/2006/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a single multi-annual programme for Community measures in the field of Audiovisual for the period between 2007 and 2013

One of the measures to be implemented under this Decision involves improving the continuous vocational training of professionals in the audiovisual sector, so as to give them the know-how and skills needed to create competitive products on the European and other markets

2.   Eligible Candidates

Applicants must be established in one of the following countries:

| — | the 27 countries of the European Union; |
| --- | --- |

—

the 27 countries of the European Union;

| — | The EFTA and EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway; |
| --- | --- |

—

The EFTA and EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway;

| — | Switzerland and Croatia. |
| --- | --- |

—

Switzerland and Croatia.

This notice is addressed to candidates in one of the categories of establishment below whose activities contribute to the above-mentioned measures:

| — | Film and television schools |
| --- | --- |

—

Film and television schools

| — | Universities |
| --- | --- |

—

Universities

| — | Specialist vocational training establishments |
| --- | --- |

—

Specialist vocational training establishments

| — | Private companies in the audiovisual sector |
| --- | --- |

—

Private companies in the audiovisual sector

| — | Organisations/professional associations specialising in the audiovisual sector. |
| --- | --- |

—

Organisations/professional associations specialising in the audiovisual sector.

3.   Eligible Actions

The following actions and their activities, taking place in the MEDIA countries, are eligible:

Actions aiming at developing the capacity of audiovisual professionals to understand and integrate a European dimension to their work by improving expertise in the following fields:

| — | Training in economic, financial and commercial management |
| --- | --- |

—

Training in economic, financial and commercial management

| — | Training in new audiovisual technologies |
| --- | --- |

—

Training in new audiovisual technologies

| — | Training in script project development |
| --- | --- |

—

Training in script project development

4.   Award Criteria

Points will be allocated to eligible applications out of a total of 100 on the basis of the following weighing:

| — | Quality of the content of the activity (20 points) |
| --- | --- |

—

Quality of the content of the activity (20 points)

| — | Project management (20 points) |
| --- | --- |

—

Project management (20 points)

| — | Quality of the partnership with the AV industry (20 points) |
| --- | --- |

—

Quality of the partnership with the AV industry (20 points)

| — | European dimension (20 points) |
| --- | --- |

—

European dimension (20 points)

| — | Impact (20 points) |
| --- | --- |

—

Impact (20 points)

5.   Budget for projects

The maximum amount available under this call for proposals is EUR 2 400 000.

The financial support from the Commission cannot exceed 50 %/60 % of the total eligible costs.

The financial contribution will be awarded in the form of a grant.

6.   Deadline for submission of applications

Applications must be sent to the Executive Agency (EACEA) no later than 7 August 2009.

7.   Full details

The guidelines of the call for proposals, as well as the application forms, are available at the following address http://eacea.ec.europa.eu Applications must be submitted using the form provided and contain all of the appendices and information requested.

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5510 — Atlantia/SIAS/Acciona/Itinere Chilean Assets)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

2009/C 125/13

| 1. | On 25 May 2009, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Società Iniziative Autostradali e Servizi S.p.A. (‘SIAS’, Italy) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control, together with Atlantia s.P.a. (‘Atlantia’, Italy) and Atlantia and Acciona S.A. (‘Acciona’, Spain) respectively, of five Chilean toll motorways (Operación y Logística de Infraestructuras; Litoral Central; Vespucio Sur; Gestión Vial and Autopista Nororiente) (‘Itínere Chilean assets’) by way of a purchase of shares. |
| --- | --- |

1.

On 25 May 2009, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Società Iniziative Autostradali e Servizi S.p.A. (‘SIAS’, Italy) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control, together with Atlantia s.P.a. (‘Atlantia’, Italy) and Atlantia and Acciona S.A. (‘Acciona’, Spain) respectively, of five Chilean toll motorways (Operación y Logística de Infraestructuras; Litoral Central; Vespucio Sur; Gestión Vial and Autopista Nororiente) (‘Itínere Chilean assets’) by way of a purchase of shares.

| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






  — | for SIAS: motorway management, construction and road transport of goods sectors, |
| --- | --- | --- |

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—

for SIAS: motorway management, construction and road transport of goods sectors,

| — | for Atlantia: toll motorways in Italy and abroad, |
| --- | --- |

—

for Atlantia: toll motorways in Italy and abroad,

| — | for Acciona: infrastructures, energy, water and concession services in Spain abroad, |
| --- | --- |

—

for Acciona: infrastructures, energy, water and concession services in Spain abroad,

| — | for the Itínere Chilean assets: toll motorways in Chile. |
| --- | --- |

—

for the Itínere Chilean assets: toll motorways in Chile.

| 3. | On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice. |
| --- | --- |

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

| 4. | The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
  Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 2 2964301 or 2967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5510 — Atlantia/SIAS/Acciona/Itinere Chilean Assets, to the following address:





  European Commission |
| --- | --- |
| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| J-70 |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |

4.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 2 2964301 or 2967244) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5510 — Atlantia/SIAS/Acciona/Itinere Chilean Assets, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.

(2)  OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.

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