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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

(2005/C 295/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: France

Aid No: N 64/2005

Title: Modification to ADEME renewable energy management aid scheme

Objective: Environmental protection

Legal basis: Délibérations du Conseil d'administration de l'ADEME du 6 mars 2002, du 12 décembre 2002 et du 25 novembre 2004

Budget: EUR 50 million

Aid intensity or amount: 40 % of eligible costs

Duration: 10 years

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Date of decision: 

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 104/2005

Title: Regio MIT Risk Capital Fund Hessen

Objective: Risk capital

Legal basis: Ziel-2-Programm Hessen 2000-2006 Haushaltsgesetze des Landes Hessen

Budget: EUR 2,5 million

Duration: 

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

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Date of adoption: 

Member State: Estonia

Aid No: N 116/2005

Title: Short-term export-credit guarantees provided by KredEx

Objective: Prolongation of aid scheme EE 2/2003 ‘KredEx export guarantees’, which promotes export by granting short-term export-credit guarantees (all sectors)

Legal basis: Ekspordi riikliku garanteerimise seadus (RT I 2003, 1, 2)

Budget: Maximum exposure taken by the State in the form of guarantees — EUR 19,2 million

Duration: Until 31.12.2005

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http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Date of adoption: 

Member State: Italy (Sardinia)

Aid No: N 130/2005

Title: Aid in favour of industrial activities — amendment of scheme N 455/1998

Objective: The scheme is intended to give direct grants aid for initial investment to SMEs

Legal basis: Deliberazione n. 7/9 del 22.2.2005‘Legge regionale 15 aprile 1994, n. 15 — Direttive di attuazione’

Budget: EUR 465 million

Intensity or amount: 30 % up to 35 %

Duration: 

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Date of decision: 

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 135/2005

Title: Infrastructure grant programme

Objective: Environmental aid

Legal basis: Environmental Protection Act 1990

Budget: GBP 500 000 per year

Duration: 3 years

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

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Date of adoption: 

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 142 b/2004

Title: Law on investment premiums 2005 — specific rules for medium-sized firms in difficulty

Objective: Regional aid to initial investment of medium-sized firms in difficulty implementing a restructuring plan, in the five new Länder and in Berlin

Legal basis: Investitionszulagengesetz 2005 in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung vom 24. März 2004 unter Berücksichtigung nachfolgender Änderungen — Verordnung zur Durchführung von §5 Abs. 2 Satz 4 Investitionszulage Gesetz 2005 (Investitionszulagen-Einzelnotifizierungspflichtdurchführungsverordnung — inzZulEDV)

Budget: EUR 1,200 million

Intensity or amount: Between 12,5 and 27,5 % for initial investment, in Article 87(3)(a) and (c) regions

Duration: 24.3.2004—31.12.2006

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Date of adoption: 

Member State: Estonia

Aid No: N 288/2005

Title: ‘Alterations to aid scheme N 601/2004 — Promotion of research and development’

Objective: unchanged (the scheme is intended to stimulate large enterprises to undertake industrial research and precompetitive activity projects)

Legal basis: ‘Eesti riikliku arengukava Euroopa Liidu struktuurifondide kasutuselevõtuks — ühtne programmdokument aastateks 2004-2006’ meetme nr 2.3 ‘Teadus- ja arendustegevuse ning innovatsiooni edendamine’ osa ‘Teadus- ja arendustegevuse projektide toetamine’ tingimused Majandus- ja kommunikatsiooniministri 9. mai 2005. a määrus nr 51 (RTL, 26.5.2005, 56, 787)

Budget: unchanged: EEK 40 million (EUR 2,56 million)

Intensity: 

The bonuses can be applied

Duration: unchanged: 1.1.2005—31.12.2006

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

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Date of adoption: 

Member State: Poland (Śląskie)

Aid No: N 341/2005

Title in original language: Program pomocy regionalnej dla przedsiębiorców inwestujących na terenie miasta Częstochowa w obszarze Specjalnej Strefy Ekonomicznej

Legal basis: Ustawa o samorządzie gminnym z dnia 8 marca 1990 r.; Ustawa o podatkach i opłatach lokalnych z dnia 12 stycznia 1991 r.; Projekt Uchwały Rady Miasta Częstochowa w sprawie zwolnienia z opodatkowania nieruchomości znajdujących sie w Specjalnej Strefie Ekonomicznej

Objective: Regional development (All sectors)

Overall aid amount planned: PLN 7,5 million (PLN 3,5 million in 2005; PLN 4 million in 2006)

Duration: 

Maximum aid intensity: 50 %

Other information: Aid scheme — Tax advantage

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Date of adoption: 

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: NN 1/2005

Title: Water tax relief for VAT-registered companies

Objective: To, for fiscal and environmental reasons, tax household consumption of water, but not the one of business

Legal basis: »Lov om afgift af ledningsført vand (vandafgiftsloven)«

Budget: Annual loss of State revenues of ca. DKK 560 million (ca. EUR 75 million)

Intensity or amount: DKK 5 per m3 consumed water

Duration: Not limited

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Poland

Aid No: N 55/2005 (ex N 595/2004)

Title: Heritage conservation

Objective: heritage conservation

Legal basis: Ustawa o ochronie zabytków i opiece nad zabytkami z dnia 23 lipca 2003 r. oraz rozporządzenie Ministra Kultury z dnia 10 maja 2004 r. w sprawie udzielenia dotacji celowej na prace konserwatorskie, restauratorskie i roboty budowlane przy zabytku wpisanym do rejestru zabytków

Budget: overall annual budget of the scheme amounts to around PLN 16 million (EUR 4 million)

Duration: unlimited

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

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

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