# Official Journal C 119/2008

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| English edition | Information and Notices | Volume 5116 May 2008 |

ISSN 1725-2423

Official Journal

of the European Union

C 119

English edition

Information and Notices

Volume 5116 May 2008

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| Notice No | Contents | page |
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| | II   Information |
| | INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES |
| | Commission |
| 2008/C 119/01 | Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5069 — Tata Motors/Jaguar/Land Rover) (
  1
  ) | 1 |

Notice No

Contents

page

II   Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

2008/C 119/01

Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5069 — Tata Motors/Jaguar/Land Rover) (
  1
  )

1

1

| | IV   Notices |
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| | NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES |
| | Commission |
| 2008/C 119/02 | Euro exchange rates | 2 |
| 2008/C 119/03 | List of grants awarded under the 2007 financial year on budget line 05.08.06(Published under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2208/2002) | 3 |
| | NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES |
| 2008/C 119/04 | Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment (
  1
  ) | 11 |
| 2008/C 119/05 | Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid (
  1
  ) | 14 |
| 2008/C 119/06 | Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (
  1
  ) | 17 |

IV   Notices

NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

2008/C 119/02

Euro exchange rates

2

2008/C 119/03

List of grants awarded under the 2007 financial year on budget line 05.08.06(Published under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2208/2002)

(Published under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2208/2002)

3

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

2008/C 119/04

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment (
  1
  )

1

11

2008/C 119/05

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid (
  1
  )

1

14

2008/C 119/06

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

1

17

| | V   Announcements |
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| | ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES |
| | Commission |
| 2008/C 119/07 | Operation of scheduled air services between La Rochelle (Île de Ré) and Lyon (Saint-Exupéry) and between Poitiers (Biard) and Lyon (Saint-Exupéry) — Notice of a competitive public tender issued by France pursuant to Article 4(1)(d) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 for the delegation of a public service (
  1
  ) | 21 |
| | PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION POLICY |
| | Commission |
| 2008/C 119/08 | Communication from the French Government concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (Notice regarding an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated the Gex Licence)
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  ) | 25 |
| 2008/C 119/09 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5126 — Ineos/BASF Assets) (
  1
  ) | 27 |
| 2008/C 119/10 | Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5135 — Renolit/Evonik Degussa/Suncoat) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  ) | 28 |

V   Announcements

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

Commission

2008/C 119/07

Operation of scheduled air services between La Rochelle (Île de Ré) and Lyon (Saint-Exupéry) and between Poitiers (Biard) and Lyon (Saint-Exupéry) — Notice of a competitive public tender issued by France pursuant to Article 4(1)(d) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 for the delegation of a public service (
  1
  )

1

21

PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION POLICY

Commission

2008/C 119/08

Communication from the French Government concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (Notice regarding an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated the Gex Licence)
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  1
  )

(Notice regarding an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated the Gex Licence)

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25

2008/C 119/09

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5126 — Ineos/BASF Assets) (
  1
  )

1

27

2008/C 119/10

Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.5135 — Renolit/Evonik Degussa/Suncoat) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (
  1
  )

1

28

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Commission

| 16.5.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 119/1 |
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Official Journal of the European Union

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5069 — Tata Motors/Jaguar/Land Rover)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 119/01)

On 25 April 2008, 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 English 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, |
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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 32008M5069. 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 32008M5069. 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

| 16.5.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 119/2 |
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16.5.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

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Euro exchange rates (1)

15 May 2008

(2008/C 119/02)

1 euro=

| | Currency | Exchange rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| USD | US dollar | 1,5474 |
| JPY | Japanese yen | 162,61 |
| DKK | Danish krone | 7,4628 |
| GBP | Pound sterling | 0,79720 |
| SEK | Swedish krona | 9,3220 |
| CHF | Swiss franc | 1,6341 |
| ISK | Iceland króna | 119,77 |
| NOK | Norwegian krone | 7,8590 |
| BGN | Bulgarian lev | 1,9558 |
| CZK | Czech koruna | 25,040 |
| EEK | Estonian kroon | 15,6466 |
| HUF | Hungarian forint | 249,66 |
| LTL | Lithuanian litas | 3,4528 |
| LVL | Latvian lats | 0,6981 |
| PLN | Polish zloty | 3,4006 |
| RON | Romanian leu | 3,6610 |
| SKK | Slovak koruna | 31,645 |
| TRY | Turkish lira | 1,9315 |
| AUD | Australian dollar | 1,6541 |
| CAD | Canadian dollar | 1,5496 |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar | 12,0703 |
| NZD | New Zealand dollar | 2,0525 |
| SGD | Singapore dollar | 2,1386 |
| KRW | South Korean won | 1 619,35 |
| ZAR | South African rand | 11,7983 |
| CNY | Chinese yuan renminbi | 10,8234 |
| HRK | Croatian kuna | 7,2524 |
| IDR | Indonesian rupiah | 14 406,29 |
| MYR | Malaysian ringgit | 5,0685 |
| PHP | Philippine peso | 66,175 |
| RUB | Russian rouble | 36,9350 |
| THB | Thai baht | 50,128 |
| BRL | Brazilian real | 2,5733 |
| MXN | Mexican peso | 16,2121 |

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

US dollar

1,5474

JPY

Japanese yen

162,61

DKK

Danish krone

7,4628

GBP

Pound sterling

0,79720

SEK

Swedish krona

9,3220

CHF

Swiss franc

1,6341

ISK

Iceland króna

119,77

NOK

Norwegian krone

7,8590

BGN

Bulgarian lev

1,9558

CZK

Czech koruna

25,040

EEK

Estonian kroon

15,6466

HUF

Hungarian forint

249,66

LTL

Lithuanian litas

3,4528

LVL

Latvian lats

0,6981

PLN

Polish zloty

3,4006

RON

Romanian leu

3,6610

SKK

Slovak koruna

31,645

TRY

Turkish lira

1,9315

AUD

Australian dollar

1,6541

CAD

Canadian dollar

1,5496

HKD

Hong Kong dollar

12,0703

NZD

New Zealand dollar

2,0525

SGD

Singapore dollar

2,1386

KRW

South Korean won

1 619,35

ZAR

South African rand

11,7983

CNY

Chinese yuan renminbi

10,8234

HRK

Croatian kuna

7,2524

IDR

Indonesian rupiah

14 406,29

MYR

Malaysian ringgit

5,0685

PHP

Philippine peso

66,175

RUB

Russian rouble

36,9350

THB

Thai baht

50,128

BRL

Brazilian real

2,5733

MXN

Mexican peso

16,2121

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Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

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| 16.5.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 119/3 |
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Official Journal of the European Union

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List of grants awarded under the 2007 financial year on budget line 05.08.06

(Published under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2208/2002)

(2008/C 119/03)

ANNUAL WORK PROGRAMMES

| Name of applicant (acronym) | Name of applicant (full) | Street | Postcode | Town | Country | Amount granted
  (EUR) | % | Title/ Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ARAGA | Asociación Regional de Agricultores y Ganaderos de Aragón | San Andrés 8, planta 2a | 50001 | Zaragoza | Spain | 47 791,25 | 50,00 | Workshops about the Reformed CAP targeted at technicians of Aragon agrarian associations — Action 1: Water and Renewable Energies. Agriculture with EXPO 2008 |
| Associazione Alessandro Bartola | Associazione «Alessandro Bartola» — Studi e ricerche di economia e di politica agraria | Piazza Martelli, 8 | 60121 | Ancona | Italy | 60 000,00 | 50,00 | AGRIREGIONIEUROPA — Action 4: e-Learning CAP — e-Learning course on the Common Agricultural Policy |
| Bund | Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e.V. | Am Köllnischen Park 1 | DE-10179 | Berlin | Germany | 30 228,00 | 50,00 | Potential of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the environment, biodiversity and employment in rural areas — Action 1: Fair Stand at International Green Week in Berlin 2008 |
| | | | | | | 30 474,00 | 50,00 | Potential of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the environment, biodiversity and employment in rural areas — Action 2: Fair stand at Agritechnica 2007 |
| CEJA | European Council of Young Farmers | Rue Belliard 23/A, Bte 8., | 1040 | Bruxelles | Belgium | 73 577,75 | 50,00 | CEJA seminars for Europe's Young Farmers — Action 1: Rural Development 2007-2013: Fresh opportunities for young farmers |
| | | | | | | 82 426,75 | 50,00 | CEJA seminars for Europe's Young Farmers — Action 2: Ensuring competitiveness for young farmers: How can the future CAP help? |
| | | | | | | 74 067,75 | 49,94 | CEJA seminars for Europe's Young Farmers — Action 4: Young Farmers in Europe-Energy for the future |
| CIA Grosseto | Confederazione italiana agricoltori di Grosseto — CIA GROSSETO | Via Monterosa, 130 | 58100 | Grosseto | Italy | 35 085,00 | 49,99 | The new CAP, the strategies for the preservation of the environment, for the diversification of the revenue and the improvement of quality of the life — Action 1: Conference: New CAP for a renewed entrepreneurial initiative in agriculture |
| | | | | | | 29 950,00 | 48,89 | The new CAP, the strategies for the preservation of the environment, for the diversification of the revenue and the improvement of quality of the life — Action 2: Itinerant seminar: Inquire each other about the new CAP |
| CIPA-AT dell'Umbria | Centro Istruzione Professionale Agricola e Assistenza Tecnica dell'Umbria | Via Mario Angeloni, 1 | 06125 | Perugia | Italy | 19 650,00 | 50,00 | AGRIPOLIS — AGRIcultural POLicy Information & Society — Action 1: Seminar: Rural Development Plan 2007-2013: a Crucial Instrument for the Competitiveness of Rural Areas |
| | | | | | | 19 925,00 | 50,00 | AGRIPOLIS — AGRIcultural POLicy Information & Society — Action 2: Seminar: Single farm payment and environmental condition: threats and opportunities to assert enterprise culture and sustainability |
| | | | | | | 19 675,00 | 50,00 | AGRIPOLIS — AGRIcultural POLicy Information & Society — Action 3: Seminar: Quality products and European protection marks for safeguarding of the consumers, territorial identity and valorisation' |
| | | | | | | 19 925,00 | 50,00 | AGRIPOLIS — AGRIcultural POLicy Information & Society — Action 4: Seminar: Traceability, food safety, tradition: Europe facing to the international markets and institutions |
| | | | | | | 29 005,00 | 50,00 | AGRIPOLIS — AGRIcultural POLicy Information & Society — Action 5: Conference: Rural heritage and civil society: an open discussion |
| COAG-IR | Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos — IR | Calle Agustín de Betancourt no 17 | 28003 | Madrid | Spain | 38 125,00 | 50,00 | Annual activity program on CAP of COAG at national level — Action 1: Publication: New CMO Of Wine |
| | | | | | | 38 125,00 | 50,00 | Annual activity program on CAP of COAG at national level — Action 2: Publication: The new fruit and vegetables CMO |
| | | | | | | 38 125,00 | 50,00 | Annual activity program on CAP of COAG at national level — Action 3: Publication: Risks management in european agriculture |
| | | | | | | 38 125,00 | 50,00 | Annual activity program on CAP of COAG at national level — Action 4: Publication: A new sector in the spanish agricultural production: biofuels |
| | | | | | | 38 125,00 | 50,00 | Annual activity program on CAP of COAG at national level — Action 5: Publication: New regional politic and rural development programming 2007-2013 |
| COPA | Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations | Rue de Trèves, 61 | 1040 | Brussels | Belgium | 40 926,50 | 50,00 | The reformed CAP contributes to a sustainable agriculture and benefits to civil society in general — Action 1: Seminar: Biomass: challenges and opportunities |
| | | | | | | 28 403,50 | 50,00 | The reformed CAP contributes to a sustainable agriculture and benefits to civil society in general — Action 2: Seminar: The European model of agriculture — ensuring comprehensive environmental protection now and in the future |
| Coldiretti Sicilia | Federazione Regionale Coldiretti Sicilia | Via Simone Cuccia, 1 | 90144 | Palermo | Italy | 30 200,00 | 50,00 | The opportunities of new CAP for one sustainable development of Sicilian agriculture — Action 1: Seminar: New CAP and sustainable development. Environment certificates and renewable energies in rural area |
| | | | | | | 35 502,00 | 50,00 | The opportunities of new CAP for one sustainable development of Sicilian agriculture — Action 2: Seminar: OCM wine and the future of the Sicilian grape-growing |
| | | | | | | 24 610,00 | 50,00 | The opportunities of new CAP for one sustainable development of Sicilian agriculture — Action 3: Talk shows: The reform of the CAP and the new politics of rural development |
| EHNE | Euskal Herriko Nekezarien Elkartasuna | Plaza Simón Bolivar no 14 | 1003 | Vitoria-Gasteiz | Spain | 35 188,57 | 50,00 | Annual activity programme of EHNE 2007-2008, the horizons of the new CAP — Action 1: Seminar: Echange of experiences between European young farmers. The CAP as a means of sustainable development of rural areas |
| EUROMED Carrefour Sicilia | Euromed Carrefour Sicilia | Via Principe di Villafranca, 50 | 90141 | Palermo | Italy | 34 521,50 | 40,52 | CAP takes the challenge of Lisbon strategy — Action 1: Seminar: CAP and Rural Development Policy: a more integrated strategy to guarantee a complex development in the rural areas |
| | | | | | | 20 799,00 | 34,82 | CAP takes the challenge of Lisbon strategy — Action 2: Seminar: The conditionality of assistance in agriculture: a resource for the development of a quality agriculture: a meeting in videoconference with national and European experts |
| | | | | | | 30 489,00 | 40,38 | CAP takes the challenge of Lisbon strategy — Action 3: Seminar: Improvement of living standards in rural areas and diversification of rural economies: how can CAP contribute to meet these goals |
| | | | | | | 38 482,00 | 42,46 | CAP takes the challenge of Lisbon strategy — Action 4: Information Tour: The new CAP in AgribuSicilia: quality and safety of foodstuffs, guarantee for consumers, sustainable development and environmental safeguard |
| IFOAM | International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements; European Union Regional Group; IFOAM EU Group | Rue du Commerce, 124 | 1000 | Bruxelles | Belgium | 31 632,00 | 50,00 | The Future of Organic Food and Farming within the reformed CAP — Reviewing the first three years of the European Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming and developing the years to come — Action 1: Seminar: The new EU regulation on organic food and farming and the Rural Development Programme 2007/2013: Setting the legal context for the future of Organic Food and Farming |
| | | | | | | 70 459,00 | 50,00 | The Future of Organic Food and Farming within the reformed CAP — Reviewing the first three years of the European Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming and developing the years to come — Action 2: European Congress: The future of organic food and farming within the reformed CAP — Looking on three years of the European action plan and beyond |
| | | | | | | 35 277,25 | 50,00 | The Future of Organic Food and Farming within the reformed CAP — Reviewing the first three years of the European Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming and developing the years to come — Action 3: European Seminar: The future of organic food and farming in the context of the Organic Action Plan and the CAP Health Check |
| Total annual work programmes | 1 218 895,82 | |

Name of applicant (acronym)

Name of applicant (full)

Street

Postcode

Town

Country

Amount granted

(EUR)

%

Title/ Description

ARAGA

Asociación Regional de Agricultores y Ganaderos de Aragón

San Andrés 8, planta 2a

50001

Zaragoza

Spain

47 791,25

50,00

Workshops about the Reformed CAP targeted at technicians of Aragon agrarian associations — Action 1: Water and Renewable Energies. Agriculture with EXPO 2008

Associazione Alessandro Bartola

Associazione «Alessandro Bartola» — Studi e ricerche di economia e di politica agraria

Piazza Martelli, 8

60121

Ancona

Italy

60 000,00

50,00

AGRIREGIONIEUROPA — Action 4: e-Learning CAP — e-Learning course on the Common Agricultural Policy

Bund

Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e.V.

Am Köllnischen Park 1

DE-10179

Berlin

Germany

30 228,00

50,00

Potential of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the environment, biodiversity and employment in rural areas — Action 1: Fair Stand at International Green Week in Berlin 2008

30 474,00

50,00

Potential of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the environment, biodiversity and employment in rural areas — Action 2: Fair stand at Agritechnica 2007

CEJA

European Council of Young Farmers

Rue Belliard 23/A, Bte 8.,

1040

Bruxelles

Belgium

73 577,75

50,00

CEJA seminars for Europe's Young Farmers — Action 1: Rural Development 2007-2013: Fresh opportunities for young farmers

82 426,75

50,00

CEJA seminars for Europe's Young Farmers — Action 2: Ensuring competitiveness for young farmers: How can the future CAP help?

74 067,75

49,94

CEJA seminars for Europe's Young Farmers — Action 4: Young Farmers in Europe-Energy for the future

CIA Grosseto

Confederazione italiana agricoltori di Grosseto — CIA GROSSETO

Via Monterosa, 130

58100

Grosseto

Italy

35 085,00

49,99

The new CAP, the strategies for the preservation of the environment, for the diversification of the revenue and the improvement of quality of the life — Action 1: Conference: New CAP for a renewed entrepreneurial initiative in agriculture

29 950,00

48,89

The new CAP, the strategies for the preservation of the environment, for the diversification of the revenue and the improvement of quality of the life — Action 2: Itinerant seminar: Inquire each other about the new CAP

CIPA-AT dell'Umbria

Centro Istruzione Professionale Agricola e Assistenza Tecnica dell'Umbria

Via Mario Angeloni, 1

06125

Perugia

Italy

19 650,00

50,00

AGRIPOLIS — AGRIcultural POLicy Information & Society — Action 1: Seminar: Rural Development Plan 2007-2013: a Crucial Instrument for the Competitiveness of Rural Areas

19 925,00

50,00

AGRIPOLIS — AGRIcultural POLicy Information & Society — Action 2: Seminar: Single farm payment and environmental condition: threats and opportunities to assert enterprise culture and sustainability

19 675,00

50,00

AGRIPOLIS — AGRIcultural POLicy Information & Society — Action 3: Seminar: Quality products and European protection marks for safeguarding of the consumers, territorial identity and valorisation'

19 925,00

50,00

AGRIPOLIS — AGRIcultural POLicy Information & Society — Action 4: Seminar: Traceability, food safety, tradition: Europe facing to the international markets and institutions

29 005,00

50,00

AGRIPOLIS — AGRIcultural POLicy Information & Society — Action 5: Conference: Rural heritage and civil society: an open discussion

COAG-IR

Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos — IR

Calle Agustín de Betancourt no 17

28003

Madrid

Spain

38 125,00

50,00

Annual activity program on CAP of COAG at national level — Action 1: Publication: New CMO Of Wine

38 125,00

50,00

Annual activity program on CAP of COAG at national level — Action 2: Publication: The new fruit and vegetables CMO

38 125,00

50,00

Annual activity program on CAP of COAG at national level — Action 3: Publication: Risks management in european agriculture

38 125,00

50,00

Annual activity program on CAP of COAG at national level — Action 4: Publication: A new sector in the spanish agricultural production: biofuels

38 125,00

50,00

Annual activity program on CAP of COAG at national level — Action 5: Publication: New regional politic and rural development programming 2007-2013

COPA

Committee of Professional Agricultural Organisations

Rue de Trèves, 61

1040

Brussels

Belgium

40 926,50

50,00

The reformed CAP contributes to a sustainable agriculture and benefits to civil society in general — Action 1: Seminar: Biomass: challenges and opportunities

28 403,50

50,00

The reformed CAP contributes to a sustainable agriculture and benefits to civil society in general — Action 2: Seminar: The European model of agriculture — ensuring comprehensive environmental protection now and in the future

Coldiretti Sicilia

Federazione Regionale Coldiretti Sicilia

Via Simone Cuccia, 1

90144

Palermo

Italy

30 200,00

50,00

The opportunities of new CAP for one sustainable development of Sicilian agriculture — Action 1: Seminar: New CAP and sustainable development. Environment certificates and renewable energies in rural area

35 502,00

50,00

The opportunities of new CAP for one sustainable development of Sicilian agriculture — Action 2: Seminar: OCM wine and the future of the Sicilian grape-growing

24 610,00

50,00

The opportunities of new CAP for one sustainable development of Sicilian agriculture — Action 3: Talk shows: The reform of the CAP and the new politics of rural development

EHNE

Euskal Herriko Nekezarien Elkartasuna

Plaza Simón Bolivar no 14

1003

Vitoria-Gasteiz

Spain

35 188,57

50,00

Annual activity programme of EHNE 2007-2008, the horizons of the new CAP — Action 1: Seminar: Echange of experiences between European young farmers. The CAP as a means of sustainable development of rural areas

EUROMED Carrefour Sicilia

Euromed Carrefour Sicilia

Via Principe di Villafranca, 50

90141

Palermo

Italy

34 521,50

40,52

CAP takes the challenge of Lisbon strategy — Action 1: Seminar: CAP and Rural Development Policy: a more integrated strategy to guarantee a complex development in the rural areas

20 799,00

34,82

CAP takes the challenge of Lisbon strategy — Action 2: Seminar: The conditionality of assistance in agriculture: a resource for the development of a quality agriculture: a meeting in videoconference with national and European experts

30 489,00

40,38

CAP takes the challenge of Lisbon strategy — Action 3: Seminar: Improvement of living standards in rural areas and diversification of rural economies: how can CAP contribute to meet these goals

38 482,00

42,46

CAP takes the challenge of Lisbon strategy — Action 4: Information Tour: The new CAP in AgribuSicilia: quality and safety of foodstuffs, guarantee for consumers, sustainable development and environmental safeguard

IFOAM

International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements; European Union Regional Group; IFOAM EU Group

Rue du Commerce, 124

1000

Bruxelles

Belgium

31 632,00

50,00

The Future of Organic Food and Farming within the reformed CAP — Reviewing the first three years of the European Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming and developing the years to come — Action 1: Seminar: The new EU regulation on organic food and farming and the Rural Development Programme 2007/2013: Setting the legal context for the future of Organic Food and Farming

70 459,00

50,00

The Future of Organic Food and Farming within the reformed CAP — Reviewing the first three years of the European Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming and developing the years to come — Action 2: European Congress: The future of organic food and farming within the reformed CAP — Looking on three years of the European action plan and beyond

35 277,25

50,00

The Future of Organic Food and Farming within the reformed CAP — Reviewing the first three years of the European Action Plan for Organic Food and Farming and developing the years to come — Action 3: European Seminar: The future of organic food and farming in the context of the Organic Action Plan and the CAP Health Check

Total annual work programmes

1 218 895,82

SPECIFIC INFORMATION MEASURES

| Name of applicant (acronym) | Name of applicant (full) | Street | Postcode | Town | Country | Amount granted
  (EUR) | % | Title/Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Provincia di Frosinone | Provincia di Frosinone | Piazza Gramsci, 13 | 3100 | Frosinone | Italy | 28 579,60 | 39,56 | Seminar: Future perspectives of rural development. Comparing different European scenarios |
| Provincia di Pavia | Provincia di Pavia | Piazza Italia, 2 | 27100 | Pavia | Italy | 56 250,00 | 50,00 | Information Campaign: The New Common Agricultural Politics: information and knowledge campaign for a new agricultural entrepreneuriality |
| Avebiom | Asociación Española de Valorización de la Biomasa | C/ Fray Luis de León no 22 | 47002 | Valladolid | Spain | 25 587,93 | 50,00 | Seminar: How does the reform of the common agricultural policy affect the field of bioenergy? — New alternatives and opportunities for farmers, livestock farmers and forest holders |
| UPA | Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos | Doutor Maceira, no 13-bajo | 15706 | Santiago de Compostela | Spain | 28 597,50 | 50,00 | Seminar: The reformed CAP: challenges and prospects for the development of rural areas in the Euroregion Galicia — North Portugal |
| Bios Terra | BIOS TERRA S.c.r.l. | Via G.B. Belzoni, 8 | 00154 | Roma | Italy | 29 214,00 | 49,00 | Conference: CAP Sicur: A CAP for Food security |
| Cauri films | Cauri Films | 10, cité d'Angoulême | 75011 | Paris | France | 70 454,00 | 50,00 | Larzac Planet |
| Province of Larissa | Larissa Prefecture (Nomarchiaki Autodioikish Larissas) | Papanastasiou and Koumoundourou | GR-41110 | Larissa | Greece | 39 047,00 | 50,00 | Seminar: Prospects for development of the agricultural sector of the Prefecture of Larissa for the period 2007-2013 |
| Comunita Montana Zona «G» | Comunità Montana Valle Roveto Zona «G» | Via Roma, 2 | 67054 | Civitella Roveto (AQ) | Italy | 41 000,00 | 45,56 | Seminar TAM TAM — Talking About Multifunctionality: (the) Tuning, (the) Actions, (the) Models |
| ENVA | Ente Nazionale per la Valorizzazione del Commercio, Industria e Artigianato | Via Sebino, 11 | 00199 | Roma | Italy | 25 719,01 | 42,41 | Conference: The Common Agricultural Policy and Food Safety. Practical aspects of production, exchange and consumption of products and food stuffs within the common market |
| Green box | Green Box | Apollonos 1 | 105 57 | Athens | Greece | 85 615,00 | 50,00 | Conference on the sustainable development of alternative farming by following and exploiting the reformed CAP |
| Provincia di Ancona | Provincia di Ancona | Via Ruggeri, 5 | 60131 | Ancona | Italy | 61 391,50 | 50,00 | TV Programme AGRI.LA. — Agriculture and Landscape |
| IRIS | IRIS | 2 bis, rue Mercœur | 75011 | Paris | France | 35 255,00 | 50,00 | Conference: European Agriculture in the horizon of 2013 |
| Provincia di Milano | Provincia di Milano | Via Vivaio, 1 | 20122 | Milano | Italy | 100 000,00 | 47,37 | Mobile information centre ‘Agriculture & environment’ |
| ST PLUSZ KFT | ST PLUSZ KFT | Katona J.u. 10/b. I/4. | 1137 | Budapest | Hungary | 41 450,00 | 50,00 | TV Programme: Agricultural information (Agrárinfó) — The programme of Nap-kelte introducing the common agricultural policy |
| Stichting Fern | Stichting Fern | 4, Avenue de L'Yser | 1040 | Brussels | Belgium | 26 250,00 | 50,00 | Seminar: Raising awareness of forest funding via the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) |
| Acheloos TV | Acheloos TV | 17 Th. Griva str. | GR 301 00 | Agrinio | Greece | 88 016,00 | 50,00 | New challenges and opportunities from the CAP. Energy crops and the bio-fuel production case — Dissemination activities for farmers |
| Diputacion de Huelva | Diputación Provincial de Huelva | Antiguo Hospital Psiquiátrico Ctra. Nacional Sevilla-Huelva, Km. 630 | ES-21006 | Huelva | Spain | 49 024,50 | 50,00 | FORESTALIA — European Conference for the Valorisation of Forest Areas of Rural Mountain Territories |
| Gozitano Po | Gozitano Producers Organisation | Gozitano Complex Mgarr Rd Xewkija | G06 | Gozo | Malta | 48 659,00 | 50,00 | 3 Day seminar at national level: Information on CAP 2007-2013, main elements and impact in Malta |
| AGRI AWARE | Agricultural Awareness Trust | Waverley Office Park, Old Naas Road, Bluebell | 12 | Dublin | Ireland | 39 467,00 | 50,00 | Information Campaign The CAP — ‘We ALL benefit!’ |
| Euromontana | EUROMONTANA | Place du Champs de Mars, 2 | B-1050 | Bruxelles | Belgium | 42 050,00 | 49,79 | Seminar: Towards the next era of Common Agriculture Policy and integrated mountain area development — Development of the new European space |
| Flai Potenza | Federazione Lavoratori dell'Agroindustria | Via Bertazzoni, 100 | 85011 | Potenza | Italy | 66 445,55 | 50,00 | Itinerant seminar: The reformed CAP: innovation and evolution for an agriculture sustainable and market oriented |
| American Farm School | Thessalonica Agricultural and Industrial Institute | Marinou Antypa 12, P.O. Box 23 | GR-55102 | Thessaloniki | Greece | 30 000,00 | 50,00 | Conference in Agrotica fair |
| Commune di Atri | Comune di Atri, Riserva Naturale Regionale Calanchi di Atri | P.zza Duchi d'Acquaviva | 64032 | Atri | Italy | 40 000,00 | 50,00 | Information Campaign: The Collective Agricultural Politics (CAP) in the Natural Protected Areas |
| Hoferichter Jacobs | Hoferichter & Jacobs Gesellschaft; Für audiovisuelle Medien und Kommunikationstechnologien mbH; Hoferichter & Jacobs GmbH | Alte Schönhauser Str. 9 | DE-10119 | Berlin | Germany | 99 200,00 | 46,31 | Seminar: Civilised Wilderness: Europe's natural landscapes |
| ALPA | Associazione Lavoratori Produttori dell'Agroalimentare | Via Leopoldo Serra, 37 | 00153 | Roma | Italy | 93 122,00 | 50,00 | Seminar: Social agriculture: new frontiers of multi-functionality in agriculture |
| Segovia | Consorcio Agropecuario Provincial de Segovia | Crta. Riaza no 4 | ES-40003 | Segovia | Spain | 15 000,00 | 47,32 | Informative Seminars of the reform of the CAP, energetic crops and biomass: an alternative to the farm sector |
| Total specific information measures | 1 305 394,59 | |
| Grants cancelled | This file was commited in 2007 and then cancelled because the contractor did not sign the grant agreement |
| RTBF | Radio télévision belge francophone | Bvd Auguste Reyers, 52 | 1044 | Brussels | Belgium | 50 853,00 | 46,60 | TV Programme ‘La clé des champs’ |
| Total cancelled grants | 50 853,00 | | |
| Overall total | 2 575 143,41 | | |

Name of applicant (acronym)

Name of applicant (full)

Street

Postcode

Town

Country

Amount granted

(EUR)

%

Title/Description

Provincia di Frosinone

Provincia di Frosinone

Piazza Gramsci, 13

3100

Frosinone

Italy

28 579,60

39,56

Seminar: Future perspectives of rural development. Comparing different European scenarios

Provincia di Pavia

Provincia di Pavia

Piazza Italia, 2

27100

Pavia

Italy

56 250,00

50,00

Information Campaign: The New Common Agricultural Politics: information and knowledge campaign for a new agricultural entrepreneuriality

Avebiom

Asociación Española de Valorización de la Biomasa

C/ Fray Luis de León no 22

47002

Valladolid

Spain

25 587,93

50,00

Seminar: How does the reform of the common agricultural policy affect the field of bioenergy? — New alternatives and opportunities for farmers, livestock farmers and forest holders

UPA

Unión de Pequeños Agricultores y Ganaderos

Doutor Maceira, no 13-bajo

15706

Santiago de Compostela

Spain

28 597,50

50,00

Seminar: The reformed CAP: challenges and prospects for the development of rural areas in the Euroregion Galicia — North Portugal

Bios Terra

BIOS TERRA S.c.r.l.

Via G.B. Belzoni, 8

00154

Roma

Italy

29 214,00

49,00

Conference: CAP Sicur: A CAP for Food security

Cauri films

Cauri Films

10, cité d'Angoulême

75011

Paris

France

70 454,00

50,00

Larzac Planet

Province of Larissa

Larissa Prefecture (Nomarchiaki Autodioikish Larissas)

Papanastasiou and Koumoundourou

GR-41110

Larissa

Greece

39 047,00

50,00

Seminar: Prospects for development of the agricultural sector of the Prefecture of Larissa for the period 2007-2013

Comunita Montana Zona «G»

Comunità Montana Valle Roveto Zona «G»

Via Roma, 2

67054

Civitella Roveto (AQ)

Italy

41 000,00

45,56

Seminar TAM TAM — Talking About Multifunctionality: (the) Tuning, (the) Actions, (the) Models

ENVA

Ente Nazionale per la Valorizzazione del Commercio, Industria e Artigianato

Via Sebino, 11

00199

Roma

Italy

25 719,01

42,41

Conference: The Common Agricultural Policy and Food Safety. Practical aspects of production, exchange and consumption of products and food stuffs within the common market

Green box

Green Box

Apollonos 1

105 57

Athens

Greece

85 615,00

50,00

Conference on the sustainable development of alternative farming by following and exploiting the reformed CAP

Provincia di Ancona

Provincia di Ancona

Via Ruggeri, 5

60131

Ancona

Italy

61 391,50

50,00

TV Programme AGRI.LA. — Agriculture and Landscape

IRIS

IRIS

2 bis, rue Mercœur

75011

Paris

France

35 255,00

50,00

Conference: European Agriculture in the horizon of 2013

Provincia di Milano

Provincia di Milano

Via Vivaio, 1

20122

Milano

Italy

100 000,00

47,37

Mobile information centre ‘Agriculture & environment’

ST PLUSZ KFT

ST PLUSZ KFT

Katona J.u. 10/b. I/4.

1137

Budapest

Hungary

41 450,00

50,00

TV Programme: Agricultural information (Agrárinfó) — The programme of Nap-kelte introducing the common agricultural policy

Stichting Fern

Stichting Fern

4, Avenue de L'Yser

1040

Brussels

Belgium

26 250,00

50,00

Seminar: Raising awareness of forest funding via the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)

Acheloos TV

Acheloos TV

17 Th. Griva str.

GR 301 00

Agrinio

Greece

88 016,00

50,00

New challenges and opportunities from the CAP. Energy crops and the bio-fuel production case — Dissemination activities for farmers

Diputacion de Huelva

Diputación Provincial de Huelva

Antiguo Hospital Psiquiátrico Ctra. Nacional Sevilla-Huelva, Km. 630

ES-21006

Huelva

Spain

49 024,50

50,00

FORESTALIA — European Conference for the Valorisation of Forest Areas of Rural Mountain Territories

Gozitano Po

Gozitano Producers Organisation

Gozitano Complex Mgarr Rd Xewkija

G06

Gozo

Malta

48 659,00

50,00

3 Day seminar at national level: Information on CAP 2007-2013, main elements and impact in Malta

AGRI AWARE

Agricultural Awareness Trust

Waverley Office Park, Old Naas Road, Bluebell

12

Dublin

Ireland

39 467,00

50,00

Information Campaign The CAP — ‘We ALL benefit!’

Euromontana

EUROMONTANA

Place du Champs de Mars, 2

B-1050

Bruxelles

Belgium

42 050,00

49,79

Seminar: Towards the next era of Common Agriculture Policy and integrated mountain area development — Development of the new European space

Flai Potenza

Federazione Lavoratori dell'Agroindustria

Via Bertazzoni, 100

85011

Potenza

Italy

66 445,55

50,00

Itinerant seminar: The reformed CAP: innovation and evolution for an agriculture sustainable and market oriented

American Farm School

Thessalonica Agricultural and Industrial Institute

Marinou Antypa 12, P.O. Box 23

GR-55102

Thessaloniki

Greece

30 000,00

50,00

Conference in Agrotica fair

Commune di Atri

Comune di Atri, Riserva Naturale Regionale Calanchi di Atri

P.zza Duchi d'Acquaviva

64032

Atri

Italy

40 000,00

50,00

Information Campaign: The Collective Agricultural Politics (CAP) in the Natural Protected Areas

Hoferichter Jacobs

Hoferichter & Jacobs Gesellschaft; Für audiovisuelle Medien und Kommunikationstechnologien mbH; Hoferichter & Jacobs GmbH

Alte Schönhauser Str. 9

DE-10119

Berlin

Germany

99 200,00

46,31

Seminar: Civilised Wilderness: Europe's natural landscapes

ALPA

Associazione Lavoratori Produttori dell'Agroalimentare

Via Leopoldo Serra, 37

00153

Roma

Italy

93 122,00

50,00

Seminar: Social agriculture: new frontiers of multi-functionality in agriculture

Segovia

Consorcio Agropecuario Provincial de Segovia

Crta. Riaza no 4

ES-40003

Segovia

Spain

15 000,00

47,32

Informative Seminars of the reform of the CAP, energetic crops and biomass: an alternative to the farm sector

Total specific information measures

1 305 394,59

Grants cancelled

This file was commited in 2007 and then cancelled because the contractor did not sign the grant agreement

RTBF

Radio télévision belge francophone

Bvd Auguste Reyers, 52

1044

Brussels

Belgium

50 853,00

46,60

TV Programme ‘La clé des champs’

Total cancelled grants

50 853,00

Overall total

2 575 143,41

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NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

| 16.5.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 119/11 |
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16.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 119/11

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 2204/2002 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid for employment

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 119/04)

| Aid No | XE 16/08 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Italy |
| Region | Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia |
| Title of aid scheme | Incentivi alle cooperative sociali per l'inserimento lavorativo di persone svantaggiate o disabili e a favore del lavoro protetto |
| Legal basis | Regolamento recante norme concernenti interventi per l'incentivazione della cooperazione sociale, approvato con decreto del Presidente della Regione 25 febbraio 2008, n. 067/Pres — capi III e IV — LR 20/2006, art. 10 |
| Budget | Annual budget: EUR 3 million |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(5), 5 and 6 of the Regulation |
| Date of implementation | 6.3.2008 |
| Duration | 31.12.2008 |
| Objective | Art. 4: Creation of employment; Art. 5: Recruitment of disadvantaged and disabled workers; Art. 6: Employment of disabled workers |
| Economic sectors | All Community sectors (1) eligible for employment aid |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Amministrazioni provinciali (Gorizia, Pordenone, Trieste, Udine)
  Gorizia:





  Corso Italia, 55 |
| I-34170 Gorizia |
| Tel. (39) 04 81 38 51 |

Aid No

XE 16/08

Member State

Italy

Region

Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme

Incentivi alle cooperative sociali per l'inserimento lavorativo di persone svantaggiate o disabili e a favore del lavoro protetto

Legal basis

Regolamento recante norme concernenti interventi per l'incentivazione della cooperazione sociale, approvato con decreto del Presidente della Regione 25 febbraio 2008, n. 067/Pres — capi III e IV — LR 20/2006, art. 10

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 3 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(5), 5 and 6 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

6.3.2008

Duration

31.12.2008

Objective

Art. 4: Creation of employment; Art. 5: Recruitment of disadvantaged and disabled workers; Art. 6: Employment of disabled workers

Economic sectors

All Community sectors (1) eligible for employment aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Amministrazioni provinciali (Gorizia, Pordenone, Trieste, Udine)

Gorizia:

Corso Italia, 55

I-34170 Gorizia

Tel. (39) 04 81 38 51

Pordenone:

| Largo S. Giorgio, 12 |
| --- |
| I-33170 Pordenone |
| Tel. (39) 04 34 23 11 |

Largo S. Giorgio, 12

I-33170 Pordenone

Tel. (39) 04 34 23 11

Trieste:

| Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 4 |
| --- |
| I-34132 Trieste |
| Tel. (39) 04 03 79 81 |

Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 4

I-34132 Trieste

Tel. (39) 04 03 79 81

Udine:

| Piazza Patriarcato, 3 |
| --- |
| I-33100 Udine |
| Tel. (39) 04 32 27 91 |

Piazza Patriarcato, 3

I-33100 Udine

Tel. (39) 04 32 27 91

| Aid No | XE 17/08 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Italy |
| Region | Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia |
| Title of aid scheme | Aiuti all'occupazione di lavoratori disabili |
| Legal basis | Legge regionale n. 18/2005 art. 39
  Deliberazione della Giunta regionale 24 novembre 2006, n. 2850 |
| Budget | Annual budget: EUR 4 million |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(5), 5 and 6 of the Regulation |
| Date of implementation | 5.3.2008 |
| Duration | 31.12.2008 |
| Objective | Art. 5: Recruitment of disadvantaged and disabled workers; Art. 6: Employment of disabled workers |
| Economic sectors | All Community sectors (2) eligible for employment aid |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Province di Trieste, Gorizia, Udine e Pordenone





  Piazza V. Veneto, 4 |
| I-34100 Trieste |
| (www.provincia.trieste.it) |

Aid No

XE 17/08

Member State

Italy

Region

Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme

Aiuti all'occupazione di lavoratori disabili

Legal basis

Legge regionale n. 18/2005 art. 39

Deliberazione della Giunta regionale 24 novembre 2006, n. 2850

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 4 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(5), 5 and 6 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

5.3.2008

Duration

31.12.2008

Objective

Art. 5: Recruitment of disadvantaged and disabled workers; Art. 6: Employment of disabled workers

Economic sectors

All Community sectors (2) eligible for employment aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Province di Trieste, Gorizia, Udine e Pordenone

Piazza V. Veneto, 4

I-34100 Trieste

(www.provincia.trieste.it)

| Corso Italia, 55 |
| --- |
| I-34170 Gorizia |
| (www.provincia.gorizia.it) |

Corso Italia, 55

I-34170 Gorizia

(www.provincia.gorizia.it)

| Piazza Patriarcato, 3 |
| --- |
| I-33100 Udine |
| (www.provincia.udine.it) |

Piazza Patriarcato, 3

I-33100 Udine

(www.provincia.udine.it)

| L.go S. Giorgio, 12 |
| --- |
| I-33170 Pordenone |
| (www.provincia.pordenone.it) |

L.go S. Giorgio, 12

I-33170 Pordenone

(www.provincia.pordenone.it)

| Aid No | XE 18/08 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Latvia |
| Region | Latvija |
| Title of aid scheme | Aktīvais nodarbinātības pasākums noteiktām personu grupām |
| Legal basis | Ministru kabineta 2008. gada 10. marta noteikumi Nr. 166 “Noteikumi par aktīvo nodarbinātības pasākumu un preventīvo bezdarba samazināšanas pasākumu organizēšanas un finansēšanas kārtību un pasākumu īstenotāju izvēles principiem” Publicēts: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 25.3.2008, nr. 46 |
| Budget | Annual budget: LVL 2,767828 million |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(5), 5 and 6 of the Regulation |
| Date of implementation | 26.3.2008 |
| Duration | 31.12.2009 |
| Objective | Art. 5: Recruitment of disadvantaged and disabled workers; Art. 6: Employment of disabled workers |
| Economic sectors | All Community sectors (3) eligible for employment aid |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Latvijas Republikas Labklājības ministrijas Nodrabinātības valsts aģentūra |
| K.Valdemāra iela 38 k-1 |
| LV-1010 Rīga |

Aid No

XE 18/08

Member State

Latvia

Region

Latvija

Title of aid scheme

Aktīvais nodarbinātības pasākums noteiktām personu grupām

Legal basis

Ministru kabineta 2008. gada 10. marta noteikumi Nr. 166 “Noteikumi par aktīvo nodarbinātības pasākumu un preventīvo bezdarba samazināšanas pasākumu organizēšanas un finansēšanas kārtību un pasākumu īstenotāju izvēles principiem” Publicēts: Latvijas Vēstnesis, 25.3.2008, nr. 46

Budget

Annual budget: LVL 2,767828 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(5), 5 and 6 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

26.3.2008

Duration

31.12.2009

Objective

Art. 5: Recruitment of disadvantaged and disabled workers; Art. 6: Employment of disabled workers

Economic sectors

All Community sectors (3) eligible for employment aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Latvijas Republikas Labklājības ministrijas Nodrabinātības valsts aģentūra

K.Valdemāra iela 38 k-1

LV-1010 Rīga

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(1)  With the exception of the shipbuilding sector and other sectors subject to special rules in regulations and directives governing all State aid within the sector.

(2)  With the exception of the shipbuilding sector and other sectors subject to special rules in regulations and directives governing all State aid within the sector.

(3)  With the exception of the shipbuilding sector and other sectors subject to special rules in regulations and directives governing all State aid within the sector.

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| 16.5.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 119/14 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

16.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 119/14

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Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 119/05)

| Reference number of the aid | XT 19/08 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | United Kingdom |
| Region | Wales |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | Welsh Red Meat (Training for Processors and Marketers) Scheme |
| Legal basis | Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006;
  Government of Wales Act 2006
  Welsh Levy Board Order 2007/2008 (which has yet to complete the parliamentary process) |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Budget | Annual budget: GBP 0,12 million |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation |
| Date of implementation | 1.4.2008 |
| Duration | 31.3.2014 |
| Objective | General training; Specific training |
| Economic sectors | Agriculture, hunting and forestry |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Hybu Cig Cymru — Meat Promotion Wales |
| PO Box 176 |
| Aberystwyth |
| Wales SY23 2YA |
| United Kingdom |

Reference number of the aid

XT 19/08

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

Wales

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Welsh Red Meat (Training for Processors and Marketers) Scheme

Legal basis

Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006;

Government of Wales Act 2006

Welsh Levy Board Order 2007/2008 (which has yet to complete the parliamentary process)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: GBP 0,12 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Date of implementation

1.4.2008

Duration

31.3.2014

Objective

General training; Specific training

Economic sectors

Agriculture, hunting and forestry

Name and address of the granting authority

Hybu Cig Cymru — Meat Promotion Wales

PO Box 176

Aberystwyth

Wales SY23 2YA

United Kingdom

| Reference number of the aid | XT 36/08 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Spain |
| Region | — |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | Acción Estratégica de Telecomunicaciones y Sociedad de la Información dentro del Plan Nacional de Investigación Científica, Desarrollo e Innovación Tecnológica, 2008-2011. Subprograma Avanza Formación |
| Legal basis | Orden ITC/464/2008 de 20 de febrero, Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Budget | Annual budget: EUR 25 million |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation |
| Date of implementation | 27.2.2008 |
| Duration | 31.12.2011 |
| Objective | General training |
| Economic sectors | All sectors eligible for training aid |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Director General para el Desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información |
| Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio |
| C/Capitán Haya, no 41 |
| E-28071 Madrid |

Reference number of the aid

XT 36/08

Member State

Spain

Region

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Acción Estratégica de Telecomunicaciones y Sociedad de la Información dentro del Plan Nacional de Investigación Científica, Desarrollo e Innovación Tecnológica, 2008-2011. Subprograma Avanza Formación

Legal basis

Orden ITC/464/2008 de 20 de febrero, Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 25 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Date of implementation

27.2.2008

Duration

31.12.2011

Objective

General training

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for training aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Director General para el Desarrollo de la Sociedad de la Información

Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio

C/Capitán Haya, no 41

E-28071 Madrid

| Reference number of the aid | XT 37/08 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Spain |
| Region | Comunidad Valenciana |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | Federación de Cooperativas Agrarias Valencianas |
| Legal basis | Resolución de la Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación por la que se concede una ayuda a FECOAV para la realización de un plan de formación 2008 |
| Type of measure | Individual aid |
| Budget | Overall budget: EUR 0,9 million |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation |
| Date of implementation | 1.4.2008 |
| Duration | 15.11.2008 |
| Objective | General training |
| Economic sectors | Agriculture |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Generalitat Valenciana |
| Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación |
| Dirección General de Empresas Agroalimentarias y Desarrollo del Medio Rural |
| c/Amadeo de Saboya, no 2 |
| E-46010 Valencia |
| Tel. (34) 963 18 49 64 |
| e-mail: monton_josagu@gva.es |

Reference number of the aid

XT 37/08

Member State

Spain

Region

Comunidad Valenciana

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Federación de Cooperativas Agrarias Valencianas

Legal basis

Resolución de la Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación por la que se concede una ayuda a FECOAV para la realización de un plan de formación 2008

Type of measure

Individual aid

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 0,9 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Date of implementation

1.4.2008

Duration

15.11.2008

Objective

General training

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority

Generalitat Valenciana

Consellería de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación

Dirección General de Empresas Agroalimentarias y Desarrollo del Medio Rural

c/Amadeo de Saboya, no 2

E-46010 Valencia

Tel. (34) 963 18 49 64

e-mail: monton_josagu@gva.es

| Reference number of the aid | XT 38/08 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Italy |
| Region | Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | FSE — Programma operativo obiettivo 2, 2007-2013 della Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia. Avviso per la presentazione di operazioni a valere sull'asse 1 — Adattabilità |
| Legal basis | Programma operativo regionale del fondo sociale europeo, Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, obiettivo 2, 2007/2013 «Competitività regionale e occupazione», Asse I — Adattabilità: approvato con decisione C(2007) 5480 dd. 7 novembre 2007 e adottato con delibera della giunta regionale n. 2798 dd. 16 novembre 2007 |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Budget | Annual budget: EUR 47,883843 million |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation |
| Date of implementation | 17.3.2008 |
| Duration | 31.12.2014 |
| Objective | General training; Specific training |
| Economic sectors | All sectors eligible for training aid |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia; Direzione |
| centrale lavoro, formazione, università e ricerca |
| Servizio gestione interventi sistema formativo |
| Via San Francesco, 37 |
| I-34133 Trieste |
| http://www.formazione.regione.fvg.it |

Reference number of the aid

XT 38/08

Member State

Italy

Region

Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

FSE — Programma operativo obiettivo 2, 2007-2013 della Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia. Avviso per la presentazione di operazioni a valere sull'asse 1 — Adattabilità

Legal basis

Programma operativo regionale del fondo sociale europeo, Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, obiettivo 2, 2007/2013 «Competitività regionale e occupazione», Asse I — Adattabilità: approvato con decisione C(2007) 5480 dd. 7 novembre 2007 e adottato con delibera della giunta regionale n. 2798 dd. 16 novembre 2007

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 47,883843 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Date of implementation

17.3.2008

Duration

31.12.2014

Objective

General training; Specific training

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for training aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia; Direzione

centrale lavoro, formazione, università e ricerca

Servizio gestione interventi sistema formativo

Via San Francesco, 37

I-34133 Trieste

http://www.formazione.regione.fvg.it

| Reference number of the aid | XT 39/08 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Italy |
| Region | Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | Formazione a favore di lavoratori occupati (Legge 8 marzo 2000 n. 53, articolo 6, comma 4) — annualità 2008 |
| Legal basis | Legge 8 marzo 2000 n. 53, articolo 6, comma 4
  Decreto interministeriale (ministero del Lavoro e della previdenza sociale e ministero dell'Economia e delle finanze) n. 62/V/2007 del 12 aprile 2007 e decreto direttoriale n. 49/cont/V/2007 del 15 maggio 2007
  Deliberazione della giunta regionale n. 164 del 25 gennaio 2008 |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Budget | Annual budget: EUR 363 584 million |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation |
| Date of implementation | 1.4.2008 |
| Duration | 31.12.2008 |
| Objective | General training; Specific training |
| Economic sectors | All sectors eligible for training aid |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia |
| Direzione centrale lavoro, formazione, università e ricerca |
| Servizio gestione interventi sistema formativo |
| Via San Francesco, 37 |
| I-34133 Trieste |
| http://www.formazione.regione.fvg.it/ |

Reference number of the aid

XT 39/08

Member State

Italy

Region

Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Formazione a favore di lavoratori occupati (Legge 8 marzo 2000 n. 53, articolo 6, comma 4) — annualità 2008

Legal basis

Legge 8 marzo 2000 n. 53, articolo 6, comma 4

Decreto interministeriale (ministero del Lavoro e della previdenza sociale e ministero dell'Economia e delle finanze) n. 62/V/2007 del 12 aprile 2007 e decreto direttoriale n. 49/cont/V/2007 del 15 maggio 2007

Deliberazione della giunta regionale n. 164 del 25 gennaio 2008

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 363 584 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation

Date of implementation

1.4.2008

Duration

31.12.2008

Objective

General training; Specific training

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for training aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Regione autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia

Direzione centrale lavoro, formazione, università e ricerca

Servizio gestione interventi sistema formativo

Via San Francesco, 37

I-34133 Trieste

http://www.formazione.regione.fvg.it/

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| 16.5.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 119/17 |
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16.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 119/17

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

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 119/06)

| Aid No | XS 25/08 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Czech Republic |
| Region | NUTS II Severovýchod, Moravskoslezský, Střední Morava |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Cíl: Evropská územní spolupráce Česká republika–Polsko 2007–2013;
  Prioritní osa 3; Podpora spolupráce místních společenství |
| Legal basis | Zákon č. 218/2000 Sb., o rozpočtových pravidlech |
| Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual overall amount | CZK 184,469 million |
| Loans guaranteed | — |
| Individual aid | Overall aid amount | — |
| Loans guaranteed | — |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and Article 5 of the Regulation | Yes
  CZ: maximum of 40 % + 15 % in respect of tangible investments and maximum of 50 % in respect of non-investment projects
  PL: maximum of 50 % + 15 % in respect of tangible investments and maximum of 50 % in respect of non-investment projects |
| Date of implementation | 14.1.2008 |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | Until 31.12.2013 |
| Objective of aid | Aid to SMEs | Yes |
| Economic sector(s) concerned | All sectors eligible for state aid to SMEs | Yes |
| Name and address of granting authority | Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj |
| Staroměstské nám. 6 |
| CZ-110 15 Praha 1 |

Aid No

XS 25/08

Member State

Czech Republic

Region

NUTS II Severovýchod, Moravskoslezský, Střední Morava

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Cíl: Evropská územní spolupráce Česká republika–Polsko 2007–2013;

Prioritní osa 3; Podpora spolupráce místních společenství

Legal basis

Zákon č. 218/2000 Sb., o rozpočtových pravidlech

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual overall amount

CZK 184,469 million

Loans guaranteed

—

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

—

Loans guaranteed

—

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and Article 5 of the Regulation

Yes

CZ: maximum of 40 % + 15 % in respect of tangible investments and maximum of 50 % in respect of non-investment projects

PL: maximum of 50 % + 15 % in respect of tangible investments and maximum of 50 % in respect of non-investment projects

Date of implementation

14.1.2008

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2013

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sector(s) concerned

All sectors eligible for state aid to SMEs

Yes

Name and address of granting authority

Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj

Staroměstské nám. 6

CZ-110 15 Praha 1

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

| Aid No | XS 26/08 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Czech Republic |
| Region | NUTS II Severovýchod, Moravskoslezský, Střední Morava |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Cíl: Evropská územní spolupráce Česká republika–Polsko 2007–2013;
  Prioritní osa 2; Podpora rozvoje podnikatelského prostředí a cestovní ruch |
| Legal basis | Zákon č. 218/2000 Sb., o rozpočtových pravidlech |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Budget | Annual budget: CZK 255,416 million |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation: | CZ: maximum of 40 % + 15 % in respect of tangible investments and maximum of 50 % in respect of non-investment projects. |

Aid No

XS 26/08

Member State

Czech Republic

Region

NUTS II Severovýchod, Moravskoslezský, Střední Morava

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Cíl: Evropská územní spolupráce Česká republika–Polsko 2007–2013;

Prioritní osa 2; Podpora rozvoje podnikatelského prostředí a cestovní ruch

Legal basis

Zákon č. 218/2000 Sb., o rozpočtových pravidlech

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: CZK 255,416 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation:

CZ: maximum of 40 % + 15 % in respect of tangible investments and maximum of 50 % in respect of non-investment projects.

| | PL: maximum of 50 % + 15 % in respect of tangible investments and maximum of 50 % in respect of non-investment projects |
| --- | --- |

PL: maximum of 50 % + 15 % in respect of tangible investments and maximum of 50 % in respect of non-investment projects

Date of implementation

14.1.2008

Duration

31.12.2013

Objective

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of the granting authority

| Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj |
| --- |
| Staroměstské nám. 6 |
| CZ-110 15 Praha 1 |

Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj

Staroměstské nám. 6

CZ-110 15 Praha 1

| Aid No | XS 27/08 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Czech Republic |
| Region | NUTS II Severovýchod, Moravskoslezský, Střední Morava |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Cíl: Evropská územní spolupráce Česká republika–Polsko 2007–2013;
  Prioritní osa 1; Posilování dopravní dostupnosti, ochrana ŽP a prevence rizik |
| Legal basis | Zákon č. 218/2000 Sb. o rozpočtových pravidlech |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Budget | Annual budget: CZK 227,042 million |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation: | CZ: maximum of 40 % + 15 % in respect of tangible investments and maximum of 50 % in respect of non-investment projects. |

Aid No

XS 27/08

Member State

Czech Republic

Region

NUTS II Severovýchod, Moravskoslezský, Střední Morava

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Cíl: Evropská územní spolupráce Česká republika–Polsko 2007–2013;

Prioritní osa 1; Posilování dopravní dostupnosti, ochrana ŽP a prevence rizik

Legal basis

Zákon č. 218/2000 Sb. o rozpočtových pravidlech

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: CZK 227,042 million

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation:

CZ: maximum of 40 % + 15 % in respect of tangible investments and maximum of 50 % in respect of non-investment projects.

| | PL: maximum of 50 % + 15 % in respect of tangible investments and maximum of 50 % in respect of non-investment projects |
| --- | --- |

PL: maximum of 50 % + 15 % in respect of tangible investments and maximum of 50 % in respect of non-investment projects

Date of implementation

14.1.2008

Duration

31.12.2013

Objective

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of the granting authority

| Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj |
| --- |
| Staroměstské nám. 6 |
| CZ-110 15 Praha 1 |

Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj

Staroměstské nám. 6

CZ-110 15 Praha 1

| Aid No | XS 51/08 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | France |
| Region | — |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | Dispense de réintégration de la fraction des loyers excédentaires à l'occasion de la levée d'option d'achat d'immeubles neufs à usage industriel et commercial pris en location par un contrat de crédit-bail d'une durée effective d'au moins 15 ans |
| Legal basis | Article 239 sexies D du code général des impôts |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Budget | Annual budget: Cannot be calculated |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation |
| Date of implementation | 1.1.2007 |
| Duration | 31.12.2013 |
| Objective | Small and medium-sized enterprises |
| Economic sectors | All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'emploi |
| 139, rue de Bercy |
| F-75012 Paris |

Aid No

XS 51/08

Member State

France

Region

—

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Dispense de réintégration de la fraction des loyers excédentaires à l'occasion de la levée d'option d'achat d'immeubles neufs à usage industriel et commercial pris en location par un contrat de crédit-bail d'une durée effective d'au moins 15 ans

Legal basis

Article 239 sexies D du code général des impôts

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Budget

Annual budget: Cannot be calculated

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Date of implementation

1.1.2007

Duration

31.12.2013

Objective

Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de l'emploi

139, rue de Bercy

F-75012 Paris

| Aid No | XS 56/08 |
| --- | --- |
| Member State | Italy |
| Region | Piemonte |
| Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid | L.r. 34/2004: «Contratto di insediamento e sviluppo» (1) |
| Legal basis | L.r. 34/2004
  Determinazione Dirigenziale n. 25 del 14 febbraio 2008 |
| Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company | Aid scheme | Annual amount | EUR 50 million (2) overall |
| Loans guaranteed | |
| Individual aid | Overall aid amount | |
| Loans guaranteed | |
| Maximum aid intensity | In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation | Yes |
| Date of implementation | 14.2.2008 (3) |
| Duration of scheme or individual aid award | Until 31.12.2008 |
| Objective | Aid to SMEs | Yes |
| Economic sectors concerned | All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs | Yes |
| Name and address of the granting authority aid | Direzione delle attività produttive |
| Via Pisano, 6 |
| I-Torino |
| Tel. (39) 01 14 32 14 61 |
| Fax (39) 01 14 32 34 83 |
| direzioneA16@regione.piemonte.it |

Aid No

XS 56/08

Member State

Italy

Region

Piemonte

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

L.r. 34/2004: «Contratto di insediamento e sviluppo» (1)

Legal basis

L.r. 34/2004

Determinazione Dirigenziale n. 25 del 14 febbraio 2008

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

Aid scheme

Annual amount

EUR 50 million (2) overall

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

14.2.2008 (3)

Duration of scheme or individual aid award

Until 31.12.2008

Objective

Aid to SMEs

Yes

Economic sectors concerned

All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs

Yes

Name and address of the granting authority aid

Direzione delle attività produttive

Via Pisano, 6

I-Torino

Tel. (39) 01 14 32 14 61

Fax (39) 01 14 32 34 83

direzioneA16@regione.piemonte.it

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes

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(1)  The ‘Contratto di insediamento e sviluppo’ measure makes use of various legal bases relative to the granting of State aid (exemption from Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 and subsequent amendments and additions; research, development and innovation framework. Regulation (EC) No 1628/2006): the current exemption form applies only to the part relating to aid for investments by SMEs (including supplements for these enterprises in Article 87(3)(c) areas of the Piedmont Region as identified in the decision relating to State Aid N 324/07 — Italy — Regional aid map 2007-2013 and subsequent amendments and additions).

(2)  The amount is indicative and refers to the entire ‘Contratto di insediamento’ measure.

(3)  The date refers to publication of the Determinazione dirigenziale: The actual granting of aid is scheduled from March 2008.

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V Announcements

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES

Commission

| 16.5.2008 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 119/21 |
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16.5.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 119/21

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Operation of scheduled air services between La Rochelle (Île de Ré) and Lyon (Saint-Exupéry) and between Poitiers (Biard) and Lyon (Saint-Exupéry)

Notice of a competitive public tender issued by France pursuant to Article 4(1)(d) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 for the delegation of a public service

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 119/07)

1.   Introduction

Pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes, France has imposed a public service obligation on scheduled air services between La Rochelle (Île de Ré) and Lyon (Saint-Exupéry) and between Poitiers (Biard) and Lyon (Saint-Exupéry). The standards required by this public service obligation were published in Official Journal of the European Union of 24 June 2005 under reference C 153/09.

If on 1 October 2008 no air carrier has commenced or is about to commence operating scheduled air services between La Rochelle and Poitiers and between Poitiers and Lyon in accordance with the public service obligation imposed and without requesting financial compensation, France has decided, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 4(1)(d) of the abovementioned Regulation, to limit access to the route to one carrier only and to offer the right to operate such services from 1 November 2008 by invitation to tender.

2.   Contracting authority

| Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de La Rochelle |
| --- |
| Rue de Jura |
| F-17000 La Rochelle |
| Tel. (33) 546 42 30 26 |
| Fax (33) 546 00 04 84 |
| E-mail: t.juin@larochelle.aeroport.fr |

Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de La Rochelle

Rue de Jura

F-17000 La Rochelle

Tel. (33) 546 42 30 26

Fax (33) 546 00 04 84

E-mail: t.juin@larochelle.aeroport.fr

| Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de la Vienne |
| --- |
| 47, rue du Marché |
| BP 229 |
| F-86006 Poitiers |
| Tel. (33) 549 60 98 00 |
| Fax (33) 549 41 65 72 |
| E-mail: sdedianous@poitiers.cci.fr |

Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de la Vienne

47, rue du Marché

BP 229

F-86006 Poitiers

Tel. (33) 549 60 98 00

Fax (33) 549 41 65 72

E-mail: sdedianous@poitiers.cci.fr

3.   Subject of the consultation

To provide, from 1 November 2008, scheduled air services in accordance with the public service obligation specified in paragraph 1.

4.   Main features of the contract

Public service delegation contract between the delegatee carrier and the delegating public entities.

The delegatee will receive the revenue. The delegating public entities will pay it a contribution corresponding to the difference between the actual expenditure, excluding taxes (VAT, and aviation taxes), on operating the service and the commercial revenue, excluding taxes (VAT, and aviation taxes), received by it, within the limit of the maximum compensation to which it has committed itself, following deduction, where appropriate, of the penalties specified in Section 9.4 of this notice.

5.   Duration of the contract

If Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 is in force on 1 October 2008, the duration of the contract will be three years from 1 November 2008. If Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 is no longer in force on 1 October 2008, the duration of the contract will be the maximum authorised by the new rules, starting on 1 November 2008.

6.   Participation in the consultation

Participation is open to all air carriers holding a valid operating licence issued in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 of 23 July 1992 on licensing of air carriers.

7.   Award procedure and criteria for selecting applications

This invitation to tender is subject to the provisions of Article 4(1)(d), (e), (f), (g), (h) and (i) of Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92, Chapter IV, Section 1 of Law No 93-122 of 29 January 1993 on the prevention of corruption and on transparency in public life and government procedures and the texts implementing it (in particular Decree No 97-638 of 31 May 1997 implementing Law No 97-210 of 11 March 1997 on strengthening the fight against illegal employment).

7-1.   Application file

The application file must be drawn up in French. Where necessary, tenderers must have documents issued by public authorities in an official language of the European Union translated into French. Along with the French version, tenderers may enclose a version drafted in another official language of the European Union; this version will not be authentic.

The application file must contain the following:

| — | an application letter, signed by the manager or his or her representative, together with documents giving the power to sign, |
| --- | --- |

—

an application letter, signed by the manager or his or her representative, together with documents giving the power to sign,

| — | a memorandum presenting the undertaking and vouching for the applicant's professional capability and financial standing in the field of air transport, together with any relevant references. This memorandum must make it possible to assess the applicant's ability to ensure the continuity of the public service and guarantee equality of treatment for users; if they so wish, the applicants may base their application on the model form DC5 used in connection with the award of public contracts, |
| --- | --- |

—

a memorandum presenting the undertaking and vouching for the applicant's professional capability and financial standing in the field of air transport, together with any relevant references. This memorandum must make it possible to assess the applicant's ability to ensure the continuity of the public service and guarantee equality of treatment for users; if they so wish, the applicants may base their application on the model form DC5 used in connection with the award of public contracts,

| — | the overall turnover and the turnover relating to the supply of relevant services over the last three years or, if the applicant so wishes, the balance sheets and outturn accounts for the last three years. If it cannot provide this information, the applicant must explain the reasons for this, |
| --- | --- |

—

the overall turnover and the turnover relating to the supply of relevant services over the last three years or, if the applicant so wishes, the balance sheets and outturn accounts for the last three years. If it cannot provide this information, the applicant must explain the reasons for this,

| — | a methodology note explaining how the applicant proposes to respond to the consultation file if it is allowed by the Chamber of Trade and Industry of La Rochelle and Vienne to submit a tender, setting out, in particular:






  — | the technical and human resources which the applicant will assign to the operation of the route, |
| --- | --- | --- |

—

a methodology note explaining how the applicant proposes to respond to the consultation file if it is allowed by the Chamber of Trade and Industry of La Rochelle and Vienne to submit a tender, setting out, in particular:

—

the technical and human resources which the applicant will assign to the operation of the route,

| — | the number, qualifications and assignment of personnel and any recruitments that the applicant proposes to make, |
| --- | --- |

—

the number, qualifications and assignment of personnel and any recruitments that the applicant proposes to make,

| — | the types of aircraft used and, where appropriate, their registration, |
| --- | --- |

—

the types of aircraft used and, where appropriate, their registration,

| — | a copy of the tenderer's air carrier operating licence, |
| --- | --- |

—

a copy of the tenderer's air carrier operating licence,

| — | if the operating licence was issued by a European Union Member State other than France, the tenderer must also provide the following information:






  — | the country in which the pilots' licences were issued, |
| --- | --- | --- |

—

if the operating licence was issued by a European Union Member State other than France, the tenderer must also provide the following information:

—

the country in which the pilots' licences were issued,

| — | the law applicable to the employment contracts, |
| --- | --- |

—

the law applicable to the employment contracts,

| — | details of membership of social insurance bodies, |
| --- | --- |

—

details of membership of social insurance bodies,

| — | the steps taken to comply with Articles L. 342-1 to L. 342-6 and Articles D. 341-5 et seq. of the Labour Code relating to the temporary secondment of wage-earners for the purpose of supplying services on national territory, |
| --- | --- |

—

the steps taken to comply with Articles L. 342-1 to L. 342-6 and Articles D. 341-5 et seq. of the Labour Code relating to the temporary secondment of wage-earners for the purpose of supplying services on national territory,

| — | certificates or statements issued on honour, as provided for in Article 8 of Decree No 97-638 of 31 May 1997 and the Order of 31 January 2003 implementing Article 8 of the aforementioned Decree, vouching that the applicant has discharged its obligations with regard to taxation and social insurance, in particular covering:






  — | corporation tax, |
| --- | --- | --- |

—

certificates or statements issued on honour, as provided for in Article 8 of Decree No 97-638 of 31 May 1997 and the Order of 31 January 2003 implementing Article 8 of the aforementioned Decree, vouching that the applicant has discharged its obligations with regard to taxation and social insurance, in particular covering:

—

corporation tax,

| — | value added tax, |
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value added tax,

| — | contributions in respect of social insurance, work accidents, occupation illnesses and family allowances, |
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contributions in respect of social insurance, work accidents, occupation illnesses and family allowances,

| — | civil aviation tax, |
| --- | --- |

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civil aviation tax,

| — | airport tax, |
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airport tax,

| — | tax on noise pollution from aircraft, |
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tax on noise pollution from aircraft,

| — | solidarity levy, |
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solidarity levy,

in the case of applications from a European Union Member State other than France, equivalent certificates or statements must be drawn up by the authorities and bodies of the country of origin,

| — | a statement issued on honour relating to the absence of conviction recorded in bulletin No 2 for offences referred to in Articles L. 324-9, L. 324-10, L. 341-6, L. 125-1 and L. 125-3 of the Labour Code, |
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a statement issued on honour relating to the absence of conviction recorded in bulletin No 2 for offences referred to in Articles L. 324-9, L. 324-10, L. 341-6, L. 125-1 and L. 125-3 of the Labour Code,

| — | a statement issued on honour and/or proof of compliance with the obligation to employ handicapped workers provided for in Article L. 323-1 of the Labour Code, |
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a statement issued on honour and/or proof of compliance with the obligation to employ handicapped workers provided for in Article L. 323-1 of the Labour Code,

| — | extract ‘K bis’ of the entry in the Companies Register, or an equivalent document, |
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extract ‘K bis’ of the entry in the Companies Register, or an equivalent document,

| — | pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92, an insurance certificate less than three months old covering civil liability in the event of accidents, in particular in respect of passengers, baggage, cargo, mail and third parties and conforming to Regulation (EC) No 785/2004 of 21 April 2004, and in particular Article 4 thereof, |
| --- | --- |

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pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92, an insurance certificate less than three months old covering civil liability in the event of accidents, in particular in respect of passengers, baggage, cargo, mail and third parties and conforming to Regulation (EC) No 785/2004 of 21 April 2004, and in particular Article 4 thereof,

| — | in the event of a safeguard or collective procedure measure, a copy of any judgment to this effect (if the judgment is not drawn up in French, it must be accompanied by a certified translation). |
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in the event of a safeguard or collective procedure measure, a copy of any judgment to this effect (if the judgment is not drawn up in French, it must be accompanied by a certified translation).

7-2.   Procedures for the examination of applications

Applications will be selected with reference to the following criteria:

| — | the professional and financial guarantees offered by the applicants, |
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the professional and financial guarantees offered by the applicants,

| — | their ability to ensure the continuity of the public service and guarantee equality of treatment for users with regard to that service, |
| --- | --- |

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their ability to ensure the continuity of the public service and guarantee equality of treatment for users with regard to that service,

| — | their compliance with the obligation to employ handicapped workers laid down in Article L. 323-1 of the Labour Code. |
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their compliance with the obligation to employ handicapped workers laid down in Article L. 323-1 of the Labour Code.

8.   Criteria for awarding the contract

The carriers whose applications are accepted will subsequently be invited to submit their tenders in accordance with the procedures laid down in the specific rules for the invitation to tender which will then be supplied to them.

Tenders submitted in this way will be negotiated freely by the authority responsible in the Chambers of Trade and Industry of La Rochelle and Vienne.

In accordance with Article 4(1)(f) of Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92, selection among the tenders will be made taking into consideration the adequacy of the service, including the prices and conditions which can be quoted to users, and the cost of the compensation required.

9.   Essential additional information

9-1.   Financial compensation

The tenders submitted by the carriers whose applications are accepted must explicitly state the maximum amount required by way of compensation for operating the service for three years from 1 November 2008, with an annual breakdown. The exact amount of compensation finally granted will be determined annually ex post on the basis of the costs and revenue actually generated by the service, within the limits of the amount stated in the tender. This maximum limit may be revised only in the event of unforeseen changes in the operating conditions.

The annual payments will be made in the form of advance payments and an adjustment balance. The balance will be paid only after approval of the carrier's accounts for the route in question and verification that the service has been operated in accordance with the conditions laid down in Section 9-2 below.

In the event of termination of the contract before its normal expiry date, Section 9-2 will be applied as soon as possible to allow payment to the carrier of the balance due, the maximum amount referred to in the first subparagraph being reduced in proportion to the actual duration of the service.

9-2.   Verification of the performance of the service and of the carrier's accounts

The performance of the service and the carrier's cost accounting for the route in question will be examined at least once a year in cooperation with the carrier.

9-3.   Amendment and termination of the contract

Where the carrier believes that unforeseen changes in the operating conditions justify revision of the maximum amount of financial compensation, it must present a reasoned request to the other signatory parties, which must reach a decision within two months. The contract may then be amended by means of an additional agreement.

The contract may be terminated by either of the signatory parties before the end of the normal period of validity, provided that six month's notice is given. In the event of serious breaches of its contractual obligations, the carrier will be deemed to have terminated the contract without notice if it does not resume the service in accordance with the public service obligation within one month of the serving of formal notice.

9-4.   Penalties or other deductions provided for in the contract

Failure by the carrier to observe the period of notice referred to in Section 9-3 will be subject either to an administrative fine pursuant to Article R. 330-20 of the Civil Aviation Code, or to a penalty calculated on the basis of the number of months of default and the actual operating loss of the service during the year in question, but not exceeding the maximum financial compensation provided for in Section 9-1.

In the event of minor breaches of the public service obligation, the maximum financial compensation provided for in Section 9-1 will be reduced, without prejudice to the application of Article R. 330-20 of the Civil Aviation Code.

Such reductions will take account, as appropriate, of the number of flights cancelled for reasons directly attributable to the carrier, the number of flights made with less than the required capacity, and the number of flights not complying with the public service obligation regarding stopovers and fares charged.

10.   Submission of applications

Application files must be enclosed in a sealed envelope marked: ‘Réponse à l'appel de candidatures Ligne aérienne La Rochelle/Poitiers/Lyon — À n'ouvrir que par le destinataire’. They must be sent by registered post with acknowledgement of receipt (the date on the latter serving as proof of the date of receipt) or delivered by hand (in which case a receipt must be obtained) to reach the following address by no later than 12.00 local time on 1 July 2008:

| Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de La Rochelle |
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| Rue de Jura |
| F-17000 La Rochelle |

Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de La Rochelle

Rue de Jura

F-17000 La Rochelle

11.   Subsequent procedure

Not later than 4 July 2008, the Chamber of Trade and Industry of La Rochelle will send the selected applicants a tender file including the tender rules and a draft contract.

The applicants selected must submit their tenders by not later than 12.00 local time on 30 July 2008.

The bid will be binding on the tenderer for a period of 280 days from its submission.

12.   Validity of the invitation to tender

The validity of this invitation to tender is subject to the condition that no Community carrier presents by 1 October 2008 a programme for operating the route in question from 1 November 2008 in accordance with the public service obligation imposed and without receiving any financial compensation.

13.   Requests for additional information

To obtain any information they may need, applicants may contact:

| Monsieur Thomas Juin — Directeur de l'aéroport de La Rochelle, Île de Ré |
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| Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de La Rochelle |
| Rue de Jura |
| F-17000 La Rochelle |
| Tel. (33) 546 42 30 26 |

Monsieur Thomas Juin — Directeur de l'aéroport de La Rochelle, Île de Ré

Chambre de commerce et d'industrie de La Rochelle

Rue de Jura

F-17000 La Rochelle

Tel. (33) 546 42 30 26

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PROCEDURES RELATING TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COMPETITION POLICY

Commission

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 119/25

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Communication from the French Government concerning Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (1)

(Notice regarding an application for an exclusive licence to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons, designated the ‘Gex Licence’)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 119/08)

By request of 14 June 2007, corrected on 7 January 2008, Egdon Resources (New Ventures) Ltd, a company with registered offices at Suite 2, 90-96 High Street, Odiham, Hampshire, RG29 1LP (United Kingdom), Eagle Energy Limited, a company with registered offices at 21 Beresford Avenue, East Twickenham, TW1 2PY (United Kingdom) and Nautical Petroleum plc, a company with registered offices at Parnell House, 25 Wilton Road, London SW1V 1YD (United Kingdom) applied for an exclusive five-year licence designated the ‘Gex Licence’, to prospect for liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons in an area of approximately 932 square kilometres, covering part of the departments of Haute Savoie, Ain and Jura.

The perimeter of the area covered by this licence consists of the meridian and parallel arcs connecting in turn the points defined below by their geographical coordinates in degrees, the prime meridian being that of Paris.

Point A: intersection of the parallel of latitude 51,60° N with the dividing line between France and Switzerland

| Points | Longitude | Latitude |
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| B | 4,00° E | 51,60° N |
| C | 4,00° E | 51,40° N |
| D | 3,90° E | 51,40° N |
| E | 3,90° E | 51,10° N |
| F | 4,30° E | 51,10° N |

Points

Longitude

Latitude

B

4,00° E

51,60° N

C

4,00° E

51,40° N

D

3,90° E

51,40° N

E

3,90° E

51,10° N

F

4,30° E

51,10° N

Point G: intersection of the meridian of longitude 4,30° E with the dividing line between France and Switzerland

Points A to G: dividing line between France and Switzerland

Part of this application overlaps with the Moussières application published in the Official Journal of the European Union of 11 April 2007, while the other part does not. Only the part which does not overlap with the Moussières application is open to competition. Its perimeter consists of the meridian and parallel arcs connecting in turn the points defined below by their geographical coordinates in degrees, the prime meridian being that of Paris.

Point A: intersection of the parallel of latitude 51,60° N with the dividing line between France and Switzerland

| Points | Longitude | Latitude |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B | 4,00° E | 51,60° N |
| C | 4,00° E | 51,30° N |
| D | 3,90° E | 51,30° N |
| E | 3,90° E | 51,10° N |
| F | 4,30° E | 51,10° N |

Points

Longitude

Latitude

B

4,00° E

51,60° N

C

4,00° E

51,30° N

D

3,90° E

51,30° N

E

3,90° E

51,10° N

F

4,30° E

51,10° N

Point G: intersection of the meridian of longitude 4,30° E with the dividing line between France and Switzerland

Points A to G: dividing line between France and Switzerland

Submission of applications and criteria for awarding rights

The initial applicant and competing applicants must prove that they meet the requirements for obtaining the licence, specified in Articles 4 and 5 of Decree No 2006-648 of 2 June 2006 concerning mining rights and underground storage rights (Journal officiel de la République française, 3 June 2006).

Interested companies may, within ninety days of the publication of this notice, submit a competing application in accordance with the procedure summarised in the ‘Notice regarding the granting of mining rights for hydrocarbons in France’ published in
  Official Journal of the European Communities C 374 of 30 December 1994, p. 11, and established by Decree No 2006-648 concerning mining rights and underground storage rights. Competing applications must be sent to the Minister responsible for mines at the address below.

The decisions on the initial application and the competing applications will be based on the criteria governing the award of mining rights, as set out in Article 6 of the abovementioned Decree and will be taken by 18 June 2009 at the latest.

Conditions and requirements regarding performance of the activity and cessation thereof

Applicants are referred to Articles 79 and 79.1 of the Mining Code and to Decree No 2006-649 of 2 June 2006 on mining and underground storage operations and the regulations governing mining and underground storage (Journal officiel de la République française, 3 June 2006).

Further information can be obtained from the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Town and Country Planning (Directorate-General for Energy and Raw Materials, Directorate for Energy and Mineral Resources, Mining Legislation Office), 61, boulevard Vincent Auriol, Télédoc 133, F-75703 Paris Cedex 13 (tel. (33) 144 97 23 02, fax (33) 144 97 05 70). The abovementioned laws and regulations can be consulted at: http://www.legifrance.gouv.fr

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(1)  OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 3.

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5126 — Ineos/BASF Assets)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 119/09)

| 1. | On 7 May 2008, 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 Ineos Group Limited (‘Ineos’, United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of a plant of the undertaking BASF plc, controlled by BASF SE (‘BASF’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase of assets. |
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1.

On 7 May 2008, 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 Ineos Group Limited (‘Ineos’, United Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of a plant of the undertaking BASF plc, controlled by BASF SE (‘BASF’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase of assets.

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






  — | for undertaking Ineos: global manufacturer of specialty and intermediate chemicals, |
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2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—

for undertaking Ineos: global manufacturer of specialty and intermediate chemicals,

| — | for undertaking BASF: chemical company with a product portfolio ranging from chemicals, plastics, agricultural products and fine chemicals to crude oil and natural gas. |
| --- | --- |

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for undertaking BASF: chemical company with a product portfolio ranging from chemicals, plastics, agricultural products and fine chemicals to crude oil and natural gas.

| 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. |
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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.

| 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) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5126 — Ineos/BASF Assets, to the following address:





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

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) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5126 — Ineos/BASF Assets, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

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

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 119/28

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.5135 — Renolit/Evonik Degussa/Suncoat)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 119/10)

| 1. | On 7 May 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Renolit AG (‘Renolit’, Germany) controlled by JM Gesellschaft für industrielle Beteiligungen mbH & Co. KGaA and Evonik Degussa GmbH (‘Evonik Degussa’, Germany) belonging to the RAG group acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of Suncoat GmbH (‘Suncoat’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares. |
| --- | --- |

1.

On 7 May 2008, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Renolit AG (‘Renolit’, Germany) controlled by JM Gesellschaft für industrielle Beteiligungen mbH & Co. KGaA and Evonik Degussa GmbH (‘Evonik Degussa’, Germany) belonging to the RAG group acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of Suncoat GmbH (‘Suncoat’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

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






  — | for Renolit: manufacture of high-quality thermoplastic films, |
| --- | --- | --- |

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—

for Renolit: manufacture of high-quality thermoplastic films,

| — | for Evonik Degussa: manufacture of chemical products, |
| --- | --- |

—

for Evonik Degussa: manufacture of chemical products,

| — | for Suncoat: Services concerning technical films. |
| --- | --- |

—

for Suncoat: Services concerning technical films.

| 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. |
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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) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5135 — Renolit/Evonik Degussa/Suncoat, to the following address:





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

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) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference number COMP/M.5135 — Renolit/Evonik Degussa/Suncoat, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

B-1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

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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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