# C_2006007EN.01000301.xml

| 12.1.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 7/3 |
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12.1.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 7/3

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Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in Part I of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement

EFTA Surveillance Authority decision not to raise objections

(2006/C 7/03)

| Date of adoption of the decision | 22 June 2005 |
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| Number of aid | Case 55682 |
| EFTA State | Norway |
| Title | Electricity tax exemption for energy intensive industries participating in a programme for energy efficiency |
| Objective | The objective of the programme is to encourage efficient use of energy |
| Legal basis | The Parliament's annual decision on electricity tax, the Regulation on excise duties, ref. § 3-12-11 (1) and the standard ‘Agreement Concerning the Promotion of Energy Efficient Energy Use in Energy Intensive Industries’ to be entered into between the Norwegian State and each of the relevant companies qualifying for participation |
| Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted (in national currency) | Aid scheme
  Exemption of tax amounts to approx. NOK 25 million per year | Annual expenditure planned: NOK 25 million | EUR 3 million |
| Overall amount: NOK 250 million | EUR 30 million |
| Duration | 10 years | |
| Maximum aid intensity of the aid scheme | NOK 25 million per year | |
| Economic sectors | Limited to the energy intensive industries in the manufacturing and mining sector, social works, as far as the electricity is used by enterprises that exercise industrial production in the same way as the enterprises in the manufacturing and mining sector, as well as the industry which supplies steam and hot water | |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Ministry of Finance |
| P.O. Box 8008 Dep, N-0030 Oslo |

Date of adoption of the decision

22 June 2005

Number of aid

Case 55682

EFTA State

Norway

Title

Electricity tax exemption for energy intensive industries participating in a programme for energy efficiency

Objective

The objective of the programme is to encourage efficient use of energy

Legal basis

The Parliament's annual decision on electricity tax, the Regulation on excise duties, ref. § 3-12-11 (1) and the standard ‘Agreement Concerning the Promotion of Energy Efficient Energy Use in Energy Intensive Industries’ to be entered into between the Norwegian State and each of the relevant companies qualifying for participation

Annual expenditure planned or overall amount of individual aid granted (in national currency)

Aid scheme

Exemption of tax amounts to approx. NOK 25 million per year

Annual expenditure planned: NOK 25 million

EUR 3 million

Overall amount: NOK 250 million

EUR 30 million

Duration

10 years

Maximum aid intensity of the aid scheme

NOK 25 million per year

Economic sectors

Limited to the energy intensive industries in the manufacturing and mining sector, social works, as far as the electricity is used by enterprises that exercise industrial production in the same way as the enterprises in the manufacturing and mining sector, as well as the industry which supplies steam and hot water

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministry of Finance

P.O. Box 8008 Dep, N-0030 Oslo

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

http://www.eftasurv.int/fieldsofwork/fieldstateaid/stateaidregistry

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