# C_2010332EN.01000501.xml

| 9.12.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 332/5 |
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9.12.2010

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 332/5

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Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV of the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation))

2010/C 332/04

PART I

| Aid No | GBER 4/10/R&D |
| --- | --- |
| EFTA State | Norway |
| Region | All regions | Mixed areas |
| Granting authority | Name | Innovasjon Norge |
| Address | Innovasjon Norge |
| Postboks 448 Sentrum |
| 0104 Oslo |
| NORWAY |

Aid No

GBER 4/10/R&D

EFTA State

Norway

Region

All regions

Mixed areas

Granting authority

Name

Innovasjon Norge

Address

Innovasjon Norge

Postboks 448 Sentrum

0104 Oslo

NORWAY

Webpage

http://www.innovasjonnorge.no

Title of the aid measure

Seed money facility — EU’s Framwork program for Competitiveness and Innovation — ECO-Innovation

National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication)

State budget 2010 — Chapter 924, post 70

Letter from the Ministry of Trade to Innovation Norway dated 12 May 2010

Web link to the full text of the aid measure

http://bedriftieu.no/templates/eic2/Page_Meta.aspx?id=60986

Type of measure

Scheme

X

Duration

Scheme

25.6.2010 to 31.12.2013

Economic sector(s) concerned

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

X

Type of beneficiary

SME

X

Large enterprises

X

Budget

Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme

NOK 2 000 000

Aid instrument (Article 5)

Grant

X

PART II

| General objectives (list) | Objectives (list) | Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in NOK | SME-bonuses in % |
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| Aid for research, development and innovation
  (Articles 30-37) | Aid for research and development projects
  (Article 31) | Fundamental research
  (Article 31(2)(a)) | ... % | |
| Industrial research
  (Article 31(2)(b)) | ... % | |
| Experimental development
  (Article 31(2)(c)) | Maximum Aid amount NOK 100 000 (max 25-50 % of eligble costs — depending on the size of the enterprises and the conditions set out in the Regulation) | 25 % + an increase of 10/20 % to SMEs + 15 % for projects involving cooperation between at least two undertakings, on the conditions that it involves at least one SME or is carried out in at least two EEA States and no single undertaking bears more than 70 % of the eligible costs of the collaboration project. |

General objectives (list)

Objectives (list)

Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in NOK

SME-bonuses in %

Aid for research, development and innovation

(Articles 30-37)

Aid for research and development projects

(Article 31)

Fundamental research

(Article 31(2)(a))

... %

Industrial research

(Article 31(2)(b))

... %

Experimental development

(Article 31(2)(c))

Maximum Aid amount NOK 100 000 (max 25-50 % of eligble costs — depending on the size of the enterprises and the conditions set out in the Regulation)

25 % + an increase of 10/20 % to SMEs + 15 % for projects involving cooperation between at least two undertakings, on the conditions that it involves at least one SME or is carried out in at least two EEA States and no single undertaking bears more than 70 % of the eligible costs of the collaboration project.

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