# C_2022396EN.01000101.xml

| 14.10.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 396/1 |
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14.10.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 396/1

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Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 396/01)

| Date of adoption of the decision | 23.9.2022 |
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| Aid number | SA.62808 |
| Member State | Netherlands |
| Region | Netherlands |
| Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) | Remittance scheme to the equine sector following the legalisation of online gambling in the Netherlands |
| Legal basis | Wet op de kansspelen (WoK) |
| Type of measure | Scheme
  Kortebaanbond
  Stichting Nederlandse Draf- en Rensport |
| Objective | Sectorial development |
| Form of aid | Other |
| Budget | |
| Intensity | 100,0  % |
| Duration | From 23.9.2022 |
| Economic sectors | Gambling and betting activities |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid |
| Postbus 20301, 2500 EH DEN HAAG |

Date of adoption of the decision

23.9.2022

Aid number

SA.62808

Member State

Netherlands

Region

Netherlands

Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)

Remittance scheme to the equine sector following the legalisation of online gambling in the Netherlands

Legal basis

Wet op de kansspelen (WoK)

Type of measure

Scheme

Kortebaanbond

Stichting Nederlandse Draf- en Rensport

Objective

Sectorial development

Form of aid

Other

Budget

Intensity

100,0  %

Duration

From 23.9.2022

Economic sectors

Gambling and betting activities

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid

Postbus 20301, 2500 EH DEN HAAG

Other information

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| Date of adoption of the decision | 23.9.2022 |
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| Aid number | SA.62810 |
| Member State | Netherlands |
| Region | Netherlands |
| Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) | Transition subsidy for the equine sector following the legalisation of online gambling in the Netherlands |
| Legal basis | Law of 27 January 2021 amending the budget statements of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (XVI) for the year 2020 (amendment related to the Autumn Memorandum) |
| Type of measure | Ad Hoc Case
  Stichting Nederlandse Draf- en Rensport (SNDR); Kortebaanbond (KBB) |
| Objective | Sectorial development |
| Form of aid | Direct grant |
| Budget | Overall budget: 3 200 000 EUR
  Annual budget: 3 200 000 EUR |
| Intensity | |
| Duration | |
| Economic sectors | Gambling and betting activities |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid |
| Postbus 20301, 2500 EH DEN HAAG |

Date of adoption of the decision

23.9.2022

Aid number

SA.62810

Member State

Netherlands

Region

Netherlands

Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)

Transition subsidy for the equine sector following the legalisation of online gambling in the Netherlands

Legal basis

Law of 27 January 2021 amending the budget statements of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (XVI) for the year 2020 (amendment related to the Autumn Memorandum)

Type of measure

Ad Hoc Case

Stichting Nederlandse Draf- en Rensport (SNDR); Kortebaanbond (KBB)

Objective

Sectorial development

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Overall budget: 3 200 000 EUR

Annual budget: 3 200 000 EUR

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Gambling and betting activities

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid

Postbus 20301, 2500 EH DEN HAAG

Other information

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| Date of adoption of the decision | 10.8.2022 |
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| Aid number | SA.100960 |
| Member State | France |
| Region | France |
| Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) | Compensation de la mission d'aménagement du territoire en faveur de La Poste (SA.49469) — modifications des modalités de financement |
| Legal basis | loi no 90-568 du 2 juillet 1990 relative à l'organisation du service public de la poste et à France Télécom et contrat d'entreprise Etat / La Poste pour la période 2018 — 2022 |
| Type of measure | Ad Hoc Case
  La Poste SA |
| Objective | Services of general economic interest (SGEI) |
| Form of aid | Direct grant, Tax base reduction, Tax advantage or tax exemption |
| Budget | Overall budget: 903 000 000 EUR
  Annual budget: 185 000 000 EUR |
| Intensity | |
| Duration | 1.1.2018 — 31.12.2022 |
| Economic sectors | Postal and courier activities |
| Name and address of the granting authority | MEF (Direction Générale des Entreprises) — DGE |
| DGE, 61 boulevard Vincent Auriol, 75703 PARIS Cedex 13 |

Date of adoption of the decision

10.8.2022

Aid number

SA.100960

Member State

France

Region

France

Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)

Compensation de la mission d'aménagement du territoire en faveur de La Poste (SA.49469) — modifications des modalités de financement

Legal basis

loi no 90-568 du 2 juillet 1990 relative à l'organisation du service public de la poste et à France Télécom et contrat d'entreprise Etat / La Poste pour la période 2018 — 2022

Type of measure

Ad Hoc Case

La Poste SA

Objective

Services of general economic interest (SGEI)

Form of aid

Direct grant, Tax base reduction, Tax advantage or tax exemption

Budget

Overall budget: 903 000 000 EUR

Annual budget: 185 000 000 EUR

Intensity

Duration

1.1.2018 — 31.12.2022

Economic sectors

Postal and courier activities

Name and address of the granting authority

MEF (Direction Générale des Entreprises) — DGE

DGE, 61 boulevard Vincent Auriol, 75703 PARIS Cedex 13

Other information

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| Date of adoption of the decision | 4.8.2022 |
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| Aid number | SA.102799 |
| Member State | France |
| Region | |
| Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) | France COVID-19: Modifications to SA.62999 (2021/N) — COVID-19: Aid in the form of exemptions from social security contributions (‘Régime d'aides sous forme d'exonérations de cotisations sociales’) |
| Legal basis | Law no 2020-1576 of 14 December 2020, Law no 2022-46 of 22 January 2022, Decree no 2021-709 of 3 June 2021, Decree no 2021-1410 of 29 October 2021, Decree no 2021-1956 of 31 December 2021, Decree no 2022-170 of 11 February 2022 and Decree no 2022-806 of 13 May 2022. |
| Type of measure | Scheme |
| Objective | Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy |
| Form of aid | Reduction of social security contributions |
| Budget | Overall budget: 500 000 000 EUR |
| Intensity | |
| Duration | Until 30.6.2022 |
| Economic sectors | All economic sectors eligible to receive aid |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Ministry of Public Action and Accounts / Ministère des comptes publics |
| 139 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris |

Date of adoption of the decision

4.8.2022

Aid number

SA.102799

Member State

France

Region

Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)

France COVID-19: Modifications to SA.62999 (2021/N) — COVID-19: Aid in the form of exemptions from social security contributions (‘Régime d'aides sous forme d'exonérations de cotisations sociales’)

Legal basis

Law no 2020-1576 of 14 December 2020, Law no 2022-46 of 22 January 2022, Decree no 2021-709 of 3 June 2021, Decree no 2021-1410 of 29 October 2021, Decree no 2021-1956 of 31 December 2021, Decree no 2022-170 of 11 February 2022 and Decree no 2022-806 of 13 May 2022.

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy

Form of aid

Reduction of social security contributions

Budget

Overall budget: 500 000 000 EUR

Intensity

Duration

Until 30.6.2022

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministry of Public Action and Accounts / Ministère des comptes publics

139 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris

Other information

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| Date of adoption of the decision | 12.9.2022 |
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| Aid number | SA.102875 |
| Member State | Germany |
| Region | NIEDERSACHSEN |
| Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) | Niedersachsen: Förderrichtlinie über die Gewährung von Erschwernisausgleich für Wald in geschützten Teilen von Natur und Landschaft in Natura 2000-Gebieten (Erschwernisausgleichsverordnung-Wald — EA-VO-Wald) |
| Legal basis | (Entwurf Anlage 1:) Förderrichtlinie über die Gewährung von Erschwernisausgleich für Wald in geschützten Teilen von Natur und Landschaft in Natura 2000-Gebieten (Erschwernisausgleichsverordnung-Wald — EA-VO-Wald) |
| Type of measure | Scheme |
| Objective | Agriculture; Forestry; Rural areas, Aid for disadvantages related to Natura 2000 forest areas |
| Form of aid | Direct grant |
| Budget | Overall budget: 2 400 000 EUR |
| Intensity | |
| Duration | Until 31.12.2024 |
| Economic sectors | Forestry and logging |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen — Fachbereich Agrarförderung |
| Mars-la-Tour-Straße 1-13, D-26121 Oldenburg |

Date of adoption of the decision

12.9.2022

Aid number

SA.102875

Member State

Germany

Region

NIEDERSACHSEN

Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)

Niedersachsen: Förderrichtlinie über die Gewährung von Erschwernisausgleich für Wald in geschützten Teilen von Natur und Landschaft in Natura 2000-Gebieten (Erschwernisausgleichsverordnung-Wald — EA-VO-Wald)

Legal basis

(Entwurf Anlage 1:) Förderrichtlinie über die Gewährung von Erschwernisausgleich für Wald in geschützten Teilen von Natur und Landschaft in Natura 2000-Gebieten (Erschwernisausgleichsverordnung-Wald — EA-VO-Wald)

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Agriculture; Forestry; Rural areas, Aid for disadvantages related to Natura 2000 forest areas

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Overall budget: 2 400 000 EUR

Intensity

Duration

Until 31.12.2024

Economic sectors

Forestry and logging

Name and address of the granting authority

Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen — Fachbereich Agrarförderung

Mars-la-Tour-Straße 1-13, D-26121 Oldenburg

Other information

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| Date of adoption of the decision | 23.9.2022 |
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| Aid number | SA.103729 |
| Member State | Ireland |
| Region | |
| Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) | Prolongation of aid scheme for the Refund of Employers' Social Security Contributions in respect of Seafarers on certain vessels |
| Legal basis | The National legal basis of the scheme is Article 6 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014, which amended the primary legislation, the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005. The prolongation of the measure is enacted by Article 3 of the Social Welfare Regulations 2022, which amends Article 72A of the Social Welfare Regulation 1996, by substituting sub-article (2) of that Regulation. |
| Type of measure | Scheme |
| Objective | Sectorial development |
| Form of aid | |
| Budget | Overall budget: 4 200 000 EUR
  Annual budget: 700 000 EUR |
| Intensity | |
| Duration | 1.1.2023 — 31.12.2028 |
| Economic sectors | Water transport |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Maritime Transport Division, Department of Transport |
| Leeson Lane, Dublin 2, D02 TR60 |

Date of adoption of the decision

23.9.2022

Aid number

SA.103729

Member State

Ireland

Region

Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)

Prolongation of aid scheme for the Refund of Employers' Social Security Contributions in respect of Seafarers on certain vessels

Legal basis

The National legal basis of the scheme is Article 6 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014, which amended the primary legislation, the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005. The prolongation of the measure is enacted by Article 3 of the Social Welfare Regulations 2022, which amends Article 72A of the Social Welfare Regulation 1996, by substituting sub-article (2) of that Regulation.

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Sectorial development

Form of aid

Budget

Overall budget: 4 200 000 EUR

Annual budget: 700 000 EUR

Intensity

Duration

1.1.2023 — 31.12.2028

Economic sectors

Water transport

Name and address of the granting authority

Maritime Transport Division, Department of Transport

Leeson Lane, Dublin 2, D02 TR60

Other information

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| Date of adoption of the decision | 26.9.2022 |
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| Aid number | SA.103842 |
| Member State | Belgium |
| Region | REGION WALLONNE |
| Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) | ‘Walloon schemes of temporary limited amounts of aid, public guarantees and subsidized loans for Walloon undertakings affected by the conflict in Ukraine’. |
| Legal basis | The Walloon Government decision of 17 June 2022. |
| Type of measure | Scheme |
| Objective | Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy |
| Form of aid | Soft loan, Guarantee, Other forms of equity intervention, Other |
| Budget | Overall budget: 300 000 000 EUR
  Annual budget: 300 000 000 EUR |
| Intensity | |
| Duration | Until 31.12.2022 |
| Economic sectors | All economic sectors eligible to receive aid |
| Name and address of the granting authority | S.R.I.W. |
| Avenue Maurice Destenay 13 — 4000 Liège |

Date of adoption of the decision

26.9.2022

Aid number

SA.103842

Member State

Belgium

Region

REGION WALLONNE

Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)

‘Walloon schemes of temporary limited amounts of aid, public guarantees and subsidized loans for Walloon undertakings affected by the conflict in Ukraine’.

Legal basis

The Walloon Government decision of 17 June 2022.

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy

Form of aid

Soft loan, Guarantee, Other forms of equity intervention, Other

Budget

Overall budget: 300 000 000 EUR

Annual budget: 300 000 000 EUR

Intensity

Duration

Until 31.12.2022

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

S.R.I.W.

Avenue Maurice Destenay 13 — 4000 Liège

Other information

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| Date of adoption of the decision | 3.10.2022 |
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| Aid number | SA.103978 |
| Member State | Greece |
| Region | |
| Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) | TCF — Subsidy Scheme to non-household electricity consumers up to 35 kVA, operating as bakeries or on an agricultural tariff |
| Legal basis | N. 4839/2021 (Government Gazette A’181 / 2021) |
| Type of measure | Scheme |
| Objective | Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy |
| Form of aid | Direct grant |
| Budget | Overall budget: 800 000 000 EUR
  Annual budget: 800 000 000 EUR |
| Intensity | |
| Duration | Until 31.12.2022 |
| Economic sectors | All economic sectors eligible to receive aid |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Renewable Energy Sources Operator & Guarantees of Origin (DAPEEP) |
| Kastoros 72, Piraeus |

Date of adoption of the decision

3.10.2022

Aid number

SA.103978

Member State

Greece

Region

Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)

TCF — Subsidy Scheme to non-household electricity consumers up to 35 kVA, operating as bakeries or on an agricultural tariff

Legal basis

N. 4839/2021 (Government Gazette A’181 / 2021)

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Overall budget: 800 000 000 EUR

Annual budget: 800 000 000 EUR

Intensity

Duration

Until 31.12.2022

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Renewable Energy Sources Operator & Guarantees of Origin (DAPEEP)

Kastoros 72, Piraeus

Other information

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| Date of adoption of the decision | 21.9.2022 |
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| Aid number | SA.104109 |
| Member State | Lithuania |
| Region | Lithuania |
| Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) | The Incentive Financial Instrument ‘Direct Loans to Business Operators Affected by War’ |
| Legal basis | Draft Order of the Minister of Economy and Innovation of Republic of Lithuania on the approval of the scheme of the incentive financial instrument ‘Direct Loans to Business Operators Affected by War’ |
| Type of measure | Scheme |
| Objective | Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy |
| Form of aid | Soft loan |
| Budget | Overall budget: 50 000 000 EUR
  Annual budget: 50 000 000 EUR |
| Intensity | |
| Duration | Until 31.12.2022 |
| Economic sectors | All economic sectors eligible to receive aid |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania |
| Gedimino Ave. 38, 01104 Vilnius, Lithuania |

Date of adoption of the decision

21.9.2022

Aid number

SA.104109

Member State

Lithuania

Region

Lithuania

Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary)

The Incentive Financial Instrument ‘Direct Loans to Business Operators Affected by War’

Legal basis

Draft Order of the Minister of Economy and Innovation of Republic of Lithuania on the approval of the scheme of the incentive financial instrument ‘Direct Loans to Business Operators Affected by War’

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy

Form of aid

Soft loan

Budget

Overall budget: 50 000 000 EUR

Annual budget: 50 000 000 EUR

Intensity

Duration

Until 31.12.2022

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania

Gedimino Ave. 38, 01104 Vilnius, Lithuania

Other information

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

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