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Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 131/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption: 

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 23/2005

Title: Prolongation of Temporary Defensive Measures for Shipbuilding

Objective: Contract related aid

Legal basis: 

Richtlinien des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Arbeit zu befristeten Schutzmassnahmen für den Schiffbau vom 24. Oktober 2002

Budget: EUR 149 000 000

Aid intensity or amount: 6 % — grant

Duration: 24.10.2002—31.3.2005

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Date of adoption: 

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 39/2005

Title: Temporary Defensive Mechanism for Shipbuilding

Objective: Contract related aid

Legal basis: 

Valtioneuvoston asetus telakkateollisuuden kilpailuedellytysten turvaamiseen myönnettävästä valtion avustuksesta, 30.12.2004

Budget: EUR 13 660 000

Aid intensity or amount: 6 % — grant

Duration: 1.1.2004—31.3.2005

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 89/04

Title: Guarantee in favour of the Housing Finance Agency (HFA)

Social housing schemes funded by the HFA

Legal basis: Section 17 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002

Objective: The provision of social housing by local authorities, the provision of social housing by bodies authorized under Section 17 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 (voluntary housing bodies).

Budget: Limit fixed at EUR 6 billion.

Duration: 10 years

Other information: Form of interventions: State guarantees and preferential funding

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 179/04

Title: Finnish municipal guarantees

Objective: to safeguard the joint funding of the Finnish municipal sector.

Legal basis: Laki Kuntien takauskeskuksesta N:o 487/1996 (Annettu Helsingissä 28 päivänä kesäkuuta 1996)

Duration: the joint funding system has been operating since 1996.

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Date of adoption: 

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 213/03

Title: Project ATLAS: broadband infrastructure scheme for business parks

Objective: Promoting access to broadband infrastructure for SME's (telecommunication) [Scotland]

Legal basis: Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 19990, as amended 1 April 2001 by Scottish Statutory Instrument 2001, No. 126

Budget: GBP 9 700 000 (EUR 15 000 000)

Duration: 25 years

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Date of adoption: 

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 346/04

Title: Aid to Altair Chimica

Objective: Environmental protection

Legal basis: 

legge 662/1996 and accordo programma quadro of 23.6.2004

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 4 971 816 — grant

Duration: 2005-2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Ireland (All regions)

Aid No: N 354/04

Title: Company Holding Regime

Objective: Tax relief (All sectors)

Legal basis: Finance Act 2004

Aid intensity or amount: Estimated annual and overall revenue losses EUR 10 million

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: France — Guadeloupe

Aid No: N 385/04

Title: Social aid scheme to benefit certain categories of passengers on air services linking Guadeloupe to mainland France

Objective: Compensation for the handicaps due to Guadeloupe's remoteness — Air transport

Legal basis: 

Article 60 de la loi no 2003-660 du 21 juillet 2003 de programme pour l'outre-mer

Budget: EUR 6 255 810 for the first year

Duration: Indefinite

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt)

Aid No: N 457/2004

Title: Aid in favour of Q-Cells AG

Objective: Regional aid

Legal basis: Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe (GA) ‘Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur’ vom 6. Oktober 1969 in Verbindung mit den einschlägigen Bestimmungen von Teil II des 31. Rahmenplan zur GA, zuletzt genehmigt bis zum 31. Dezember 2006 durch den Beschluss der Kommission in der Beihilfesache Nr. N 642/02 vom 1.10.2003 (ABl. C 284 vom 27.11.2003, S. 2)

Aid amount: 15 % (SME bonus) of EUR 49 800 000 eligible costs

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 458/04

Title: Public support to Espacio Editorial Andaluza Holding, S.L.

Legal basis: Convenio Marco de Colaboración entre la Consejería de la presidencia y la Entidad ‘Espacio Editorial Andaluza, SL’, firmado el 23 de octubre de 2001

Propuesta de colaboración y proyecto de Convenio Especifico de Colaboración de la Consejería de la presidencia y la Entidad ‘El Correo de Andalucia, SL’ para la ejecución del Proyecto de difusión ‘Biblioteca de Autores Andaluces’

Budget: EUR 69 000

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting aid

Duration: From the signature of the proyecto de Convenio Especifico to 1 January 2005.

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Hungary (All regions)

Aid No: N 504/04

Title: Amendment of the tax development benefit

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: 

1996. évi LXXXI. Törvény a társasági adóról és az osztalékadóról

Budget: Estimated EUR 73 million for 2005

Aid intensity or amount: Unchanged

Duration: 2005-2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 676/02

Title: Cableways, Valle d'Aosta

Objective: Cableway installations

Legal basis: 

Disegno di legge regionale n. 169/2002

Budget: EUR 15 million per year

Duration: until 2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Germany (Sachsen)

Aid No: NN 15/04

Title: Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes

Objective: Investment incentives to increase efficiency, reduce costs and increase product quality (Seamless Tubes)

Legal basis: Fördergebietsgesetz von 1993 (genehmigt als Beihilfesache Nr. N 2070/95) und Investitionszulagengesetz in den Neuen Ländern (1996 und 1999 — genehmigt als Beihilfesachen Nr. N 494/A/95 und C72/1998).

Aid intensity or amount: 

Duration: 24 months (1998 to 1999)

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