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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 230/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 75/2005

Title: Aid to Volvo Trucks

Objective: Environmental Protection

Aid intensity or amount: SEK 85 000 000 (EUR 9 000 000)

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 264/2004

Title: Extension to the scheme of reliefs for the renewal of certain urban areas (Ex N 270/2002)

Objective: Promote regional development

Legal basis: Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 as amended by Finance Act 2004 section 26(1)(b)

Budget: EUR 40 million in 2005, EUR 50 million in 2006

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with regional aid map 2000-2006

Duration: 31.12.2004 until 31.7.2006

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Latvia

Aid No: N 360/2004

Title: Amendments to the State aid Programme ‘Risk Capital Financing for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises’

Objective(s): Risk Capital for SMEs

Legal basis: Vienotais programmdokuments Latvijai laika posmam no 2004.-2006. gadam un Programmas papildinÿjums vienotajam programmdokumentam Latvijai laika posmÿ no 2004.-2006. gadam

Budget: The total funding of the Programme for the period 2004-2006 will be LVL 10,3 million (approx. EUR 15,4 million)

Duration: 

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: France (Limousin)

Aid No: N 382/04

Title: Setting-up of a high-speed infrastructure in the Limousin region

Objective: Financing of a service of general economic interest

Legal basis: Article 1425-1 du Code Général des Collectivités territoriales (JO no 143 du 22 juin 2004. Loi no 2004-575 du 21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique)

Budget: The total amount of public funding for the proposed project is EUR 38 400 000

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting State aid

Duration: 20-year concession

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Lithuania

Aid No: N 425/2004

Title: Kaunas Free Economic Zone

Objective: Regional aid

Legal basis: Lietuvos Respublikos laisvųjų ekonominių zonų pagrindų įstatymas (Žin., 1995, Nr. 59-1462); Lietuvos Respublikos Kauno laisvosios ekonominės zonos įstatymas (Žin., 1996, Nr. 109-2474

Budget: Estimated at EUR 205 million

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % NGE, can be raised with a top-up to 15 % GGE for SMEs

Duration: The term of activity of the zone shall be 49 years. State aid to each individual undertaking shall be terminated as soon as the limits of State aid intensity under the scheme are reached

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 441/2003

Title: Programme for waste management in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Objective: Environmental Aid

Legal basis: Richtlinie zur Förderung von Maßnahmen der Kreislaufwirtschaft und der umweltverträglichen Beseitigung von Abfällen iVm § 44 Landeshaushaltsordnung

Budget: Ca. EUR 333 400 per year

Intensity or amount: Up to 50 %

Duration: 1.1.2004 until 31.12.2006

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Aid No: N 503/2004

Title: Irish Language Broadcast Fund

Objective: To promote the production of films and other audiovisual works

Legal basis: Educational and Library Services Etc. Grants Regulation (Northern Ireland) 1994

Budget: Overall amount GBP 12 million

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum of 75 % of production costs

Duration: 4 years

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 580/2004 (prolongation of aid N 746/2001 and N 530/2003)

Title: Film Production Support Scheme

Objective: Cinema and Audiovisual

Legal basis: Wet Inkomstenbelasting 2001.

Wijziging van enkele belastingwetten (Belastingplan 2005 — artikel XXXIA)

Budget: EUR 45 million

Aid intensity or amount: variable, in any case minor than 50 %

Duration: 1.1.2005 until 30.6.2007

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Greece

Aid No: N 596/2003

Title: Extension of delivery deadline for a passenger cruise vessel

Objective: Shipbuilding

Legal basis: Υπουργική απόφαση 6157/248 της 1ης Απριλίου 2002

Aid intensity: < 9 %

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 601/2003

Title: Special Purpose Equity Vehicle (‘SPEV’)

Objective(s): Risk Capital for SMEs

Legal basis: The Industrial Development Act 1982 (Section 8), the Local Government Act 2000 (Section 2), the Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 (Sections 5 and 6) and the Leasehold Reform, Housing and the Urban Development Act 1993 (Part 3 — Section 126)

Budget: The intended size of the fund is GBP 10 million

Duration: The initial investment phase of the SPEV fund will be for 4,75 years from the date of its creation

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: NN 24/2005

Title: Environmental investment deduction scheme (Milieu-investeringsaftrek — MIA)

Objective: Stimulate investments in environment-friendly material assets

Legal basis: Aanwijzingsregeling milieu-investeringsaftrek 2005

Budget: EUR 83 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 21 %

Duration: Not limited in time

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

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