# Službeni list C 82/18.

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| Hrvatsko izdanje | Informacije i objave | Godište 65.18. veljače 2022. |

ISSN 1977-1088

Službeni list

Europske unije

C 82

Hrvatsko izdanje

Informacije i objave

Godište 65.18. veljače 2022.

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| Sadržaj | Stranica |
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| | INFORMACIJE INSTITUCIJA, TIJELA, UREDA I AGENCIJA EUROPSKE UNIJE |
| | Europska komisija |
| 2022/C 82/01 | Odobrenje državne potpore u skladu s člancima 107. i 108. Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije (UFEU) – Slučajevi u kojima Komisija nema primjedbi (
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| 2022/C 82/02 | Odobrenje državne potpore u skladu s člancima 107. i 108. Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije (UFEU) – Slučajevi u kojima Komisija nema primjedbi | 20 |

Sadržaj

Stranica

II.   Informacije

INFORMACIJE INSTITUCIJA, TIJELA, UREDA I AGENCIJA EUROPSKE UNIJE

Europska komisija

2022/C 82/01

Odobrenje državne potpore u skladu s člancima 107. i 108. Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije (UFEU) – Slučajevi u kojima Komisija nema primjedbi (
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2022/C 82/02

Odobrenje državne potpore u skladu s člancima 107. i 108. Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije (UFEU) – Slučajevi u kojima Komisija nema primjedbi

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| | POSTUPCI U VEZI S PROVEDBOM POLITIKE TRŽIŠNOG NATJECANJA |
| | Europska komisija |
| 2022/C 82/03 | Državna potpora – Mađarska – Državna potpora SA.48556 (2019/C) (ex 2018/N) – Regionalne potpore za ulaganje u društvo Samsung SDI – Poziv na podnošenje primjedaba na temelju članka 108. stavka 2. Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije (
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V.   Objave

POSTUPCI U VEZI S PROVEDBOM POLITIKE TRŽIŠNOG NATJECANJA

Europska komisija

2022/C 82/03

Državna potpora – Mađarska – Državna potpora SA.48556 (2019/C) (ex 2018/N) – Regionalne potpore za ulaganje u društvo Samsung SDI – Poziv na podnošenje primjedaba na temelju članka 108. stavka 2. Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije (
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| 2022/C 82/04 | Ispravak Odobrenja državne potpore u skladu s člancima 107. i 108. Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije (UFEU) – Slučajevi u kojima Komisija nema primjedbi ( SL C 500, 10.12.2021. ) | 36 |

Ispravci

2022/C 82/04

Ispravak Odobrenja državne potpore u skladu s člancima 107. i 108. Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije (UFEU) – Slučajevi u kojima Komisija nema primjedbi ( SL C 500, 10.12.2021. )

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II. Informacije

INFORMACIJE INSTITUCIJA, TIJELA, UREDA I AGENCIJA EUROPSKE UNIJE

Europska komisija

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Odobrenje državne potpore u skladu s člancima 107. i 108. Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije (UFEU)

Slučajevi u kojima Komisija nema primjedbi

(Tekst značajan za EGP)

(2022/C 82/01)

| Datum donošenja odluke | 20.12.2021 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.57969 |
| Država članica | Rumunjska |
| Regija | |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | Romania – Modification of State Aid N 437/2009 and SA.45976 (2016/NN) for promoting high-efficiency cogeneration |
| Pravna osnova | Government Decision no. 1.215/2009 on the establishment of criteria and conditions necessary for the implementation of the support scheme for promoting high efficiency cogeneration based on heat demand, as modified and completed by the Government Decisions GD 494/2014, GD no. 925/2016, GD no. 129/2017 and GD no. 846/2018. |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Zaštita okoliša, Energetska učinkovitost |
| Oblik potpore | |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 11 148 000 000 RON |
| Intenzitet potpore | |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 31.12.2033 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Proizvodnja električne energije |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Ministry of Energy |
| Academiei Street, no. 39-41, Bucharest, district 1, zip code 010013 |

Datum donošenja odluke

20.12.2021

Broj potpore

SA.57969

Država članica

Rumunjska

Regija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

Romania – Modification of State Aid N 437/2009 and SA.45976 (2016/NN) for promoting high-efficiency cogeneration

Pravna osnova

Government Decision no. 1.215/2009 on the establishment of criteria and conditions necessary for the implementation of the support scheme for promoting high efficiency cogeneration based on heat demand, as modified and completed by the Government Decisions GD 494/2014, GD no. 925/2016, GD no. 129/2017 and GD no. 846/2018.

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Zaštita okoliša, Energetska učinkovitost

Oblik potpore

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 11 148 000 000 RON

Intenzitet potpore

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 31.12.2033

Gospodarski sektori

Proizvodnja električne energije

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Ministry of Energy

Academiei Street, no. 39-41, Bucharest, district 1, zip code 010013

Ostale informacije

Izvorni tekst(ovi) odluke iz kojeg/kojih su uklonjene sve povjerljive informacije nalazi se na sljedećoj internetskoj stranici:

https://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm

| Datum donošenja odluke | 20.12.2021 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.58731 |
| Država članica | Austrija |
| Regija | Austrija |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | RRF Austria – Operating aid to electricity from RES in Austria |
| Pravna osnova | Erneuerbaren-Ausbau-Gesetz- EAG Elektrizitätswirtschafts- und organisationsgesetz 2010 (EIWOG 2010) |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Zaštita okoliša, Obnovljiva energija |
| Oblik potpore | Bespovratno sredstvo / subvencija kamatnih stopa |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 10 000 000 000 EUR
  Godišnji proračun: 1 000 000 000 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | 100 % |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 1.1.2031 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Proizvodnja električne energije |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | EAG-Förderabwicklungsstelle (EAG Funding Processing Office) |
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Datum donošenja odluke

20.12.2021

Broj potpore

SA.58731

Država članica

Austrija

Regija

Austrija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

RRF Austria – Operating aid to electricity from RES in Austria

Pravna osnova

Erneuerbaren-Ausbau-Gesetz- EAG Elektrizitätswirtschafts- und organisationsgesetz 2010 (EIWOG 2010)

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Zaštita okoliša, Obnovljiva energija

Oblik potpore

Bespovratno sredstvo / subvencija kamatnih stopa

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 10 000 000 000 EUR

Godišnji proračun: 1 000 000 000 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

100 %

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 1.1.2031

Gospodarski sektori

Proizvodnja električne energije

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

EAG-Förderabwicklungsstelle (EAG Funding Processing Office)

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Ostale informacije

Izvorni tekst(ovi) odluke iz kojeg/kojih su uklonjene sve povjerljive informacije nalazi se na sljedećoj internetskoj stranici:

https://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm

| Datum donošenja odluke | 20.12.2021 |
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| Broj potpore | SA.59197 |
| Država članica | Francuska |
| Regija | Francuska |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | RRF France – Régime cadre pour la prévention et la réparation des dommages causés par des organismes nuisibles ou des maladies végétales aux forêts en lien avec des phénomènes climatiques extrêmes |
| Pravna osnova | Articles D 156-7 à D 156-11 du Code forestier Article L 251-3 du Code rural et de la pêche maritime |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Potpore za sprečavanje i uklanjanje štete na šumama uzrokovane šumskim požarima, elementarnim nepogodama, nepovoljnim klimatskim prilikama koje se mogu izjednačiti s elementarnom nepogodom, drugim nepovoljnim klimatskim prilikama, nametnicima bilja i katastrofalnim događajima, Potpore za posebne šumske mjere i intervencije čiji je primarni cilj pridonijeti održavanju ili obnavljanju šumskog ekosustava i biološke raznolikosti ili tradicionalnog krajobraza |
| Oblik potpore | Jamstvo, Neposredna bespovratna sredstva |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 500 000 000 EUR
  Godišnji proračun: 0 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | 80 % |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 31.12.2027 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Šumarstvo i sječa drva |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation |
| 3, rue Barbet de Jouy 75007 PARIS |

Datum donošenja odluke

20.12.2021

Broj potpore

SA.59197

Država članica

Francuska

Regija

Francuska

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

RRF France – Régime cadre pour la prévention et la réparation des dommages causés par des organismes nuisibles ou des maladies végétales aux forêts en lien avec des phénomènes climatiques extrêmes

Pravna osnova

Articles D 156-7 à D 156-11 du Code forestier Article L 251-3 du Code rural et de la pêche maritime

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Potpore za sprečavanje i uklanjanje štete na šumama uzrokovane šumskim požarima, elementarnim nepogodama, nepovoljnim klimatskim prilikama koje se mogu izjednačiti s elementarnom nepogodom, drugim nepovoljnim klimatskim prilikama, nametnicima bilja i katastrofalnim događajima, Potpore za posebne šumske mjere i intervencije čiji je primarni cilj pridonijeti održavanju ili obnavljanju šumskog ekosustava i biološke raznolikosti ili tradicionalnog krajobraza

Oblik potpore

Jamstvo, Neposredna bespovratna sredstva

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 500 000 000 EUR

Godišnji proračun: 0 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

80 %

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 31.12.2027

Gospodarski sektori

Šumarstvo i sječa drva

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Alimentation

3, rue Barbet de Jouy 75007 PARIS

Ostale informacije

Izvorni tekst(ovi) odluke iz kojeg/kojih su uklonjene sve povjerljive informacije nalazi se na sljedećoj internetskoj stranici:

https://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm

| Datum donošenja odluke | 20.12.2021 |
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| Broj potpore | SA.61149 |
| Država članica | Latvija |
| Regija | Latvija |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | Support scheme for energy intensive industry for 2021 in Latvia |
| Pravna osnova | Cabinet Regulation No. 831 of 22 December 2020 "Amendments to the Cabinet Regulation No 395 of 14 July 2015„Procedures by Which Energy-Intensive Manufacturing Companies acquire the Right to Reduced Participation for the Payment of the Mandatory Procurement Component” |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Zaštita okoliša, Sektorski razvoj |
| Oblik potpore | Neposredna bespovratna sredstva |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 7 000 000 EUR
  Godišnji proračun: 7 000 000 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | 85 % |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | 1.1.2021 – 31.12.2021 |
| Gospodarski sektori | PRERAĐIVAČKA INDUSTRIJA, RUDARSTVO I VAĐENJE |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | The State Construction Control Bureau, Republic of Latvia |
| Kr. Valdemāra Street 157, LV-1013 |

Datum donošenja odluke

20.12.2021

Broj potpore

SA.61149

Država članica

Latvija

Regija

Latvija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

Support scheme for energy intensive industry for 2021 in Latvia

Pravna osnova

Cabinet Regulation No. 831 of 22 December 2020 "Amendments to the Cabinet Regulation No 395 of 14 July 2015„Procedures by Which Energy-Intensive Manufacturing Companies acquire the Right to Reduced Participation for the Payment of the Mandatory Procurement Component”

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Zaštita okoliša, Sektorski razvoj

Oblik potpore

Neposredna bespovratna sredstva

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 7 000 000 EUR

Godišnji proračun: 7 000 000 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

85 %

Trajanje (razdoblje)

1.1.2021 – 31.12.2021

Gospodarski sektori

PRERAĐIVAČKA INDUSTRIJA, RUDARSTVO I VAĐENJE

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

The State Construction Control Bureau, Republic of Latvia

Kr. Valdemāra Street 157, LV-1013

Ostale informacije

Izvorni tekst(ovi) odluke iz kojeg/kojih su uklonjene sve povjerljive informacije nalazi se na sljedećoj internetskoj stranici:

https://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm

| Datum donošenja odluke | 23.9.2021 |
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| Broj potpore | SA.62193 |
| Država članica | Francuska |
| Regija | Francuska |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | Covid-19: Compensation du dommage subi par Brittany Ferries en raison de l'épidémie de COVID-19 |
| Pravna osnova | Les bases juridiques pouvant être utilisées par l’État français seront les suivantes, selon le format de l’aide qui sera retenu: – Loi no 2005-1719 du 30 décembre 2005 de finances pour 2006, notamment ses articles 46 et 48; – Arrêtés du 21 décembre 2020 et du 13 janvier 2021 portant report de crédits; – Code monétaire et financier, notamment ses articles L313-13 à L313-20; – Loi no 2020-289 du 23 mars 2020 de finances rectificative pour 2020; – Loi no 2010-237 du 9 mars 2010 de finances rectificative pour 2010. Concernant l’aide que la région Bretagne envisage d’octroyer, les bases légales sont les suivantes: – Les articles L. 4211-1, 6o et L. 1511-2 du code général des collectivités territoriales, relatifs à l’octroi des aides aux entreprises et plus largement au développement économique, dans la région; – La délibération du conseil régional no 21_DFE_SBUD_05 du 9 avril 2021 portant décision modificative no 1 au budget de l’exercice 2021; – Une convention formalisera l’octroi de l’aide. |
| Vrsta mjere | Jednokratna potpora
  SA BAI Brittany Ferries |
| Cilj | Nadoknada za štetu nastalu zbog prirodnih katastrofa ili iznimnih okolnosti |
| Oblik potpore | Povoljni zajam, Neposredna bespovratna sredstva, Podređeni dug |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 0 EUR
  Godišnji proračun: 0 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | 0 % |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | Od 30.6.2021 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Pomorski i obalni prijevoz putnika |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de la relance |
| 139 rue de Bercy– 75572 Paris Cedex 12 |

Datum donošenja odluke

23.9.2021

Broj potpore

SA.62193

Država članica

Francuska

Regija

Francuska

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

Covid-19: Compensation du dommage subi par Brittany Ferries en raison de l'épidémie de COVID-19

Pravna osnova

Les bases juridiques pouvant être utilisées par l’État français seront les suivantes, selon le format de l’aide qui sera retenu: – Loi no 2005-1719 du 30 décembre 2005 de finances pour 2006, notamment ses articles 46 et 48; – Arrêtés du 21 décembre 2020 et du 13 janvier 2021 portant report de crédits; – Code monétaire et financier, notamment ses articles L313-13 à L313-20; – Loi no 2020-289 du 23 mars 2020 de finances rectificative pour 2020; – Loi no 2010-237 du 9 mars 2010 de finances rectificative pour 2010. Concernant l’aide que la région Bretagne envisage d’octroyer, les bases légales sont les suivantes: – Les articles L. 4211-1, 6o et L. 1511-2 du code général des collectivités territoriales, relatifs à l’octroi des aides aux entreprises et plus largement au développement économique, dans la région; – La délibération du conseil régional no 21_DFE_SBUD_05 du 9 avril 2021 portant décision modificative no 1 au budget de l’exercice 2021; – Une convention formalisera l’octroi de l’aide.

Vrsta mjere

Jednokratna potpora

SA BAI Brittany Ferries

Cilj

Nadoknada za štetu nastalu zbog prirodnih katastrofa ili iznimnih okolnosti

Oblik potpore

Povoljni zajam, Neposredna bespovratna sredstva, Podređeni dug

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 0 EUR

Godišnji proračun: 0 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

0 %

Trajanje (razdoblje)

Od 30.6.2021

Gospodarski sektori

Pomorski i obalni prijevoz putnika

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Ministère de l'économie, des finances et de la relance

139 rue de Bercy– 75572 Paris Cedex 12

Ostale informacije

Izvorni tekst(ovi) odluke iz kojeg/kojih su uklonjene sve povjerljive informacije nalazi se na sljedećoj internetskoj stranici:

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 1.2.2022 |
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| Broj potpore | SA.63946 |
| Država članica | Njemačka |
| Regija | BRANDENBURG, BERLIN |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | aid to Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg |
| Pravna osnova | Shareholder resolution of 10 December 2021, Article 272 (2) of the German Commercial Code, Article 48 of the Law on Limited Liability Companies and the budget laws of the Land Berlin, the Land Brandenburg and the Federal Government. |
| Vrsta mjere | Jednokratna potpora
  Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu |
| Oblik potpore | Vlasnički instrumenti |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 1 717 000 000 EUR
  Godišnji proračun: 0 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | 100 % |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | |
| Gospodarski sektori | Zračni prijevoz |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | State of Berlin: Senatsverwaltung für Finanzen |
| Klosterstraße 59, 10179 Berlin |
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| State of Brandenburg: Ministerium der Finanzen und für Europa des Landes Brandenburg |
| Heinrich-Mann-Allee 107, 14473 Potsdam |
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| Federal government: Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr |
| Invalidenstraße 44, 10115 Berlin |

Datum donošenja odluke

1.2.2022

Broj potpore

SA.63946

Država članica

Njemačka

Regija

BRANDENBURG, BERLIN

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

aid to Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg

Pravna osnova

Shareholder resolution of 10 December 2021, Article 272 (2) of the German Commercial Code, Article 48 of the Law on Limited Liability Companies and the budget laws of the Land Berlin, the Land Brandenburg and the Federal Government.

Vrsta mjere

Jednokratna potpora

Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu

Oblik potpore

Vlasnički instrumenti

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 1 717 000 000 EUR

Godišnji proračun: 0 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

100 %

Trajanje (razdoblje)

Gospodarski sektori

Zračni prijevoz

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

State of Berlin: Senatsverwaltung für Finanzen

Klosterstraße 59, 10179 Berlin

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State of Brandenburg: Ministerium der Finanzen und für Europa des Landes Brandenburg

Heinrich-Mann-Allee 107, 14473 Potsdam

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Federal government: Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr

Invalidenstraße 44, 10115 Berlin

Ostale informacije

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 24.1.2022 |
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| Broj potpore | SA.64772 |
| Država članica | Danska |
| Regija | Danska |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | Ændring af refusionsordningen for sandsugere. |
| Pravna osnova | Lov om beskatning af søfolk (sømandsbeskatningsloven), jf. lovbekendtgørelse nr. 131 af 7. februar 2020, som ændret ved lov nr. 1583 af 27. december 2019 (Udvidelse af sømandsfradrag til søfolk på forsknings- og havundersøgelsesskibe) |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sektorski razvoj |
| Oblik potpore | Ostali oblici poreznih pogodnosti |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 152 000 000 DKK
  Godišnji proračun: 19 000 000 DKK |
| Intenzitet potpore | 0 % |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | 1.1.2022 – 31.12.2029 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Vodeni prijevoz |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Skatteministeriet |
| Nicolai Eigtveds Gade 28 1402 København K |

Datum donošenja odluke

24.1.2022

Broj potpore

SA.64772

Država članica

Danska

Regija

Danska

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

Ændring af refusionsordningen for sandsugere.

Pravna osnova

Lov om beskatning af søfolk (sømandsbeskatningsloven), jf. lovbekendtgørelse nr. 131 af 7. februar 2020, som ændret ved lov nr. 1583 af 27. december 2019 (Udvidelse af sømandsfradrag til søfolk på forsknings- og havundersøgelsesskibe)

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sektorski razvoj

Oblik potpore

Ostali oblici poreznih pogodnosti

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 152 000 000 DKK

Godišnji proračun: 19 000 000 DKK

Intenzitet potpore

0 %

Trajanje (razdoblje)

1.1.2022 – 31.12.2029

Gospodarski sektori

Vodeni prijevoz

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Skatteministeriet

Nicolai Eigtveds Gade 28 1402 København K

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 7.1.2022 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.100474 |
| Država članica | Njemačka |
| Regija | Njemačka |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | Richtlinie der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien „German Motion Picture Fund” (GMPF) |
| Pravna osnova | § § 23, 44 Bundeshaushaltsordnung (BHO) in Verbindung mit dem jeweils geltenden jährlichen Haushaltsgesetz (s. Anlage 6) |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Kultura, Očuvanje baštine |
| Oblik potpore | Neposredna bespovratna sredstva |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 150 000 000 EUR
  Godišnji proračun: 75 000 000 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | 20 % |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | 1.1.2022 – 31.12.2023 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Proizvodnja filmova, videofilmova i televizijskog programa |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA) |
| Große Präsidentenstraße 9, 10178 Berlin |

Datum donošenja odluke

7.1.2022

Broj potpore

SA.100474

Država članica

Njemačka

Regija

Njemačka

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

Richtlinie der Beauftragten der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien „German Motion Picture Fund” (GMPF)

Pravna osnova

§ § 23, 44 Bundeshaushaltsordnung (BHO) in Verbindung mit dem jeweils geltenden jährlichen Haushaltsgesetz (s. Anlage 6)

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Kultura, Očuvanje baštine

Oblik potpore

Neposredna bespovratna sredstva

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 150 000 000 EUR

Godišnji proračun: 75 000 000 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

20 %

Trajanje (razdoblje)

1.1.2022 – 31.12.2023

Gospodarski sektori

Proizvodnja filmova, videofilmova i televizijskog programa

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA)

Große Präsidentenstraße 9, 10178 Berlin

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 13.12.2021 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.100494 |
| Država članica | Latvija |
| Regija | Latvija |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | Equity investments in the companies whose operations have been affected by the Covid-19 impact |
| Pravna osnova | Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 458 Riga, 14 July 2020„Regulations on equity investments in the companies whose operations have been affected by the Covid-19 impact” |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu |
| Oblik potpore | Ostali oblici promjena glavnice |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 100 000 000 EUR
  Godišnji proračun: 100 000 000 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 30.6.2022 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | JSC Development Finance Institution Altum |
| Dome Square 4, Riga, LV-1050 |

Datum donošenja odluke

13.12.2021

Broj potpore

SA.100494

Država članica

Latvija

Regija

Latvija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

Equity investments in the companies whose operations have been affected by the Covid-19 impact

Pravna osnova

Cabinet of Ministers Regulation No. 458 Riga, 14 July 2020„Regulations on equity investments in the companies whose operations have been affected by the Covid-19 impact”

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu

Oblik potpore

Ostali oblici promjena glavnice

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 100 000 000 EUR

Godišnji proračun: 100 000 000 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 30.6.2022

Gospodarski sektori

Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

JSC Development Finance Institution Altum

Dome Square 4, Riga, LV-1050

Ostale informacije

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 15.12.2021 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.100598 |
| Država članica | Latvija |
| Regija | Latvija |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | COVID-19 – LV – Support to taxpayers for the continuation of their activity under the conditions of the crisis caused by Covid-19 |
| Pravna osnova | Regulation No 675 „Support to taxpayers for the continuation of their activity under the conditions of the crisis caused by Covid-19,” as amended by the Council of Ministers on 10 November 2021 and 17 December 2021 (list of Sectors included in Annex III and Annex IV of Regulation No 675) |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu |
| Oblik potpore | Neposredna bespovratna sredstva |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 64 000 000 EUR
  Godišnji proračun: 64 000 000 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 30.6.2022 |
| Gospodarski sektori | TRGOVINA NA VELIKO I NA MALO; POPRAVAK MOTORNIH VOZILA I MOTOCIKALA, PRIJEVOZ I SKLADIŠTENJE, DJELATNOSTI PRUŽANJA SMJEŠTAJA TE PRIPREME I USLUŽIVANJA HRANE, Proizvodnja filmova, videofilmova i televizijskog programa, djelatnosti snimanja zvučnih zapisa i izdavanja glazbenih zapisa, Emitiranje programa, POSLOVANJE NEKRETNINAMA, STRUČNE, ZNANSTVENE I TEHNIČKE DJELATNOSTI, Upravljačke djelatnosti; savjetovanje u vezi s upravljanjem, ADMINISTRATIVNE I POMOĆNE USLUŽNE DJELATNOSTI, Putničke agencije, organizatori putovanja (turoperatori) i ostale rezervacijske usluge te djelatnosti povezane s njima, Zaštitne i istražne djelatnosti, Ostale poslovne pomoćne uslužne djelatnosti, d. n., Upravljanje zgradama, Djelatnosti čišćenja, Organizacija sastanaka i poslovnih sajmova, Poslovne pomoćne uslužne djelatnosti, d. n., DJELATNOSTI ZDRAVSTVENE ZAŠTITE I SOCIJALNE SKRBI, OBRAZOVANJE, UMJETNOST, ZABAVA I REKREACIJA, Popravak računala i predmeta za osobnu uporabu i kućanstvo, Djelatnosti zdravstvene zaštite, DJELATNOSTI IZVANTERITORIJALNIH ORGANIZACIJA I TIJELA, DJELATNOSTI KUĆANSTAVA KAO POSLODAVACA; DJELATNOSTI KUĆANSTAVA KOJA PROIZVODE RAZLIČITU ROBU I OBAVLJAJU RAZLIČITE USLUGE ZA VLASTITE POTREBE, Popravak računala i komunikacijske opreme, Popravak predmeta za osobnu uporabu i kućanstvo, Ostale osobne uslužne djelatnosti |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Valsts ieņēmumu dienests/ State Revenue Services |
| Talejas iela 1, Rīga, LV-1978 |

Datum donošenja odluke

15.12.2021

Broj potpore

SA.100598

Država članica

Latvija

Regija

Latvija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

COVID-19 – LV – Support to taxpayers for the continuation of their activity under the conditions of the crisis caused by Covid-19

Pravna osnova

Regulation No 675 „Support to taxpayers for the continuation of their activity under the conditions of the crisis caused by Covid-19,” as amended by the Council of Ministers on 10 November 2021 and 17 December 2021 (list of Sectors included in Annex III and Annex IV of Regulation No 675)

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu

Oblik potpore

Neposredna bespovratna sredstva

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 64 000 000 EUR

Godišnji proračun: 64 000 000 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 30.6.2022

Gospodarski sektori

TRGOVINA NA VELIKO I NA MALO; POPRAVAK MOTORNIH VOZILA I MOTOCIKALA, PRIJEVOZ I SKLADIŠTENJE, DJELATNOSTI PRUŽANJA SMJEŠTAJA TE PRIPREME I USLUŽIVANJA HRANE, Proizvodnja filmova, videofilmova i televizijskog programa, djelatnosti snimanja zvučnih zapisa i izdavanja glazbenih zapisa, Emitiranje programa, POSLOVANJE NEKRETNINAMA, STRUČNE, ZNANSTVENE I TEHNIČKE DJELATNOSTI, Upravljačke djelatnosti; savjetovanje u vezi s upravljanjem, ADMINISTRATIVNE I POMOĆNE USLUŽNE DJELATNOSTI, Putničke agencije, organizatori putovanja (turoperatori) i ostale rezervacijske usluge te djelatnosti povezane s njima, Zaštitne i istražne djelatnosti, Ostale poslovne pomoćne uslužne djelatnosti, d. n., Upravljanje zgradama, Djelatnosti čišćenja, Organizacija sastanaka i poslovnih sajmova, Poslovne pomoćne uslužne djelatnosti, d. n., DJELATNOSTI ZDRAVSTVENE ZAŠTITE I SOCIJALNE SKRBI, OBRAZOVANJE, UMJETNOST, ZABAVA I REKREACIJA, Popravak računala i predmeta za osobnu uporabu i kućanstvo, Djelatnosti zdravstvene zaštite, DJELATNOSTI IZVANTERITORIJALNIH ORGANIZACIJA I TIJELA, DJELATNOSTI KUĆANSTAVA KAO POSLODAVACA; DJELATNOSTI KUĆANSTAVA KOJA PROIZVODE RAZLIČITU ROBU I OBAVLJAJU RAZLIČITE USLUGE ZA VLASTITE POTREBE, Popravak računala i komunikacijske opreme, Popravak predmeta za osobnu uporabu i kućanstvo, Ostale osobne uslužne djelatnosti

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Valsts ieņēmumu dienests/ State Revenue Services

Talejas iela 1, Rīga, LV-1978

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 6.12.2021 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.100633 |
| Država članica | Latvija |
| Regija | Latvija |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | Latvia COVID-19: Tax Deferrals due to the Lockdown |
| Pravna osnova | Section 4 of the Law on the Suppression of Consequences of the Spread of COVID-19 Infection |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu |
| Oblik potpore | Odgoda poreza |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 21 900 000 EUR
  Godišnji proračun: 21 900 000 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 30.6.2022 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | The State Revenue Service |
| Talejas Str. 1, Riga, Latvia, LV-1978 |

Datum donošenja odluke

6.12.2021

Broj potpore

SA.100633

Država članica

Latvija

Regija

Latvija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

Latvia COVID-19: Tax Deferrals due to the Lockdown

Pravna osnova

Section 4 of the Law on the Suppression of Consequences of the Spread of COVID-19 Infection

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu

Oblik potpore

Odgoda poreza

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 21 900 000 EUR

Godišnji proračun: 21 900 000 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 30.6.2022

Gospodarski sektori

Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

The State Revenue Service

Talejas Str. 1, Riga, Latvia, LV-1978

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 16.12.2021 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.100635 |
| Država članica | Rumunjska |
| Regija | |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | Prolongation of the scheme RES District heating projects, State Aid SA.55433 (2020/N) |
| Pravna osnova | Governmental Decision no. 1037 / 2020 on the approval of the State aid scheme for supporting the production and distribution in centralised system of green thermal energy from less exploited renewable sources, respectively biomass, biogas, geothermal energy |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Energetska učinkovitost |
| Oblik potpore | Bespovratno sredstvo / subvencija kamatnih stopa |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 742 425 000 RON |
| Intenzitet potpore | 100 % |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 31.12.2023 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Opskrba parom i klimatizacija |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Ministry of Investments and European Projects |
| Sos. București-Ploiesti, nr. 1 – 1B, Victoria Office, Intrarea Menuetului, nr. 7, Sector 1, Bucuresti |

Datum donošenja odluke

16.12.2021

Broj potpore

SA.100635

Država članica

Rumunjska

Regija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

Prolongation of the scheme RES District heating projects, State Aid SA.55433 (2020/N)

Pravna osnova

Governmental Decision no. 1037 / 2020 on the approval of the State aid scheme for supporting the production and distribution in centralised system of green thermal energy from less exploited renewable sources, respectively biomass, biogas, geothermal energy

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Energetska učinkovitost

Oblik potpore

Bespovratno sredstvo / subvencija kamatnih stopa

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 742 425 000 RON

Intenzitet potpore

100 %

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 31.12.2023

Gospodarski sektori

Opskrba parom i klimatizacija

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Ministry of Investments and European Projects

Sos. București-Ploiesti, nr. 1 – 1B, Victoria Office, Intrarea Menuetului, nr. 7, Sector 1, Bucuresti

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 2.12.2021 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.100663 |
| Država članica | Češka |
| Regija | |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | COVID 19 – Amendment to Mode A of the wage subsidy scheme „Antivirus” |
| Pravna osnova | Resolution of the Government of the Czech Republic No. 353 of 31 March 2020, as amended, adopted in accordance with Act No. 435/2004 Coll., Employment Act. |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu |
| Oblik potpore | Neposredna bespovratna sredstva |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 27 500 000 000 CZK |
| Intenzitet potpore | |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | 14.10.2020 – 30.6.2022 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs |
| Na Poříčním právu 1/376, 128 01 Praha 2, Czech Republic |

Datum donošenja odluke

2.12.2021

Broj potpore

SA.100663

Država članica

Češka

Regija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

COVID 19 – Amendment to Mode A of the wage subsidy scheme „Antivirus”

Pravna osnova

Resolution of the Government of the Czech Republic No. 353 of 31 March 2020, as amended, adopted in accordance with Act No. 435/2004 Coll., Employment Act.

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu

Oblik potpore

Neposredna bespovratna sredstva

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 27 500 000 000 CZK

Intenzitet potpore

Trajanje (razdoblje)

14.10.2020 – 30.6.2022

Gospodarski sektori

Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs

Na Poříčním právu 1/376, 128 01 Praha 2, Czech Republic

Ostale informacije

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 21.12.2021 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.100743 |
| Država članica | Njemačka |
| Regija | |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | COVID19 modifications to schemes SA.56790, SA.59289, SA.56814, SA.58504, SA.56787, SA.58021, SA.57100, and SA.57447 |
| Pravna osnova | Legal basis of schemes SA.56790, SA.59289, SA.56814, SA.58504, SA.56787, SA.58021, SA.57100, and SA.57447 |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu |
| Oblik potpore | Neposredna bespovratna sredstva, Povoljni zajam, Povratni predujmovi, Jamstvo, Ostali oblici promjena glavnice |
| Proračun | |
| Intenzitet potpore | |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 30.6.2022 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie |
| Scharnhorststraße 34-37, D-10115 Berlin |

Datum donošenja odluke

21.12.2021

Broj potpore

SA.100743

Država članica

Njemačka

Regija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

COVID19 modifications to schemes SA.56790, SA.59289, SA.56814, SA.58504, SA.56787, SA.58021, SA.57100, and SA.57447

Pravna osnova

Legal basis of schemes SA.56790, SA.59289, SA.56814, SA.58504, SA.56787, SA.58021, SA.57100, and SA.57447

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu

Oblik potpore

Neposredna bespovratna sredstva, Povoljni zajam, Povratni predujmovi, Jamstvo, Ostali oblici promjena glavnice

Proračun

Intenzitet potpore

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 30.6.2022

Gospodarski sektori

Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie

Scharnhorststraße 34-37, D-10115 Berlin

Ostale informacije

Izvorni tekst(ovi) odluke iz kojeg/kojih su uklonjene sve povjerljive informacije nalazi se na sljedećoj internetskoj stranici:

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 8.2.2022 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.100752 |
| Država članica | Portugal |
| Regija | |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | Mapa dos auxílios com finalidade regional para Portugal (1 de janeiro de 2022 – 31 de dezembro de 2027) |
| Pravna osnova | N/A |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Regionalni razvoj (uključujući teritorijalnu suradnju) |
| Oblik potpore | |
| Proračun | |
| Intenzitet potpore | 50 % |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | 1.1.2022 – 31.12.2027 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Direção-Geral dos Assuntos Europeus |
| Rua da Cova da Moura, 1, 1350-115 Lisboa |

Datum donošenja odluke

8.2.2022

Broj potpore

SA.100752

Država članica

Portugal

Regija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

Mapa dos auxílios com finalidade regional para Portugal (1 de janeiro de 2022 – 31 de dezembro de 2027)

Pravna osnova

N/A

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Regionalni razvoj (uključujući teritorijalnu suradnju)

Oblik potpore

Proračun

Intenzitet potpore

50 %

Trajanje (razdoblje)

1.1.2022 – 31.12.2027

Gospodarski sektori

Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Direção-Geral dos Assuntos Europeus

Rua da Cova da Moura, 1, 1350-115 Lisboa

Ostale informacije

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 14.12.2021 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.100845 |
| Država članica | Slovačka |
| Regija | |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | COVID-19: Prolongation and amendment of schemes SA.59240 and SA.62256 |
| Pravna osnova | Multiple |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu |
| Oblik potpore | |
| Proračun | |
| Intenzitet potpore | |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 30.6.2022 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Zračni prijevoz, DJELATNOSTI PRUŽANJA SMJEŠTAJA TE PRIPREME I USLUŽIVANJA HRANE |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Ministerstvo dopravy a výstavby Slovenskej republiky |
| Námestie slobody č. 6, P.O.BOX 100, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovenská republika |

Datum donošenja odluke

14.12.2021

Broj potpore

SA.100845

Država članica

Slovačka

Regija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

COVID-19: Prolongation and amendment of schemes SA.59240 and SA.62256

Pravna osnova

Multiple

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu

Oblik potpore

Proračun

Intenzitet potpore

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 30.6.2022

Gospodarski sektori

Zračni prijevoz, DJELATNOSTI PRUŽANJA SMJEŠTAJA TE PRIPREME I USLUŽIVANJA HRANE

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Ministerstvo dopravy a výstavby Slovenskej republiky

Námestie slobody č. 6, P.O.BOX 100, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovenská republika

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 17.12.2021 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.100937 |
| Država članica | Litva |
| Regija | |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | COVID-19: Prolongation of Deferral of social security contributions (SA.58885 as prolonged by SA.63496) / Socialinio draudimo įmokų mokėjimų atidėjimas |
| Pravna osnova | Valstybinio socialinio draudimo fondo valdybos 2020 m. lapkričio 25 d. įsakymu Nr. V – 618 patvirtintos Valstybinio socialinio draudimo fondo valstybės pagalbos teikimo įmonėms, nukentėjusioms nuo COVID – 19 protrūkio, taisyklės |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu |
| Oblik potpore | Odgoda poreza |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 100 000 000 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | 1.1.2022 – 30.6.2022 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Valstybinio socialinio draudimo fondo valdyba prie Socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos |
| Konstitucijos pr. 12-101, 09308 Vilnius Lietuva |

Datum donošenja odluke

17.12.2021

Broj potpore

SA.100937

Država članica

Litva

Regija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

COVID-19: Prolongation of Deferral of social security contributions (SA.58885 as prolonged by SA.63496) / Socialinio draudimo įmokų mokėjimų atidėjimas

Pravna osnova

Valstybinio socialinio draudimo fondo valdybos 2020 m. lapkričio 25 d. įsakymu Nr. V – 618 patvirtintos Valstybinio socialinio draudimo fondo valstybės pagalbos teikimo įmonėms, nukentėjusioms nuo COVID – 19 protrūkio, taisyklės

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu

Oblik potpore

Odgoda poreza

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 100 000 000 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

Trajanje (razdoblje)

1.1.2022 – 30.6.2022

Gospodarski sektori

Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Valstybinio socialinio draudimo fondo valdyba prie Socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos

Konstitucijos pr. 12-101, 09308 Vilnius Lietuva

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 17.12.2021 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.100941 |
| Država članica | Hrvatska |
| Regija | |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | COVID-19: Prolongation of the scheme SA.64716 (2021/N) |
| Pravna osnova | Act on Agriculture (Official Gazette 118/2018, 42/2020 and 127/20. – Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia, 52/21) |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu |
| Oblik potpore | |
| Proračun | |
| Intenzitet potpore | |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 30.6.2022 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Uzgoj peradi |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Ministry of Agriculture |
| Ulica grada Vukovara 78, 10000 Zagreb |

Datum donošenja odluke

17.12.2021

Broj potpore

SA.100941

Država članica

Hrvatska

Regija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

COVID-19: Prolongation of the scheme SA.64716 (2021/N)

Pravna osnova

Act on Agriculture (Official Gazette 118/2018, 42/2020 and 127/20. – Decision of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Croatia, 52/21)

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu

Oblik potpore

Proračun

Intenzitet potpore

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 30.6.2022

Gospodarski sektori

Uzgoj peradi

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Ministry of Agriculture

Ulica grada Vukovara 78, 10000 Zagreb

Ostale informacije

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 1.2.2022 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.101055 |
| Država članica | Italija |
| Regija | |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | COVID-19: Aid to companies holding port concessions |
| Pravna osnova | Article 199, paragraph 10-sexies of Decree Law 34/2020 converted into Law 77/2020 and amended by Article 4, paragraph 5, letter d) of Decree Law 121/2021, converted into Law 156/2021 |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu, Nadoknada za štetu nastalu zbog prirodnih katastrofa ili iznimnih okolnosti |
| Oblik potpore | Neposredna bespovratna sredstva |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 22 417 487 EUR
  Godišnji proračun: 22 417 487 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 30.6.2022 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Vodeni prijevoz |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility |
| Viale dell'Arte n. 16 – 00144 ROMA |

Datum donošenja odluke

1.2.2022

Broj potpore

SA.101055

Država članica

Italija

Regija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

COVID-19: Aid to companies holding port concessions

Pravna osnova

Article 199, paragraph 10-sexies of Decree Law 34/2020 converted into Law 77/2020 and amended by Article 4, paragraph 5, letter d) of Decree Law 121/2021, converted into Law 156/2021

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu, Nadoknada za štetu nastalu zbog prirodnih katastrofa ili iznimnih okolnosti

Oblik potpore

Neposredna bespovratna sredstva

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 22 417 487 EUR

Godišnji proračun: 22 417 487 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 30.6.2022

Gospodarski sektori

Vodeni prijevoz

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility

Viale dell'Arte n. 16 – 00144 ROMA

Ostale informacije

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 11.1.2022 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.101133 |
| Država članica | Belgija |
| Regija | |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | COVID-19: bridge loans in the Flemish Region |
| Pravna osnova | Decision of the Flemish Government regarding the granting of a bridge loan for undertakings |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu |
| Oblik potpore | Povoljni zajam |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 100 000 000 EUR
  Godišnji proračun: 100 000 000 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 30.6.2022 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen (VLAIO) |
| Koning Albert II-laan 35, bus 12 |

Datum donošenja odluke

11.1.2022

Broj potpore

SA.101133

Država članica

Belgija

Regija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

COVID-19: bridge loans in the Flemish Region

Pravna osnova

Decision of the Flemish Government regarding the granting of a bridge loan for undertakings

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu

Oblik potpore

Povoljni zajam

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 100 000 000 EUR

Godišnji proračun: 100 000 000 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 30.6.2022

Gospodarski sektori

Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Agentschap Innoveren & Ondernemen (VLAIO)

Koning Albert II-laan 35, bus 12

Ostale informacije

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 9.2.2022 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.101400 |
| Država članica | Litva |
| Regija | Litva |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | State Aid SA.101400(2022/N) – Lithuania COVID-19: Reintroduction of the „Direct COVID-loans” scheme (SA.60379) and new aid in the form of investment support towards a sustainable recovery |
| Pravna osnova | Draft Order amending Order No 4-45 of the Minister of Economy and Innovation of Republic of Lithuania of 19 January 2021 ‘On the Approval of the Scheme of the Financial Incentive Instrument „Direct COVID-19 Loans” |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu, Sektorski razvoj |
| Oblik potpore | Povoljni zajam, Bespovratno sredstvo / subvencija kamatnih stopa |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 435 000 000 EUR
  Godišnji proračun: 435 000 000 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 31.12.2022 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania |
| Gedimino Ave. 38, 01104 Vilnius, Lithuania |

Datum donošenja odluke

9.2.2022

Broj potpore

SA.101400

Država članica

Litva

Regija

Litva

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

State Aid SA.101400(2022/N) – Lithuania COVID-19: Reintroduction of the „Direct COVID-loans” scheme (SA.60379) and new aid in the form of investment support towards a sustainable recovery

Pravna osnova

Draft Order amending Order No 4-45 of the Minister of Economy and Innovation of Republic of Lithuania of 19 January 2021 ‘On the Approval of the Scheme of the Financial Incentive Instrument „Direct COVID-19 Loans”

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu, Sektorski razvoj

Oblik potpore

Povoljni zajam, Bespovratno sredstvo / subvencija kamatnih stopa

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 435 000 000 EUR

Godišnji proračun: 435 000 000 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 31.12.2022

Gospodarski sektori

Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania

Gedimino Ave. 38, 01104 Vilnius, Lithuania

Ostale informacije

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 2.2.2022 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.101417 |
| Država članica | Luksemburg |
| Regija | Luksemburg |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | COVID-19: Amendments to the schemes SA.59428 and SA.59322, as already amended |
| Pravna osnova | Modification of existing aid schemes SA.59428 and SA.59322 – Loi du 19 décembre 2020 ayant pour objet la mise en place d’une contribution temporaire de l’État aux coûts non couverts de certaines entreprises – Loi du 19 décembre 2020 ayant pour objet la mise en place d’une nouvelle aide de relance |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu |
| Oblik potpore | Neposredna bespovratna sredstva |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 300 000 000 EUR
  Godišnji proračun: 300 000 000 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 30.6.2022 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Ministry of the Economy (DG Classes Moyennes) |
| 19-21 boulevard Royal – L-2914 |

Datum donošenja odluke

2.2.2022

Broj potpore

SA.101417

Država članica

Luksemburg

Regija

Luksemburg

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

COVID-19: Amendments to the schemes SA.59428 and SA.59322, as already amended

Pravna osnova

Modification of existing aid schemes SA.59428 and SA.59322 – Loi du 19 décembre 2020 ayant pour objet la mise en place d’une contribution temporaire de l’État aux coûts non couverts de certaines entreprises – Loi du 19 décembre 2020 ayant pour objet la mise en place d’une nouvelle aide de relance

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu

Oblik potpore

Neposredna bespovratna sredstva

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 300 000 000 EUR

Godišnji proračun: 300 000 000 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 30.6.2022

Gospodarski sektori

Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Ministry of the Economy (DG Classes Moyennes)

19-21 boulevard Royal – L-2914

Ostale informacije

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 25.1.2022 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.101574 |
| Država članica | Njemačka |
| Regija | Njemačka |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | Modification to scheme SA.56814 |
| Pravna osnova | Gesetz zur Errichtung eines Finanzmarkt- und eines Wirtschaftsstabilisierungsfonds (Stabilisierungsfondsgesetz – StFG) and Gesetz zur Änderung des Stabilisierungsfondsgesetzes und des Wirtschaftsstabilisierungsbeschleunigungsgesetzes (SA 56814) |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu |
| Oblik potpore | Jamstvo, Ostali oblici promjena glavnice, Podređeni dug |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 150 000 000 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 30.6.2022 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Bundesministerium der Finanzen |
| Wilhelmstraße 97, 10117 Berlin |

Datum donošenja odluke

25.1.2022

Broj potpore

SA.101574

Država članica

Njemačka

Regija

Njemačka

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

Modification to scheme SA.56814

Pravna osnova

Gesetz zur Errichtung eines Finanzmarkt- und eines Wirtschaftsstabilisierungsfonds (Stabilisierungsfondsgesetz – StFG) and Gesetz zur Änderung des Stabilisierungsfondsgesetzes und des Wirtschaftsstabilisierungsbeschleunigungsgesetzes (SA 56814)

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu

Oblik potpore

Jamstvo, Ostali oblici promjena glavnice, Podređeni dug

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 150 000 000 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 30.6.2022

Gospodarski sektori

Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Bundesministerium der Finanzen

Wilhelmstraße 97, 10117 Berlin

Ostale informacije

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| Datum donošenja odluke | 7.2.2022 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.101601 |
| Država članica | Latvija |
| Regija | |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | COVID-19 – LV – Amendments to SA.100605: Reduction of the lease payment for lessees of publicly-owned property |
| Pravna osnova | Cabinet Regulation No 453 of 14 July 2020 as amended, Property and a Property of a Capital Company Controlled by a Public Person due to the Spread of Covid-19 |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu |
| Oblik potpore | Neposredna bespovratna sredstva |
| Proračun | |
| Intenzitet potpore | |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | 1.1.2022 – 14.4.2022 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia |
| Smilsu street 1, Riga, Latvia |

Datum donošenja odluke

7.2.2022

Broj potpore

SA.101601

Država članica

Latvija

Regija

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

COVID-19 – LV – Amendments to SA.100605: Reduction of the lease payment for lessees of publicly-owned property

Pravna osnova

Cabinet Regulation No 453 of 14 July 2020 as amended, Property and a Property of a Capital Company Controlled by a Public Person due to the Spread of Covid-19

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu

Oblik potpore

Neposredna bespovratna sredstva

Proračun

Intenzitet potpore

Trajanje (razdoblje)

1.1.2022 – 14.4.2022

Gospodarski sektori

Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Latvia

Smilsu street 1, Riga, Latvia

Ostale informacije

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| 18.2.2022 | HR | Službeni list Europske unije | C 82/20 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |

18.2.2022

HR

Službeni list Europske unije

C 82/20

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Odobrenje državne potpore u skladu s člancima 107. i 108. Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije (UFEU)

Slučajevi u kojima Komisija nema primjedbi

(2022/C 82/02)

| Datum donošenja odluke | 4.11.2020 |
| --- | --- |
| Broj potpore | SA.59209 |
| Država članica | Finska |
| Regija | Finska |
| Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika) | COVID-19: Maatalouden alkutuotannon yritysten väliaikainen tuki |
| Pravna osnova | Valtionavustuslaki 688/2001 |
| Vrsta mjere | Program |
| Cilj | Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu |
| Oblik potpore | Neposredna bespovratna sredstva |
| Proračun | Ukupni proračun: 70 000 000 EUR
  Godišnji proračun: 48 000 000 EUR |
| Intenzitet potpore | 0 % |
| Trajanje (razdoblje) | do 30.6.2021 |
| Gospodarski sektori | Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu |
| Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore | ELY-keskus |
| PL 1000, 50101 Mikkeli (Keha-keskus) |

Datum donošenja odluke

4.11.2020

Broj potpore

SA.59209

Država članica

Finska

Regija

Finska

Naziv (i/ili ime korisnika)

COVID-19: Maatalouden alkutuotannon yritysten väliaikainen tuki

Pravna osnova

Valtionavustuslaki 688/2001

Vrsta mjere

Program

Cilj

Sredstvo za otklanjanje znatnog poremećaja u gospodarstvu

Oblik potpore

Neposredna bespovratna sredstva

Proračun

Ukupni proračun: 70 000 000 EUR

Godišnji proračun: 48 000 000 EUR

Intenzitet potpore

0 %

Trajanje (razdoblje)

do 30.6.2021

Gospodarski sektori

Svi gospodarski sektori koji imaju pravo na potporu

Naziv i adresa davatelja potpore

ELY-keskus

PL 1000, 50101 Mikkeli (Keha-keskus)

Ostale informacije

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V. Objave

POSTUPCI U VEZI S PROVEDBOM POLITIKE TRŽIŠNOG NATJECANJA

Europska komisija

| 18.2.2022 | HR | Službeni list Europske unije | C 82/21 |
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18.2.2022

HR

Službeni list Europske unije

C 82/21

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DRŽAVNA POTPORA – MAĐARSKA

Državna potpora SA.48556 (2019/C) (ex 2018/N) – Regionalne potpore za ulaganje u društvo Samsung SDI

Poziv na podnošenje primjedaba na temelju članka 108. stavka 2. Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije

(Tekst značajan za EGP)

(2022/C 82/03)

Dopisom od 29. lipnja 2021. koji se navodi na izvornom jeziku u nastavku ovog sažetka Komisija je obavijestila Mađarsku da je odlučila pokrenuti postupak utvrđen člankom 108. stavkom 2. Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije u vezi s prethodno navedenim mjerama.

Zainteresirane strane mogu u roku od mjesec dana od datuma objave ovog sažetka i dopisa u nastavku podnijeti primjedbe o mjerama u vezi s kojima Komisija proširuje postupak na sljedeću adresu:

| European Commission |
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| Directorate-General Competition |
| State Aid Greffe |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
| BELGIQUE/BELGIË |
| Faks +32 22961242 |
| Stateaidgreffe@ec.europa.eu |

European Commission

Directorate-General Competition

State Aid Greffe

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

Faks +32 22961242

Stateaidgreffe@ec.europa.eu

Mađarska će biti obaviještena o tim primjedbama. Zainteresirana strana koja podnosi primjedbe može u pisanom zahtjevu zatražiti povjerljivo postupanje s njezinim identitetom, pri čemu je razlog potrebno obrazložiti.

TEKST SAŽETKA

Komisija je 14. listopada 2019. pokrenula službeni istražni postupak zbog sumnje u spojivost s unutarnjim tržištem regionalne potpore za ulaganje u iznosu od 108 milijuna EUR koje Mađarska namjerava dodijeliti društvu Samsung SDI za ulaganje od 1,2 milijarde EUR u povećanje kapaciteta poslovne jedinice za proizvodnju baterija za električna vozila u gradu Gödu (Mađarska). U preliminarnoj fazi ispitivanja, Mađarska je tvrdila da je potpora opravdana potrebom da se nadoknadi neto nedostatak u iznosu od 173 milijuna EUR mađarske lokacije u usporedbi s alternativnom lokacijom za ulaganje u Xi’anu u Kini, gdje Samsung SDI u okviru zajedničkog pothvata ima kontrolu nad još jednim postrojenjem za proizvodnju baterija za električna vozila.

U odluci o pokretanju postupka (1), Komisija je zauzela preliminarno stajalište da potpora nije ključna za pozitivnu odluku o lokaciji u korist Mađarske zbog sumnji u veličinu i postojanje navedene razlike u održivosti u korist Kine i vjerodostojnost scenarija protučinjeničnog ulaganja.

U svojim primjedbama nakon pokretanja službene istrage, Samsung SDI i Mađarska dostavili su nove tvrdnje i dokaze te tako opozvali ranije proturječne tvrdnje u pogledu čimbenika zbog kojih je Samsung odlučio ulagati u Mađarsku, i time znatno promijenili opis opravdanosti potpore.

Mađarska smatra primjerenim preispitati elemente u pogledu kojih je Komisija pri donošenju odluke o pokretanju izrazila sumnje (tj. razliku u troškovima ulaganja i vjerodostojnost lokalne nabave itd.) ali i druge čimbenike, uključujući nove koji još nisu bili predstavljeni, a koji su navodno mogli utjecati na poduzetnički rizik zbog scenarija u pogledu lokacije koja se razmatra.

S obzirom na nove informacije koje su dostavili Mađarska i Samsung SDI, Komisija proširuje područje primjene početne odluke o pokretanju postupka kako bi se predstavili novi elementi i iznijele sumnje koje iz njih proizlaze te kako bi se svim zainteresiranim trećim stranama omogućilo da iznesu primjedbe na nove dokaze koje su podnijeli Mađarska i Samsung SDI.

Mađarska i Samsung SDI u biti iznose četiri nove tvrdnje i prilažu im dodatne dokumentirane dokaze. Prvo, priznaju da se realističnijim scenarijem lokalne nabave u Kini moglo pretpostaviti da je korisnik lokalno mogao nabaviti oko [25–30] (*1) do [31–35] % (u usporedbi sa 100 %) opreme za ulaganja. Drugo, tvrde da je korisnik mogao u Kini ostvariti dobit od bespovratnih sredstava za ulaganja u iznosu od [15–20] % prihvatljivih troškova ulaganja, što je vidljivo iz neformalne ponude za subvenciju primljenoj od strane kineskih lokalnih vlasti prije odluke o ulaganju. Treće, tvrde da bi bilo opravdano da je Samsung SDI u procjeni kineskog scenarija upotrijebio mnogo nižu prosječnu stopu poreza na dobit od 15 % (u usporedbi sa stopom od 25 % koja se u stvari koristi), jer bi to značajno povećalo komparativnu prednost kineskog protučinjeničnog ulaganja. Četvrto, na poziv Komisije iz odluke o pokretanju postupka da se ponovno izračuna razlika u održivosti koja bi se bazirala na realističnijim pretpostavkama o lokalnoj nabavi, Mađarska i Samsung SDI tvrde da bi se u novom izračunu razlike u održivosti koji se bazira na probabilističkom pristupu (uzimajući u obzir nove elemente koji su prethodno opisani) realističnije odrazio Samsungov postupak donošenja odluka. Naposljetku, Komisija napominje da novi dokumentirani dokaz koji je dostavila Mađarska pokazuje da je potraga za lokacijom za projekt ulaganja uključivala i lokacije za greenfield ulaganja u Europi (u Poljskoj, Slovačkoj, Mađarskoj i Češkoj) te jednu lokaciju u Aziji. Nakon interne evaluacije, čini se da se neizgrađeno zemljište u Poljskoj, koje se nalazi u regiji koja ispunjava uvjete za regionalnu potporu na temelju članka 108. stavka 3. točke (a) UFEU-a, i dalje smatralo konkurentnim, barem u prvoj fazi, zajedno s lokacijama u Gödu (Mađarska) i Xi’anu (Kina).

Dodatne sumnje u pogledu spojivosti mjere potpore

Komisija izražava dodatne sumnje u sve nove elemente koje su iznijela mađarska tijela i korisnici.

Prvo, u ovoj fazi Komisija sumnja u to da se tvrdnje o lokalnoj nabavi u Kini od [25–30] do [31–35] % mogu smatrati realističnima u trenutku odluke o ulaganju. Razlog tomu je to što se dokazi koje je korisnik dostavio da bi opravdao navedene brojke temelje na iskustvima s manjim i manje inovativnim ulaganjima u Kini za koja se prima facie ne čini kao da se mogu prenijeti na prijavljeno ulaganje i s kojima, barem djelomično, korisnik nije mogao biti upoznat u trenutku donošenja odluke o ulaganju jer su proizvedena i sastavljena naknadno. Komisija također sumnja u ispravnost primjene i veličinu prihoda od marže [18–22] % u ponovnom izračunu razlike u održivosti u mađarskom scenariju.

Drugo, na temelju dostupnih dokaza, Komisija sumnja da je spomenuta kineska ponuda za dodjelu bespovratnih sredstava od [15–20] % bila relevantan čimbenik za odluku o ulaganju i to zato što dostavljeni dokazi upućuju na to da se ponuda potpore u Kini odnosila na projekt ulaganja različit od predstavljenog protučinjeničnog scenarija. Osim toga, čini se da novopodneseni interni dokumenti Samsunga SDI upućuju na to da je korisnik u trenutku donošenja odluke o ulaganju provodio regionalizirane strategije ulaganja koje su zahtijevale izgradnju odvojenih dodatnih kapaciteta za proizvodnju baterija za električna vozila u Europi i Kini namijenjenih i EGP-u (plus [...]) i kineskom zemljopisnom tržištu.

Treće, Komisija u ovoj fazi smatra da je prosječna stopa poreza (CIT) u Kini od 25 % koju je Samsung SDI inicijalno upotrebljavao za izračun razlike u održivosti bila dobar predostrožni pristup te, na temelju dostupnih dokaza, ne vidjeti uvjerljive argumente zašto je to društvo moglo ili trebalo postupiti drukčije. Komisija napominje da su pravne osnove za oba navedena oslobođenja od poreza isticala krajem 2020. i da nije jasno zašto korisnik smatra da je u trenutku donošenja odluke o ulaganju u studenome 2017. mogao pretpostaviti da će se bilo koje od njih produljiti nakon tog datuma, dok bi se većina prihoda od ulaganja ostvarila nakon tog datuma.

Gore navedene sumnje u vjerodostojnost navedenih mjera javne potpore u Kini dodatno su ojačane činjenicom da ih korisnik nije kvantificirao ni spomenuo u izvješćima koja su podnesena pri ključnim koracima donošenja odluka od 26. listopada i 27. studenoga 2017.

Komisija smatra da prethodno navedene sumnje, kao i činjenica da Samsung SDI nije obavijestio kineska tijela o odluci o ulaganju u Mađarsku, ali je vjerojatno nastavio pregovore o subvencijama najmanje do svibnja 2018. kada je primio novu i poboljšanu, iako i dalje neformalnu, ponudu subvencija u Kini, upućuje na to da Samsung u Kini nije planirao stvarno protučinjenično ulaganje, koje bi bilo konkurentno ulaganju u Europi, već je u vrijeme donošenja odluke o ulaganju provodio regionalizirane strategije ulaganja za koje je bilo potrebno da se proizvodni kapaciteti nalaze na svakom od njegovih ciljnih tržišta (tj. Kini, Europi i [...]). Stoga Komisija sumnja u vjerodostojnost protučinjeničnog ulaganja u Kini.

Četvrto, Komisija u ovoj fazi smatra da se čini da predloženi probabilistički pristup za ponovni izračun razlike u održivosti nije u skladu sa Samsungovim Smjernicama o ulaganju u objekte iz 2016. i da ne odražava stvarni postupak donošenja odluka.

Naposljetku, Komisija napominje da novopodneseni interni dokumenti pokazuju, što nije u skladu s početnim tvrdnjama korisnika, da se u Poljskoj razmatrala još jedna konkurentna lokacija u Europi te se u ovoj fazi ne može isključiti mogućnost da je potpora mađarskoj lokaciji, koja je prihvatljiva za regionalnu potporu na temelju članka 107. stavka 3. točke (c) UFEU-a, mogla imati protukohezijski učinak zbog odvlačenja ulaganja iz slabije razvijene poljske regije.

Komisija zbog prethodno navedenih razloga izražava sumnju u spojivost potpore i smatra da je potrebno proširiti opseg službenog istražnog postupka kako bi se obuhvatili ti novi elementi i odgovarajuće sumnje.

Zainteresirane strane pozivaju se da podnesu primjedbe o potpori, a posebno o pitanjima koja su detaljnije razrađena u priloženom dopisu Mađarskoj.

TEKST DOPISA

The Commission wishes to inform Hungary that, having examined the comments on the opening decision on the measure referred to above submitted by your authorities and by the aid beneficiary, as well as the additional information submitted subsequently by your authorities, it has decided to extend the scope of the procedure laid down in Article 108(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

1.   PROCEDURE

| (1) | On 14 October 2019, the Commission adopted a decision (hereinafter ‘the Opening Decision’) (2) to initiate the formal investigation procedure in relation to a regional investment aid measure (hereinafter ‘the measure’ or ‘the notified measure’) in favour of Samsung SDI Magyarország Zrt (hereinafter ‘Samsung SDI’ or ‘the beneficiary’). |
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(1)

| (2) | Hungary submitted comments on the Opening Decision on 30 January 2020, presented its observations on third party comments on 9 July 2020, and replied on 3 November 2020 to a request for information from the Commission dated 25 August 2020. Samsung SDI submitted comments on the Opening Decision on 3 May 2020. |
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(2)

2.   DESCRIPTION OF THE FACTS RELEVANT FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE FORMAL INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE

2.1   Subject matter of the Opening Decision and doubts raised as to the compatibility of the measure with the internal market

| (3) | The Opening Decision was based on the information at the disposal of the Commission at the moment of its adoption, as provided by Hungary. On that basis, the Commission raised doubts regarding the incentive effect of the aid and the credibility of the alternative (Chinese) investment scenario presented by Hungary (see section 3.4.1.4 of the Opening Decision). In particular, the Commission took the preliminary view that the proposed regional aid was not crucial for a positive location decision in favour of Hungary. This was because the Commission had doubts as to the size and existence of the claimed gap of EUR 173 million in the net present value (‘NPV’) of the investment in favour of China, which was largely based on significant differences in investment costs between the two alternative investment locations, justified by Hungary and the beneficiary on the basis of a ‘local sourcing policy’ (3) which however was prima facie considered unrealistic by the Commission in the Opening Decision. In addition, the Commission could not exclude that a combination of strategic factors such as the quickly expanding European market, the proximity to European customers, the risk of forced transfer of technology and the hostile political and economic climate in China to South Korean undertakings, would not have constituted overriding strategic considerations that would have led the company to locate its investment in Hungary in any event, even in the absence of aid. |
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(3)

| (4) | The Commission also raised doubts regarding the contribution of the aid to regional development (see section 3.4.1.1 of the Opening Decision), the appropriateness of the form of aid (see section 3.4.1.3 of the Opening Decision), and the proportionality of the aid (see section 3.4.1.5 of the Opening Decision). Finally, the Commission could not exclude that the investment concerned caused a relocation of Samsung SDI’s battery pack production activities from Austria to Hungary, which would constitute a manifest negative effect on trade within the meaning of paragraph 122 of the Guidelines on regional State aid for 2014-2020 (‘the RAG’) (4) (see section 3.4.2.4 of the Opening Decision). |
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(4)

2.2   Additional information submitted by Hungary and Samsung SDI after the adoption of the Opening Decision

| (5) | In their comments on the Opening Decision, Hungary and Samsung SDI rescinded certain statements (see recital (13)) made during the preliminary assessment phase and presented new claims and evidence concerning the assumptions made by the beneficiary in the counterfactual scenario. That new information had not been shared with the Commission in the course of the preliminary examination, and was thus not reflected in the Opening Decision. Partially, the new statements contradict earlier information reflected in the Opening Decision, or underpinning the tentative Commission conclusions in it. |
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| (6) | Hungary claims the newly submitted information was relevant for Samsung SDI’s decision to invest in Hungary as it related to factors that could affect the entrepreneurial risks of the location scenarios under consideration. Therefore, Hungary contends that the Commission is required to consider such new information when conducting the comprehensive assessment of the counterfactual scenario in order to verify the incentive effect of the proposed aid, as required by paragraph 69 of the RAG. |
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| (7) | The new evidence and claims are summarised in sections 2.2.1 to 2.2.4 below: |
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2.2.1.   Local sourcing in Xi’an (China) between [25-30] (*2)
  % and [31-35] %

| (8) | Hungary explained that, although Samsung SDI’s local sourcing counterfactual analysis was based on a premise which reflected the company’s settled policy (i.e. full local sourcing), Samsung SDI’s Investment Committee ex-ante assessment ‘may have been [...] too presumptive regarding its local sourcing capabilities’. At the same time, Hungary challenges the Commission’s assumption that Samsung SDI would not have sourced any equipment in China if it had chosen Xi’an as the investment location. Instead, it claims that, based on Samsung SDI’s ex-post calculations (5), a proportion of local sourcing of equipment /assets between [25-30] % and [31-35] % (6) of the eligible investment expenditure would have been realistic in Xi’an. |
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(8)

| (9) | The minimum local sourcing of [25-30] % is based on the hypothesis that:






  a) | Samsung SDI would have sourced about [15-20] % of the value of the equipment necessary for the counterfactual investment in Xi’an from Chinese suppliers from which Samsung SDI had already purchased similar equipment in China for its factory in Tianjin (7). In support of this claim, Hungary and Samsung SDI provided the names of [5-10] Chinese suppliers for equipment and machinery which had supplied its Tianjin factory and provided partial records on equipment transactions spanning from 2015 to 2019, as well as summaries of the technical characteristics of those equipment.
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(9)

a)

Samsung SDI would have sourced about [15-20] % of the value of the equipment necessary for the counterfactual investment in Xi’an from Chinese suppliers from which Samsung SDI had already purchased similar equipment in China for its factory in Tianjin (7). In support of this claim, Hungary and Samsung SDI provided the names of [5-10] Chinese suppliers for equipment and machinery which had supplied its Tianjin factory and provided partial records on equipment transactions spanning from 2015 to 2019, as well as summaries of the technical characteristics of those equipment.

and

| b) | Samsung SDI would have sourced about [10-15] % of the value of the equipment necessary for the counterfactual investment in Xi’an from Chinese suppliers without a transaction record with Samsung SDI in China, but that had sold to other Chinese customers, including EV battery manufacturers, equipment based on the same technology as used in the counterfactual investment project. In support of this claim, Hungary provided the names of 4 Chinese producers, summaries of the technical characteristics of their respective equipment, as well as summaries of meetings with them that took place in between 2014 and 2019. |
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b)

Samsung SDI would have sourced about [10-15] % of the value of the equipment necessary for the counterfactual investment in Xi’an from Chinese suppliers without a transaction record with Samsung SDI in China, but that had sold to other Chinese customers, including EV battery manufacturers, equipment based on the same technology as used in the counterfactual investment project. In support of this claim, Hungary provided the names of 4 Chinese producers, summaries of the technical characteristics of their respective equipment, as well as summaries of meetings with them that took place in between 2014 and 2019.

| (10) | The upper local sourcing bound of [31-35] % is based on the hypothesis that, in addition to the scenarios described in recital (9) a) and b) above






  c) | Samsung SDI would have also sourced about [3-8] % of the value of the equipment necessary for the counterfactual investment in Xi’an from Chinese suppliers without a transaction record with Samsung SDI in China, but that had sold to other Chinese customers, including EV battery manufacturers, equipment used in the same production processes as those used in the counterfactual investment project. In support of this claim, Hungary provided the names of 2 Chinese producers and summaries of meetings with them that took place in between 2014 and 2019. |
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c)

Samsung SDI would have also sourced about [3-8] % of the value of the equipment necessary for the counterfactual investment in Xi’an from Chinese suppliers without a transaction record with Samsung SDI in China, but that had sold to other Chinese customers, including EV battery manufacturers, equipment used in the same production processes as those used in the counterfactual investment project. In support of this claim, Hungary provided the names of 2 Chinese producers and summaries of meetings with them that took place in between 2014 and 2019.

| (11) | Hungary presents two further arguments in support of its claim that local sourcing in China was realistic at the time of the investment decision in November 2017. First, it contends that during 2015-2016 Samsung SDI had achieved a local sourcing ratio of machinery/equipment between [10-15] % and [25-30] % in its Tianjin plant. (8). Hungary considers that those investments constituted a relevant benchmark for the notified investment project because the respective manufacturing lines have ‘similar characteristics’ and ‘rely on analogous machinery and equipment’. Second, Hungary presents circumstantial evidence on the level of technological development in the Chinese equipment/machinery market in 2017, namely: (1) evidence as to the number of patent filings related to the manufacturing of batteries in China which, according to Hungary, had increased by 323.3 % over the period 2010-2016, and (2) evidence regarding China’s share of the world battery electric vehicle market which, according to Hungary, had increased from 9 % in 2013 to 64 % in 2017. |
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| (12) | Concerning the share of local sourcing that could have been more credibly assumed in Göd, Hungary does not present any new evidence and maintains that it has ‘no ground to question that local sourcing was a credible ex-ante assumption for Samsung SDI at the time it decided to invest in Göd’. It considers that it is ‘irrelevant how the sourcing of equipment and machinery for Hungary played out ex post, compared to what Samsung had initially envisaged in line with its settled local sourcing policy’. Finally, Hungary contends that since the assumed costs of local sourcing from South Korean suppliers were virtually identical to those of sourcing in the European Economic Area (‘the EEA’) (barring the transport costs), a local sourcing percentage lower than 100 % in Hungary would have a very limited impact on the ex-ante NPV outcome of the investment in Hungary. |
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2.2.2.   Public support for the proposed alternative location in China

| (13) | The Commission notes that, when it inquired — during the preliminary assessment phase — about potential public support for the investment project in its alternative location in China, the Hungarian authorities answered on 11 December 2018 that although ‘[...] there were some unofficial and informal discussions on possible subsidies in China, there is no documentation on these discussions. The Chinese system is a considerably different system than the strongly formalized European one — as there are no written general rules. Central and local governments act case by case [...]. Furthermore, HQ [Samsung SDI’s Headquarters team in South Korea] had difficulties in Xi’an because the Chinese Government sanctions the xEV [hybrid electric vehicles] battery industry. The Chinese Government does not provide any subsidy for xEV, which has battery cells manufactured by non-Chinese companies. [...]. During the decision-making procedure, the beneficiary didn’t get any subsidy offer or documentation from the Chinese Government. As such a huge investment needs exact timing and planning this would have been hard to execute with [...] Chinese aid possibilities.’ |
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(13)

| (14) | In their comments on the Opening Decision, the Hungarian authorities and Samsung SDI retracted the above statement and explained that Samsung SDI’s local management team in Hungary — which had been responsible for supporting Hungary with the notification — were ignorant of HQ strategy and the situation in China. They declared that major errors, misunderstandings, and the transmission of wrong information had occurred, and subsequently changed substantial parts of the narrative justifying the necessity of the aid by introducing two new claims, namely that (1) a direct investment grant covering [15-20] % of the investment costs would have been available in China and (2) if the investment had been carried out in China it would probably have benefitted from a corporate income tax (CIT) rate of 15 % (instead of a standard rate of 25 %). |
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2.2.2.1.   Potential investment grant in China of [15-20] % of investment costs

| (15) | In contradiction with statements made during the preliminary examination phase (please see recital (13) above), Hungary now submits that Samsung SDI could also benefit in China from an investment grant of ‘up to (9)
  [15-20] % of investment costs’, as evidenced by an unsigned, unstamped subsidy offer from the Gaoxin local government, dated 23 February 2017. |
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| (16) | Hungary explained that, in the document referred to above, the Gaoxin local government offered essentially two options (10) to the beneficiary. The first option provided for ‘preferential policies’ pursuant to which the aid grantor would provide funds ‘of [15-20] % of the total project investment’ and ensure that (unspecified) ‘[...] the past MoU (11)
  would be complemented with additional aid’. It would also exempt Samsung SDI from ‘infrastructure costs in Xi’an’, which averaged ‘[200-300] yuan/m2
  ’. In addition, the Gaoxin government would provide some unquantified service support relating to the [...]. The document also specifies that Samsung SDI is expected to construct a [...] at its own cost. Under the second option, the aid grantor offers to construct [...]. However, under this option, none of the subsidies offered under the first option would be available. The offer from the Gaoxin local government does not provide any details on the characteristics of the aided investment project, nor the financial terms under which the buildings would be subsequently leased/sold to Samsung SDI. |
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(16)

| (17) | In addition to the Chinese subsidy offer described in recital (16), the Hungarian authorities submitted, at the Commission’s request, further evidence documenting the course of the negotiations between Samsung SDI and the Gaoxin local government from January to July 2017, as well as the internal documents concerning Samsung SDI’s investment plan for its second plant in Xi’an from the same period. Hungary also provided an updated (but still unstamped and unsigned) aid offer dated 23 May 2018 in which the Gaoxin local government commits to provide subsidies ‘on a similar scale to the first project’ (i.e. [25-30] % of eligible investment costs) for Samsung SDI’s second battery plant in Xi’an, as well as a [...] dedicated for the beneficiary’s use. |
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(17)

| (18) | The investment in Xi’an, China, as demonstrated by the documentary evidence submitted by Samsung SDI and the Hungarian authorities, either in the course of the preliminary assessment phase or later on, after the opening of the formal investigation procedure, would have the following characteristics:






  (a) | Firstly, the Chinese counterfactual investment notified to the Commission has investment costs of EUR [850-950] million and consists of [6-10] production lines. At the same time, several Samsung SDI internal documents (12) submitted after the Opening Decision describe an investment project in Xi’an with investment costs of around USD [650-750] million (app. EUR [500-600] million), consisting of ‘[2-5] additional production lines’. |
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(a)

Firstly, the Chinese counterfactual investment notified to the Commission has investment costs of EUR [850-950] million and consists of [6-10] production lines. At the same time, several Samsung SDI internal documents (12) submitted after the Opening Decision describe an investment project in Xi’an with investment costs of around USD [650-750] million (app. EUR [500-600] million), consisting of ‘[2-5] additional production lines’.

| (b) | Secondly, according to the implementation timeline envisaged for the Xi’an counterfactual investment by Samsung SDI on 21 September 2017 (13), construction works were planned to start in [...] 2018 and the start of production was planned for [...] 2020. At the same time, as evidenced by an email report of 21 July 2017 documenting the subsidy negotiation process with the Gaoxin local government (14), the timeline of the allegedly same Xi’an investment appears to be aligned with and dependent on the timing of the expected withdrawal of the subsidies for the acquisition of electric vehicles in China (and thus aligned and dependent on the opening of the Chinese EV market to foreign battery producers). Thus, the respective email report explains that ‘...in practice, since SDI already operates a factory in Xi’an, SDI will make additional investment in Xi’an if the investment is decided, and the investment period will be before December 2018, at the latest,

  considering that the subsidy will be abolished from January 2021
  ’. In this case start of works is thus envisaged six months later than the notified counterfactual investment (i.e. at the latest by end of 2018), and the start of production envisaged one year later than the notified counterfactual investment (i.e. by [...] 2021). Finally, as described in point (c) below, the full implementation of the investment in Xi’an was not to take place before — and therefore was dependant on — the ‘resolution of Chinese policy risk’, which the Commission understands to mean the withdrawal of the Chinese protectionist measures against foreign EV battery manufacturers targeting the Chinese battery market (see recitals (137) and (139) of the Opening Decision). |
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Secondly, according to the implementation timeline envisaged for the Xi’an counterfactual investment by Samsung SDI on 21 September 2017 (13), construction works were planned to start in [...] 2018 and the start of production was planned for [...] 2020. At the same time, as evidenced by an email report of 21 July 2017 documenting the subsidy negotiation process with the Gaoxin local government (14), the timeline of the allegedly same Xi’an investment appears to be aligned with and dependent on the timing of the expected withdrawal of the subsidies for the acquisition of electric vehicles in China (and thus aligned and dependent on the opening of the Chinese EV market to foreign battery producers). Thus, the respective email report explains that ‘...in practice, since SDI already operates a factory in Xi’an, SDI will make additional investment in Xi’an if the investment is decided, and the investment period will be before December 2018, at the latest,

  considering that the subsidy will be abolished from January 2021
  ’. In this case start of works is thus envisaged six months later than the notified counterfactual investment (i.e. at the latest by end of 2018), and the start of production envisaged one year later than the notified counterfactual investment (i.e. by [...] 2021). Finally, as described in point (c) below, the full implementation of the investment in Xi’an was not to take place before — and therefore was dependant on — the ‘resolution of Chinese policy risk’, which the Commission understands to mean the withdrawal of the Chinese protectionist measures against foreign EV battery manufacturers targeting the Chinese battery market (see recitals (137) and (139) of the Opening Decision).

| (c) | Thirdly, as described in the notification (see recital (9) of the Opening Decision), although the counterfactual investment was located in China, it was intended to provide electric batteries only for the EEA and [...] geographical market, and not the Chinese geographical market. However, the Commission notes that a report from Samsung SDI’s Directors’ meeting of 3 March 2017 to discuss incentive negotiation results for the second plant in Xi’an suggests that the investment subject to the subsidy discussions with the Gaoxin local Government was in fact targeting the Chinese geographical market. In particular, the above-mentioned report indicates that ‘... minimizing [...] is necessary until resolution of Chinese policy risk’. It results from this document that Samsung SDI was attempting to hedge against the mentioned ‘Chinese policy risk’ by trying to convince the Chinese local government to provide a subsidy of [25-30] % of the investment costs and construct, from its own resources, the fixed assets (i.e. [...]) needed by Samsung in Xi’an. Upon finalization of the construction, Samsung intended to [...] the respective fixed assets until the ‘resolution of the policy risk’, at which point Samsung would be prepared to buy them. Given the refusal of the Chinese aid grantor to meet both of Samsung’s demands (see the options described in recital (16)), Samsung’s planning team proposes to accept the Chinese option 1 (i.e. the [15-20] % subsidy) but hold off ‘[...]’ until ‘policy risk resolution’. Instead, it proposes to proceed only with land purchase, the construction planning phase (e.g. designs, authorisation), and the construction of the [...]. According to this action plan, the investment decision was to be made only once the policy risk is resolved. On the basis of the above, the Commission understands the above-mentioned ‘Chinese policy risk’ to refer to the Chinese protectionist measures in force at that time against foreign EV battery manufacturers who were seeking to sell their products on the Chinese market (see recitals (137) and (139) of the Opening Decision). This interpretation is coherent with the comments of Hungary and Samsung SDI on the Opening Decision claiming that this Chinese policy risk would not have been relevant enough to hold up the investment decision if that respective investment was targeting export markets. |
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Thirdly, as described in the notification (see recital (9) of the Opening Decision), although the counterfactual investment was located in China, it was intended to provide electric batteries only for the EEA and [...] geographical market, and not the Chinese geographical market. However, the Commission notes that a report from Samsung SDI’s Directors’ meeting of 3 March 2017 to discuss incentive negotiation results for the second plant in Xi’an suggests that the investment subject to the subsidy discussions with the Gaoxin local Government was in fact targeting the Chinese geographical market. In particular, the above-mentioned report indicates that ‘... minimizing [...] is necessary until resolution of Chinese policy risk’. It results from this document that Samsung SDI was attempting to hedge against the mentioned ‘Chinese policy risk’ by trying to convince the Chinese local government to provide a subsidy of [25-30] % of the investment costs and construct, from its own resources, the fixed assets (i.e. [...]) needed by Samsung in Xi’an. Upon finalization of the construction, Samsung intended to [...] the respective fixed assets until the ‘resolution of the policy risk’, at which point Samsung would be prepared to buy them. Given the refusal of the Chinese aid grantor to meet both of Samsung’s demands (see the options described in recital (16)), Samsung’s planning team proposes to accept the Chinese option 1 (i.e. the [15-20] % subsidy) but hold off ‘[...]’ until ‘policy risk resolution’. Instead, it proposes to proceed only with land purchase, the construction planning phase (e.g. designs, authorisation), and the construction of the [...]. According to this action plan, the investment decision was to be made only once the policy risk is resolved. On the basis of the above, the Commission understands the above-mentioned ‘Chinese policy risk’ to refer to the Chinese protectionist measures in force at that time against foreign EV battery manufacturers who were seeking to sell their products on the Chinese market (see recitals (137) and (139) of the Opening Decision). This interpretation is coherent with the comments of Hungary and Samsung SDI on the Opening Decision claiming that this Chinese policy risk would not have been relevant enough to hold up the investment decision if that respective investment was targeting export markets.

| (19) | Hungary claims that although the Chinese subsidy offer was not specific to a certain investment project, Samsung SDI had nevertheless sufficient reasons to expect that it would receive a subsidy of at least [15-20] % and possibly more for any ramp-up investment in Xi’an, given that its 2014 investment agreement for the construction of Samsung SDI’s first Chinese EV battery plant stipulated that funding ‘will increase by the same ratio’ if Samsung SDI’s Chinese Joint venture were to make additional investments in Xi’an. (15) In answer to the question why the alleged aid offer was not presented to Samsung SDI’s decision-makers, Hungary and the beneficiary provided internal documents, for the first time disclosed to the Commission on 3 May 2020 (i.e. after the adoption of the Opening Decision), which reveal that an additional step in the decision-making process (see section 2.12.4. of the Opening Decision) took place during an internal meeting to discuss ‘New investment review for EU/[...] (16)’, held on 21 September 2017 and attended by a number of senior Samsung SDI managers, including Samsung SDI’s CFO. The report presented in that meeting and prepared by the Automotive and ESS (17) Business Division’s planning team contains — among others — a brief reference to an incentive offer of ‘[15-20] % of the investment amount offered by the Chinese Government in Feb 2017’, which shows — in Hungary’s opinion — that Samsung SDI was aware of the potential Chinese subsidy. |
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| (20) | The Commission notes that the minutes of that meeting do not contain any indication that the respective subsidy offer was discussed, nor do they indicate instructions for follow-up. However, the respective minutes do contain an instruction for Samsung’s planning team that they should ‘develop plan to exploit the existing sites’ merits’, ‘review final site candidates (Göd in Hungary and Xi'an in China)’, and ‘keep in mind the factor that it could be helpful to diversify major sites in each continent so that production capability is not concentrated in one or two sites when it comes to suggestion for the new location. Cell production currently concentrated in Ulsan and Xi’an.’ |
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| (21) | Hungary explains in its comments of 30 January 2020 on the Opening Decision that the quoted Chinese offer did not constitute ‘sufficiently firm assurances that it [Samsung] might benefit from an attractive additional subsidy in China if it were to invest further in Xi’an’, but nevertheless maintains that ‘the possibility that the granting of such aid would materialize was by no means unrealistic’. The fact that Samsung SDI’s did not quantify and include the Chinese subsidy in the viability gap comparison is, according to the Hungarian authorities, the result of a ‘conservative approach in view of the uncertainty surrounding the Chinese offer compared to the Hungarian offer’. |
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| (22) | Hungary submits that on 23 May 2018 (18), i.e. almost six months after Samsung SDI’s location decision of 27 November 2017 in favour of Hungary, the Chinese authorities — who had allegedly not yet become aware of the fact that Samsung SDI had already opted for Göd as the location for its investment — on their own initiative, reiterated and improved (19) their offer for the ramping up of the investment in Xi’an (see recital (17)). |
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| (23) | To the question why Samsung SDI had not informed the Chinese authorities of its decision to implement the investment project in Hungary, Hungary answered that ‘Samsung SDI never excluded that, depending on market circumstances, there could subsequently also be additional investment projects in EV battery production, including possibly in China’, and thus it was not in Samsung’s ‘best interest to inform the Chinese authorities of the investment in Göd’. The Commission notes that, according to several press reports (20), (21), Samsung SDI did indeed pursue an important ramp-up investment in Xi’an at the end of 2018. |
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2.2.2.2.   Corporate income tax in China of 15 % instead of 25 %

| (24) | In its comments on the Opening Decision, Hungary explained that Samsung SDI’s assumption — in the NPV calculations submitted in the notification — of a corporate income tax (‘CIT’) rate differential of 16 percentage points between Hungary (CIT rate: 9 %) and China (CIT rate: 25 %) that generated a NPV advantage of approximately [480-520] million euros (in present value) in favour of Hungary was based on a rather conservative estimate of the CIT in China. Hungary claims that it would have been legitimate for Samsung SDI to take a much lower average tax rate of 15 % in China as basis for its NPV calculations, and explains that this lower Chinese CIT rate would have significantly increased the advantage of an investment in Xi’an. |
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| (25) | Hungary further submits that a 10 percentage points reduction from the basic corporate income tax rate of 25 % was offered under the Chinese law in application at the time of the location decision, up until 31 December 2020, to any enterprise located in the Western Regions (22) that applied for it, was engaged in certain industrial activities, and achieved 70 % of its revenues from its main business. It appears that Samsung SDI had qualified and benefited from this lower CIT rate of 15 % for the years 2011 to 2016, until the Chinese tax authorities decided (without stating any specific reasons for this change) to remove the production of EV batteries from the Foreign Investment Industrial Guidance Catalogue for the years 2017/2018, with the effect that in those years the basic CIT rate of 25 % applied to EV battery producers located in the ‘Western Regions’, including Samsung SDI. The reduced corporate income tax rate of 15 % was applied again to Samsung SDI, after the catalogue was revised again by the Chinese Government in 2019. |
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| (26) | Samsung SDI explained — but did not provide any documentary evidence to that effect — that it expected in 2017 the delisting from the catalogue to be reverted by 2019, when it estimated that the Chinese government would want to support the domestic EV battery cell production industry (because such a measure would not only benefit Samsung SDI, but also its Chinese competitors). Furthermore, the Commission notes that Samsung SDI and Hungary did not provide any documentary evidence or justification as to why they consider that it was foreseeable — at the time of the location decision in November 2017 — that the legislative provisions for this advantageous, time-limited derogation (until 2020) from the normal CIT rate would be renewed and become applicable also after 2020, when most revenues from the envisaged counterfactual investment would have been generated. |
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| (27) | Hungary submitted that Samsung SDI had also considered (23), in June 2017, an alternative possibility to benefit from a reduced corporate tax rate, again of 15 %, under the ‘High and New Technology Enterprise’ (HNTE) regime (24), which was also limited to a time period ending by December 2020. The benefit of that advantageous tax regime was subject to certain conditions (25) (of which two were not fulfilled by Samsung SDI at that time (26) that, according to Samsung SDI, could have been met ‘through further actions’. Samsung SDI claims that it was reasonably confident that it would be able to benefit from the HNTE regime even though, ultimately, it decided not to pursue the HTNE track since it expected low profits in 2017-2018. |
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| (28) | Samsung SDI submits that the allegedly foreseeable change of the Chinese CIT rate as a result of Samsung SDI’s future qualification under the HNTE regime was considered by the SDI Headquarters planning team (27) — and mentioned on 21 September 2017 in the internal meeting (28) mentioned in recital (19) — but that this element was ultimately not factored into the viability gap calculations submitted to SDI’s Investment Committee and to Samsung SDI’s Chief Executive Officer in the successive decision-making steps leading to the location and investment decision. |
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| (29) | Just as for the invoked CIT reduction for Western Regions, Samsung SDI and Hungary did not provide evidence as to why they consider that it was foreseeable — at the time of the location decision in November 2017 — that the validity of the HTNE regime (expiring in 2020) would be prolonged and remain applicable after 2020, when most revenues from the envisaged counterfactual investment would have been generated. |
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2.2.3.   Discrete and probabilistic approach for plausible viability gap calculations

| (30) | In its Opening Decision, the Commission considered that the viability gap presented by the Hungarian authorities in the notification documents should be recalculated based on the more realistic hypothesis of 0 % local sourcing for both investment scenarios (i.e. Hungary and China). |
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| (31) | Hungary’s position is that a recalculation is not needed ‘essentially because the cost of local sourcing in the EEA for Göd was almost identical to the cost of local sourcing from South Korea’ and thus any share of local sourcing assumed in Hungary would have a minimal impact on the NPV of the investment to be made in Hungary. However, Hungary explained that it was prepared to compare a few other plausible viability scenarios, strictly on a ‘without prejudice basis’, with the purpose to illustrate how the viability gap between Hungary and China would remain significant in these scenarios and that, as a result, the State aid offered to Samsung SDI by the Hungarian authorities would maintain its incentive effect. More specifically, Samsung SDI recalculated the NPV gaps, envisaging two approaches: a ‘discrete’ approach and a ‘probabilistic’ one. |
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| (32) | Under the discrete approach, Samsung SDI calculated two NPV gaps without any local sourcing in China or Hungary (i.e. the Commission’s suggestion in the Opening Decision), but taking into account either a local Chinese grant of [15-20] % of the investment, or a 15 % CIT rate. Samsung argues that these recalculations lead to viability gaps that are comparable or in excess of the original gap of EUR 173 million, which was submitted to the Investment Committee and based on which the location decision of 27 November 2017 was made. A third NPV gap recalculated based on [31-35] % local sourcing in China (and 0 % local sourcing in Hungary, no subsidy and a 25 % CIT rate in China) leads to an NPV gap that is lower than the original one but on par with the amount of State aid proposed by Hungary. Finally, a fourth NPV gap recalculated based on [25-30] % local sourcing in China (and 0 % local sourcing in Hungary, no subsidy and a 25 % CIT rate in China) leads to an NPV gap that is lower than both the original NPV gap and the amount of State aid proposed by Hungary. |
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| (33) | Samsung SDI argues that the discrete methodology above does not accurately reflect the decision-making process leading to the investment. Instead, it considers that a probabilistic approach would be a more realistic reflection that takes into account all factors that were relevant to Samsung SDI when it decided on the location of the investment. |
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| (34) | The three ‘probabilistic scenarios’ proposed by Samsung SDI combine the three different factors (i.e. local sourcing of [25-30] % in China, a [15-20] % Chinese grant, and a 15 % CIT rate) to which different probability coefficients are applied to reflect the uncertainty relating to the materialisation of these factors. The proposed probability coefficients are 100 % for the factor relating to [25-30] % local sourcing in China for all three scenarios, and alternatively 25 % or 0 % for the other two factors (in two scenarios) or both 25 % (in the third scenario). Samsung explains all three resulting recalculated NPV gaps are in the range of the original NPV gap, and all three are higher than the amount of State aid proposed by Hungary. In view of the above, Hungary argues the State aid that it proposed to Samsung SDI maintains its incentive effect. |
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| (35) | The Commission notes that in Samsung SDI’s NPV recalculation scenarios above, the NPV of the investment to be made in Hungary is recalculated (and thus significantly reduced) on the basis of a 0 % local sourcing policy which leads to investment costs increased by [18-22] % as compared to the notified values due to the application of a [18-22] % mark-up justified by Samsung on the basis of the fact that its headquarters in South Korea needs to act as intermediary in the procurement of equipment sourced from South Korea. |
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2.2.4.   Additional potential locations in the EEA

| (36) | In its comments on the Opening Decision, Samsung SDI submitted new documents (29) that show that the location search for the investment project had not only included Samsung SDI’s existing three battery cell plants in China, South Korea, and Hungary (as claimed in the notification and during the preliminary assessment phase), but that also greenfield investment sites had been considered in China (Wuxi), Poland (Środa), Slovakia (Sereď), Hungary (Tatabánya) and the Czech Republic (Most Joseph). Samsung SDI explained that these other possibilities were excluded ‘at an early stage’ in the decision-making process. The Commission notes that except for the locations mentioned above, no other locations in Asia or in America (30) are considered. |
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| (37) | The internal Samsung SDI document cited above shows thus that several sites in Europe and China were assessed using a quantitative evaluation (taking into accounts investment costs and annual costs) and a qualitative evaluation (taking into account ‘labor environment, industrial infrastructure, State aid, others’). While the Czech, Slovak, and another Hungarian greenfield sites appear to have been excluded after these evaluations, a possible greenfield site in Poland appears to have been retained, at least in a first stage, (together with the Hungarian existing site in Göd and the existing Chinese site in Xi’an) as competitive after these two evaluations. |
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| (38) | The Commission notes that the retained alternative EEA site (i.e. the greenfield site in Środa, Poland) is located in a more disadvantaged area than the chosen Göd area in Hungary. (31) |
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2.2.5.   Conclusions

| (39) | In the light of new information presented by Hungary and Samsung SDI, the Commission extends the scope of the formal investigation procedure initiated by the Opening Decision to cover the new elements submitted by Hungary and Samsung SDI, as well as the Commission’s doubts concerning those new elements, and to allow all interested third parties to comment on the new evidence presented by Hungary and Samsung SDI as relevant for the compatibility assessment. |
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3.   ASSESSMENT

3.1.   Local sourcing in Xi’an (China) between [25-30] % and [31-35] %

| (40) | The Commission notes that Samsung SDI and the Hungarian authorities currently admit that the hypothesis of 100 % local sourcing in China might have been unrealistic at the moment of the location decision, and that a correction to substantially reduced quotas of [25-30] % to [31-35] % is proposed instead. The evidence put forward to justify these numbers (see recitals (9) to (11)) is based on:






  (a) | the sourcing experience with [5-10] Chinese suppliers, from 2015 to 2019 (so partly after the location 2017 decision), of another factory in Tianjin (China) owned by Samsung SDI which was set up in 1996 and produced batteries for mobile devices (32); |
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(a)

the sourcing experience with [5-10] Chinese suppliers, from 2015 to 2019 (so partly after the location 2017 decision), of another factory in Tianjin (China) owned by Samsung SDI which was set up in 1996 and produced batteries for mobile devices (32);

| (b) | partly ex-post evidence regarding the capabilities achieved by 4 Chinese suppliers of equipment/machinery using ‘the same technology’ as Samsung SDI and |
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partly ex-post evidence regarding the capabilities achieved by 4 Chinese suppliers of equipment/machinery using ‘the same technology’ as Samsung SDI and

| (c) | mostly ex-post evidence regarding the capabilities of other 2 Chinese suppliers offering ‘equipment used in the same production processes’ as the ones employed by Samsung SDI in the notified investment project. |
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mostly ex-post evidence regarding the capabilities of other 2 Chinese suppliers offering ‘equipment used in the same production processes’ as the ones employed by Samsung SDI in the notified investment project.

| (41) | With regards to point (a) of recital (40), the Commission considers that it is doubtful that Samsung SDI’s experience concerning significantly smaller (33) investments for less sophisticated batteries for mobile devices would be fully transferable to the EV pouch battery cells manufacturing business based on innovative processes and equipment introduced in the sector for the first time world-wide (see recital (21) of the Opening Decision). The Commission further notes that the invoked [10-15] % to [25-30] % local sourcing rates in the Tianjin factory were only achieved after nearly 20 years of operation of the plant and some of the invoked transactions occurred after the location decision. It is also not clear to what extent the respective numbers cover machinery/equipment or also spare parts or services used in the production process. |
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| (42) | Concerning the arguments under points (b) and (c) of recital (40), the Commission observes that they rely on ex-post assembled evidence (partially referring to experiences in 2018 and 2019) that were mostly not available to Samsung SDI at the moment when the investment and location decision was prepared in 2017. The Commission recalls that in the course of the preliminary examination, when the Commission inquired why Samsung did not choose to source (significantly cheaper) equipment and machinery from China for the Hungarian investment, the Hungarian authorities answered on 31 May 2019 that ‘[...] notwithstanding the improvements compared to the past, the contacted Chinese suppliers did still not fully meet SDI's [...] requirements’. The Commission notes that the above conclusion was based on Samsung SDI’s technical assessment (34) of five Chinese equipment manufacturers (which are however different from the ones invoked in recitals (9) and (10)) in January 2017 (i.e. preceding the investment decision) (please see also recital (50) of the Opening Decision). |
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| (43) | Furthermore, the Commission notes that the shares of local sourcing proposed under points (a) to (c) of recital (40) are based on estimations that take account of only a sample (35) and not the entire equipment required for the investment project. The Commission considers at this stage that this sample cannot be considered representative of the entire investment project since it appears to correspond, to a large extent, to the first (and less innovative) of the two successive phases of the investment project (36). It is thus not clear why Samsung SDI considers that its local sourcing simulation covering largely the first investment phase would be transferable to the second (more innovative) phase of the investment (37). |
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| (44) | The Commission also notes that the Samsung SDI’s ‘local sourcing policy’ does not seem to have been applied in the past for greenfield investments based on new innovative technologies (such as, for example, their first EV battery investments in Xi’an and Göd). The Commission recalls that the technology for phase 2 was still under development in Samsung SDI’s South Korean research facilities at the time of the preliminary examination (see recital (20) of the Opening Decision). The Commission therefore strongly doubts at this stage that any local sourcing could have been assumed in November 2017 (i.e. at the time of the location decision) to take place in China with regard to equipment for phase 2 of the investment that should reflect some [50-60] % of all investment expenditure. The Commission also notes that the disclosure of details of needed equipment for phase 2 would entail a strong risk of intellectual property theft (see recital (43) of the Opening Decision). |
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| (45) | The Commission considers at this stage that, if the scenario of partial local sourcing in China — for phase 1 of the investment — should be assessed as realistic at the time of the investment/location decision to a certain extent, Hungary does not convincingly explain why the machinery/equipment needs in Hungary should not be sourced from much cheaper Chinese suppliers (instead from South Korea). In such a case the viability gap between the two locations would prima facie be limited to differences in transport costs for the concerned machinery/equipment. |
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| (46) | Finally, the Commission notes that Hungary does not submit any data as to the share of local sourcing that could have reasonably been assumed in the Hungarian investment scenario on the basis of the justification that a share of local sourcing below 100 % would have had a minimal impact on the NPV of the Hungarian project. The Commission has serious doubts with regard to that assessment and notes that in all viability gap recalculations, the Hungarian investment costs for machinery and equipment are increased by [18-22] % (in Hungary’s comments to the Opening Decision) compared to the initial prices (as presented in the planning documents and notification), which has a significant (negative) impact on the NPV of the investment project to be made in Hungary (please see recital (37) of the present decision). Hungary informs that this is due to the application of the assumption that all equipment for the Hungarian scenario would be sourced via the Samsung headquarters in South Korea (i.e. that there would be no local sourcing in Hungary). The Commission notes that the [18-22] % mark-up used is substantially higher than the medial value of the mark-up calculated by a December 2018 Deloitte study submitted by Samsung SDI (medial value of [13-18] %). That study also shows that the mark-up used for SDI Hungary in 2017 was [14-18] % (not [18-22] %). It is also unclear why the mark-up used for Hungarian subsidiary was higher than the mark-up (of [12-15] %) used for similar transactions with Samsung SDI’s joint venture in China. |
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| (47) | On the basis of the above, the Commission has doubts as to the correct application of the [18-22] % mark-up in the recalculation of the viability gap and maintains its doubt expressed in the Opening Decision on whether the [18-22] % mark-up results in a market conform price and does not artificially inflate the eligible costs of the scenario in which the investment is located in Hungary. |
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3.2.   Public support for alternative location in China

3.2.1.   Potential investment grant in China of [15-20] % of investment costs

| (48) | The Commission notes that the invoked Chinese grant aid offer from February 2017 was neither signed, nor stamped, nor was it specific (38) to the envisaged counterfactual investment project, and is conditional upon the construction of a [...] by Samsung SDI, which would likely imply important additional investment costs. |
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| (49) | The Commission also notes a number of inconsistencies between the investment project described in reports documenting the subsidy negotiation with the Gaoxin local government and the counterfactual Chinese investment described in the notification. These inconsistencies refer to essential characteristics of the investment project, i.e. its scope and investment amount (see recital (18) point (a)), the implementation timeline (see recital (18) point (b)), and its target market (see recital (18) point (c)) — and suggest that the Chinese subsidy offer and the entire negotiation with the Chinese local authorities concerned — contrary to what Samsung SDI and the Hungarian authorities claim — a different investment project than the Chinese counterfactual to the Hungarian investment. |
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| (50) | The Commission therefore has strong doubts that the Chinese aid offer described in recital (16) refers to the counterfactual Chinese investment notified to the Commission. At this stage, it rather appears that the Chinese aid offer and the respective negotiation process with the Chinese authorities in 2017 envisaged a smaller investment, with a different timeline, aiming to ramp up EV battery production capacity in Xi’an to serve the Chinese market, and not for the notified counterfactual investment that was aiming to supply EV batteries for the European and [...] markets. |
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| (51) | The Commission notes that, although the Chinese aid grant offer was very briefly mentioned in a single internal company document submitted for the decision-making steps of the notified investment (see section 2.12.4. ‘The decision making process’ in the Opening Decision and the additional step described in recital (19)), it was never actually included in the NPV comparisons between the alternative investment scenarios. By contrast, the Hungarian aid offer was included in the respective comparisons and is presented as a key factor justifying the investment decision in favour of Hungary. At this stage, the Commission interprets the minutes of the meeting of Samsung directors of 21 September 2017 where the Chinese subsidy offer was presented (see recitals (19) and (20)) as guidance from Samsung SDI’s top management that overall production capacity should not remain concentrated in Ulsan (South Korea) and Xi’an (China), as was the case at the time (39), despite the many advantages of the Xi’an site described in the report. The Commission notes that, possibly in implementation of the above guidance to prioritise a regional diversification of the undertaking’s global production capacities, in the forth and fifth(last) decision-making steps which followed the September meeting (see recitals (68) and (69) of the Opening Decision) no reference whatsoever is made to the Chinese subsidy offer although the Hungarian aid offer of EUR 106 million features in the documents submitted to Samsung SDI’s Chief Executive Officer on 27 November 2017 as a ‘decision factor’. |
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| (52) | The Commission notes that Samsung SDI admits (see recital (23)) that after it had taken the location decision in favour of Hungary, it never informed the Chinese authorities about it. The Commission notes that according to Samsung SDI, no negotiations took place with the Chinese authorities between the location decision for Hungary in November 2017 and May 2018 when the second subsidy offer was received (see recital (22)). The Commission considers it highly unlikely that the Chinese authorities, on their own initiative and without further discussions with Samsung SDI suddenly increased their subsidy offer of February 2017 in May 2018, i.e. more than 8 months after the last documented interaction (40) between Samsung SDI and the Chinese aid grantor. The Commission therefore invites Hungary to submit all communication, whatever its form, between Samsung SDI, respectively its joint venture in Xi’an, and the responsible local government authorities in China that took place after July 2017. |
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| (53) | The Commission considers at this stage that the corroboration of the facts and doubts expressed above suggests that Samsung was not envisaging in China a real counterfactual investment, competing with an investment in Europe, but was pursuing, at the latest as from July 2017, regionalised investment strategies that required manufacturing capacity to be located in each of its target markets (i.e.China, Europe, and [...]). This doubt is further reinforced by the minutes of the internal high-level Samsung meeting on 21 September 2017 (see recitals (20) and (21)) which might be understood as guidance to the ‘[...]’, by a high level steering group charged with reviewing investment strategies to serve the rapidly expanding EU and [...] markets, to enable a positive location decision in favour of Europe. This guidance might explain why the grant offer of February 2017, and the claimed possibility of a reduced CIT rate (see section 2.2.2.2), both mentioned in the documents for the high-level meeting of 21 September 2017, were not factored in into the calculations submitted for the following planning steps, or even mentioned there. |
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| (54) | The Commission reminds that Samsung SDI in fact admits that it never excluded (see recital (23)) an additional investment (41) in China, which appears to be a plausible explanation of why Samsung SDI did not inform the Chinese authorities of the investment in Göd. |
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| (55) | Under the hypothesis of regionalised investment strategies, the investment decision for the Chinese market (ramping up of the Xi’an facility) appears to have been delayed not because the aid proposed by Hungary rendered the implementation of the investment in Europe more viable, but because the conditions to open the access of South Korean EV battery producers to the domestic Chinese market were not yet given. |
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| (56) | Indeed, the Commission notes that, according to a press report, China’s pledge to phase out subsidies for electric cars and plug-in hybrids by 2020 and the publication in May 2018 of a new ‘white list’ (42) of approved battery suppliers by two Chinese auto industry associations constituted important signals that China was starting to open its car battery market to foreign producers. The timing of the second Chinese subsidy offer of May 2018 appears thus to have not been coincidental. It appears that in June 2019, China decided to not apply anymore the respective ‘white list’ (43), (44). |
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(56)

| (57) | In view of the above, the Commission considers, at this stage, that only the regionalised investment strategy can explain why Samsung SDI decision-makers — although at least the planning team and senior executives were aware of it — dismissed the Chinese subsidy offer of [15-20] % in the course of the decision-making process for the notified investment while putting a significant emphasis on the aid offer of 9.1 % from Hungary, which was presented as a ‘key decision factor’ in the report to Samsung SDI’s Chief Executive Officer in November 2017. |
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(57)

3.2.2.   Corporate income tax (CIT) in China of 15 % instead of 25 %

| (58) | Hungary and Samsung SDI also argue that a CIT rate of 15 % instead of 25 % could have been legitimately used in the calculations underpinning the NPV viability gap, and anticipated by Samsung SDI at the time of the investment decision, either on the basis of the Chinese policies for the Western Regions, or based on the possibility that Samsung SDI could have qualified for a reduced CIT rate under the HNTE regime. |
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(58)

| (59) | The Commission notes that Samsung SDI does not provide convincing arguments as to why it could have reasonably foreseen in 2017 that any of the abovementioned favourable measures would have been prolonged, under the same or comparable conditions, beyond their expiration date in 2020, when most of the revenues from the notified investment would have been generated. |
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(59)

| (60) | It appears in fact that the rules for qualifying for the invoked reduced CIT rate for the Western Regions were highly volatile at the moment of the investment decision, as evidenced by the fact that its benefits were unexpectedly withdrawn to the EV battery industry that qualified for it in China in 2017 and 2018 without any official justification (see recital (25)). It would thus prima facie appear implausible to assume that Samsung SDI, instead of adopting a sound precautionary approach, instead chose to rely on an extension of such favourable tax treatment without any grounds for such reliance. |
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(60)

| (61) | Concerning the alternative possibility to benefit from a reduced CIT rate under the HNTE regime invoked by Samsung SDI, the Commission notes that — as it results from its internal analysis — Samsung SDI did not comply at the moment of the investment decision with two of its conditions (see footnote 26). Prima facie, it appears doubtful that Samsung SDI would have been prepared to fulfil the respective conditions, in particular the required transfer of intellectual property rights to a Chinese joint venture (see footnote 26), and the implementation of a major effort in research and development, exceeding 3 % of sales. |
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(61)

| (62) | Finally, the Commission considers at this stage that, if Samsung SDI had seen in 2017 a realistic chance to benefit from a continued tax reduction, it would have probably pointed out the significant effect of that reduction in quantitative terms in the NPV comparisons between the alternative investment locations. |
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(62)

3.3.   Discrete and probabilistic approach for plausible viability gap calculations

| (63) | Hungary argues that that even if it were to admit — as the Commission suggests in the Opening Decision — that local sourcing was not credible at all in either investment scenario, a recalculation of the viability gap on the basis of either a Chinese grant of [15-20] %, or a CIT rate of 15 % in China, would result in an NPV viability gap comparable to the original one of EUR 173 million. With regard to the above, the Commission evokes the doubts it already raised in sections 3.2.1 and 3.2.2 regarding both invoked public support measures in China. |
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(63)

| (64) | Hungary and Samsung SDI equally argue that a recalculated viability gap based on [25-30] to [31-35] % local sourcing in China and 0 % local sourcing in Hungary would result in a viability gap of EUR [80-85] to [105-110]. The gap based on [31-35] % local sourcing in China, although smaller than the original one, would nevertheless remain higher than the aid proposed by the Hungarian authorities, which means that its incentive effect would be maintained. The Commission notes however that a recalculated gap based on the lower bound of the [25-30] % local sourcing estimation in China (i.e. [25-30] %) would lead to an updated NPV gap of EUR [80-85] which is lower than the proposed aid (i.e. EUR 108 in present value, see recital (26) of the Opening Decision, which means the respective aid is not proportionate, as it would not be limited to the minimum required to compensate for the net disadvantage of Hungary (see recital (145) of the Opening Decision). The Commission also points to the doubts entertained in relation to the [25-30] to [31-35] % local sourcing hypothesis in China and described in section 3.1. |
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(64)

| (65) | Finally, Samsung SDI submits three probabilistic approaches (see recital (34)) for the recalculation of the NPV viability gap in which it assigns probability estimates of 100 % to the revised local sourcing of [25-30] % in China and probability estimates of 25 % and 0 % (in the first scenario), 0 % and 25 % (in the second scenario) and 25 % and 25 % (in the third scenario) to the other two invoked factors, namely the [15-20] % Chinese grant and the reduced CIT rate in China. All three approaches result in a recalculated NPV gap similar to the one originally submitted by Hungary. |
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(65)

| (66) | The Commission notes that a probabilistic approach to calculating the NPV viability gap does not appear to be compatible with Samsung SDI 2016 Guidelines on Facility Investment, which contain guidance for the decision-making process concerning investments in new plants or for the expansion of existing plants in excess of KRW [...] billion (app. EUR [...] million). Samsung did not provide any contemporary internal documents on the location choice that would support this weighing approach. In addition, the value of the proposed probability factors appears at this stage arbitrary and has not been substantiated by the beneficiary. |
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(66)

3.3.4.   Additional potential locations in the EEA

| (67) | From the documents submitted by Samsung SDI in response to the Opening Decision, it was revealed that the location search for the investment project had not only included Samsung SDI’s existing three battery cell plants in China, South Korea, and Hungary (as claimed during the preliminary assessment phase), but that also other greenfield investment sites had been considered in China, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and the Czech Republic. Samsung SDI explains that these other possibilities were excluded at an early stage in the decision-making process and refers to an internal document in support of this fact that had not been shared with the Commission before the adoption of the Opening Decision (see recital (36)). |
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(67)

| (68) | The Commission notes that the newly submitted information shows however that greenfield investments had been considered in the EEA (Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic (45) in a rather late stage of the decision making process (i.e. on 21 September 2017). In particular, the report presented during that meeting shows that several sites were assessed using a quantitative evaluation (taking into account investment costs, total estimated operating costs for 2022, and the time required to complete the investment) and a qualitative evaluation (taking into account ‘labor environment, industrial infrastructure, State aid, others’). While the Czech and Slovak greenfield sites (and a second Hungarian greenfield site) were excluded after these evaluations, the possible greenfield site in Poland (Środa) appears to have been retained in a first stage (together with the Hungarian existing site in Göd and the existing Chinese site in Xi’an). |
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(68)

| (69) | It appears that the Polish location was not assessed under the next step i.e. a ‘detailed analysis of the final candidates’ involving a profit and loss simulation, timeline simulation and the potential for expansion, but it is not clear exactly on what basis it was dismissed. It is thus necessary to precisely determine at which stage and for which reasons the alternative locations in Poland (Środa) was discarded and to which extent it could have constituted a credible alternative location for the investment. |
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(69)

| (70) | In recital (175) of the Opening Decision, the Commission noted — on the basis of the information available to it at the time when that decision was adopted — that Hungary considered the Chinese location (existing site in Xi’an) as constituting the counterfactual scenario for the purpose of the compatibility assessment and that no other area in the EEA was considered as a feasible location, so that no ‘counter-cohesion effect’ could occur. In recital (39) of the Opening Decision, the Commission noted that the aid beneficiary excluded from the outset (this does not appear to be confirmed however by the 21 September 2017 report) a greenfield investment due to time constraints. |
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(70)

| (71) | The Commission recalls in this context that in accordance with paragraph 121 of the RAG, where without State aid the investment at hand would have been located in a region in the EEA with a regional aid intensity which is higher or the same as that of the target region, such circumstance would constitute a negative effect that is unlikely to be compensated by any positive effect because it would run counter to the very rationale of regional aid (46). |
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(71)

| (72) | Accordingly, the Commission at this stage cannot exclude that aid to the Hungarian site, eligible for regional aid pursuant to Article 107(3)(c) TFEU might have had a counter-cohesion effect by attracting investments away from a less-developed Polish region, eligible for regional aid pursuant to Article 107(3)(a) TFEU. |
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(72)

4.   CONCLUSION

| (73) | For the reasons set out above, in addition to the doubts raised in the Opening Decision, the Commission, after a preliminary assessment of the new information submitted by the beneficiary and the Hungarian authorities, is therefore of the preliminary view that the regional aid was not crucial for a positive location decision in favour of Hungary and raises doubts on the incentive effect of the aid and on the credibility of the counterfactual investment scenario. More specifically, the Commission has doubts about the credibility of the [25-30] % to [31-35] % local sourcing hypothesis in China, the sourcing and investment costs assumptions in Hungary considering that alleged availability of significantly cheaper equipment from Chinese producers, the correct application and the size of the mark-up in the Hungarian scenario, the credibility of the counterfactual investment scenario in Xi’an in light of the regionalised investment strategies likely applied by the beneficiary, the credibility of the public support measures invoked by the beneficiary in China, as well as regards the acceptability of the probabilistic approach in the recalculation of the viability gap. In addition, the Commission considers that it cannot be excluded that the aid may have a counter-cohesion effect by attracting investments away from a less developed Polish region. |
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(73)

| (74) | Consequently, the Commission extends the procedure laid down in Article 108(2) of the TFEU to cover the elements summarised in recital (73). The extension will give the opportunity to third parties whose interests may be affected by the granting of the aid to provide comments in light of the new information provided by Hungary and Samsung SDI after the adoption of the Opening Decision. In light of both the information submitted by the Member State concerned and that provided by third parties, the Commission will assess the measure and will take its final decision. |
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(74)

| (75) | In the light of the foregoing considerations, the Commission, acting under the procedure laid down in Article 108(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, requests Hungary to submit its comments on the additional doubts raised by the Commission in the present decision and to provide all such information as may help to assess the measure, within one month of the date of receipt of this letter. It requests the Hungarian authorities to forward a copy of this letter to the potential recipient of the aid without delay. |
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(75)

| (76) | The Commission wishes to remind Hungary that Article 108(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union has suspensory effect, and would draw your attention to Article 16 of Council Regulation (EU) 2015/1589, which provides that all unlawful aid may be recovered from the recipient. |
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(76)

| (77) | The Commission warns Hungary that it will inform interested parties by publishing this letter and a meaningful summary of it in the Official Journal of the European Union. It will also inform interested parties in the EFTA countries which are signatories to the EEA Agreement, by publication of a notice in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union and will inform the EFTA Surveillance Authority by sending a copy of this letter. All such interested parties will be invited to submit their comments within one month of the date of such publication. |
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(77)

| (78) | Finally, the Commission notes that Hungary exceptionally agreed to have the present decision adopted in the English language. |
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(78)

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(1)  Državna potpora – Mađarska – Državna potpora SA.48556 (2019/C) (ex 2018/N) – Regionalne potpore za ulaganje u društvo Samsung SDI – Poziv na podnošenje primjedaba na temelju članka 108. stavka 2. Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije (SL C 112, 3.4.2020., str. 12.).

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(*1)  Povjerljive informacije.

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Povjerljive informacije.

(2)  OJ C 112, 27.3.2020, p. 12.

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(3)  The ‘local sourcing policy’ required the company to buy from local sources the equipment and machinery and the other inputs necessary for the investment.

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(4)  OJ C 209, 23.7.2013, p. 1.

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(*2)  Confidential information.

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Confidential information.

(5)  In these calculations, Samsung SDI outlined the machinery and equipment actually supplied by Korean producers for the investment in Göd (Hungary) up to September 2020. For each machinery/equipment it identifies a Korean supplier and the actual price paid by Samsung SDI. Then, for the same machinery/equipment, Samsung SDI identifies corresponding Chinese suppliers which it considers would have been able to provide comparable machinery/equipment if the investment would have been located in Xi’an. The price Samsung SDI estimates it would have paid to these Chinese suppliers is not based on actual price offers but on the rough estimation that that price would have been about [70-75] % of the price actually paid to the Korean suppliers in Göd, Hungary. Samsung SDI explains that this coefficient reflects the assumptions underlying the counterfactual analysis, which used the indexes calculated on the basis of a market report (see recital (43) of the Opening Decision). Samsung SDI’s assumption is that, if the investment would have been located in Xi’an, Samsung SDI would have indeed sourced from these identified Chinese suppliers, and not from elsewhere.

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(6)  In Samsung SDI’s comments of 3 May 2020 to the Opening Decision, a range of [25-30] % to [30-40] % was considered realistic. Upon questioning by the Commission, the upper bound of the range was corrected by Samsung SDI and Hungary, on 3 November 2020, to [31-35] % .

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(7)  Samsung SDI’s Tianjin plant is in operation since 1996 and manufactures cylindrical batteries for mobile devices.

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(8)  See footnote 7.

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(9)  The Hungarian authorities argue that this translation provided by the aid beneficiary is imprecise: “up to” should be replaced by “of”.

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(10)  A third option, i.e. ‘Construction by [...]’ is described in the document but this is not retained as a relevant by Samsung SDI in a Directors’ meeting to discuss the ‘incentive negotiation result’ on 3 March 2017.

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(11)  The “past MoU” refers to an investment agreement between Samsung SDI and the Gaoxin local government, according to which Samsung’s Joint Venture in Xi’an (Samsung SDI-ARN Power Battery Co. Ltd.) had benefited from a [25-30] % subsidy for its first (2014) investment in Xi’an (please see also recital (39) and footnote 13 of the Opening Decision).

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(12)  An internal document of 5 January 2017 entitled ‘Xi’an Plant #2 Investment Plan’, the minutes of a 9/10 January 2017 business trip to China where Samsung representatives aimed to ‘persuade partners regarding Xi’an Plant 2 investment and to negotiate incentives’,

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(13)  According to the 21 September 2017 report ‘New investment review for EU/[...]’

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(14)  The report is contained in an email of 21 July 2017 sent by a Samsung SDI employee to its colleagues in Samsung’s headquarters to brief them on the results of a meeting with the Deputy Director of the Chinese aid grantor on 20 July 2017.

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(15)  According to article 2 of the Support Policy annexed to the Memorandum of Understanding between the Xi’an Hi-tech Industries Development Zone (referred to as ‘A’) and Samsung Huaxin (Xi’an) Power Battery Co., Ltd.(referred to as ‘B’), ‘Xi'an Hi-tech Zone grants a specialized fund, equivalent to [25-30] % of the total investment of the PJT [i.e. Samsung SDI’s automotive power battery project], to enterprises that satisfy the requirements. A makes the payment at the same rate as the rate of investment by B. [...]. If the PJT Company increases investment, this fund will increase at the same ratio. [...]’.

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‘Xi'an Hi-tech Zone grants a specialized fund, equivalent to [25-30] % of the total investment of the PJT

, to enterprises that satisfy the requirements. A makes the payment at the same rate as the rate of investment by B. [...]. If the PJT Company increases investment, this fund will increase at the same ratio. [...]’.

(16)  European Union /[...].

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(17)  Energy Storage Systems.

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(18)  The Commission notes that by that time the protectionist measures referred to in recital (18)(c) had been lifted.

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(19)  Promising to grant a subsidy of [25-30] % of the investment costs and to build the required [...].

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(20)  Online press report of 10 December 2018 (National Business Daily) titled ‘Samsung begins construction of second-phase power battery project in Xi'an’ available at: http://m.nbdpress.com/articles/2018-12-10/5778.html

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(21)  Online press report of 11 December 2018 (Yicai Global) titled ‘Samsung Unit to Invest USD1.5 Billion, Restart Xi'an Power Battery Project’, available at: https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/samsung-unit-to-invest-usd15-billion-restart-xian-power-battery-project-

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(22)  Where Xi’an is located.

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(23)  As documented in a Samsung SDI internal report dated 5 June 2017 and titled ‘Discussion on responding to revision on China’s Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries’

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Discussion on responding to revision on China’s Catalogue for the Guidance of Foreign Investment Industries

(24)  Notice of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation on Revising and Issuing the Measures for the Administration of the Certification of High-tech Enterprises (2016).

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(25)  Linked, among other things, to the number and share of employees working on research and development, costs of research and development activities, ownership of intellectual property rights.

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(26)  Namely: [...].

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(27)  In support of this statement Samsung SDI submits documentary evidence in the form of a report titled ‘Review for new production investment to EU&[...]’, dated 21 September 2017, and the minutes of the respective meeting.

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(28)  The meeting was attended by a number of senior Samsung SDI managers, including Samsung SDI’s Chief Financial Officer, an executive vice president, a senior vice president and five vice-presidents. Its purpose, as suggested by the title of the report, was to discuss ‘New investment review for EU/[...]’.

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(29)  A report titled ‘Review for new production investment to EU&[...]’, dated 21 September 2017 and presented in a meeting attended by several Samsung SDI Managers and its Chief Financial Officer, as well as the minutes of the respective meeting.

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(30)  A quarter of the new capacity to be created by the investment targets sales on the [...] market (see recital (9) of the Opening Decision).

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(31)  The former was designated in accordance with Article 107(3)(a) TFEU while the latter: in accordance with Article 107(3)(c) TFEU.

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(32)  Mobile phones, laptops, tablets, wearable devices, scooters, power tools, etc.

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(33)  The local sourcing rates of [10-15] to [25-30] % in Tianjin are based on investments that are more than 10 times smaller than the size of the investment in equipment envisaged in Xi’an.

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(34)  Specifically, the Hungarian authorities explained that in January 2017, Samsung’s production engineers and purchasing staff had technical meetings with five Chinese companies producers of equipment related to winding, coater/press, welding and charge/discharge. Their conclusion was that, while they had made significant technical improvements compared to 2014/2015 ‘... further developments were required to satisfy the requirements in automation/quality and precision. For example, [...]’

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further developments were required to satisfy the requirements in automation/quality and precision. For example, [...]’

(35)  The sample consists of the equipment that was put in place in Hungary between the start of the investment project (scheduled for December 2017 (see recital (11) of the Opening Decision)) and September 2020.

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(36)  According to the information provided by the Hungarian authorities in the notification, approximately [40-50] % of the investment costs were assigned to phase 1, and the remaining [50-60] % to phase 2.

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(37)  See section 2.3.1 of the Opening Decision which describes the highly innovative character of the investment as well as Table 1 which describes the breakdown into phases of the investment.

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(38)  The aid offer refers only to ‘Samsung Huanxin Power Battery's project to build a 2nd plant’ and does not include any other information regarding the characteristics of the investment.

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Samsung Huanxin Power Battery's project to build a 2nd plant

(39)  Samsung SDI’s presence in Hungary at the time consisted of its initial battery cell manufacturing facility, with a very limited production capacity, which was not yet operational at that time.

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(40)  I.e. an email of 21 July 2017 referred to in recital (18)(c).

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(41)  According to press reports (LG Chem, Samsung SDI gain access to China's EV market, dated 10 April 2019, available at: https://www.argusmedia.com/en/news/1882342-lg-chem-samsung-sdi-gain-access-to-chinas-ev-market; and Samsung SDI to invest $1.15 bn to expand battery facility in China, dated 12 December 2018, available at: https://pulsenews.co.kr/view.php?year=2018&no=776192), Samsung SDI made informal announcements in December 2018 (when it was still discussing investment details) of plans to ramp-up Chinese battery production in Xi’an.

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(42)  That ‘white list’ included South Korean producers such as Samsung SDI, LG Chem or a venture between SK Innovation and China’s BAIC Group.

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(43)  On line press report of 28 June 2019 (Neware battery testing system expert) titled ‘China’s “white list” of power battery companies abolished’, available at: https://newarebattery.com/chinas-white-list-of-power-battery-companies-abolished/

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(44)  On line press report of 1 July 2019 (Roskill) titled ‘Batteries: China opens its battery market to foreign companies’, available at: https://roskill.com/news/china-opens-its-battery-market-to-foreign-companies/

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(45)  Member States in which regions are mostly eligible for regional aid pursuant to Article 107(3)(a) TFEU i.e. in which regions are more disadvantaged (with higher or similar aid intensity) than the chosen Hungarian c-region.

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(46)  See also paragraph 117 of the Communication from the Commission Guidelines on regional State aid 2021 (OJ C 153, 29.4.2021, p. 1).

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Ispravci

| 18.2.2022 | HR | Službeni list Europske unije | C 82/36 |
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18.2.2022

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Službeni list Europske unije

C 82/36

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Ispravak Odobrenja državne potpore u skladu s člancima 107. i 108. Ugovora o funkcioniranju Europske unije (UFEU) – Slučajevi u kojima Komisija nema primjedbi

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  Službeni list Europske unije C 500od 10. prosinca 2021.
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(2022/C 82/04)

Objava državne potpore broj SA.60655 (2020/N) na stranici 2. smatra se ništavom.

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