Authorization for State aid pursuant to Articles 92 and 93 of the EC Treaty Cases where the Commission raises no objections



Official Journal C 291 , 04/10/1996 P. 0004 - 0007



Authorization for State aid pursuant to Articles 92 and 93 of the EC Treaty Cases where the Commission raises no objections (96/C 291/03) (Text with EEA relevance) Date of adoption: 30. 4. 1996 Member State: Germany (Assisted regions) Aid No: N 531/95 Title: 24th outline plan for the joint Federal Government - Länder scheme for improving regional economic structures Objective: Regional development Legal basis: Gemeinschaftsaufgabengesetz, 24. Rahmenplan Budget: DM 11 370 million in 1995; DM 36 836 million for the period 1995 to 1999 Aid intensity: Western Germany: 18 % (gross) (SMEs: 28 % gross); New Länder: 35 % (gross) (SMEs: 50 % gross) Duration: 1995 to 1999 Conditions: Annual report Date of adoption: 12. 6. 1996 Member State: Germany (Assisted regions of west Berlin) Aid No: N 530/95 Title: Increase in the aid intensities under the joint Federal Government/Länder scheme for improving regional economic structures in west Berlin Objective: Regional development Legal basis: Gemeinschaftsaufgabengesetz, 24. Rahmenplan Budget: Not applicable Aid intensity: Large enterprises: 35 % gross, 22,6 % net; SMEs: 45 % gross, 29,1 % net Duration: 4. 5. 1995 to 31. 12. 1996 (validity of the map of assisted regions in Germany) Conditions: Annual report Date of adoption: 12. 6. 1996 Member State: Germany (Land of Brandenburg) Aid No: NN 191/95 Title: Guidelines of the Land of Brandenburg for aid to restrict CO2 emissions in the energy sector Objective: Environmental protection Legal basis: Richtlinie über die Gewährung von Finanzhilfen des Ministeriums für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Raumordnung des Landes Brandenburg Budget: DM 13,5 million (ECU 6,8 million) Aid intensity: - 35 % gross: large enterprises - 50 % gross: SMEs Duration: 1995 Date of adoption: 3. 7. 1996 Member State: Italy Aid No: NN 128/94 Title: Aid for research connected with aquaculture Objective: To provide for premiums to assist in the purchase of laboratory equipment for analyses and research in the aquaculture field Legal basis: Legge regionale 20 luglio 1967 'Provvedimenti per lo sviluppo del patrimonio zootecnico e per la valorizzazione della produzione animale nella regione` Aid intensity: Undetermined Date of adoption: 3. 7. 1996 Member State: Germany (Land of Brandenburg) Aid No: N 146/96 Title: Measures by the Land of Brandenburg to limit CO2 emissions (1996/97) Objective: Environmental protection Legal basis: Richtlinie über die Gewährung von Finanzhilfen des Ministeriums für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Raumordnung des Landes Brandenburg für Vorhaben des Immissionsschutzes und zur Begrenzung energiebedingter Umweltbelastungen Budget: DM 15,5 million (ECU 7,4 million) Aid intensity: - Grants (gross cumulative ceilings): - SMEs: 50 % - large enterprises: 35 % - municipalities: 80 % - Subsidized loans: intensity of 32,7 % Duration: 1996 to 1997 Conditions: Annual report Date of adoption: 3. 7. 1996 Member State: Spain (Asturias) Aid No: N 229/96 Title: Investment aid scheme Objective: Regional development Legal basis: Proyecto de decreto de apoyo financiero a las empresas Budget: Joint budget for aid schemes N 229/96, N 230/96 and N 231/96: - 1996: Pta 400 million (approximately ECU 2,52 million) - 1997: Pta 600 million (approximately ECU 3,78 million) - 1998: Pta 800 million (approximately ECU 5,05 million) Aid intensity: 7,6 % gge Duration: 1996 to 1998 Date of adoption: 3. 7. 1996 Member State: Spain (Asturias) Aid No: N 230/96 Title: Aid scheme for liability refinancing Objective: Regional development Legal basis: Proyecto de decreto de apoyo financiero a las empresas Budget: Joint budget for aid schemes N 229/96, N 230/96 and N 231/96: - 1996: Pta 400 million (approximately ECU 2,52 million) - 1997: Pta 600 million (approximately ECU 3,78 million) - 1998: Pta 800 million (approximately ECU 5,05 million) Duration: 1996 to 1998 Date of adoption: 3. 7. 1996 Member State: Spain (Asturias) Aid No: N 231/96 Title: Business development aid scheme Objective: Regional development Legal basis: Proyecto de decreto de apoyo financiero a las empresas Budget: Joint budget for aid schemes N 229/96, N 230/96 and N 231/96: - 1996: Pta 400 million (approximately ECU 2,52 million) - 1997: Pta 600 million (approximately ECU 3,78 million) - 1998: Pta 800 million (approximately ECU 5,05 million) Duration: 1996 to 1998 Date of adoption: 3. 7. 1996 Member State: Germany (Land of Brandenburg) Aid No: N 396/96 Title: Guidelines of the Land of Brandenburg to assist SMEs in recruiting innovation assistants and to promote transfers of know-how Objective: To foster innovation among SMEs Legal basis: Richtlinie des Ministeriums für Wirtschaft, Mittelstand und Technologie über die Gewährung von Zuschüsssen an KMU im Land Brandenburg zur Beschäftigung von Innovationsassistenten und zur Förderung des Wissenstransfers Budget: DM 8 million (ECU 4 million) Aid intensity: Maximum 50 % gross of eligible costs; Maximum ECU 200 000 per firm Duration: 1996 to 1998 Conditions: Annual report Date of adoption: 3. 7. 1996 Member State: Germany (Land of Brandenburg) Aid No: N 397/96 Title: Aid for technology and industrial development projects in the fields of product and process innovation Objective: Promotion of R& D measures for SMEs Legal basis: Richtlinie des Ministeriums für Wirtschaft, Mittelstand und Technologie zur Förderung von Technologie- und Entwicklungsvorhaben auf dem Gebiet der Produkt- und Verfahrensinnovation im Land Brandenburg Budget: DM 75 million (ECU 35 million) Aid intensity: - Maximum 75 % gross of eligible costs for industrial research; - Maximum 50 % gross of eligible costs for precompetitive development; - Maximum ECU 200 000 per firm Duration: 1996 to 1998 Conditions: Annual report Date of adoption: 9. 7. 1996 Member State: Germany (Land of Saarland) Aid No: N 352/96 Title: Measures to promote innovation among SMEs Objective: Regional development Legal basis: Richtlinien zur Gewährung von Zuwendungen zur Innovationsförderung von KMU Budget: Approximately DM 500 000 (ECU 250 000) per year Aid intensity: - 40 % gross for applied research for SMEs - 50 % gross for advisory services provided by outside consultants - 70 % gross for R& D in higher-education or public research establishments - Maximum DM 200 000 (ECU 100 000) per enterprise Duration: 1996 to 2000 Conditions: Annual report Date of adoption: 17. 7. 1996 Member State: France Aid No: N 53/96 Title: Aid scheme for the aeronautics sector Objective: Support for aeronautics research and development (airframes, aeroengines, avionics) Budget: Estimated ECU 196 million for 1996 Aid intensity: In conformity with the R& D framework Duration: 1996 to 2000 Conditions: - Annual report - Prior notification of individual research projects under the aid scheme, costing more than ECU 25 million and for which it is proposed to provide aid with a gross grant equivalent of more than ECU 5 million Date of adoption: 17. 7. 1996 Member State: Spain (Valencia) Aid No: N 359/96 Title: Measures to promote the collection and processing of toxic and dangerous household waste Objective: Environmental protection Legal basis: Proyecto de la Consellería de Agricultura y Medio Ambiente por el que se convocan subvenciones destinadas a actividades de gestión de residuos tóxicos y peligrosos Budget: Pta 30 million a year (approximately ECU 0,18 million a year) Aid intensity: (a) Collection: Pta 10 per kg (approximately ECU 0,06 per kg) for all types of waste, except packaging, for which the grant will amount to Pta 10 per dm³ (approximately ECU 0,06 per dm³) (b) Treatment - Pta 20 per kg (approximately ECU 0,12 per kg): medicines; - Pta 600 per kg (approximately ECU 3,71 per kg): button batteries; - Pta 100 per kg (approximately ECU 0,61 per kg): other batteries; - Pta 200 per kg (approximately ECU 1,23 per kg): fluorescent tubes, mercury bulbs; - Pta 20 per dm³ (ECU 0,12 per dm³): packaging Duration: Four years Date of adoption: 17. 7. 1996 Member State: Spain (Extremadura) Aid No: N 374/96 Title: Aid scheme to create stable jobs Objective: Creation of stable jobs Legal basis: Decreto por el que se establece un programa de subvenciones para el fomento de determinadas contrataciones indefinidas de trabajadores por las PYME, empresas de la economía social y otras entidades privadas de Extremadura Budget: Pta 5 700 million (approximately ECU 35,32 million) Aid intensity: - indefinite-duration contracts for the unemployed over 45: Pta 2,23 million per contract (approximately ECU 13 819 per contract) - indefinite-duration contracts for the unemployed under 45: Pta 1,773 million per contract (approximately ECU 10 987 per contract) - conversion of short-duration contracts into indefinite-duration contracts: Pta 0,683 million per contract (approximately ECU 4 226 per contract) Duration: 1996 to 1999 Date of adoption: 26. 7. 1996 Member State: Denmark Aid No: N 115/B/96 Title: Aid for the processing and marketing of fishery products Objective: To amend an existing law to permit the granting of aid for the marketing and promotion of fishery products Legal basis: Lov om ændring av lov om tilskud til produktudvikling af jordbrugs-, skovbrugs- og fiskeriprodukter Aid intensity: In accordance with the scales and rates of assistance laid down in the guidelines for the examination of State aid to fisheries and aquaculture and in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EEC) No 3699/93 Duration: Indefinite Conditions: The conditions laid down in the guidelines for the examination of State aid to fisheries and aquaculture Date of adoption: 30. 7. 1996 Member State: Germany (Land of Brandenburg) Aid No: NN 6/95 Title: Guarantee scheme of the Land of Brandenburg Objective: Regional development Legal basis: Runderlaß des Ministers für Finanzen vom 17. 5. 1994 Budget: 1995: DM 15 million (ECU 7,5 million) Aid intensity: Initial investment: 35 % net for large firms; 50 % net for SMEs Duration: 1995 to 1999 Conditions: Annual report Date of adoption: 30. 7. 1996 Member State: Spain (Canary Islands) Aid No: N 199/96 Title: Regional aid scheme to promote investment by SMEs Objective: Regional development Legal basis: Orden por la que se convoca concurso para la concesión de subvenciones a proyectos de desarrollo industrial y modernización tecnológica Budget: Pta 500 million (ECU 3,13 million) Aid intensity: 50 % gge Duration: 1996 to 1997 Date of adoption: 26. 8. 1996 Member State: Spain (Basque Country) Aid No: N 474/96 Title: Structural measures for fisheries and aquaculture (Basque Country) Objective: To improve structures in the fisheries and aquaculture sector in the Basque Country Legal basis: Decreto por el que se definen los criterios y condiciones de las intervenciones comunitarias con finalidad estructural en el sector de la pesca y de la acuicultura Budget: Undetermined Aid intensity: According to the scales and participation rates set out in Annex IV to Council Regulation (EC) No 3699/93 Duration: Undetermined Date of adoption: 5. 9. 1996 Member State: Italy (Sicily) Aid No: N 194/96 Title: Law No 25/94: measures to promote farm-based tourism Objective: To promote farm-tourism infrastructures Legal basis: Legge regionale 25/94 - Norme sull'agriturismo Budget: Lit 36 billion (approximately ECU 18 million) Aid intensity: Maximum 50 % (gross) Duration: Until 31. 12. 1996