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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2004/C 16/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.12.2003

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 464/03

Title: Company Neutral revenue Support Scheme (CNRS)

Objective: Support of the movement of intermodal containers by rail

Legal basis: Transport Act 2000, Section 211

Budget: EUR 32 million in 2004/05, EUR 33 million in 2005/06; EUR 34 million in 2006/07

Duration: 3 years

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

http://europa.eu.int/comm/ secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Date of adoption of the decision: 10.12.2003

Member State: France

Aid No: N 84/03

Title: Aid from ADEME for research and development

Objective: Financing of R& D projects concerning energy, pollution, waste management and sound prevention

Legal basis: Délibération du Conseil d'administration n° 02-7-9 du 12 décembre 2002 intitulée "systèmes d'aides à la recherche et au développement"

Budget: Between EUR 50 million to EUR 60 million a year

Aid intensity or amount: - 100 % for R& D projects by non-profit public research institutes,

- 50 % for industrial research projects and 25 % for pre-competitive development activities

Bonuses for SMEs (10 percentage points), projects in assisted regions (10 percentage points in (a) regions and 5 percentage points in (b) regions) and projects involving cross-border collaboration

Duration: Until 31 December 2005

Other information: France undertakes to submit an annual report

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

http://europa.eu.int/comm/ secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid

(2004/C 28/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XT 22/03

Member State: United Kingdom

Region: West Midlands

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Staffordshire Basic Skills Employment Training Pilot

Legal basis: Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company:

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The scheme will support SMEs which meet the EC definition of an SME

Maximum aid intensity: Project funding of up to 70 % will be provided outside assisted areas to support general training for SMEs. An additional 5 % will be granted in Article 87(3)(c) areas

Date of implementation: March 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Three years

Objective of aid: Basic skills, literacy and numeracy training for employees of SMEs in Coventry and Warwickshire

Economic sector(s) concerned: All

Name and address of the granting authority: Mark Eaves Advantage West Midlands 3 Priestly Wharf

Holt Street

Birmingham B7 4BN United Kingdom

Aid No: XT 27/03

Member State: Germany

Region: Bavaria

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Redipro gemeinnützige GmbH Schwandorf

Legal basis: Bayerische Haushaltsordnung (BayHO)

VO (EG) Nr. 1784/1999

EPPD zu Ziel 3

Ergänzendes Programmplanungsdokument Ziel 3

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Total eligible costs: EUR 651591

ESF: EUR 281736

Maximum aid intensity: 80 %

Date of implementation: May 2003

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Last payment expected to be in November 2005

Project duration: 1 June 2003 to 31 May 2005

Objective of aid: This is a general training measure for unemployed mentally ill and mentally handicapped persons with a view to placement on the general labour market. The aim is to provide skills in metal working and electrical work. The measure will help to provide transferable skills which will significantly improve the placement potential of the participants. The measure is based on the framework plan for general vocational skill acquisition measures for the handicapped and mentally ill in Bavarian integration firms/self-help firms of 18 July 2001

Economic sector(s) concerned: Other services

Name and address of the granting authority: Regierung der Oberpfalz Integrationsamt D - 93039 Regensburg
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2004/C 24/06)

Date of adoption of the decision: 3.12.2003

Member State: Austria (Steiermark)

Aid No: N 204/03

Title: Directive on measures to combat fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) and to compensate related losses in commercial fruit growing

Objective: Prevention of fire blight. Where the authorities have imposed clearing of the orchard affected by fire blight the fruit growing enterprise can apply for compensation for losses if it proves that the clearing has taken place as ordered. Furthermore, the enterprise has to enter into an obligation to restore the fruit growing area to production by 30th April of the second year following the clearing.

The losses of the fruit growing enterprise will be individually calculated by the Styrian plant protection authority (Amtlicher Pflanzenschutzdienst Steiermark). The following losses are eligible: (1) the loss of income in the year the clearing takes place; (2) the replanting costs; (3) the loss of income in the years following replanting; (4) the clearing costs.

The aid is 30 % of the above losses and clearing costs. The aid may not be combined with any other aid

Legal basis: Richtlinie über Bekämpfungsmaßnahmen und die Schadensabgeltung bei Feuerbrand im Erwerbsobstbau

Budget: Not yet known, because no cases of fire blight have been reported so far in Steiermark

Aid intensity or amount: 30 % of the eligible costs

Duration: Unlimited

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

http://europa.eu.int/comm/ secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids
Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive 96/48/EC (Text with EEA relevance)



Official Journal C 039 , 13/02/2004 P. 0007 - 0007



Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive 96/48/EC (2004/C 39/07) (Text with EEA relevance) (Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the Directive) >TABLE> Note 1: Generally the date of cessation of presumption of conformity will be the date of withdrawal ("dow"), set by the European Standardisation Organisation, but attention of users of these standards is drawn to the fact that in certain exceptional cases this can be otherwise.
Commission notification on the issuing of licences to railway undertakings

(2004/C 55/03)

Under Article 11(8) of Council Directive 95/18/EC of 19 June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakings the Commission is obliged to inform the Member States of the situation regarding licences. The main aspects of the licence issued by the office mentioned under point 2 are set out below.

1. Name and address of the railway undertaking IKEA Rail AB Box 228 S - 260 35 Ödåkra

2. Issuing office Järnvägsinspektionen Box 858 S - 781 28 Borlänge

3. Date of the decision 19 January 2004

First issued [square ]

Suspended [square ]

Revoked

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Amended [square ]

4. Licence No J 01-680/TR10

5. Terms and conditions None

6. Observations regarding suspensions, revocations or amendments The licence was withdrawn at the request of the undertaking (Decision J 03-1712/TR10) on 19 January 2004

7. Other observations None

8. Person to contact at the issuing office Ulrik Bergman

Järnvägsinpektionen

Box 858 S - 781 28 Borlänge Tel. (46) 243 44 60 16 Fax (46) 243 44 60 05 E-mail: registrator@jarnvagsinsp.se
Notice to importers

Imports into the Community of textile and clothing products after 1 May 2004 following the Enlargement

(2004/C 68/08)

By the present notice, Community operators are informed that from 1 May 2004, the new Member States, namely Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia, will apply the EU Commercial Policy, including the quota and surveillance regime on imports of textile and clothing products from certain third countries.

To this end, the Community is publishing in the Official Journal of the European Union a new regulation as an amendment to Council Regulation (EC) No 3030/93(1) with the quota levels applicable as from 1 May 2004. Shipments of textile and clothing products into the enlarged European Union released for free circulation as from 1 May 2004 shall comply with the quota and surveillance management system under the provisions of Council Regulation (EC) 3030/93.

The release for free circulation in one of the new Member States acceding to the European Communities on 1 May 2004, of textile and clothing products, which are subject to quantitative limits or to surveillance in the Community and which have been shipped from the supplier countries to the new Member States before 1 May 2004 and enter the new Member States on or after 1 May 2004 shall be subject to presentation of an import authorisation containing the elements prescribed in Annex III of Council Regulation 3030/93 (surveillance document). Such import authorisation will be granted automatically and without EU quantitative limitation by the competent authorities of the new Member State concerned, upon adequate proof, such as the bill of lading, that the products have been shipped before 1 May 2004. Such import authorisation shall be communicated to the Commission by the competent authorities of the new Member State concerned.

The release for free circulation in one of the new Member States acceding to the European Communities on 1 May 2004, of textile products, which are subject to quantitative limits in the Community, and shipped outside one of the new Member States before 1 May 2004 for the purpose of outward processing traffic and destined to be re-imported in the same new Member State on or after 1 May 2004, shall not be subject to Community quantitative limits or import authorisation requirements, upon adequate proof, such as the export declaration, that the products have been shipped out of the new Member States before 1 May 2004 for the purpose of processing and subsequent re-importation into the same Member State. The competent authorities of the Member State concerned shall provide information on those imports to the Commission.

An updated list of competent national authorities, including those in the new Member States, is published separately on the same day as this Notice in the C Series of the Official Journal of the European Union.

(1) Council Regulation (EC) No 487/2004 (OJ L 79, 17.3.2004, p. 1).
Uniform application of the Combined Nomenclature (CN)

(Classification of goods)

(2004/C 65/04)

Explanatory notes adopted in accordance with the procedure defined in Article 10(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff(1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2344/2003(2)

The Explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities(3) shall be amended as follows:

On page 356 the following text is inserted:

" 9506 99 90 Other

This subheading includes 'frisbees' whether for use by children or adults."

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 38.

(3) OJ C 256, 23.10.2002, p. 1.
Commission notification on the issuing of licences to railway undertakings

(2004/C 78/14)

Under Article 11(8) of Council Directive 95/18/EC of 19 June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakings the Commission is obliged to inform the Member States of the situation regarding licences. The main aspects of the licence issued by the office mentioned under point 2 are set out below.

1. Name and address of the railway undertaking Hanseatic Rail AG Ötztaler Straße 5 D - 13187 Berlin.

2. Issuing office Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung Am Köllnischen Park 3 D - 10179 Berlin.

3. Date of the decision 8.1.2004.

First issued

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Suspended [square ]

Revoked [square ]

Amended [square ]

4. Licence No VII F 311.

5. Terms and conditions For the provision of transport services for passengers and goods.

The licence is valid until 8.1.2019.

6. Observations regarding suspensions, revocations or amendments -

7. Other observations -

8. Person to contact at the issuing office (Name, telephone and fax number, e-mail address)

Herr Heinemann Senatsverwaltung für Stadtentwicklung Am Köllnischen Park 3 D - 10179 Berlin Tel. (49) 30 90 25 15 11 Fax (49) 30 90 25 16 70 E-mail: klaus.heinemann@senstadt.verwalt-berlin.de
Commission notification on the issuing of licences to railway undertakings

(2004/C 78/12)

Under Article 11(8) of Council Directive 95/18/EC of 19 June 1995 on the licensing of railway undertakings the Commission is obliged to inform the Member States of the situation regarding licences. The main aspects of the licence issued by the office mentioned under point 2 are set out below.

1. Name and address of the railway undertaking Groß-Bieberau-Reinheimer Eisenbahn GmbH Lise-Meitner-Straße 35 D - 63457 Hanau.

2. Issuing office Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt (Hessen) D - 64278 Darmstadt.

3. Date of the decision 8.10.1996.

First issued

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Suspended [square ]

Revoked [square ]

Amended [square ]

4. Licence No III 33.1-66d 10.13.02.

5. Terms and conditions For the carriage of goods.

6. Observations regarding suspensions, revocations or amendments -

7. Other observations -

8. Person to contact at the issuing office (Name, telephone and fax number, e-mail address)

Herr Gerhard Regierungspräsidium Darmstadt (Hessen) D - 64278 Darmstadt Tel. (49) 61 51 12 50 53 Fax (49) 61 51 12 69 28 E-mail: k.gerhard@rpda.hessen.de
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(2004/C 79/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Aid No: XS 5/03

Member State: Italy

Region: Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving an individual aid: Measures to assist social cooperatives

Legal basis: Decreto del Presidente della Regione n. 0299 del 1o ottobre 2002 (capo III)

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company: Up to EUR 1000000

Maximum aid intensity: The gross intensity of the aid towards an investment may not exceed:

- 15 % in the case of small enterprises,

- 7,5 % in the case of medium-sized enterprises.

If the investment is in an area exempted under Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty, the intensity may not exceed 8 % net grant equivalent plus 10 % gross grant equivalent in the case of small enterprises, or 8 % net grant equivalent plus 6 % gross grant equivalent in the case of medium-sized enterprises. The gross intensity of the aid towards consultancy services may not exceed 50 % of the eligible cost

Date of implementation: 7 November 2002

Duration of scheme or individual aid award: Until 30 June 2007

Objective of aid: To facilitate development and innovation in social cooperatives carrying on economic activities aimed at providing employment for persons who are disadvantaged, endangered or marginalised

Economic sector(s) concerned: All sectors with the exception of activities linked to the production, processing or marketing of products listed in Annex I to the Treaty

Name and address of the granting authority: Amministrazione provinciale di Gorizia Corso Italia, 55 I - 34170 Gorizia Amministrazione provinciale di Pordenone Piazza Cardinal Costantini, 3 I - 33170 Pordenone Amministrazione provinciale di Trieste Piazza Vittorio Veneto, 4 I - 34132 Trieste Amministrazione provinciale di Udine Piazza Patriarcato I - 33100 Udine

Other information: The legal basis states that aid may be granted by any of the four provincial administrations in the Autonomous Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Imposition of a public service obligation pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 for scheduled air services within Germany

(2004/C 79/02)

1. Pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes, the German Government has decided to impose a public service obligation in respect of scheduled air services on the Rostock-Laage-Munich and Rostock-Laage-Cologne/Bonn routes with effect from 1 July 2004.

2. The public service obligation is as follows:

Frequency, flight times and slots

A regular air service providing two round trips to Munich and one round trip to Cologne/Bonn daily from Monday to Friday must be provided. Arrival times in Munich should be before 8.00 and at approximately 17.30; return flights to Rostock-Laage should depart before 9.00 and at approximately 18.30. The round trip from/to Cologne/Bonn should operate between 11.00 and 15.00. This requirement applies throughout the year, although a limited service can be provided between Christmas and the New Year. One daily round trip on each route is sufficient on Sundays and public holidays.

An application for the corresponding slots has been made to the competent authority in accordance with Article 9(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 95/93 of 18 January 1993.

Capacity

Aircraft having at least 30 passenger seats must be used for the flights involved.

Aircraft types

The aircraft type used should have a turboprop or jet engine and a pressurised cabin. Flights must be carried out in accordance with instrument flight rules.

Fares

The maximum basic fare for a single flight may not exceed EUR 250 (final consumer price) from Rostock-Laage to Munich and EUR 200 (final consumer price) from Rostock-Laage to Cologne/Bonn.

Reservations

It should be possible to book flights via at least one international reservation system (CRS) and on the Internet.

Continuity of air services

The number of flights cancelled for reasons that can be directly attributed to the air carrier may not exceed 2 % of the planned annual number of flights.

3. The attention of Community air carriers is drawn to the following: if on 1 June 2004 no air carrier has submitted to the Ministry of Economic Affairs of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania written proof of commencement of scheduled air services with effect from 1 July 2004 in accordance with the public service obligation imposed and without requesting compensation, Germany will, under the procedure laid down in Article 4(1)(d) of the abovementioned Regulation, limit access on one or both routes to a single air carrier and put out the right to operate such services from 1 July 2004 to public tender.

An invitation to tender for these services pursuant to Article 4(1)(d) will shortly be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Further information can be obtained from: Wirtschaftsministerium Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Johannes-Stelling-Straße 14 D - 19053 Schwerin Tel. (49-385) 588 55 10 Fax (49-385) 588 58 65
Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Council Directive 90/396/EEC of 29 June 1990 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to appliances burning gaseous fuels(1)

(2004/C 88/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of European harmonised standards under the Directive)

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NOTE:

- Any information concerning the availability of the standards can be obtained either from the European standardisation organisations or from the national standardisation bodies(2) of which the list is annexed to the European Parliament and Council Directive 98/34/EC(3) amended by the Directive 98/48/EC(4).

- Publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Union does not imply that the standards are available in all the Community languages.

- Further Harmonised Standards relating to appliances burning gaseous fuels have been published in previous editions of the Official Journal of the European Union. A complete updated list can be found on the Europa-Server in the Internet at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm /enterprise/newapproach /standardization/harmstds/reflist/appligas.html

(1) OJ L 196, 26.7.1990, p. 15.

(2) http://www.cenorm.be/aboutcen/ whatis/membership/members.htm

(3) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.

(4) OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18.
Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of Council Directive 90/385/EEC of 20 June 1990 in relation to "Active Implantable Medical Devices"(1), Council Directive 93/42/EEC of 14 June 1993 in relation to "Medical Devices"(2) and Directive 98/79/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 October 1998 on in vitro diagnostic medical devices(3)

(2004/C 83/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of European harmonised standards under the Directive)

>TABLE>

NOTE:

- Any information concerning the availability of the standards can be obtained either from the European standardisation organisations or from the national standardisation bodies of which the list is annexed to the European Parliament and Council Directive 98/34/EC(4) amended by the Directive 98/48/EC(5);

- Publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Union does not imply that the standards are available in all the Community languages.

- The Commission ensures the updating of this list.

(1) OJ L 189, 20.7.1990, p. 17.

(2) OJ L 169, 12.7.1993, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 331, 7.12.1998, p. 1.

(4) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.

(5) OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18.
Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2004/C 91/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.9.2003

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 151/03

Title: Business guarantee fund

Objective: To promote SME investment by providing guarantees

Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 1894 del 30.12.2002 in attuazione della Misura 2.3, azioni 2.3.2, 2.3.3, 2.3.4 del Docup Obiettivo 2 2000-2006

Budget: 12091000 EUR for the entire period

Aid intensity or amount: In line with the intensities applicable under Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

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

http://europa.eu.int/comm /secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids
52004XC0423(02)

List of COM documents other than legislative proposals adopted by the Commission from 5 January 2004 to 30 January 2004



Official Journal C 098 , 23/04/2004 P. 0002 - 0004