EN Official Journal of the European Union C 95/8

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 95/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Belgium — Flemish Region

Aid No: N 118/04

Title: Subsidies for feasibility studies for construction and environmental projects outside the EU.

Objective: Development

Legal basis:

Ontwerp van besluit van de Vlaamse regering tot toekenning van subsidies voor haalbaarheidsstudies met betrekking tot de bouw- en milieuprojecten in het buitenland met Vlaamse betrokkenheid

Budget: EUR 2 000 000 per year

Aid intensity: 50 % of the contractual costs of the feasibility study with a maximum aid amount of EUR 500 000

Duration: till 31 December 2010

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 172/03

Title: Employment aid

Objective: The aim of the scheme is to encourage the occupational integration of a specific category of disadvantaged workers.

Legal basis:

Lov nr. 419 af 10. juni 2003 om en aktiv beskæftigelsesindsats

Budget: The scheme has a budget of max. DKR 900 million per year, i.e. some EUR 120 million

The overall budget is estimated at max. DKR 3 500 million, i.e. some EUR 470 million

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum intensity: 50 % of wage costs for a period of one year starting from the date of recruitment

Duration:

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Date of decision:

Member State: Germany

No of the aid: N 212/2004

Title: ERDF Risk Capital Fund Berlin

Objective: The measure intends to address the lack of equity funding for SMEs in Berlin

Budget: approx. EUR 45 million (total volume of the fund)

Duration:

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 230/2004 and N 231/2004

Title: NanoNed: Nanotechnology network in the Netherlands (N 230/2004) — B-BASIC: Bio-Based Sustainable Industrial Chemicals (N 231/2004)

Objective: To promote national and international technological cooperation between enterprises and research centres in the field of nanotechnology and sustainable system innovations

Legal basis:

Besluit Subsidies Investeringen Kennisinfrastructuur (Bsik)

Budget: EUR 95 million for N 230/2004 (NanoNed)

Maximum EUR 25 million for N 231/2004 (B-BASIC)

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 50 %

Duration: Six years, starting from 1 January 2004

Other information: Annual report

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Date of decision:

Member State: Germany

No of the aid: N 266/2004

Title: ERDF Risk Capital Fund Thüringen

Objective: The measure intends to address the lack of equity funding for SMEs in Thüringen.

Budget: EUR 70 million (Total volume of the fund)

Duration:

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Date of decision:

Member State: Germany

No of the aid: N 550/2004

Title:

Innovationsassistentenförderung

Objective: The aid scheme aims at increasing the capacity to innovate and the competitiveness of SMEs or large enterprises up to 500 employees in Saxony by supporting the employment of highly qualified personal coming from universities (including ‘Fachhochschulen’) and research institutes for R&D projects.

Legal basis:

Förderrichtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Wirtschaft und Arbeit über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen zur Beschäftigung von Innovationsassistenten im Freistaat Sachsen

Budget: EUR 11,5 million

Duration: From 1 January 2005 until 31 December 2009 (5 years).

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 563/2004

Title: Canary Islands — Amendment of scheme N 708/98 — Operating aid (Zona Especial Canaria)

Objective: Regional aid. Change to the geographical area covered by scheme N 708/98

Legal basis:

Ley 19/1994, de 6 de julio; Real decreto-Ley 2/2000, de 23 de junio; proyecto de acuerdo del Consejo de Ministros

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

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Date of decision:

Member State: Portugal — Vila do Conde — Grande Porto

Aid No: N 615/2003

Title: Infineon Technologies, Portugal, S.A.

Legal basis: State aid scheme N 667/1999 (Commission letter SG(2000) D/106085, 8 August 2000)

Objective: Training aid — Semiconductors/DRAM

Aid amount: EUR 3 056 869 in GGE

Aid intensity: 46 % on average (60 % for general training and 35 % for specific training)

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Germany — Bremen

Aid No: NN 37/04

Title: Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven

Objective: Shipbuilding

Budget: EUR 10 million

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 8 million

Duration: 18 months

Other information: commitments by the Member State to provide the Commission with a report on operation

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

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member States: Germany, Spain and Greece

Aid No: NN 56/2003

Title: Measures in Germany, Spain and Greece based on Council Directive 90/684/EEC and its amending legislation

Objective: Capacity limitation of East German, Spanish and Greece shipyards (Shipbuilding)

Legal basis: Council Directive 90/684/EEC and its amending legislation

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

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