Official Journal of the European Union

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 396/01)

Date of adoption of the decision 23.9.2022 Aid number SA.62808 Member State Netherlands Region Netherlands Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) Remittance scheme to the equine sector following the legalisation of online gambling in the Netherlands Legal basis Wet op de kansspelen (WoK) Type of measure Scheme Kortebaanbond Stichting Nederlandse Draf- en Rensport Objective Sectorial development Form of aid Other Budget Intensity 100,0 % Duration From 23.9.2022 Economic sectors Gambling and betting activities Name and address of the granting authority Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid Postbus 20301, 2500 EH DEN HAAG Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision 23.9.2022 Aid number SA.62810 Member State Netherlands Region Netherlands Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) Transition subsidy for the equine sector following the legalisation of online gambling in the Netherlands Legal basis Law of 27 January 2021 amending the budget statements of the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (XVI) for the year 2020 (amendment related to the Autumn Memorandum) Type of measure Ad Hoc Case Stichting Nederlandse Draf- en Rensport (SNDR); Kortebaanbond (KBB) Objective Sectorial development Form of aid Direct grant Budget Overall budget: 3 200 000 EUR Annual budget: 3 200 000 EUR Intensity Duration Economic sectors Gambling and betting activities Name and address of the granting authority Ministerie van Justitie en Veiligheid Postbus 20301, 2500 EH DEN HAAG Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision 10.8.2022 Aid number SA.100960 Member State France Region France Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) Compensation de la mission d'aménagement du territoire en faveur de La Poste (SA.49469) — modifications des modalités de financement Legal basis loi no 90-568 du 2 juillet 1990 relative à l'organisation du service public de la poste et à France Télécom et contrat d'entreprise Etat / La Poste pour la période 2018 — 2022 Type of measure Ad Hoc Case La Poste SA Objective Services of general economic interest (SGEI) Form of aid Direct grant, Tax base reduction, Tax advantage or tax exemption Budget Overall budget: 903 000 000 EUR Annual budget: 185 000 000 EUR Intensity Duration 1.1.2018 — 31.12.2022 Economic sectors Postal and courier activities Name and address of the granting authority MEF (Direction Générale des Entreprises) — DGE DGE, 61 boulevard Vincent Auriol, 75703 PARIS Cedex 13 Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision 4.8.2022 Aid number SA.102799 Member State France Region Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) France COVID-19: Modifications to SA.62999 (2021/N) — COVID-19: Aid in the form of exemptions from social security contributions (‘Régime d'aides sous forme d'exonérations de cotisations sociales’) Legal basis Law no 2020-1576 of 14 December 2020, Law no 2022-46 of 22 January 2022, Decree no 2021-709 of 3 June 2021, Decree no 2021-1410 of 29 October 2021, Decree no 2021-1956 of 31 December 2021, Decree no 2022-170 of 11 February 2022 and Decree no 2022-806 of 13 May 2022. Type of measure Scheme Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Reduction of social security contributions Budget Overall budget: 500 000 000 EUR Intensity Duration Until 30.6.2022 Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority Ministry of Public Action and Accounts / Ministère des comptes publics 139 rue de Bercy, 75012 Paris Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision 12.9.2022 Aid number SA.102875 Member State Germany Region NIEDERSACHSEN Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) Niedersachsen: Förderrichtlinie über die Gewährung von Erschwernisausgleich für Wald in geschützten Teilen von Natur und Landschaft in Natura 2000-Gebieten (Erschwernisausgleichsverordnung-Wald — EA-VO-Wald) Legal basis (Entwurf Anlage 1:) Förderrichtlinie über die Gewährung von Erschwernisausgleich für Wald in geschützten Teilen von Natur und Landschaft in Natura 2000-Gebieten (Erschwernisausgleichsverordnung-Wald — EA-VO-Wald) Type of measure Scheme Objective Agriculture; Forestry; Rural areas, Aid for disadvantages related to Natura 2000 forest areas Form of aid Direct grant Budget Overall budget: 2 400 000 EUR Intensity Duration Until 31.12.2024 Economic sectors Forestry and logging Name and address of the granting authority Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen — Fachbereich Agrarförderung Mars-la-Tour-Straße 1-13, D-26121 Oldenburg Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision 23.9.2022 Aid number SA.103729 Member State Ireland Region Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) Prolongation of aid scheme for the Refund of Employers' Social Security Contributions in respect of Seafarers on certain vessels Legal basis The National legal basis of the scheme is Article 6 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014, which amended the primary legislation, the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005. The prolongation of the measure is enacted by Article 3 of the Social Welfare Regulations 2022, which amends Article 72A of the Social Welfare Regulation 1996, by substituting sub-article (2) of that Regulation. Type of measure Scheme Objective Sectorial development Form of aid Budget Overall budget: 4 200 000 EUR Annual budget: 700 000 EUR Intensity Duration 1.1.2023 — 31.12.2028 Economic sectors Water transport Name and address of the granting authority Maritime Transport Division, Department of Transport Leeson Lane, Dublin 2, D02 TR60 Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision 26.9.2022 Aid number SA.103842 Member State Belgium Region REGION WALLONNE Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) ‘Walloon schemes of temporary limited amounts of aid, public guarantees and subsidized loans for Walloon undertakings affected by the conflict in Ukraine’. Legal basis The Walloon Government decision of 17 June 2022. Type of measure Scheme Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Soft loan, Guarantee, Other forms of equity intervention, Other Budget Overall budget: 300 000 000 EUR Annual budget: 300 000 000 EUR Intensity Duration Until 31.12.2022 Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority S.R.I.W. Avenue Maurice Destenay 13 — 4000 Liège Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision 3.10.2022 Aid number SA.103978 Member State Greece Region Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) TCF — Subsidy Scheme to non-household electricity consumers up to 35 kVA, operating as bakeries or on an agricultural tariff Legal basis N. 4839/2021 (Government Gazette A’181 / 2021) Type of measure Scheme Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Direct grant Budget Overall budget: 800 000 000 EUR Annual budget: 800 000 000 EUR Intensity Duration Until 31.12.2022 Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority Renewable Energy Sources Operator & Guarantees of Origin (DAPEEP) Kastoros 72, Piraeus Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision 21.9.2022 Aid number SA.104109 Member State Lithuania Region Lithuania Title (title and/or name of the beneficiary) The Incentive Financial Instrument ‘Direct Loans to Business Operators Affected by War’ Legal basis Draft Order of the Minister of Economy and Innovation of Republic of Lithuania on the approval of the scheme of the incentive financial instrument ‘Direct Loans to Business Operators Affected by War’ Type of measure Scheme Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Soft loan Budget Overall budget: 50 000 000 EUR Annual budget: 50 000 000 EUR Intensity Duration Until 31.12.2022 Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority Ministry of the Economy and Innovation of the Republic of Lithuania Gedimino Ave. 38, 01104 Vilnius, Lithuania Other information

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