EN Official Journal of the European Union C 26/1

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2010/C 26/01

Reference number of State Aid X 371/09 Member State United Kingdom Member State reference number — Name of the Region (NUTS) WEST MIDLANDS Mixed Granting authority Advantage West Midlands 3 Priestley Wharf Holt Street Aston Science Park Birmingham B7 4BN UNITED KINGDOM http://www.advantagewm.co.uk/ Title of the aid measure English Property Support Scheme 2008-2013 West Midlands National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) Regional Development Agencies Action 1998 Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 Local Government Act 2000 Housing and Regeneration Act 2008 The Public Contracts Regulation SI2006 No 5 Type of measure Scheme — Amendment of an existing aid measure — Duration 10.3.2009 - 31.12.2013 Economic sector(s) concerned All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Type of beneficiary SME large enterprise Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme GBP 100,00 million For guarantees — Aid Instrument (Article 5) Loan, Interest rate subsidy, Grant Reference to the Commission Decision — If co-financed by Community funds European Communities (Finance) Act 2008 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2008/ukpga_20080001_en_1 European Communities Act 1972 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1972/ukpga_19720068_en_1 — 49,00 GBP million Objectives Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in national currency SME-bonuses in % Regional investment and employment aid (Art. 13) Scheme 15 % 20 % SME investment and employment aid (Art. 15) 20 % Investment aid enabling undertakings to go beyond Community standards for environmental protection or increase the level of environmental protection in the absence of Community standards (Art. 18) 35 % 20 % Environmental investment aid for energy saving measures (Art. 21) 60 % 20 % Environmental investment aid for high efficiency cogeneration (Art. 22) 45 % 20 % Environmental investment aid for the promotion of energy from renewable energy sources (Art. 23) 45 % 20 %

Web link to the full text of the aid measure:

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/ukpga_19980045_en_1.htm

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1980/cukpga_19800065_en_1

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1993/Ukpga_19930028_en_1.htm

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2000/ukpga_20000022_en_1

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2008/ukpga_20080017_en_1

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/si/si2006/uksi_20060005_en.pdf

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2008/ukpga_20080001_en_1

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1972/ukpga_19720068_en_1

http://www.advantagewm.co.uk/Images/English%20Property%20Scheme%20WM_tcm9-15986.pdf

Reference number of State Aid X 372/09 Member State United Kingdom Member State reference number — Name of the Region (NUTS) WEST MIDLANDS Mixed Granting authority Advantage West Midlands 3 Priestley Wharf Holt Street Aston Science Park Birmingham B7 4BN UNITED KINGDOM http://www.advantagewm.co.uk/default.aspx Title of the aid measure Prolongation of the Premium Vehicles Centres of Excellence Projects National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) Regional Development Agencies Action 1998 Science and Technology Act 1965 Industrial Training Act 1982 Type of measure Scheme — Amendment of an existing aid measure Modification XS 215/08 Duration 29.8.2008 - 31.3.2009 Economic sector(s) concerned MANUFACTURING Type of beneficiary SME large enterprise Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme GBP 2,20 million For guarantees — Aid Instrument (Article 5) Grant Reference to the Commission Decision — If co-financed by Community funds European Communities (Finance) Act 2008 http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts2008/ukpga_20080001_en_1 — 0,82 GBP (in millions) Objectives Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in national currency SME-bonuses in % Industrial research (Art. 31(2)(b)) 50 % 70 %

Web link to the full text of the aid measure:

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1998/ukpga_19980045_en_1.htm

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/RevisedStatutes/Acts/ukpga/1965/cukpga_19650004_en_4

http://www.opsi.gov.uk/acts/acts1982/pdf/ukpga_19820010_en.pdf

http://www.advantagewm.co.uk/Images/State%20Aid%20for%20PVLT%20Prolongation%20Scheme%20Notification_

Reference number of State Aid X 378/09 Member State Ireland Member State reference number F49/437/98 Name of the Region (NUTS) IRELAND Mixed Granting authority Office of the Revenue Commissioners Dublin Castle Dublin 2 IRELAND www.revenue.ie Title of the aid measure Tax relief for corporate equity investments in renewable energy projects National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) Finance Act 1998, Section 62 Finance Act 2002, Section 43 Finance Act 2007, Section 51 Type of measure Scheme — Amendment of an existing aid measure — Duration 27.2.2009 - 31.12.2011 Economic sector(s) concerned All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Type of beneficiary SME large enterprise Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme EUR 1,00 million For guarantees — Aid Instrument (Article 5) Fiscal measure Reference to the Commission Decision — If co-financed by Community funds — Objectives Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in national currency SME-bonuses in % Environmental investment aid for the promotion of energy from renewable energy sources (Art. 23) 19 %

Web link to the full text of the aid measure:

http://www.finance.gov.ie/documents/publications/legi/fa02.pdf

http://www.finance.gov.ie/documents/publications/financeact2007/finact2007andmemo.pdf

Reference number of State Aid X 379/09 Member State Germany Member State reference number — Name of the Region (NUTS) THUERINGEN Article 87(3)(a) Granting authority Thüringer Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Technologie und Arbeit Max-Reger-Straße 4-8 D99096 Erfurt DEUTSCHLAND www.thueringen.de/de/tmwta Title of the aid measure Handbuch zur transnationalen und interregionalen Zusammenarbeit im Rahmen der Strukturfonds im Freistaat Thüringen in den Jahren 2007 - 2013 National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) Thüringer Landeshaushaltsordnung (ThürLHO) inbes. §§ 23 und 44 Thüringer Verwaltungsverfahrensgesetz (ThürVwVerfG) insbes. §§ 48, 49, 49a Type of measure Scheme — Amendment of an existing aid measure — Duration 23.3.2009 - 31.12.2013 Economic sector(s) concerned All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Type of beneficiary SME large enterprise Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme EUR 4,60 million For guarantees — Aid Instrument (Article 5) Grant Reference to the Commission Decision — If co-financed by Community funds CCI 2007 DE 161 PO 001 (1,3 Mio. € p. a.) CCI 2007 DE 051 PO 006 (2,7 Mio. € p. a.) — 4,00 EUR million Objectives Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in national currency SME-bonuses in % Fundamental research (Art. 31(2)(a)) 100 % Industrial research (Art. 31(2)(b)) 50 % 30 % Experimental development (Art. 31(2)(c)) 25 % 30 % Aid for technical feasibility studies (Art. 32) 75 % Aid to young innovative enterprises (Art. 35) 1 500 000,00 EUR

Web link to the full text of the aid measure:

http://www.thueringen.de/efre/innovation_foerdern/interreg_zusammenarbeit/

http://www.tna-thueringen.de/projektdatenbank-tna/

Reference number of State Aid X 523/09 Member State Germany Member State reference number — Name of the Region (NUTS) BAYERN Mixed Granting authority Bayern Innovativ GmbH Gewerbemuseumsplatz 2 90403 Nürnberg http://www.bayern-innovativ.de Title of the aid measure Richtlinien des Freistaates Bayern zum FuT-Programm „Innovationsgutscheine für kleine Unternehmen/Handwerksbetriebe“ National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) Richtlinien des Freistaates Bayern vom 6.5.2009 zum FuT-Programm „Innovationsgutscheine für kleine Unternehmen/Handwerksbetriebe“ (AllMBl S. 166); Art. 23 und 44 der Bayerischen Haushaltsordnung (BayRS 630-1-F) Type of measure Scheme - Amendment of an existing aid measure — Duration 1.6.2009 - 31.5.2012 Economic sector(s) concerned MANUFACTURING Type of beneficiary SME Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme EUR 2,00 million For guarantees — Aid Instrument (Article 5) Grant Reference to the Commission Decision — If co-financed by Community funds — Objectives Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in national currency SME-bonuses in % Aid for innovation advisory services and for innovation support services (Art. 36) 7 500,00 EUR

Web link to the full text of the aid measure:

https://www.verkuendung-bayern.de/allmbl/jahrgang:2009/heftnummer:6/seite:166/doc:2