ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
(10)

In the present case, the Commission has doubts that the government purchase of the 10.54 % stake of INH from TZ against a price of CZK 1250 per share that took place in April 2004 corresponds to the behaviour of a market economy investor. As the stock market price is not a very reliable guide given the low tradability of the INH share, fact that the Commission acknowledges, the government bases its price on two experts' valuations. However, before setting the definitive price of its transaction the government has not undertaken a critical analysis of these two valuations on the basis of all the information available. Indeed, in March 2004, INH submitted for approval to the Czech Securities Commission (hereinafter ‘CSC’) a public offer to buy back its shares listed on the stock market in order to delist the company from the Prague Stock Exchange. On the 15 March 2004, the CSC estimated that the CZK 550 price per share offered by INH to minority shareholders was adequate to the value of the shares and that the expertise submitted by INH proved this adequacy. The offer was published in an economic newspaper and ran from 25 March 2004 to 6 May 2004. The share was delisted at the end of May. Except from the higher liquidity of the 10.54 % stake which could justify a limited premium, the Commission has not found divergences between the two transactions explaining why the price of CZK 550 approved by the CSC as reflecting the appropriate value of the shares held by minority shareholders should not also be valid for the government purchase of the 10.54 % stake. Therefore, this later purchase against a price of CZK 1250 seems to contain an element of aid in favour of TZ.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 33/6

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 33/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State (Region): United Kingdom (Scotland)

Aid No: N 482/2003

Title: Sea Fishing (Transitional Support) (Scotland) (No 2) Scheme 2003

Objective: To extend the application period of the Sea Fishing (Transitional Support) (Scotland) (No 2) Scheme 2003 until 31 December 2003.

Legal basis: Scottish Statutory Instrument

Budget: No additional budget. The initial budget of the scheme was GBP 10 million (around EUR 15 million).

Aid intensity or amount: The same as in the initially approved scheme (N 155/2003), i.e. GBP 142 per Vessel Capacity Unit

Duration: 1 September 2003 — 31 December 2003

Other information: 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

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State [Region]: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 259/04

Title: Investment Incentives Law (amendment)

Objective: Regional aid and Training aid

Legal basis: Zákon č. 72/2000 Sbírky ve znění pozdějších předpisů

Budget: On average EUR 71 788 000 per year

Aid intensity: In conformity with the Czech national regional state aid map

Moravia – Silesia and Central Bohemia: 50 % NGE

Northwest and Central Moravia: 49 % NGE

Northeast and Southeast: 48 % NGE

Southwest: 46 % NGE

Prague: 20 % NGE

Duration: till 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
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 24/7

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 24/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Italy (Friulia-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 335/2003

Title: Aid for the setting up of rolling-motorway services

Objective: The objective of the scheme is to encourage the transfer of freight traffic from road to rail by granting aid to logistics undertakings which organise rolling-motorway services departing or arriving from a railway station or intermodal centre located in the Friulia-Venezia Giulia region.

Legal basis:

‘interventi per l'istituzione di servizi di autostrada viaggiante su rotaia’

Budget: For 2003 there is an allocation of EUR 1 600 000 which will be transferred to 2004. A new allocation of EUR 2 000 000 is planned for 2005.

Duration: Three years

The authentic text of the Decision, from which confidential data has been removed, is available at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 35/6

Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation Directive 97/23/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 May 1997 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning pressure equipment (1)

(2005/C 35/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

According to the provisions of article 11, paragraph 3, of directive 97/23/EC the references of the following European Approval for Materials (EAMs) are published:

Number Short name Full title 0526-43-1:2004/05 EAM — NiCr15Fe EAM NiCr15Fe — Nickel-chromium-Iron alloy — Hot and cold rolled Flat products 0526-43-2:2004/05 EAM — NiCr15Fe EAM NiCr15Fe — Nickel-chromium-Iron alloy — Bars and rods 0526-43-3:2004/05 EAM — NiCr15Fe EAM NiCr15Fe — Nickel-chromium-Iron alloy — Forgings 0526-43-4:2004/05 EAM – NiCr15Fe EAM NiCr15Fe — Nickel-chromium-Iron alloy — Seamless Tubes 0526-16:2004/07 EAM — NiCr21Mo14W EAM NiCr21Mo14W — Nickel-chromium-Molybdenum alloy — Flats products 0526-18:2004/07 EAM — NiCr16Cr15W EAM NiCr16Mo15W — Nickel-Molybdenum- chromium alloy — Flat products 0526-20:2004/07 EAM — NiCr23Mo16AI EAM NiCr23Mo16AI — Nickel-chromium-Molybdenum alloy — Flat products 0526-22:2004/07 EAM — NiMo28 EAM NiMo28 — Nickel-Molybdenum alloy — Flat products 0526-24:2004/07 EAM — NiMo30Cr EAM NiMo30Cr — Nickel-Molybdenum alloy — Flat products 0526-26:2004/07 EAM — NiMo29Cr EAM NiMo29Cr — Nickel-Molybdenum alloy — Flat products 0526-28:2004/07 EAM — NiMo16Cr16Ti EAM NiMo16Cr16Ti — Nickel-chromium-Molybdenum alloy — Flat products

Note:

Materials used for the manufacture of pressure equipment conforming with EAMs are presumed to conform to the applicable essential requirements of directive 97/23/EC Annex I. Original copies of this European Approval for Materials may be obtained from Cetim BP. 80067 — 57 avenue Félix Louat F-60304 SENLIS CEDEX — France Tel. (33) 344673479 Fax (33) 344673427 e-mail chaieb.jarboui@cetim.fr, an administration charge of EUR 20 is payable with the order. These EAMs can also be downloaded free of charge from the Commission website

http://europa.eu.int/enterprise/pressure_equipment/eam_published.htm

A reference list of published EAMs is accessible from the web site

http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/pressure_equipment operated by the European Commission.

(1) OJ L 181, 9.7.1997, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 44/23

Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the European Parliament and Council Directive 94/62/EC of 20 December 1994 on packaging and packaging waste

(2005/C 44/13)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)

ESO (1) Reference and title of the harmonised standard (and reference document) Reference of superseded standard Date of cessation of presumption of conformity of superseded standard Note 1 CEN EN 13427:2004 Packaging — Requirements for the use of European Standards in the field of packaging and packaging waste — CEN EN 13428:2004 Packaging — Requirements specific to manufacturing and composition — Prevention by source reduction EN 13428:2000 The date of this publication CEN EN 13429:2004 Packaging — Reuse — CEN EN 13430:2004 Packaging — Requirements for packaging recoverable by material recycling — CEN EN 13431:2004 Packaging — Requirements for packaging recoverable in the form of energy recovery, including specification of minimum inferior calorific value — CEN EN 13432:2000 Packaging — Requirements for packaging recoverable through composting and biodegradation — Test scheme and evaluation criteria for the final acceptance of packaging —

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 Directive 98/34/EC (2) of the European Parliament and Council amended by the Directive 98/48/EC (3).

— 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.

— This list replaces all the previous lists published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The Commission ensures the updating of this list.

— More information about harmonised standards on the Internet at http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/standardization/harmstds/

(1) ESO: European Standardisation Organisation:

— CEN: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels, Tel. (32-2) 550 08 11; fax (32-2) 550 08 19 (http://www.cenorm.be).

— CENELEC: rue de Stassart 35, B-1050 Brussels, Tel. (32-2) 519 68 71; fax (32-2) 519 69 19 (http://www.cenelec.org).

— ETSI: 650, route des Lucioles, F-06921 Sophia Antipolis, Tel. (33) 492 94 42 00; fax (33) 493 65 47 16, (http://www.etsi.org).

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.

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

(3) OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 75/10

Withdrawal of obsolete Commission Proposals

(2005/C 75/04)

As part of its periodical examination of proposals pending, the Commission has withdrawn certain proposals on which the Legislator has not yet reached a decision and which are no longer topical. A communication from the Commission specifying the list of proposals withdrawn has been published on EUR-LEX under reference COM(2004) 542 of 10 March 2005.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 66/2

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 66/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of decision:

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 376/2004

Title: Financial contributions for 2004-2013

Objective:: Maritime transport — To improve seafarers' skills

Legal basis:

Richtlinie zur Förderung der deutschen Seeschifffahrt vom 23. April 2004

Budget: EUR 4 million each year

Amount of aid: EUR 4 million

Duration: 2004-2013

Other information: 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
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 103/16

Invitation to submit an application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in the area covered by the former Oosterwolde and Haulerwijk drilling permits on Dutch territory

(2005/C 103/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

The Minister of Economic Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands hereby serves notice that an application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons has been received for the area covered by the former Oosterwolde and Haulerwijk drilling permits, as referred to in Article 1 of the former Oosterwolde drilling permit of 31 July 1998, Ref. E/EOG/MW/98025320 (Stcrt. (Government Gazette) 1998, No 149) and the former Haulerwijk drilling permit of 22 December 1994, Ref. E/EOG/MW/94053336 (Stcrt. (Government Gazette) 1995, No 7).

With reference to Article 3(2) of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorisations for the prospecting, exploration and production of hydrocarbons and the publication as described in Article 15 of the Mining Act (Stb. (Bulletin of Acts and Decrees) 2002, 542), the Minister of Economic Affairs invites interested parties to submit an application for authorisation to prospect for hydrocarbons in the area covered by the former Oosterwolde and Haulerwijk drilling permits.

Applications may be submitted for 13 weeks following the publication of this invitation in the Official Journal of the European Union and should be sent to the Minister of Economic Affairs, for the attention of the Director of Energy Production, and marked ‘personal’, Prinses Beatrixlaan 5, 2595 AK, The Hague. Applications submitted following the expiry of this period will not be considered.

A decision on the applications will be taken not later than nine months after the expiry date.

Further information can be obtained by telephoning the following number: (31) 70 379 66 94.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 97/3

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 97/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: United Kingdom, East Midlands

Aid No: N 199/2004

Title: Broadband Business Fund

Objective: To support the provision of affordable broadband telecommunications services to SMEs and residential users in areas of Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Rutland, South Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire which do not currently enjoy affordable standard broadband availability.

Legal basis: Section 5(1) of the Regional Development Agency Act 1998, which sets out the purposes, functions and powers of the East Midlands Development Agency.

Overall budget: Unknown, depending on offers providers

Aid amount: Maximum GBP 1,9 million from UK State resources (expected to be reduced through a reverse payment mechanism)

Duration of project: At least 3 years

Other information: The provider selected to provide the service is mandated to provide non-discriminatory wholesale access to third party providers.

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:

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 224/04

Title: Support for the production of works — cinema

Legal basis: Projet de loi modifiant l'article 194ter du code des impôts sur les revenus.

Wetsvoorstel tot wijziging van artikel 194ter van het Wetboek Inkomstenbelasting.

Budget: Not known

Aid intensity or amount: Always less than 50 %

Duration: Until 30 June 2007

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: France

Aid No: N 330/2004

Title: Employment aid for the hotel and catering industry

Objective: Employment aid (hotels, cafes and restaurants)

Legal basis:

Article 10 du projet de loi au soutien à la consommation et à l'investissement

Budget: EUR 1,16 billion

Aid intensity or amount: Variable — Grants

Duration: 18 months

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Latvia (Zemgale)

Aid No: N 413/2004

Title: Ad-hoc regional investment aid in favour of Olainfarm

Objective: Regional investment (chemicals and pharmaceuticals)

Legal basis: Ad hoc

Budget: EUR 1,035 million (47 % gross)

The authentic text 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/
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 123/5

Notification of the Designation of Diploma of General Medical Practitioners in accordance with Article 41 of Directive 93/16/EEC

(2005/C 123/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Council Directive 93/16/EEC to facilitate the free movement of doctors and the mutual recognition of their diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications and particularly Article 41 thereof provides that Member States shall notify the Commission of the measures it has taken in conformity with Article 30. The Commission shall publish an appropriate notice in the Official Journal of the European Union, indicating the designations adopted by that Member State for the diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications and, where appropriate, the professional title in question.

Luxembourg and Cyprus have notified amendments to the list of designations of diplomas, certificates or other evidence of formal qualifications in the Official Journal C 393/4 of 31 December 1996.

The list of designations of diplomas, certificates or other evidence of formal qualifications as a general medical practitioner published in accordance with Article 41 of Council Directive 93/16/EEC most recently amended by Annex II of the Act Concerning the Conditions of Accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia and the Adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is Founded is hereby amended as follows:

the entry for Luxembourg under ‘Point 1. Designations of diplomas, certificates or other evidence of formal qualification’ should read:

‘Diplôme de formation spécifique en medicine générale’,

the entry for Cyprus under ‘Point 1. Designations of diplomas, certificates or other evidence of formal qualification’ should read:
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 137/5

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 137/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Slovak Republic

Aid No: N 27/2005 and N 53/2005

Title: Social aid — Slovak coal

Objective: Inherited liabilities in the coal sector

Legal basis: Zakon št. 231/1999

Budget: SKK 8 935 671.00, EUR 234 804 (N 27/2005), SKK 4 277 250 (EUR 112 411) (N 53/2005)

Duration: Single payment

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:

Member State: Sweden

Case number: N 156/04

Title: Energy tax on electricity used by the manufacturing sector

Objective: To introduce a business rate applicable for the electricity used in the production of the manufacturing sector

Legal basis: ‘Lag (2003:810) om ändring i lagen (1994:1776) om skatt på energi’ and ‘Lag (1994:1776) om skatt på energi’

Budget: In total, ca. SEK 17 840 million (approximately EUR 1 964 million)

Duration: 1 July 2004 — 31 December 2005

Other information: 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/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: France

Aid No: NN 25/2005

Title: Social aid scheme, known as the ‘mobility passport’ scheme, to assist certain categories of passengers on air services linking mainland France to the French overseas departments

Objective: To offset the disadvantages caused by remoteness — Air transport

Legal basis: Décret no 2004-163 du 18.2.2004 relatif à l'aide dénommée ‘passeport mobilité’ JO no 43 du 20.2.2004 p. 3468

Budget: EUR 7.4 million for 2003

Duration: indefinite

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/
(3)

On 5 March 2002 De Beers and Alrosa Company Limited notified under Regulation No 17 a Trade Agreement dated 17 December 2001 to the European Commission. Pursuant to this Trade Agreement Alrosa would supply rough diamonds to the value of USD 800 million per annum to De Beers for a duration of five years. At the time of notification, this amount represented about half of Alrosa's output and corresponded in practice to the quantities of rough diamonds Alrosa had been exporting in the previous years outside the Former Soviet Union through similar Trade Agreements with De Beers. The said Trade Agreement provides that its implementation is conditional upon confirmation from the European Commission that it does not infringe Articles 81 and 82 of the Treaty.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 142/48

List of ships that were refused access to Community ports between 1 September 2004 and 31 March 2005, pursuant to Article 7b of Directive 95/21/EC of 19 June 1995 on the port State control of ships (1)

(2005/C 142/08)

Under Article 7b(1) of Directive 95/21/CE on the port State control of ships, ships which have been detained several times shall be refused access to the ports of the Member States (2).

Article 7b(3) provides that the Commission shall publish every six months the list of ships that have been refused access to Community ports.

The table below gives the list of ships that were refused access to Community ports between 1 September 2004 and 31 March 2005.

Name of ship IMO number Type of ship Flag AIN OUSSERA (3) 8220321 Bulk carrier Algeria (Very high risk) HOGGAR 7046821 Ro-Ro Passenger Algeria (Very high risk) HERMES 7420326 Oil tanker St. Vincent & Grenadines (High risk) LONG GUAN 7625720 Bulk carrier St. Vincent & Grenadines (High risk) ANDREAS K (3) 7632436 Bulk carrier Panama (Medium risk) GOLDEN S 7000243 Chemical tanker Turkey (Very high risk) MEDITERRANEAN STAR 7320370 Chemical tanker Panama (Medium risk) BALABAN I 7507148 Bulk carrier Turkey (Very high risk)

(1) Last amended by Directive 2001/106/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 December 2001 (OJ L 19, 22.1.2002, p. 17).

(2) The first paragraph of Article 7b reads:

‘A Member State shall ensure that a ship in one of the categories of Annex XI, section A, is refused access to its ports, except in the situations described in Article 11(6), if the ship:

either:

— flies the flag of a State appearing in the black list as published in the annual report of the MOU, and

— has been detained more than twice in the course of the preceding 24 months in a port of a State signatory of the MOU

or:

— flies the flag of a State described as “very high risk” or “high risk” in the black list as published in the annual report of the MOU, and

— has been detained more than once in the course of the preceding 36 months in a port of a State signatory of the MOU.

The refusal of access shall become applicable immediately the ship has been authorised to leave the port where it has been the subject of a second or third detention as appropriate.’

(3) Ships for which the access refusal order was subsequently lifted in accordance with the procedures described in part B of Annex XI to Directive 95/21/EC.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 141/11

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 141/07)

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Italy (Calabria)

Aid No: N 756/2002

Title: Measures in favour of the agriculture and food sectors.

Objective: To support the agriculture, food and fisheries sectors.

Legal basis: Legge regionale n. 24 dell'8 luglio 2002.

Budget: EUR 3 985 000 for the expenditure indicated in Article 18.

Aid intensity or amount: The planned measures do not include State aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty.

Duration: Unspecified.

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/