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ReportoftheCommissiontotheCouncil
Aidgrantedtoshipbuilding intheEEC
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'Report ofthe Commission tothe Council
Inapproving Directive 81/363/TSEConState aidtoshipbuilding ,
t
theCouncil asked theCpmmissi6n tolaybefore ,itregular reports
ontheaids given tothis sector (Articles 3,6,7and8ofthe
Directive ).
Thereport forthesecond half of1981 isattached asAnnex I.
Also attached (Annex II)isaschedule ofcurrent aidsohemes in
favour ofshipbuilding .

ANNEXI
AIDGRANTEDTOSHIPBUILDING INTHEEEC
1.Aidtoinvestment :Article3ofthe5"thDirectiveonaidto
shipbuilding
Period:July-December1981
Member
StateAmountof
investment
(millions)Natureofaid
(millions)Effectonproduction
capacity
R.F.Germany1)DM55.250 DM5.657 Reconversion measuresout
ofshipbuilding
("Lander"programmeLower
Saxony)
2)DM15.120 DM3.024Construction ofworkshops
intheengineering andelectricalsector(Regiona]
programmeLowerSaxony)
3)DMI6.O65 DM7.4OO Rationalization measures-
automationofproduction
(Nationalprogramme
Investmentcredits1981/82
Belgium- -
Denmark - -
Prance - -
Greece - -
Ireland - -
Italy- -
Netherlands - -
United
Kingdom- -

■dnCtionai^:Nicies6+70fthe5thDirectiveonaidto
shipbuilding.
Period:July-December198l
w–––––
iteaber
SiateNumberof
oases¿rt Bstimateclproportion
cfcontractprice2stinÊted
-.ver?.peweighted
b"Jon^-
Serrsary 421 326116 O.19Cto136--·!?·~w;V
Beigi-ia - –
jUerEBark - _
I
j"rar.c-e
1
1
}.,
ïjreeoe11 ic¿12Ç
(ocpt,1C£to20¿2!
19.2370
ι
ίIreland«17oco 7.75^
!Italy 45 IS9553 16.725Sto^3·7ΐί 22.67%
Iíe-therlands 22 S3170 %to2C> 16.ί£
|lütedKingdom25 146527 ε-íto23/i^ 21.08vi
Moreover,for'budgetaryreasons2Beligiblecases(grt.70.320)werenotaidedint.^e
referenceperiod.
2Pluspriceguarantee,estimated ?it3*4%*
^Plusshipbuilders *Relief,2%.

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3.Aidtoshipowners :«rt.8ofthe4thDirectly onaid*toshipbuilding ,
a)Volume ofcontracts
A:Contracts aided .8:contracts refused .C:Total volume ofcontracts .
Period July -Deoember 198f .
Total volumeForbuildings In
national yardsForbuilding in
other EEC countri «9Forbuildings 1n
third country
yards .
GRT nat i©nal
currency
(millionsGRT national
currency ,
(millions ]GRT
.national
currency
millionsGRT national
currency
(million ^
R.F.Germany 1A281.622 151?,65 28.1.622 1542,65
391,801
1 Β424.829 391 ,«O 42.1.829
C 709.451 1934,45 709.451 19M,45
BelgiumA 15.^4 2839,5 15.984 2839,5
Β - - - -
C 1V>»4 20)9,5 15.984 2839,5
DenmarkA 127.100 3290 127.100 3290
Β 3.300 110 3.300 110
-C 130.400 3400 130.400 3400
PranceA 199.037 795,3 83.757 480 ,1 II5.280 J1*»»' ,
'15,?Β - - - -
115.^0 C 199.0 37 795,3 83.757 480,1
GreeceA - -
Β - mm
C - -
IrelandA - -
...
Β - -
C - -
ItalyA - -
216 ,0!
216,0 /Β - -
C - -
NetherlandsA194.694 882,84 118.694 ">6,77 - - 76.OOO
Β - - - 4M
660 ,77 C 194.6' "! t.»2,84 118.694 - - 76.000
A 114.6f'' :2)9,8 II4.665 239,b
United g Β -
C 114.665 239,8 114.665 239,8
(1)thefigures given relate tothewhole of1981*Thedecisions onshipowners *aidsare
taken intheseoond half oftheyear .
(2)TheBritish scheme applies only toBritish owners whoplace orders inanational shipyard
–OECD conditions .

b)Average effect of•1dP*r contract (Full year 19B1 -Yearly communication )
Member -
StateTotal
AverageForbuilding
1nnat.yardsForbuilding
1nother EEC
countriesForbuilding 1n |
third country yards
R.F.A. 9.93$ 9-93$•
-
1
Belgium >»
Denmark-
France
Greece
2..Ireland14.9<$•J
I14.29$
Italy3
*
NetherlanA .5.5Í 5·# -5.#
•
2
U.K.
t
(l)Information notsupplied .
(2)Nospécial schéma forshipowners#
(3)Theinformation provided bytheItalian authorities isbaaed ondifferentoriteria thanthose usedbytheother Member States andisnotoomparable .

List ofaids andinterventions forshipbuilding Annex 2
a)Aids toshipbuilding>
May 1982
Description Level ofintervention Remarks
Germany l)National -direct aidforbuilding J
fund ofIM660MMax.20%ofcontract prioe (average
10%)after 1.1.1981 max. 15%
(average 7.5%)Por orders taken between
1.12.78 and3i.i2.i98l
2)Haniburg –allocation ofIM35m
for investment inthe
port ofHamburg and
conversion oftheship-
building sector toship-
repair andother sectors
(1978-1983 )■DM31mfor investment on
publioly-owned land IM4η
forinvestments onprivate land .
3)Lower ––subsidies uptoDM3π
SaxonyPbr diversification measures
(outofshipbuilding )
Ireland ■^direct aid for construction
Prance ~direct aid for construction24,3% ofcontract price
23$ofcontract priceNotification ofacase prolonging
this scheme inI98I
Maximum ,inoluding cost escalation
Netherlands –direct aid -for construction
Unitèd Kingdom –single refund ofoertain
taxes (shipbuilder's relief )ofcontract price (198OÍ 15$)2C$
forexceptional oases
2i»oftheconstruction costTheCommission opened theprocedurl
ofArt.93(2 )EECinreöpeet ofthe
prolongation ofthis scheme forthe
period 1981/84
-Direct aid for construction·
Intervention Fluid of£55Mio
(July 1981 -July 1982 )Max.25i»ofcontract price
(including shipbuilder's relief )July 1981 -July 1982
Italy –direct aid forconstruction 25?&ofcontract price (3 forthe
Mezzogiorno region )Theproposed Italian aidscheme
has been notified .TheCommissio
opened theprocedure ofArt.93\2 ;
EECinrespect ofthis aidscheme

b)Creditfacilitiesforsales
Description ofaidQualifyingtransactions Levelof
interventionRemarks
Germany -interestrebate Allsales
* -1-maximuminterestrebate
2X(LimitOECDcondi­
tions)(1)specialscheme
forships
Belgium .-Interestrebate
rSalestootherMember
Statesandthirdcoun-
tries-OECDconditions specialscheme
«
Denmark -preferential
creditAllsales -OECDconditions specialscheme
forships
France -preferential creditSalestootherMember
Statesandthird
countries-OECDconditions generalscheme
Ireland -preferential creditAllsales -OECDconditions specialscheme
forships
Italy
1-preferential creditI
Allsales -OECDconditions specialscheme
forships
'Netherlands -Interestrebate Allsales -maximuminterest
rebate2«(3,5X
forsnailships)
limitOECDConditionsspecialscheme
forsfcips
UnitedKingdom -preferential creditExportsales -OECDcordilions generalscheme
H)Repaymentperiod81/2years,interestrateSX,downpayment20X.

c)Creditfacilitiesforpurchaseinvolvingaidtoshipbuilding
Descriptionofaid LevelofIntervention Remarks
Belgium
Denmark
UnitedKingdom-creditfacilitiesforBelgianowners
-creditfacilitiesforDanishowners
onpurchaseofshipsinaCommunity
yard
-creditfacilitiesforthepurchase
ofschipsbyBritishownersin
Britishyards(homecreditscheme)–creditat5or6%for15
years(withoneyear'sgrace
period)on90%ofcontract
price
–creditat8%for14years
(with4yearsmoratoriumon
repayment)on80%ofcontract
price.
–OECDconditionsof18#7·74
–inaddition,asubvention
schemehasbeenintroduced
underSection25ofthe
IndustryAct1975Theapplicationofthis
schememustnotresultin
conditions morefavorable
thanthosecontainedinthe
OECDunderstanding
d)Priceguaranteemechanisms
Prance–Governmenttakesresponsabilityforinoreaseincostbetweenorde-
ringanddeliveryonfixedprice
salestothirdcountryowners»
–apremiumof0,5%peryearispaid
whenthethresholdisnotexceeded-interventionrelatesto80$
ofthecostforanincrease
inexcessof6,5%·
--

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Description ofaid Level ofintervention Remarks
Italy -Government takes responsibility
for increase incost between
ordering anddelivery ,
-thepremium iswithin the "band
0*1to1*25 %ofthecost ofthe
ehip·
-this scheme isapplied only to
exports .–intervention relates toam
annual increase between 5
and15%ofthecost .Available ,butnever
used forshipbuilding
todate .