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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2002/C 292/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.8.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 117/B/01

Title: Change to ADEME aid scheme to promote municipal and commercial waste management

Objective: To promote investment in waste management

Legal basis: Délibérations du conseil d'administration de l'ADEME du 20 décembre 2000 et du 14 décembre 2001

Budget: Unchanged

Aid intensity or amount: 15 %-50 % of eligible costs, depending on arrangements and region

Duration: Unchanged

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: 19.9.2001

Member State: Spain (Cartagena, Murcia)

Aid No: N 295/01

Title: Aid for GE Plastics SL

Objective: Grand for the building of a new polycarbonate production plant

Legal basis: Ley 50/85, de 27 de diciembre, de incentivos regionales; del Real Decreto 1535/87, de 11 de diciembre, que desarrolla la Ley 50/85, y del Real Decreto 488/1988, de 6 de mayo, de delimitación de la Zona de Promoción Económica de Murcia

Budget: EUR 151680000

Aid intensity or amount: Eligible costs: EUR 581780150; 17,91 % net grant equivalent

Duration: The investment project covers a period of three years; the aid is spread over a period of four years

Other information: Spain must, in cooperation with the recipient firm, present an annual report on the implementation of the aid

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: 2.10.2002

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 406/02

Title: Support of transshipment facilities in combined transport

Objective: Facilitate the construction of combined transport terminal, so as to shift traffic from road to rail and inland waterway

Legal basis: Richtlinie zur Förderung von Umschlagsanlagen des kombinierten Verkehrs

Budget: EUR 110,5 million

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 85 % of new buildings and extension of terminal infrastructure. For aid to newbuildings and aid above 50 % for extensions, the operation of the terminal has to be tendered

Duration: 2002-2005

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: 18.9.2002

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 415/B/01

Title: Draft decree of the Walloon Government to promote green electricity - production aid

Objective: Promotion of renewable sources of energy

Legal basis: Décret du 12 avril 2001 relatif à l'organisation du marché régional de l'électricité

Decreet van 12 april 2001 betreffende de organisatie van de regionale elektriciteitsmarkt

Budget: Approximately EUR 5 million per year (estimate)

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 65 per green certificate in general, subject in any event to a ceiling equal to the extra cost of generating the energy in question

Duration: Ten years

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: 18.9.2002

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 484/02

Title: R & D project "Sinsee, Ship Safety", by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG

Objective: Examine ways of increasing ship safety in heavy seas, focusing particularly on intact stability. Creation, validation and further development of numerical examples for non-linear simulation of ship movements and the calculation of design loads for dimensioning ship structures (shipbuilding)

Legal basis: Scheme "Schifffahrt und Meerestechnik für das 21. Jahrhundert" (N 156/2000) approved by the Commission on 15 November 2000

Budget: EUR 336458

Aid intensity or amount: 50 %

Duration: 36 months

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: 2.8.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 702/B/01

Title: Individual case of State aid for the scheme MEDEA+ (A 404)

Objective: Development of new generations of electronic systems for vehicles

Legal basis: Programme MEDEA+

Budget: EUR 18,4 million

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % maximum

Duration: 2001-2004

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: 3.4.2002

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: NN 30/A-C/01

Title: Partial refund of the waste water tax

Legal basis: Spildevandsafgiftslov (LBKG nr. 636 af 21.8.1998)

Duration: 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2006

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

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