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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2002/C 150/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.3.2002

Member State: Germany

Aid No: E 10/2000

Title: "Anstaltslast and Gewährträgerhaftung - State guarantees for public credit institutions in Germany"

Objective: Support the public credit institutions in their economic functioning

Legal basis: Anstaltslast: General principle of law, explicitly codified only in some relevant laws of similar wording (e.g. § 3(2) Brandenburgisches Sparkassengesetz: "Der Gewährträger stellt sicher, dass die Sparkasse ihre Aufgaben erfüllen kann")

Gewährträgerhaftung: Provisions of similar wording in the respective regional (Länder) laws as regards Landesbank, savings banks and regional special credit institutions and in the federal laws as regards federal special credit institutions (e.g. § 5 Niedersächsisches Landesbankgesetz: "Für die Verbindlichkeiten der Bank haften die Gewährträger gesamtschuldnerisch, soweit die Befriedigung aus dem Vermögen der Bank nicht möglich ist")

Budget: Unlimited in amount

Aid intensity or amount: Not quantified. Form of interventions: State guarantees

Duration: Unlimited in time

Other information: Amendment of the proposal of 8 May 2001 of appropriate measures laid down in Article 88(2) of the EC Treaty in order to adapt the aid scheme to the requirements of the Community State aid rules

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: 11.7.2001

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: E 3/2000

Title: Fiscal scheme applicable to foreign insurance companies

Objective: Simplify the taxation of foreign insurance companies in Sweden

Legal basis: Lagen (1947:576) om statlig inkomstskatt

Duration: Indefinite

Other information: Sweden has accepted the appropriate measures proposed by the Commission on 11 July 2001. For practical reasons, accepted by the Commission on 30 January 2002, Sweden did not commit itself to refuse new beneficiaries from the date of 11 July 2001 until 31 December 2001, date at which the fiscal regime applicable to foreign insurance companies has been repealed

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: 13.2.2002

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 548/01

Title: Aid to local television stations in the French-speaking community in Belgium

Objective: Compensation for public service obligations of local television stations

Legal basis: Décret modifiant les décrets du 17 juillet 1987 sur l'audiovisuel et du 24 juillet 1997 relatif au conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel et aux services privés de radiodiffusion sonore de la communauté française

Budget: EUR 3270000

Duration: Nine 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: 8.5.2002

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 724/01

Title: Budget increase for the subsidy scheme for energy supplies in the non-profit and special sectors (EINP)

Objective: To stimulate energy-saving equipment in those sectors that are not able to benefit from the fiscal energy allowance

Legal basis: Ministerieel besluit op basis van de kaderwet Verstrekking financiële middelen EZ

Budget: The total budget for 2001 is increased to EUR 27,23 million. The budget for persons purchasing a wind turbine reamins the same at EUR 5,6 million. The budget for the year 2002 and later will be around EUR 32 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Between 14,5 % and 18,5 %, for wind turbines 20 % maximum

Duration: Unlimited

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: 27.2.2002

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 860/01

Title: Revitalising project of the Mutterer Alm

Objective: Tourism

Budget: ATS 307 million (EUR 22,3 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 24,8 %

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