Official Journal of the European Union

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 236/01)

Date of adoption of the decision 20.5.2020 Aid number SA.57305 (2020/N) Member State Luxembourg Region — — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) COVID-19: Luxembourg Investment aid for certain sectors Legal basis Avant-projet de loi visant à stimuler les investissements des entreprises dans l’ère du COVID-19 Type of measure Scheme — Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Direct grant Budget Overall budget: EUR 30 (in millions) Intensity 50 % Duration (period) 1.7.2020 — 31.12.2020 Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority Ministère de l'Économie 19-21, Boulevard Royal (Luxembourg) Other information —

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Date of adoption of the decision 26.5.2020 Aid number SA.57405 (2020/N) Member State France Region FRANCE — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) COVID 19: Aide sous forme de garantie de prêts au profit du groupe Novares Legal basis Prêt garanti par l’Etat Type of measure Ad hoc aid Novares France SAS Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Guarantee Budget — Intensity — Duration (period) From 27.5.2020 Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority DGTrésor Ministère de l'économie et des finances, 139 rue de Bercy 75012 PARIS Other information —

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Date of adoption of the decision 26.6.2020 Aid number SA.57429 (2020/N) Member State Italy Region — — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) COVID-19 — Tax exemptions and tax credits adopted as a consequence of the economic crisis caused by COVID-19 Legal basis Articles 24, 28, 120 and 177 of the Legislative Decree no 34 of 19 May 2020‘Urgent measures in the field of health, support to work and the economy, as well as social policies related to the epidemiological emergency from COVID-19’, published in the Ordinary Supplement to the Italian Official Gazette No 128 of 19 May 2020 Type of measure Scheme — Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Tax advantage or tax exemption Budget Overall budget: EUR 7 600 (in millions) Intensity % Duration (period) until 31.12.2020 Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority Ministry of Economy and Finance Italian Revenue Agency Municipalities Other information —

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Date of adoption of the decision 18.6.2020 Aid number SA.57483 (2020/N) Member State Slovakia Region Bratislavský, Stredné Slovensko, Východné Slovensko, Západné Slovensko — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Covid-19 Government Resources Higher Level Liquidity Needs Support State Aid Scheme — Eximbanka Legal basis 1. Act No. 358/2015 on the regulation of certain relations in the field of State aid and minimum aid and on amendments to certain acts 2. Act No 523/2004 on budgetary rules for the public administration, amending certain laws, as amended. 3. Act No. 67/2020 on some extraordinary measures in the financial area in connection with the spread of the dangerous and contagious human illness COVID-19 4. Act No. 120/2020 Coll., amending the Act No. 67/2020 Coll. on some extraordinary measures in the financial area in connection with the spread of the dangerous and contagious human illness COVID-19. Type of measure Scheme — Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Direct grant, Guarantee Budget Overall budget: EUR 1 815,625 (in millions) Annual budget: EUR 1 815,625 (in millions) Intensity — Duration (period) until 31.12.2020 Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority Export-Import Bank of the Slovak Republic Grösslingová 1, 811 09 Bratislava, Slovakia Other information —

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Date of adoption of the decision 18.6.2020 Aid number SA.57484 (2020/N) Member State Slovakia Region Bratislavský, Stredné Slovensko, Východné Slovensko, Západné Slovensko — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Covid-19 Government Resources Basic Level Liquidity Needs Support State Aid Scheme — SIH Legal basis 1. Act No. 358/2015 on the regulation of certain relations in the field of State aid and minimum aid and on amendments to certain acts 2. Act No 523/2004 on budgetary rules for the public administration, amending certain laws, as amended. 3. Act No. 67/2020 on some extraordinary measures in the financial area in connection with the spread of the dangerous and contagious human illness COVID-19 4. Act No. 120/2020 Coll., amending the Act No. 67/2020 Coll. on some extraordinary measures in the financial area in connection with the spread of the dangerous and contagious human illness COVID-19. Type of measure Scheme — Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Direct grant, Guarantee Budget Overall budget: EUR 1 802,5 (in millions) Annual budget: EUR 1 802,5 (in millions) Intensity — Duration (period) until 31.12.2020 Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority National Development Fund I, s.r.o. Slovak Investment Holding, a.s. Grösslingová 44, 811 09 Bratislava, Slovakia Other information —

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Date of adoption of the decision 18.6.2020 Aid number SA.57485 (2020/N) Member State Slovakia Region Stredné Slovensko, Bratislavský, Západné Slovensko, Východné Slovensko — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Covid-19 ESIF Basic Level Liquidity Needs Support State Aid Scheme — SIH Legal basis 1. Act No 292/2014 on the contribution received from the European Structural and Investment Funds and amending certain acts, as amended. 2. Act No 358/2015 on the regulation of certain relations in the field of State aid and minimum aid and on amendments to certain acts 3. Act No 323/2015 on financial instruments financed by the European Structural and Investment Funds and amending certain acts. 4. Act No 523/2004 on budgetary rules for the public administration, amending certain laws, as amended. Type of measure Scheme — Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Direct grant, Guarantee Budget Overall budget: EUR 357,875 (in millions) Annual budget: EUR 357,875 (in millions) Intensity — Duration (period) until 31.12.2020 Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority Ministry of Transport and Construction Ministry of Economy Námestie slobody 6, 810 05 Bratislava, Slovakia Mlynské nivy 44/A, 827 15 Bratislava 212, Slovakia Other information —

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Date of adoption of the decision 3.7.2020 Aid number SA.57574 (2020/N) Member State Malta Region Malta — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Bond subscription facility By the Malta Development Bank Legal basis A loan agreement between the Malta Development Bank and Mediterranean Investments Holding p.l.c.: ‘loan in the form a bond subscription facility agreement’. Type of measure Individual aid — Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Loan/ Repayable advances Budget Overall budget: EUR 18,7 (in millions) Intensity % Duration (period) 3.7.2020 — 31.12.2020 Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority The Malta Development Bank Pope Pius V Street Valletta VLT 1041 Malta Other information —

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Date of adoption of the decision 17.6.2020 Aid number SA.57595 (2020/N) Member State Croatia Region HRVATSKA — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) State Aid Programme of the Ministry of Culture to Support the Economy in the Current COVID-19 Outbreak Legal basis State aid act (OG 47/14, 69/17) State budget Act (OG 87/08, 136/12, 15/15) Type of measure Scheme — Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Guarantee Budget Overall budget: HRK 300 (in millions) Intensity — Duration (period) until 31.12.2020 Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority Ministarstvo kulture Runjaninova 2, 10000 Zagreb Other information —

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Date of adoption of the decision 6.7.2020 Aid number SA.57617 (2020/N) Member State United Kingdom Region — — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) COVID-19 Temporary Framework for Gibraltar Authorities Legal basis Gibraltar Constitution order 2006; Appropriation Act 2019; Public Finance (Control and Audit) Act Type of measure Scheme — Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy, Research, development and innovation Form of aid Direct grant, Guarantee, Interest subsidy, Repayable advances, Soft loan, Tax allowance, Tax base reduction, Tax deferment, Tax rate reduction Budget Overall budget: GBP 100 (in millions) Annual budget: GBP 100 (in millions) Intensity 100 % Duration (period) until 31.12.2020 Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority HM GOVERNMENT OF GIBRALTAR 6 CONVENT PLACE Other information —

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Date of adoption of the decision 6.7.2020 Aid number SA.57655 (2020/N) Member State Latvia Region Latvia — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Guarantees for large and medium-sized undertakings affected by the COVID-19 outbreak Legal basis Cabinet of Ministers regulation on guarantees for large and medium-sized undertakings affected by the COVID-19 outbreak Type of measure Scheme — Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Guarantee Budget Overall budget: EUR 40 (in millions) Intensity — Duration (period) 6.7.2020 — 31.12.2020 Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority Development Finance Institution Altum Joint-Stock Company Doma laukums 4, Riga Other information —

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Date of adoption of the decision 1.7.2020 Aid number SA.57691 (2020/N) Member State Cyprus Region Cyprus — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Incentive Scheme towards Airlines for addressing the effects of COVID-19 on the connectivity of Cyprus and the development of the aviation sector. Legal basis Decision of the Council of Ministers dated 10th June 2020 Type of measure Scheme — Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Direct grant Budget Overall budget: EUR 6,3 (in millions) Annual budget: EUR 6,3 (in millions) Intensity — Duration (period) until 31.12.2020 Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority Ministry of Transport Communications and Works Acheon 28, 1424 Agios Andreas, Nicosia Other information —

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Date of adoption of the decision 6.7.2020 Aid number SA.57710 (2020/N) Member State Sweden Region SVERIGE — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Compensation for damages suffered by passenger ferries due to COVID-19 Legal basis Ordinance on temporarily amended shipping aid, which completes Shipping Aid Ordinance (2001:770). Type of measure Scheme — Objective Coordination of transport, Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Other form of tax advantage, Reduction of social security contributions Budget Annual budget: SEK 100 000 000 (in millions) Intensity — Duration (period) until 31.12.2020 Economic sectors Water transport Name and address of the granting authority Swedish Transport Administration (The Board for Shipping Aid) Kungsportsavenyen 10, S-411 36 Gothenburg Other information —

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Date of adoption of the decision 8.7.2020 Aid number SA.57752 (2020/N) Member State Italy Region — — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) COVID-19- Italy, Grants to small businesses and self-employed Legal basis Article 25 of Decree-Law No 34 of 19 May 2020 Type of measure Scheme — Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Direct grant Budget Overall budget: EUR 6 192 (in millions) Intensity % Duration (period) — Economic sectors All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Name and address of the granting authority The Ministry of Economy and Finance and the Italian Revenue Agency Other information —

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Date of adoption of the decision 3.7.2020 Aid number SA.57762 (2020/N) Member State Cyprus Region Cyprus — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Direct Support Scheme for the Press (newspapers) to address the Effects of the Pandemic of COVID-19 Legal basis Decision by the Council of Ministers dated 23rd April 2020, approving the Direct Support Scheme for the press (newspapers) to address the Effects of the Pandemic of COVID-19. Type of measure Scheme — Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Direct grant Budget Overall budget: EUR 0,106 (in millions) Annual budget: EUR 0,106 (in millions) Intensity — Duration (period) until 31.12.2020 Economic sectors Publishing of books; periodicals and other publishing activities Name and address of the granting authority Ministry of Finance Michael Karaoli & Gregori Afxentiou, Nicosia, 1439 Other information —

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Date of adoption of the decision 7.7.2020 Aid number SA.57767 (2020/N) Member State Hungary Region Hungary — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) COVID-19: Scheme to provide payroll related exemptions in the aviation industry Legal basis Section 37 of Act LVIII of 2020 on transitional rules and on the epidemiological preparedness in connection with the termination of the state of emergency Type of measure Scheme — Objective Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy Form of aid Tax allowance Budget Overall budget: HUF 8 000 (in millions) Annual budget: HUF 8 000 (in millions) Intensity — Duration (period) until 31.12.2020 Economic sectors Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery, Repair and maintenance of aircraft and spacecraft, Passenger air transport Name and address of the granting authority Ministry of Innovation and Technology, 1011 Budapest, Fő utca 44-50 Other information —

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