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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)123 final
Brussels,26.March1982
AIDGRANTED TOSHIPBUILDING INTHEEEC
(ReportoftheCommissiontotheCouncil)
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Report ofthe Commission tothe Council
1.Inapproving Directive 81/363/EEConState aidtoshipbuilding ,
the Council asked theCommission tolaybefore itregular reports
ontheaids given tothis sector (Articles 3»6»7and8ofthe
Directive ).
2.Thereport forthefirst half of1981 isattached asAnnex I.
3.Also attached (Annex II)isaschedule ofcurrent aidschemes in
favour ofshipbuilding .

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ANNEX I
AID GRAFTED TOSHIPBUILDING INTHE EEC
1„Aid -toinvestment sArticle 3ofthe 5"thDirective onaid to
shipbuilding
Period :
Member -
StateAmount of
investmentNature ofaid Effect onproduction
capacity
ReF· Germany - -
Belgium - -
Denmark - -I
France - -I
Greece«'-; ' '
Ireland - -
Italy - - -
I.' I■
Netherlands - -;
»
United Kingdom - -

2.Production aid :Articles 6♦7ofthe5thDirective onaidto
shipbuilding .
Penod :january -\-rarte 1931
I
t
Member - Number of Estimated proportion
State casesgrt ofcontract price
R.F. Germany 67 414Í975 1.4$ to15$
Belgium - -
Denmark - -
Prance
Greece27 206,735
(cgrt )3$to19$ (1)
Ireland -
Italy 2 10,870 18.52$
Netherlands 1671,200 2.6$ to28$ (2)
United Kingdom
(4)11 65,160 6.4$ to23$ (3)
(1)Plus price garantee ,estimated at3»4$ «
(2)Themaximum level ofaidisnormally 20$.Arate of28$wasapplied
exceptionally foranorder oftwoproduct tankers .
(3)Plus Shipbuilder 'sRelief ,2$.
(4)Corrigendum :period J-uly-December 198O :242,996 grt (10cases ).

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5.Mr'toshi,'-ners:art.8ofthe5thDirectiveonaidstoshipbuilding.
»/'.alyfle <5fsontrists i
A•Tontr7ctsTTdëöu8:een«p*ets ClTo*«lwolu»«©feorvtrteti.
Period:jamiary–Hune1981« ''
TotalvolutasPorbuildingin
nationalyardsPorBuildingin
otherEECcountrir
[Porbuildingin^thirdcountryyards.
GRTRational
currency
(alllians
ΐORTnational
currency
.{mJllis&sGRT
1national
currency
J£ÜJLifißS_CRTnational
currency
LmjJJãoji'
ι
R.F.Germany
(1)AΤ<1
Β
C
r.í
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I
4.7.J0!I
■"■-1"•
BalgiumSI.403·470081i400
1- - -
-1814004700
1.98581.'4004700ïl
DerasarkA'l71.¿00 171,?001.985ι
,S!'8.COC5008.000 500
rι·
C179¿002.485179"2002.435ηr.L
FranceAi35924136β72.10015,8 ¿/33824
!
120-9wJ3~
I
C35924,ι
13Ä.72;¡10015-8 33824
Greece -A– ι
8 - _........J
C- - - -
IrelandA
Β'·
Cî
ί
f
Italy A·►-– ..
rΒ• _ „, β, _
C a· _ ;– ,.
NetherlandsAL?LLL229,442.444229*4
875I2,8 752.8ri
C42.5191232.242:'519232-2.I
Ünited
Kingdom(2)k36250!Λ36!25041.2!
1.„
Β !I
f.,.
G362501U.236250»41.2
(t)Alldecisionsonshipownersaidaretakeninthesecondhalfoftheyear.
(2)TheBritishschemeappliesonlytoBritishownerswhoplaceordersinanational
shipyard-QECDconditions.

List ofaids and interventions forshipbuilding Annex tT
a)Aids toshipbuilding .1981 *
Description Level ofintervention Remarks
Germany l)National -direct aidforbuilding s
fund ofIM660M
2)Hamburg –allocation ofIM35m
for investment inthe
port ofHamburg and
1 conversion oftheshij>-
1 building sector toship-
' repair andother sectors
' (1978-1983 )
3)Lower––subsidies uptoDM3»
Saxony . -
Ireland direct aid for construction
•
Trance ·~direct aid for construction
IVther lands –direct aid· for construction
Vnitid Kingdom –single refund ofcertain
taxes (shipbuilder's relief )
·'· –Direct aid for construction .
Intervention Rind of£67· 5m
upto 1«July 19Slj
£55mJuly I98I -July 1932
ItalyMax .20%ofcontract price (average
10$)(after 1.1.1931 max. 15%
average 7»5"Ñ
'.'.Γ ".": ::.:: ΊΤ.τητ . ï';\..ι
24.5% ofcontract price
23$ofcontract price
15%ofcontract price (20%for
exceptional cases )
2%oftheconstruction cost
Max.25i<>ofcontract price
(including shipbuilder's relief ) :Fbrorders taken between
1.12.78 and31.I2.I931
DM31mforinvestment on
publicly-owned land IM4■
forinvestments onprivate land .
Fbr diversification measures
(outofshipbuilding )
Notification ofacase prolonging
this scheme inI98I
Maximum ,including cost escalation
.Uptoend1930j forI98I aidwill i
begranted provisionally at75%
ofthe level oftheprevious year .
3July ,I98I-JulyI982
~« –
• ■
Theproposed Italian aidscheme
hasnotyetbeen notified tothe
Commission «

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b)Creditfacilitiesforsales
Description ofaidQualifyingtransactions Levelof
interventionRemarks
Germany
•. '·>.·--.»·>» '-interestrebate Alisales
# * -'
•-maximuninterestrebate
2%Climit0£C0condi­
tions)CI)
.
'"Γspecialscheme
forships
..··1
ι
-Belgium interestrebate
fSalestoothergember
Statesandthirdcoun-
tries»OECDconditions specialscheme
•
Denmark »preferential
creditAllsales *6£C£>conditions specialscheae
forships
France
ï '•preferential creditSalestootherMember
Statesandthird
countries*°0EC9conditions generalschei*1
'
1Ireland-preferential credit.Allsales ØECDconditions
-«specialscheme
forships
lt,ly
* *»preferential credit,
Allsales1•conditions specialscheme
[forships
'Netherlands -interestrebate Allsales ®»axÍKuT\3interest
rebate2%<3,5X
forsmallships?
liait0ECÖConditions--? '*
specialscheae
forships
UnitedKingdca -preferential creditExportsales -OECDconditions generalscheae
(1)flepayner.tp«r,cd81/2years,interestrateSX,downpaymenttOi.

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c)Credit facilities forpurchase involving aidtoshipbuilding
Deecription ofaid Level ofIntervention Remarks
Belgium –credit facilities forBelgian owners -credit at5or6^for15
years (with oneyear's grace
period )on90%ofcontract
price-
Denmark –credit facilities forDanish owners
onpurchase ofships inaCoamami ty
yard-credit at8$for14years
(with 4years moratorium on
repayment )on80^ofcontract
price »
United Kingdom –credit facilities forthepurchase
ofschips byBritish owners in
British yards (home credit scheme )–OECD conditions of18.7*74 '
–inaddition ,asubvention
scheme hasbeen introduced
under Section 25ofthe
Industry Act1975Theapplication ofthis ~
scheme must not result in
conditions more favorable
than those contained inthe
OECD understanding
d)Price guarantee mechanisms
France
*–Government takes responsabiiity
for increase incost between orde-
ring ariddelivery onfixed price
sales tothird country owners#
–apremium of1%peryear ispaid
when the threshold isnot exceeded–intervention relates to80^
ofthe cost for anincrease
inexcess of6,5%>
"3
"" · .3.I *- ·--·
:' a

Description ofaid Levelofintervention Remarks
:aly–Governmenttakesresponsability–intervention relatestoamAvailable,butnever
forincreaseincostbetween annualincreasebetween5usedforshipbuilding
orderinganddelivery. and15%oftheco3tetodate·
–thepremiumiswithintheband•
0,1toI.25%ofthecoatofthe-
ßhip».
–thisschemeisappliedonlyto
exports#
*