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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2001/C 333/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.4.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 118/2000

Title: Public grants to professional sports clubs

Objective: Sport

Legal basis: Art. 19-3 de la loi n° 99-979 du 28 décembre 1999 portant diverses mesures relatives à l'organisation et à la promotion des activités physiques et sportives, dispositions du décret d'application notifié (non encore numéroté). Article L.121-1 du Code français de l'Éducation

Budget: FRF 600 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting aid

Duration: Unlimited

Other information: The French authorities undertake to avoid any overcompensation for the net costs of school and sports training by monitoring use of grants received, notably by keeping accounts separate and by requiring repayment of any aid used for purposes other than those explicitly provided for

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Date of adoption of the decision: 18.7.2001

Member State: United Kingdom (West Midlands)

Aid No: N 152/01

Title: MG Rover, training aid

Objective: Training aid in the motor vehicle sector

Legal basis: Learning and Skills Act 2000, Sections 2, 3, 4 and 5

Aid intensity or amount: GBP 9 million (approximately EUR 14,4 million) - maximum intensity of 30 % for specific training and 40,5 % for general training

Duration: 2000-2005

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Date of adoption of the decision: 2.10.2001

Member State: Austria (Linz)

Aid No: N 258/01

Title: Environmental aid to Voest-Alpine Stahl Linz GmbH

Objective: Environmental aid (ECSC steel)

Legal basis: Österreichische Halonverordnung BGBl. Nr. 1990/576

Budget: EUR 24187,92 (ATS 332833)

Aid intensity or amount: 15 %

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Date of adoption of the decision: 18.7.2001

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 314/01 and N 315/01

Title: Development aid for:

Vietnam - Building of six rescue vessels

Yemen - Building of two tugboats

Objective: Shipbuilding

Legal basis: Algemene regeling voor export naar ontwikkelingslanden

Aid intensity or amount: Vietnam: 32,4 %

Yemen: 25 %

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Date of adoption of the decision: 14.9.2001

Member State: Spain (Basque country)

Aid No: N 32/01

Title: Regional aid scheme to promote and develop rural areas (EREIN programme)

Objective: Development of rural areas

Legal basis: Decreto por el que se regulan las líneas de ayudas a la promoción y desarrollo de las zonas rurales de la Comunidad Autónoma del País Vasco (Programa EREIN)

Budget: ESP 1 billion (EUR 6,01 million) per year

Aid intensity or amount: Aid for productive investment or renewable sources of energy: 25 % gge (plus 10 percentage points in certain declining regions or regions experiencing structural problems)

Recruitment aid: ESP 750000 (EUR 4507,59) per person taken on; in the case of the long-term unemployed, women with family responsibilities or the handicapped, ESP 1 million (EUR 6010,12) per person taken on

Duration: 2001-2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 19.7.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 321/2000

Title: Réunion 2000-2006 - Laboratories and technology transfer centres

Objective: R & D - Aid intensities and eligible costs comply with the maximum amounts laid down in the Community framework for State aid for research and development

Legal basis: Contrat de plan État-région 2000-2006

Budget: EUR 4,6 million

Duration: Until end of 2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 19.9.2001

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 500/01

Title: Network grants to licensed heavy rail infrastructure managers

Objective: To financially support a substantial renewals investment programme on the principal rail infrastructure network in Great Britain

Legal basis: Section 211 and Schedule 15 of the Transport Act 2000

Budget: GBP 6,771 billion

Duration: 2001-2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2001

Member State: Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)

Aid No: N 517/2000

Title: Aid in favour of Glunz AG

Objective: Realisation of large investment project under the multisectoral framework

Legal basis: - 29. Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe "Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur"

- Investitionszulagengesetz 1999

Budget: DEM 136513000 (EUR 69767988)

Aid intensity or amount: 35 % gross

Duration: 1 January 2000 to end of 2002 (three years)

Other information: Annual report will be provided

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Date of adoption of the decision: 18.7.2001

Member State: Greece (Central Macedonia and Attica)

Aid No: N 07/01

Title: State aid in favour of Hellenic Petroleum SA

Objective: Investment aid, petrochemical industry

Legal basis: Ν 2601/98 "Ενισχύσεις ιδιωτικών επενδύσεων για την οικονομική και περιφερειακή ανάπτυξη της χώρας και άλλες διατάξεις"

Budget: GRD 39744 million (EUR 116,64 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 30,92 % nge

Duration: 1998-2001

Other information: The Greek Government has made the express commitment to comply with the ex-post monitoring requirements of Section 6 of the multisectoral framework on regional aid for large investment projects

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Date of adoption of the decision: 18.7.2001

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 801/2000

Title: EUV-Litography

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Jährliches Haushaltsgesetz, Einzelplan 30 für den Geschäftsbereich des BMBF, Kapitel 06

Budget: Total aid amount of DEM 120 million (EUR 60 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Light sources 43,2 %; Optics 37 %; Mask 42,7 %; Mask carrier 36,7 %; Process/resist 47,1 %; Total 39,9 %

Duration: Five years

Other information: Germany will submit an annual report according to the R & D framework

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Date of adoption of the decision: 6.9.2001

Member State: Spain (Extremadura)

Aid No: N 834/2000

Title: Employment aid scheme for enterprises in the non-profit sector

Objective: Job creation in, and development of, enterprises in the non-profit sector

Legal basis: Decreto de la Comunidad Autónoma de Extremadura

Budget: EUR 11,5 million

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Until end of 2003

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Date of adoption of the decision: 6.6.2001

Member State: Greece (Attiki, Thessalia, Thessaloniki)

Aid No: NN 90/2000

Title: Natural gas

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: Ν 2364/95 "Ελληνικός νόμος περί φυσικού αερίου", όπως τροποποιήθκε από το νόμο 2528/97

Budget: Maximum GRD 30 billion (EUR 88,2 million) for grants, not quantifiable for tax benefits

Aid intensity or amount: nge 17 % in Attiki, 11,3 % in Thessaloniki, 25,9 % in Thessalia

Duration: Ad-hoc case, grant to be paid over seven years, 10 years' tax benefits

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