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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2003/C 186/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.3.2003

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 044/03 (ex CP 172/01)

Title: Support for cinema production in North Rhine-Westphalia: Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Objective: Cinema

Legal basis: Richtlinien der Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen für die Förderung der Filmkulturwirtschaft im Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen

Budget: EUR 33718900 for 2003

Aid intensity or amount: Variable; in any event, below 50 %

Duration: Until end of 2004

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Date of adoption of the decision: 22.4.2003

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 12/03

Title: Extension of the Invest scheme - Risk capital fund N 543/2000

Objective: The scheme is extended to areas referred to in DOCUP Objectives 2 and 5.

The other details remain unchanged, namely:

- lending: aid intensity of between 4 % and 18 % gge in assisted areas, depending on the presence or otherwise of guarantees and on whether the aid may be combined with other forms of aid; aid intensity of between 6 % and 14,8 % outside assisted areas, depending on the presence or otherwise of guarantees and on the size of the enterprise (small or medium-sized),

- acquisition of holdings: aid intensity of 28 % gge in assisted areas and of 7,5 % and 15 % outside assisted areas, depending on whether the enterprise is small or medium-sized.

Legal basis: DOCUP Obj. 2 des Provinces de Liège, Luxembourg, Namur

Budget: EUR 32712540

Duration: Until end 2006

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: 13.5.2003

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 145/03

Title: R & D project "Prozessoptimierung durch die Entwicklung von selbstkonfigurierenden Konstruktionsstandards für Einsatz in CAD-Systemen", by Blohm + Voss Gesellschaft mbH

Objective: Speed up the design process by standardisation of design elements of the shipbuilding structures and by providing methods for efficient use of these elements in CAD-systems in the form of data and method banks. In a second step, the partner shipyards will implement jointly created data and method banks of self-configuring structure specifications which will enable a more efficient collaboration between undertakings involved in the construction of new ships in vertical and horizontal co-operation networks (shipbuilding)

Legal basis: Scheme "Schifffahrt und Meerestechnik für das 21. Jahrhundert" (N156/2000) approved by the Commission on 15 November 2000

Budget: EUR 222671,50

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: 13.5.2003

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 46/03

Title: Risk equalisation scheme in the Irish Health insurance market

Objective: Neutralisation of the differences in insurers' risk profiles in the private medical insurance sector

Legal basis: Risk equalisation scheme, 2003

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting aid

Duration: Unlimited

Other information: Obligation to provide the Commission with annual reports on the application of the scheme

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

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