EN Official Journal of the European Union C 77/1

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 77/01)

Date of adoption of the decision 7.12.2005 Reference number of the aid N 395/05 Member State Ireland Region — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Loan guarantees for social infrastructure schemes funded by the Housing Finance Agency (HFA) Legal basis Section 17 of the Housing (Miscellanous Provisions) Act 2002 in conjunction with Section 56 of the Housing Act 1966) Type of measure Aid scheme Objective Providing infrastructure elements ancillary to social housing Form of aid Guarantee and soft loan Budget The Minister for Finance may guarantee borrowings of the HFA up to EUR 6 000 million Intensity — Duration (period) Unlimited. Economic sectors Not sector specific. Name and address of the granting authority Department of Finance, Government Buildings Dublin 2 Ireland Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, Custom House Dublin 1 Ireland Other information Commitments by Ireland: — moneys provided by the HFA to the local authorities will only be used for capital projects related to social housing and not for services; — moneys provided by the HFA to the local authorities will not be used to provide and or maintain shops or factories or offices except offices to accommodate the officials of the local authorities; — if an undertaking is granted specific rights to manage or use an infrastructural element financed by the scheme to run an economic activity, the HFA will ensure that the contract terms on which the local authority engages the undertaking to manage or use the facility will be market terms.

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Date of adoption of the decision 21.2.2007 Reference number of the aid N 692/06 Member State United Kingdom Region — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Large Combustion Plants National Emission Reduction Plan Legal basis 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, England and Wales — Statutory Instrument 2000 No 1973; Northern Ireland — Statutory Rule 2003 No 46; Scotland — Scottish Statutory Instrument 2000 No 323 Type of measure Aid scheme Objective Environmental protection Form of aid Free allocation of tradable allowances Budget — Intensity — Duration 1.1.2008-31.12.2015 Economic sectors Large Combustion Plants Name and address of the granting authority The Department of Environment, Food and Rural affairs, Ashdown House 123 Victoria Street London SW 1E 6DE United Kingdom Other information —

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Date of adoption of the decision 8.3.2007 Reference number of the aid N 760/06 Member State Spain Region — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Régimen de financiación para la exportación de buques Legal basis Real Decreto 442/1994, Art. 11-14 Type of measure Aid scheme Objective Sectoral development Form of aid Soft loan Budget Annual budget: EUR 38 million Intensity — Duration 1.1.2007-31.12.2008 Economic sectors Shipbuilding Name and address of the granting authority Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio Other information —

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