EN Official Journal of the European Union C 209/7

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 209/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption:

Member State: Spain (Catalonia)

Aid No: N 4/2006

Title: Programa Beatriz Pinós

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Resolución UNI/2429/2005, de 3 de agosto, por la que se aprueban las bases y se abre la convocatoria de ayudas posdoctorales dentro del programa Beatriu de Pinós (BP) 2005, DOGC número 4458 de 30 de agosto de 2005

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: EUR 3 453 750

Maximum aid intensity: 75 %, 50 %, 25 %

Duration:

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Agencia de gestión de ayudas universitarios y de investigación (AGAUR) Via Laietana, núm. 28 E-08003 Barcelona

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Germany — Saxony

Aid No: N 52/A/2006

Title: Pollution control and climate protection — prolongation and modification of an aid scheme

Objective: Protection of environment

Legal basis: Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft über die Gewährung von Fördermitteln für Vorhaben des Immissions- und Klimaschutzes einschließlich der Nutzung erneuerbarer Energien im Freistaat Sachsen

Budget: EUR 15 910 000

Intensity or amount: Between 40 % and 50 % maximum of additional costs

Duration: Until 31 December 2008

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 112/2004

Title: Energy and CO2 tax exemption for biofuels

Objective: Environment (Biofuel producers and fuel traders)

Legal basis: Lagen 1994:1776 om skatt på energi

Budget: EUR 129 million per year

Duration: until 31.12.2008

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 149/2006

Title: Financing of M3 Clonee to North of Kells and Limerick tunnel

Objective: Transport

Legal basis: Irish Roads Act

Budget: No accurate estimate available; total construction cost: EUR 600 million/EUR 400 million

Duration: 30 to 45 years

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member States: Lithuanian Republic

Aid No: N 294/2005

Title: Aid for development of biofuel production

Objective: Environmental protection, sectoral development

Legal basis:

— Lietuvos Respublikos biokuro ir bioalyvų įstatymas (Žin., 2004 Nr. 28-870),

— Biokuro gamybos ir naudojimo skatinimo 2004-2010 metais programa (Žin., 2004 Nr. 133-4786)

Budget: EUR 17,4 million (LTL 60 million) in the period 2006-2011

Duration:

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 339/05

Title: Funding of the construction of the waste-fuelled power station MHKW Rothensee

Objective: Energy

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 412/2005

Title: Extension and prolongation of Waste & Resources Action Programme

Objective: Environmental protection

Legal basis: Section 153 of the Environmental Projection Act 1990 and the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes (No 2) Order 2000 (SI 2000:2211)

Budget: EUR 28 million per year

Intensity or amount: Up to 55 % for SMEs in an Art 87(3)(a) region

Duration: Until 31.12.2010

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 478/2004

Title: State guarantee for capital borrowings by Coràs Iompair Eirann (CIÉ) for infrastructure investment

Objective: Transport

Legal basis: Transport Act 1964

Budget: EUR 800 million

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting aid

Duration: 10 years

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:

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 478/2005

Title: Program COST

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků, Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002 Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: CZK 719 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Duration: End date: 31.12.2012

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 479/2005

Title: Program EUREKA

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků, Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002 Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: CZK 749 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 50 %

Duration: End date: 31.12.2012

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 480/2005

Title: Program EUPRO

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků, Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002 Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: CZK 445 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Duration: End date: 31.12.2012

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 481/2005

Title: Program KONTAKT

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků, Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002 Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: CZK 697 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %, 50 %

Duration: End date: 31.12.2012

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 482/2005

Title: Program INGO

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků, Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002 Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných prostředků

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: CZK 823 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Duration: End date: 31.12.2012

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Aid No: N 604/2005

Title: Public funding for bus operators in the rural district of Wittenberg

Objective: Public bus transport service

Legal basis: Personenbeförderungsgesetz; Regionalisierungsgesetz; Gesetz über den öffentlichen Personennahverkehr des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt; Landkreisordnung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt; Nahverkehrsplan des Landkreises Wittenberg; Satzung zur Förderung eigenwirtschaftlicher Verkehrsleistungen im Landkreis Sachsen-Anhalt

Budget: EUR 1 million a year

Aid intensity or amount: This measure does not constitute aid

Duration: 2007-2015

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption:

Member State: Ireland (Border Midlands and West region)

Aid No: N 639/2005

Title: Abbott Vascular Devices Ireland. R&D Capability Grant

Objective: Regional development. Research and development

Legal basis: Research Programme NN 34/87

Type of measure: Individual aid

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: EUR 14 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 35 %

Duration: 2005-2007

Economic sectors: Limited to the manufacturing industry

Name and address of the granting authority:

Industrial Development Agency Ireland Wilton Park House, Wilton Place Dublin 2

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:

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 649/2005

Title: Mesures de dispense partielle de précompte professionnel en faveur de la R&D

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Loi relative au pacte de solidarité entre les générations (Moniteur belge du 30.12.2005 p. 57266-57300)

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Tax advantage

Budget: EUR 116 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 18 %

Duration: Unlimited

Duration (end date): ‘Young Innovative Company’: 1.7.2016

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:

Ministre de l'Économie, de l'Énergie, du Commerce extérieur et de la Politique scientifique Rue Bréderode, 9 B-1000 Bruxelles

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 81/2002

Title: Compensation for traders and other operators in the fisheries sector following the events in Kosovo (1999)

Objective: Compensation for processing and marketing undertakings affected by those events

Legal basis: Articolo 2 bis della legge n. 405 del 9 novembre 1999

Budget: EUR 16 000 000

Duration: Aid paid in 2001 and 2002

Form of aid and intensity: Up to the loss incurred

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/