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

(2003/C 110/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.3.2003

Member State: France

Aid No: N 26/03

Title: Individual social assistance scheme for air services between Paris and Corsica

Objective: To promote the opening-up of Corsica by establishing a social assistance scheme for certain categories of passengers and for residents of the island, and thus combat handicaps connected with its insular nature

Legal basis: Délibération n° 02/369 AC de l'Assemblée de Corse adoptée le 29 novembre 2002 définissant un dispositif d'aide à caractère social aux personnes transportées sur les liaisons régulières entre Paris (Orly) et les aéroports corses

Budget: EUR 25,6 million on an annual basis

Aid intensity or amount: Reimbursement to air carriers of EUR 41 per person and per journey for flights between Paris (Orly) and Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi and Figari. This reimbursement can only be granted for certain categories of passengers (people with their main place of residence in Corsica; young people under 25 years of age; elderly people over 60 years of age; students under 27 years of age; passengers travelling as a family; disabled persons or invalids)

Duration: Although there is no set expiry date for the scheme, it is not intended to be permanent

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Date of adoption of the decision: 24.1.2003

Member State: Portugal (Alentejo)

Aid No: N 485/02

Title: Training aid for EPCOS - Peças e Componentes Electrónicos, S.A.

Objective: General and specific training

Legal basis: Sistema de Incentivos à Modernização Empresarial

Budget: EUR 3057503,31

Aid intensity or amount: 54,5 % gross

Other information: N 667/99

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: 4.2.2003

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 790/02

Title: Budget increase for the wind turbine part of the subsidy scheme for energy supplies in the non-profit and special sectors (EINP)

Objective: To stimulate the purchase by natural persons of wind turbines generating electricity

Legal basis: Ministerieel besluit op basis van de kaderwet Verstrekking Financiële middelen EZ

Budget: The budget for persons purchasing a wind turbine is increased to EUR 10,4 million

Aid intensity or amount: 20 %

Duration: Unlimited

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: 17.7.2002

Member State: Spain (Tenerife)

Aid No: NN 29/02

Title: Aid for the installation of service areas on Tenerife

Objective: Road freight transport

Legal basis: Bases particulares que han de regir la convocatoria de ayudas para la instalación de áreas de servicio de transportistas autónomos de servicio público de mercancías en diferentes comarcas de la isla. Boletín Oficial de la Provincia de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, número 66

Budget: The overall budget envisaged is EUR 300506,05

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: 4.2.2003

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 620/02

Title: Small and Medium Enterprise Venture Capital and Loan Fund

Objective: Provide venture capital and loan funding to SMEs in the United Kingdom

Legal basis: "Industrial Development Act 1982 (Section 7,11)", the "Industrial Development Act 1988", the "Local Government Act 2000 (Section 2)", the "Regional Development Agencies Act 1998 (Section 5 and 6)", the "Greater London Authority Act 1999", the "Leasehold Reform, Housing and the Urban Development Act 1993 (Part 3)", the "New Towns Act 1981", the "Housing Grant Construction and Regeneration Act 1996 (Section 126)", the "Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990 as amended 1 April 2001 by Scottish Statutory Instrument 2001 No 126", as well as the "Welsh Development Agency Act 1975 as amended"

Budget: Approximately GBP 1 billion (EUR 1,6 billion) total funding

Duration: Funding until 31 December 2008

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: 19.2.2003

Member State: Germany (Brandenburg)

Aid No: N 713/02

Title: Aid in favour of LEIPA Georg Leinfelder GmbH

Objective: Realisation of a large investment project under the Multisectoral Framework on regional aid for the construction of a production plant for light-weight magazine paper

Legal basis: - 28. Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe "Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur"

- Investitionszulagengesetz 1999

- Programm für unmittelbare Bürgschaften des Bundes und der Länder in den neuen Bundesländern und Berlin Ost

Budget: EUR 368 million

Aid intensity or amount: 26,17 %

Duration: April 2002 to March 2005

Other information: Commitment by Germany to comply with the obligations regarding ex-post monitoring according to point 6 of the Multisectoral Framework on regional aid for large investment projects

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

http://europa.eu.int/comm/ secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids