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Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

State aid scheme in the form of a waiver of the obligation to pay penalties or a reduction of penalties under § 240(3) and 241(3), in conjunction with § 277(2) and § 277a of Act No 461/2003 Coll. on social insurance, as amended by Act No 721/2004 Coll. — granting of State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in the production, processing and marketing of agricultural produce
Aid No XS 88/07

Member State Spain

Region Andalucía

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid Ayudas en favor de las PYMES que se concedan por la Administración de la Junta de Andalucía en el 2007-2009

Legal basis Decreto no 21/2007, de 30 de enero, por el que se establece el marco regulador de las ayudas de finalidad regional y en favor de las PYMES que se concedan por la Administración de la Junta de Andalucía en el 2007, 2008 y 2009. (Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía núm. 27 de 6 de febrero de 2007)

Type of measure Aid scheme

Budget Annual budget: EUR 276,15 million; Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Date of implementation 1.1.2007

Duration 31.12.2007

Objective Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 64/19

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 64/06)

Aid No XS 26/07 Member State Germany Region Bundesland Nordrhein-Westfalen Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid Regionales Wirtschaftsförderungsprogramm NRW (RWP.NRW); Richtlinie für die Gewährung von Finanzierungshilfen zur Förderung der gewerblichen Wirtschaft einschließlich des Tourismusgewerbes vom 15.12.2006 Legal basis 1. 36. Rahmenplan der Bund/Länder-Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der Regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur“ 2. Landeshaushaltsordnung NRW Type of measure Aid scheme Budget Annual budget: EUR 12 million; Overall budget: — Maximum aid intensity In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation Date of implementation 1.1.2007 Duration 31.12.2013 Objective Small and medium-sized enterprises Economic sectors All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs Name and address of the granting authority NRW.BANK Johanniterstraße 3 D-48145 Münster
7.

The key elements of the commitments are as follows. — Distrigas will ensure that for each calendar year a minimum of 65 % and on average for all calendar years a minimum of 70 % of the gas volumes supplied by itself and connected undertakings to industrial users and electricity producers in Belgium will return to the market, i.e. alternative suppliers can make a competing offer to the customers concerned (3). — The volumes will be calculated on the basis of Distrigas' annual contract quantities (including existing contracts) and Distrigas has some flexibility to account for fluctuations over the years. — No new contract with industrial users and electricity producers can be longer than five years. Existing contracts with a duration of five years or more are granted unilateral termination rights with prior notice and without indemnity, which allows Distrigas as a transitional measure to treat them as one year contracts. — The following sales are not covered by the commitment proposal: (1) Volumes supplied to industrial customers with a consumption of less than 12 GWh, (2) electricity producers buying gas for a new installation exceeding 10MW, (3) intra-group sales and sales to Electrabel and Electrabel Customer Solutions as specifically referred to in the remedies in the merger between Suez and Gaz de France (unless such remedies cease to be of effect), (4) Distrigas' trading activities and (5) sales outside Belgium. — If Distrigas' total sales decrease from their 2007 level, then Distrigas will not be deemed to have violated the commitments if the volume that does not return to the market is not more than a certain fixed volume of gas sales (adjusted during the interim period prior to either the merger between Suez and Gaz de France or the decision that the merger should not go ahead), which represents less than 20 % of the total market(s) concerned. — Distrigas will not conclude any gas supply agreements with resellers with a duration of over two years. — Distrigas will not include any use, resale or destination clauses or any tacit renewal clauses in future gas supply agreements and will remove (or not enforce) any such clauses from existing gas supply agreements. — The commitments shall have a duration of four years from the start of 2007. The commitments shall apply as long as Distrigas holds a share of more than 40 percent of the market and at least 20 percent more than the share of its nearest competitor. — If Distrigas is acquired following divestment from Gaz de France/Suez then the future sales by the purchaser in the relevant market in Belgium will be included in the commitments. The purchaser's existing contracts will be included after a one year transitional period unless the purchaser's existing contracts represent no more than five percent of Distrigas' sales in 2007.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 76/10

Notice concerning the anti-dumping measures in force in respect of imports into the Community of certain finished polyester filament apparel fabrics originating, inter alia, in the People's Republic of China: modification of the name of a company subject to an individual anti-dumping duty rate

(2007/C 76/06)

Imports of certain finished polyester filament apparel fabrics originating, inter alia, in the People's Republic of China, are subject to definitive anti-dumping duties, imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1487/2005 (1).

Shaoxing County Xingxin Textile Co., Ltd, a company located in the People's Republic of China, whose exports to the Community of certain finished polyester filament apparel fabrics are subject to an individual anti-dumping duty rate of 14,1 % by the aforementioned Regulation, has informed the Commission that on May 31, 2006 it has changed its name into Xingxin Holding Group Co., Ltd. The company has asked the Commission to confirm that the change of name does not affect the right of the company to benefit from the individual duty rate applied to the company under its previous name of Shaoxing County Xingxin Textile Co., Ltd.

The Commission has examined the information supplied and concluded that the change of name in no way affects the findings of Council Regulation (EC) No 1487/2005. Therefore, the reference to Shaoxing County Xingxin Textile Co., Ltd should be read as Xingxin Holding Group Co., Ltd. in Article 1 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1487/2005.

The Taric additional code A617 previously attributed to Shaoxing County Xingxin Textile Co., Ltd shall apply to Xingxin Holding Group Co., Ltd.

(1) OJ L 240, 16.9.2006, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 85/22

LIST OF RECOGNISED INTERBRANCH ORGANISATIONS IN THE FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE SECTOR

(2007/C 85/11)

This publication is based on Article 13 of Council Regulation (EC) No 104/2000 of 17 December 1999 on the common organisation of the markets in fishery and aquaculture products (OJ L 17, 21.1.2000, p. 33) (Situation on 19 April 2007)
The public service obligation in respect of scheduled air services between Bergerac airport (Roumanières) and Paris airport (Orly) is abolished and that in respect of scheduled air services between Périgueux airport (Bassillac) and Paris airport (Orly) is replaced by the following:

Minimum frequency

The minimum level of service provided must be two return trips a day, morning and evening, from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, 220 days a year.

Flights must be non-stop between Périgueux and Paris.

Type of aircraft used

The service must be operated with a pressurised aircraft having a seating capacity of at least 19.

Timetables

Timetables must be such as to enable passengers to make the round trip within the day and to spend at least eight hours at their destination, whether Paris or Périgueux.

Flight bookings

Flights must be marketed by means of at least one computerised reservation system.

Continuity of service

Except in cases of force majeure, the number of flights cancelled for reasons directly attributable to the carrier must not exceed 3 % of the number of flights scheduled in any year. The carrier must give six months' notice before discontinuing the services.

Community carriers are hereby informed that the operation of air services without regard to the abovementioned public service obligations may result in administrative and/or criminal penalties.
Aid No XS 111/07

Member State Spain

Region Comunidad Autónoma de la Región de Murcia

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid Programa de Apoyo a la Empresa Familiar

Legal basis Orden de 15 de febrero de 2007, por la que se aprueban las Bases Reguladoras y la Convocatoria para 2007 de las ayudas del Instituto de Fomento de la Región de Murcia dirigidas a las empresas (anexo 16)

Type of measure Aid scheme

Budget Annual budget: EUR 0,03 million; Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Date of implementation 23.2.2007

Duration 31.12.2013

Objective Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors All sectors eligible for aid to SMEs
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 102/3

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 102/04)

Date of adoption of the decision 24.1.2007 Reference number of the aid NN 67/05 Member State Lithuania Region — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) UAB „Bitė GSM“ Legal basis LR investicijų įstatymas (Žin., 1999, Nr. 66-2127); LR mokesčių administravimo įstatymas (Žin., 1995 Nr. 61-1525; 1998 Nr. 90-2483, 1999 Nr. 66-2126; 2001 Nr. 71-2514; 2004 Nr. 63-2243); LR juridinių asmenų pelno mokesčio įstatymas (Žin., 1990 Nr. 24-601; 1996 Nr. 62-1463, Nr. 71-1715; 1999 Nr. 57-1833) Type of measure Individual aid Objective Regional development, Research and development Form of aid Tax rate reduction Budget Overall budget: LTL 85,78 million Intensity 50 % Duration 13.3.2003-12.3.2008 Economic sectors Post and telecommunications Name and address of the granting authority Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerija Other information Final copy of the investment agreement

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 24.1.2007 Reference number of the aid NN 68/05 Member State Lithuania Region — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) UAB „Omnitel“ Legal basis LR investicijų įstatymas (Žin., 1999, Nr. 66-2127); LR mokesčių administravimo įstatymas (Žin., 1995 Nr. 61-1525; 1998 Nr. 90-2483, 1999 Nr. 66-2126; 2001 Nr. 71-2514; 2004 Nr. 63-2243); LR juridinių asmenų pelno mokesčio įstatymas (Žin., 1990 Nr. 24-601; 1996 Nr. 62-1463, Nr. 71-1715; 1999 Nr. 57-1833) Type of measure Individual aid Objective Regional development, Research and development Form of aid Tax rate reduction Budget Overall budget: LTL 92,27 million Intensity 46,97 % Duration 1.7.2002-30.6.2007 Economic sectors Post and telecommunications Name and address of the granting authority Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministerija Other information Final copy of the investment agreement

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/
Aid No XS 91/07

Member State Italy

Region Toscana

Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid Progetto pilota integrato sul reparto della componentistica autoveicoli e motocicli (2, 3 e 4 ruote) — Sostegno a progetti pilota di alleanza strategica di filiera o di cluster di imprese (Azione 7)

Legal basis Delibera G.R. n. 616 del 23.6.2003 Delibera G.R. n. 646 del 18.9.2006 Decreto n. 6543 del 28.12.2006

Type of measure Aid scheme

Budget Annual budget: EUR 1,5 million; Overall budget: —

Maximum aid intensity In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the Regulation

Date of implementation 31.1.2007

Duration 31.12.2007

Objective Small and medium-sized enterprises

Economic sectors Motor vehicles, Other manufacturing, Other services
Notes

Increases in aid under Article 4(3) of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001, for firms in areas which qualify for regional aid pursuant to Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty, may be granted only after the Commission's approval of the Italian regional aid map for the period 2007-2013 has been published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company

The contribution may not exceed the ceilings laid down by Community law

The day following the publication of Deliberazione della Giunta Regionale no 115 of 27.2.2007 on the internet site of the company handling the incentives (MCC spa)

Open-ended; the aid scheme is in any case exempt from compulsory notification under Article 88(3) of the EC Treaty up to 30 June 2008, when Regulation (EC) No 70/2001, as amended expires, unless extended.

The aid, in the form of interest subsidies, is intended to facilitate the purchase or leasing of new machine tools or manufacturing equipment

Name and address of the granting authority

Other information
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 120/7

Communication of the Commission on the quantity of certain products in the milk and milk products sector available for the second half of 2007 under certain quotas opened by the Community

(2007/C 120/05)

When import licences were allocated for the first half of 2007 for certain quotas referred to in Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 (1), applications for licences covered quantities less than those available for the products concerned. As a result, the quantity available for each quota for the period 1 July to 31 December 2007 should be calculated, taking account of the unallocated quantities resulting from Commission Regulation (EC) No 52/2007 (of 23 January 2007 determining the extent to which the applications for import licences submitted in January 2007 for certain dairy products under certain tariff quotas opened by Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 can be accepted (2)) and from Commission Regulation (EC) No 56/2007 (of 24 January 2007 determining the extent to which the applications for import licences lodged during the first 15 days of January 2007 for butter originating in New Zealand under quota numbers 09.4195 and 09.4182 can be accepted (3)).

The quantities available for the period 1 July to 31 December 2007 for the second half of the year of importation of certain quotas referred to in Commission Regulation (EC) No 2535/2001 are indicated hereunder.

(1) OJ L 341, 22.12.2001, p. 29. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 487/2007 (OJ L 114, 1.5.2007, p. 8).

(2) OJ L 17, 24.1.2007, p. 5.

(3) OJ L 18, 25.1.2007, p. 8.

ANNEX I.C Products originating in ACP countries Quota number Quantity (t) 09.4026 1 000 09.4027 1 000

ANNEX I.D Products originating in Turkey Quota number Quantity (t) 09.4101 2 300

ANNEX I.E Products originating in South Africa Quota number Quantity (t) 09.4151 6 750
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 134/5

Commission communication concerning the prolongation of the application of the Communication on the follow-up to the Commission communication on certain legal aspects relating to cinematographic and other audiovisual works (cinema communication) of 26 September 2001

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 134/03)

Point 2.5 of the Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on certain legal aspects relating to cinematographic and other audiovisual works (1) states that ‘The specific compatibility criteria for aid to cinema and TV programme production, set out above, will remain valid until June 2004, the time limit set in the decisions adopted so far’. In 2004 the Commission extended the validity of the specific compatibility criteria for aid to cinema and TV programme production until 30 June 2007 (2).

The Commission announced that ‘In advance of the next review of the Communication, the Commission intends, in addition to further analysing the arguments of the sector, to carry out an extensive study on the effects of the existing State aid systems. The study should examine in particular the economic and cultural impact of the territorialisation requirements imposed by Member States, in particular taking into account their impact on co-productions’.

The study was launched on 24 August 2006 (3). The results of the study will be an essential input for taking a decision about the future compatibility criteria.

In order to allow time for completion of the study and the subsequent review of the Communication, the Commission has decided to continue to apply the current criteria until such time as new rules on State aid to cinematographic and other audiovisual works come into effect, or, at the latest, until 31 December 2009.

(1) OJ C 43, 16.2.2002, p. 6.

(2) Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions on the follow-up of the Commission communication on certain legal aspects relating to cinematographic and other audiovisual works of 26 September 2001OJ C 123, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

(3) OJ S 173, 12.9.2006, reference 2006/S 173-183834.
solum 87 (3) a, 87 (3) c, (ABl. EG C 295/6 vom 5. Dezember 2006)

Title of aid scheme or the name of the undertaking receiving ad hoc aid supplement

In conformity with Article 4 of the Regulation

All sectors eligible for regional investment aid

Name and address of the granting authority
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 137/3

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 137/02)

Date of adoption of the decision 22.3.2007 Reference number of the aid N 652/06 Member State Cyprus Region — Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Φορολογικές απαλλαγές για τη χρήση βιοκαυσίμων για τις μεταφορές Legal basis — Ο περί φόρων κατανάλωσης νόμος του 2004 — Διάταγμα δυνάμει του άρθρου 44(5) — Νομοσχέδιο με τίτλο «Νόμος που τροποποιεί τον περί της προώθησης της χρήσης βιοκαυσίμων ή άλλων ανανεώσιμων καυσίμων για τις μεταφορές νόμο του 2005» — Ο περί της προώθησης της χρήσης βιοκαυσίμων ή άλλων ανανεώσιμων καυσίμων για τις μεταφορές νόμος του 2005 — 66(Ι) του 2005 — Ο περί φόρων κατανάλωσης νόμος του 2004 — N. 91(I)/2004 Type of measure Aid scheme Objective Environmental protection Form of aid Tax rate reduction Budget Annual budget: CYP 2,2 million; Overall budget: CYP 8,8 million Intensity — Duration 31.10.2006-31.12.2010 Economic sectors Biofuel production Name and address of the granting authority Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism A. Araouzou, 13-15 CY-1421 Nicosia Other information —

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/
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 151/9

Imposition by France of a public service obligation in respect of scheduled air services between Dijon and Bordeaux and between Dijon and Toulouse

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 151/04)

1. France has decided to impose a public service obligation in respect of scheduled air services operated between Dijon-Bourgogne and Bordeaux (Mérignac) and between Dijon-Bourgogne and Toulouse (Blagnac) pursuant to Article 4(1)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2408/92 of 23 July 1992 on access for Community air carriers to intra-Community air routes (1).

2. The public service obligation in respect of scheduled air services between Dijon-Bourgogne and Bordeaux (Mérignac) and between Dijon-Bourgogne and Toulouse (Blagnac) is as follows:

2.1. Frequency

The minimum level of service provided must be:

— two return trips a day, morning and evening, from Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays, 220 days a year,

— one return trip on Sunday evening for 48 weeks a year.

From Monday to Friday, the services must be operated in the morning according to the following route: Dijon-Bordeaux-Toulouse-Dijon, and in the evening according to the following route: Dijon-Toulouse-Bordeaux-Dijon, without any other stopover in the morning or evening.

2.2. Type of aircraft used and minimum capacity provided

The services must be operated with a pressurised aircraft with a minimum seating capacity of 28.

2.3. Timetables

From Monday to Friday, the timetables must allow passengers to make a round trip within the day and to spend at least seven hours at their destination, be it Bordeaux, Toulouse or Dijon.

The timetables must allow transit passengers to take national or European connecting flights at Bordeaux or Toulouse.

2.4. Flight bookings

The flights must be marketed by means of a computerised booking system.

2.5. Continuity of service

Except in cases of force majeure, the number of flights cancelled for reasons directly attributable to the carrier must not exceed 3 % of the number of flights scheduled in any IATA scheduling season. In addition, the carrier must give a minimum of six months' advance notice before discontinuing the services.

Community carriers are hereby informed that the operation of air services without regard to the abovementioned public service obligation may result in administrative and/or criminal penalties.

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 8.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 162/4

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 162/02)

Date of adoption of the decision 30.4.2007 Reference number of the aid N 28/07 Member State Italy Region Molise Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Cantieri Navali di Termoli SpA Legal basis Deliberazione della giunta regionale del 18.9.2006 n. 1358 — regolamento che disciplina la concessione dei finanziamenti per il salvataggio delle imprese in difficoltà Type of measure Individual aid Objective Rescue of firms in difficulty Form of aid Soft loan Budget Overall budget: EUR 3 million Intensity — Duration 6 months Economic sector Shipbuilding Name and address of the granting authority Regione Molise — Italia Other information —

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/
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 153/21

Update of list of national services responsible for border controls for the purposes of Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) as published in Official Journal of the European Union C 247 of 13 October 2006, p. 17

(2007/C 153/05)

The publication of list of national services responsible for border controls for the purposes of Article 15(2) of Regulation (EC) No 562/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 establishing a Community Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders (Schengen Borders Code) is based on the information communicated by the Member States to the commission in conformity with Article 34 of the Schengen Borders Code.

In addition to the publication in the Official Journal, a monthly update is available on the website of Directorate General Justice, Freedom and Security.

MALTA

New State service responsible for border control:

Armed Forces of Malta.