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EN Official Journal of the European Union C 246/10

Imposition by France of a public service obligation for scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Frankfurt

(2006/C 246/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1. France has decided to impose a public service obligation on scheduled air services between Strasbourg and Frankfurt 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.

2. The public service obligation is as follows:

2.1. Frequency

The minimum level of service provided between Frankfurt and Strasbourg must be four round trips per day from Monday to Friday, all year round except for the month of August, when there must be a minimum of one round trip per day, from Monday to Friday. The flights in question must be non-stop.

2.2. Type of aircraft used and minimum capacity provided

The services must be operated by aircraft with at least 48 seats.

2.3. Timetables

The first flight in the day departing from Frankfurt must leave at a time that enables flights from other European countries to connect. All four services must coincide with connecting flights at Frankfurt airport.

The timetable must coincide with parliamentary sessions, i.e. arriving at Strasbourg close to but no later than 14:00 for the session beginning at 15:00 and leaving Strasbourg no earlier than 17:00, when the sessions end.

2.4. Flight bookings

Seats on these flights must be marketed by 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 2 % of the number of flights scheduled in any IATA scheduling season. The carrier must give a minimum of six months' notice before discontinuing these 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.
The microloans are granted out of the ESF Microloans Fund set up by the SAB. The Fund's duration is from 19.12.2005 to 31.12.2013. Loans will, however, be disbursed only until 31.12.2008 (Structural Fund programming period). Thereafter, any existing loan agreements will be handled by the Fund.

With respect to the granting of loans after 31.12.2006, the German authorities have given an assurance that the conditions of the current SME exemption regulation will be met. The (ESF Microloans) guideline will thus be adapted to take account of the SME exemption regulation in force after 1.1.2007.
2.2

The Directorate-General for Civil Aviation shall approve the adjustment of the above reference fares in January each year. Where such adjustment involves an increase in those fares, this shall be approved at the request of the air carriers operating the routes subject to public service obligations, following registration in accordance with paragraph 2.4 of this section. Fares shall be adjusted by an amount to reflect the effects of applying the corresponding annual increase or, where appropriate, decrease in the national consumer price index [Índice General Nacional del Sistema de Índices de Precios al Consumo] to the costs directly affected by any such annual fluctuation, which are estimated at 73 % of the total cost structure of an air carrier. With regard to all aviation taxes, comprising landing charges, airport approach charges and charges for use of the air navigation aids network, account shall be taken of the increases or, where appropriate, decreases authorised for each of these charges for the year in question in the Budget Act [Ley de Presupuestos Generales del Estado] or its implementing rules, which shall be applied to the reference fares, with up to 4 % of the cost structure being weighted by these increases for each of the above three charges. The proposal to increase fares referred to in the second paragraph, which must under no circumstances be submitted before 1 January each year, shall be considered to have been approved if no decision has been expressly notified within 15 days of submission. The calculation shall be without prejudice to any adjustments necessary following the final determination of the change in the national consumer price index. In the event of an increase in the cost components affecting the operation of these air services which is abnormal, unforeseeable and not attributable to the carriers, and acting on a proposal from the air carriers, the Minister for Internal Development [Ministro de Fomento] may adjust the reference fares in proportion to that increase, based on the overall year-on-year increase. The adjusted fare shall be notified to the carriers operating the services concerned. It shall also be communicated to the European Commission for publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Up to 28 April 2006 (deadline for submission of applications). All letters of approval must be issued to beneficiaries by 31 December 2006 at the latest.

Investment proposals selected must be completed by 30 June 2008 at the latest. All payments to be made before 31 December 2008.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 266/4

European Medicines Agency — Publication of the final accounts for the financial year 2005

(2006/C 266/02)

The complete version of the final accounts may be found at the following address:

http://www.emea.eu.int

Source: Agency data — These tables summarise the data supplied by the Agency in its annual accounts.

Table 1

Implementation of the budget for the financial year 2005

(1000 euro) Revenue Expenditure Source of revenue Revenue entered in the final budget for the financial year Revenue collected Allocation of expenditure Final budget appropriations Appropriations carried over from the previous financial year Appropriations for the financial year plus appropriations carried over from the previous financial year entered committed paid carried over cancelled available paid cancelled available committed paid carried over cancelled Community subsidies (1) 31 180 33 734 Title I Staff 41 356 39 307 38 608 700 2 048 642 536 106 41 998 39 949 39 144 700 2 154 Own revenue 77 455 71 895 Title II Administration 27 105 24 047 15 974 10 041 1 090 10 935 10 590 345 38 040 34 982 26 564 10 041 1 435 Other revenue 3 200 3 767 Title III Operating activities 43 374 42 000 33 907 8 092 1 375 11 174 10 523 651 54 548 53 174 44 430 8 092 2 026 Total 111 835 109 396 Total 111 835 105 354 88 489 18 833 4 513 22 751 21 649 1 102 134 586 128 105 110 138 18 833 5 615





Table 2

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2005 and 2004

(1000 euro) 2005 2004 Operating revenue Community subsidies 28 957 24 556 Revenue 77 679 71 857 Total (a) 106 636 96 413 Operating expenditure Staff 40 057 34 333 Administration 22 459 15 154 Operating activities 41 999 38 573 Total (b) 104 515 88 060 Operating result (c = a – b) 2 121 8 353 Other income (d) 2 257 1 160 Other charges (e) 0 0 Economic result (f = c + d – e) 4 378 9 513





Table 3

Balance sheet at 31 December 2005 and 2004.

(1000 euro) 2005 2004 Assets Fixed assets 17 437 12 115 Receivables 5 490 5 892 Cash accounts 29 934 35 010 Total 52 861 53 017 Liabilities Results accumulated from previous financial years 23 280 13 767 Economic result for the year 4 378 9 513 Current liabilities 25 203 29 737 Total 52 861 53 017

(1) Including subsidies received from the European Economic Area.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 266/13

European Maritime Safety Agency — Publication of the final accounts for the financial year 2005

(2006/C 266/05)

The complete version of the final accounts may be found at the following address:

www.emsa.eu.int

Source: Agency data — These tables summarise the data provided by the Agency in its annual accounts.

Table 1

Implementation of the budget for the financial year 2005

(1000 euro) Revenue Expenditure Origin of revenue Revenue entered in the final budget for the financial year Revenue received Allocation of expenditure Final budget appropriations for the financial year Available appropriations (appropriations for the financial year plus appropriations carried over from the previous financial year) Available appropriations (appropriations for the financial year and appropriations carried over from the previous financial year) entered committed paid carried over cancelled available paid cancelled available committed paid carried over cancelled Community subsidies 35 360 16 060 Title I Staff (NDA) 9 788 6 224 6 063 161 3 564 143 62 81 9 931 6 366 6 124 161 3 645 Other revenue 0 8 Title II Administration (NDA) 2 898 1 939 1 598 333 967 684 640 44 3 582 2 623 2 237 333 1 011 Title III Operating activities (DA) — CA 22 674 21 551 0 0 1 124 22 674 21 551 0 0 1 124 — PA 22 674 0 7 515 0 15 159 22 674 0 7 515 0 15 159 Total 35 360 16 068 Total CA 35 360 29 714 0 494 5 655 827 702 125 36 187 30 540 494 5 780 Total PA 35 360 0 15 176 494 19 690 827 702 125 36 187 15 876 494 19 815





Table 2

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial year 2005 (1)

(1000 euro) 2005 Operating revenue Community subsidies 15 656 Total (a) 15 656 Operating expenditure Staff 6 099 Administration 2 194 Operating activities 2 925 Total (b) 11 218 Operating result (c = a - b) 4 438 Other income (d) 0 Other charges (e) 3 Economic result (f = c + d - e) 4 435





Table 3

Balance sheet at 31 December 2005 and 31 December 2004 (2)

(1000 euro) 2005 2004 Assets Fixed assets 524 206 Receivables 5 456 138 Cash accounts 8 866 9 754 Total 14 846 10 098 Liabilities Accumulated surplus 2 750 0 Economic result for the year 4 435 2 750 Current liabilities 7 661 7 348 Total 14 846 10 098

(1) The data for the financial year 2004 have not been presented since they are not comparable with the 2005 data because of the change in the accounting methods applied.

(2) The data for the financial year 2004 have been restated to make them comparable with the 2005 data.
Title of aid scheme or name of the company receiving individual aid

Activity areas ‘Diversification of agriculture and relevant economic sectors in order to achieve a comprehensive range of economic activities and create alternative income sources’ and ‘Encouraging rural tourism and craft activities’ of the Rural development and fisheries priority measure ‘Promoting the adaptation and the development of rural areas’ of the Lithuanian Single Programming Document 2004-2006
Improvement of the competitiveness of businesses, with priority for SMEs. This comprises two actions: A) Continuing training; B) On-the-job training for new recruits to be put to immediate use in the workplace

Date of implementation
Until 31 December 2007. If need be, the measure will be aligned on the relevant provisions following revision of the Regulation. The Commission will be notified accordingly.

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs
Aid No XT 38/06

Member State Hellas

Region Entire country

Title of aid scheme Hellenic Technology Clusters Initiative (HTCI) is an endorsed activity under the auspices of the Hellenic Ministry of Development, that targets the establishment and development of competitive technology clusters in knowledge-intensive and exports-oriented focused segments. The selected clusters are comprised mainly of SMEs.

Legal basis Νόμος 1514/85 όπως τροποποιήθηκε από το Νόμο 2919/01. Ο ρόλος του Ερευνητικού Κέντρου «Αθηνά» περιγράφεται στο Άρθρο 8 του Νόμου 2919/01 και το Προεδρικό Διάταγμα 145/03 όπως τροποποιήθηκαν από το άρθρο 9 του Νόμου 3438/06 και το άρθρο 15 του Νόμου 3460/06.

Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company Annual overall amount 2006: EUR 200 000 2007: EUR 200 000 2008: EUR 106 000

Overall aid amount Actual amounts in each year may vary somewhat, but the total is fixed. 287 000

Maximum aid intensity The maximum aid intensity will not exceed the ceilings of Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 363/2004.

Date of implementation First call for proposals opened at the beginning of August 2006

Duration of scheme or individual aid award Until 31 December 2008. Legal commitments until 31 December 2006

Objective of aid The HTCI programme will support the clustering initiatives by providing support in the form of grants for a short period of time (2006-2008) for general training and specific training for both SME and non-SMEs. The objective of the aid is to help expand cluster-members' activities, promote technology and know-how diffusion among cluster members, focus on the utilization of talented human capital, and improve skills of the firms involved.

Economic sectors concerned Microelectronics and Embedded Systems with the exception of firms with activities linked to the production, processing or marketing of products listed in Annex I to the Treaty establishing the European Community.

Name and address of the granting authority Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης, Γενική Γραμματεία Έρευνας και Τεχνολογίας, Ερευνητικό Κέντρο ‘Αθηνά’ Γ. Αναστασίου 13 GR-11527 Αθήνα (Ministry of Development, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Research Center Athena G. Anastasiou 13 GR-11527 Athens)
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 297/44

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to training aid

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/C 297/11)

Aid No XT 44/06 Member State Malta Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid Training Assistance Legal basis Business Promotion Regulations (S.L. 325.06) Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company Aid scheme Annual overall amount EUR 6 million Loans guaranteed Individual aid Overall aid amount Loans guaranteed Maximum aid intensity In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation Yes Date of implementation 1.8.2006 Duration of scheme or individual aid award Until 31.12.2007 Objective of aid General training Yes Specific training Yes Economic sectors concerned Limited to specific sectors Yes Other manufacturing Yes Other services Yes Name and address of the granting authority Malta Enterprise Corporation Enterprise Center Industrial Estate MT-San Gwann SGN 09 Large individual aid grants In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation Yes





Aid No XT 46/06 Member State Malta Title of aid scheme or name of company receiving individual aid ETC Training Aid Programme Legal basis Employment and Training Services Act (Cap. 343) Annual expenditure planned under the scheme or overall amount of individual aid granted to the company Aid scheme Annual overall amount EUR 1,2 million Loans guaranteed Individual aid Overall aid amount Loans guaranteed Maximum aid intensity In conformity with Article 4(2)-(7) of the Regulation Yes Date of implementation 1.9.2006 Duration of scheme or individual aid award Until 31.12.2007 (1) Objective of aid General training Yes Specific training Yes Economic sectors concerned All sectors eligible for training aid Yes Name and address of the granting authority Employment and Training Corporation Head Office Hal-Far, P.O. Box 20, MT-Birzebbuga, BBG 01 Large individual aid grants In conformity with Article 5 of the Regulation Yes

(1) This scheme will be adapted according to the rules applicable after review of Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001.
Page 233 Insert the following text after the Explanatory Note to Chapter 61, General, point 3: ‘4. Garments covering the upper part of the body in distinction to garments covering the lower part of the body and to garments covering the body (e.g. overcoats, dresses) are garments that: — from their objective characteristics (style, cut etc.) are clearly meant to be worn as e.g. anoraks, (suit) jackets and uppers of ensembles, shirts and blouses, uppers of pyjamas, pullovers, cardigans and waistcoats, upper parts of ski suits etc. (Unless otherwise specified, these garments need not completely cover the upper part of the body.) and — do not extend below the mid-thigh area. However, mainly due to fashion some parts of these garments can extend down below mid-thigh area (e.g. fancy fashionable fringes, but also the traditional tails of tailcoats) and are negligible as far as the length of the garment is concerned, because they do not change the function of these garments, which is to cover the upper part of the body.’
8528 21 14 to 8528 21 90

Colour The existing text shall be replaced by the following: ‘Video monitors whether they work on different display technologies such as cathode ray tube (CRT), liquid crystal display (LCD), organic light emitting diode (OLED) or plasma fall within these subheadings unless it can be demonstrated that they are of a kind solely or principally used in an automatic data-processing system. The characteristics of monitors of these subheadings generally facilitate prolonged periods of viewing at a distance, for example at exhibitions and in home cinema systems, television studios and video surveillance systems. Some monitors facilitate viewing at close proximity, for example for measuring, checking or medical applications, rear view camera surveillance for vehicles or radio navigational aid apparatus. Certain monitors are fitted with connectors or interfaces such as Cinch/RCA, BNC, SCART, Mini DIN 4-pin/Hosiden, DVI-D, DVI-I and High-Definition Multi-media Interface (HDMI). These connectors or interfaces allow for the reception of a signal from a video source such as a DVD recorder or reproducer, a camera or a video camera recorder, a satellite receiver or a video game machine. These monitors may also be fitted with interfaces for automatic data-processing machines of heading 8471. Some monitors may have interfaces that allow for the reception of signals from sources such as a cash register, an automatic teller machine (ATM), a radio navigational aid apparatus, a numerical control panel or a programmable memory controller, apparatus for measuring, checking or medical applications of chapter 90. They may have separate inputs for red (R), green (G) and blue (B), or they may incorporate components (e.g., a chroma decoder, a Y/C separator) which enable the monitor to display an image from a composite video baseband signal (CVBS) or composite video signal (whose waveform conforms to a broadcast standard such as NTSC, SECAM, PAL, D-MAC) or S-Video signal or when they are capable of reproducing an image by accepting signals such as component video (e.g., YUV, YCBCR, YPBPR), Serial Digital Interface (SDI), High-Definition-SDI (HD-SDI) and digital video “DV” (e.g., MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4). They may be fitted with connectors for the reception of audio signals. For the monitors other than of the CRT type (e.g., LCD and plasma) the aspect ratio is often 16:9 or 16:10. These subheadings do not include: (a) monitors of a kind solely or principally used in an automatic data-processing system (subheading 8471 60 80); (b) videophones (subheading 8517 19 10); (c) indicator panels of heading 8531.’
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 317/2

Commission notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for 25 Member States applicable as from 1 January 2007

Published in accordance with Article 10 of Commission Regulation (EC) 794/2004 of 21 April 2004 (OJ L 140, 30.4.2004, p. 1) and the Commission notice on the method for setting the reference and discount rates (OJ C 273, 9.9.1997, p. 3)

(2006/C 317/02)
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 332/2

Publication of decisions by Member States to grant or revoke operating licenses pursuant to Article 13(4) of Regulation No 2407/92 on licensing of air carriers (1) (2)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2006/C 332/02)

AUSTRIA

Operating licences granted

Category B: Operating licences including the restriction of Article 5(7)(a) of Regulation No 2407/92

Name of air carrier Address of air carrier Permitted to carry Decision effective since AVAG AIR GmbH für Luftfahrt A-5035 Salzburg — Flughafen Innsbrucker Bundesstr. 111 passengers, mail, cargo 2.11.2006

(1) OJ L 240, 24.8.1992, p. 1.

(2) Communicated to the European Commission before 31.8.2005.
2.

The public service obligation is as follows: — Minimum frequency: At least two round trips per day, throughout the year. — Capacity: A minimum capacity of 153 600 seats must be offered each year. Where average seat sales exceed 75 % in any IATA season, the minimum capacity to be offered in the next corresponding season must be increased by at least enough to maintain a 75 % average. In the event of temporary interruption of air services due to unforeseen circumstances, to cases of force majeure or for other reasons, the programmed capacity must be increased by at least 60 % from the moment when services can be resumed until the entire traffic backlog built up during the interruption in services has been cleared. — Continuity of service and punctuality: Except in cases of force majeure, the number of flights cancelled for reasons directly attributable to the carrier must not exceed 2 % of the number of flights scheduled in any IATA scheduling season. Except in cases of force majeure, delays of more than 15 minutes directly attributable to the carrier must not affect more than 15 % of the flights. The planned services must be guaranteed throughout one calendar year at least and, except in the case mentioned above, may be suspended only with six months' notice. — Type of aircraft used and operating conditions: Services must be operated using aircraft which have been duly certified; for operations to and from Funchal airport carriers must observe the conditions published in the ‘Aeronautical Information of Portugal’ (AIP). — Fares: The fare structure must include: a) A fully flexible economy reference fare; b) A range of special fares with levels and conditions tailored to different demand segments (e.g. excursion, groups, special events, etc.), including at least one pex fare; c) Reduced fares for residents of Porto Santo and students whose place of residence is in Porto Santo and who study elsewhere in Portugal or vice versa. These fares are: i. EUR 37 return on flights for residents between Porto Santo and Funchal; ii. EUR 27 return on flights for students between Porto Santo and Funchal.
3.

The Dutch Government deems it necessary to prolong the derogation beyond December 2006 and therefore to maintain its national provisions, which impose more stringent environmental protection requirements than Directive 2002/45/EC, on grounds of human health and environmental protection. To this effect it refers to a study on the ecotoxicological effects of chlorinated paraffins which was submitted to the Commission in connection with the notification leading to Commission Decisions 2003/549/EC and 2004/1/EC. The Dutch Government also indicates that the maintenance of those provisions is necessary to allow the Kingdom of the Netherlands to continue to comply with the obligations arising from the OSPAR Convention as well as Decision 95/1, to which it is a contracting party