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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
C0M<83> 53 final  
Brussels, 9 February 1983
Report of the Commission to the Council
•  AID GRANTED TO SHIPBUILDING IN THE EEC
C0MC83) 53 final

Report of the Commission to the Council
In approving Directive 81/363/EEC on State aid to shipbuilding,  
the Council asked the Commission to lay before it regular reports  
on the aids given to this sector (Articles 3, 6, 7 and 8 of the  
Directive).
The report for the first half of 1982 is attached as Annex I.
Also attached (Annex II) is a schedule of current aid schemes in  
favour of shipbuilding.

ANNEX I
AID GRANTED TO SHIPBUILDING IN THE EEC
1. Aid to investment : Article 3 of the 5th Directive on aid to shipbuilding
Period : January - June 1982
Member
StateAmount of  
investmentNature of aidEffect on
production capacity
R.F. Germany 1 ) DM 18,5 mio loan of 
DM 9,25 mioNo effect on capacity  
(national programme -  
investment credits 1981/82  
- shiprepair sector)
2) DM 42,25 mio loan of 
DM 21,0 mioNo effect on capacity  
(national programme -  
investment credits 1981/82  
- shipbuilding sector)
Belgium - -
Denmark - -
France - -
Greece - -
Ireland - -
Italy LIT 5820 mio 10% of invest­
ment (law nr.  
878 of 
27.12.1973)Reduction of capacity in  
shipbuilding sector
Netherlands— _
United
Kingdom- -

ANNEX I
-  2 -
2. Production aid : Articles 6 and 7 of the 5th Directive on aid to
shipbuilding.
Period :  January - June 1982
Member StateNumber of  
casesgrt
___________________  ...Es
timated proportion  
of contract priceEstimated 1  
average 1  
weighted |  
by tonne |
R.F. Germany
Belgium - -
Denmark - -
France 16 109 305 
(cgrt)5% to 20%1 17.3 %
Greece - -
Ireland - -
Italy 4 6 721 13.4% to 25.5% 19.4 % I
Netherlands 20 60 568 0.4% to 20% 12.5 %
United Kingdom 26 193 364 11% to 23%2 17.9 %
^Plus price guarantee  
2Plus Shipbuilders' Relief, 2 % ‘  V;

“ 3 - ANNEX I
3. Aid to shipowners : Article 8 of the 5th Directive on aids to shipbuilding
a) Volume of contracts
A :  Cor*racts aided. 3 :  Contracts refused. C :  Total volume of contracts.  
Period ;  January - June 1982
r!1 TotalvolumeFor building in  
national yardsFor building in  
other EEC countrie.For building in  
3  third country yards
?
G O TInational 
currency 
(millions[national 
Oflip j  currency  
) [(millionsG O T
)national
currency
(millionsG O T
3 )national
currency
inillion^
R.F. Germany l_a_
BP- J
1
C 1
Belgium A,  1- - 4 166 94 795 4 166 !
B • • 1
C 94 795' 4 166 94 795 4 166
Denmark
1A 31 200 730 31 200 730
B m m m
C 31 200 730 31 200 730
France A215 525 949.9 6 050 197.3 3 900 86.5 203 $7 6 6 6 , 1
B- -- -- - -
i  666.3 C213 525 949.9 6 050 197.i 3 900 8 6 .5 203 57
Greece A a *•  j (
B« , -
C- !-
Ireland A- -- i- —
B« V «-!  1f r
. .  _.....-  1C- --T(
Italy A
B120 000 108 00C 120 00(| 108 00< j
m j  «ai1 . ^ 1  _  .
C120 000 j 108 O O c j 120000( 108 000
Netherlands A182 893 158 89! 558.5 1 998 27-2 22 000 249.0
B 25 000 134 J n-- 25 000 134.3J..
c20
7 893 966-'1 158 895 558.5 1998 2 7 .2 47 000 383.3
United
Kingdom j
r163 315 j  191-1 163 8lf 191,"
r  T__"__L  ”_»  "__I  '
163 615 5  191-1 163 81$ 191-f—..
All decisions on shipowners’  aids are taken in the second half of the near. The next report  
will give the figures for the whole of 1982.
The British scheme applies only to British owners who place orders in a national shipyard  
- OECD conditions.

ANNEX II
LIST OF AIDS AND INTERVENTIONS FOR SHIPBUILDING
a) Aids to shipbuilding December 1982
Germany
Ireland
Italy
|France 
NetherlandsDescription
1) Hamburg - allocation of DM 35 m for
investment in the port of  
Hamburg and conversion of  
the shipbuilding sector to  
shiprepair and other sectors  
(1978 - 1983)
2) Lower- - subsidies up to DM 3 m  
Saxony
- direct aid for construction
direct aid for construction  
(budget allocation :
LIT 560 Mrd 1981-1983)
direct aid for construction  
direct aid for constructionLevel of intervention
United Kingdom single refund of certain  
taxes (shipbuilders 1  relief)
direct aid for construction.  
Intervention Fund of  
UKL 55 mio'(July 1981 -  
July 1982)Remarks
24.5 % of contract price
25 % of contract price (30 % for the 
Mezzogiorno region)
23 % of contract price
10.5 % of contract price (1981: 12 %)  
20 % for exceptional cases (1981: 20%)
2 % of the construction cost
max. 25 % of contract price (incl.  
shipbuilders' relief)DM 31 m for investment on  
publicly-owned land DM 4 m  
for investments on private  
land
For diversification measures  
(out of shipbuilding)
Max. intervention level  
authorized for 1981. Aid to  
shipbuilding for the year 1982  
has not been planned.
The Comnission opened the  
procedure of Article 93(2) EEC  
in respect of this aid scheme  
on 7.7.1982.
Maximum, incl. cost escalation
Prolongation of this scheme in  
1982 (budget allocation  
HFL 157 million)
July 1981 - July 1982

- 3 -ANNEX II
c) Credit facilities for purchase involving aid to shipbuilding
Description of aid Level of Intervention Remarks
Belgium 
Denmark 
United Kingdom- credit facilities for Belgian owners
- credit facilities for Danish owners  
on purchase of ships in a Community  
yard
- credit facilities for the purchase of  
ships by British owners in British  
yards (Home Credit Scheme)- credit at 5 or 6% for 15 years  
(with one year's grace period) on  
90 % of contract price
- credit at 8 % for 12 years (with  
2 years moratorium on repayment)  
on 80 % of contract price
- OECD conditions of 18.7.1974
- in addition, a subvention scheme has  
been introduced under Section 25 of  
the Industry Act 1975The application of this  
scheme must not result in  
conditions more favourable  
than those contained in the  
OECD understanding
d) Price guarantee mechanisms
France - Government takes responsability for  
increase in cost between ordering and  
delivery on fixed price sales to  
third country owners.
- a premium of 0,5 % per year is paid  
when the threshold is not exceeded- intervention relates to 80 % of the 
cost for an increase in excess of  
6,5 %

- 4 -ANNEX II
d) Price guarantee mechanisms
| Description of aid | Level of intervention | Remarks
Italy - Government takes responsability for  
increase in cost between ordering  
and delivery.
- the premium is within the band 0.1  
to 1.25 % of the cost of the ship.
- this scheme is applied only to  
exports.- intervention relates to an  
annual increase between  
5 and 15 % of the cost.j  Available, but never used  
for shipbuilding to date.