ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 52/16

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

(2016/C 52/11)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision : 28 October 2015 Case No : 78015 Decision No : 444/15/COL EFTA State : Norway Legal basis : Regulation 2005-12-21-1720 Type of measure : Maritime aid Objective : Employment Form of aid : Tax refund Budget : Estimated NOK 900 million for the first half of 2016 Duration : 1.1.2016-30.6.2016 Economic sectors : Maritime transport Name and address of the granting authority : Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries P.O. Box 8090 Dep N-0032 Oslo NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:

http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 73/9

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

(2016/C 73/05)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision : 25 November 2015 Case No : 78009 Decision No : 478/15/COL EFTA State : Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) : CLIMIT Demo Legal basis : Stortingsvedtak nr. 352 (2002-2003), Stortingsvedtak nr. 69 (2003-2004), Innst. S. nr. 250 (2003-2004) vedtak nr. 549, Budsjettvedtak re. Budsjett-innst. S. nr. 9 (2004-2005) fra energi og miljøkomiteen, Kongelig resolusjon av 17.12.2004 Om opprettelse og fastsettelse av vedtekter og fullmakter for forvaltningsorganet Gassnova, forskrift om endringer i forskrift 16. desember 1977 nr. 14, forskrift 16. desember 1977 nr. 15. Type of measure : Scheme Objective : R&D&I Form of aid : Grants Budget : Max. NOK 200 million/year Intensity : 25 % - 100 % depending on type of aid Duration : 5 years Economic sectors : All Name and address of the granting authority : Gassnova SF Dokkvegen 10 N-3920 Porsgrunn NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:

http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 434/4

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

(2016/C 434/04)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision : 6 July 2016 Case No : 79160 Decision No : 150/16/COL EFTA State : Norway Title : Amendment to the Norwegian Tax Act concerning changes in the depreciation rules for wind power plants Legal basis : Act 19.6.2015 no. 52 on amendment of act 26.3.1999 no. 14 (the Taxation Act) paragraph 14-51. Type of measure : Scheme Objective : Environmental protection Form of aid : Tax advantage Budget : NOK 115 million Intensity : 3,7 % Duration : 19.6.2015-31.12.2021 Economic sectors : Energy Name and address of the granting authority : Ministry of Finance P.O. Box 8008 Dep. NO-0030 Oslo NORWAY Other information :

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:

http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/
Official Journal of the European Union

No State aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement

(2018/C 368/06)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority considers that the following measure does not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement:

Date of adoption of the decision : 16 August 2018 Case No : 82251 Decision No : 072/18/COL EFTA State : Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) : The Coastal Route Bergen–Kirkenes 2021–2030 Legal basis : Norwegian Professional Transport Act Type of measure : Ad hoc Objective : Service of general economic interest Form of aid : Public compensation Budget : NOK 7 880 million Duration : 2021-2030 Economic sectors : Maritime transport Name and address of the granting authority : Ministry of Transport and Communications Postboks 8010 Dep N-0030 Oslo NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:

http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 146/7

Threshold values referred to in Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU and 2009/81/EC, expressed in the national currencies of the EFTA States

(2018/C 146/05)
Official Journal of the European Union

Information notice from the EFTA Surveillance Authority based on Article 17(5) of Regulation (EC) No 1008/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on common rules for the operation of air services in the Community

Invitation to tender in respect of the operation of scheduled air services in accordance with public service obligations

(2019/C 49/07)
Official Journal of the European Union

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

(2019/C 322/03)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision : 10 July 2019 Case No : 83860 Decision No : 056/19/COL EFTA State : Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) : Rail freight support scheme Legal basis : Guidelines of the Norwegian Railway Directorate Type of measure : Scheme Objective : Coordination of transport Form of aid : Direct grant Budget : NOK 235,74 million Intensity : 50 % Duration : 3 years Economic sectors : Freight rail transport Name and address of the granting authority : The Norwegian Railway Directorate DFØ Trondheim Postboks 4746 7468 Trondheim NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:

http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/.
Official Journal of the European Union

No state aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement

(2019/C 191/03)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority considers that the following measure does not constitute state aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement:

Date of adoption of the decision : 20 March 2019 Case No : 81036 Decision No : 018/19/COL EFTA State : Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) : Cash refund of the tax value of petroleum exploration costs Legal basis : Petroleum Tax Act Type of measure : Objective : Form of aid : No aid Budget : Intensity : Duration : Economic sectors : Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas Name and address of the granting authority : Other information :

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
Official Journal of the European Union

State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2020/C 243/04)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision 20 April 2020 Case No 85036 Decision No 040/20/COL EFTA State Iceland Region Whole territory of Iceland Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) COVID-19 Temporary guarantee scheme Legal basis Act No 25/2020 amending Act No 121/1997 on State Guarantees. Type of measure Scheme Objective Ensure access to liquidity for undertakings facing a sudden shortage of liquidity due to the COVID-19 outbreak Form of aid Public guarantees Budget ISK 50 billion Duration 20 April 2020–31 December 2020 Economic sectors All sectors Name and address of the granting authority The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Arnarhvoli við Lindargötu, 101 Reykjavík ICELAND

The authentic text of the decision can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
Official Journal of the European Union

State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2020/C 204/16)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision 11 March 2020 Case No 84744 Decision No 017/20/COL EFTA State Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) The Hywind Tampen Project Legal basis ‘Promotion of energy from renewable sources’ aid scheme under Enova’s programme ‘Full scale innovative energy and climate technology’ Type of measure Individual aid Objective Renewable energy, environmental protection Form of aid Direct grant Budget NOK 2 229,6 million (discounted) Intensity 43,5 % Economic sectors Production of electricity Name and address of the granting authority Enova SF Brattørkaia 17A 7010 Trondheim NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
The legal basis of the measure is the Parliamentary Decision authorising the measure (1) . The terms and conditions for the grants will be set out in a letter of assignment and term sheet issued by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries to Innovation Norway.

Objective
Official Journal of the European Union

State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2020/C 300/04)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following State aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision 4 June 2020 Case No 85200 Decision No 050/20/COL EFTA State Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Deferral of certain licence payments to ensure the continued rollout of a third mobile network Legal basis The Electronic Communications Act section 6-2 Type of measure Ad hoc aid Objective Avoid the disturbance of the establishment of a third mobile network due to the COVID-19 outbreak Form of aid Deferral of licence payments Budget NOK 259 million Economic sectors Telecommunication Name and address of the granting authority The Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation Akersgata 59 N-0032 Oslo NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:

http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
The contract between the Ministry of Transport and Sandefjord Lufthavn AS, which implements the objective of the Norwegian Parliament of securing continued operations of Norwegian airports.

Objective
The Parliamentary Decision authorising the Guarantee scheme, in accordance with conditions proposed by the Ministry

Objective
Official Journal of the European Union

State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2021/C 141/07)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision 17 December 2020 Case No 85922 Decision No 166/20/COL EFTA State Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) COVID-19 Compensation for cancellation or downscaling of large public events Legal basis Parliamentary decision authorising the scheme and setting out its main conditions and a letter of assignment from the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries to Innovation Norway Type of measure Aid scheme Objective Compensation of damage caused by exceptional occurrence Form of aid Direct grant Budget NOK 350 million Intensity 60 % Duration Until 30 June 2021 Economic sectors All sectors Name and address of the granting authority Innovation Norway Pb. 448 Sentrum, Akersgata 13 0104 Oslo NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
Official Journal of the European Union

No state aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement

(2021/C 103/10)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority considers that the following measure does not constitute state aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement:

Date of adoption of the decision 9 December 2020 Case No 85916 Decision No 144/20/COL EFTA State Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Municipal eHealth Form of aid No aid

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
Providing access to liquidity for undertakings facing a sudden shortage of liquidity due to the impact on the economy of the COVID-19 outbreak.

Intensity
Date of adoption of the decision

COVID-19 amendments to the aid scheme for voluntary sector organisations

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

The amended regulation on scheme to aid organisations in the voluntary sector (no reference number yet)

To ensure liquidity for voluntary organisations and through that stimulate activity and help voluntary organisations through the current COVID-19 crisis

Intensity
Official Journal of the European Union

No state aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement

(2021/C 457/03)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority considers that the following measure does not constitute state aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement:

Date of adoption of the decision 7 July 2021 Case No 85345 Decision No 172/21/COL EFTA State Iceland Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) University summer courses Form of aid No aid

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
Official Journal of the European Union

State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2022/C 16/03)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision 24 September 2021 Case No 87374 Decision No 223/21/COL EFTA State Norway Title COVID-19 amendments to the aid scheme for undertakings suffering a substantial loss of turnover Legal basis Act on the temporary subsidy scheme for enterprises with a significant reduction in turnover after August 2020 Type of measure Scheme Objective Compensate losses and thereby limit the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic Form of aid Grants Budget Estimated NOK 2 billion Intensity 70-90 % Duration Until 31 October 2021 Economic sectors All sectors except for companies engaged in petroleum extraction and production, companies engaged in production, transmission, distribution and trade of electric power, financial institutions and companies whose main purpose is investment activities Name and address of the granting authority The Brønnøysund Register Centre Brønnøysundregistrene Postboks 900 N-8910 Brønnøysund NORWAY

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s Internet: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
Official Journal of the European Union

Threshold values referred to in Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU and 2009/81/EC, expressed in the national currencies of the EFTA States

(2022/C 143/05)
For eligible organisers, a grant of up to 95 % of unavoidable costs related to cancelled, closed or downscaled eligible events in the period 1 July to 31 October 2021

For eligible subcontractors, a grant of up to 50 % of loss of income and additional costs related to cancelled, closed or downscaled eligible events in the period 1 July to 31 October 2021
Renewal of and amendments to the COVID-19 Compensation scheme for operators of year-round, commercial, long-distance scheduled bus or passenger boat services

The regulation on a temporary compensation scheme for operators of commercial bus and passenger boat routes with a loss in turnover caused by the COVID-19 outbreak

Objective
State aid – Decision recording the acceptance of appropriate measures pursuant to Article 1(1) of Part I and Article 19(1) of Part II of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement proposed in the context of the adoption of new Guidelines on State aid to promote risk finance investments

(2022/C 476/09)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority has proposed appropriate measures, which were accepted by all EFTA States, on the following state aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision 7 September 2022 Case No 86868 Decision No 177/22/COL EFTA State All Title Decision recording the acceptance of appropriate measures pursuant to Article 1(1) of Part I and Article 19(1) of Part II of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement proposed in the context of the adoption of new Guidelines on State aid to promote risk finance investments Legal basis EEA Agreement, in particular Articles 61 to 63 and Protocol 26; Agreement between the EFTA States on the Establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice (‘the Surveillance and Court Agreement’), in particular to Article 24 and Articles 5(2)(a) and 5(2)(b); Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement, in particular Article 1(1) of Part I and Article 19(1) of Part II Type of measure Decision recording the acceptance of the proposed appropriate measures Objective Ensuring that the EFTA States amend, where necessary, their existing risk finance aid schemes, in order to bring them into line with the new Guidelines on State aid to promote risk finance investment

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:

http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/
EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as from 1 July 2022

Published in accordance with the rules on reference and discount rates set out in Part VII of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines and Article 10 of ESA’s Decision No 195/04/COL 14 July 2004 (1)

(2022/C 385/04)

Base rates are calculated in accordance with the Chapter on the method for setting reference and discount rates of ESA’s State Aid Guidelines as amended by ESA’s Decision No 788/08/COL of 17 December 2008. To obtain the applicable reference rates, appropriate margins shall be added to the base rate in accordance with the State Aid Guidelines.

Base rates have been determined as follows:

Iceland Liechtenstein Norway 1.7.2022 – 3,90 -0,57 1,17

(1) OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and EEA Supplement to the OJ No. 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1.
DECISION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE EFTA STATES No 2/94/SC of 10 January 1994 amending Article 3 (2) of the Agreement on a Standing Committee of the EFTA States

THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE EFTA STATES,

Having regard to the Agreement on a Standing Committee of the EFTA States adjusted by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on a Standing Committee of the EFTA States, hereinafter referred to as the Standing Committee Agreement, and in particular Article 11 thereof,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Article 3 (2) of the Standing Committee Agreement shall be replaced by the following:

'2. The Standing Committee shall, unless otherwise agreed with the EC Commission, concurrently with the EC Commission prepare, as appropriate, reports, assessments or the like with regard to the EFTA States, in the cases which are directly related to the functions of the Standing Committee set out in Protocol 1 to this Agreement and which through the application of paragraph 5 of Protocol 1 to the EEA Agreement following from the acts referred to in the Annexes to that Agreement. Likewise, the Standing Committee shall prepare reports referred to in the said paragraph 5 in cases where these reports cover aspects relevant for the improvement of existing legislation or the development of new legislation. The Standing Committee shall consult, and exchange views with, the EC Commission during the preparation of their respective reports, copies of which are to be sent to the EEA Joint Committee.`

Article 2

The amendment to the Standing Committee Agreement as hereby approved is submitted to the EFTA States for acceptance in accordance with Article 11 of the Standing Committee Agreement. It shall enter into force on 1 July 1994 or on the day all instruments of acceptance have been deposited by the EFTA States whichever day is the later.

Article 3

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 10 January 1994

For the Standing Committee

The Chairman

Antti SATULI
National reference laboratory for the analysis and testing of milk and milk-based products designated by Norway in accordance with Article 27 of Council Directive 92/46/EEC (1) (98/C 253/12)

The Norwegian Food Control Authority has designated the following laboratory as the national reference laboratory for the analysis and testing of milk and milk-based products:

Norwegian Institute for Food and Environmental Analysis

PO Box 174, Økern

N-0609 Oslo

Tel. (47) 23 17 26 50

Fax (47) 23 17 26 51

(1) OJ L 268, 14.9.1992, p. 1.
Report of the Standing Committee of the EFTA States

List of credit institutions authorised in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway provided for in Article 11 of Directive 2000/12/EC

(2003/C 284/06)

1. Articles 11 and 5(2c) of Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 March 2000 relating to the taking up and pursuit of the business of credit institutions(1) require the European Commission to draw up and publish a list of all credit institutions authorised to do business in EU Member States. Paragraph 6(b) of Protocol 1 to the EEA Agreement requires that "where according to an act, facts, procedures, reports and the like are to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union the corresponding information regarding the EFTA States shall be published in a separate section thereof".

2. This is the fifth occasion on which the Standing Committee of the EFTA States complies with the above requirement. The list published in the Annex to this communication comprises all the credit institutions that were engaged in business in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway on 31 December 2002 falling within the scope of the Credit Institutions Directive.

3. The present list was drawn up by the Standing Committee of the EFTA States on the basis of information supplied by the EFTA States concerned. The list has no legal significance and confers no right in law. If an unauthorised institution is inadvertently included in the list, its legal status is in no way altered; similarly, if an institution has inadvertently been omitted from the list, the validity of its authorisation will not be affected.

(1) Previously the first Council Directive 77/780/EEC, Articles 3(7) and 10(2).

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EN Official Journal of the European Union C 291/68

Amendments to the Agreement between the EFTA States on the establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice

(2006/C 291/19)

The Agreements amending Protocol 4 to the Agreement between the EFTA States on the establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice signed in Brussels on 11 March 2005 and 10 March 2006 entered into force on 27 March 2006.

These Agreements and the updated consolidated version of the Agreement between the EFTA States on the establishment of a Surveillance Authority and a Court of Justice have now been published on the EFTA Secretariat's website.

They can be found through the following links:

http://secretariat.efta.int/Web/legaldocuments/ESAAndEFTACourtAgreement/Amendments