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EN Official Journal of the European Union L 282/72

EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY DECISION

No 394/11/COL

of 14 December 2011

amending, for the eighty-third time, the procedural and substantive rules in the field of state aid by introducing a new chapter on the application, from 1 January 2012, of state aid rules to support measures in favour of banks in the context of the financial crisis

THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY (“THE AUTHORITY”),

Whereas:

Under Article 5(2)(b) of the Surveillance and Court Agreement, the Authority shall issue notices or guidelines on matters dealt with in the EEA Agreement, if that Agreement or the Surveillance and Court Agreement expressly so provides or if the Authority considers it necessary,

On 1 December 2011, the European Commission adopted a Communication on the application, from 1 January 2012, of State aid rules to support measures in favour of banks in the context of the financial crisis (1),

This Communication is also of relevance for the European Economic Area,

Uniform application of the EEA State aid rules is to be ensured throughout the European Economic Area in line with the objective of homogeneity established in Article 1 of the EEA Agreement,

According to point II under the heading “GENERAL” on page 11 of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement, the Authority, after consultation with the Commission, is to adopt acts corresponding to those adopted by the European Commission,

The Authority consulted the European Commission and the EFTA States by letters dated 2 December 2011 on the subject,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The State Aid Guidelines shall be amended by introducing a new chapter on the application, from 1 January 2012, of state aid rules to support measures in favour of banks in the context of the financial crisis.

The new chapter is set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Only the English language version of this decision is authentic.

Done at Brussels, 14 December 2011. For the EFTA Surveillance Authority Oda Helen SLETNES President Sverrir Haukur GUNNLAUGSSON College Member

(1) OJ C 356, 6.12.2011, p. 7.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 10/4

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

2012/C 10/04

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

Date of adoption of the decision : 5 October 2011 Case number : 70309 Decision number : 299/11/COL EFTA State : Norway Title : The incorporation of the Norwegian scheme on support for alternative, renewable heating and electricity savings in private households into the Norwegian Energy Fund Scheme Legal basis : Proposition to Parliament 120 S (2010-2011) Objective : Environmental protection; Increasing supply of renewable heat and energy, and contributing to energy saving Form of aid : Grants Budget : NOK 1 975 million Duration : 28 September 2011-31 December 2016 Economic sectors : Energy, electricity Name and address of the granting authority : Enova SF Professor Borchsgt. 2 7030 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/
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 369/10

Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV of the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation))

2012/C 369/09

PART I

Aid No GBER 9/12/R&D EFTA State Norway Granting authority Name Avinor AS Address Postboks 150 2061 Gardermoen NORWAY Webpage http://www.avinor.no Title of the aid measure Research on remote & virtual tower technology National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) Contract Web link to the full text of the aid measure http://www.avinor.no/avinor/presse/_nyhetsarkiv?SAMARBEIDSAVTALE_MELLOM_AVINOR_OG_KONGSBERG&id=181-146949 Ad hoc aid Name of the beneficiary: Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace AS Date of granting Ad hoc aid 21 June 2012 Type of beneficiary SME Large enterprises X Budget Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme NOK … million Overall amount of the ad hoc aid awarded to the undertaking MNOK 2,5 Aid instrument (Article 5) Grant MNOK 2 Other (please specify) 500 working hours at NOK 1 000 = NOK 500 000

PART II
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 384/13

The EFTA Surveillance Authority’s notice on current State aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for three EFTA States applicable as from 1 September 2012

(Published in accordance with Article 10 of the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 (1) )

2012/C 384/11

Base rates are calculated in accordance with the Chapter on the method for setting reference and discount rates of the Authority’s State aid Guidelines as amended by the Authority’s Decision No 788/08/COL of 17 December 2008 (2). To get the applicable reference rate, appropriate margins have to be added in accordance with the State aid Guidelines. For the discount rate this means that the appropriate margin of 100 basis points has to be added to the base rate. The recovery rate will also normally be calculated by adding 100 basis points to the base rate as foreseen in the Authority’s Decision No 789/08/COL of 17 December 2008 (3) amending the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 (4).

Iceland Liechtenstein Norway 1.1.2012-31.5.2012 4,70 0,31 3,57 1.6.2012-31.7.2012 4,70 0,38 3,57 1.8.2012-31.8.2012 5,90 0,38 3,57 1.9.2012- 5,90 0,38 2,95

(1) OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26, 25.5.2006, p. 1.

(2) OJ L 105, 21.4.2011, p. 32 and in the EEA Supplement No 23, 21.4.2011, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 340, 22.12.2010, p. 1 and in the EEA Supplement No 72, 22.12.2010, p. 1.

(4) See consolidated version on: http://www.eftasurv.int/media/decisions/195-04-COL.pdf
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 66/25

Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation))

2013/C 66/06

PART I

Aid No GBER 12/12/ENV EFTA State Norway Granting authority Name Directorate of Customs and Excise (regional customs authorities) Address Postbox 8122 Dep 0032 Oslo NORWAY Webpage http://www.toll.no Title of the aid measure Reduced CO2-tax on mineral oil for aviation covered by the European emissions trading scheme National legal basis (reference to the relevant national official publication) — The Norwegian Parliament’s annual decision on the CO2-tax — Regulation No 1451 of 11 December 2001 concerning excise duties § 4-6-1 (2) Web link to the full text of the aid measure http://www.lovdata.no/for/sf/sv/fd-20121127-1217.html and http://www.lovdata.no/for/sf/fd/td-20011211-1451-029.html Type of measure Scheme Tax reduction Duration Scheme 1.1.2012-31.12.2021 Economic sector(s) concerned Limited to specific sectors — please specify in accordance with NACE Rev. 2 51.10 Passenger air transport 51.21 Freight air transport Type of beneficiary SME Both SME and large enterprises Large enterprises Both SME and large enterprises Budget Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme NOK 70 million Aid instrument (Article 5) Fiscal measure Tax reduction

PART II
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 199/8

Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation))

2013/C 199/06

PART I

Aid No GBER 5/13/INN EFTA State Norway Region Oslo and Akershus Regional aid status Granting authority Name City of Oslo Address City Hall 0037 Oslo NORWAY Web page http://www.oslo.kommune.no Title of the aid measure Regional Innovation Program 2013 National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) Prop. 1 S (2012-2013) http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/fin/dok/regpubl/prop/2012-2013/prop-1-s-20122013–20122013.html?id=703367 Weblink to the full text of the aid measure http://www.akershus.no/tema/naering/Arkiv/?article_id=57850 Type of measure Scheme Yes Ad hoc aid n/a Duration Scheme 1.1.2013 to 31.12.2013 Economic sector(s) concerned All economic sectors eligible to receive aid All sectors Type of beneficiary SME Yes Large enterprises Yes Budget Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme Total amount (2013) NOK 10 430 000 Aid instrument (Article 5) Grant Yes

PART II
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 182/11

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

2013/C 182/13

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 February 2013 Case number : 72903 Decision number : 74/13/COL EFTA State : Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) : Norway — Aid to Norcem AS for the construction of a carbon capture research facility at its cement plant in Brevik Legal basis : Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Objective : Environmental protection Budget : NOK 69,6 million Economic sectors : Cement production Name and address of the granting authority : Ministry of Government Administration Reform and Church Affairs Akersgata 59 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 263/9

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

2013/C 263/10

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 : 30 April 2013 Case number : 71170 Decision number : 176/13/COL EFTA State : Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) : Redningsselskapet Type of measure : No aid Name and address of the granting authority : Royal Norwegian Ministry of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs PO Box 8118 Dep. 0032 Oslo NORWAY and Norsk Tipping AS PO Box 4414 Bedriftssenteret 2325 Hamar 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 66/4

Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation))

2014/C 66/04

PART I

Aid No GBER 16/13/R&D EFTA State Norway Granting authority Name Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway Address 7. juni-plassen/Victoria Terrasse PO Box 8114 Dep. 0032 Oslo NORWAY Webpage http://www.mfa.no Title of the aid measure Early warning system for oilspill detection in iced waters (ad hoc grant through the Barents 2020 grant scheme) National legal basis (reference to the relevant national official publication) Parliamentary appropriation (Prop. 1 S (2012-2013)) Web link to the full text of the aid measure Ad hoc grant under Barents 2020. Information about Barents 2020 may be found in Parliamentary appropriation (Prop. 1 S (2012-2013), pp. 100-101): http://www.regjeringen.no/pages/38072348/PDFS/PRP201220130001_UDDDDPDFS.pdf Type of measure Ad hoc aid ICD Industries AS Date of granting 17.9.2013 Duration: 17.9.2013 to 1.11.2015, disbursed in annual installments, subject to parliamentary appropriations Economic sector(s) concerned Limited to specific sectors — please specify in accordance with NACE Rev. 2. Research NACE 72.19 Type of beneficiary SME X Budget Overall amount of the ad hoc aid awarded to the undertaking 2013-2015: total NOK 4 million To be disbursed in installments as follows: 2013: NOK 1,5 million (tentative) 2014: NOK 2 million (tentative) 2015: NOK 0,5 million (tentative) Aid instrument (Article 5) Grant X

PART II
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 207/44

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

(2014/C 207/07)

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

Date of adoption of the decision : 12 March 2014 Case number : 74036 Decision number : 112/14/COL EFTA State : Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) : Production grant scheme for news and current affairs media Legal basis : Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement Type of measure : Aid to news and current affairs media Objective : Promotion of media plurality and diversity Form of aid : Grant Budget : Approx. NOK 290 million p.a. Duration : Until 2020 Economic sectors : News and current affairs media Name and address of the granting authority : Norwegian Media Authority Nygata 4 N-1607 Fredrikstad 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 138/26

Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation)

(2014/C 138/04)

PART I

Aid reference GBER 1/14/EMP EFTA State Norway Granting authority Name Arbeids- og velferdsetaten (The Norwegian Labour and Welfare Administration) Address PO Box 5 St. Olavs plass NO-0130 Oslo Norway Webpage www.nav.no Title of the aid measure Disability assistance in working life (Funksjonsassistanse i arbeidslivet) National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) Forskrift 11. desember 2008 nr. 1320 om arbeidsrettede tiltak mv. (Reg. 1320/2008) Web link to the full text of the aid measure http://lovdata.no/dokument/SF/forskrift/2008-12-11-1320 Type of measure Scheme X Amendment of an existing aid measure GBER 6/12/EMP EFTA Surveillance Authority aid number Prolongation X Duration Scheme Unlimited Economic sector(s) concerned All economic sectors eligible to receive aid X Type of beneficiary SME X Large enterprises X Budget Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme Approx. NOK 36 millions Aid instrument (Article 5) Grant X

PART II
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 227/10

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

2014/C 227/07

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

Date of adoption of the decision : 24 April 2014 Case number : 74432 Decision No : 171/14/COL EFTA State : Liechtenstein Region : Balzers Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) : Bürgergenossenschaft Balzers (Citizens’ Cooperative Balzers) Legal basis : Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement Type of measure : Support to district heating production and infrastructure Objective : Environmental aid Form of aid : Grants Budget : CHF 2 546 143 Intensity : Production: 25 % Infrastructure: 75 % Economic sectors : Energy production and distribution Name and address of the responsible authority : EEA Coordination Unit Europark/Austrasse 79 FL-9490 Vaduz LIECHTENSTEIN

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 232/13

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

(2015/C 232/09)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority considers that the following measures do not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement or raises no objections to them:

Date of adoption of the decision : 21 April 2015 Case No : 76399 Decision No : 150/15/COL EFTA State : Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) : State aid measures in favour of electric vehicles Legal basis : Article 61(1) of the EEA Agreement or Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement Type of measure : No State aid: allowance granted to electric vehicles to drive in bus lanes. Compatible State aid: (i) the zero VAT rating for the supply and import of electric vehicles, (ii) the zero VAT rating for the leasing of electric vehicles, (iii) the zero VAT rating for the supply and import of batteries to electric vehicles, (iv) the reduced annual vehicle tax for electric vehicles, (v) the non-payment of road tolls by electric vehicles, (vi) electric cars free boarding on classified national road ferries, and (vii) the favourable income tax calculation for employees benefitting from private use of company electric cars. Objective : Environmental aid Form of aid : Mainly tax exemptions Budget : Estimated around NOK 1 500 million per year Duration : Until 31 December 2017 for the VAT measures Economic sectors : Manufacture of vehicles (NACE C.28.1.1). Electric vehicles. Name and address of the granting authority : Ministry of Finance

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 150/4

Notice in accordance with Article 2 of Decision 2005/15/EC (1)

Request for applicability of Article 30(1) of Directive 2004/17/EC

Logistics services in the postal sector (Norway)

(2015/C 150/04)

On 23 March 2015, the EFTA Surveillance Authority received a request pursuant to Article 30(5) of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (2). The first working day following receipt of the request is 24 March 2015.

This request, filed by Posten Norge AS, concerns the provision of various logistic services in the postal sector. The abovementioned Article 30 provides that Directive 2004/17/EC is not applicable when the activity in question is directly exposed to competition on markets to which access is not restricted. These conditions are evaluated solely for the purposes of Directive 2004/17/EC and are without prejudice to the application of competition rules.

The EFTA Surveillance Authority is allowed a period of 3 months to take a decision on this request, commencing on 24 March. The period therefore expires on 24 June 2015.

The aforementioned period may, however, be extended by a maximum of 3 months in duly justified cases, in particular if the information provided in the request or in the documents annexed thereto is incomplete or inexact or if the facts as reported undergo any substantive changes. Any such extension shall be published. According to the second subparagraph of Article 30(6), further requests concerning the provision of logistic services in the postal sector before the expiry of the period opened in respect of this request are not considered as new procedures and are to be treated in the context of this request.

(1) Commission Decision 2005/15/EC of 7 January 2005 on the detailed rules for the application of the procedure provided for in Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (OJ L 7, 11.1.2005, p. 7).

(2) OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 374/3

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

(2016/C 374/03)

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

Date of adoption of the decision : 25 May 2016 Case No : 78956 Decision No : 124/16/COL EFTA State : Norway Region : Municipality of Lista or MosjØen Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) : Individual aid in favour of Alcoa Norway ANS for the construction of a demonstration plant Legal basis : The Energy Fund scheme approved by the EFTA Surveillance Authority by Decision No 248/11/COL Type of measure : Individual aid under the Energy Fund scheme, subject to a detailed assessment Objective : Environment and innovation Form of aid : Grant Budget : 280 448 695 NOK Intensity : 40,3 % Duration : Aid will be distributed in the period 2016-2017 Economic sectors : Primary aluminium production Name and address of the granting authority : Enova SF Professor Brochs gate 2 N-7030 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/
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 139/30

EFTA Surveillance Authority notice on state aid recovery interest rates and reference/discount rates for the EFTA States applicable as from 1 January 2017

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

(2017/C 139/07)

Base rates are calculated in accordance with the Chapter on the method for setting reference and discount rates of the Authority’s State Aid Guidelines as amended by the Authority’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 1.1.2017 – 6,18 -0,50 1,29

(1) OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and EEA Supplement No 26, 25.5.2006, p. 1.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 42/4

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

(2017/C 42/04)

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

Date of adoption of the decision : 21 November 2016 Case No : 79767 Decision No : 208/16/COL EFTA State : Norway Title : Aid scheme for short sea shipping Legal basis : The Norwegian Parliament decides on the scope of the aid scheme in its annual decisions on the state budget. Type of measure : Scheme Objective : Environmental protection Form of aid : Direct grants Budget : NOK 60 million annually Intensity : Up to 30 % of operational cost Duration : First quarter of 2017 to the first quarter of 2022 (5 years) Economic sectors : Transport Name and address of the granting authority : The Ministry of Transport and Communications/The Norwegian Coastal Administration 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/