ddrg/super_eurlex huggingface dataset:
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 236/5

Authorisation of State aid pursuant to Article 61 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1(3) in Part 1 of Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement

2009/C 236/05

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

Date of adoption of the decision : 31.3.2009 Case number : 65120 EFTA State : Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) : Aid schemes for audiovisual productions and development of screenplays and educational measures Legal basis : Regulation for support to audiovisual productions Regulation for support for screenplay development and educational measures State budget 2009 (Chapter 0334 regarding film and media) Type of measure : Scheme Objective : Culture Form of aid : Direct grants Budget : NOK 321 million in 2008 Duration : Until 31 December 2014 Economic sectors : Cultural

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/fieldsofwork/fieldstateaid/stateaidregistry/
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 156/15

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 March 2009

(Published in accordance with Article 10 of the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 (OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1))

2009/C 156/09

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 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 amending the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 (published in OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1).
Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in NOK

Aid for small enterprises newly created by female entrepreneurs (Article 16)

Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs and SME participation in fairs (Articles 26-27)

Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs (Article 26)
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 174/14

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 January 2010

(Published in accordance with Article 10 of the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL 14 July 2004 (OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1))

2010/C 174/06

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 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 amending the Authority’s Decision No 195/04/COL of 14 July 2004 (published in OJ L 139, 25.5.2006, p. 37 and in the EEA Supplement No 26/2006, 25.5.2006, p. 1).
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 67/11

No State aid within the meaning of Article 61 of the EEA Agreement

2010/C 67/06

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 : 18 November 2009 Case number : 63204 EFTA State : Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) : Alleged State aid being granted to Westfal-Larsen Gruppen/Scandinavian Electric AS Type of measure : No aid Name and address of the granting authority : The municipality of Bergen Postboks 7700 5020 Bergen 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/
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 265/7

Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1 j 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))

2010/C 265/06

PART I

Aid No GBER 18/2009/TRA EFTA State Norway Granting authority Name Ministry of Agriculture and Food Address Webpage Postboks 8007 Dep. 0030 Oslo NORWAY http://www.regjeringen.no/ Title of the aid measure Measures concerning forests, energy and climate change National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) State Budget: St. Prp. 1 (2008-2009) St. Prp. 37 (2008-2009) Web link to the full text of the aid measure http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/Satsinger/Landbruk/Bioenergiprogrammet/ Type of measure Scheme X Duration Scheme 1.5.2009 to 1.1.2014 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 NOK 2 million Aid instrument (Article 5) Grant X

PART II
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 125/10

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))

2011/C 125/09

PART I

Aid No GBER 7/11/ENV EFTA State Norway Granting authority Name Directorate of Customs and Excise (regional customs authorities) Address Postboks 8122 Dep 0032 Oslo NORWAY Web page http://www.toll.no Title of the aid measure Reduced CO2 tax for the pulp and paper industry National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) Parliamentary decision concerning CO2 tax on mineral products Regulation No 1451 of 11 December 2001 concerning excise duties § 4-5-1 Web link to the full text of the aid measure http://www.lovdata.no/for/sf/sv/xd-20101125-1535.html http://www.lovdata.no/for/sf/fd/xd-20011211-1451.html Type of measure Scheme Tax reduction Prolongation EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision No 370/04/COL Duration Scheme 1.1.2011 to 31.12.2020 Economic sector(s) concerned Limited to specific sectors — Please specify in accordance with NACE Rev. 2. SN2007/NACE 17. Pulp and paper industry 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 0 (in millions) Aid instrument (Article 5) Fiscal measure Tax reduction

PART II
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 34/6

No State aid within the meaning of Article 61 of the EEA Agreement

2011/C 34/07

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

Date of adoption of the decision : 13 October 2010 Case number : 68560 Decision number : 390/10/COL EFTA State : Iceland Region : South electoral district, North West electoral district and North East electoral district Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) : Incentives for Initial Investments in Iceland Legal basis : Act No 99/2010 on Incentives for Initial Investment in Iceland Type of measure : Aid scheme Objective : Regional development Form of aid : Direct grant, tax and fee concessions and sale/lease of land below market value Budget : Annual budgetary decisions for direct grants. Estimated foregone revenues in tax measures EUR 17 million annually Intensity : 15 % (25 % for medium-sized companies and 35 % for small companies) Duration : From publication of the final text of the scheme following the adoption of the Authority’s decision until 31 December 2013 Economic sector : All sectors except the financial sector Name and address of the granting authority : Ministry of Industry Arnarhvoli 150 Reykjavik ICELAND Other information : Final text of the scheme will be published at http://www.idnadarraduneyti.is

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 199/7

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

2011/C 199/03

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

Date of adoption of the decision : 23 March 2011 Case number : 69527 Decision number : 89/11/COL EFTA State : Norway Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) : Modification of the scheme for Centres for Research-based Innovation Legal basis : Government's White paper on research: ‘Commitment to research’. Budget document for 2011 from the Ministry of Education and Research. Guidelines from the Research Council of Norway Form of aid : Grant Budget : NOK 1 680 million Duration : Until 2019 Name and address of the granting authority : The Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research PO Box 8119 Dep. 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 169/11

No State aid within the meaning of Article 61 of the EEA Agreement

2011/C 169/06

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:

Case number: 68835

Decision Number: 44/11/COL

EFTA State: Liechtenstein

Title: Private Investment Structures

Legal basis: A new Liechtenstein Tax Act of 23 September 2010 entitled ‘Gesetz über die Landes- und Gemeindesteuern’

Type of measure: Under the new Tax Act legal persons may be granted the tax status, entitled Private Investment Structure (P.I.S) if they do not engage in economic activity. Entities with P.I.S status may acquire, hold, administer and sell assets only.

Objective: To grant entities which do not engage in economic activity a specific tax status.

Form of aid: The P.I.S status does not involve State aid.

Name and address of the granting authority: Not relevant

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 278/9

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

2011/C 278/10

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 : 1 June 2011 Case number : 69131 Decision number : 177/11/COL EFTA State : Liechtenstein Title : Tax deductions in respect of intellectual property rights (IP Box) Legal basis : Act No 340/2010, Article 55 and Act No 437/2010, Article 33 Type of measure : Scheme Objective : To promote research and development Form of aid : Tax deductions (no aid) Name and address of the granting authority : EEA Coordination Unit Europark Austrasse 79 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 76/11

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

2012/C 76/08

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

Date of adoption of the decision : 14 December 2011 Case number : 70924 Decision number : 395/11/COL EFTA State : Liechtenstein Title : The prolongation of the State aid scheme under the Media Support Act Legal basis : The Media Support Act of 21 September 2006 (Medienförderungsgesetz) Objective : To preserve the pluralism of opinions, to promote journalistic-editorial quality as well as to facilitate the dissemination of opinion shaping media in Liechtenstein Form of aid : Grants Budget : CHF 11,04 million, annually CHF 1,84 million Duration : 1 January 2012-31 December 2017 Economic sectors : Media, publishing industry Name and address of the granting authority : Medienkommission Regierungsgebäude 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/
23.

Color Line has claimed that it made substantial upfront investments that led to significant improvements on the Sandefjord–Strömstad route to the benefit of consumers. However, all efficiency gains claimed by Color Line to have been brought about by the long-term exclusive harbour agreement have either been insufficiently substantiated or were, at best, limited in nature. Color Line has failed to show that the benefits of any efficiencies that can be said to have been brought about by its agreement outweigh the harm to consumers resulting from its long-term exclusivity. Furthermore, the duration — 25 years — of the exclusivity enjoyed by Color Line went way beyond what was acceptable and was fundamentally disproportionate to the realisation of any efficiency gains.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 154/18

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 154/10

PART I

Aid No GBER 7/12/ENV EFTA State Norway Region Name of the region (NUTS) Level 3: County Hordaland Regional aid status: mixed areas Granting authority Name Osterfjord Næringssamarbeid, ved Industrikonsulenten på Osterøy Address 5282 Lonevåg NORWAY Webpage http://www.rup.no search for ‘Osterfjord’ Title of the aid measure Pilotprosjekt for å utløyse ei bioenerginæring i Hordaland (Pilot project to stimulate establishing of a bioenergy sector in the Hordaland region) National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) Funding from Hordaland County Council, letter of 20 December 2006, FK06-06. Reference number: 200504724-16/3/AARN Web link to the full text of the aid measure http://www.rup.no/vision/vision1.aspx?hierarchyid=753&type=5 Type of measure Scheme Yes Amendment of an existing aid measure No Prolongation From 31.12.2011 to 31.12.2012 Duration Scheme 19.12.2008 to 31.12.2012 Economic sectors concerned All economic sectors eligible to receive aid Limited to specific sectors — please specify in accordance with NACE Rev. 2 Article 23: Production of energy from renewable biological energy sources within following sectors: 35.113 Production of electricity through biofuel, burning of waste and landfill gas (35.113 Produksjon av elektrisitet fra biobrensel, avfallsforbrenning og deponigass) 35.3 Steam and air conditioning supply (35.3 Damp- og varmtvannsforsyning) Article 15: no prolongation Type of beneficiary SME Yes Large enterprises No Budget Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme For the whole period of 4 years: NOK 2 million Aid instrument (Article 5) Grant Yes

PART II
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 314/4

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 June 2012

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

2012/C 314/04

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- 4,70 0,38 3,57

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

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

(3) OJ L 340, 22.12.2010, p. 1 and 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 284/13

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

2012/C 284/05

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

Date of adoption of the decision : 19 April 2012 Case number : 71056 Decision Number : 137/12/COL EFTA State : Norway Name of the beneficiary : Södra Cell Tofte AS Type of measure : Individual aid under the Energy Fund Scheme, subject to a detailed assessment under the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection Scheme : The Energy Fund scheme approved by the EFTA Surveillance Authority with Decision No 125/06/COL on 3 May 2006 Objective : Environmental protection Form of aid : Grant Aid amount : NOK 100 million Economic sectors : Energy production 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 384/8

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

2012/C 384/07

The EFTA Surveillance Authority considers that the following measures constitute compatible State aid within the meaning of Article 61 of the EEA Agreement:

Date of adoption of the decision : 11 July 2012 Case number : 68972 Decision number : 292/12/COL EFTA State : Iceland Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) : Decision regarding State aid granted by the Icelandic State through New Glitnir, New Landsbankinn and New Kaupþing during the wind up of certain investment funds Legal basis : Article 61(1) and Article 61(3)(b) of the EEA Type of measures : Measures to remedy a serious disturbance in the economy Economic sectors : Financial services

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 42/5

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))

2013/C 42/03

PART I

Aid No GBER 14/12 R&D EFTA State Norway Granting authority Name The Research Council of Norway Address PO Box 2700 St. Hanshaugen 0131 Oslo NORWAY Webpage http://www.forskningsradet.no Title of the aid measure The FORNY2020 programme National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) Government white paper on research: ‘Commitment to research’. Budget documents from Ministry of Trade and Industry. Guidelines from The Research Council of Norway. Web link to the full text of the aid measure http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Funding/FORNY2020/1253977989673/p1184150364108?progId=1253968959600&visAktive=false Type of measure Scheme X Duration Scheme 1.1.2012 to 31.12.2020 Economic sector(s) concerned All economic sectors eligible to receive aid X Budget Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme NOK 20 million Aid instrument (Article 5) Grant X

PART II
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 263/8

State aid — Decision to close an existing aid case as a result of acceptance of appropriate measures by an EFTA State

2013/C 263/09

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

Date of adoption of the decision : 30 April 2013 Case number : 69978 Decision number : 175/13/COL EFTA State : Norway Title : Financing of the fitness centre at Kippermoen Leisure Centre (‘KLC’) Legal basis : Municipal decisions on annual deficit coverage and ticket revenue allocation Objective : Service of general economic interest Form of aid : Covering of annual deficit, the allocation of ticket revenue and not requiring a return on investment Economic sectors : Fitness sector Other information : Based on measures undertaken and further commitments given by the Norwegian authorities to amend the current financing regime of KLC, the Authority’s concerns regarding the incompatibility of the municipality of Vefsn’s financing of the fitness centre at KLC were dispelled and the investigation closed.

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 330/7

State aid — Decision to raise no objections

2013/C 330/06

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

Date of adoption of the decision : 10 July 2013 Case number : 73917 Decision number : 304/13/COL EFTA State : Norway Name of the beneficiary : Elkem AS Type of measure : Individual aid under the Energy Fund scheme, subject to a detailed assessment under the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection Scheme : The Energy Fund scheme approved by the EFTA Surveillance Authority with Decision No 248/11/COL Objective : Environmental protection Form of aid : Grant Aid amount : NOK 350 million Economic sectors : Electricity production Name and address of the granting authority : Enova SF Professor Brochs gate 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/