EN Official Journal of the European Union C 123/11

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 123/08

PART I

Aid No GBER 4/11/TRA EFTA State Norway Granting authority Name Innovation Norway Address PO Box 448 Sentrum 0104 Oslo NORWAY Web page http://www.innovationnorway.com Title of the aid measure Kompetanse — NHD 2 421,71 (Competence) The scheme receives only parts of the funding from NHD 2 421,71 National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) Prop. 1 S (2010-2011), pages 139-141, see http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/nhd/dok/regpubl/prop/2010-2011/prop-1-s-20102011.html?id=618824 Web link to the full text of the aid measure http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/Tjenester/Programmer/Kompetanseprogrammet/ Fram: http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/Tjenester/Kompetanse/FRAM/ Navigator: http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/Tjenester/Kompetanse/Navigator/ BIT: http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/Tjenester/Programmer/BIT-programmet/ Næringsrettet design: http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/Tjenester/Programmer/Design-programmet/ Internasjonal vekst: http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/Tjenester/Programmer/Internasjonal-vekst-programmet/ Bedrift i EU: http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/Tjenester/Programmer/Bedrift-i-EU/ Høyvekstprogrammet: http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/Tjenester/Programmer/Hoyvekstprogrammet/ Kvinner i Næringslivet: http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/Tjenester/Programmer/Kvinner-i-naeringslivet/ Type of measure Scheme Yes (grants to beneficiaries) Amendment of an existing aid measure EFTA Surveillance Authority Decision Nos 170/94/COL, 202/94/COL and 130/00/COL will expire Duration Scheme From 1.1.2011 Allocations are subject to the annual parliamentary budgetary procedure. The scheme has been in operation for more than 15 years and no termination is planned in the foreseeable future Economic sector(s) concerned All economic sectors eligible to receive aid All Type of beneficiary SME Yes Large enterprises Yes Budget Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme NOK 122,8 million Aid instrument (Article 5) Grant Yes

PART II

General objectives (list) Objectives (list) Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in NOK (1) SME-bonuses in % Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs and SME participation in fairs (Articles 26-27) Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs (Article 26) 50 % for SMEs Aid for SME participation in fairs (Article 27) 50 % for SMEs Aid to young innovative enterprises (Article 35) NOK 8 million for small enterprises that has been of existence for less than six years Aid for innovation advisory services and for innovation support services (Article 36) NOK 8 million per beneficiary within any three year period Aid for the loan of highly qualified personnel (Article 37) 50 % for maximum three years per undertaking and per person borrowed Training aid (Articles 38-39) Specific training (Article 38(1)) 25 % 10 % points if the aid is awarded to medium-sized enterprises and 20 % points if the aid is awarded to small enterprises General training (Article 38(2)) 60 % 10 % points if the aid is awarded to medium-sized enterprises and 20 % points if the aid is awarded to small enterprises

(1) Amounts in NOK are subject to an exchange rate EUR:NOK of 1:8.