Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 (ex Articles 92 and 93) of the EC Treaty - Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2000-02-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, control of State aid

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Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 (ex Articles 92 and 93) of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2000/C 40/03)

Date of adoption of the decision: 8.12.1999

Aid intensity or amount: In 1999: Variable according to the
measures

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 589/B/98

Duration: Three years

Title: Exemption from energy tax granted to glasshouse
horticulture sector

Objective: Stimulate a rational use of energy and to reduce
CO2 emissions, while granting undertakings in the glasshouse
sector a transition period in order to adapt to new competitive
conditions

Legal basis: Wet belastingen op milieugrondslag

Budget: Approximately NLG 140 million

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Until 2001

Other information: The Dutch authorities undertook to
renotify the scheme in 2002

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Date of adoption of the decision: 8.12.1999

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 241/99

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Date of adoption of the decision: 8.12.1999

Member State: Italy (Emilia-Romagna)

Aid No: N 610/99

Title: Aids to agricultural and agro-industrial undertakings for
the participation to trade fairs

Objective: To favour the economic development of the agri-
cultural sector through aids for facilitating the participation to
trade fairs

Legal basis: Progetto di regolamento del Centro estero delle
camere di commercio dell’Emilia-Romagna

Budget: Approximately
EUR 175 000) per year

ITL 350 million (approximately

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Indefinite

Title: Transitional agrimonetary aid (cid:151) Beef scheme

Objective: Compensate the losses of producer income caused
by the reduction in the exchange rates applicable to certain
common agricultural policy direct aids

Legal basis: Ministerial decision, Council Regulation (EC) No
2800/98 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 2808/98, (EC)
No 2813/98 and (EC) No 755/99

Other information: The rules set out in the draft Regulation
of the Foreign Centre of the Chambers of Commerce of Emilia
Romagna will be applicable also to the interventions organised
by the individual Chamber of Commerce of Emilia Romagna
which undertook to apply the same criteria and modalities set
out in the above draft Regulation. The aid measures envisaged
by the notified Act will be implemented according to the
undertakings and within the limits set in the letters of the
competent authorities dated 5 October 1999 and 27 October
1999 registered on 12 October 1999 and 4 November 1999

Budget:

(cid:151) 1999: EUR 351 209

(cid:151) 2000: EUR 119 616

(cid:151) 2001: EUR 59 808

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Date of adoption of the decision: 25.11.1999

Budget:

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 620/99

Title: Transitional agrimonetary aid (cid:151) Arable area scheme

Objective: Compensate the losses of producer income caused
by the reduction in the exchange rates applicable to certain
common agricultural policy direct aids

Legal basis: Ministerial decision, Council Regulation (EC) No
2800/98 and Commission Regulations (EC) No 2808/98, (EC)
No 2813/98 and (EC) No 1639/1999

(cid:151) 1999: EUR 3,14 million

(cid:151) 2000: EUR 1,05 million

(cid:151) 2001: EUR 0,52 million

Aid intensity or amount: In 1999: 0,01342 of the overall
amount per beneficiary in the framework of the arable area
payment scheme

Duration: Three years

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Notice of initiation of a review of the anti-dumping measures applicable to imports of certain
television camera systems originating in Japan

(2000/C 40/04)

The Commission has received a request for a partial interim
review of the anti-dumping measures in force on imports of
certain television camera systems originating in Japan, pursuant
to Article 11(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No 384/96 of 22
December 1995 (1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EC)
No 905/98 (2), hereinafter referred to as the (cid:145)Basic Regulation(cid:146).

or more at normal gain; either in one piece with the
camera head and the adapter in one housing, or separate;

(b) a viewfinder (diagonal of 38 mm or more);

(c) a base station or camera control unit (CCU) connected to

the camera by a cable;

1. Request for review

The request was lodged on 4 September 1999, by Hitachi
Denshi Ltd (hereinafter also referred to asthe (cid:145)applicant(cid:146)), a
producer/exporter of
television camera systems (hereinafter
referred to as (cid:145)TCS(cid:146)) that took part in the original anti-dumping
investigation. The request is limited in scope to the exam-
ination of dumping as far as the applicant is concerned.

2. Product

(d) an operational control panel (OCP) for camera control (i.e.
single

lens opening or

iris of

for colour adjustment
cameras);

(e) a master control panel (MCP) or master set-up unit (MSU)
with selected camera indication, for the overview and for
adjustment of several remote cameras.

This product
8525 30 90,
8529 90 88,
8528 21 90. These codes are only given for information.

classifiable under CN codes
8529 90 81,
8528 21 16,

is
currently
8537 10 91,
8543 89 95,

8537 10 99,
8528 21 14,

The product under consideration is TCS originating in Japan,
consisting of a combination of the following parts, imported
either together or separately:

3. Existing measures

(a) a camera head with three or more sensors (12 mm or more
charge-coupled devices) with more than 400 000 pixels
each, which can be connected to a rear adapter, and
having a specification of the signal to noise ratio of 55dB

The measures currently in force are definitive anti-dumping
duties,
imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1015/94 on
imports of TCS originating in Japan, as last amended by
Council Regulation (EC) No 193/1999 (3). The rate of the anti-
dumping duty currently in force for imports of TCS from
Hitashi Denshi Ltd is set at 52,7 %.

(1) OJ L 56, 6.3.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 128, 30.4.1998, p. 18.

(3) OJ L 22, 29.1.1999, p. 10.