Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-03-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Spain, State aid, control of State aid

C 102/8

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Official Journal of the European Communities

31.3.2001

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2001/C 102/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.1.2001

Member State: The Netherlands (all Article 87(3)(c) regions)

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 212/1999

Aid No: N 597/2000

Title: Free depreciation scheme for regional aid areas (1999)

Objective: Regional

Legal basis:

(cid:151) Artikel 10 van de Wet op de inkomstenbelasting 1964

Title: Subsidy scheme for private industrial links with inland
waterways ((cid:145)SBV(cid:146))

Objective: Promoting the provision, extension and placing in
service of private industrial
links with inland waterways in
order to foster a modal transfer towards transport by waterway

(cid:151) Artikel 8 van de Wet op de vennootschapsbelasting 1969,

(cid:132)Uitvoeringsregeling willekeurige afschrijving(cid:148)

Legal basis: Begroting van het ministerie van Verkeer en Wa-
terstaat: Kaderwet subsidiºring vervoer en openbare werken

Budget: NLG 20 million (EUR 9,1 million)

Budget: NLG 29 million (EUR 13 159 626)

Aid intensity or amount: 2,6 % nge/gge

Duration: 1999

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 542/2000

Title: Shipbuilding (cid:151) development aid to Vietnam

Objective: To aid the public company Waterway Dredging
Company No 1 in Vietnam to purchase a dredger with a
capacity of 1 500 m3. The dredger is to be used to keep the
waterways open in the Red River and in the northern harbours
such as Haiphong and Hon Gai

Legal basis: Verordnung (EG) Nr. 1540/98 des Rates vom 29.
Juni 1998 zur Neuregelung der Beihilfen f(cid:252)r den Schiffbau

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % of the eligible costs for the
investments intended for both infrastructure and the static and
mobile installations needed for transshipping goods to and
from waterways

Duration: 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2003

Other information: The recipient must fund at least 50 % of
the total cost of
the project. He must provide a five-year
transport guarantee whereby he undertakes to transship at
least the declared quantity of goods by means of the private
link to be subsidised. In addition he must report annually on
the quantity of goods transshipped

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.2.2001

Member State: Spain (Valencia)

Aid No: N 87/B/2000

Title: Valencia (cid:151) food quality (cid:151) fisheries sector

Budget: Subsidised loan of DEM 25 million (EUR 12,8
million)

Objective: To promote food quality in fisheries and aqua-
culture businesses in Valencia

Aid intensity or amount: 50,98 %

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden de la Conselleria de Agricul-
tura, Pesca y Alimentaci(cid:243)n por la que se regulan las ayudas
para la calidad agroalimentaria

Budget: ESP 220 million (approximately EUR 1 322 227) in
2000

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 50 % of eligible expenditure

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Duration: 2000-2006

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

Legal basis: ‚ªŒæØ(cid:243)(cid:231) (cid:244)(cid:239)ı ¯(cid:240)Ø(cid:247)(cid:229)Øæ(cid:231)(cid:243)ØÆŒ(cid:239)(cid:253) —æ(cid:239)ªæ(cid:220)(cid:236)(cid:236)Æ(cid:244)(cid:239)(cid:242) `ºØ(cid:229)(cid:223)Æ(cid:242)
2000-2006

Budget: GRD 28 452 625 000 (approximately
EUR 84 279 102)

Date of adoption of the decision: 26.2.2001

Aid intensity or amount: Rates provided for in Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 2792/1999 (OJ L 337, 30.12.1999)

Member State: Greece

Aid No: N 621/2000

Title: Fisheries operational programme 2000-2006

Implementation of

Objective:
for
fisheries contained in the Community support framework for
Greece

the structural measures

Duration: 2000-2006

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confi-
dential information has been removed, can be found at

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids

UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE (CN)

(Classification of goods)

(2001/C 102/06)

Explanatory Notes made in accordance with Article 10(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July
1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the Common Customs Tariff (1), as last amended by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2559/2000 (2)

The (cid:145)Explanatory Notes to the combined nomenclature of the European Communities(cid:146) (3) are amended as
follows:

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9506 91 10

Exercising apparatus with adjustable resistance mechanisms

This subheading covers exercising apparatus such as, for example, rowing machines, ergo-
metric bicycles, stepper and treadmills, which can be adjusted by a mechanism according to
the effort the user wishes to expend.

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 293, 22.11.2000, p. 1.
(3) OJ C 342, 5.12.1994.