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: 2001-04-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, control of State aid

21.4.2001

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2001/C 117/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 6.12.2000

Duration: 10 years

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 657/99

Title: Business infrastructure development

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Objective:
premises

Increase

the provision of

adequate business

Legal basis: The Welsh Development Agency Act of 1975 (as
amended by the Government of Wales Act of 1998)

Budget:

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.12.2000

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: NN 72a/2000

(cid:151) 2000/2001: GBP 70 million (approximately EUR 115

million)

Title: Prolongation of CO2 tax scheme

(cid:151) 2001/2001: GBP 70 million (approximately EUR 115

million)

(cid:151) 2002/2003: GBP 75 million (approximately EUR 123

Objective: Adjust the energy tax burden of energy intensive
companies to that of their competitors in other countries

Legal basis:

million)

(cid:151) 9 kap. 5, 9, 9 a, 9 b §§ lagen (1994:1776) om skatt p(cid:229)

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting an aid

energi

Duration: 2000-2006

Other information: Detailed annual report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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(cid:151) Punkt 2 av (cid:246)verg(cid:229)ngsbest(cid:228)mmelserna till lagen (1997:479)
om (cid:228)ndring i lagen (1994:1776) om skatt p(cid:229) energi, i dess
lydelse enligt SFS 1999:1323

Budget: Loss of tax revenue: SEK 193 million (approximately
EUR 23 million)

Duration: 1 January to 31 December 2000

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 13.12.2000

Member State: France

Aid No: N 116/2000

Title: Aid scheme for the management of municipal and
industrial waste

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.12.2000

Member State: Spain (Comunidad de Madrid)

Aid No: N 670/2000

Objective: To promote investment in waste recovery

Title: Madrid business innovation plan

Legal basis: DØlibØrations du conseil d’administration de
l’ADEME du 12 mai 1999 et du 2 juillet 1999

Objective: Aid for investment and consultancy services for
SMEs, aid for research and development

Budget: To be determined annually; approximately EUR 122
million in 2000

Aid intensity or amount: 15 to 30 % depending on project
and region

Legal basis: Orden de la Consejer(cid:237)a de Econom(cid:237)a y Empleo por
la que se regula el Plan de Innovaci(cid:243)n Empresarial de la Co-
munidad de Madrid

Budget: ESP 3 000 million (EUR 18,03 million) per year

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Aid intensity or amount: Aid for investment: 15 % for small
enterprises and 7,5 % for medium-sized enterprises. Aid for
consultancy services: 50 %. Aid for research: 50 % for industrial
research, 25 % for pre-competitive development, 75 % for feasi-
bility studies preliminary to industrial research, and 50 % for
feasibility studies preliminary to precompetitive development.
An additional 10 % for SMEs; 5 % for assisted areas; 15 % for
projects in the framework scheme (25 % if the project involves
cross-border cooperation); and 10 % if
involves
the project
involves cooperation with
cross-border cooperation,
public research organisations, or
the results are to be
published and distributed widely

it

if

if

Duration: 2001-2005

Other information: Annual report required. N 55/97

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Legal basis:

(cid:151) F(cid:246)rordningen (2000:614) om st(cid:246)d till sm(cid:229)skalig elproduk-

tion

(cid:151) Lagen (1994:1776) om skatt p(cid:229) energi

Budget: SEK 300 million (approximately EUR 35 million)

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) All: SEK 0,09 (EUR 0,01) per kWh

(cid:151) Windpower: SEK 0,181/(EUR 0,02) per kWh

Duration: 2001

Other information: Annual report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Member State: Austria (Styria)

Aid No: N 510/2000

Title: Guidelines for economic aid (cid:151) Styria

Objective: To support regional development

Legal basis: Beschluss der Steierm(cid:228)rkischen Landesregierung

Budget: Approximately EUR 60 million (ATS 825 million) to
enterprises (total programme budget approximately EUR 100
million (ATS 1,37 billion) per year
including EU-funding
(EFRD, ESF))

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: NN 71/2000 (measure also considered under the EC
Treaty (cid:151) NN 72/2000)

Title: Prolongation of CO2 tax scheme

Objective: Adjust the energy tax burden of energy intensive
companies to that of their competitors in other countries

Legal basis:

(cid:151) 9 kap. 5, 9, 9 a, 9 b §§ lagen (1994:1776) om skatt p(cid:229)

energi

Aid intensity or amount: Depending on objective of aid, the
ceilings of all relevant Commission guidelines and frameworks
will be respected

(cid:151) Punkt 2 av (cid:246)verg(cid:229)ngsbest(cid:228)mmelserna till lagen (1997:479)
om (cid:228)ndring i lagen (1994:1776) om skatt p(cid:229) energi, i dess
lydelse enligt SFS 1999:1323

Duration: 2000 to 31 December 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 732/2000

Title: Prolongation of two environmental aid schemes

Objective: To ensure reasonable conditions for small-scale
electricity production from environmentally benign energy
source on the liberalised market

Budget: Loss of
(approximately EUR 23,5 million)
information available for the ECSC sectors

tax revenue: globally, SEK 197 million
although no separate

Duration: 1 January to 31 December 2000

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 13.12.2000

Member State: France

Aid No: N 114/2000

Title: Aid scheme for the management of renewable energy
sources

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Objective: To promote the production of electricity from
renewable energy sources

Legal basis: DØlibØration du conseil d’administration de
l’ADEME du 12 mai 1999

Budget: Approximately EUR 50 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: 15 to 60 %, depending on project
and region

Duration: 10 years

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 22.12.2000

Member State: France

Aid No: N 115/2000

Title: Aid scheme to promote efficient use of energy

Objective: To promote demonstration projects for energy-
saving devices

Legal basis: DØlibØration du conseil d’administration de
l’ADEME du 12 mai 1999

Budget: Approximately EUR 40 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: 30 % + 10 % for SMEs

Duration: 10 years

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 10.1.2001

Member State: Germany (Bremen)

Aid No: N 133/2000

Title: Promotion of training measures under the Employment
policy action programme for Bremen and Bremerhaven

Objective: Training aid

Legal basis:

Haushaltsordnung der freien Hansestadt Bremen (LHO) §§ 23
und 44

Richtlinie zur F(cid:246)rderung von Qualifizierungsma(cid:223)nahmen im
Rahmen des Besch(cid:228)ftigungspolitischen Aktionsprogramms f(cid:252)r
Bremen und Bremerhaven (BAP)

Budget: EUR 45 million for the period until end of 2006 of
which EUR 15 million ESF (approximately EUR 6,4 million
per year)

Aid intensity or amount: 66 % gross, in case of cumulation
up to 70 % gross

Duration: 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 22.1.2001

Member State: Germany (Saarland)

Aid No: N 642/2000

Title: SME interest subsidy programme

Objective: To promote investments by SMEs

Legal basis: Richtlinie f(cid:252)r das Zinszuschussprogramm zur F(cid:246)r-
derung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen sowie des
Fremdenverkehrs im Saarland

Budget: DEM 2,5 million (EUR 1 250 000) per year

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 7,5 % gross, in case of
cumulating with regional aid in assisted areas up to the
regional aid ceilings

Duration: 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2003

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 29.1.2001

Member State: Germany (Ausgleichsregion Bonn)

Aid No: N 718/2000

Title: Measures in favour of the Bonn region, interest rebates
for job creating investment in SME

Objective: SME, R & D

Legal basis: Richtlinie zur F(cid:246)rderung von arbeitsplatzschaffen-
den Investitionen forschungs- und entwicklungsintensiver Be-
triebe im Rahmen der Ausgleichsvereinbarung f(cid:252)r die Region
Bonn

Budget: DEM 10 million (EUR 5 million)
1999-2004

for

the period

Aid intensity or amount: 7,5 % medium-sized, 15 % small
enterprises, R & D 25 % + 10 %

Duration: 31.12.2004

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 5.2.2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.2.2001

Member State: Spain (Aragon)

Aid No: N 544/2000

Member State: Spain (Rioja)

Aid No: N 684/2000

Title: Planned guarantee scheme for SMEs

Title: Aid to promote corporate management innovation

Objective: To finance investment in new fixed assets that will
create or safeguard jobs

Legal basis: Decreto del Gobierno de Arag(cid:243)n por el que se
aprueba la concesi(cid:243)n de avales a pequeæas y medianas empre-
sas para los prØstamos concertados por las mismas, de acuerdo
con la Ley 14/1999, de 29 de diciembre, de presupuestos para
la Comunidad de Arag(cid:243)n para el aæo 2000

Budget:

(cid:151) ESP 4 500 million (EUR 27,05 million) per year for all the

guarantee operations

(cid:151) ESP 5 million (EUR 30 050) per year to cover any short-

comings

Objective: Advisory services for SMEs

Legal basis: Bases reguladores de la concesi(cid:243)n de ayudas para
la innovaci(cid:243)n de la gesti(cid:243)n de las empresas

Budget: ESP 15 million (EUR 90 151) per year

Aid intensity or amount: 50 %, subject to a ceiling of ESP 5
million (EUR 30 050) per recipient

Duration: 2000-2006

Other information: Annual report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Aid intensity or amount: Approximately 0,4 %

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

Duration: 2000-2006

Other information: Annual report. N 265/99

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.2.2001

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 749/2000

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.2.2001

Member State: Spain (Rioja)

Aid No: N 624/2000

Title: Aid to promote stable employment

Objective: Creation of stable employment

Legal basis: Bases reguladores de la concesi(cid:243)n de ayudas al
programa de fomento del empleo estable

Budget: ESP 334 million (EUR 2,01 million) per year

Aid intensity or amount: Between ESP 300 000 (EUR 1 803)
and ESP 1 million (EUR 6 010) per worker taken on

Duration: 2000-2006

Other information: Annual report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Title: Measures in favour of SMEs

Objective: To promote the development of SMEs and coop-
eration between companies, mainly SMEs

Legal basis:

(cid:151) Regeringens prop. 2000/2001:1

(cid:151) Avtal mellan Verket f(cid:246)r N(cid:228)ringslivsutveckling och IUC

Budget: Maximum SEK 156 million (approximately EUR 18
million)

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) De minimis

(cid:151) 50 % for SMEs for feasibility studies preparatory to precom-

petitive development

Duration: 2001

Other information: Annual report

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

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