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

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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 117/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.11.2000

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 456/2000

Title: R & D framework telecommunications scheme

Objective: To promote R & D in the field of information and
telecommunication technology

Legal basis: Kaderregeling Subsidies Telecommunicatie

Aid intensity or amount: Measures under Article 14,
paragraph 3. All measures will respect the intensities allowed
by the Community R & D Framework

Other information: Annual report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Budget: EUR 27,2 million yearly

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) 25 % for demonstration projects

(cid:151) 50 % for feasibility studies

(cid:151) 80 % for knowledge-transfer projects

Duration: Eight years

Other information: Annual report

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Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 445/2000

Title: New regulation of the FIT (Fondo Speciale Rotativo per
la Ricerca Tecnologica)

encourages

the present

Objective: By means of
scheme (cid:151) which
complements and integrates an already approved R & D
scheme (State aid N 173/2000) (cid:151) the Ministry of Industry
innovative
(MICA)
pre-competitive R & D activities which are additional
to
normal R & D.
Industrial R & D programes may also be
eligible, but only to a limited extent. The present scheme
last approval by
amends an existing one (State aid E 3/90,
the Commission by letter SG(92) D/7985)

to carry out

enterprises

Legal basis: Legge 17.2.1982 n. 46 «Interventi per i settori
dell’economia di rilevanza nazionale», art. 14; Legge 23.12.1999
n. 488, art. 54.5; Decreto Legislativo 27.7.1999 n. 297, art.
10.2; Decreto Legislativo 31.3.1998 n. 123

Budget: On average ITL 800 billion per year (approximately
EUR 400 million)

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 502/2000

Title: Measures to promote shipbuilding investment in 2000

Objective: To promote modernisation of the Italian fleet

Legal basis: Disegno di
materia di investimenti delle imprese maritime

legge recante nuove disposizioni

in

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) tax credit: Maximum 9 %

(cid:151) subsidised loan: Maximum 8,9 %

Duration: 2000

Other information: Combination of the two measures and of
the direct aid earmarked for shipyards must not result in a
grant equivalent of more than 9 %

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Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: NN 30/A/2000

Title: Tax rate increases
exemption,
exemption for waste incineration plants

in relation to the rinse water
the exemption for de-inking residue and the

Objective: Reducing CO2 and other environmental goals

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Legal basis:

Wet belastingen op milieu grondslag

Regulerende energiebelasting

Objective: To aid Harland and Woolf
redundancy payments to 613 employees

finance the costs of

Legal basis: Council Regulation (EC) No 1540/98 of 29 June
1998 establishing new rules on aid to shipbuilding

Duration:

Budget: Interest-free loan of GBP 3 million

Rinse water exemption up to 1 January 2001

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

Exemption for de-inking residue up to 1 January 2001

Exemption for waste incineration plants up to 1 August 2002

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Other information:

Annual report

de-inking

Rinse water relief was approved in 1995 (NN 13/95). An
the scheme was approved in 1998 (N 20/98).
extension of
The
approved 1995
(NN 13/95). An extension of
the scheme was approved in
1998 (N 20/98). The exemption for waste incineration plants
was approved in 1998 (N 753/97)

exemption was

residue

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Date of adoption of the decision: 17.1.2001

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 710/99

Title: Aid for women entrepreneurs

Objective: Investment and consultancy aid for small firms in
which women have a majority holding

Legal basis: Legge 25 febbraio 1992, n. 215; bozza del nuovo
regolamento di attuazione

Budget: ITL 250 billion (some EUR 125 million) a year

tangible or
Aid intensity or amount: 15 % gross
intangible investment in non-assisted areas. In line with the
regional aid map in assisted areas. 50 % for consultancy
services

for

Duration: 2000 to 2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 29.1.2001

Member State: Spain (Comunidad Valenciana)

Aid No: N 706/2000

Title: Valencia electrification plan

Objective: To expand and improve the electric power network
in the Valencia region

Legal basis: Orden de la Conseller(cid:237)a de Industria y Comercio,
sobre concesi(cid:243)n de ayudas en materia de electrificaci(cid:243)n rural

Budget: ESP 612,5 million (EUR 3,68 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Between 35 % and 40 %; an
additional 15 % gross for SMEs

Duration: 2000 to 2006

Other information: Annual report

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Date of adoption of the decision: 29.1.2001

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 736/2000

Title: The Growth Fund

Objective: To promote R & D activities in SMEs and spin-off
enterprises

Legal basis: Forslag til lov om (cid:230)ndring af lov om V(cid:230)kstfonden

Budget: Estimated annual investments: DKK 2,5 to 10 million
(EUR 0,3 to 1,3 million)

Date of adoption of the decision: 17.1.2001

Aid intensity or amount:

Member State: United Kingdom

(cid:151) 50 % for industrial research

Aid No: NN 130/2000 (ex N 758/2000)

(cid:151) 25 % for precompetitive development

Title: Shipbuilding (cid:151) partial closure aid to Harland and Woolf

(cid:151) 35 % for precompetitive development in SMEs

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Duration: 2001 to 2010

Duration: 1997 to 1999

Other information: Annual report

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.2.2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.1.2001

Member State: Italy (Region Valle d’Aosta)

Aid No: N 730/2000

Title: Regio Valle d’Aosta: Acquisition of NewCoGen SpA and
NewCoDist SpA by Finaosta

Objective: Acquisition
and
distribution capacities from ENEL by the regional public under-
taking Finaosta

production

electricity

of

Legal basis: Legge Regionale 26 luglio 2000 n. 20 (Regione
Valle d’Aosta)

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 827/2000

Title: Medea+ scheme

Objective: To promote R & D projects within the framework
of the international collaborative Eureka project Medea+

Legal basis: Ministerieel besluit

Budget: EUR 272 million

Aid intensity or amount: 50 %

Duration: 1.1.2001 to 31.12.2008

Other information: Annual report

Budget: ITL [. . .] (1) (approximately, EUR [. . .]). The regional
law provides for a maximum of ITL 800 000 million

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Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting aid

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Duration: Single event

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.2.2001

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Member State: France

Aid No: N 837/2000

(1) Business secret.

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.1.2001

Member State: Spain (Catalonia)

Aid No: NN 66/99

Title: Training aid

Title: Scheme under the Medea+ programme

Objective: To stimulate
industry

the

European microelectronics

Legal basis: RØgime de la filiŁre Ølectronique

Budget: FRF 400 million a year (EUR 61 million) with an
overall total of FRF 3 200 million (EUR 488 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % maximum of eligible costs

Objective: Training for workers

Duration: Until end 2008

Legal basis: Orden por la que se regula la presentaci(cid:243)n de
solicitudes para el aæo 1997 de las acciones de formaci(cid:243)n
ocupacional y afines que promueve la Direcci(cid:243)n General de
Ocupaci(cid:243)n

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Budget: ESP 9 326 269 889 (EUR 56,05 million)

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.2.2001

Aid intensity or amount: Between 25 % and 75 %, depending
on type of training (general or specific), company size (large or
SME) and location (assisted or non-assisted area). However, the
intensities
indicated in the training guidelines have been
exceeded in a very small number of cases

Member State: Spain (Galicia)

Aid No: N 614/2000

Title: Investment subsidy for aquaculture

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Objective: To promote investment in the aquaculture as part
of
integrated structural
measures under the Community support framework

the implementation in Galicia of

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden por la que se establecen las
bases reguladores aplicables a la concesi(cid:243)n de ayudas a inver-
siones en el Æmbito de la acuicultura marina

Budget: ESP 1 335 306 000 (approximately EUR 8 025 351)
for 2000

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

Duration: 2000 to 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Objective: R & D, SME, access to risk capital for small tech-
nology companies

Legal basis: ERP-Haushaltsplangesetz

Budget: DEM 381,8 million (EUR 195,2 million)

Duration: 30.6.2003

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Date of adoption of the decision: 27.2.2001

Member State: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)

Aid No: N 680/2000

Title: Renewable energies aid programme, Schleswig-Holstein

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.2.2001

Objective: To promote the use of renewable energy

Member State: Spain (Galicia)

Aid No: N 657/2000

Legal basis: Richtlinie zur F(cid:246)rderung der energetischen Nut-
zung von Biomasse im l(cid:228)ndlichen Raum durch das Land
Schleswig-Holstein

Title: Aid for the fitting-out of fishing ports

Budget: Annual average EUR 1,5 million

Objective: To regulate the bases and conditions governing aid
for the aid for the fitting-out of fishing ports and the procedure
for granting structural assistance

Legal basis: Orden por la que se establecen las bases y condi-
ciones y se regula el procedimiento de concesi(cid:243)n de ayudas
para la realizaci(cid:243)n de inversiones relativas al equipamiento y
servicio de los puertos pesqueros

Budget: Approximately ESP 5 600 million (approximately
EUR 33,6 million)

Aid intensity or amount: According to the scales and rates of
assistance in Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17
and
December 1999 laying
arrangements regarding Community structural assistance in
the fisheries sector

down the

detailed

rules

Duration: 2000 to 2006

Other information: Annual report

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amount:
Aid intensity or
exceeding 40 % of eligible costs

Duration: Until 31.12.2005

Including

cumulation, not

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Date of adoption of the decision: 7.3.2001

Member State: Italy (Sicily)

Aid No: N 67/2001

Title: Temporary suspension of activity (cid:151) Fisheries sector (cid:151)
Sicily

Objective: To compensate fishermen and owners of fishing
vessels for the temporary suspension of activities in the event
of unforeseeable circumstances, particularly those caused by
biological factors, or as part of a recovery plan for endangered
stocks or due to technical restrictions

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Legal basis: Legge regionale 23 dicembre 2000 n. 32

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.2.2001

Budget: ITL 300 billion (approximately EUR 154 987 070) for
the 2000 to 2006 period

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 551/2000

Title: BTU (cid:151) Beteiligungskapital
unternehmen

f(cid:252)r kleine Technologie-

Duration: 2000 to 2006

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