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: 2001-06-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, application of EU law, 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 160/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 18.9.2000

Aid No: N 324/2000

Member State: France

Aid No: N 450/2000

Title: Change to overseas departments guarantee fund

Objective: Regional development

Aid intensity or amount: 8 % nge; maximum 16 years for
guaranteed loans

Duration: Until end of 2006

Title: RØunion 2000-2006 (cid:151) Energy conservation and devel-
opment of renewable forms of energy

Objective:

Environment

Construction of a decentralised power plant or implementation
of energy-saving measures

(cid:151) studies financed to the extent of 70 % gross, subject to a

ceiling of EUR 45 000

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

(cid:151) works financed to the extent of 30 % gross, subject to a

ceiling of EUR 300 000

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

Legal basis: Convention (cid:201)tat/rØgion

Date of adoption of the decision: 3.1.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 311/2000

Title: RØunion 2000-2006 (cid:151) Industrial investment projects

Objective:

Regional (cid:151) environment

Productive investments and investments to reduce industrial
pollution so as to improve the way in which firms fit into
the local environment

Legal basis: Contrat de plan (cid:201)tat/rØgion mesure A 113

Budget: EUR 26 million

Aid intensity or amount: 50 %, subject
EUR 1,6 million

to a ceiling of

Duration: Until end of 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Budget: EUR 17 million

Duration: Until end of 2006

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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: France

Aid No: N 325/2000

Title: RØunion 2000-2006 (cid:151) Environmentally friendly waste
management

Objective: Region (cid:151) environment

Legal basis: Convention (cid:201)tat/rØgion

Budget: EUR 9,7 million

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) 75 % gross for firms satisfying the Community definition of
to a ceiling of
SME (65 % net
EUR 760 000 for waste-reduction projects
(quantity/
toxicity) that may involve sorting, collection, assembling,
recovery or local treatment

in other cases), subject

(cid:151) 40 % gross, subject

to a ceiling of EUR 760 000 for

Date of adoption of the decision: 3.1.2001

temporary storage projects

Member State: France

Duration: Until end of 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.3.2001

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

Member State: Germany (Saarland)

Aid No: N 744/2000

Title: R & D aid to SMEs in Saarland

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.2.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 697/2000

Title: Aid for constructing private landing stages in Martinique

Objective: SMEs in the chemical industry

Legal basis: DOCUP 2000-2006 Martinique, Titre 4, mesure
11-2

Budget: EUR 0,8 million

Aid intensity or amount: The aid is in the form of grants for
productive investment and design.
is limited to 75 % of
eligible costs

It

Duration: Until end of 2006

Objective: To promote research projects by SMEs

Legal basis: Richtlinien f(cid:252)r die Bewilligung von Zuwendungen
zur Technologief(cid:246)rderung von kleinen und mittleren Unterneh-
men

Budget: Approximately EUR 2,25 million (DEM 4,5 million)
per year

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) for feasibility studies in the forefront of precompetitive

development projects: maximum 60 %

(cid:151) for precompetitive development: maximum 35 %

Duration: Five years (from 2001)

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.2.2001

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 833/2000

Title: Decree on subsidies for technical development projects

Objective: To promote precompetitive development

Legal basis: Besluit subsidies technische ontwikkelingsprojecten

Budget: EUR 36 million yearly

Aid intensity or amount: 25 % for precompetitive devel-
opment projects plus a bonus of 10 % in the case of SMEs.
The aid is limited to EUR 5 million per project. 50 % for
feasibility studies

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.3.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 464/2000

Title: Guyana 2000-2006 (cid:151) Freight support

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: DOCUP Guyane 2000-2006

Budget: EUR 304 900

Duration: Until end of 2006

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Duration: 10 years

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.3.2001

Other information: Annual report

Member State: United Kingdom

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Aid No: N 797/2000

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Enhanced

Title:
investment

capital

allowances

for

energy-efficient

Objective: Environmental protection

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Legal basis: Finance Act 2001

Legal basis: DOCUP 2000-2006 Martinique

Budget: Approximately GBP 100 million in 2001/2002 and
GBP 140 million in 2002/2003

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting aid

Budget: EUR 15,245 million

Duration: Until end of 2006

Duration: Unlimited

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.3.2001

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 91/01

Title: Decree concerning modifications of
collaborations projects scheme

the Technology

tech-
Objective: To promote national and international
and research
cooperation between enterprises
nological
centres through stimulating precompetitive development and
industrial research

Legal basis: Besluit tot wijziging van het Besluit subsidies be-
drijfsgerichte technologische samenwerkingsprojecten

Budget: Approximately EUR 72 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: 25 % for precompetitive devel-
opment projects; 50 % for fundamental or industrial research;
bonus of 10 % in case of SMEs; bonus of 10 % in case of
cross-border cooperation; or in case of cooperation between
firms and public research institutes. The aid is limited to
EUR 5 million per project

Duration: 10 years

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: 15.3.2001

Member State: Germany (Land Bremen)

Aid No: N 521/2000

Title: Aid to wind energy installations

Objective: CO2 reduction, saving of resources

Legal basis: Haushaltsgesetz, Programmrichtlinien

Budget: Up to EUR 2 million (approximately DEM 4 million)
per year

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 30 % of the eligible costs
plus 10 % SME bonus

Duration: Until 28 February 2011

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 16.3.2001

Member State: Spain (Basque Country)

Aid No: N 71/01

Title: Processing and marketing of fisheries and aquaculture
products

Implementation of

Objective:
in the
fisheries sector under the Community support framework for
the Basque country

structural measures

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.3.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 377/2000

Legal basis: Proyecto de Decreto por el que se establecen
programas de ayuda a la mejora de las condiciones de trans-
formaci(cid:243)n y comercializaci(cid:243)n de los productos agrarios, silv(cid:237)-
colas, de la pesca y la acuicultura, y de la alimentaci(cid:243)n

Title: Martinique 2000-2006 (cid:151) Local initiative platforms

Budget: ESP 480 million (EUR 2 884 858) per year

Objective: Technical and financial back-up for promoters of
small business projects

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with the rates laid
down in Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999

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Duration: 2000-2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 20.3.2001

Member State: Germany (Schleswig-Holstein)

Aid No: N 604/2000

Title: Grants for R & D and technology transfer, Schleswig-
Holstein

Objective: To promote research, regional development of tech-
nology and technology transfer

Legal basis: Richtlinien f(cid:252)r die Gew(cid:228)hrung von Zuwendungen
zur F(cid:246)rderung von Forschung, Entwicklung und Technologie-
transfer; Landeshaushaltsordnung Schleswig-Holstein

Budget:

(cid:151) approximately EUR 12 million (approximately DEM 23,5

million) in total over five years

(cid:151) average annual budget,
transfer

research
(DEM 4,7 million);
EUR 0,65 million (DEM 1,2 million)

and

including support
institutions:

excluding the public

for public
EUR 2,4 million
institutions:

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) for public institutions: maximum 90 %, standard intensity

up to 50 %

(cid:151) for companies: maximum 50 % for industrial research

Duration: Five years from entering into force

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in the northern region (exceptionally abundant juveniles) and
the consequential prohibition on fishing with a view to the
recovery of spawning biomass

Legal basis: Projecto de portaria que estabelece o regulamento
de apoio (cid:224) cessa(cid:231)ªo temporÆria da actividade das embarca(cid:231)ıes
de pesca da sardinha

Budget: PTE 300 million (approximately EUR 1 745 793)

Duration: Two months in 2001

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 25.4.2001

Member State: Italy (Provincia Autonoma di Trento)

Aid No: N 292/2000

for

third parties

road haulage
Title: Aid for SMBs providing commercial
such SMBs
services
item
operating in the Trento autonomous province. Draft
1.1.3 (cid:145)Sector discipline(cid:146) on the procedures for implementing
Provincial Law No 17 of 12 July 1993 on (cid:145)Services
to
companies(cid:146)

and consortia of

Improving the quality and security of SMB
Objective:
transport service provision owing to rationalisation of activities

Legal basis: Legge provinciale 12 luglio 1993 n. 17 et Modalit(cid:224)
di attuazione legge provinciale 12 luglio 1993 n. 17 «Servizi
alle imprese». Punto 1.1.3 «Disciplina settoriale»

Budget:
EUR 100 000)

ITL 200 million

per

year

(approximately

Aid intensity or amount:

Variable according to type of intervention

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(cid:151) Council aid: 50 % maximum of permissible costs

Date of adoption of the decision: 18.4.2001

Member State: Portugal

Aid No: N 89/01

Title: Temporary suspension of sardine fishing (cid:151) fisheries
sector

for
Objective: To compensate fishermen and shipowners
(Sardina
temporary
pilchardus) owing to an unforeseeable biological development

suspension of

sardines

fishing

for

(cid:151) Investment aid: 15 % maximum of the permissible costs if
small companies and 7,5 % if medium-sized companies

Duration: 31 December 2003

Other information: The aid extends to SMBs in the transport
the scope of aid N 280/98 that has been judged
industry,
compatible by the Commission Decision of 17 September 1998

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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