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: 2001-07-14
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 199/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.2.2000

Title: Regional employment premium scheme (PRE)

Member State: France

Title: Financial support for workers approaching retirement
(part-time employment)

Objective: To assist low-paid workers approaching retirement

Legal basis: Projet de dØcret relatif (cid:224) la participation de l’(cid:201)tat
au financement d’un dispositif de cessation partielle d’activitØ
mis en place par accord professionnel national

Aid intensity or amount: Variable
allowance depending on worker’s age (from 20 % to 50 %)

rate of

retirement

Duration: Indefinite

Other information: General measure

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Objective: To promote job creation not
business investment

linked directly to

Legal basis: DØcret modifiant le titre Ier du livre V du Code
gØnØral des
(articles R.1511-9 (cid:224)
R.1511-14)

collectivitØs

territoriales

Budget: Approximately EUR 15 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: 10 % to 30 %, depending on the
section of the propulation and the length of the employment
contract and subject to a ceiling of EUR 11 000 per job over
three years and EUR 160 000 per firm per year

Duration: 10 years

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Date of adoption of the decision: 26.5.2000

Date of adoption of the decision: 18.10.2000

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 763/99

Title: Regione Umbria (cid:151) (cid:145)Aid in favour of
amendments to Law L.R. 33/94(cid:146)

tourism,

Objective: Incentive to SMEs operating in the tourism sector

Legal basis: DDL «Modifiche alla Legge regionale 33/94»

Budget: ITL 1,150 billion (EUR 0,59 million) per year in 1999
and 2000

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 7,5/15 % respectively to
medium-sized and small enterprises

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 345/2000

Title: Aid for tourism investment abroad

Objective: Investment in tourism

Legal basis: Orden Ministerial

Budget: ESP 1 400 million (EUR 8,41 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 7,5 %, subject
ESP 31 200 000 (EUR 187 515)

to a ceiling of

Duration: 2000-2006

Duration: Unlimited

Other information: Annual report, N 351/96

Other information: Scheme approved as Aid N 203/94 on
22.6.1994

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Date of adoption of the decision: 17.10.2000

Member State: United Kingdom

Member State: France

Aid No: N 443/2000

Aid No: N 473/2000

Title: Link collaborative research scheme

Date of adoption of the decision: 18.10.2000

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Objective: To strengthen collaboration between industry,
universities and research centres in key areas of science, tech-
nology and engineering

Legal basis: Regional Development Agencies Act 1998, Greater
London Authority Act 1999 and Leasehold Reform, Housing
and Urban Development Act 1993

Legal basis: Science and Technology Act 1965

Budget:
(approximately EUR 58 million per year)

Approximately

GBP 35 million

per

year

the period
Budget: Expected expenditure per year
2001-2003 is nearly EUR 16 million (corresponding to about
GBP 10 million)

for

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % of eligible costs at most

Duration: Unlimited. Current financing decision = five years

Other information: The United Kingdom has committed to
provide an annual report on implementation of the scheme

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Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2000

Member State: Belgium (the Flemish region)

Aid No: N 712/2000

Title: Soft aid for consultancy, training and studies (Flanders)

Objective: To strengthen the knowledge-base of Flemish
companies

Legal basis: (cid:132)Richtlijnen betreffende de zachte steun voor ad-
vies, opleiding en studies(cid:148) in application of
the (cid:132)Wet van
30.12.1970 betreffende de economische expansie in het Vlaams
Gewest(cid:148) and the (cid:132)Decreet van 15.12.1993 tot bevordering van
de economische expansie in het Vlaamse Gewest(cid:148)

Budget: BEF 100 million per year (approximately EUR 2,5
million)

Aid intensity or amount: Interest-free loans, to be reimbursed
in three annual
instalments. The aid is estimated at around
15 % gge

Duration: The scheme expires on 31 December 2003

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Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: Unlimited

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.3.2001

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 298/2000

Title: R & D scheme

Objective: To promote R & D

Legal basis: (cid:132)Besluit technologisch onderzoek en ontwikkeling(cid:148)
(cid:151) ArrŒtØ relatif (cid:224) la R & D dans le domaine technologique

Budget: Approximately EUR 82,7 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: 25 % for pre-competitive devel-
opment, 50 % for
feasability
studies, various bonuses

industrial research, 50 % for

Duration: 10 years

Other information: Annual report

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Date of adoption of the decision: 11.4.2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.3.2001

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 546/B/2000

Title: Partnership support
voluntary (neighbourhood) regeneration

for regeneration 5: Community/

Objective: Regional

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 32/2000

Title: Aid to (cid:145)ST Microelectronics(cid:146)
non-volatile flash memories

for the development of

Objective: To develop the design and fabrication concepts
behind the next technology generations (180, 150, 130 nm)
flash memories, along the
in the
roadmap
industry;
furthermore,
concepts underpinning the
generation below 100 nm

field of non-volatile

to develop the

semiconductor

envisaged

the

by

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Legal basis: «Accordo di programma per lo sviluppo di tecno-
logie per memorie flash ad altissimo livello di integrazione» del
15.7.1999 tra MURST, MICA e ST Microelectronics

Duration: Until end of 2006

Other information: N 667/99

Aid intensity or amount: 31,6 % (average for the RA1, RA2
and IT projects)

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Duration: 1999-2002 (RA1 project); 2001-2003 (RA2
project); 1999-2003 (IT project)

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Other information: Report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.4.2001

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Date of adoption of the decision: 11.4.2001

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 799/2000

Title: Piemonte (cid:151) (cid:145)Training in favour of unemployment
people(cid:146)

Objective: To create new employment in the regional territory,
also by means of training measures, with particular regard to
certain disadvantaged categories

Legal basis: Delibera della Giunta Regionale (DGR) n. 25-1138
23.10.2000; articolo 18 Legge regionale n. 63/95

Budget: ITL 100 billion (approximately EUR 52 million) over
five years (2000-2006)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of the elegible training costs
(on average EUR 10,226 per person)

Member State: Austria (Carinthia)

Aid No: N 811/2000

Title: Change in the aid programme (cid:145)Economic Development
Fund(cid:146)

Objective: To support regional economic development

Legal basis: K(cid:228)rntner Wirtschaftsf(cid:246)rderungsfondsgesetz

Budget: Approximately EUR 23 million per year

Aid intensity or amount:
SMEs and according to regional aid map

Investment aid: 15 %/7,5 % for

Duration: 1 January 2000 to 31 December 2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 2.5.2001

Duration: Five years (2001-2006)

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Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 822/2000

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Title: Centre contracts for tourmism

Objective: Strengthen the development of tourism in Denmark

Legal basis: Finansloven

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.4.2001

Budget: DKK 40 million (approximately EUR 5,4 million)

Member State: Portugal (Azores)

Aid No: N 563/2000

Title: Aid scheme to promote regional development in the
Azores (SIDER)

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo e decretos regulamentares re-
gionais

Budget: EUR 63,132 million

Aid intensity or amount: Variable, depending on type of
investment project, firm and region

industrial

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % for fundamental research,
50 % for
research, 25 % for pre-competitive
research, + 10 pp when there is cross-border cooperation,
cooperation between firms and public research bodies, or
when the results are widely disseminated, + 10 pp for SMEs,
+ 5 pp in Article 87(3)(c) areas

Duration: 2000-2002

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Date of adoption of the decision: 2.5.2001

Legal basis:

Member State: Spain (Rioja)

Aid No: N 847/2000

Title: Aid to promote training and employment

Objective: Training aid

Legal basis: Bases reguladoras de la concesi(cid:243)n de subvenciones
a los programas para la promoci(cid:243)n y fomento del empleo en la
Comunidad Aut(cid:243)noma de La Rioja, y su convocatoria para
2001

Budget: ESP 1 000 (EUR 6,01 million) per year

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % in the case of training aid for
firms

Duration: Until 30 June 2007

Other information: N 46/99

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(cid:151) Lov nr. 354 af 2. juni 1999, Lov om Hovedstadens Udvik-

lingsr(cid:229)d

(cid:151) Lov nr. 126 af 6. marts 1996, Bekendtgłrelse af lov om
kommuners og amtskommuners deltagelse i erhvervsudvik-
lingsaktiviteter

(cid:151) Lov nr. 13 af 13. januar 1997, Lov om (cid:230)ndring af lov om
kommuners og amtskommuners deltagelse i erhvervsudvik-
lingsaktiviteter

Budget: Maximum DKK 50 million (EUR 6,7 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 25 % for pre-competitive
development + 10 % for SMEs

Duration: 10 years

Other information: Annual report

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Date of adoption of the decision: 8.5.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 449/2000

Title: Framework scheme: guarantee fund

Date of adoption of the decision: 18.5.2001

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 182/01

Title: Regional investment aid scheme to promote conversion
of declining industrial areas in certain assisted regions

Objective: To promote access by SMEs to bank loans

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: Loi no 88-6 du 5 janvier 1988

Budget: Approximately EUR 15 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 15 % of eligible costs

Duration: Until 31 December 2008

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Date of adoption of the decision: 8.5.2001

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 802/2000

Title: Mikroelektronik Center

Legal basis: Orden por la que se establecen las bases regula-
doras de la concesi(cid:243)n de ayudas para actuaciones de reindus-
trializaci(cid:243)n y la convocatoria para las solicitudes de dichas
ayudas

Budget: ESP 15 000 million (EUR 90 million) per year

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) Andalucia 50 %

(cid:151) Asturias 40 %

(cid:151) Cantabria 35 %/30 %/25 %/20 %

(cid:151) Castilla y Le(cid:243)n 40 %/37 %/35 %

(cid:151) Castilla-La Mancha 40 %/30 %

(cid:151) Extremadura 50 %

(cid:151) Galicia 40 %

(cid:151) Murcia 40 %

Objective: To give companies,
access to new technologies in the field of microelectronics

irrespective of nationality,

(cid:151) Basque Country 20 %

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Duration: 2001-2004

Budget: EUR 3 201 430

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Aid intensity or amount: 50 % of eligible costs, subject to a
ceiling of EUR 762 250; maximum intensity estimated to be
34,33 %

Duration: Until end of 2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.5.2001

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Member State: France

Aid No: NN 122/2000

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Title: Aid for restructuring of Sernam SCS by SNCF

Objective: Restructuring of a business in difficulty

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.6.2001

Legal basis: Protocole d’accord SNCF-Geodis du 21.4.2000

Member State: Finland

Budget: FRF 2 938 million (approximately EUR 448 million)

Aid No: N 104/01

Duration: 31 December 2004

Title: Amendment of the Regional Transport Subsidy Act

Other information: Annual report

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Date of adoption of the decision: 1.6.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 66/01

Objective: Transport subsidies are destined to level out the
supplementary transport costs due to long-distance transport
of goods by companies established in low population density
areas. Prolongation for one year of the Transport aid scheme
already approved by the Commission until the end of 2000
(N 53/2000)

Legal basis: Hallituksen esitys eduskunnalle laiksi kuljetusten
alueellisesta tukemisesta annetun lain muuttamisesta, valtioneu-
voston p(cid:228)(cid:228)t(cid:246)s kuljetusten alueellisesta tukemisesta annetun lain
soveltamisalueesta

Budget: An annual
government budget for the payment of transport subsidies

appropriation is

reserved

in the

Title: Reœnion 2000-2006 (cid:151) FISAC/FLACR

Duration: 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2001

Objective: To promote new small business activities with a
view to restoring commercial balance between town centres
and the immediate surroundings

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Legal basis: Contrat de plan «(cid:201)tat-RØgion»

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