Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2001-09-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, France, Germany, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid

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Official Journal of the European Communities

22.9.2001

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2001/C 268/04)

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.8.2001

Duration: Three years

Member State: France

Aid No: N 255/01

Title: Parafiscal charge for the Bureau national
interprofes-
sionnel du Pruneau (BNIP (cid:151) national intertrade organisation
for prunes)

Objective: To promote and improve production of (cid:145)pruneau
d’Ente(cid:146) prunes

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: 2001-2005

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: 22.8.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 293/01

Title: Aid to farms supplying breeding animals to the French
overseas departments

Objective: To promote the development of the local stock-
farming sector

Budget: FRF 4 million (approximately EUR 609 000) per year

Aid intensity or amount: 20 to 30 % of the operating costs
of livestock farms

Duration: Three to four years

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: 22.8.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 478/01

Title: Aid for testing in the tobacco sector

Objective: To improve tobacco varieties

Budget: FRF 6 million (EUR 914 000) in 2001

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % of the cost of research and
development measures

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: 22.8.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 479/01

Title: Aid to technological development and innovation in the
meat products and egg products sector

Objective: To encourage research and development measures
by firms and equipment suppliers in the meat products and egg
products sector

Budget: Provisional credit of EUR 2,5 million envisaged in
2001

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 100 % of expenditure

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: 22.8.2001

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 480/01

Title: Detection of organisms harmful
products

to plants and plant

Objective: To partially cover the Federal State’s costs of regis-
trering the applications for approval of interested laboratories

Legal basis:

ArrŒtØ royal fixant les conditions d’agrØment des laboratoires
d’analyse pour la dØtection d’organismes nuisibles aux vØgØtaux
et aux produits vØgØtaux

Koninklijk besluit tot vaststelling van de erkenningsvoorwaar-
den van ontledingslaboratoria voor de opsporing van voor
planten en plantaardige producten schadelijke organismen

Duration: 2000-2006

Other information: The measure does not constitute aid
within the meaning of Article 87 of the Treaty

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 22.8.2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.8.2001

Member State: Germany (Saxony)

Aid No: N 560/2000

Title: Promotion of environmentally favourable agriculture

Objective: Support of agricultural production methods, which
are designed to protect the environment and to maintain the
countryside and its features

Legal basis: Richtlinie zur F(cid:246)rderung einer umweltgerechten
Landwirtschaft im Freistaat Sachsen

Budget: EUR 18,29 million

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) up to EUR 600 per hectare for annual crops, and

Member State: United Kingdom (Scotland)

Aid No: NN 49/01 (ex N 359/01)

Title: Scottish Red Meat Campaign

Objective: Promotional campaign designed to counter the
decline in the consumption of red meat

Legal basis: Section 4 of the Small Landholders (Scotland) Act
1911, as amended

Budget: GBP 360 000

(cid:151) up to EUR 450 per hectare for other land uses

Aid intensity or amount: 50 %

Duration: Until 31 December 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

Duration: One-off action

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

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2537 (cid:151) Philips/Marconi Medical Systems)

(2001/C 268/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

1.
On 14 September 2001 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant
to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1310/97 (2), by which the Dutch undertaking Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (Philips, NL) acquires,
within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, sole control of Marconi Medical Systems (MMS),
which forms part of the Marconi group (UK), by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

(cid:151) Philips: manufacture and sale of electronic products including a wide range of medical systems;

(cid:151) MMS: manufacturing and sale of medical imaging systems and healthcare products.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within

3.
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit

4.
proposed operation.

their possible observations on the

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference
COMP/M.2537 (cid:151) Philips/Marconi Medical Systems, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate B (cid:151) Merger Task Force,
Rue Joseph II/Jozef II-straat 70,
B-1000 Brussels.

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.