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: 2001-09-22
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 268/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 6.6.2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 3.7.2001

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 87/01

Title: Preliminary draft decree to promote self-employment
through start-up cheques

Objective: To promote self-employment and the setting-up of
commercial micro-firms

Legal basis:

Article 127, paragraphe 1 et article 138 de la Constitution

Artikel 127, lid 1, en artikel 138 van de Grondwet

Budget: EUR 600 000 for 2001

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 5 000 per project promoter

Duration: Until 30 June 2007

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: 14.6.2001

Member State: Germany (Bavaria)

Aid No: N 289/01

Title: Biotechnology and gene technology programme

Objective: To support R & D projects in biotechnology and
gene technology

Legal basis: Haushaltsgesetz des Freistaates Bayern

Budget: EUR 4,6 million (DEM 9 million) per year,
total
budget for the whole programme duration EUR 32,2 million
(DEM 63 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 50 % for industrial research
and fundamental research, 25 % for pre-competitive devel-
opment, plus a bonus of 10 % points for SMEs as defined by
the Community

Duration: 2001-2007

Member State: Germany (Hesse)

Aid No: N 427/99

Title: Guarantee programme Hessen: restructuring measures

Objective: To help to preserve companies which have a
positive future outlook

Legal basis: Hessisches Haushaltsgesetz

Budget: Approximately DEM 23 million (approximately
EUR 11,5 million) per year expected

Aid intensity or amount: Restructuring/rescue aid: intensity
not calculable; in any case not exceeding EUR 10 million for
one and the same SME

Duration: Ten years from authorisation

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: 3.7.2001

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 232/01

Title: Reduction in employer’s social security contributions in
the event of the introduction of a 38-hour working week and
in the event of an overall reduction in working time

Objective: To adapt working time in order to improve the
quality of life at and away from the workplace and to create
extra jobs

Legal basis:

Projet de loi relatif (cid:224) la conciliation entre l’emploi et la qualitØ
de la vie

Wetsontwerp betreffende de verzoening van werkgelegenheid
en kwaliteit van het leven

Budget: BEF 2,172 billion for 2002 (approximately EUR 53,8
million)

Duration: Until 2006

Other information: General measure

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

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

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 3.7.2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 9.7.2001

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 302/01

Member State: Austria (Carinthia)

Aid No: N 811/99

Title: Addition to the R & D programme (cid:145)Microelectronics(cid:146):
integrated chips systems

Title: Guarantee schemes Carinthia

Objective: To support R & D projects in the field of microelec-
tronics

Legal basis: Haushaltsgesetz; Einzelplan 30, Kapitel 06, Titel
68317 Elektronik

Budget: On average DEM 30 million (approximately EUR 15
million) per year (total programme budget: DEM 150 million
(approximately EUR 75 million) over five years), of which
roughly three-fifths
is deemed as aid to enterprises and
two-fifths as public research by public research institutes

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 50 % for industrial research,
plus 10 % regional (Article 87(3)(a)), and/or 10 % SME, and/or
10 % cooperation bonus where appropriate

Objective: To help to preserve companies which are important
for local regional policy; to support regional development in
tourism

Legal basis: Beschluss der K(cid:228)rntner Landesregierung

Budget: Approximately ATS 4 million (EUR 290 691) per
year expected for investment aid; the total volume of rescue
and restructuring guarantees is limited to ATS 50 million
(EUR 3,6 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 7,5/15 % respectively to
medium and small enterprises; in areas eligible under Article
87(3)(c) EC Treaty intensities according to regional aid map
plus 10 % gross bonus in case of SMEs

Duration: Until 31 December 2005

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

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 3.7.2001

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 303/01

Title: Addition to the R & D programme (cid:145)Microelectronics(cid:146):
new micro-components for new systems

Objective: To support R & D projects in the field of microelec-
tronics

Legal basis: Haushaltsgesetz; Einzelplan 30, Kapitel 06, Titel
68317 Elektronik

average DEM 37 million
year

(approximately
Budget: On
EUR 18,5 million) per
(total programme budget:
DEM 185 million (approximately EUR 92,5 million) over five
years), of which roughly two-thirds is deemed as aid to enter-
prises and one-third as public research by public research
institutes

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 50 % for industrial research,
plus 10 % regional (Article 87(3)(a)), and/or 10 % SME, and/or
10 % cooperation bonus where appropriate

Duration: Until 31 December 2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2001

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 597/98

Title: Measures in favour of the electricity market for stranded
costs

Objective: To compensate for stranded costs relating to city
heating projects and Demkolec (gasification plant)

Legal basis: Elektriciteitswet 1998

Budget:

EUR 636 million in total:

(cid:151) EUR 500 million for city heating projects,

(cid:151) EUR 90 to 136 million for Demkolec

Duration: Ten years

Other information: Annual report

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

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

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2001

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 236/01

Title: Job rotation

Objective: Enhance the adaptability and employability of
employees by upgrading their skills and qualifications, and at
the same time to integrate weak groups of unemployed people
into the labour market

Legal basis:

Lov om en aktiv arbejdsmarkedspolitik

Bekendtgłrelse nr. 1338 af 18. december 2000 om en aktiv
arbejdsmarkedsindsats, med (cid:230)ndringer

Budget: DKK 120 million (approximately EUR 16 million) per
year

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting an aid

Duration: Two-year trial period

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

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: 25.7.2001

Member State: Belgium (Walloon region)

Aid No: NN 121/2000

Title: Financial participation by the Walloon region in Duferco
Belgium SA

Objective: ECSC steel

Budget: BEF 1 610 million

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting aid

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: 25.7.2001

Member State: Spain

Aid No: NN 49/99

Title: Scheme for competition transition costs

Objective: To promote the transition to a liberalised electricity
market

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2001

Member State: Greece (Evvia)

Aid No: NN 6/01

Title: Investment aid to AE Ellinika Solinourgeia

Objective: Investment (non-ECSC steel)

Legal basis: `(cid:237)Æ(cid:240)(cid:244)ı(cid:238)ØÆŒ(cid:252)(cid:242) (cid:237)(cid:252)(cid:236)(cid:239)(cid:242), (cid:237)(cid:252)(cid:236)(cid:239)(cid:242) ÆæØŁ. 2601/98

Legal basis: Ley 54/97, de 27 de noviembre, del sector elØctrico

Aid intensity or amount: GRD 440 million

Aid intensity or amount: Approximately EUR 10,4 billion on
condition that aid is involved

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

Duration: Ten years

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