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: 2001-11-13
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 318/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.7.2001

(cid:151) outside assisted regions:

Member State: Austria (Oestliche Steiermark)

small firms: 15 %; medium-sized firms: 7,5 %

Aid No: N 77/2000

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

Title: Environmental aid to Voest-Alpine Stahl Donawitz
GmbH

Other
Implementation
Government/L(cid:228)nder scheme (N 591/1997)

information:

of

joint

Federal

Objective: Environmental aid (ECSC steel)

Legal basis: Umweltf(cid:246)rderungsgesetz 1993, BGBl. 1993/185

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Budget: EUR 2 648 925 (ATS 36 450 000)

Aid intensity or amount: 15 %

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 1.6.2001

Member State: Germany (Rhineland-Westphalia)

Aid No: N 438/A/2000

Objective: Aid for initial investment, for employment linked to
investment and for training

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 448/2000

Title: Framework scheme (cid:151) investment capital fund

Objective: To promote
investment capital

the access of

certain SMEs

to

Legal basis: Article 43 de la Loi no 95-115 du 4 fØvrier 1995
d’orientation pour l’amØnagement et le dØveloppement du terri-
toire

Budget: Approximately EUR 23 million per year

Legal basis: Regionales Wirtschaftsf(cid:246)rderungsprogramm Nord-
rhein-Westfalen

Aid intensity or amount: Not applicable

Budget:

(cid:151) DEM 150 million (EUR 75 million) per year for regions
assisted under the joint Federal Government/L(cid:228)nder scheme

(cid:151) DEM 23 million

(EUR 11,8 million)

per

year

Duration: Until 31 December 2008

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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(supplementary budget)

(cid:151) ERDF financing

Aid intensity or amount:

Combined aid ceiling:

(cid:151) in assisted regions:

Date of adoption of the decision: 17.7.2001

Member State: Spain (La Rioja)

large firms creating employment: 18 % gross;

Aid No: N 683/2000

SMEs creating employment: 28 % gross, and 12 % gross for
safeguarding employment

Title: Aid for investments in SMEs from the industrial and
services sectors

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Investments in new fixed assets relating to the
Objective:
the modernisation or
creation of a new establishment,
extension of an existing one, or
in an
the engagement
activity involving a fundamental change in the product or
production of an existing establishment

Title: Regional aid scheme to promote quality control systems,
design, innovation and competitiveness

Objective: Regional development, research and development,
SMEs

Legal basis: Bases reguladoras de la concesi(cid:243)n de ayudas a la
inversi(cid:243)n destinadas al sector industrial y de servicios

Budget: ESP 1 500 million (EUR 9,02 million)

Legal basis: Proyecto de Decreto para la promoci(cid:243)n de la
competitividad y la innovaci(cid:243)n en la Comunidad Aut(cid:243)noma
de Extremadura

Budget: ESP 2 981 million (EUR 17,916 million)

small

Aid intensity or amount: Up to: 15 % gross for investments
investments by
by
medium-sized enterprises; 30 % gross
in
investments
assisted areas

enterprises; 7,5 % gross

for

for

Aid intensity or amount:

Investment aid:

Duration: 2000-2006

55 % gge (SMEs), 40 % gge for large firms and firms whose
activities are covered by Annex I EC, 30 % for quality systems

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Aid for industrial research and aid for development:

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 17.7.2001

Member State: Spain (La Rioja)

Aid No: N 686/2000

Title: Plan to promote SMEs

Objective: Aid for the internationalisation and commercial
promotion of SMEs

Legal basis: Bases reguladoras de la concesi(cid:243)n de ayudas para
instrumentar un plan de promoci(cid:243)n para la pequeæa y mediana
empresa

Budget: ESP 200 million (EUR 1,2 million) per year

Aid intensity or amount: Between 10 % and 50 %, subject to
a ceiling of EUR 200 000 per beneficiary

(cid:151) industrial

research projects: 60 % gge, pre-competitive

development projects: 35 % gge,

(cid:151) while complying with the ceilings of 75 % gge for industrial
research projects and 50 % gge for pre-competitive devel-
opment projects, these intensities may be increased by 10
percentage points in the case of SMEs, 10 percentage points
in the case of cross-border cooperation and 15 percentage
points in the case of projects whose objectives fall within
the Community framework programme

Consultancy and assistance aid for SMEs: 50 % gge

Duration: 2000-2006 (during the period from 1 January 2000
and until the Commission approves the scheme, the scheme
will be applied in compliance with the Community de minimis
rules)

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Duration: 2000-2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 17.7.2001

Other information: Annual report

Member State: Belgium

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Aid No: N 37/01

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

Title: Scheme to promote and finance scientific research and
technological innovation

Objective: To foster industrial research and pre-competitive
development

Legal basis:

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.7.2001

Article 39 de la Constitution belge

Member State: Spain (Extremadura)

Artikel 39 van de Belgische Grondwet

Aid No: N 723/2000

Budget: Approximately EUR 43,4 million

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Aid intensity or amount: Variable, depending on type of
research: between 25 % and 100 % of eligible costs

Duration: 2001-2003

Duration: Two years

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 17.7.2001

Member State: Germany (Lower Saxony)

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 115/01

Title: Air-fixed sources aid scheme

Objective: Measures to combat air pollution

Legal basis: DØlibØration du conseil d’administration de
l’ADEME du 20 dØcembre 2000

Budget: Approximately EUR 25 million per year

Aid No: N 135/01

Title: Guarantees in reform countries

Objective: To support
countries

investments by SMEs

in reform

Legal basis: Haushaltsgesetz, Programmrichtlinien

Budget: DEM 2 million (approximately EUR 1 million);
guarantee volume: DEM 100 million (approximately EUR 50
million) for the whole duration (five years)

Aid intensity or amount: Between 15 % and 40 %, depending
on equipment

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 2 %

Duration: Ten years

Duration: Until 31 December 2005

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.7.2001

Member State: Spain (Basque country)

Aid No: N 127/01

Date of adoption of the decision: 6.6.2001

Member State: Spain (Andalusia)

Title: Regional aid scheme to promote restructuring of SMEs

Aid No: N 187/01

Objective: Restructuring of ailing SMEs

Title: Regional aid programme to promote R & D

Legal basis: Decreto 300/2000, de 26 de diciembre, por el que
se establecen ayudas destinadas a la reestructuraci(cid:243)n y relanza-
miento de empresas en crisis

Budget: ESP 4 500 million (EUR 27 million)

Objective: To promote fundamental and industrial research
and pre-competitive development

Legal basis: Proyecto de Decreto por el que se establece el
marco regulador de las ayudas de investigaci(cid:243)n y desarrollo
que se conceden por la administraci(cid:243)n de la Junta de Andaluc(cid:237)a

Aid intensity or amount: Repayable grants not exceeding
EUR 1,682 million

Budget: ESP 35 365 million (EUR 212,54 million)

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Aid intensity or amount:

Date of adoption of the decision: 6.9.2001

(cid:151) Feasibility studies for industrial research projects (75 % gge)
and for pre-competitive development projects (50 % gge)

(cid:151) Fundamental research projects: 100 % gge

(cid:151) Industrial research projects (60 % gge) and pre-competitive

development projects (35 % gge)

(cid:151) Subject

these

intensities may be

to ceilings of 75 % gge for industrial research
projects and 50 % gge for pre-competitive development
projects,
increased by 10
percentage points in the case of SMEs and 15 percentage
points in the case of projects whose objectives are covered
by the Community framework programme (25 percentage
points in the case of cross-border cooperation). In cases not
covered by a framework programme, they may be increased
by 10 percentage points

Duration: 2000-2006

Other information: This scheme replaces schemes N 398/97,
N 442/99 and N 606/99

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Member State: Austria (Nieder(cid:246)sterreich)

Aid No: N 235/99

Title: Guidelines for
reichische Grenzlandf(cid:246)rderungsgesellschaft

the aid activities of

the Nieder(cid:246)ster-

Objective:

(a) remedy market imperfections affecting SMEs; and

(b) assisting the development of disadvantaged regions;

Recipient or sector:

For (a) SMEs;

for (b) SMEs, except

in justified exceptional cases and for

tangible investments

Legal basis: Richtlinien f(cid:252)r die F(cid:246)rderungsaktion der Nieder-
(cid:246)sterreichischen Grenzlandf(cid:246)rderungsgesellschaft in Verbindung
mit dem Gesellschaftsvertrag in der Fassung vom 28. Novem-
ber 1997

Aid intensity or amount:

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

For (a):

(cid:151) 7,5 % and 15 % for tangible investments,

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.7.2001

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 220/01

(cid:151) 50 % for measures in accordance with point 4.2.3. of the
and

Community
guidelines on State
medium-sized enterprises (OJ C 213, 23.7.1996),

aid for

small

(cid:151) 60 % for such measures, if the firm is located in an assisted

area according to Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty;

Title: R & D aid to Corus Technology BV, ECSC steel

for (b):

Objective: Incentive R & D activities (ECSC steel)

Legal basis: Besluit subsidies Bedrijfsgerichte Technologische
Samenwerkingsprojekten

Budget: EUR 467 193,51

Aid intensity or amount: 37,5 %

Duration: Four years

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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(cid:151) 20 % net grant equivalent

Duration:

For (a) unlimited;

for (b) regional aid may only be granted until 31 December

2006

Other information: Proposal not
annual report required

to raise any objections;

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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