Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2001-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, State aid, advertising, horticulture

C 321/6

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

16.11.2001

rate according to which such Call is charged must exceed 10
pence per minute in order
to satisfy the definition of
Controlled Premium Rate Services as detailed in sub-paragraph
22.11 (a) (iii) (A) of
and subparagraph
the PTO licences
26.11 (a) (iii) (A) of the TSL and ISVR licences, respectively.

9.
In proposing that amount, the Director General has had
regard to the current prevailing standard rates for premium
rate calls of the licensees operating under the PTO licences.
The Director General notes that while premium rate calls are
less than 10 pence or 10 pence per
available at a rate of
minute,
the vast
standard practice, and that
is not
this
majority of premium rate calls would be offered at a price in
excess of 10 pence or 10 pence per minute.

10.
The Director General is also notifying licensees of both
the TSL and ISVR licences, and all other interested parties, by
publishing this Notice in the London Gazette, Belfast Gazette and
Edinburgh Gazettes and by placing a copy in the Official Journal
of European Communities.

11.
amount of

The Director General

is

the proposed charge and rate set out

seeking comments on the
in this

notice, and representations should be made to Gavin Daykin,
Regulation of PRS Consultation, Numbering Unit, Oftel, 50
Ludgate Hill,
(44-207)
634 53 38; e-mail: gavin.daykin@oftel.gov.uk) by no later
than 9 November 2001.

EC4M 7JJ

(telephone:

London

12.
There will then be a further period of 14 days in which
to make observations on any representations which have been
received in accordance with the procedure outlined in the new
proposed Condition 22.10. Such comments-on-comments are
therefore sought by no later than 23 November 2001. The
Director General will then prepare a draft determination and
statement of reasons, and invite further comments for a period
of not
less than 14 days prior to making his final deter-
the final deter-
mination. As stated above,
mination will be subject to whether the proposed modifications
are finally made to the PTO, TSL and ISVR licences.

the making of

Any confidential material should be clearly marked as
13.
such and separated out into a confidential annex. All represen-
tations and objections received by Oftel, with the exception of
material marked confidential, will be made available for
inspection in Oftel’s Research and Intelligence Unit.

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2001/C 321/05)

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.9.2001

Member State:

Aid No:

Title:

Objective:

Budget:

Aid intensity or amount:

France

N 388/01

Aid for the advertising and promotion of ornamental horticulture
products

To promote consumption of the products concerned and make
them more widely known

Provisional appropriation of FRF 8 million (EUR 1,2 million)
envisaged in 2001

50 % of the cost of advertising measures; 50-100 % of the cost of
promotion measures; 50 % for technical assistance

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

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