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: 2001-11-28
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 333/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.4.2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.10.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 118/2000

Member State: Austria (Linz)

Aid No: N 258/01

Title: Public grants to professional sports clubs

Title: Environmental aid to Voest-Alpine Stahl Linz GmbH

Objective: Sport

Objective: Environmental aid (ECSC steel)

Legal basis: Art. 19-3 de la loi no 99-979 du 28 dØcembre
1999 portant diverses mesures relatives (cid:224) l’organisation et (cid:224) la
promotion des activitØs physiques et sportives, dispositions du
dØcret d’application notifiØ (non encore numØrotØ). Article
L.121-1 du Code fran(cid:231)ais de l’(cid:201)ducation

Budget: FRF 600 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting aid

Duration: Unlimited

Other information: The French authorities undertake to avoid
any overcompensation for the net costs of school and sports
training by monitoring use of grants received, notably by
keeping accounts separate and by requiring repayment of any
aid used for purposes other than those explicitly provided for

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 18.7.2001

Member State: United Kingdom (West Midlands)

Aid No: N 152/01

Title: MG Rover, training aid

Objective: Training aid in the motor vehicle sector

Legal basis: Learning and Skills Act 2000, Sections 2, 3, 4
and 5

Aid intensity or amount: GBP 9 million (approximately
EUR 14,4 million) (cid:151) maximum intensity of 30 % for
specific training and 40,5 % for general training

Duration: 2000-2005

Legal basis: (cid:214)sterreichische Halonverordnung BGBl. Nr.
1990/576

Budget: EUR 24 187,92 (ATS 332 833)

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: 18.7.2001

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 314/01 and N 315/01

Title:

Development aid for:

Vietnam (cid:151) Building of six rescue vessels

Yemen (cid:151) Building of two tugboats

Objective: Shipbuilding

Legal basis: Algemene regeling voor export naar ontwikke-
lingslanden

Aid intensity or amount:

Vietnam: 32,4 %

Yemen: 25 %

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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

Date of adoption of the decision: 14.9.2001

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

Member State: Spain (Basque country)

Aid No: N 32/01

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Title: Regional aid scheme to promote and develop rural areas
(EREIN programme)

Objective: Development of rural areas

Legal basis: Decreto por el que se regulan las l(cid:237)neas de ayudas
a la promoci(cid:243)n y desarrollo de las zonas rurales de la Comu-
nidad Aut(cid:243)noma del Pa(cid:237)s Vasco (Programa EREIN)

Objective: To financially support a substantial
investment programme on the principal rail
network in Great Britain

renewals
infrastructure

Legal basis: Section 211 and Schedule 15 of the Transport Act
2000

Budget: GBP 6,771 billion

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

Duration: 2001-2006

Aid intensity or amount:

Aid for productive investment or renewable sources of energy:
25 % gge (plus 10 percentage points in certain declining
regions or regions experiencing structural problems)

Recruitment aid: ESP 750 000 (EUR 4 507,59) per person
taken on; in the case of the long-term unemployed, women
with family responsibilities or the handicapped, ESP 1 million
(EUR 6 010,12) per person taken on

Duration: 2001-2006

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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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Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2001

Member State: Germany (Saxony-Anhalt)

Aid No: N 517/2000

Title: Aid in favour of Glunz AG

Objective: Realisation of large investment project under the
multisectoral framework

Legal basis:

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.7.2001

(cid:151) 29. Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe (cid:132)Verbesserung

der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur(cid:147)

Member State: France

Aid No: N 321/2000

(cid:151) Investitionszulagengesetz 1999

Budget: DEM 136 513 000 (EUR 69 767 988)

Title: RØunion 2000-2006 (cid:151) Laboratories and technology
transfer centres

Aid intensity or amount: 35 % gross

Objective: R & D (cid:151) Aid intensities and eligible costs comply
with the maximum amounts laid down in the Community
framework for State aid for research and development

Legal basis: Contrat de plan (cid:201)tat-rØgion 2000-2006

Budget: EUR 4,6 million

Duration: Until end of 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 19.9.2001

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 500/01

Duration: 1 January 2000 to end of 2002 (three years)

Other information: Annual report will be provided

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 18.7.2001

Member State: Greece (Central Macedonia and Attica)

Aid No: N 07/01

Title: State aid in favour of Hellenic Petroleum SA

Objective: Investment aid, petrochemical industry

Legal basis: N 2601/98 «¯(cid:237)Ø(cid:243)(cid:247)(cid:253)(cid:243)(cid:229)Ø(cid:242) Ø(cid:228)Øø(cid:244)ØŒ(cid:254)(cid:237) (cid:229)(cid:240)(cid:229)(cid:237)(cid:228)(cid:253)(cid:243)(cid:229)ø(cid:237) ªØÆ (cid:244)(cid:231)(cid:237)
(cid:239)ØŒ(cid:239)(cid:237)(cid:239)(cid:236)ØŒ(cid:222) ŒÆØ (cid:240)(cid:229)æØ(cid:246)(cid:229)æ(cid:229)ØÆŒ(cid:222) Æ(cid:237)(cid:220)(cid:240)(cid:244)ı(cid:238)(cid:231) (cid:244)(cid:231)(cid:242) (cid:247)(cid:254)æÆ(cid:242) ŒÆØ (cid:220)ºº(cid:229)(cid:242) (cid:228)ØÆ(cid:244)(cid:220)-
(cid:238)(cid:229)Ø(cid:242)»

Title: Network grants to licensed heavy rail
managers

infrastructure

Budget: GRD 39 744 million (EUR 116,64 million)

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Aid intensity or amount: 30,92 % nge

Aid No: N 834/2000

Duration: 1998-2001

Other information: The Greek Government has made the
express commitment to comply with the ex-post monitoring
requirements of Section 6 of the multisectoral framework on
regional aid for large investment projects

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 18.7.2001

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 801/2000

Title: EUV-Litography

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: J(cid:228)hrliches Haushaltsgesetz, Einzelplan 30 f(cid:252)r den
Gesch(cid:228)ftsbereich des BMBF, Kapitel 06

Budget: Total aid amount of DEM 120 million (EUR 60
million)

Aid intensity or amount: Light sources 43,2 %; Optics 37 %;
Mask 42,7 %; Mask carrier 36,7 %; Process/resist 47,1 %; Total
39,9 %

Duration: Five years

Other information: Germany will submit an annual report
according to the R & D framework

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 6.9.2001

Title: Employment aid scheme for enterprises in the non-profit
sector

Objective: Job creation in, and development of, enterprises in
the non-profit sector

Legal basis: Decreto de la Comunidad Aut(cid:243)noma de Extrema-
dura

Budget: EUR 11,5 million

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Until end of 2003

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 6.6.2001

Member State: Greece (Attiki, Thessalia, Thessaloniki)

Aid No: NN 90/2000

Title: Natural gas

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: ˝ 2364/95 «¯ºº(cid:231)(cid:237)ØŒ(cid:252)(cid:242) (cid:237)(cid:252)(cid:236)(cid:239)(cid:242) (cid:240)(cid:229)æ(cid:223) (cid:246)ı(cid:243)ØŒ(cid:239)(cid:253) Æ(cid:229)æ(cid:223)(cid:239)ı»,
(cid:252)(cid:240)ø(cid:242) (cid:244)æ(cid:239)(cid:240)(cid:239)(cid:240)(cid:239)Ø(cid:222)ŁŒ(cid:229) Æ(cid:240)(cid:252) (cid:244)(cid:239) (cid:237)(cid:252)(cid:236)(cid:239) 2528/97

Budget: Maximum GRD 30 billion (EUR 88,2 million)
grants, not quantifiable for tax benefits

for

Aid intensity or amount: nge 17 % in Attiki, 11,3 % in Thes-
saloniki, 25,9 % in Thessalia

Duration: Ad-hoc case, grant to be paid over seven years,
10 years’ tax benefits

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Member State: Spain (Extremadura)

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