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: 2002-01-08
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

(2002/C 5/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 18.7.2001

Member State: Germany (Leuna, Land Sachsen-Anhalt)

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

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting an aid

Aid No: N 184/2000

Title: State aid in favour of Kartogroup Deutschland GmbH

Objective: Investment aid for the construction of a production
plant for tissue products (toilet paper and kitchen towels)

Legal basis: 29. Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe (cid:132)Ver-
besserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur(cid:147); Investitionszula-
gengesetz 1999; B(cid:252)rgschaftsrichtlinie des Landes Sachsen-An-
halt

Duration: Undetermined

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Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2001

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 27,6 million (DEM 53,9
million), equivalent to 35 % aid intensity

Member State: Austria

committed itself

information: Germany has

Other
to
withhold the payment of EUR 5,5 million (DEM 10,780
million) of
the total EUR 19,7
million (DEM 38,5 million) until the orderly execution of the
project and the accurate number of the direct and indirect jobs
created have been verified at 31 December 2002.

the investment grant of

Germany shall provide the Commission with an annual report
the project. The first report shall be
on the execution of
submitted concerning year 2000

Aid No: N 34/99

Title: Compensation of stranded costs

Objective: To create a framework for safeguarding consumer
protection, environmental considerations and security of supply
in a liberalised electricity market

Legal basis: Elektrizit(cid:228)tswirtschafts- und -organisationsgesetz
vom 19. Februar 1999 und Durchf(cid:252)hrungsverordnungen

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Budget: ATS 6,27 billion (EUR 456 million)
three
hydropower plants; ATS 1,82 billion (EUR 132,6 million) for
a lignite plant at Voitsberg, Styria (if it is aid)

for

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.9.2001

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 246/01

Duration: Until 31 December 2009

Other information: Annual report

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Title: Grants
certificates

to companies with working environment

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.10.2001

Objective: Encourage employers
environment beyond the legal requirements

to improve the working

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 364/01

Legal basis: Lov om arbejdsmiljłcertifikat til virksomheder og
om statstilskud til virksomheder med certifikat, lov nr. 442 af
7. juni 2001

Title: R & D programme
sustainable urban development(cid:146)

(cid:145)Research for construction and

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Objective: To support R & D projects
construction (construction)

in the

field of

Date of adoption of the decision: 17.10.2001

Legal basis: Haushaltsgesetz

Member State: Italy (Valle d’Aosta)

Aid No: N 429/01

Budget: Total budget over five years: EUR 22 million; annual
budget: EUR 4,4 million on average

Title: Aid for firms affected by torrential rain in October 2000

amount:

research:
Aid intensity or
maximum 100 %; for feasibility studies: maximum 75 %/50 %;
for industrial research: maximum 50 %;
for pre-competitive
development: maximum 25 %; plus bonus where appropriate

fundamental

For

Duration: 1 January 2002 to 31 December 2006

Objective: To make good the damage caused by the torrential
rain that fell in the Valle d’Aosta in October 2000

Legal basis: Proposta al Consiglio della Valle del disegno di
legge regionale recante «Interventi regionale a favore delle im-
prese colpite dagli eventi alluvionali dell’ottobre 2000»; Delibe-
razione n. 1159 del 13 aprile 2001, della Giunta regionale

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Budget: ITL 1 000 million (EUR 516 456)

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Aid intensity or amount: Up to 95 %, excluding sums
received by beneficiaries under insurance contracts

Date of adoption of the decision: 6.9.2001

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 385/01

Duration: One year

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Title: Highlands and Islands Enterprise R & D innovation
scheme for SMEs

Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2001

Objective: To support R & D activities by SMEs
Highlands and Islands region of Scotland

in the

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 430/01

Legal basis: Enterprise and New Towns Act (Scotland) 1990, as
amended by Scottish Statutory Instrument 2001 No 126

Title: Extatic

Budget: GBP 2 million (approximately EUR 3,2 million) per
year

Objective: To stimulate research on system aspects and funda-
mental optic systems for the use of extreme ultraviolet (EUV)
light for lithography applications

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % for industrial research; 25 %
for pre-competitive development. Possibility to increase aid
intensities in accordance with section 5 of the Community
(OJ
framework for State aid for research and development
C 45, 1996)

Duration: Until 31 December 2011

Other information: Annual report

Legal basis: Medea+ programma

Budget: NLG 120 million (EUR 54,5 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 16,7 %

Duration: Four years

Other information: Annual report

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Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2001

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 433/01

Title: FLUOR

Aid intensity or amount: A maximum of EUR 30 492 gross
per worker per year

Duration: Ten years

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Objective: To carry out reserarch in order to find a total
solution on the application of 157 nm lithography

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Legal basis: Medea+ programma

Budget: NLG 120 million (EUR 54,5 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 39,5 %

Duration: Four years

Other information: Annual report

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Date of adoption of the decision: 6.11.2001

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 469/01

Title: Preliminary draft decree on aid to promote
the
recruitment of unemployed job-seekers by local, regional and
community authorities and by certain employers
in the
non-market sector, education and the market sector

Objective:
persons having equivalent status in Wallonia

Job creation for unemployed job-seekers and

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.3.2001

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 483/2000

Title: Sale Ingenieursbureau Zuid-Holland

Objective: Complete privatisation, after a period of an
autonomous status of engineering group Zuid-Holland NV

Legal basis: Intentieverklaring tussen de Provincie Zuid-Hol-
land en DHV Milieu en Infrastructuur BV en de managers,
’s-Gravenhage, 30 maart 2000

Budget: NLG 1,3 million

Aid intensity or amount: 50 %

Duration: 1 April 2003

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Legal basis:

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.9.2001

(cid:151) Article 6 paragraphe 1, point IX, 2o, de la loi spØciale du
8 aoßt 1980 de rØformes institutionnelles/Artikel 6, § 1, IX,
2o, van de bijzondere wet van 8 augustus 1980 tot her-
vorming der instellingen

Member State: United Kingdom (Highlands and Islands = stat-
istical unit NUTS II UKA3 and the remaining parts of the local
government area of Moray, which are part of NUTS III ukm11)

(cid:151) ArrŒtØ royal no 474 du 28 octobre 1986/Koninklijk Besluit

Aid No: N 527/01

nr. 474 van 28 oktober 1986

(cid:151) Chapitre II du titre III de la loi-programme du 30 dØcembre
1988/Hoofdstuk II van titel III van de programmawet van
30 december 1988

Title: HIE enterprise scheme for initial
creation

investment and job

Objective: Regional aid, SME aid

Budget: The overall budget for the scheme is estimated at
BEF 17 billion (approximately EUR 421,40 million) per year.
The annual budget earmarked for firms is BEF 400 million
(approximately EUR 9,915 million)

Legal basis: Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990,
specifically section 8 of the Act. The detailed implementation
arrangements are laid down in the scheme’s administrative
guidelines

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Budget: Annually GBP 25 million (approximately EUR 41,2
million)

Title: Real estate sale of city of Rostock to Sixt

Aid intensity or amount: Inside assisted areas the maximum
allowed aid intensities of the UK regional aid map 2000-2006
(including SME bonus of 10 % gross) apply, outside assisted
areas aid intensities will not exceed 7,5 % for medium-sized
enterprises and 15 % for small enterprises

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: 28. Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe

Budget: DEM 4 441 508 (EUR 2 270 906,9)

Duration: 31 December 2006

Aid intensity or amount: 30,13 % gross

Other information: Companies in difficulties are excluded

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Date of adoption of the decision: 17.10.2001

Member State: Spain (Region of Valencia)

Aid No: N 601/01

Date of adoption of the decision: 6.11.2001

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 746/A/2000

Title: Aid for SMEs granted through Friulia Lis SpA

Title: Change to aid N 676/2000 (gasification plan for small
and medium-sized towns (cid:151) region of Valencia)

Objective: Investment aid

Objective: To extend the gas distribution network

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden de la Conseller(cid:237)a de Industria y
Comercio, sobre concesi(cid:243)n de ayudas a dep(cid:243)sitos e instalacio-
nes anexas de canalizaci(cid:243)n de gas en poblaciones para la eje-
cuci(cid:243)n del Plan Valenciano de Gasificaci(cid:243)n de pequeæos y me-
dianos municipios

Budget: ESP 1 550 million (EUR 9,32 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 35 % gross (Castell(cid:243)n
Province), 37 % gross (Valencia Province) and 40 % gross
(Alicante Province)

Duration: 2000-2006

Other information: Annual report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Legal basis: Legge regionale 11 settembre 2000, n. 18; articolo
6, commi 2-6

Budget: ITL 7 billion (approximately EUR 3,6 million) during
the period 2000-2006

Aid intensity or amount: 7,24 % gge for buildings; 5,11 % gge
for plant and machinery

Duration: 2000-2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 17.10.2001

Member State: Luxembourg

Aid No: N 842/2000

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.3.2001

Member State: Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

Title: Ecological premium to promote production of electricity
using wind, hydraulic, solar and biomass energy

Aid No: N 653/2000

Objective: Promotion of renewable energy sources

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instituant une
Legal basis: Projet de rŁglement grand-ducal
prime d’encouragement Øcologique pour l’ØlectricitØ produite
(cid:224) partir de l’Ønergie Øolienne, hydraulique, solaire et de la
biomasse

Budget: Approximately EUR 500 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: Between EUR 450 and EUR 550
per MWh for photovaltic energy; EUR 25 per MWh for other
renewable energy sources

Duration: Four years

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Date of adoption of the decision: 13.11.2001

Member State: Finland (¯land Islands)

Aid No: NN 134/01

Objective: Encourage employees to improve their competence
and companies to invest in training of their staff

Legal basis: Landskapslagen om l(cid:229)n, r(cid:228)ntest(cid:246)d och underst(cid:246)d
ur Landskapets medel samt landskapsgaranti (¯FS 50/88)

Budget: FIM 1 242 700 (EUR 209 007)

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) For

large enterprises:

in Mariehamn 25 % for specific
training and 50 % for general training; in the areas falling
within Article 87(3)(c) 30 % for specific training and 55 %
for general training

(cid:151) For small and medium-sized enterprises:

in Mariehamn
35 % for specific training and 70 % for general training,
falling within Article 87(3)(c) 40 % for
in the areas
specific training and 75 % for general training

(cid:151) For

training of disadvantaged workers the intensity is

increased by 10 percentage points

Duration: 2000-2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Title: Training aid in ¯land Islands

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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

(2002/C 5/03)

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.12.2001

Duration: Indefinite

Member State: Germany (Bayern)

Aid No: N 111/01

Title: Aid to umbrella organisations
measures

for

sales promotion

Objective: Enable undertakings (SMEs) in the food industry to
participate in trade and consumer fairs in both Germany and
other countries

Legal basis: Gesetz (cid:252)ber die Festsetzung des Haushaltsplanes
des Freistaates Bayern/Hinweise zur Abwicklung der Beihilfen
an Dachorganisationen

Budget: DEM 1,1 million (EUR 562 421)

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 5.12.2001

Member State: Germany (Baden-W(cid:252)rttemberg)

Aid No: N 444/01

Aid intensity or amount: Up to a maximum of 50 %

Title: Aid towards the payment of hail insurance premiums in
fruit culture