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: 2002-02-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Ireland, State aid, United Kingdom, application of EU law, control of State aid

C 45/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

19.2.2002

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2002/C 45/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.1.2002

Duration: Until 31 December 2005

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 553/01

Title: Aid to promote renewable energy sources (RES)
Ireland

in

Objective: Environment (cid:151) production of green electricity

Legal basis: Electricity Regulation Act 1999

Budget: Operating aid to compensate the overcost of RES
electricity production of 500 MW in Ireland through 15-year
guaranteed price contracts awarded through open tendering
procedures

Other information: The scheme was initially authorised by
the Commission for
the period from 1997 to 2002 (OJ
C 130, 1998 and OJ C 351, 1998)

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: 20.12.2001

Member State: United Kingdom

Duration: No invitations to tender will be made after 2002.
Contracts will last for a period of 15 years or until 2019, which
ever comes first

Aid No: N 649/01

Title: Freight facilities grant

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 15.1.2002

Member State: Germany (Thuringia)

Aid No: N 557/01

Objective: Change to the aid scheme for research bodies
directly serving industry

Legal basis: Richtlinien zur F(cid:246)rderung wirtschaftsnaher For-
schungseinrichtungen des Landes Th(cid:252)ringen

Budget: EUR 45 million

Aid intensity or amount:

Weighting intensity:

(cid:151) 50 % maximum in the case of new research institutes (20 %
research, 80 % pre-competitive development

industrial
activities)

(cid:151) 70 % maximum in the case of fundamental research (25 %),
industrial research (45 %) and pre-competitive development
activities (30 %)

(cid:151) 40 % maximum in the case of pre-competitive development

activities

Objective: To encourage companies to take heavy lorries off
the roads by helping them to invest
in coastal/short-sea
shipping freight facilities

Legal basis: For the extension to coastal/short sea shipping,
Transport Act 2000, Section 272. In Scotland, Section 71 of
the Transport Act 2001

Budget:

2001/2002: GBP 12,8 million

2002/2003: GBP 22,3 million

2003/2004: GBP 14,6 million

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % of the total project cost for
facilities accessible on non-discriminatory terms for all existing
to infrastructure is
and potential operators. When access
limited to one or more specific operators,
those will be
chosen through a transparent,
fair and non-discriminatory
public tendering procedure

Duration: Ten years, standard annual reports will set out
grants paid and environmental benefit gained

Other information: The Port of Rosyth project has been
notified to the Commission and an individual assessment has
been made with the FFG scheme

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