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: 2002-03-06
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, 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 59/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 3.7.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 147/B/2000

Title: Framework law on the overseas departments

Objective: To develop fisheries and aquaculture in the overseas
departments

Legal basis: Loi no 2000-1027 du 13.12.2000 publiØe au
Journal officiel de la RØpublique fran(cid:231)aise du 14.12.2000

Budget: No separate budget for the fisheries sector; total of
around EUR 3,5 billion for all areas of economic activity over
the period covered

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) exemptions from social insurance charges

(cid:151) measures to clear social

insurance charge debts and tax

debts

(cid:151) job-creation premium

(cid:151) aid for setting up young people in fishing

Duration: Until the end of 2006

Other information: Annual report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 20.12.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 354/01

Title: Investment fund for the environment and proper use of
energy (FIDEME)

Objective:
protection

To

promote

investment

in

environmental

Legal basis: DØlibØration no 00-5-2 du Conseil d’administration
de l’Ademe du 20.12.2000

Budget: EUR 15 240 000

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) 15,47 % maximum of eligible costs in the case of measures
covered by the Community guidelines on State aid for
environmental protection

(cid:151) 4,95 % maximum of eligible costs in the case of measures
covered by Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 of 12
January 2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 and
the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enter-
prises

(cid:151) not applicable to measures covered by the Commission

notice on State aid and risk capital

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.9.2000

Duration: Four years maximum

Member State: Portugal

Aid No: N 336/2000

Title: Notification of the first phase of privatisation of TAP

Objective: First phase of
the privatisation of Transportes
AØreos Portugueses SA (TAP). Offer to the airline SairGroup
the exclusive right to subscribe for new shares and attain a
34 % holding in a new holding company called TAG SGPS.
Elimination of an underfunding in pension liabilities.

the
Budget: Privatisation and downward adjustment of
company’s valuation by an amount equal
to EUR 11,4
million (PTE 2,3 billon) in order to face an underfunding of
pension liabilities

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Date of adoption of the decision: 15.1.2002

Member State: Italy (Tuscany)

Aid No: N 414/01

Title: Objective 2 (cid:151) Research aid

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Objective: The scheme is designed to encourage firms to
engage in additional R & D activities

Title: Assistance to seafood processing sector

Legal basis: Delibera della Giunta regionale della Regione To-
scana n. 330 del 2.4.2001 «Aiuti alla ricerca industriale e pre-
competitiva» (Docup ob. 2 periodo 2000-2006, misura 1.8)

Budget: EUR 25,3 million in the period 2000-2006

Aid intensity or amount: 35 % gge (precompetitive devel-
opment activity); 40-50 % gge (industrial research

Duration: 2000-2006

Objective: To develop the processing of fisheries and aqua-
culture products

Legal basis: National Development Plan 2000-2006 (point
6.72)

Budget: IEP 25 million (EUR 31,7 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Aid for business
(between 15 % and 40 %)

investment

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Duration: 2000-2006

Other information: Annual report

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.8.2001

Member State: United Kingdom (Scotland)

Aid No: N 490/01

Title: Fishing vessels (decommissioning) (Scotland) scheme

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.9.2001

Objective: To decommission fishing vessels over 10 years old
and more than 10 metres in length (measure largely part-
financed from the FIFG)

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 531/01

Legal basis:

(cid:151) Scottish Statutory Instrument

(cid:151) Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December
1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements
regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries
sector

Budget: GBP 25 million (EUR 40 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Within the limits laid down in
Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 and Annex IV
thereto

Duration: 2000-2003

Other information: Annual report

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Title: Retech extension of scheme to Objective 2 region
(cid:145)Meuse-Vesdre(cid:146)

Objective: Promotion of R & D with a view to assisting
regional economic development

Legal basis: DØcret du 5 dØcembre 1990 relatif aux aides et
aux interventions de la RØgion wallonne pour la recherche et
les
le dØcret-programma du 17
dØcembre 1997

technologies, modifiØ par

Document unique de programmation pour les interventions
structurelles communautaires dans la province du Hainaut
concernØe par l’objectif no 1 et
la rØgion «Meuse-Vesdre»
pour la pØriode 2000-2006

Budget: EUR 20 million for
the Meuse-Vesdre region in
addition to the EUR 69 million earmarked for the Province
of Hainaut for the period 2000-2006

Aid intensity or amount:

Industrial research (grants):

(cid:151) large firms outside Article 87(3) areas: 50 % gross

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.8.2001

(cid:151) large firms in Article 87(3)(c) areas: 55 % gross

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 526/2000

(cid:151) SMEs outside Article 87(3)(c) areas: 60 % gross

(cid:151) SMEs in Article 87(3)(c) areas: 65 % gross

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Precompetitive development (advances):

Objective: Rescue and restructuring aid

(cid:151) large firms outside Article 87(3)(c) areas: 40 % gross

(cid:151) large firms in Article 87(3)(c) areas: 45 % gross

(cid:151) SMEs outside Article 87(3)(c) areas: 50 % gross

(cid:151) SMEs in Article 87(3)(c) areas: 50 % gross

Legal basis: The Industrial Development
(Northern Ireland)
Order 1982. Buying time assistance operating guidelines
(detailed conditions for the granting of aid)

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

Duration: The scheme expires on 31 December 2006

Duration: Indefinite

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.8.2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 17.7.2001

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 547/2000

Title: Aid for aquaculture

Objective: To develop aquaculture

Legal basis:

(cid:151) National Development Plan 2000-2006

(cid:151) Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December
1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements
regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries
sector

Budget: EUR 31,7 million, of which EUR 28,6 million in aid
to private enterprises and EUR 3,1 million for services offering
advice and assistance. These operations are part-financed by the
FIFG

Aid intensity or amount:

(cid:151) aid for private enterprises: a subsidy of 5-10 %

(cid:151) services offering advice and assistance: contribution of 25 %

or 50 %

Duration: 2000-2006

Other information: Annual report

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 746/B/2000

Title: Compensation for fishing enterprises and shellfish rearers
as a result of mucilage pollution in 2000

Objective: To compensate for the losses suffered by these
enterprises as a result of this pollution

Legal basis: Legge n. 18/2000 della Regione Friuli-Venezia
Giulia, articolo 6, paragrafi da 21 a 25

Budget: ITL 1 billion (EUR 516 456)

Other information: Report summarising aid paid out

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Date of adoption of the decision: 13.11.2001

Member State: Spain (Cantabria)

Aid No: N 751/2000

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Title: Processing and marketing of
products, aquaculture and facilities in fishing ports

fishery and aquaculture

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.12.2001

Member State: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Aid No: N 718/A/01

Objective: To implement structural measures relating to the
processing and marketing of fishery and aquaculture products,
aquaculture and facilities in fishing ports under the Community
support framework as applied to Cantabria

Legal basis: Orden de la Consejer(cid:237)a de Ganader(cid:237)a, Agricultura y
Pesca por la que se establecen las bases que regulan la conce-
si(cid:243)n de ayudas a la transformaci(cid:243)n y comercializaci(cid:243)n de los
productos de la pesca y la acuicultura, al fomento de la acui-
cultura y al equipamento de puertos pesqueros

Title: Buying time assistance (Northern Ireland)

Budget: EUR 43 307 613

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Aid intensity or amount: According to the rates laid down in
Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Duration: 2000-2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 13.11.2001

Member State: Spain (Cantabria)

Aid No: N 753/2000

Title: Renewal of the fishing fleet

Objective: To implement structural measures relating to the
renewal of
the fishing fleet under the Community support
framework as applied to Cantabria

Legal basis: Orden de la Consejer(cid:237)a de Ganader(cid:237)a, Agricultura y
Pesca por la que se establecen las bases que regulan la conce-
si(cid:243)n de ayudas a la renovaci(cid:243)n de la flota pesquera

Budget: EUR 14 443 430

Aid intensity or amount: According to the rates laid down in
Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999

Duration: 2000-2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 20.12.2001

Member State: Austria

Aid No: NN 153/01

Title: State guarantee scheme for the aviation industry

Objective: Continued provision of insurance cover to airlines
in Austria for risks related to acts of war and terrorism,
following the attacks in the USA on 11 September 2001

Legal basis: Bundesfinanzgesetz 2001, Artikel
BGBl. I 117/2001

IX, § 1 Z 7,

Budget: Unlimited

Aid intensity or amount: Guarantee scheme

Duration: 31 December 2001

Other information: Renotification for any extension or modi-
fication of the scheme

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Date of adoption of the decision: 20.12.2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2001

Member State: Spain (Cantabria)

Aid No: N 754/2000

Title: Modernisation and conversion of fishing vessels

Objective: To implement structural measures relating to the
modernisation and conversion of
fishing vessels under the
Community support framework as applied to Cantabria

Legal basis: Orden de la Consejer(cid:237)a de Ganader(cid:237)a, Agricultura y
Pesca por la que se establecen las bases que regulan la conce-
si(cid:243)n de ayudas a la modernizaci(cid:243)n y reconversi(cid:243)n de buques
pesqueros

Budget: EUR 841 417

Member State: Germany

Aid No: NN 162/01

Title: State guarantee scheme for the aviation industry

Objective: Continued provision of
to air
carriers, airport managers and service providers in Germany
for risks related to acts of war and terrorism, following the
attacks in the USA on 11 September 2001

insurance cover

Legal basis: § 12 Nr. 2 Haushaltsgesetz 2001

Budget: DEM 20 billion

Aid intensity or amount: Guarantee scheme

Duration: 31 December 2001

Other information: Renotification for any extension or modi-
fication of the scheme

Aid intensity or amount: According to the rates laid down in
Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Duration: 2000-2006

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