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: 2002-03-28
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

(2002/C 77/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.10.2001

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with regional aid
map 2000-2006

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 180/01

Title: Measures part-financed by the FIFG in Northern Ireland

Objective: Structural measures in the fisheries and aquaculture
sector

Legal basis:

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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— The Fisheries and Aquaculture Structures (Grants) Regu-

lations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.1.2002

— 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

Member State: France

Aid No: N 464/01

Title: Parafiscal charges to fund fisheries committees

Budget: EUR 8,14 million

Aid intensity or amount: Subsidies at rates in accordance
with those laid down by Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 for
the respective categories of operation

Other information: Annual report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Objective: Measures linked to the management of
industry
to benefit
resources
measures, information, communication)

and activities

the

fishery
(social

Legal basis: Projet de décret
96-1231 du 27.12.1996)

(prorogation du décret no

Budget: FRF 28 million (EUR 4,2 million) per year

Aid intensity or amount: Financing staff costs and other
committee operating costs

Other information: Annual report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.2.2002

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Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 436/01

Title: Tourism and recreational angling grant scheme

Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2001

Objective: To promote and develop the tourism angling
product and improve the angling tourism infrastructure

Member State: Portugal (Setubal)

Legal basis: ‘National Development Plan’ approved by the Irish
Government on 2 November 1999 in combination with the
Fisheries Act 1980

Aid No: N 613/01

Title: Ford Electronica Visteon

Budget: EUR 38,48 million

Legal basis: Regime de Apoio à realização de Estrategias Em-
presariais Integradas

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Other information: Notification of the transformation of a
subsidised loan into a cash grant
in compliance with the
conditions
in the Commission decision of 27
February 1996 (1)

set out

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 4.2.2002

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 719/01

Title: Buy-out scheme for salmon fisheries

Objective: Voluntary withdrawal
nets by giving up licences or fishing rights

from salmon fishing with

(1) See OJ C 102, 4.4.1996, p. 10.

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2001

Legal basis: Fisheries Act 1966

Budget: GBP 1,5 million

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid intensity or amount: Fixed after expert evaluation

Aid No: N 651/01

Title: Promoting sustainable heat

Objective: Promoting the use of sustainable heat

Other information: Annual report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Legal basis: Artikel 36o, vierde lid, Wet belastingen op milieu-
grondslag

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Budget: NLG 6 million (EUR 2,72 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 17,5 %

Duration: Five years

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: 30.10.2001

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 6/A/01

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.5.2000

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 729/99

Title: Aid statute province of Limburg, Paragraph 4.3

Objective: Encouraging employment and training

Legal basis: Besluit van de Provinciale Staten van de provincie
Limburg van 9 juli 1999

Budget: EUR 395 242 per year

Title: Public service obligations imposed on the Electricity
Supply Board with respect to the generation of electricity out
of peat

Aid intensity or amount: Employment aid: 9,26 % Training
aid: 50 %.

Objective: Promote the security of electricity supply in Ireland

Duration: 2000-2006

Legal basis: Electricity Regulation Act 1999

Budget: Estimated total: EUR 568 million (approximately
EUR 30 million per year)

Other information: Annual report. Extension of aid scheme
N 185/98 (fund set up by the Province of Limburg to remedy
employment bottlenecks), authorised by the Commission in
January 1999

Duration: 19 years: 2001-2019

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 4.2.2002

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 760/01

Title: Plan for the withdrawal of fishing vessels from the fleet

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

Objective: Accumulation of financial reserves for the financing
of future statutory obligations

Legal
Atomgesetz

basis: Handelsgesetzbuch,

Einkommensteuergesetz,

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Legal basis:

— a statutory instrument

— 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 6 million (EUR 9,6 million)

Aid intensity or amount: The applications selected will be
those with the lowest ‘premium wanted by applicant/tonnage
of vessel’

Duration: 2001-2002

Other information: Annual report

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Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2001

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 92/01

Title: Aid for the permanent withdrawal of fishing vessels

Objective: To withdraw fishing vessels over ten years old from
the fleet (measure part-financed by the FIFG)

Legal basis:

— Decree of 22 December 2000 issued by the Ministry of

Agricultural Policy

— 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

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

Budget: EUR 232,2 million (49,99 % Italy, 50,01 % FIFG)

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2001

Duration: 2000-2006

Member State: Germany

Aid No: NN 137/01

Title: Reserves for nuclear power station waste management
and decommissioning

Other information: Annual report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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