Commission communication concerning the prolongation of the Community Framework for State Aid for Research and Development (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2002-05-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, State aid, control of State aid, research and development

8.5.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 111/3

Legal basis: Ley 50/85 de 27 de diciembre de incentivos re-
gionales para la corrección de desequilibrios económicos inter-
territoriales. Real Decreto 1535/87, de 11 de diciembre, por el
que se aprueba el reglamento de dessarrollo de dicha Ley
50/85. Real Decreto 570/1988, de 3 de junio, de delimitación
de la Zona de Promoción Económica de Castilla León

Budget: EUR 4 491 664

Aid intensity or amount: 10 % of the cost of investments

Duration: A single payment once the planned investments
have been carried out

Other information: The project will create 120 new jobs

Title: Investment aid for manure application machinery

Objective: The measure grants support to the purchasers of
machinery that is used to spread manure on the land. On the
first-time purchase made after 1 January 2002 of machines that
apply manure directly in the soil are eligible for support. The
purchase of these machines is encouraged in order to reduce
the dispersion of nitrogen compounds (NH3, NO3-) into the
environment. The measure is identical with the State aid
limited to 31
measure N 10/00 whose duration was
December 2001.

Legal basis: Förderungsrichtlinien für den Ankauf von Gülle-
verteilsystemen zur bodennahen Ausbringung bzw. direkten
Einarbeitung in den Boden

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

Budget: EUR 72 680 per year

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

Aid intensity or amount: The aid intensity will be 20 % of
the purchase costs with a maximum of EUR 36 400

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.4.2002

Member State: Austria (Upper Austria)

Duration: Until further notice

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

Aid No: N 828/01

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

Commission communication concerning the prolongation of the Community Framework for State
Aid for Research and Development

(2002/C 111/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

The Community Framework for State Aid for Research and Development (1) states in paragraph 9 that ‘the
Commission will review the framework in five years' time. It may also decide to amend it at any time, in
cooperation with the Member States, should it prove necessary for reasons connected with competition
policy or to take account of other Community policies and international commitments’.

In order to allow time to complete this review, the Commission decided, in February 2001, to continue to
apply the current framework until such time as new rules on State aid for research and development are
published, or, at the latest, until 30 June 2002, and published a communication to this effect (2). In this
context, the Commission also invited any interested party to submit comments on the issues to be taken
into consideration during this review.

Following further deliberations on the issue, and taking due account of all comments received, the
Commission has now decided to continue to apply the current Community Framework for State Aid
for Research and Development until 31 December 2005.

(1) OJ C 45, 17.2.1996, p. 5. The framework was amended by the Commission communication amending the

Community Framework for State Aid for Research and Development (OJ C 48, 13.2.1998, p. 2).

(2) OJ C 78, 10.3.2001, p. 24.