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: 2002-05-29
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, France, Germany, Netherlands, State aid, Sweden, 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 127/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 3.4.2002

Member State: France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais)

Aid No: N 185/01

Title: Sevelnord

Objective: Investment aid in the motor vehicle sector

Legal basis: Dec´ret 95-149 du 6 février 1995 and loi 82-6 du
7 janvier 1982. Prime à l'aménagement du territoire and aide à
l'implantation industrielle dans la région Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Aid intensity or amount: 2,35 % (EUR 6,3 million)

Duration: 2000-2002

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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: 27.3.2002

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 48/02

Title: Development aid for Jamaica — Construction of a
tugboat

Objective: To allow the Port Authority of Jamaica to purchase
a tugboat — Shipbuilding

Legal basis: Algemene Regeling voor Export naar Ontwikke-
lingslanden (ORET/Milieuv.)

Budget: EUR 1 321 068

Aid intensity or amount: 25 % — Grant

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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: Portugal

Aid No: N 537/01

Title: Modification of the aid scheme for the modernisation of
enterprises (SIRME)

Objective: Restructuring of firms in financial difficulty

Legal basis: Decreto-Lei

Budget: EUR 117,2 million (EUR 49,7 million increase)

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 5 million (maximum amount
per beneficiary)

Duration: Until end of 2010

Other information: Annual implementation report. Individual
notification of aid to large firms and firms belonging to sectors
covered by specific Community guidelines on State aid.
Non-eligibility of
sector,
sporting clubs and firms, newly created firms and companies
belonging to larger business groups

firms belonging to agricultural

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 13.2.2002

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 692/01

Title: Joint project ‘MEDEA+project T401, 157 nm-Lithographie’

Objective: R & D (optical lithography, application of 157 nm
technology)

Legal basis: Jährliches Haushaltsgesetz, Einzelplan 30 für den
Geschäftsbereich des Bundesministeriums für Bildung und For-
schung, Kapitel 06

Budget: About EUR 27 million

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 25 % for pre-competitive
development; maximum 50 % for industrial research

Duration: 1 January 2001 to 30 June 2004

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 21.1.2002

— further 10 % in case of effective cross-border cooperation

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 705/01

Title: R & D progamme of the Land Bremen

Objective: Promotion of R & D

Legal basis: Richtlinie zum Bremischen Landesprogramm „För-
derung der Forschung und Entwicklung in betrieblichen Inno-
vationsprojekten (FuE-Innovationsprogramm)“

Budget: EUR 38,5 million

Aid intensity or amount:

for both research phases

— fundamental research: 100 %

— feasibility studies: 75 % resp. 50 %

Duration: Until 31 December 2007

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 26.3.2002

— pre-competitive development activities: 25 % gross for large
firms, 35 % gross for SMEs; further 5 % for Article 87(3)(c)
regions

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 754/01

— industrial research: 50 % gross for large firms, 60 % gross

for SMEs; further 5 % for Article 87(3)(c) regions

Title: R & D programme ‘Internet research’

— feasibility studies: 75 % resp. 50 %

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 9.4.2002

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 709/01

Objective: To support R & D projects for developing new
standard technologies for the Internet

Legal basis: Entscheidung der Bundesregierung und jährliches
Haushaltsgesetz (Einzelplan 30, Kapitel 3006, Titel 683 16)

Budget: Up to EUR 16,87 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: For industrial research: maximum
50 %; for pre-competitive development: maximum 25 %; plus
bonuses where appropriate; altogether, including bonuses, not
exceeding 75 % for
research and 50 % for
pre-competitive development

industrial

Duration: Until 31 March 2007

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Title: R & D promotion in the framework of the German space
programme: aid to firms

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

Objective: Promotion of R & D

Legal basis: Haushaltsgesetz des Bundes, Einzelplan 30, Kapitel
3008, Titel 68335 und 89235

Date of adoption of the decision: 17.4.2002

Budget: EUR 154 million

Aid intensity or amount:

— pre-competitive development activities: 25 % gross for large
firms, 35 % gross for SMEs; further 5 % for Article 87(3)(c)
regions or 10 % in Article 87(3)(a) regions

— industrial research: 50 % gross for large firms, 60 % gross
for SMEs; further 5 % for Article 87(3)(c) regions or 10 %
in Article 87(3)(a) regions

Member State: Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz)

Aid No: N 825/01

Title: Transfer programme of innovation assistants

Objective: R & D and employment

Legal basis: Verwaltungsvorschriften zur Förderung von Inno-
vationsassistenten in kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen des
Ministeriums
für Wirtschaft, Verkehr, Landwirtschaft und
Weinbau

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Budget: EUR 1,55 million

Aid intensity or amount:

— 25 % of eligible R & D cost, further 10 % for SMEs, and
further 5 % for assisted regions pursuant to Article 87(3)(c)

— 25 % of gross wage costs, increased by a supplement of
further 10 % for
to

25 % to cover additional overheads,
SMEs, and further 5 % for assisted regions pursuant
Article 87(3)(c)

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 12.3.2002

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 827/01

Title: Prolongation of two environmental aid schemes

Objective: Ensure reasonable conditions for small-scale elec-
tricity production from environmentally benign energy sources
on the liberalised market

Legal basis: Förordning (2000:614) om stöd till småskalig el-
produktion. Lagen (1994:1776) om skatt på energi

Budget: SEK 300 million (approximately EUR 33 million)

Aid intensity or amount: All: SEK 0,09 (EUR 0,01) per
kWh. Windpower: + SEK 0,181 (EUR 0,02) per kWh

Duration: 2002

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: 17.4.2002

Member State: Greece

Aid No: N 93/02

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Presidential Decree 274/6.10.2000 on the ‘Terms,
preconditions and procedures for funding R & D projects and
programmes’ and the Ministry of Development's call for tenders
‘Programme for the employment of new research personnel by
enterprises (Heron)’

Budget: EUR 42 million for the period 2001-2006

Aid intensity or amount:

— industrial research: 50 % gge of the eligible costs; (55 % if

research personnel recruited are women)

— pre-competitive development activities: 35 % gge of

the
eligible cost in the case of large enterprises and 45 % gge
in the cases of SMEs

Duration: 2002-2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 3.4.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: NN 151/01

Title: Financing for firms in overseas departments by the
French Development Agency (AfD)

Objective: To promote economic and social development in
the overseas departments by facilitating access
to bank
financing

Legal basis: Loi no 46860 du 30 avril 1946 tendant à l'établis-
sement, au financement et à l'exécution de plans d'équipement
et de développement des territoires relevant du ministère de la
France d'outre-mer. Décret 92-1176 du 30 octobre 1992
modifié par le décret 2000-878 du 11 septembre 2000

Budget: Maximum EUR 9 million; average budget of EUR 4,5
million

Aid intensity or amount: 13,12 % nge

Duration: Until end-2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Title: HERON programme

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