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: 2002-06-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Netherlands, State aid, United Kingdom, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, cross-channel connection, film production, telematics, university

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Official Journal of the European Communities

1.6.2002

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2002/C 130/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.9.2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.11.2001

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 439/01

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 693/01

Title: Support for the film industry in the German Länder —
Film- und Fernsehfonds GmbH

Title: Support for the film industry in the German Länder —
Filmförderung Hamburg GmbH

Objective: Cinema

Objective: Cinema

Legal basis: Bayerische Haushaltsordnung: Richtlinien für die
bayerische Film- und Fernsehförderung

Legal basis: Beschluss der Bürgerschaft über die Feststellung
des Haushaltsplanes: Richtlinien für Filmförderung der Filmför-
derung Hamburg GmbH

Budget: Approximately EUR 14 million per year

Budget: Approximately EUR 7,5 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Variable; with a few exceptions,
always below 50 %

Aid intensity or amount: Variable; with a few exceptions,
always below 50 %

Duration: Until June 2004

Duration: Until end of 2004

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

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.11.2001

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 440/01

Title: Support for the film industry in the German Länder —
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung GmbH

Objective: Cinema

Legal basis: Richtlinien für die mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
GmbH

Budget: Approximately EUR 11 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Variable; with a few exceptions,
always below 50 %

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 701/01

Title: Support for the film industry in Berlin and Brandenburg
— Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH

Objective: Cinema

Legal basis: Landeshaushaltsordnung mit ihren Ausführungs-
vorschriften in Verbindung mit den Vergaberichtlinien der
Filmboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH

Budget: Approximately EUR 15,34 million for the financial
year 2001 and EUR 20,45 million for the financial year 2002

Aid intensity or amount: Variable; with a few exceptions,
always below 50 %

Duration: Until June 2004

Duration: Until end of 2004

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

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

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 24.4.2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.7.2001

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 706/01

Title: Channel tunnel rail link (CTRL)

Objective: To restructure the financial arrangements providing
for public support currently in place for the construction of the
channel tunnel rail link and to ensure that the private sector
involvement is maintained

Legal basis: The Channel Tunnel Rail Link Act 1996

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

Member State: Germany

Aid No: NN 53/01

Title: Bankgesellschaft Berlin (BGB) — rescue aid

Objective: Rescue of Bankgesellschaft Berlin

Budget: Approximately DEM 4 000 million (EUR 2 000
million)

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: 22.1.2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.1.2002

Member State: Germany (Saxony)

Aid No: N 837/01

Title: Promotion of telematics

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: NN 152/01

Title: The digital university

Legal basis: Förderrichtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums
für Wirtschaft und Arbeit über die Gewährung von Zuwendun-
gen auf dem Gebiet der Telematik (Telematik-Förderrichtlinie)

Budget: EUR 20 million

Objective: The development and exploitation of a digital
in higher education (development of
learning environment
online learning material) and the implementation of
inno-
vations in higher education

Aid intensity or amount: Aid combination ceiling: 50 %

Legal basis: Wet overige OCenW-subsidies

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

Budget: EUR 11,3 million (NLG 25 million)

Other information: The initial scheme was approved by the
Commission until 31 December 2002 (N 590/1998)

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

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting aid

Duration: Two years

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