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: 2002-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, control of State aid, environmental protection, film production, research and development, steel

C 137/24

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Official Journal of the European Communities

8.6.2002

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2002/C 137/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 18.7.2001

5. 50 % tax reduction from the electricity tax for rail transport

operations

Member State: Belgium (Flemish Region)

Aid No: N 360/01

6. 50 % reduction of the tax increase on the mineral oil tax on

engine fuel for local public passenger transport

Title: R & D aid to Sidmar NV, ECSC steel

Objective: Environmental aid

Objective: To provide incentive for R & D activities (ECSC
steel)

Legal basis: Besluit van de Vlaamse Executieve van 23 oktober
1991 tot regeling van de bevordering van het industrieel we-
tenschappelijk-technologisch onderzoek (Belgisch Staatsblad
van 30 januari 1992)

Budget: BEF 61 885 849 (EUR 1 534 110)

Aid intensity or amount: 33 %

Duration: 2 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

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.2.2002

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 449/01

Title: Continuation of
31.3.2002

the

ecological

tax reform after

Legal basis: Gesetz zur Einführung der ökologischen Steuerre-
form, Gesetz zur Fortführung der ökologischen Steuerreform

Budget:

Estimated loss of tax revenues (2003):

1. EUR 205,13 million

2. EUR 3,64 billion

3. EUR 153,85 million

4. EUR 0,6 billion

5. EUR 143,16 million

6. EUR 71,58 million

Aid intensity or amount: Operating aid

Duration: 10 years,
approved until 2005

except

‘Spitzenausgleich’ which is

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

1. 80 % tax reduction from the increase of the mineral oil tax
for heating purposes for the producing industry, including
companies active in sectors covered under the ECSC Treaty,
and fishery

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 486/01

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.11.2001

2. Reduced tax rate of 20 % of the relevant tax rate on elec-

tricity for the same sectors

Title: Film Venture Funds
production)

(Risk capital

funds

for

film

3. Tax cap for the most energy intensive users (‘Spitzen-

ausgleich’) in the producing industry

Objective: To attract privately financed risk capital with a
view to promoting film production — Production of feature-
length films

4. The tax treatment of combined heat and power (CHP) instal-

lations as regards their input fuels oil and gas

Legal basis: Lov om VækstFonden

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Budget: Up to DKK 100 million

Aid No: N 782/01 (ex — CP 175/01)

Aid intensity or amount: An estimated maximum of 12 % of
the film budget. Cumulation of State aid will not exceed 50 %

Title: Support for the film industry in Baden-Württemberg —
Medien und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH

Duration: Until December 2004

Objective: Cinema

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

Legal basis: Vergabeordnung der Medien- und Filmgesellschaft
Baden-Württemberg

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

Budget: At least EUR 23 million for 2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2001

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 767/01 (ex — CP 168/01)

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

Duration: Until end 2004

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

Title: Support
Bremen — Nordmedia Fonds GmbH

for the film industry in Lower Saxony and

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

Objective: Cinema

Legal basis: Richtlinie zur kulturwirtschaftlichen Film- und
Medienförderung der nordmedia Fonds GmbH (nordmedia
Fonds)

Date of adoption of the decision: 3.4.2002

Member State: Germany

Budget: EUR 35 million for the period from 7 December
2001 to 31 December 2004

Aid No: NN 2/02

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

Title: ZDF Mediapark Mainz-Lerchenfeld

Duration: Until end 2004

Objective:
mediapark

Planning,

construction and operation of

a

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

Budget: About EUR 110 million investment
annually about EUR 2,5 million investment costs

costs plus

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.12.2001

Aid intensity or amount: The measure does not constitute
State aid

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

Member State: Germany

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