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: 2002-06-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, Germany, Netherlands, State aid, 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 146/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 8.5.2001

Member State: Germany

Aid No: E 10/2000

maintain or restore the natural balance (it forms part of the
programming of measures part-financed by the FIFG)

Legal basis: Directives governing the grant of
subsidies for investments in freshwater fisheries

regional

‘Anstaltslast and Gewährträgerhaftung — State guarantees

Title:
for public credit institutions in Germany’

Budget: 2000-2006: DEM 7 227 000 (EUR 3 695 106)

the public credit

institutions in their

Objective: Support
economic functioning

Legal basis:

Anstaltslast: general principle of law, explicitly codified only in
some relevant laws of similar wording (e.g. § 3(2) Brandenbur-
‘Der Gewährträger stellt sicher, dass
gisches Sparkassengesetz:
die Sparkasse ihre Aufgaben erfüllen kann’)

Gewährträgerhaftung: Provisions of similar wording in the re-
spective regional (Länder) laws as regards Landesbank, savings
banks and regional special credit institutions and in the federal
laws as regards federal special credit institutions (e.g. § 5 Nie-
dersächsisches Landesbankgesetz: ‘Für die Verbindlichkeiten der
Bank haften die Gewährträger gesamtschuldnerisch, soweit die
Befriedigung aus dem Vermögen der Bank nicht möglich ist’)

Budget: Unlimited in amount

Aid intensity or amount: Not quantified

Duration: Unlimited in time

Other information:

1. Form of interventions: State guarantees

2. Proposal of appropriate measures laid down in Article 88(2)
of the EC Treaty in order to adapt the aid scheme to the
requirements of the Community State aid rules

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Date of adoption of the decision: 27.9.2001

Member State: Germany (Lower Saxony)

Aid No: N 281/01

Title: Regional aid for freshwater fisheries and aquaculture

Objective: The aim of the measure is to improve the profit-
the fishing industry and to
ability and competitiveness of

expenditure.

Aid intensity or amount: Assistance may reach 25 % of
eligible
joint-financing (by the
Community, the public authorities and the private beneficiary),
the regional assistance must not be less than 5 % of the eligible
expenditure

In cases of

Duration: 2000-2008

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Date of adoption of the decision: 27.9.2001

Member State: Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)

Aid No: N 320/01

Title: Promotion of investment in aquaculture

Objective: The aim of the measure is to improve the profit-
ability and competitiveness of aquaculture businesses (it forms
part of the programming of measures part-financed by the
FIFG)

Legal basis: Directives governing the grant of subsidies for
investments in aquaculture

Budget: 2001-2004: EUR 1 851 500

Aid intensity or amount: Assistance may reach 50 % of the
eligible expenditure if the investment does not exceed EUR 1,5
million (regional contribution: 15 %, Community contribution:
35 %). If the investment is greater than EUR 1,5 million, the
assistance may be up to 40 % of eligible expenditure (regional
contribution: 5 %, Community contribution: 35 %)

Duration: Unlimited

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Date of adoption of the decision: 14.8.2001

Aid No: N 461/01

Member State: Germany (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)

Title: Excise tax exemption in favour of the production of
biodiesel

Aid No: N 342/01

Title: Aid for investment in inland fisheries

Objective: This measure will
increase business productivity,
help to improve working conditions and promote modern
catch techniques and methods that ensure a sustainable exploi-
tation of fishery resources (it forms part of the programming of
measures part-financed by the FIFG)

Legal basis: Directives governing the grant of subsidies for
investments in inland fisheries

Budget: 2000-2004: EUR 63 800

Aid intensity or amount: Assistance may reach 50 % of the
eligible expenditure for the construction or modernisation of
fishing vessels, up to 35 % of which will be borne by the
Structural Funds and 15 % will come from regional funds

Legal basis: Legge finanziaria 2001

Duration: Until 30 June 2004

Other information: The Italian Government committed itself
to monitor annually the production cost and modify the
scheme accordingly if overcompensation occurs

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 10.10.2001

Duration: Unlimited

Member State: Netherlands

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Aid No: N 497/2000

Title: Amendments
producers' association

to various aid schemes of

the fish

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.11.2001

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 358/01

Objective: The measure adapts and extends the aid schemes

Legal basis:

1. Verordening onderzoekfonds aanvoersector

2. Verordening onderwijsfonds aanvoersector

3. Verordening onderzoek- en projectenfonds groothandel

Title: Stichting Infrastructuur Kwaliteitsborging Bodembeheer

Objective: Enhance the standards of soil management in the
Netherlands

4. Verordening promotiecampagne garnalen

5. Verordening onderwijsfonds kleinhandel

6. Verordening fonds voor vispromotie

Legal basis: Algemene Wet Bestuursrecht en het Besluit Milieu-
subsidies

Aid intensity or amount: Approximately EUR 600 000 per
year

Budget: EUR 485 999 per year

Duration: Six years

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Duration: Unlimited

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 2.5.2002

Member State: Portugal (autonomous region of the Azores)

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 507/01

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.5.2002

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Title: Siriart, regional aid scheme

Title: Soil Protection Agreement

Objective: Regular public passenger transport services

Legal basis: Proposta de alteração da Portaria n.o 21/2000 de
23 de Março de 2000. Portaria n.o 21/2000 de 23 de Março de
2000

Budget: The overall budget is EUR 15 213 335,86

Duration: 2001-2010

Other information: This aid scheme had already been notified
(N 95/98). The region then realised that the notification had
not been properly drafted and asked for it to be cancelled.
Ministerial Order No 21/2000 had already been published
and although some recipients of the aid provided for have
made investments, to date, no financial aid has been granted
by the regional authorities

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 10.10.2001

Member State: Germany (Lower Saxony)

Aid No: N 518/01

Title: Aid for marketing and processing and fishing ports

Objective: The purpose of this measure is to improve the
facilities for processing and marketing fishery products and
to improve port facilities (it forms part of the programming
of measures part-financed by the FIFG)

Legal basis: Directive granting subsidies to improve processing
and marketing facilities in the fishing sector and to improve
fishing port facilities

Objective: To subsidise rehabilitation of
sites

industrial polluted

Legal basis: Wet Bodemsanering

Budget: EUR 1,13 billion

Aid intensity or amount: 15 to 70 %

Duration: 4,5 years, until 31 December 2005

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: 10.10.2001

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 539/01

Title: Financing research on mussel growing

Objective: To finance research and development on mussel
growing

Legal basis: Regulation on funding research on mussel
growing in 2001

Budget: NLG 1 360 000 (EUR 617 141) in 2001

Aid intensity or amount: The amount is financed through a
levy on the product (a maximum of NLG 2 per tonne of
mussels landed and a maximum of NLG 2 per tonne of
mussels received)

Budget: EUR 4,1 million

Duration: Unlimited

Aid intensity or amount:
In the case of processing and
marketing: up to 25 % of the eligible costs, subject to the
ceiling set for joint-financing. In this case the aid granted by
the Land represents at least 5 % of the eligible expenditure. The
aid to public port authorities may reach 50 % of eligible ex-
penditure, subject to the ceiling set for joint financing

Duration: 2001-2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 27.2.2002

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 520/01

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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: Belgium

Aid No: N 544/01

Title: Ford Genk, training aid

Objective: Training aid in the motor vehicle sector

Legal basis: Ad-hoc aid

Aid intensity or amount: BEF 310 million (EUR 7,685
million) in nominal values

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Duration: Training project 2000-2003

— between 1 001 NT and 10 000 NT DKK 5 (approximately

EUR 0,7) per 100 NT

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 27.9.2001

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 55/01

Title: Promotion of structural measures for inland fisheries in
the Land of Brandenburg

Objective: To increase profitability, to improve hygiene and to
make production more compatible with the environment

Legal basis: Richtlinie des Ministeriums für Landwirtschaft und
Umwelt über die Gewährung von Beihilfen zur Förderung
struktureller Maßnahmen im Sektor Binnenfischerei des Bun-
deslandes Brandenburg

Budget: 2000-2006: EUR 1 479 000

Aid intensity or amount: Joint financing under the FIFG

Duration: 2000-2006

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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: Denmark

Aid No: N 563/01

Title: Act on taxation of shipping (Tonnage Tax)

Objective: Preserve competitiveness of the fleet and promote
the maritime shipping ‘cluster’ (employment of EC seafarers,
preservation of maritime know-how in the EC and devel-
opment of maritime skills and the improvement of safety)

Legal basis: Lov om beskatning af rederivirksomhed (tonnage-
skatteloven) i folketingssamlingen 2001-2002

Budget: DKK 50 million (approximately EUR 6,7 million) per
year

Aid intensity or amount: Under the Tonnage Tax the profit
from each qualifying ship is to be calculated by reference to a
fixed rate per 100 net tonnage per day as follows:

— up to and including 1 000 NT DKK 7 (approximately

— between

10 001 NT
(approximately EUR 0,4) per 100 NT

and

25 000 NT

DKK 3

— more than 25 000 NT DKK 2 (approximately EUR 0,3)

per 100 NT

Duration: No time limit

Other information: The Danish authorities committed them-
selves to provide regular reports on the achievement of the
Tonnage Tax objectives

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 7.5.2002

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 646/B/2000

Title: Measures to promote transport investment in the less-
favoured regions of Italy

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: Legge n. 388, articolo 8 del 31.12.2000 — Legge
finanziaria per l'anno 2001

Budget: ITL 9 000 billion per year (approximately EUR 4,6
billion per year) for all sectors, transport representing 10,3 %

Aid intensity or amount:

Regions eligible for the derogation provided for in Article
87(3)(a) of the Treaty, maximum:

— Calabria: 50 % nge

— Basilicata: 35 % nge

— Campania: 35 % nge

— Apulia: 35 % nge

— Sardinia: 35 % nge

— Sicily: 35 % nge

All the abovementioned aid intensity ceilings are increased by
15 percentage points gross for small and medium-sized enter-
prises

Regions eligible for the derogation provided for in Article
87(3)(c) of the Treaty:

— 8 % nge

EUR 0,9) per 100 NT

— 20 % nge for the Abruzzo and Molise regions.

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The abovementioned aid intensity ceilings are increased by 10
percentage points gross for small and medium-sized enterprises
and by 6 percentage points gross for small enterprises, with the
the areas of Abruzzo and Molise where an
exception of
is proposed for
increase of 10 percentage points gross
medium-sized enterprises also

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Other information: Annual report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.12.2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 14.5.2002

Member State: Portugal

Aid No: N 707/01

Title: Aid scheme for demonstrations of technologically inno-
vative products, processes and systems (R & D demonstrations)

Objective: Research and technological development
sectors)

(all

Legal basis: Portaria Conjunta

Budget: EUR 3,2 million

Aid intensity or amount: Variable according to the type of
project, enterprise and region; individual aid amount is limited
to EUR 1,25 million

Duration: Until end of 2006

Other information: Annual implementation report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Member State: Austria (Burgenland)

Aid No: N 743/01

Implementation of Community structural measures in

Title:
the fisheries sector

Objective: Draft special guidelines of the Federal Ministry of
and Forestry,
Agriculture
and Water
the
Management
for the transposition of Community structural
measures in the fisheries sector under the FIFG in Burgenland
(Objective 1 region)

Environment

Legal basis: Sonderrichtlinie des Bundesministers für Land-
und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft zur Umset-
zung der gemeinschaftlichen Strukturmaßnahmen im Fischerei-
sektor im Rahmen des FIAF im Ziel-1-Gebiet Burgenland

Budget: EUR 1 100 000

Aid intensity or amount: Part-financing under the FIFG

Duration: 2000-2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 8.4.2002

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 711/2000

Title: Aid scheme for small firms

Objective: To stimulate investments in small firms in Flanders

Legal basis: Wet van 4 augustus 1978 betreffende de economi-
sche expansie van kleine ondernemingen

Budget: EUR 137 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 15 %

Date of adoption of the decision: 9.4.2002

Member State: Italy (Sicily)

Aid No: N 844/01

Title: Aid in favour of STMicroelectronics SRL

Objective: Realisation of a large investment under the multi-
sectoral framework on regional aid for the construction of a
production site of silicon wafers of 12 inches mainly for NOR
flash memories

Legal basis: Art. 8 legge n. 388 del 23 dicembre 2000 —
Legge finanziaria 2001

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 542,3 million, amounting to
an aid intensity of 26,25 %

Duration: Until 31 December 2003

Duration: 2001-2006

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Other information: Commitment by Italy to comply with the
obligations regarding ex-post monitoring according to point 6
of
large
investment projects

framework on regional aid for

the multisectoral

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Date of adoption of the decision: 31.8.2001

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 852/2000

Aid No: NN 10/02 (ex N 425/01)

Title: Social measures in the employment sector

Objective:
suffering from severe physical or mental problems

Integration into the labour market of people

Legal basis: Lov om ændring af lov om aktiv socialpolitik og
andre love (ændring af reglerne om fleksjob, ledighedsydelse,
sagsbehandling m.v.)

Budget: Between DKK 1 221 million (approximately EUR 164
million)
in 2001 and DKK 2 459 million (approximately
EUR 330 million) in 2005

Aid intensity or amount: 50 or 66,6 % of wages, depending
on the degree of disability

Title: Aid for investment in the cutter and coastal
sectors in Schleswig-Holstein

fishing

Duration: Ten years

Objective: The aim of this measure is to ensure efficient and
sustainable fishing and to improve the fisheries sector in
(This forms part of the programming of
Schleswig-Holstein.
measures part-financed by the FIFG)

Legal basis: Richtlinien für die Gewährung von Zuwendungen
in Schleswig-
zur Förderung der Kutter- und Küstenfischerei
Holstein

Other information: N 516/97 and N 358/97

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Budget:
(approximately EUR 3 834 689)

2001-2005:

approximately

DEM 7 500 000

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.5.2002

Aid intensity or amount: Subsidies to construct or modernise
fishing vessels can be up to 20 % of duly justified expenditure.
The subsidy for buying a second-hand fishing vessel can be up
to 10 % of justified expenditure, and for business formation
20 %. Subsidies for conversion projects can be up to 20 % of
duly justified expenditure. All these amounts are reduced in
direct proportion to subsidies
received from the EU or
Federal authorities

Duration: 2001-2005

Member State: Germany

Aid No: NN 89/01

Title: Financial contributions 2001

Objective: Maritime shipping — seafarers' skills

Legal basis: Richtlinie zur Förderung der deutschen Seeschiff-
fahrt 2001

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Budget: EUR 4 090 335,05

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Aid intensity or amount: 45 % (EUR 25 564,59)

Duration: 2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 3.4.2002

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Member State: Denmark

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