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: 2002-06-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European treaties, State aid, economic support

22.6.2002

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 150/7

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2002/C 150/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.3.2002

Legal basis: Lagen (1947:576) om statlig inkomstskatt

Member State: Germany

Aid No: E 10/2000

‘Anstaltslast and Gewährträgerhaftung — State guarantees

Title:
for public credit institutions in Germany’

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’)

Duration: Indefinite

Other information: Sweden has accepted the appropriate
measures proposed by the Commission on 11 July 2001. For
practical reasons, accepted by the Commission on 30 January
2002, Sweden did not commit itself to refuse new beneficiaries
from the date of 11 July 2001 until 31 December 2001, date
at which the fiscal regime applicable to foreign insurance
companies has been repealed

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

(Länder)

regional

similar wording in the
Gewährträgerhaftung: Provisions of
regards Landesbank,
as
laws
respective
savings banks and regional special credit institutions and in
the federal
laws as regards federal special credit institutions
(e.g. § 5 Niedersächsisches Landesbankgesetz: ‘Für die Verbind-
lichkeiten der Bank haften die Gewährträger gesamtschuldne-
risch, soweit die Befriedigung aus dem Vermögen der Bank
nicht möglich ist’)

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.2.2002

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 548/01

Budget: Unlimited in amount

Aid intensity or amount: Not quantified. Form of
ventions: State guarantees

inter-

Duration: Unlimited in time

Title: Aid to local television stations in the French-speaking
community in Belgium

Objective: Compensation for public service obligations of local
television stations

Other information: Amendment of the proposal of 8 May
2001 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

Legal basis: Décret modifiant les décrets du 17 juillet 1987 sur
l'audiovisuel et du 24 juillet 1997 relatif au conseil supérieur
de l'audiovisuel et aux services privés de radiodiffusion sonore
de la communauté française

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

Budget: EUR 3 270 000

Duration: Nine 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: 11.7.2001

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: E 3/2000

Title: Fiscal scheme applicable to foreign insurance companies

Date of adoption of the decision: 8.5.2002

Member State: The Netherlands

Objective:
Simplify
companies in Sweden

the

taxation of

foreign insurance

Aid No: N 724/01

C 150/8

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Official Journal of the European Communities

22.6.2002

Title: Budget
supplies in the non-profit and special sectors (EINP)

increase for the subsidy scheme for energy

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

Objective: To stimulate energy-saving equipment
in those
sectors that are not able to benefit from the fiscal energy
allowance

Legal basis: Ministerieel besluit op basis van de kaderwet Ver-
strekking financiële middelen EZ

Budget: The total budget for 2001 is increased to EUR 27,23
million. The budget for persons purchasing a wind turbine
reamins the same at EUR 5,6 million. The budget for the
year 2002 and later will be around EUR 32 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Between 14,5 % and 18,5 %, for
wind turbines 20 % maximum

Duration: Unlimited

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.2.2002

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 860/01

Title: Revitalising project of the Mutterer Alm

Objective: Tourism

Budget: ATS 307 million (EUR 22,3 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 24,8 %

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.2807 — Casino/Laurus)

(2002/C 150/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 14 June 2002 the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare
it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be made public after it
is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

— in electronic form in the ‘CEN’ version of the CELEX database, under document No 302M2807. CELEX

is the computerised documentation system of European Community law.

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