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: 2002-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, control of State aid

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7. Written submissions, questionnaire replies and corre-

spondence

Fax (32-2) 295 65 05
Telex COMEU B 21877.

All submissions and requests made by interested parties must
be made in writing (not in electronic format, unless otherwise
specified), and must indicate the name, address, e-mail address,
telephone and fax, and/or telex numbers of the interested party.

Commission address for correspondence:

European Commission
Directorate-General for Trade
Directorate B
Office: J-79 5/16
B-1049 Brussels.

8. Non-cooperation

In cases in which any interested party refuses access to or
otherwise does not provide the necessary information within
the time limits, or significantly impedes the investigation,
findings, affirmative or negative, may be made in accordance
with Article 28 of the basic Regulation, on the basis of the
facts available.

Where it is found that any interested party has supplied false or
misleading information, the information shall be disregarded
and use may be made of the facts available.

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2002/C 154/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 22.5.2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.5.2000

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 100/01

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 536/98

Title: Subsidies for certain environmentally friendly lorries

Objective: The aid scheme is designed to encourage road
hauliers to buy less-polluting lorries which meet the Euro 3
emission standard ahead of schedule

Legal basis: Lov om tilskud til visse miljøvenlige lastbiler

Budget: DKK 50 million (EUR 6,73 million)

Aid intensity or amount: The amount per eligible lorry
a Euro 3 lorry
exceed the
cannot
compared with a Euro 2 lorry

additional

cost of

Duration: From 15 November 2000 to 30 September 2001

Other information: The aid scheme falls within the scope of
Article 87(3) of the Treaty

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

Title: Provincia Autonoma di Trento (PAT) — Provincial Bill n.
the mountain and
175 ‘Provisions for the development of
urgent measures for agriculture’

Objective: To adopt a package of measures aimed at helping
the development of the mountain by reducing the economic
backwardness of this area

Legal basis: Legge provinciale n. 175, approvata dal Consiglio
provinciale di Trento il 16 ottobre 1998

Budget: ITL 26 860 million (EUR 13,9 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Information on aid intensity is not
available concerning the settlement premium (to be determined
by the impementing act):
to a
ITL 50 million (approximately EUR 25 823);
maximum of
up to 40 % of
the eligible expenses for the purchase of
computer hardware in teleworking; compensation within the
limit of the loss caused by the natural disaster to each bene-
ficiary (Article 23)

the latter could amount

Duration: From the date of approval to 2001

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Other information: Report — the Italian authorities have
undertaken to notify separately at
the stage of draft, any
measure implementing Article 7 and to provide in that
context
information which appear necessary to
evaluate the measures under State aid rules

the

all

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

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: 19.3.2002

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 82/02

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.2.2002

Title: Aid to businesses for environmental protection

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 543/01

Title: Capital allowances to hospitals

Objective: The aim of
to increase the
investment in the construction, extension and refurbishment
of much needed hospital buildings

the measure is

Legal basis: Section 64 of the Finance Act, 2001. This has not
yet been put into application

from private

Budget: The cost of the scheme derives from non-collected
taxes
on information
concerning currently proposed projects, the tax cost to the
State would be a total of EUR 47 million over seven years

individuals. Based

Duration: There is no end date inserted into the legislation as
yet but the measure will be reviewed at regular intervals by the
Department of Health and Children and the Department of
Finance

Objective: To encourage businesses in the Basque country to
invest in environmental protection

Legal basis: Draft of ‘Decreto del Gobierno vasco por el que se
procede a la regulación del procedimiento de concesión de
subvenciones a empresas en materia de medio ambiente’

Budget: Approximately EUR 2,5 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Investment aid: between 15 % and
30 %, according to the aid objectives and recipients. Aid for
advisory services to SMEs: 50 %

Duration: 31 December 2006

Other information: Undertaking by the Member State to
implementation report to the Commission
submit an annual

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