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: 2002-10-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid for restructuring, control of State aid, energy industry, environmental protection, film production, regional development, research and development, shipbuilding

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Date of adoption of the decision: 2.9.2002

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

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

Aid No: N 441/02

Title:
‘Regolamento per l'attivazione di interventi contributivi
al sostegno delle attività collegate alle utilizzazioni dei prodotti
forestali per una migliore gestione del patrimonio boschivo’

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.9.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 794/01

Objective: To develop a part of the forestry sector

Title: Aid to distribute milk in schools

Legal basis: Decreto del presidente della giunta regionale n.
0479/Pres./2000, del 27.12.2000

Objective: To stimulate children's consumption of milk

Budget: EUR 1,52 million per year

Budget: EUR 415 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the measure
involved (one of the measures, the marketing of wood, is not
an aid measure)

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 0,0970 per product unit (20 cl
carton of whole milk). Supplement to the Community aid

Duration: Unspecified

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

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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 238/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.7.2002

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

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 105/02

Title: R & D programme ‘Viennese innovation programme’

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.5.2002

Objective: To support R & D projects carried out in Vienna

Member State: Spain (Catalonia)

Legal basis: Beschluss durch den Wiener Gemeinderat vom
14.12.2001

Budget: Up to EUR 25 million for three years

For

amount:

fundamental

research:
Aid intensity or
maximum 100 %; for industrial research: maximum 50 %; for
precompetitive development: maximum 25 %; plus bonuses
where
not
exceeding 75 % for industrial research and 50 % for precom-
petitive development

appropriate;

altogether,

including

bonuses,

Duration: Until 31 May 2005

Aid No: N 106/02

Title: Extension of aid N 670/98 (grants for eliminating waste
from residual water — Catalonia)

Objective: Environmental protection

Legal basis: Resolución de la Agencia Catalana del Agua de
convocatoria de ayudas para actuaciones relativas a la reduc-
ción de aguas residuales y/o su carga contaminante

Budget: EUR 6 million per year

Aid intensity or amount:

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

— 30 % gross (40 % gross for SMEs)

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— in assisted areas, 20 % plus bonus of 10 percentage points

gross for SMEs

Duration: 2002-2006

Other information: Annual report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 9.4.2002

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 142/02

Date of adoption of the decision: 3.7.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 117/A/01

Title: Scheme of aid to cinema production and film-related
activities

Objective: To promote the creation and production of films,
thereby contributing to preserve cultural diversity

Title: Change to Ademe renewable energy management aid
scheme

Legal basis:

Objective: To promote use of renewable energy

Legal basis: Délibérations du conseil d'administration de
l'Ademe du 20 décembre 2000 et du 16 novembre 2001

Budget: Unchanged (approximately EUR 50 million per year)

— Ley 15/2001, de 9 de julio, de Fomento y Promoción de la

Cinematografía y del Sector Audiovisual

— Decreto regulador de las medidas de fomento y promoción
de la cinematografía y la realización de películas en copro-
ducción

Aid intensity or amount: Between 15 % and 75 % of eligible
costs, depending on scheme details and region

Budget: EUR 41,5 million (annually)

Duration: Unchanged (10 years), except
(admissible only until 30 June 2007)

for

training aid

Aid intensity or amount: A maximum of 50 % of production
costs. Higher intensities are admissible for difficult and low
budget films

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Duration: Until December 2004

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

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 26.6.2002

Member State: Italy (Basilicata)

Aid No: N 125/02

Title: R & D aid

Objective: R & D

Legal basis: Disegno di
legge della regione Basilicata «Disci-
plina delle attività di ricerca, sviluppo tecnologico ed innova-
zione»

Budget: EUR 11 600 000

Aid intensity or amount: Variable intensity according to
research stage and beneficiary

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 17.7.2002

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 157/02

Title: Water levy exemption

Objective: To ensure optimum utilisation of the water boards
waste-water treatment plants

Legal basis: Artikel 27, eerste lid, onderdeel d, van de Wet
Verontreiniging Oppervlaktewateren

Budget: EUR 23 million in 2002

Aid intensity or amount: 50 %

Other information: Annual
submitted to the Commission

implementation report

to be

Duration: Ten years

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Other information: Annual report

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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: 8.7.2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.6.2002

Member State: Ireland

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 270/02

Aid No: N 158/02

Title: Prolongation urban renewal scheme (ex N 563/98)

First phase of major photovoltaic demonstration

Title:
programme

Objective: Promote regional development

Objective: To encourage electricity generation from photo-
voltaic installations, with the longer-term aim of helping
meet the UK's requirement for clean electricity supplies

Legal basis: Section 5 of the Science and Technology Act
(1965)

Budget: GBP 20 million (approximately EUR 32 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 40 % plus bonuses for
SMEs and/or undertakings in assisted areas

Duration: Three years, until April 2005

Other information: Annual report

Legal basis: Finance Act 2002, Urban Renewal Act 1998

Budget: EUR 35 million in 2003, EUR 36 million in 2004

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with regional aid
map 2000-2006

Duration: 1 January 2003 until 31 December 2004

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.6.2002

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

Member State: France

Aid No: N 37/02

Title: Amendment to ‘Air-Sources fixe’ aid scheme

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.7.2002

Objective: To combat air pollution

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 209/02

Title: Capital grants for renewable technologies

in more expensive
Objective: To encourage
longer-term technologies
renewable energy, with the
longer-term aim of helping meet the UK's need for clean elec-
tricity supplies

investment

for

Legal basis: The Science and Technology Act (1965)

Legal basis: Délibération du conseil d'administration de
l'Ademe du 16 novembre 2001

Budget: Approximately EUR 25 million each year

Aid intensity or amount: 30 % maximum of eligible costs
plus a bonus of 10 percentage points for SMEs and for
Article 87(3)(a) regions and a bonus of five percentage points
for Article 87(3)(c) regions

Ceiling of 40 % in agriculture, except for disadvantaged areas
within the meaning of the Rural Development Regulation

Budget: GBP 140 million (approximately EUR 225 million)

Duration: Ten years

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 40 % plus 10 % bonus
for SMEs

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Duration: Eight years until December 2010

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

Other information: Annual report

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Date of adoption of the decision: 6.6.2002

Aid No: N 771/01

Member State: Portugal (all regions)

Aid No: N 60/02

Title: Aid scheme for R & D activities by promoters of
scientific and technological parks (scientific and technological
parks)

Title: Aid scheme for the creation of research and tech-
nological development teams in enterprises (R & D teams)

Objective: Research and technological development
sectors)

(all

Objective: Research and technological development
sectors)

(all

Legal basis: Orden ministerial de 6 de noviembre de 2001

Legal basis: Portaria conjunta

Budget: EUR 10 million

Aid intensity or amount: Variable according to the type of
beneficiary enterprise, region, and whether the project involves
effective collaboration between public research establishments
indi-
and enterprises; maximum gross aid intensity is 50 %;
vidual aid amount is limited to EUR 200 000

Duration: Until the 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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Budget: EUR 24 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Variable according to the type of
project, beneficiary enterprise and reference rate; currently the
maximum gross aid intensity amounts to 27,4 %

Duration: Unspecified (minimum three years but
term is
dependent on the annual number of applications; renotification
when new guidelines are adopted)

Other information: Annual implementation report

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 17.7.2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 26.6.2002

Member State: United Kingdom

Member State: Germany (Saxony)

Aid No: N 804/01

Aid No: N 655/A/01

Title: Reduced rate of excise duty on biodiesel

Title: Promotion of pollution control and climate protection

Legal basis: The Hydrocarbon Oil Duties Act 1979

Objective: Protection of the environment

Duration: Until 31 March 2007

Legal basis: Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für
Umwelt und Landwirtschaft über die Gewährung von Förder-
mitteln für Vorhaben des Immissions- und Klimaschutzes ein-
schließlich der Nutzung erneuerbarer Energien

Budget: EUR 17 789 530

Other information: The UK 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

Aid intensity or amount: Between 40 % and 50 % maximum
of additional costs

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

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.7.2002

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

Member State: Denmark

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.3.2002

Member State: Spain (all regions)

Aid No: N 841/A/2000

Title: Technical amendments to the energy tax scheme

Objective: To adjust the existing scheme administratively and
technically so that it better fulfils its purpose

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Legal basis: Lov nr. 963 af 20. december 1999. Lov am
ændring af
lov om kuldioxidafgift af visse energiprodukter,
lov om afgift af naturgas og bygas, lov om afgift af elektricitet,
lov om energiafgift af visse mineralolieprodukter m.v. og lov
om afgift af stenkul, brunkul og koks m.v.

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.6.2002

Budget: DKK 12 million per year (approximately EUR 1,6
million)

Member State: Spain (Basque country)

Other information: Measure not constituting State aid within
the meaning of Article 87(1) EC and 61(1) EEA

Aid No: N 88/02

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Title: Aid in favour of Papelera Guipuzkoana de Zikúñaga

Objective: Regional investment (paper manufacturing)

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Legal basis: Ad hoc

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.6.2002

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 843/01

Title: Meyer Werft Papenburg. Extension of three-year delivery
limit for a vessel

Objective: Shipbuilding

Legal basis: Wettbewerbshilfegesetz

Budget: Grant of EUR 4 243 145

Aid intensity or amount: 4,83 % net

Duration: 2000-2002

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Aid intensity or amount: 7 % of the contract value of the
vessel

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.7.2002

Member State: Italy (Sardinia)

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Aid No: NN 8/02

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

Title: Restructuring aid for SMEs

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.2.2002

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 861/01

Objective: Restructuring of SMEs in difficulty

Legal basis: Legge regionale n. 66/76 e sue direttive d'attua-
zione

Budget: EUR 50 000 000 (total)

Duration: Until 31 December 2004

Title: Sale of shares in the energy public company

Objective: Energy

Budget: ATS 6 010 000 000 (EUR 436 763 733,36)

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Other information: Annual
submitted to the Commission

implementation report

to be

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