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: 2002-10-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, Structural Funds, aid to industry, aquaculture, audiovisual production, control of State aid, film production, fishing industry, mining industry, regional 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 248/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.8.2002

Duration: 2000-2006 (2007 for mining safety aid)

Member State: Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt)

Aid No: N 372/02

Title: Aid in favour of Heraeus Tenevo AG

Objective: Realisation of a large investment project under the
multisectoral framework on regional aid for the construction of
an additional production facility for quartz glass cylinders and
tubes

Legal basis: Haushaltsordnungen des Bundes und der Länder

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 111,5 million amounting to
an aid intensity of 30,62 %

Duration: 2002-2004

Other information: Commitment by Germany to comply with
the obligations regarding ex-post monitoring according to
point 6 of the multisectoral framework on regional aid for
large investment projects

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: 20.12.2001

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 777/01

Title: Schemes of State aid to cinema and other audiovisual
production

Objective: To promote the production and distribution of
films and other audiovisual works.
feature-
length, short and serialised fiction films, documentaries, and
animated children's films.)

(Production of

Legal basis:

Laki elokuvataiteen edistämisestä (28/2000);

Asetus elokuvataiteen edistämisestä;

Suomen elokuvasäätiön tukiohjeet

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.6.2002

Budget: Approximately EUR 13 million per year

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 722/01

Title: Aid scheme to promote mining exploration, environ-
mental protection and mining safety in the field of non-energy-
generating ores

Objective: Non-energy-generating mining activities

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden del Ministerio de Economía por
la que se regula la concesión de ayudas derivadas del plan de
Seguridad minera; Proyecto de Orden por la que se regula la
concesión de ayudas a la exploración e investigación geológico
minera y a las actividades mineras de medio ambiente no
energéticas

Aid intensity or amount: Aid for environmental protection:
up to 40 % (SMEs); exploration aid: repayable advance of up to
70 % (SMEs in Article 87(3)(a) regions); training aid: up to
80 % (SMEs in Article 87(3)(a) regions); aid for investment in
mining safety: up to 20 %

Aid intensity or amount: Variable rates not exceeding
generally 50 % of production costs; cumulation of State aid
will not exceed 50 % generally

Duration: Until December 2004

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: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 812/01

Title: Aid for treatment of contaminated sludge

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Environmental protection. The
authorities
for public

Objective:
provide
companies
treatment of contaminated sludge instead of landfill

that are responsible for dredging to opt

contributions
and private
for

an incentive

Legal basis: Ministeriële regeling Stimuleringsregeling verwer-
king van baggerspecie

Other information: Annual report

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 39 million (NLG 85 million)

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.6.2002

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 4, EUR 10, or EUR 23 per
tonne of dry matter, depending on the type of sludge and the
degree of contamination

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 56/02

Duration: Four years

including port authorities,

Other information: 90-95 % of dredging is done by public
authorities,
in the framework of
their public responsibility for waterways. The remaining
dredging is predominantly done on behalf of private yacht
basins

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: 19.6.2002

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 48/02

Title: Aid from the region of Abruzzi
financed by the FIFG

to measures part-

Objective: Structural measures in the fisheries and aquaculture
sector

Legal basis:

Title: Aid from the region of Veneto to measures part-financed
by the FIFG

Objective: Structural measures in the fisheries and aquaculture
sector

Legal basis:

— Deliberazione della giunta regionale del 22.9.2000

— Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December
1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements
regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries
sector

Budget: EUR 12,37 million

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with the rates laid
down by Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 for the respective
categories of operation

Other information: Annual report

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: 19.6.2002

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 57/02

— Deliberazione della giunta regionale del 7.8.2001

— Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December
1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements
regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries
sector

Budget: EUR 5,26 million

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with the rates laid
down by Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 for the respective
categories of operation

Title: Aid from the region of Tuscany to measures part-
financed by the FIFG

Objective: Structural measures in the fisheries and aquaculture
sector

Legal basis:

— Deliberazione del consiglio regionale del 31.10.2000

— Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December
1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements
regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries
sector

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Budget: EUR 5,53 million

Legal basis:

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with the rates laid
down by Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 for the respective
categories of operation

Other information: Annual report

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

— Deliberazione della giunta regionale del 6.3.2001

— Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December
1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements
regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries
sector

Budget: EUR 8,68 million

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with the rates laid
down by Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 for the respective
categories of operation

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.6.2002

Other information: Annual report

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 58/02

Title: Aid from the region of Piedmont to measures part-
financed by the FIFG

Objective: Structural measures in the fisheries and aquaculture
sector

Legal basis:

— Deliberazione della giunta regionale del 12.7.2001

— Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December
1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements
regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries
sector

Budget: EUR 0,70 million

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with the rates laid
down by Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 for the respective
categories of operation

Other information: Annual report

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: 19.6.2002

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 60/02

Title: Aid from the region of Marche to measures part-financed
by the FIFG

Objective: Structural measures in the fisheries and aquaculture
sector

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: 19.6.2002

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 61/02

Title: Aid from the region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia to measures
part-financed by the FIFG

Objective: Structural measures in the fisheries and aquaculture
sector

Legal basis:

— Deliberazione della giunta regionale del 7.12.2001

— Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December
1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements
regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries
sector

Budget: EUR 5,26 million

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with the rates laid
down by Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 for the respective
categories of operation

Other information: Annual report

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 19.6.2002

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 62/02

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with the rates laid
down by Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 for the respective
categories of operation

Other information: Annual report

Title: Aid from the region of Liguria to measures part-financed
by the FIFG

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

Objective: Structural measures in the fisheries and aquaculture
sector

Legal basis:

— Deliberazione della giunta regionale del 29.6.2001

— Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December
1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements
regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries
sector

Budget: EUR 2,74 million

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with the rates laid
down by Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 for the respective
categories of operation

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.6.2002

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 64/02

Title: Aid from the region of Emilia-Romagna to measures
part-financed by the FIFG

Objective: Structural measures in the fisheries and aquaculture
sector

Legal basis:

Other information: Annual report

— Deliberazione della giunta regionale del 31.7.2001

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

— Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December
1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements
regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries
sector

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.6.2002

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 63/02

Budget: EUR 7,34 million

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with the rates laid
down by Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 for the respective
categories of operation

Other information: Annual report

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

Title: Aid from the region of Lazio to measures part-financed
by the FIFG

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

Objective: Structural measures in the fisheries and aquaculture
sector

Legal basis:

— Deliberazione della giunta regionale del 30.10.2001

— Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December
1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements
regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries
sector

Budget: EUR 3,73 million

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.6.2002

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 65/02

Title: Aid from the region of Umbria to measures part-
financed by the FIFG

Objective: Structural measures in the fisheries and aquaculture
sector

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Legal basis:

— Deliberazione della giunta regionale del 2.5.2001

— Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December
1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements
regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries
sector

Title: Aid from the autonomous province of Trento to
measures part-financed by the FIFG

Objective: Structural measures in the fisheries and aquaculture
sector

Legal basis:

Budget: EUR 0,77 million

— Deliberazione della giunta regionale del 3.8.2001

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with the rates laid
down by Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 for the respective
categories of operation

— Council Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 of 17 December
1999 laying down the detailed rules and arrangements
regarding Community structural assistance in the fisheries
sector

Other information: Annual report

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: 19.6.2002

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 66/02

Budget: EUR 0,75 million

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with the rates laid
down by Regulation (EC) No 2792/1999 for the respective
categories of operation

Other information: Annual report

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.2874 — Starcore LLC)

(2002/C 248/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 27 September 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 302M2874. CELEX

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