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: 2002-11-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, job creation, management, marketing, medicinal product, ports policy

C 284/2

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

21.11.2002

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2002/C 284/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 3.7.2001

— more

than

62 % and

up

to 85 %:

ESP 900 000

Member State: France

Aid No: N 298/01

(EUR 5 409,10)

— over 85 %: ESP 1 000 000 (EUR 6 010,12)

Title: Tax exemption in favour of orphan medicinal products

Objective: Stimulate companies to develop and market orphan
medicinal products as designated by Regulation (EC) No
141/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Legal basis: Loi de financement de la sécurité sociale pour
2001

Budget: Approximately FRF 10 million (EUR 1,5 million)

In the case of part-time contracts, the amount of aid is reduced
in proportion to the time worked

Duration: 2001-2006

Other information: The aid is incompatible with State aid
N 348/01

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

Duration: Indefinite, budget to be adopted annually

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

Other information: Submit annual report to Commission

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: 28.11.2001

Member State: Spain (Galicia)

Aid No: N 347/01

Title: Aid scheme to promote recruitment of the unemployed
and conversion of
into open-ended
contracts

fixed-term contracts

Objective: Job creation and stability

Legal basis: Orden por la que se establece el programa de
incentivos a la contratación indefinida con origen en planes
empresariales de incremento de la estabilidad laboral

Budget: EUR 12 320 748,13 per year

Aid intensity or amount: The amount of aid for each
open-ended contract varies in line with the stability achieved
by the firm thanks to the job stability promotion plan and in
accordance with the following scale:

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.10.2002

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 438/02

Title: Subsidies to the port authorities for carrying out public-
authority tasks

Objective: To enable the port authorities to carry out public-
authority tasks through their harbourmasters' offices

Legal basis: Décret du 2 mars 1999 et décision du 13 juillet
2001 de la Région flamande

Decreet van 2 maart 1999 en Besluit van het Vlaamse Gewest
van 13 juli 2001

Budget: Less than EUR 10 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: 25 %, 50 %, and then 75 % of the
eligible costs

Duration: Three years (2001-2003)

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

— between 35 % and 62 %: ESP 800 000 (EUR 4 808,09)

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