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: 2003-01-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to undertakings, industrial building, job creation, maritime transport, regional development, research and development, shipbuilding, technology transfer

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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

(2003/C 15/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.10.2002

Member State: Germany (Brandenburg)

Aid No: N 361/02

Other information: Germany submits an annual report on the
implementation of the scheme

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

Title: Aid in favour of Kunz Faserplattenwerk Baruth GmbH

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

Objective: Realisation of a large investment project under the
Multisectoral Framework on regional aid for the construction
of an MDF mill

Legal basis: Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der regiona-
len Wirtschaftsstruktur“; Investitionszulagengesetz

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.11.2002

Budget: EUR 72 961 000

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 25 411 000

Duration: 2000 to 2002

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 9.8.2002

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 380/02

Title: Modification of the regional employment programme —
Land of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Objective: Creation of new jobs for workers experiencing
particular difficulties in entering the labour market

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 468/02

Title: Kvaerner Masa Yard. Extension of three years delivery
limit for a vessel

Objective: Shipbuilding

Legal basis: Kauppa- ja teollisuusministeriön asetus telakkateol-
lisuuden kilpailuedellytysten turvaamiseen myönnettävästä val-
tion avustuksesta annetun kauppa- ja teollisuusministeriön pää-
töksen 8 §:n muuttamisesta, annettu Helsingissä 20 päivänä
heinäkuuta 2000

Handels- och industriministeriets förordning om ändring av 8 §
handels- och industriministeriets beslut om statligt understöd
för tryggande av varvsindustrins konkurrensbetingelser, given i
Helsingfors den 20 juli 2000

Aid intensity or amount: 6 % of the contract value of the
vessel

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

Legal basis: § 44 der Haushaltsordnung des Landes Mecklen-
burg-Vorpommern

Member State: Ireland

Budget: 2002 to 2006: EUR 4,1 million per year

Aid No: N 504/02

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2002

Duration: Limited until 31 December 2006

Title: Finance Act, 2002 (Tonnage Tax)

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Objective: Maritime transport — operating aid through tax
relief to preserve competitiveness of the fleet and promote
the maritime shipping in Ireland (employment of EC seafarers,
preservation of maritime know-how in the EC and devel-
opment of maritime skills and the improvement of safety)

Legal basis: Finance Act, 2002, that will add a new Part 24A
and Schedule 18B tot the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997

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 0,38 million per year

Date of adoption of the decision: 4.10.2002

Aid intensity or amount: Under the Tonnage Tax, the taxable
profit will be determined for each qualifying ship is to be
calculated by reference to a fixed rate per 100 net tons per
day as follows:

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 554/02

— up to including 1 000 net tons: EUR 1,00 per 100 NT

— between 1 001 and 10 000 net

tons: EUR 0,75 per

100 NT

— between 10 001 and 25 000 net

tons: EUR 0,50 per

100 NT

— more than 25 000 net tons: 0,25 EUR per 100 NT

Title: German Measures for the Establishment of a Fund
‘Aufbauhilfe’ — Solidarity Law for the Victims affected by
the Floods

Objective: Aid to make good the damage caused by natural
disasters

Legal basis: Maßnahmen der Bundesregierung der Bundesrepu-
blik Deutschland zur Errichtung eines Fonds „Aufbauhilfe“
(Flutopfersolidaritätsgesetz)

Duration: Entry into the regime possible over a three-year
period

Aid intensity or amount: Compensation of damage

Other information: The Irish authorities have committed
themselves to providing annual reports on the achievement
of the objectives of the tonnage tax

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: 2.12.2002

Member State: Ireland

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.11.2002

Member State: Spain (Andalusia)

Aid No: N 661/02

Title: Amendment
Allowance Scheme

to the

Irish Seafarers'

Income Tax

Aid No: N 516/02

Title: Cobre Las Cruces

Objective: Regional aid

Objective: Maritime transport — operating aid through tax
relief to preserve competitiveness of the fleet and promote
the maritime shipping in Ireland (employment of EC seafarers,
preservation of maritime know-how)

Budget: EUR 0,20 million per year

Legal basis: Ley 50/1985 de 23 de diciembre de incentivos
regionales

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 52 770 000 (13,5 % NGE)

Other information: Obligation to provide the Commission
with a report on completion of investments before payment
of aid

Aid intensity or amount: The aid, as a tax allowance,
is
available to qualifying seafarers who are in the Irish tax net
and who have a tax liability. The allowance can only be used to
reduce an existing tax liability. The allowance is deducted from
the seafarer's total gross income to arrive at a taxable income,
which is taxed at the applicable tax rate. The value of the
allowance to the seafarer will be a percentage of EUR 6 350
based on the marginal income tax rate payable

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Duration: No limit

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: 2.12.2002

Member State: France

Aid No: N 662/02

Title: Amendment of the scheme for refunding the maritime
part of the trading income tax (Aid N 593/2000)

Objective: To transform the refund to commercial shipping
companies of the maritime part of the trading income tax into
relief. The amount of aid, its purpose and the conditions of
eligibility are unchanged. This scheme is still inteded to boost
the competitiveness of French shipping vis-à-vis competition
from outside the European Union

Legal basis: Article 1467 ter du code général des impôts

Budget: Some EUR 15 million per annum

Aid intensity or amount: Equal to the ratio of the value of
vessels and seafarer's wages to the taxable basis of the trading
income tax (on average 85 %)

Duration: Unlimited

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: 2.12.2002

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 745/01

Title: Environmental Technology Scheme

Objective: Research and Development

Budget: Not changed

Aid intensity or amount:

Intensity

Maximal amount

Fundamental reserach

100 %

EUR 100 000

Industrial feasibility study

Industrial research

Industrial reserach by SME's

Pre-competitive feasibility study

Pre-competitive development

75 %

60 %

70 %

50 %

35 %

EUR 100 000

EUR 500 000

EUR 500 000

EUR 100 000

EUR 500 000

Pre-competitive
SME's

development

by

45 %

EUR 500 000

Duration: Not changed/unlimited in time

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: 3.9.2002

Member State: Italy (Sicily)

Aid No: N 756/01

Title: Aid for tourism

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: Legge regionale 23.12.2000, n. 32 (articoli 76, 77,
78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 13 et 198) e sue disposizioni
attuative

Budget: EUR 60 000 000

Aid intensity or amount: 35 % gge for grants and 12,02 %
gge for interest subsidies

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

Other information: Annual report to be submitted to the
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

Legal basis: Ministeriële regeling op grond van artikel 15.13,
eerste tot en met derde lid, van de Wet milieubeheer

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.8.2002

Member State: Germany (Land of Saxony-Anhalt)

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Aid No: N 96/02

Title: Scheme of the Land of Saxony-Anhalt for the award of
loans to technology-orientated enterprises

Objective: The scheme aims at viable innovative SMEs; under
the notified subprogrammes soft loans are awarded to support
either 1. research and development activities, 2. recruitment of
highly qualified staff or 3. unexpected financial bottlenecks
arising from large orders

Legal basis: Mittelstandsförderungsgesetz des Landes Sachsen-
Anhalt und § 44 der Haushaltsordnung des Landes Sachsen-
Anhalt

Budget: Loans are granted from resources of a Land owned
Fund,
to
of
the
EUR 27 023 000

amounts

capital

Fund

basis

the

Legal basis: §§ 23 und 44 der Thüringer Landeshaushaltsord-
nung, Richtlinie des Landes Thüringen zur Förderung des Tech-
nologietransfers in der Thüringer Wirtschaft

Budget: The budget amounts to EUR 5 million for the year
2002 and to EUR 8 million for the year 2003, the financial
planning provides EUR 10 million for the years 2004 to 2006

Duration: The duration of the scheme is limited until 31
December 2006

Other information: Germany has to submit an annual report
on the implementation of the scheme

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

Duration: The duration of the overall scheme is limited for a
period of five years after the Commission's approval

Other information: Germany has to submit an annual report
on the implementation of the scheme

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.10.2002

Member State: Germany (Brandenburg)

Aid No: NN 85/02

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

Title: Aid in favour of CargoLifter AG

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

Objective: Rescue Aid

Legal basis: Ad hoc

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 4 148 000

Date of adoption of the decision: 8.10.2002

Duration: 6 months

Member State: Germany (Freistaat Thüringen)

Aid No: N 97/02

Title: Programme of the Land of Thuringia in favour of tech-
nology transfer

Objective: The scheme aims at recreating and maintaining an
efficient regional R & D potential and at stimulating research
and development activities of SMEs in the Land of Thuringia

Commitment

information:

Other
to
communicate to the Commission, within six months after auth-
oritisation of the rescue measure, a restructuring plan or a
liquidation plan or proof that the loans has been reimbursed
in full amount

Germany

of

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