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: 2003-03-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, air transport, control of State aid, employment aid, insurance, maritime transport, regional aid, regional development, regional investment, small and medium-sized enterprises

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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 58/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.11.2002

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Member State: Spain (Basque country)

Aid No: N 2/02

Title: Aid in favour of the Tuboplast Group

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

Objective: Regional
tronic equipment

Legal basis: ad hoc

investment — tubes, batteries and elec-

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2002

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 514/02

Aid intensity or amount: 6,73 % gross

Title: Agrolinz Melamin Deutschland GmbH

grant of EUR 9,225 million

Objective: Realisation of large investment project under the
multisectoral framework on regional aid

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Legal basis:

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— 29. Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung

Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2002

Member State: Germany (Brandenburg)

Aid No: N 300/02

Title: Aid in favour of Communicant Semiconductor Tech-
nologies AG

Objective: Realisation of a large investment project under the
multisectoral framework on regional aid for the construction of
a semiconductor plant

Legal basis: Haushaltsordnungen des Bundes und der Länder;
Programm für unmittelbare Bürgschaften des Bundes und der
Länder in den neuen Bundesländern und Berlin Ost

Budget: EUR 1 553,03 million

der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur“

— Investitionszulagengesetz 1999

Aid intensity or amount: 31,5 % gross

EUR 40 264 236

Duration: 2001 to 2004

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.10.2002

Member State: France (Overseas departments)

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 370,96 million

Aid No: N 517/01

Duration: 2001 to 2005

Title: Exemption, subject to authorisation, for profits in the
case of business start-ups in the overseas departments

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

Objective: Regional aid

Legal basis: Article 208 quater du code général des impôts

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Duration: 1 January 2001 to 31 December 2006

Legal basis:

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

— 28. Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung

der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur“

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— Investitionszulagengesetz 1999

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.11.2002

Member State: The Netherlands (Province of Friesland)

Aid No: N 616/A/B/02

Title: Frisian job plan 2003

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: Verordening Fries Banenplan 2003; vastgesteld
door Provinciale Staten dd 19 juni 2002 op grond van de
Provinciewet

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 23 450 000, amounting to an
aid intensity of 35 % gross

Duration: 2002 to 2003

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

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Budget:
The
EUR 1 500 000

average

annual

budget

amounts

to

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.11.2002

Aid intensity or amount:

— For the communes of Friesland retained on the Dutch
national regional State aid map (N 228/00) 20 % gross
grant equivalent (GGE),

— for the communes of Friesland that are not retained on the
Dutch national regional State aid map (N 228/00) 15 %
GGE for small enterprises and 7,5 % GGE for medium-sized
enterprises

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 653/02

Title: Consultancy services to SMEs (modification to State aid
N 477/2000)

Objective: To assist SMEs for obtaining specific external devel-
opment consultancy expertise

Budget: Indicative budget of EUR 5 million per year

Duration: 2003 to 2005

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % gross of the eligible costs

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 11.12.2002

Member State: Germany (Brandenburg)

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.11.2002

Aid No: N 640/02

Title: Aid in favour of Vestas Deutschland GmbH Lauch-
hammer

Objective: Realisation of a large investment under the multi-
sectoral framework on regional aid for the production of rotor
blades for wind energy facilities

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 654/02

Title: Trade fair participation by SMEs (modification to State
aid N 479/2000)

Objective: To assist SMEs to participate in trade fairs

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Budget: Indicative budget of EUR 4 million per year

Aid No: N 375/02

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % gross of the eligible costs

Title: Eleftho programme

Duration: Until 31.12.2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Objective: Regional development and promotion of high tech-
nology SMEs

Budget: EUR 100 million for the entire period 2001 to 2006

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Aid intensity or amount:

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.12.2002

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 699/02

Title: Aid for Icaria Initiatives Social for the recruitment of
eight mentally disabled workers

Objective: Aid to Employment

Legal basis: Decree 19 December 2001

Budget: EUR 72 121,44

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 4.10.2000

Member State: Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern)

Aid No: N 714/99

Title: Ganzliner Beschichtungspulver GmbH

Legal basis: Landeshaushaltsordnung des Landes Mecklenburg-
Vorpommern, § 59 Absatz 1

Aid intensity or amount: The measure does not constitute aid

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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— Investment aid: regional aid intensity ceilings applicable in

the region concerned,

— other activities

(mainly advisory services and general

training actions): 50 % GGE of eligible costs

Duration: 2001 to 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 15.11.2002

Member State: France (Guadeloupe)

Aid No: N 422/02

Title: Subsidised loan fund

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: Complément de programmation

Budget: EUR 1,830 million for the period 2000 to 2006

Aid intensity or amount: 75 % of eligible expenditure

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.11.2002

Member State: Greece

Member State: France (Guadeloupe)

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Aid No: N 423/02

— between 10 001 and 25 000 net tonne: EUR 0,40 per 100

net tonnes

Title: Fitting out and restoration of
forming part of Guadeloupe's heritage

traditional buildings

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: Complément de programmation

Budget: EUR 14 452 166 for the period 2000 to 2006

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % gross

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

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— more than 25 000 net

tonne: EUR 0,20 per 100 net

tonnes

Duration: No time limit

Other information: The present regime is implemented by the
District of Biscay (Deputación Foral de Bizkaia) which is a fiscally
autonomous territory in Spain. The Spanish authorities have
undertaken to provide annual reports on the achievement of
the Tonnage Tax objectives

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 5.2.2003

Date of adoption of the decision: 6.9.2001 and corrigendum
of 21.10.2002

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 572/02

Member State: Spain (Extremadura)

Aid No: N 834/2000 (corrigendum)

Title: Introduction of a tonnage tax scheme in Biscay (Depu-
tación Foral de Bizkaia)

Title: Employment aid scheme for enterprises in the non-profit
sector

the fleet and
Objective: To preserve competitiveness of
promote the maritime shipping ‘cluster’
(employment of
Community seafarers, preservation of maritime know-how in
the Community and development of maritime skills and the
improvement of safety)

Objective: Job creation in, and development of, enterprises in
the non-profit sector

Legal basis: Decreto de la Comunidad Autónoma de Extrema-
dura

Legal basis: Régimen de las empresas de transporte marítimo.
(título VIII de la Norma Foral no 3/1996, de 26 de junio, del
impuesto sobre sociedades)

Budget: EUR 11,5 million

Budget: EUR 1 million per year

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

— Up to including 1 000 net tonne: EUR 0,85 per 100 net

tonnes

— between 1 001 and 10 000 net tonne: EUR 0,71 per 100

net tonnes

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Until the end of 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.11.2001

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.12.2001

Member State: Portugal

Aid No: NN 144/01

Title: Airline insurance

insurance cover to air
Objective: Continued provision of
carriers and service providers in Portugal for certain war and
terrorist-related risks following the attacks in the USA on 11
September 2001

Legal basis: Two statements by the Portuguese Minister for
Finance and for Social equipment

Resolution 153/2001 of the Portuguese Government of 27
September 2001

Budget: State guarantee

Duration: 30 days

Other information: Renotification for any extension or modi-
fication of the scheme

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Member State: France

Aid No: NN 157/01

Title: State-guaranteed scheme to cover aviation risks

Objective: Establishment
service
providers based in France of insurance cover similar to that
existing before 11 September 2001 relating to risks of war and
terrorism

for airlines and airport

Legal basis: Décision du ministre de l'économie en date du 22
septembre 2001

Budget: State-issued insurance

Duration: From 25 September 2001 to 31 October 2001
initially

information: Amended scheme renewed for

Other
two
months as from 1 November 2001 and notified in the
context of this aid

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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