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: 2003-03-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, applied research, bus, communications systems, control of State aid, environmental protection, maritime cabotage, production technique, provision of services, venture capital

28.3.2003

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— Issuing of a marketing authorisation (Article 34 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93):

accepted

Date of the
decision

Name of the medicinal
product

Holder of the marketing authorisation

Number of the entry in the
Community Register

Date of
notification

6.3.2003

ProteqFlu-Te

6.3.2003

ProteqFlu

Merial
17, rue Bourgelat
F-69002 Lyon

Merial
17, rue Bourgelat
F-69002 Lyon

EU/2/03/038/001-004

10.3.2003

EU/2/03/037/001-004

10.3.2003

Anyone wishing to consult the public assessment report on the medicinal products in question and the
decisions relating thereto is invited to contact:

The European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal products
7, Westferry Circus
Canary Wharf
London E14 4HB
United Kingdom.

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2003/C 76/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.3.2003.

Member State: Italian Republic.

Aid No: N 19/03.

Title: Extension of a scheme to reduce social charges in the
maritime cabotage sector.

Objective: To promote the competitiveness of shipowners
active in the maritime cabotage sector.

Legal basis: Legge 27 dicembre 2002, n. 289.

Budget: A maximum of EUR 20 million/year.

Aid intensity or amount: 25 %.

Duration: One year.

Other information: Extension of a scheme already approved
by the Commission for the period 1999-2002.

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: 20.12.2002.

Member State: Germany (Lower Saxony).

Aid No: N 559/02.

Title: Guidelines concerning the granting of allocations in the
context of
‘Economy and Environment’
allocated by the funds of business development — ecological
scope.

the programme

Objective: To create more innovative methods of production
which aim at the efficient use of natural resources and the
substitution of environment-impairing materials.

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Legal basis: §§ 23 und 24 der Niedersächsischen Landeshaus-
haltsordnung.

Budget: In the year 2003 up to EUR 3,359 million for grants
and EUR 5,624 million for soft loans.

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 30 % gross of eligible costs,
plus surcharge of 10 % gross for SMEs, plus 5 % gross for firms
located in assisted regions.

Duration: Until 31.12.2007.

Title: Grant for long-distance coach services.

Objective: The scheme offers compensation. To the operators
of scheduled long-distance coach services, conditional on them
offering half-rate fare concessions to elderly and disabled
passengers.

Legal basis: Section 154 of the Transport Act 2000.

Budget: GBP 12 million (EUR 18,7 million) annually.

Aid intensity or amount: Not applicable.

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

Duration: Permanent.

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2002.

Member State: Germany.

Aid No: N 565/02.

Title: BTU — Beteiligungskapital für kleine Technologieunter-
nehmen.

Objective: R&D, SME, access to risk capital for small tech-
nology companies.

Legal basis: ERP-Haushaltsplangesetz.

Budget: EUR 195,2 million (no budget
approval).

increase since last

Duration: 30.6.2006.

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: 19.2.2003.

Member State: United Kingdom.

Aid No: N 588/02.

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: 15.11.2002.

Member State: Germany.

Aid No: N 633/02.

Title: Support of Innovative Networks — InnoNet.

Objective: To stimulate the collaboration especially between
SMEs and research institutions and to promote the more rapid
implementation of R&D results
in marketable products,
processes and services.

Legal basis: Bundeshaushaltsordnung.

Budget: EUR 13 million in 2003, EUR 16 million in 2004,
EUR 20 million in 2005, EUR 25 million per year from 2006
on.

Aid intensity or amount: Measure mostly not constituting
aid, very low intensity of possible aid effects.

Duration: 1.1.2003 until 31.12.2012.

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