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: 2003-04-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, air transport, coal industry, control of State aid, insurance, personal accident insurance, terrorism, third-party insurance

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Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3097 — Maersk Data/Eurogate IT/Global Transport Solutions JV)

(2003/C 87/08)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 12 March 2003, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
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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 87/09)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.2.2002

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 34/02

Title: Aviation insurance scheme

Objective: Establishment of a government indemnities scheme
for airlines and other aviation sector enterprises established in
Ireland in the event of
losses suffered as a result of their
third-party liability in respect of risks of war and terrorism

Duration: From 24 September 2001 to 24 October 2001
initially

Other information: Amended scheme renewed twice for the
period from 24 October 2001 to the end of 2001, notified in
the context of this aid

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: Air navigation and Transport Indemnities Act,
(‘Act to make provision for the granting of indemnities to air
navigation undertakings by the Minister for Public Enterprise
and to make provision for matters related thereto’) of 19
December

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.2.2002

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: NN 43/02

Budget: Upper limit: EUR 9 billion

Title: Extension of Airline Insurance (23 October-31 December
2001)

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

Legal basis: ‘Relationship agreement’ signed on 23 September
2001 between The Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's
Treasury, AON Limited, Willis
Limited, Global
Aerospace Underwriting Limited and Alnery No 2190 Limited

Faber

Duration: 23 October-31 December 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

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.2.2003

Other information: Extension of a scheme which was auth-
orised by the Commission on 23 October 2001 (NN 90/01)

Member State: Spain

Aid No: NN 109/02

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

Title: Aid to the coalmining company Hulleras del Norte S.A.
(Hunosa) for the outsourcing of inherited social welfare costs

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 6.3.2002

Member State: Finland

Aid No: NN 45/02

Title: Temporary State guarantee in respect of
third-party
liability insurance for airlines relating to risks of war and
terrorism

Objective: Establishment
third-party
liability insurance cover similar to that existing before 11
September 2001 relating to risks of war and terrorism

for Finnish airlines of

Legal basis: Valtioneuvoston päätös väliaikaisen valtiontakuun
myöntämisestä suomalaisille lentoyhtiöille koskien kolmansille
osapuolille sotariskitilanteissa aiheutuvia vahinkoja

Budget: State-issued insurance

Duration: From 25 September 2001 to 24 October 2001
initially

Other information: Amended scheme renewed for the period
from 25 October 2001 to 25 December, notified in the context
of this aid

Objective: Outsourcing of the social welfare commitments of
Hunosa in respect of its workers who have retired following
the restructuring of the coal industry in Spain

Legal basis: Article 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No
1407/2002 of 23 July 2002 on State aid to the coal
industry (1)

Budget: EUR 1 629,23 million

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of the social welfare costs
connected with restructuring

Duration: 1999 and 2001

Other information: Spain has undertaken to ensure that, in
general, new jobs are filled by surplus staff from other mining
companies which closed earlier who cannot, on account of
their age, take early retirement

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

(1) Taking into account Commission Communication 2002/C 152/03
concerning certain aspects of the treatment of competition cases
resulting from the expiry of the ECSC Treaty (OJ C 152, 26.6.2002,
p. 5).