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: 2003-05-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, air transport, cable transport, control of State aid, forestry research, power plant, tax exemption, tourism

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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 106/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 17.12.2002

Member State: Austria (Upper Austria)

Aid No: N 285/02

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Title: Tourism Impulse Programme Upper Austria 2002-2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.12.2002

Objective: To support investments in tourism

Legal basis: Beschluss der Regierung des Landes Oberösterreich
zum Tourismus-Impuls-Programm (TIP) Oberösterreich für den
Zeitraum 2002 bis 2006

Budget: EUR 27,5 million a year

Aid intensity or amount: max. 7,5/15 % respectively to
medium-sized and small enterprises;
intensities according to
regional aid map plus 10 % gross bonus for SMEs in areas
eligible under Article 87(3)(c) EC-Treaty

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

Aid No: N 404/02

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 533/02

Title: Aid to promote industrial participation in research and
development projects concerning supply products that have
been selected to equip the Airbus A380

Objective: To promote the participation of German aero-
nautical industry in the equipment of the new A380 aircraft

Legal basis: Haushaltsgesetz 2002 in Verbindung mit dem
Haushaltsplan 2002, in dem eine Verpflichtungsermächtigung
eingestellt ist; ERP-Verwaltungsgesetz

Budget: EUR 100 million

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 33 % for precompetetive
development activities

Duration: 2002-2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2002

Title: Temporary tax exemption for certain combined cycle gas
turbine power plants

Member State: Italy (Lombardia)

in certain CCGT-instal-
Objective: To promote investment
lations, thereby increasing the energy efficiency of electricity
production with the objective
environmental
benefits

to achieve

Aid No: N 586/02

Title: Aid measures
introduced with L.R. 9/98

in favour of cableway installations

Legal basis: Gesetz zur Änderung des Mineralölsteuergesetzes

Objective: Cableway installations

Duration: Five years as of entry into operation of the instal-
lation, which itself has to take place at the latest three years
and three months from the Commission's approval

Legal basis: Legge regionale n. 9/98 della Regione Lombardia
per la concessione di contributi per l'esercizio di sport invernali
— anni 2002-2005 — e relativa deliberazione della giunta
regionale del 6 agosto 2002

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Budget: EUR 150 000 000

Aid intensity or amount: Aid intensity in 2002 is: 40 % to
small enterprises, 32.5 % to medium enterprises, 20 % to
public entities. Intensities decrease by 5 percentage points in
each of the following 3 years in which the scheme is active

Duration: 2002-2005

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 24.1.2003

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 858/01

the
development priorities with emphasis on ensuring that
forest industry remains viable, internationally competitive and
environmentally sound within the context of sustainable devel-
opment. It will also develop further state-of-the-art competence
and a critical mass of forest research to encourage both inno-
vation and market development

Legal basis: Operational Programme for the Productive Sector
— part of the Ireland's National Development Plan 2000-2006

Budget: EUR 15 million for all measures; 12,697 million out
of 15 million are foreseen for the first sub-measure Research
Projects; the budget will be adopted every year. The budget for
the
second sub-measure — Technology Transfer — is
EUR 851 000

the measure will

Aid intensity or amount:
the
intensities allowed by the Community R & D Framework,
companies &
namely 35 % in the
commercial State bodies (100 % for non commercial institutes
and bodies)

case of commercial

respect

Title: Forest Research and Development Measure of the Oper-
ational Programme for the Productive sector

Duration: The scheme will last 7 years, 2000-2006

Forest Research and Development

Objective: With the proposed measure, the National Council
for
an
implementing body on behalf of Department of Marine and
National Resources (DMNR), intends to support research and

(Coford),

as

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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