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: 2003-07-24
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Denmark, France, State aid, control of State aid, electrical energy, overseas department (France), public bank, regional aid, regional planning, town planning

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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 175/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 30.4.2003

Aid intensity or amount: DKK 0,02/kWh-DKK 0,10/kWh

Member State: Austria

Aid No: E 8/02

Duration: 2007

Other information: Annual report

Title: Public bank guarantees (Ausfallshaftung) in Austria

Objective: Support the credit institutions concerned in their
economic functioning

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dential information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Legal basis: Regional
referring in general terms to § 1356 ABGB (civil code)

laws and/or statutes of

the banks,

Budget: Unlimited in amount

Date of adoption of the decision: 30.4.2003

Form of interventions: State guarantees

Member State: France

Aid intensity or amount: Not quantified

Aid No: N 766/02

Duration: Unlimited in time

Title: Urban free zones

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dential information has been removed, can be found at:

Objective: Regeneration

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

Legal basis: Projet de loi «pacte de relance pour la ville»

Budget: EUR 213 000 000,00 over five years

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.4.2003

Duration: From 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2007

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 466/02

Title: Electricity production grant

Objective: Promote combined heat and power production
using waste, natural gas and biogas

Legal basis: Lov nr. 944 af 27. december 1991 om tilskud til
elproduktion, senest ændret ved lov nr. 393 af 6. juni 2002 om
ændring af lov om energiafgift af mineralolieprodukter m.v.,
lov om afgift af naturgas og bygas, lov om afgift af stenkul,
brunkul og koks m.v., lov om kuldioxidafgift af visse energi-
produkter, lov om afgift af svovl og lov om tilskud til elpro-
duktion

Budget: 2003: DKK 328 million (about EUR 44,1 million);
2004: DKK 323 million (about EUR 43,5 million); 2005:
DKK 306,9 million
2006:
DKK 301,9 million (about EUR 40,6 million)

EUR 41,3 million);

(about

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 27.5.2003

Member State: France (Overseas departments)

Aid No: N 236/02

Title: Regional Participation Fund — Overseas departments

Objective: Regional aid

Legal basis: Loi no 46860 du 30.4.1946 et décret 92-1176
modifié par le décret 2000-878

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Budget: EUR 6 098 000,00

Objective: Improvement of alpine supply

EUR 2 287 000,00

Comments:
and
Guadeloupe and EUR 762 000,00 for French Guiana and
Réunion

for Martinique

Aid intensity or amount: Gross: 8,4 %; Net: 5,34 %

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: 5.3.2003

Member State: Austria (Tyrol)

Aid No: N 774/02

Legal basis: „Rahmenrichtlinie für die Wirtschaftsförderung des
Landes Tirol“ und Förderungsrichtlinie — ROSP 2001—2006
— Förderungsschwerpunkt „Verbesserung von infrastrukturel-
len Alpinangeboten“
(Raumordnungsschwerpunktprogramm
ROSP 2001—2006)

Budget: EUR 125 million for the period until the end of 2006

Aid intensity or amount: Up to the ceiling applicable in the
respective SME Regulation, the regional aid ceilings under the
regional aid map as in force at the moment the aid is awarded
with and the multisectoral framework for big investments with
additional
temporary increase in the aid intensity for the
promotion of skilifts

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

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dential information has been removed, can be found at:

Title: Tyrol programme of regional planning priorities (ROSP)
2001-2006 — improvement of infrastructure alpine supply

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

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2003/C 175/05)

Date of adoption of the decision: 24.6.2003

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.6.2003

Member State: France

Aid No: N 363/02

Member State: Italy (Cremona)

Title: Operating aids in the livestock sector for the Overseas
Departments

Aid No: N 691/02

Objective: To favour the development of the livestock sector
and mitigate the specific constraints of the French Overseas
Departments

Budget: EUR 1 million a year (EUR 0,5 million for Guyane
and EUR 0,5 million for Réunion)

Aid intensity or amount: Variable according to the measure

Duration: Five years

Title: Criteria for the granting of aid in the agri-food sector

Objective: To subsidize promotional and advertising activities
in favour of agri-food products

Legal basis: Modifiche e integrazioni al regolamento provin-
ciale n. 103 del 22.12.1999 «criteri per la concessione di con-
tributi nel settore agro-alimentare»

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Budget: Approximately EUR 30 000 a year for the first three
years

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

Aid intensity or amount: For promotion: 100 % of eligible
expenses; For advertising: maximum 50 % of eligible expenses