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: 2003-10-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, research and development, shipbuilding

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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 252/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 17.9.2003

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 192/03

Title: Shipbuilding — Multi Purpose Ships for Sri Lanka

Objective: Support the supply of two multi purpose vessels to
MSCL, a private Sri Lankan company with public participation.
The aim is to ensure the maintenance of coastal shipping
between southern and northern Sri Lankan ports. The
acquisition of the two vessels is necessary in order to replace
two obsolete ships of MSCL

Legal basis: Financieringsprogramma gekoppelde steun ORET/
Miliev

Aid intensity or amount: 60 % gross for industrial research;
35 % gross for precompetitive development activity; 5 and 10
percentage points increases are foreseen respectively in the
87(3)(c) areas and where the conditions set down in point
5.10.4(b) of the guidelines are met

Duration: 2003 to 2008 (according to docup obj. 2, 2000 to
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

Budget: Grant of [. . .] (*)

Aid intensity or amount: 35 %

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.5.2003

Member State: Spain (Madrid)

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

Aid No: N 48/03

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

(*) Confidential information.

Objective: Research and development

Title: Research and development aid in the aerospace industry

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.8.2003

Member State: Italy (Friuli Venezia Giulia Region)

Aid No: N 240/03

Title: Aid to R & D in the craft and industry sectors

Objective: The scheme is intended to stimulate SMEs to
undertake research and precompetitive activity projects

Legal basis: Deliberazioni della Giunta Regionale del Friuli
Venezia Giulia riguardanti rispettivamente il settore dell'artigia-
nato e dell'industria

Budget: EUR 10 564 126, for the whole scheme

Legal basis: Orden de la Consejería de Economía e Innovación
Tecnológica por la que se regula la concesión de ayudas cofi-
nanciadas por el Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional para el
fomento de la innovación tecnológica en el sector aeroespacial
de la Comunidad de Madrid

Budget: EUR 12 million per year

industrial

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % for
research
projects, 25 % for pre-competitive development activities,
75 % for viability studies prior to industrial research activities
and 50 % for viability studies prior to pre-competitive devel-
opment activities. Bonus of 10 percentage points for SMEs, 5
percentage points in assisted areas and 15 percentage points
where the project relates to the objectives of a specific project
increased to 25
covered by the framework programme,
percentage points in the case of cross-frontier collaboration
and 10 percentage points in the case of cross-frontier colla-
boration or collaboration between enterprises and public
research centres or in the case of wide dissemination of the
research findings

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Duration: 2003 to 2006

Other information: Annual report

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

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: 15.7.2003

Member State: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.7.2003

Aid No: NN 96/2000

Member State: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Title: IRTU Compete Programme

Aid No: N 92/03

Title: Northern Ireland Compete Programme — Round three
(2003 to 2008)

Objective: Supporting R & D precompetitive development
activities

Legal basis: Industrial Development Act 2002

Budget: GBP 5,5 million per annum (approximately EUR 7,7
million)

Aid intensity or amount: 40 % gross for precompetitive
development activities and 50 % gross for studies preparatory
to precompetitive development activities

Objective: Supporting R & D precompetitive development
activities

Legal basis: Industrial Development (Northern Ireland) Order
1982

Budget: GBP 5,5 million per annum (approximately EUR 7,7
million)

Aid intensity or amount: 40 % gross for precompetitive
development activities and 50 % gross for studies preparatory
to precompetitive development

Duration: 1998 to 2003

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

Duration: Ten years — subject to changes in the Commission
framework on aid for research and development

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