Commission communication on the modification of the Multisectoral Framework on regional aid for large investment projects (2002) with regard to the establishment of a list of sectors facing structural problems and on a proposal of appropriate measures pursuant to Article 88 paragraph 1 of the EC Treaty, concerning the motor vehicle sector and the synthetic fibres sector (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-11-01
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: control of State aid, investment aid, man-made fibre, motor vehicle industry, regional aid

1.11.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 263/3

Commission communication on the modification of the Multisectoral Framework on regional aid
for large investment projects (2002) with regard to the establishment of a list of sectors facing
structural problems and on a proposal of appropriate measures pursuant to Article 88 paragraph 1
of the EC Treaty, concerning the motor vehicle sector and the synthetic fibres sector

(2003/C 263/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

aid for

large
The Multisectoral Framework on regional
investment projects (OJ C 70, 19.3.2002) foresees that by 31
December 2003 sectors where serious structural problems
prevail will be specified in a list of sectors annexed to the
framework.
difficulties
In view of
the Commission has
encountered in drawing up the list,
decided to postpone the adoption of such a list of sectors.

the methodological

Experience gathered in recent years and information available
on the current situation of the relevant sectors have led the
Commission to decide that limitations currently applying to
regional
investment aid in the motor vehicle sector and in
the synthetic fibres sector should be maintained.

The Commission has decided not to include the shipbuilding
sector within the scope of the Multisectoral Framework.

technical
The Commission has decided to introduce
correction to the wording of
the transitional rules to the
motor vehicle sector, to become applicable for aid awarded
after 31 December 2003.

a

For reasons of
the text of
Framework is therefore modified as follows.

transparency,

the Multisectoral

concerned and for which statistical data are readily available.
Other relevant data and information, including sectoral studies,
may also be taken into account. No sector will be included on
the basis of a purely mechanistic statistical approach. The list of
sectors may be updated whenever necessary.

___________
(16) Council Regulation (EEC) No 3696/93 of 29 October
1993 on the statistical classification of products by
activity
Economic
the
Community (OJ L 342, 31.12.1993, p. 1), as last
amended
(EC) No
by Commission Regulation
204/2002 (OJ L 36, 6.2.2002, p. 1).

European

(CPA)

in

The first sentence of point 33 is modified as follows:

33. If the Commission should decide to adopt such a list of sectors,
for sectors included in the list of
as from 1 January 2007,
sectors with serious structural problems, all regional investment
aid concerning an investment project involving eligible expen-
diture above an amount to be determined by the Commission
at the time of drawing up the list of sectors (18) must be indi-
vidually notified to the Commission, without prejudice to the
provisions laid down in Regulation (EC) No 70/2001.

___________
(18) This amount can in principle be set at EUR 25

million but may vary from sector to sector.

Point 31 is modified as follows:

Point 42 is modified as follows:

31. Sectors where serious structural problems prevail may be specified
in a list of sectors to be annexed to the framework. No regional
investment aid will be authorised in these sectors, subject to the
provisions laid down in this section. The technical feasibility and
political and economic opportunity to adopt such a list of sectors
will be examined before the end of 2005. If the Commission
should decide to adopt such a list of sectors, it will be adopted
and published before 31 March 2006 and become applicable on
the 1 of January 2007. Any appropriate measures pursuant to
Article 88 paragraph 1 of
the EC-Treaty that may become
necessary in this context will be proposed before 1 July 2006.

Point 32 is modified as follows:

32. For the purpose of examining the technical feasibility of drawing
up the list of sectors, serious structural problems will in principle
be measured on the basis of apparent consumption data, at the
appropriate level of the CPA classification (16) in the EEA, or, if
such information is not available, on the basis of any other
the products
market

segmentation generally

accepted

for

42. Until 31 December 2006, and without prejudice to Regulation

(EC) No 70/2001:

(a)

equivalent,

for aid amounts exceeding EUR 5 million, expressed in
gross grant
the maximum aid intensity for
regional
investment aid in the motor vehicle sector as
defined in Annex C to be granted under existing aid
schemes, is limited to 30 % of the corresponding regional
aid ceiling;

(b) no expenditure incurred in the context of investment projects
in the synthetic fibres sector as defined in Annex D will be
eligible for investment aid.

This point enters into force as from 1 January 2004.

Points 43 and 44 are repealed.

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Official Journal of the European Union

1.11.2003

After point 46, two new points 46 bis and 46 ter are inserted:

46 bis.

In order to have, in the absence of a list of sectors where
rules
structural problems prevail, a clear set of
serious
applicable
in the motor vehicle
investment
sector and in the synthetic fibres sector as from 1 January
2004, the Commission has decided to propose as appro-
priate measures under Article 88(1) of the Treaty:

to regional

— to continue to apply the existing transitional rules for
the synthetic fibres sectors as defined in Annex D until
31 December 2006,

— for aid amounts exceeding EUR 5 million, expressed in
the maximum aid
gross grant
intensity
investment aid in the motor
for
vehicle sector as defined in Annex C to be granted
under existing aid schemes, to 30 % of the corresponding
regional aid ceiling.

equivalent,
regional

to limit

46 ter. The Member States are

invited to give

explicit
agreement to the proposed appropriate measures within the
deadline specified in the letter addressed to them. In the
absence of any reply, the Commission will assume that the
Member State in question does not agree with the proposed
measures.

their

List of the national authorities responsible for liaising with the Commission and with the other
Member States within the framework of the measures to strengthen controls in the wine sector
(Article 3 paragraph 2 of Regulation (EC) No 2729/2000)

(2003/C 263/04)

(This list cancels and replaces the list published in Official Journal of the European Communities C 46 of
19 February 1999, page 1)

BELGIË/BELGIQUE

Ministère des classes moyennes et de l'agriculture
Administration de la politique agricole (DG 2)
Service des produits végétaux WTC III
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Ministerie van Middenstand en Landbouw
Bestuur voor het Landbouwbeleid (DG 2)
Dienst Plantaardige producten WTC III
Simon Bolivarlaan 30
B-1000 Brussel

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