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: 2003-11-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Spain, State aid, coal industry, control of State aid, flood, regional development

C 271/46

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.11.2003

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2003/C 271/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.1.2003

Member State: Spain (Autonomous Community of the Princi-
pality of Asturias)

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

Aid No: N 626/02

Title: Aid scheme for private-capital coal companies of the
Autonomous Community of the Principality of Asturias

Objective: Promotion of projects concerning research and
technological development,
environmental protection and
training, the main objective being to improve safety

Legal basis: Council Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 of 23 July
2002 (1) on State aid to the coal
industry which allows
research and development,
Community aid schemes
environmental protection and training, namely:

for

— Community framework for State aid to research and devel-
opment
(Communication 96/C 45/06 of 17 February
1996 (2), as amended by Communication 98/C 48/02 of
15 February 1998 (3) and Communication 2002/C 111/03
of 8 May 2002 (4)),

— Community Directives on State aid for environmental
protection (Communication 2001/C 37/03 of 3 February
2001 (5)),

— Commission Regulation (EC) No 68/2001 of 12 January
2001 applying Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to
training aid (6)

Budget: EUR 1 million per annum

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.9.2003

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 629/02

Title: Austrian Measures for the Victims affected by the Floods
2002

Objective: Aid to make good the damage caused by the
summer flooding 2002

Legal basis: Diverse

Aid intensity or amount: Compensation of direct material
damage

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 1.10.2003

Member State: Spain (Canary Islands)

Aid No: N 773/02

Title: Amendment to the Canary Islands Business and Tax
Scheme
companies
producing tangible goods

(N 144/A/96) — special

scheme

for

Aid intensity or amount: No individual aid may exceed
EUR 300 000

Objective: Regional development

Duration: Three years (2002, 2003 and 2004)

Other information: Spain must ensure that the aid is used by
the companies in question only for the purposes for which it
has been authorised, while avoiding any use of this aid under
Articles 4, 5 and 7 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002

(1) OJ L 205, 2.8.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 45, 17.2.1996, pp. 5-14.
(3) OJ C 48, 13.2.1998, p. 2.
(4) OJ C 111, 8.5.2002, pp. 4-5.
(5) OJ C 37, 3.2.2001, pp. 3-15.
(6) OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 20.

Legal basis: Ley 19/1994, de 6 de julio, Real Decreto Legisla-
tivo 3/1996, de 26 de enero, Ley 13/1996, de 30 de diciembre,
y Ley 53/2002, de 30 de diciembre

Budget: EUR 24 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: 50 %

Duration: Until 31 December 2005

Other information: N 144/A/96

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