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: 2003-11-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, State aid, Sweden, United Kingdom, control of State aid

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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 284/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 24.6.2003

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 40/03

Title: Measures to promote certain house building

Objective: Stimulation of the construction of smaller rented
dwellings in Sweden's growth regions and of student accom-
modation at college and university sites

Legal basis: Proposition (lagförslag)

di Trento»), come aggiunto dall'articolo 66 della legge provin-
ciale 19 febbraio 2002, n. 1 («Misure collegate con la manovra
di finanza pubblica per l'anno 2002»)

Budget: EUR 2 000 000 by year

Duration: 2003 to 2005

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Budget: Expenditure not determined (estimated absolute
maximum net cost
four years
SKK 1,7 billion (EUR 184 million)

the whole period of

for

Aid intensity or amount: Reduction of the construction costs
of property owners by reimbursing a certain amount of the
paid Value Added Tax through tax account

Duration: 1 January 2003 to 31 December 2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 1.10.2003

Member State: Italy (Province of Trento)

Aid No: N 64/03

Title: Granting of aid in support of combined transport

Objective: To promote the development of rail combined
transport in the territory of the Province of Trento through
the reduction of the accessing costs to combined transport

Legal basis: Articolo 16 bis della legge provinciale del 9 luglio
1993 («Disciplina dei servizi pubblici di trasporto in provincia

Date of adoption of the decision: 18.9.2003

Member State: France (Lorraine)

Aid No: N 122/03

Title: Fonds d'industrialisation de la Lorraine (FIL)

Objective: De minimis — regional aid

Legal basis: Loi de Finance

Budget: EUR 9 million

Aid intensity or amount:

— 15 % or 20 % nge in eligible areas

— de minimis aid outside eligible areas

Duration: Until end 2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 6.10.2003

Duration: From end 2003 to 31 December 2006

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 132/03

Title: Aid scheme to promote energy saving measures, energy
efficiency and renewable energies — Navarra

Objective: Environmental aid

Legal basis: Proyecto de decreto foral

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Date of adoption of the decision: 17.9.2003

Budget: EUR 14 000 000. The annual budget
is EUR 2
million. This budget can be increased in 20 % during the
coming years. The total amount of aid referred to above is
indicative or approximate

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 214/03

Aid intensity or amount: Gross 40 % (This 40 % of gross aid
intensity can be increased in 5 percentage points since Navarra
is a region partially assisted and then falling within the scope
of 87(3)(c) of
and
medium-sized enterprises can receive an additional bonus of
10 percentage points but the total intensity of the aid will not
bypass 100 %)

the EC Treaty.

In addition,

small

Duration: From 31 December 2003 to 31 December 2007

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Date of adoption of the decision: 7.10.2003

Member State: Spain (Ceuta)

Aid No: N 197/03

Title: Scheme of economic incentives for the promotion of
entrepreneurial initiative in the Autonomous City of Ceuta

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: Bases reguladoras para la concesión de subvencio-
nes públicas a empresas beneficiarios del plan de incentivos
económicos para el fomento de la iniciativa empresarial en la
Ciudad Autónoma de Ceuta

Budget: EUR 600 000

Aid intensity or amount: Gross 40 % (The intensity may
increase in 15 percentage points when the beneficiaries of
the aid are small and medium-sized entreprises)

Title: Aid for productive investments by SMEs and large enter-
prises in regions eligible for regional aid

Objective: Regional development and SMEs

Legal basis:

— legge n. 181 del 15.5.1989, articoli 5, 6, 7 et 8;

— legge n. 289 del 27.12.2002, articolo 73;

— direttiva del ministero dell'industria, del commercio e

dell'artigianato del 23.3.2001;

— progetto di delibera del Comitato interministeriale per la

programmazione economica (CIPE)

Budget: EUR 180 million (for the duration of the scheme)

framework on regional aid for

Aid intensity or amount: Outside the scope of the multi-
sectoral
large investment
projects (OJ C 70, 19.3.2002), the maximum intensity under
the scheme is 8 %. This ceiling is raised by 10 percentage
points gross for small enterprises and 6 percentage points
gross for medium-sized enterprises. Outside regions eligible
for regional aid, the aid intensity is 7,5 % gge for medium-sized
enterprises and 15 % gge for small enterprises

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 3.9.2003

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid intensity or amount: For
non-profit making
research institutes: max. 100 %;

higher

fundamental

research by
or

establishments

education

Aid No: N 245/03 (modifying aid N 802/99 and N 228/02)

For fundamental research by firms: max. 50 %;

Title: Modification of State aid schemes ‘Research & Devel-
opment Tax Credit for SMEs’ and ‘Vaccines Research Relief’

For industrial research: max. 50 %;

Objective: To encourage overall spending on research and
development activities by SMEs and on development of
vaccines and drugs for the prevention and treatment of TB,
malaria and HIV/AIDS by all companies in the United Kingdom

Legal basis: Schedule 20 Finance Act 2000 and Schedule 13
Finance Act 2002

Budget: Negligible
(EUR 14 460 000) in 2004/05 and 2005/06

2003/04

in

and GBP 10 million

Aid intensity or amount: Unchanged

Duration: Unchanged

Other information: Annual report

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For feasibility studies preparatory to industrial research: max.
50 %;

For pre-competitive development activity: max. 25 %.

The aid intensity can be increased by max:

— 10 percentage points when the aid is to be given to SMEs;

— 5 percentage points when the aid is to be given to enter-

prises in assisted Areas 87(3)(a) and 87(3)(c)

Duration: Three years

Other information: Annual report

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Date of adoption of the decision: 6.10.2003

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 284/03

Date of adoption of the decision: 17.9.2003

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 322/03

Title: Fiat Auto and Comau training aid

Title: Waste Research and Innovation Programme and Waste
Demonstrator Programme

Objective: Training aid

Objective: To provide aid for the research and development of
new waste treatment technologies and the demonstration of
their viability in the United Kingdom operating conditions in
order to encourage their use by the waste disposal authorities.
The final objective is to reduce the amount of biodegradable
waste disposed of to landfill in England

Aid intensity or amount: Training aid of EUR 38 239 650 in
favour of Fiat Auto and training aid of EUR 5 537 573 in
favour of Comau

Duration: 2003 to 2005

Legal basis: Environmental Protection Act 1990

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Budget: GBP 38 million (EUR 55 million)
GBP 3,5 million (EUR 5 million)
million (EUR 22,5 million)
million (EUR 27 million) in 2005/2006)

(of which about
in 2003/2004, GBP 15,5
in 2004/2005 and GBP 19

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Date of adoption of the decision: 25.9.2003

Member State: Italy (Sardinia)

Aid No: N 597/02

Title: Business start-up aid

Aid intensity or amount: Aid intensities are granted in
accordance with the approved German regional aid map for
2004 to 2006. SMEs qualify for the SME supplement

Duration: From 1 January 2004 until 31 December 2006

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Objective: Aid for SMEs — regional aid

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Legal basis: Progetto di Deliberazione della Giunta regionale in
ordine alle direttive di attuazione della misura 4,3 C del POR
Sardegna 2000-2006

Budget: EUR 10 million

Aid intensity or amount: Interest subsidy estimated to be
equivalent to 13,08 % gge; aid below limits laid down by the
regional aid map

Member State: Germany

Date of adoption of the decision: 17.9.2003

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

Aid No: N 644/h/02

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Title: Extension of municipal economic infrastructure under
the joint scheme for improving regional economic structures,
together with Part II, point 7 of the general plan

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(h) Site development
infrastructure

for, and promotion of, public tourist

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: Gesetz über die GA „Verbesserung der regionalen
Wirtschaftsstruktur“ vom 6. Oktober 1969 in Verbindung mit
den einschlägigen Bestimmungen von Teil II Nummer 7 des
jeweils geltenden Rahmenplans der GA „Verbesserung der re-
gionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur“

Budget: Aid under the joint scheme (including for infra-
structure measures) totals EUR 5 billion for 2004-06; only
part of the aid is earmarked for this measure

Aid intensity or amount: The aid may represent up to 90 %
of eligible costs

Duration: 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 1.10.2003

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 642/02

Title: Renewal of the joint task scheme ‘Improvement of the
regional economic structure’
firms in regions
assisted under Article 87(3)(a) and (c) of the EC Treaty on
the basis of Part II of the 31st outline plan

in favour of

Objective: The scheme aims at
the furthering of regional
development by the award of aid for initial investment which
creates or safeguards long-term jobs

Legal basis: Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe (GA) „Ver-
besserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur“ vom 6. Oktober
1969 in Verbindung mit den einschlägigen Bestimmungen von
Teil II des 31. Rahmenplans zur GA

Budget: The main part of some EUR 5 billion for 2004 to
2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 5.3.2003

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Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 740/02

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Title: Extension of the United Kingdom Coal Operating Aid
Scheme and aid to the coal production for the period 24 July
2002 to 31 December 2002

Date of adoption of the decision: 13.10.2003

Objective: To improve
production units by reducing the production costs

economic

the

viability of

Member State: Germany

the

Aid No: NN 147/02 (ex N 735/02)

Legal basis: Plan for modernisation, rationalisation and restruc-
turing of the United Kingdom coal
industry and the United
Kingdom Coal Operating Aid Scheme

Budget: GBP 2 784 810

Aid intensity or amount: To cover the difference between
production costs and selling price

Duration: 24 July 2002 to 31 December 2002

Other information: The Commission has decided not to raise
any objections to State aid N 740/02 — United Kingdom,
the United Kingdom Coal Operating Aid
extension of
Scheme and aid to the coal production for the period 24
July 2002 to 31 December 2002, on the ground that the aid
is compatible with Council Regulation No 1407/02 and
Decision No 3632/93/ECSC

Title: Emergency Aid for Flood Disaster SME 2002

Objective: Aid to make good the damage caused by natural
disasters

Legal basis: Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für
Wirtschaft und Arbeit über die Gewährung von Soforthilfen für
die von der Hochwasserkatastrophe betroffenen kleinen und
mittleren Unternehmen vom August 2002 im Freistaat Sachsen
— Soforthilfe Hochwasserkatastrophe KMU 2002 — vom 19.
August 2002

Aid intensity or amount: Compensation of damage

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