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: 2004-01-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid, environmental protection, renewable energy, 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

(2004/C 6/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.11.2003

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 294/03

Objective: To speed up the development of nanometric CMOS
technologies

Legal basis: Régime de la filière électronique et décisions ad hoc
des collectivités territoriales

Title: Modification of the Green Certificates System

Budget: EUR 293,1 million

Objective: To maintain the competitiveness of fuel peat in
CHPs, particularly compared to the one of coal

Legal basis: Lag (2003:113) om elcertifikat och förordning
(2003:120) om elcertifikat

Aid intensity or amount: 21,7 %

Duration: 2002 to 2007

Other information: Form of the aid: grants

Aid intensity or amount: SEK 60/certificate, degressive over 5
years

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

Duration: Five years

Other information: Annual report

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.11.2003

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

Member State: United Kingdom

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.4.2003

Member State: Greece (Kyklades Islands)

Aid No: N 383/02

Title: Investment aid to Neorion Shipyards

Objective: Regional investment aid — Shipbuilding

Legal basis: Κοινή Υπουργική Απόφαση 28.000/600/2000

Budget: EUR 11,72 million

Aid No: N 477/03

Title: Capital grants for Renewable Technologies

in more expensive
Objective: To encourage
longer-term technologies
renewable energy, with the
longer term aim of helping meet the UK's need for clean elec-
tricity supplies

investment

for

Legal basis: The Science and Technology Act (1965)

Budget: GBP 183 million (about EUR 261,7 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 40 % + 10 % bonus for
SMEs

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 2,64 million/22,5 %

Duration: Eight years, until December 2010

Other information: Form of aid: Grant

Other information: Annual report

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

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.7.2003

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.11.2003

Member State: France

Aid No: N 39/03

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 614/02

Title: Cooperative agreement on research in nanoelectronics

Title: Piemonte — Aid for the reduction of polluting emissions

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Objective: To develop the production and use of alternative
energy sources
(windpower) and energy saving measures
(combined heat and energy production and district heating)
by investment projects that allow high levels of energy effi-
ciency and environmental protection in terms of reduction of
CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions (points 30, 31 and 32
of the environmental guidelines)

Legal basis: Le misure di aiuto saranno accordate in base alla
seguente normativa: (1) legge 23 dicembre 1998, n. 448; (2)
decreto del ministero dell'Ambiente 20 luglio 2000, n. 337; (3)
deliberazione della giunta regionale della regione Piemonte n.
48-1883 del 28.12.2000; (4) DGR della regione Piemonte n.
27-4262 del 29.10.2001; (5) determinazione dirigenziale della
regione Piemonte n. 321 del 30 luglio

Budget: The budget amounts to EUR 6 336 202,08

Aid intensity or amount: The maximum aid intensities are
30 % of the eligible costs for project 3, 40 % for projects 1, 2,
4, 8 and 9 and 75 % for projects 5, 6 and 7

aid will be

after
Duration: The
Commission's approval and the scheme will
therefore last
one financial year, which is the time estimated necessary to
distribute the amount attributed to the Region Piemonte on the
basis of Decree 337

granted immediately

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: 11.11.2003

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 812/02

Title: Temporary Defensive Measures for shipbuilding

Objective: Operating aid in the shipbuilding sector

Legal basis: Real Decreto 442/1994

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 6 % of contract value

Duration: From 24 October 2002 until 31 March 2004

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

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.3303 — GE/Vivendi Universal Entertainment)

(2004/C 6/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 19 December 2003, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. The full text of the decision is only available in English and will be
made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— as a paper version through the sales offices of the Office for Official Publications of the European

Communities (see list on the last page),

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