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: 2004-01-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid for restructuring, aid to disaster victims, control of State aid, regional development, shipbuilding

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Official Journal of the European Union

16.1.2004

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2004/C 12/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 26.11.2003

Member State: Italy (Umbria)

Aid No: N 152/03

Title: Fund for risk capital financing and equity loans

Objective: Regional development

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: 10.12.2003

Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta regionale 30 dicembre
2002, n. 1894 e successive modiche. Atti d'esecuzione della
deliberazione stessa

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 276/03

Budget: EUR 9,409 million

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

Other information: Obligation to submit to the Commission
an annual report on the application of the scheme. In the case
of measures falling within the scope of the notice on State aid
and risk capital, the report must contain a calculation of the
grant equivalent of the aid at the time the capital is mobilised,
based on its effective yield

Title: Shipbuilding — Development aid to Indonesia for two
passenger ferries

Objective: The preferential financing conditions for the two
ferries will enable the government of Indonesia to continue
applying low transport fares for the population via its state
owned shipping company PT.Pelni. Low budget transport by
ferry should create access to work, markets, education and
social services

Legal basis: Finanzielle Zusammenarbeit mit Indonesien und
KfW-Finanzkredit, Deutschland

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

Budget: EUR 53 550 000

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

Aid intensity or amount: 35,7 %

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.12.2003

Member State: Belgium (Flemish Region)

Aid No: N 275/03

Duration: 40 years

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

Title: Aid scheme for large enterprises in regional aid areas in
Flanders

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.12.2003

Objective: Regional development

Member State: The Netherlands (the flooded area in the
Province of Limburg)

Legal basis: Decreet van 31 januari 2003 betreffende het eco-
nomisch ondersteuningsbeleid (Belgisch Staatsblad van 25
maart 2003)

Aid No: N 42/B/03

Budget: The annual budget for the scheme is estimated at
around EUR 30 million

Aid intensity or amount: 10 % Net Grant Equivalent to 15 %
NGE (about 14 % Gross Grant Equivalent
to 21 % GGE)
according to the region

Duration: 1 January 2004 to 31 December 2009

Title: Flooding of the Maas 2-6 January 2003 — Compen-
sation of damages to non-agrarian enterprises

Objective: Compensate damages

Legal basis: Wet van 25 mei 1998 houdende regels over te-
gemoetkoming in de schade en de kosten ingeval van over-
stromingen door zoet water, aardbevingen of andere rampen
en zware ongevallen

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Budget: The estimated budget EUR 0,6 million

Objective: Rescue aid

Duration: Claims had to be introduced before February 21,
2003

Legal basis: Konsolidierungsfonds I des Landes Berlin

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 intensity or amount: EUR 600 000

Duration: Six months

Date of adoption of the decision: 10.12.2003

Member State: Germany (Berlin)

Aid No: N 465/03

Other information: Commitment of Germany to communicate
to the Commission, within six months after authorisation of
the rescue measure, a restructuring plan or a liquidation plan
or proof that the loan has been reimbursed in full amount

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

Title: Aid in favour of Metallindustriewerk Staaken GmbH

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

UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE (CN)

(Classification of goods)

(2004/C 12/06)

Explanatory notes adopted in accordance with the procedure defined in Article 10 of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87 of 23 July 1987 on the tariff and statistical nomenclature and on the
Common Customs Tariff (1) as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1871/2003 (2)

The ‘Explanatory Notes to the combined nomenclature of the European Communities’ (3) are amended as
follows:

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0307 91 00
to
0307 99 90

Other, including flours, meals and pellets of aquatic invertebrates other than crus-
taceans, fit for human consumption

The text reproduced under No 6 is replaced by the following:

‘6. aquatic invertebrates, other than crustaceans and those molluscs specified or included in subheadings
0307 10 to 0307 60 00, in particular sea-urchins, sea cucumbers (bêches de mer), jellyfish and frozen
cuttlefish of the species Sepia pharaonis.’

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0403

Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or
acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added
sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or
cocoa

Insert the following text after the present text:

‘For the purposes of this heading, the term “buttermilk” covers both sweet (i.e. non-acidified) and acidified
buttermilk.’

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 5.
(3) OJ C 256, 23.10.2002, p. 1.