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: 2004-02-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, 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

(2004/C 38/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.5.2003

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 20/03

Title: Aid in respect of redundancy payments arising from the
closure of the Selby Complex owned by United Kingdom Coal

Objective: To assist with redundancy costs at United Kingdom
Coal

Legal basis: Section 8 of the Industrial Development Act 1982

Duration: The scheme will
the Commission's
approval decision and its duration should be limited to the
time necessary for the procedures of liquidation, presumably
before the end of 2004

start after

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

Budget: GBP 10 million

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.12.2003

Aid intensity or amount: GBP 10 million

Member State: France (Overseas Departments)

Duration: 2002 to 2004

Aid No: N 427/03

Other information: The Commission has decided not to raise
any objections to State aid N 20/03 — The United Kingdom,
aid in respect of redundancy payments arising from the closure
of the Selby Complex owned by United Kingdom Coal, on the
ground that the aid is compatible with Council Regulation (EC)
No 1407/2002

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

Title: Overseas
Compagnie Air Austral

investment

programme

for

2003 —

Objective: Regional development — Aviation sector — Aid
for refitting two Boeing B
for the purchase of equipment
777-200s

Legal basis: Article 199 undecies B du code général des impôts

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

Budget: EUR 3 205 000

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.12.2003

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 208/03

Title: Eco-incentives for companies

Objective: The scheme is intended to promote actions and
interventions of enterprises to improve the environmental
impact of production on the territory of the region

Legal basis: Deliberazione regionale n. 546 del 31 marzo
2003 e Legge della Giunta regionale n. 250 del 26.9.2001
«Piano di azione ambientale per un futuro sostenibile»

Budget: The total budget of the scheme will presumably be of
EUR 20 million

Aid intensity or amount: 30 % gross of the eligible costs
(40 % for SMEs) and of 50 % of
services
provided by outside
consultants only for SMEs within
objective D) actions

the costs of

information:

Individual Decision following

Other
the
Commission Decision of 28 November 2001 — N 672/2000
— France; Tax aid scheme for overseas investment; Annual
reports for five years after the investment is made

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: 16.12.2003

Member State: France (Overseas Departments)

Aid No: N 474/03

Title: Overseas
Compagnie Air Caraïbes

investment

programme

for

2003 —

Objective: Regional development — Aviation sector — Aid
for the purchase of a new eight-seater plane of the type Cessna
Caravan

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Legal basis: Article 199 undecies B du code général des impôts

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

Budget: EUR 735 590

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

information:

Individual Decision following

Other
the
Commission Decision of 28 November 2001 — N 672/2000
— France; Tax aid scheme for overseas investment; Annual
reports for five years after the investment is made

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: 13.5.2003

Member State: France

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Aid No: N 737/02

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.2.2002

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 736/01

Title: Scheme for the tonnage based taxation of shipping
companies (Tonnage Tax)

Promote

‘cluster’
Objective:
(employment of EC seafarers, preservation of maritime
know-how in the EC and development of maritime skills and
the improvement of safety)

the maritime

shipping

Legal basis: Modificación de la Ley del Impuesto de Sociedades
introduciendo un impuesto de tonelaje para las empresas na-
vieras

Budget: Approximately EUR 6 million (1 000 million pesetas)
per year

Aid intensity or amount: Under the Tonnage Tax the profit
from each qualifying ship is to be calculated by reference to a
fixed rate per 100 net tonnage per day as follows:

Up to 1 000 tons: EUR 0,90/day/100 net tonnage

Title: Tonnage tax scheme for shipping companies

for shipping companies which have
Objective: To replace,
opted for the tonnage tax scheme, the taxable basis used in
the calculation of corporate tax by an amount determined on
the basis of vessel tonnage, as follows:

Up to 1 000 net tonnes: EUR 0,93 per 100 NT

Between 1 001 and 10 000 net tonnes: EUR 0,71 per 100 NT

Between 10 001 and 25 000 net
100 NT

tonnes: EUR 0,47 per

Over 25 001 net tonnes: EUR 0,24 per 100 NT.

This scheme does not impose any condition with regard to the
flag of the vessel

Legal basis: Loi de finances rectificative pour 2002

Budget: Approximately EUR 11 million per annum

Duration: 2 years for the scheme, 10 years for individual aid

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: 24.6.2003

For the excess up to 10 000 tons: EUR 0,70/day/100 net
tonnage

Member State: United Kingdom

For the excess up to 25 000 tons: EUR 0,40/day/100 net
tonnage

Aid No: N 814/02

the excess over 25 000 tons: EUR 0,20/day/100 net

For
tonnage

Title: Aid scheme to cover initial
United Kingdom coal industry

investment costs to the

Duration: No time limit

the
Objective: To assist production units
technical investments necessary to maintain their competitive
capacity and to guarantee access to reserves

to implement

Other information: The Spanish authorities committed them-
selves to provide regular reports on the achievement of the
Tonnage Tax' objectives

Legal basis: Council Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 of 23 July
2002 on State aid to the coal industry

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Budget: GBP 60 million

Aid intensity or amount: 30 % of the total investment costs

Duration: 2003 to 2005

Legal basis: The Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment)
Act 1998

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting aid

Other information: The Commission has decided not to raise
any objections to State aid N 814/02 — The United Kingdom,
to the United
aid scheme to cover initial
Kingdom coal
the aid is
compatible with Council Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002

industry, on the ground that

investment cost

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

Other information:

The Commission has decided that:

— The tax exemptions enjoyed by Aer Rianta until the end of
1998 are to be considered as existing aid. Since such
exemptions have been abolished no appropriate measures
are required.

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— The

transfer of assets

from the Minister

for Public

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.11.2001

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: NN 86/01

Title: Aer Rianta — Irish Airports

Enterprise to Aer Rianta is not an aid.

— Aer Rianta operates duty free shops and car parks as an
agent of the Ministry. There is no evidence that any airline
has been granted State aid in form of exclusive concessions
at the airports owned and operated by Aer Rianta

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Objective: Provision of access to airport facilities

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Notice concerning the anti-dumping duty in force in respect of imports into the Community of
colour television receivers originating, inter alia, in the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Thailand:
modification of the name of a company subject to individual anti-dumping duty rates

(2004/C 38/04)

Imports of colour television receivers originating, inter alia, in the Republic of Korea, Malaysia and Thailand
are subject to definitive anti-dumping measures imposed by Council Regulation (EC) No 1531/2002 (1).

Thomson Television (Thailand) Co., Ltd, a company located in Pathumthani, Thailand, whose exports to
the Community of colour television receivers originating in the Republic of Korea and Malaysia are subject
to an individual anti-dumping duty rate of 0 % and those originating in Thailand to an individual anti-
dumping duty rate of 3 % by the aforementioned Regulation, has informed the Commission that it has
changed its name to Thomson Manufacturing Operations (Thailand) Co., Ltd. The company has asked the
Commission to confirm that the change of name does not affect the right of the company to benefit from
the individual duty rates applied to the company under its previous name of Thomson Television
(Thailand) Co., Ltd.

The Commission has examined the information supplied, which demonstrates that all the company's
activities linked to the manufacturing, sales and exports of colour television receivers are unaffected by
the change of name. The Commission therefore concludes that the change of name in no way affects the
findings of Council Regulation (EC) No 1531/2002. In view of the absence of any substantive change of
circumstances, the reference to Thomson Television (Thailand) Co., Ltd should be read as Thomson
Manufacturing Operations (Thailand) Co., Ltd in Article 1(2) of Council Regulation (EC) No 1531/2002.

The Taric additional code 8815 previously attributed to Thomson Television (Thailand) Co., Ltd shall apply
to Thomson Manufacturing Operations (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

(1) OJ L 231, 29.8.2002, p. 1.