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: 2004-03-13
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 65/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 11.8.2000

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 33/2000

Title: Aid package for maritime transport

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Objective: By reducing employer's
seamen's pension scheme,
support
therein

contributions
to the
the Finnish authorities aim to
the maritime transport sector and maintain jobs

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 200/99

Date of adoption of the decision: 26.5.1999

Legal basis: Lakiesitys 30.
1707/1991 muuttamisesta/Förslag till
nr 1707/1991 av den 30 december 1991

joulukuuta 1991 annetun lain
lag om ändring av lag

Title: Aid to interinsular maritime passenger transport in the
Balearic islands

Budget: FIM 20 000 000 (EUR 3,4 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 40 % reduction in employers'
contributions to the pension fund for seamen employed on
ships entered in Finland's International Register of Commercial
Shipping

Duration: Year 2000

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 21.4.1999

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 102/99

to Seafarer

Title: Amendment
Income Tax Concession
(N 533/98) to grant the benefit of the income tax concession
to Irish income tax liable qualifying seafarers working on board
vessels servicing mobile or fixed rigs and platforms of any kind
in any areas designated under the Continental Shelf Act 1976

Objective: Aid to the maritime transport sector

Legal basis: The Taxes Consolidation Act 1997, as amended by
Section 14 of the Finance Act 1998, which inserted Section
472B into the principal Act

Budget: Revenue shortfall per seafarer IRL 1 700 (EUR 2 158)
per annum

Duration: Indeterminate

Objective: Aid to the maritime transport sector

Legal basis: Proyecto de decreto

Budget: ESP 75 million (EUR 450 000) per annum

Duration: Indeterminate

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 22.12.1999

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 463/99

Title: State aid to Shortlines and ACTS compensating for
excessive market-access costs

Objective: Supporting two new entrants on the Dutch rail
cargo market

Legal basis: Ad hoc

Budget: NLG 2 000 000 (EUR 907 560)

Aid intensity or amount: 42 %/52 % of the start-up costs
incurred by Shortlines and ACTS

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 16.12.2003

Budget: FRF 12 million (EUR 1,829 million) a year

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 513/03

Title: Support for television production in Austria — Federal
scheme

Objective: Cinema

Legal basis: Fernsehfilmförderung

Budget: EUR 7,5 million each year

Aid intensity or amount: Amount of financial compensation
FRF 300 per person transported

Duration: Unlimited (budget voted on each year)

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Aid intensity or amount: Variable; below 50 % in all cases

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.3.2001

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Member State: France (Corsica)

Aid No: N 639/2000

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.12.2003

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 529/03

Title: Aid in favour of Babcock Borsig España

Objective: Restructuring aid — Capital goods industries

Legal basis: Ad hoc

Aid intensity or amount: Business secret

Duration: 2004 to 2008

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 1.3.2001

Member State: France (Corsica)

Aid No: N 638/2000

Title: Social aid to benefit certain categories of passenger on
the two air routes connecting Montpellier and Ajaccio and
Montpellier and Bastia

the permanent disadvantage
Objective: Measure to offset
resulting from the high transport costs associated with
Corsica's insularity

Legal basis: Délibération no 2000/43 AC de l'Assemblée de
Corse adoptée le 28 avril 2000

Title: Social aid to benefit certain categories of passengers on
the four air routes connecting Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi and Figari
with Lyon

Objective: Measure to offset
the permanent disadvantage
resulting from the high transport costs associated with
Corsica's insularity

Legal basis: Délibération no 2000/66 AC de l'Assemblée de
Corse adoptée le 25 mai 2000

Budget: FRF 10 million (EUR 1,524 million) a year

Aid intensity or amount: Amount of financial compensation
FRF 300 per person transported

Duration: Unlimited (budget voted on each year)

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 23.3.2001

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 856/2000

Title: Reimbursement
security contributions

to shipowners of employers'

social

By

reducing

social
security
Objective:
contributions due from shipowners,
the Finnish authorities
aim to support the maritime transport sector and maintain
jobs therein

level

the

of

Legal basis: Lakiesitys 30.
1707/1991 muuttamisesta/Förslag till
nr 1707/1991 av den 30 december 1991

joulukuuta 1991 annetun lain
lag om ändring av lag

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Budget: FIM 95 000 000 (EUR 16 million)

Budget: EUR 26,12 million

Aid intensity or amount: 14 % of the labour costs borne by
shipowners as a result of employing seamen

Duration: One-off operation in 2002

Duration: Unlimited

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 26.5.1999

Date of adoption of the decision: 15.10.2003

Member State: United Kingdom

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: NN 39/02

Aid No: NN 109/98

Title: Manchester Airport

Title: Airline compensation scheme — 11 to 14 September
2001

Objective: Development of airport infrastructure

Objective: Compensation for operating losses sustained by
Dutch airlines following the closure of certain parts of air
space during the period from 11 to 14 September 2001

Legal basis: Begroting Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat
2002

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting an aid

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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UNIFORM APPLICATION OF THE COMBINED NOMENCLATURE (CN)

(Classification of goods)

(2004/C 65/04)

Explanatory notes adopted in accordance with the procedure defined in Article 10(1) 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 2344/2003 (2)

The Explanatory notes to the Combined Nomenclature of the European Communities (3) shall be amended
as follows:

On page 356 the following text is inserted:

‘9506 99 90 Other

This subheading includes “frisbees” whether for use by children or adults.’

(1) OJ L 256, 7.9.1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 346, 31.12.2003, p. 38.
(3) OJ C 256, 23.10.2002, p. 1.