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: 2004-03-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, 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 67/06)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.3.2000

Other information: Annual report

Member State: France (Corsica)

Aid No: N 24/2000

Title: Social aid to benefit certain categories of passenger on
the eight air routes between Marseilles and Nice on the one
hand and Ajaccio, Bastia, Calvi and Figari on the other

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

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 21.1.2004

Member State: Germany

Legal basis: Délibération no 99/154 AC de l'Assemblée de
Corse adoptée le 23 décembre 1999

Aid No: N 280/03

Budget: 150 million French francs (EUR 22,87 million) a year

Title: Innovation Fund of IBG Saxony-Anhalt — Prolongation
of State aid N 707/2000

Aid intensity or amount: Amount of financial compensation
ranging from 220 to 300 francs per person carried

Objective: Risk capital

Duration: Unlimited (budget voted on each year)

Legal basis: Verwaltungsvorschriften zu § 44 Bundeshaushalts-
ordnung; Beteiligungsgrundsätze der IBG

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Budget: EUR 20 to 25 million per year

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

Aid intensity or amount: Investments in small companies and
medium-sized enterprises in their start-up stages can amount to
up to EUR 1 million in a region qualifying for assistance under
Article 87(3)(a) of the EC Treaty

Date of adoption of the decision: 29.1.2004

Duration: 1.1.2004 to 31.12.2006

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 269/03

Title: Grants and loans for technological research and devel-
opment

Objective: To promote R & D activities

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Legal basis: Valtioneuvoston asetus teknologisen tutkimus- ja
kehitystoiminnan rahoituksesta

Member State: Germany

Budget: 2003: Grant: EUR 153,7 million; Loan and capital
loan: EUR 71,9 million

Aid No: N 318/03

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.1.2004

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 70 per cent

Duration: Five years

Title: Promotion of Technology Centres in Saxony-Anhalt —
Programme for the stimulation of technology transfer and the
creation of technology-oriented start-up enterprises in Saxony-
Anhalt

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Objective: Technology transfer

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.1999

Legal basis: Verwaltungsvorschriften zu § 44 Bundeshaushalts-
ordnung

Budget: EUR 4 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 75 % of eligible costs for
technology centres; up to 50 % of eligible costs for start-up
firms benefiting from the centre

Duration: 1.1.2004 to 31.12.2007

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Date of adoption of the decision: 14.11.2003

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 329/03

Title: Programme to support
competence of middle-class enterprises — PRO INNO II

the increase of

innovation

Objective: Furthering research and development activities in
particular for SMEs

Legal basis: Verwaltungsvorschriften zu § 44 Bundeshaushalts-
ordnung

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 369/99

Title: Relief of seafarers social security charges in maritime
cabotage

Objective: To improve the competition position of
Italian
maritime transport companies operating cabotage services
between Italian ports

Legal basis: Schema di disegno di
legge recante misure di
sostegno all'industria cantieristica ed armatoriale ed alla ricerca
applicata nel settore navale (Articolo 8)

Budget:
EUR 200 million)

ITL 226 000 million per annum (approximately

Aid intensity or amount: 80 % of social security charges
normally payable by shipping companies in connection with
employment of EU seafarers on board ships under the Italian
flag in cabotage

Duration: Three years (1999-2001)

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Budget: EUR 140 million per year

Date of adoption of the decision: 29.1.2004

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 % for research estab-
lishments; 50 % for industrial research and 25 % for precom-
petitive development as basis rates for enterprises plus (if
applicable) a bonus of 10 % points for SMEs as defined by
the Commission, 10 % points for Article 87(3)(a) areas, 5 %
points for Article 87(3)(c) areas, 10 % points if the project
involves effective cooperation between at least two independent
partners in two Member States, particularly in the context of
coordinating national RTD policies or if the project involves
effective cooperation between firms and public research bodies,
particularly in the context of coordination of national RTD
policies or if the project's results are widely disseminated and
published, patent
licences are granted or other appropriate
steps are taken under conditions similar to those for the
dissemination of Community RTD results (Article 167 of the
EC Treaty)

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 542/03

Title: Prolongation of the Berlin Ground Rent Programme

Objective: Regional Aid

Legal basis: Senatsbeschluss Nr. 4323/94 und der Beschluss
des Abgeordnetenhauses von Berlin vom 23. Juni 1994

Budget: EUR 1 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 20 % NGE

Duration: 1.1.2004 to 31.12.2008

Duration: 1.1.2004 to 31.12.2006

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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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 30.3.1999

Member State: Italy (Tuscany)

Aid No: N 638/98

Title: Subsidy to Aerelba, the company which manages the
airport on the island of Elba

Objective: To finance work to modernise the airport on the
island of Elba (Marina di Campo)

Legal basis: Proposta di legge n. 3 del 19 ottobre 1998, della
Regione Toscana

ITL 300 million (approximately

EUR 154 937);
Budget:
ITL 200 million (EUR 103 291) was allocated for the year
2000

Aid intensity or amount: This measure does not constitute
aid

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

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Budget: Subsidy of no more than ITL 1 billion

Date of adoption of the decision: 4.10.2000

Duration: Duration of the modernisation work

Member State: The Kingdom of Spain

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dential information has been removed, can be found at

Aid No: N 950/99

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 25.4.2001

Member State: Italy (Liguria)

Aid No: N 733/2000

Title: Individual aid to Aero Transport Internacional, SA

Objective: Joint development of integrated transport logistics

Legal basis: Iniciativa PYME de desarrollo empresarial. (Orden
de 7 de octubre de 1997 del Departamento de Industria, Co-
mercio y Turismo de la Generalitat de Catalunya, de convoca-
toria para la concesión de ayudas de la Iniciativa PYME de
desarrollo empresarial)

Title: Regional action to upgrade the public taxi service

Budget: ESP 2 350 000

the public

service by
Objective: To improve
encouraging the fitting of various instruments to taxis to
(the disabled, driver
them to specific requirements
adapt
safety,
the environment), or the
introduction of
outright replacement of vehicles

the euro,

transport

Legal basis: Legge regionale della Liguria n. 7/2000, «Interventi
regionali per la riqualificazione del servizio di trasporto pub-
blico di taxi»

intensity or

Aid
ESP 7 500 000

amount:

31 % of

total

cost

of

Duration: One-time payment

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

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