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: 2005-04-16
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

(2005/C 92/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 11 June 2004

Duration: 6 years

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 34/2004

Title: Budget increase of authorised scheme N 502/2000 —
Aid in favour of investment of maritime undertakings for the
year 2000

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Objective: To favour investments of maritime undertakings

Date of adoption of the decision: 26 January 2005

Legal basis: scheme N 502/2000 — ‘Aid in favour of invest-
ment of maritime undertakings for the year 2000’, and

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 128/2004

‘Art. 4 della Legge 24 dicembre 2003, n. 350 — Legge Finan-
ziaria 2004 — recante il rifinanziamento degli interventi di cui
all'articolo 3 della Legge 16 marzo 2001, n. 88’

Title: Extension of the operating aid scheme provided for in
Article 27 of Law 19/1994 (N 144/A/1996) for the Canary
Islands

Budget: The budget
annum for three years

is increased by EUR 10 million per

Objective: To compensate for the additional costs associated
with remoteness

Aid intensity: 2,225 %

Legal basis: Artículo 27 de la Ley 19/94, Régimen Económico
y Fiscal de Canarias

Duration: The increase concerns the years 2004, 2005 and
2006

Budget: The annual reduction in tax revenue provided for by
the
is
EUR 68 515 380

authorities

Spanish

scheme

under

the

aid

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Aid amount: Variable

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 8 September 2004

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid Number: N 45/2003

Duration: 31 December 2006

Other information: Requirement to submit an annual report
under Article 21 of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of
22 March 1999

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Title: State guarantee to Partnerships UK Finance Ltd

Date of adoption of the decision: 19 May 2004

Objective: Public Private Partnerships

Budget: State guarantee covering a loan of GBP 50 million

Member State: France

Aid No: N 138/2004

Aid intensity or amount: measure not constituting aid

Title: Prolongation of Temporary Defensive Measures for LNG
Tankers

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Objective: Operating aid in the shipbuilding sector

Title: Prolongation of Temporary Defensive Measures for ship-
building

Legal basis: Application du règlement (CE) no 502/2004 du
Conseil du 11 mars 2004 modifiant le règlement (CE) no 1177/
2002

Aid intensity: max. 6 % of contract value

Duration: until 31 March 2005

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Objective: Operating aid in the shipbuilding sector

Legal basis: Art. 3 Kaderwet EZ Subsidies

Aid intensity: max. 6 % of contract value, budget of EUR
50 million

Duration: until 31 March 2005

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 8 September 2004

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 203/2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 2 April 2004

Member State: Portugal

Aid No: N 459/03

Title: Volvo — regional
finished trucks

transport aid scheme-extension to

Title: Business enterprise zones

Objective: Grant of regional transport aid for the transport of
finished truck cabins produced in the Volvo plant in Umeå.

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: Förordningen om regionalt transportstöd

Amount: EUR 2,2 million to EUR 2,7 million per year

Duration: 2003 — 2006

Legal basis: Portaria

Budget: EUR 61 million

Aid intensity: Variable

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 14 July 2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 13 May 2004

Member State: Netherlands

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 242/2004

Aid No: N 519/2003

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Title: Land of Saxony-Anhalt scheme providing grants for
innovative, technology-orientated cooperative projects in the
area of future technologies

Objective: Promote cooperative research and development
projects

Legal basis: Landeshaushaltsordnung (Verwaltungsvorschriften
zu § 44 der Landeshaushaltsordnung) und Mittelstandsförder-
ungsgesetz vom 27. Juni 2001 (GVBl. LSA, S. 230)

Budget: EUR 4 million per financial year

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with ‘Community
framework for State aid for research and development’

Duration: 31 December 2007

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 16 March 2004

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 521/2003

Title: Shipbuilding — Development aid to Jamaica

Objective: Support the supply of three patrol boats to the
‘Coast Guard of Jamaica’ contracted by the Jamaican Ministry of
Finance to ensure patrol missions at the Jamaican coast. The
acquisition of the patrol boats is necessary to combat organised
crime in particular in the context of smuggling of drugs.
Increased security will make Jamaica more attractive for tour-
ists. Further, the patrol boats will combat illegal fishing, detect
oil pollution and carry-out rescue operations.

Legal basis: Programa de auxílios ao financiamento baseado
em condições ORET/Miliev

Aid intensity: 35 %

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 7 May 2004

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 637/03

Title: Aid for the integration of workers

Objective: To promote employment by facilitating access to
the employment market by newly arrived foreigners

Legal basis: Integrationsloven, der blev vedtaget af Folketinget
den 26. juni 1998 og trådte i kraft den 1. januar 1999.

Lov nr. 425 af 10.
juni 2003. Endvidere vedlægges L 174
(forslag til lov om ændring af integrationsloven of udlændinge-
loven):

— § 23 c

— § 23 d

— § 24 a, stk. 2

Budget: DKR 5,8 million and DKR 2 million per year respec-
tively for wage subsidies and sponsorship. These are estimates,
as the scheme does not set a limit for the number of foreigners
who may be employed with the benefit of wage subsidies or
sponsorship.

Aid intensity or amount: max. 29,1 % of wage costs

Duration: 30 June 2007

Other information: Requirement to submit an annual report
(Article 21 of Council Regulation (EC) No 659/1999 of
22 March 1999)

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

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