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: 2005-04-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Germany, Ireland, Portugal, Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, 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 98/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 4 August 2004

Objective(s): Aid for R&D

Member State: United Kingdom, West-Cumbria

Budget: GBP 5 000 000,00

Aid No: N 177/04

Duration: From 1 January 2005 to 31 December 2010

Title: Adjustments to the UK Regional Aid map 2000-2006

Objective: Regional aid

Aid intensity or amount: 20 % NGE

Duration: as of entry into force of
December 2006

the decision until 31

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 5 September 2003

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 179/03

Title: Aid in favour of Ford Werke AG in Genk

Objective: Realisation of a large investment project in the
motor vehicle sector under the Multisectoral Framework on
regional aid

Legal basis: ad hoc aid

Budget: EUR 1 073 million (Ford)

Aid amount: EUR 45,06 million (Ford)

Duration: 2003—2007

Other information: Total aid amount of EUR 2,572 million
for five first-tier component suppliers in the context of an
overall project.

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential
information has been removed, can be found at:

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

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 26 July 2004

Member State: Portugal

Aid No: N 228/04

Title: Modification of the aid scheme to promote strategic
tourism products (SIVETUR)

Objective: Improvement and diversification of national tourist
facilities

Legal basis: Portaria

Budget: EUR 300 million

Aid intensity or amount: Variable, depending on the type of
investment project, undertaking and region

Duration: Until 31 December 2006

Other information: N 89/2000

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption: 21 October 2004

Member State: Spain

Aid number: N 240/2004

Date of decision: 13 October 2004

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid Number: N 195/2004

Title: Subsidised Use of R&D Facilities at the National Micro-
systems Packaging Centre (NMPC)

Title: Project of aid for the gasification of the Comunidad
Autónoma de la Región de Murcia

Objective: Regional development (all sectors)

Legal basis: Real Decreto 949/2001; Real Decreto 1434/2002;
Orden ECO/31/2004; Orden de la Consejería de Economía, Indus-
tria e Innovación de la Región de Murcia.

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Budget: EUR 11 181 000

Intensity or amount: The proposed rate of aid intensity fore-
seen by the measure is 17,91 % gross.

Duration: Until 31 December 2012

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information has been removed, can be found at:

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Objective: Development aid measure

Legal basis: ad hoc aid

Aid amount: EUR 3,29 million

Duration: 2003—2005

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information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 21 October 2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 8 September 2004

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 333/2004

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 598/2003

Title: Temporary Defensive Measures
Prolongation of the scheme

for Shipbuilding —

Title: Aid in favour of DOW for an ethylene pipeline between
Stade and Teutschental

Objective: Contract-related operating aid in the shipbuilding
sector

Legal basis: Real Decreto 442/1994 of 11 March 1994, as
amended by Real Decreto 1274/2003 of 10 October 2003

Aid intensity: max. 6 % of contract value

Duration: 25 October 2002 — 31 March 2005; LNG-carriers:
25 June 2003 — 31 March 2005

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Objective: regional development

Legal basis: Investitionszulagengesetz 1999

Amount: EUR 13 616 000

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption: 2 March 2005

Member States: Ireland

Aid No: N 599/2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 30 March 2004

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 423/03

five companies (DMT Potsdam —
Title: Aid in favour of
Gesellschaft für Umwelt- und Geotechnik; Quantum Hydrome-
trie GmbH — Gesellschaft für Mess- und Systemtechnik mbH;
Institut
für angewandte Gewässerökologie GmbH; WASY
GmbH — Gesellschaft für wasserwirtschaftliche Planung und
in
Systemforschung mbH; Voigt
Brandenburg

Ingenieure Luckau GmbH)

Title: Excise duty exemption for biofuels — tax benefit

Objective: Environmental protection

Legal basis: Section 98A of Finance Act of 1999 amended in
2004

Budget: EUR 3 000 000 per year

Duration: 2 years

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information has been removed, can be found at:

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