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: 2005-05-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, State aid, United Kingdom, application of EU law, 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 126/05)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 2 June 2004

Member State: France

Aid No: E 46/2001

Title: Exemption from tax on health insurance contracts

Objective: Social aid

Legal basis: article 995-15o du code général des impôts

Duration: Unlimited

Objective: To develop combined transport,
to
achieve a traffic shift of freight from road transport to other
modes of transport. The planned measures will help to achieve
the national and EU Kyoto target.

in order

Legal basis: Allgemeine Rahmenrichtlinien für die Gewährung von
Förderungen aus Bundesmitteln; 51. Verordnung des Bundesministers
für Finanzen, Jahrgang 2004

Budget: EUR 18 million

Duration: 2003-2008

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Date of decision: 19 January 2005

Date of adoption of decision: 26 July 2000

Member State: Finland

No of the aid: N 70/2004

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 142/00

Title: Exemption from the payment of the withholding income
tax and compensation for social contributions for seafarers in
the maritime transport

Objective: Safeguard employment of EEA seafarers on board
of Finnish passenger vessels and preserve maritime know-how
within the Community

Legal basis: Laki n:o 542/2004, 24. kesäkuuta 2004, ja laki n:o
62/2004, 9. heinäkuuta 2004

Budget: around EUR 50 million per year

Duration: 5 years (2005-2009)

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Title: Aid for shipping, dredging and towing

Objective: Through exemption from the payroll
the
Belgian authorities wish to support the development of ship-
ping, dredging and towing at sea and meet competition from
outside the European Union.

tax,

Legal basis: Loi du 24 décembre 1999/Wet van 24 december
1999

Budget: Aid to shipping and dredging: BEF 151 million (EUR
3,7 million) a year.

Aid to the towing sector: BEF 120 million (EUR 3 million) a
year

Aid intensity or amount: Exemption from payroll tax for
seamen liable to income tax in Belgium and employed on
board ships bearing a certificate of registry and flying the flag
of a Member State.

Duration: Unlimited

Date of adoption of the decision: 8 September 2004

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 140/2004

Title: Programme of aid for combined transport road-rail-ship

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 16 November 2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 14 December 2004

Member State: United Kingdom — Scotland

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 307/2004

Aid No: N 496/04

Title: Broadband in Scotland — Rural and remote areas

Title: Support for film and audiovisual production from the
Flemish Community — Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds vzw

Objective: To support the provision of affordable broadband
telecommunications services in rural and remote areas in Scot-
land (telecommunications sector).

Legal basis: Section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998

Budget: State intervention GBP 12-17 million

Objective: Cinema

Legal basis: Decreet van 13 april 1999 houdende machtiging van
de Vlaamse Regering om toe te treden tot en om mee te werken aan
de oprichting van de vzw Vlaams Audiovisueel Fonds

Budget: EUR 12 000 000 + EUR 500 000 for 2004

Aid intensity or amount: unknown. Subject
payment mechanism.

to reverse

Aid intensity or amount: Variable; always less than 50 %

Duration: 3 to 5 years.

Duration: Until end 2005

Other information: The providers elected to provide the
service is mandated to provide non-discriminatory open access
to third party providers.

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 21 January 2004

Member State: France

Aid No: N 421/2003

Title: Aid to the French coal industry to cover the costs of
closure for the year 2003

Objective: to cover the costs of the ceasing of all underground
hard coal mining activities in France, taking into account the
social and regional consequences

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

Budget: EUR 916,4 million

Duration: 2003

Date of adoption of decision: 7 December 2000

Member State: France

Aid No: N 593/2000

Title: Refunding the maritime part of the trading income tax
(local tax)

Objective: The refunding to commercial shipowners of the
maritime part of the trading income tax is intended to make
French shipping more competitive against competition from
outside the European Union.

Legal basis: Circulaire ministérielle du 8 mars 1990, reconduite par
les circulaires des 25 octobre 1995 et 19 janvier 1999.

Budget: For 2001, FRF 100 000 000 (EUR 15,2 million); as of
1993, FRF 92 000 000 (EUR 14,02 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of the maritime part of the
trading income tax paid by each recipient undertaking during
the previous tax year.

Duration: Unlimited

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 19 January 2005

Other information: Type of aid: Capital grants

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 644i/2002

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Title: Development of municipal
infrastructure
pursuant to Part II, Section 7 of the Framework plan under the
joint
improving
regional economic structures:

Federal Government/Länder

economic

scheme

for

(i) Construction or development of regional airports

Objective: Improve regional airport infrastructure in order to
create adequate conditions for economic activities and invest-
ments by industry.

Legal basis: Gemeinschaftsaufgabe (GA) ‘Verbesserung der regio-
nalen Wirftschaftsstruktur’ vom 6 Oktober 1969 in Verbindung mit
den einschlägigen Bestimmungen von Teil II Nummer 7 des jeweils
geltenden Rahmenplans der GA.

Budget: Total aid under the joint scheme amount to approxi-
mately EUR 5 billion of which only a part is intended for the
measure in question (estimated at EUR 10 million annually).

Date of adoption of decision: 31 January 2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 766/2000

Title: Refund to shipping companies of employers' compulsory
social security contributions

Objective: To make French shipping more competitive against
competition from outside the European Union

Legal basis: Circulaire ministérielle du 31 mars 1999

Budget: FRF 215 million (EUR 32,7 million) a year

Aid intensity or amount: Variable, up to 100 % of the contri-
butions paid by the company in the previous year.

Duration: Unlimited

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Duration: 2004 — 2006

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