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: 2005-05-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid

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Official Journal of the European Union

28.5.2005

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 131/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption: 16 March 2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 30 June 2004

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 23/2005

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 89/04

Title: Prolongation of Temporary Defensive Measures for Ship-
building

Title: Guarantee in favour of the Housing Finance Agency
(HFA)

Objective: Contract related aid

Social housing schemes funded by the HFA

Legal basis: Richtlinien des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und
Arbeit zu befristeten Schutzmassnahmen für den Schiffbau vom 24.
Oktober 2002

Budget: EUR 149 000 000

Aid intensity or amount: 6 % — grant

Duration: 24.10.2002—31.3.2005

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/

Date of adoption: 9 March 2005

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 39/2005

Title: Temporary Defensive Mechanism for Shipbuilding

Objective: Contract related aid

Legal basis: Valtioneuvoston asetus telakkateollisuuden kilpailuedel-
lytysten
avustuksesta,
30.12.2004

turvaamiseen myönnettävästä

valtion

Budget: EUR 13 660 000

Aid intensity or amount: 6 % — grant

Duration: 1.1.2004—31.3.2005

Legal basis: Section 17 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provi-
sions) Act 2002

Objective: The provision of social housing by local authori-
ties, the provision of social housing by bodies authorized under
Section 17 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002
(voluntary housing bodies).

Budget: Limit fixed at EUR 6 billion.

Duration: 10 years

Other information: Form of interventions: State guarantees
and preferential funding

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 16 June 2004

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 179/04

Title: Finnish municipal guarantees

Objective: to safeguard the joint funding of the Finnish muni-
cipal sector.

Legal basis: Laki Kuntien takauskeskuksesta N:o 487/1996
(Annettu Helsingissä 28 päivänä kesäkuuta 1996)

Duration: the joint funding system has been operating since
1996.

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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/

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Date of adoption: 20 July 2004

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 213/03

Title: Project ATLAS: broadband infrastructure scheme for
business parks

Objective: Promoting access to broadband infrastructure for
SME's (telecommunication) [Scotland]

Legal basis: Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 19990,
as amended 1 April 2001 by Scottish Statutory Instrument
2001, No. 126

Aid intensity or amount: Estimated annual and overall
revenue losses EUR 10 million

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 20 October 2004

Member State: France — Guadeloupe

Budget: GBP 9 700 000 (EUR 15 000 000)

Aid No: N 385/04

Duration: 25 years

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption: 16 March 2005

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 346/04

Title: Aid to Altair Chimica

Objective: Environmental protection

Title: Social aid scheme to benefit certain categories of passen-
gers on air services linking Guadeloupe to mainland France

Objective: Compensation for the handicaps due to Guadelou-
pe's remoteness — Air transport

Legal basis: Article 60 de la loi no 2003-660 du 21 juillet 2003
de programme pour l'outre-mer

Budget: EUR 6 255 810 for the first year

Duration: Indefinite

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/

Legal basis:
23.6.2004

legge 662/1996 and accordo programma quadro of

Date of adoption of the decision: 2 March 2005

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 4 971 816 — grant

Member State: Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt)

Duration: 2005-2006

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 22 September 2004

Member State: Ireland (All regions)

Aid No: N 354/04

Title: Company Holding Regime

Objective: Tax relief (All sectors)

Legal basis: Finance Act 2004

Aid No: N 457/2004

Title: Aid in favour of Q-Cells AG

Objective: Regional aid

Legal basis: Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe (GA) ‘Verbes-
serung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur’ vom 6. Oktober 1969 in
Verbindung mit den einschlägigen Bestimmungen von Teil II des 31.
Rahmenplan zur GA, zuletzt genehmigt bis zum 31. Dezember
2006 durch den Beschluss der Kommission in der Beihilfesache Nr.
N 642/02 vom 1.10.2003 (ABl. C 284 vom 27.11.2003, S. 2)

Aid amount: 15 % (SME bonus) of EUR 49 800 000 eligible
costs

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/

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Date of adoption of the decision: 14 December 2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 7 May 2004

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 458/04

Title: Public support to Espacio Editorial Andaluza Holding,
S.L.

Legal basis: Convenio Marco de Colaboración entre la Consejería de
la presidencia y la Entidad ‘Espacio Editorial Andaluza, SL’, firmado
el 23 de octubre de 2001

Propuesta de colaboración y proyecto de Convenio Especifico de Cola-
boración de la Consejería de la presidencia y la Entidad ‘El Correo de
Andalucia, SL’ para la ejecución del Proyecto de difusión ‘Biblioteca
de Autores Andaluces’

Budget: EUR 69 000

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting aid

Duration: From the signature of the proyecto de Convenio
Especifico to 1 January 2005.

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 23 December 2004

Member State: Hungary (All regions)

Aid No: N 504/04

Title: Amendment of the tax development benefit

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: 1996. évi LXXXI. Törvény a társasági adóról és az
osztalékadóról

Budget: Estimated EUR 73 million for 2005

Aid intensity or amount: Unchanged

Duration: 2005-2006

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/

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 676/02

Title: Cableways, Valle d'Aosta

Objective: Cableway installations

Legal basis: Disegno di legge regionale n. 169/2002

Budget: EUR 15 million per year

Duration: until 2006

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 16 November 2004

Member State: Germany (Sachsen)

Aid No: NN 15/04

Title: Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes

Objective: Investment incentives to increase efficiency, reduce
costs and increase product quality (Seamless Tubes)

Legal basis: Fördergebietsgesetz von 1993 (genehmigt als Beihilfe-
sache Nr. N 2070/95) und Investitionszulagengesetz in den Neuen
Ländern (1996 und 1999 — genehmigt als Beihilfesachen Nr.
N 494/A/95 und C72/1998).

Aid intensity or amount:

— Special tax allowance: EUR 285 076

— Investment allowance: EUR 107 919,77

— Total: around EUR 394 000

Duration: 24 months (1998 to 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/