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: 2005-06-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, application of EU law, control of State aid

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Official Journal of the European Union

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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 136/19)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption: 8 September 2004

Member State: France

Aid No: N 38/2004

Legal basis: Decreet van 19 december 2003 houdende de alge-
mene uitgavenbegroting van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap voor
het begrotingsjaar 2004, Beleidsbrief Media — Beleidspriori-
teiten 2003-2004

Aid amount: Up to EUR 1.4 million per annum for up to 5
year, totalling up to EUR 7 million.

Title: Aid for inland waterway freight carriers established in
France

Intensity or amount: 50 %

Legal basis: On 10 December 2003,
in preparation for its
2004 budget, the Management Board of the public institution
Voies navigables de France (French Inland Waterways), which
manages the infrastructure and is responsible for implementing
part of the aid plan, approved an estimate of revenue and
expenditure for 2004 which included appropriations for imple-
menting the aid scheme.

In addition, Law No 2003-1311 on the 2004 Budget, passed
by Parliament on 30 December 2003, allocates appropriations
to the ‘measures to assist inland navigation’ budget line, the
main purpose of which is to finance the aid scheme.

Objective: The scheme is designed to foster the development
of inland waterway transport in France by modernising the
fleet and by promoting and renewing the occupation of inland
waterway carrier.

Budget: 14.5 — 15 million euros

Duration: 2004-2007

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 of the decision: 14 December 2004

Duration of project: at least 3 years, option to be prolonged
for another 2 years

Other information: Final budgets and aid amounts depends
on result of call for proposals and available state funds.

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 decision: 30 April 2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 88/2001

Title: Refund to shipping companies of contributions to the
family allowances and unemployment insurance funds

Objective: To make French shipping more competitive against
international competition

Budget: Approximately EUR 22.8 million per year

Aid intensity: 100 % of the contributions to the family allow-
ances and unemployment insurance funds paid by shipowners
for the seamen they employ.

Member State: Belgium, Vlaamse Gemeenschap

Duration: Unlimited

Aid No: N 74/2004

Title: Aid to the Flemish Written Press

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/

Objective: Preserving information pluralism and editorial
culture via projects selected through an open call for proposals.

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Date of decision: 20 October 2004

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 114/2004

Title: Tonnage tax scheme for shipping companies.

Objective: To replace,
for shipping companies which have
opted for the tonnage tax scheme, the taxable basis used in the
calculation of corporate tax by an amount determined on the
basis of vessel tonnage, at the following daily rate:

— Up to 1 000 net tonnes

EUR 0.90 per 100 NT

— Between 1 001 and 10 000 net

tonnes

EUR 0.70 per 100 NT

— Between 10 001 and 25 000 net

tonnes

EUR 0.40 per 100 NT

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 decision: 1 December 2004

Member State: Denmark

No of the aid: N 171/2004

Title: Adaptation of the Danish tonnage tax regime aiming at
taking account of the renting out of commercial facilities

Objective: Preserve competitiveness of the fleet and promote
the maritime shipping ‘cluster’ (employment of EC seafarers,
preservation of maritime know-how in the EC and develop-
ment of maritime skills and the improvement of safety)

— Over 25 001 net tonnes

EUR 0.20 per 100 NT

Legal basis: Forslag til Lov om aendring af tonnageskatteloven
(Leijendtaegt m.v. af lokaler om bord)

This scheme requires that vessels are already registered on an
Italian shipping register.

Budget: around DKK 15 million per year (around EUR 2
million per year)

Legal basis: decreto-legge

Budget: Approximately €20 million per annum

Duration: 10 years for the scheme, 10 years for individual aid.

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/

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 of the decision: 16 June 2004

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 181/04

Date of adoption of the decision: 7 May 2004

Title: Support for the film industry in Baden-Württemberg —
Medien und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH

Member State: Belgium — Flemish Region

Objective: Cinema

Aid No: N 128/2003

Title: Aid for the transport of domestic waste by inland water-
ways in the Flemish Region

Objective: To promote the transport of domestic waste on
Flemish inland waterways. The Flemish Region will subsidize
the acquisition of handling installations to be at the disposal of
the municipalities/associations of local authorities

Legal basis: Agreement of 10 June 1999 between the Flemish
Region and N.V.Zeekanaal en Watergebonden Grondbeheer.

Budget and duration: The duration of the project is fixed to
coincide with the service life of the cranes. The budget will
amount to EUR 7,432 million.

Legal basis: Richtlinien der Medien und Filmgesellschaft
Baden-Württemberg mbH zur Förderung von Film- und Fern-
sehproduktionen in Baden-Württemberg

Aid intensity or amount: Variable; always less than 50 %,
except in certain cases

Duration: Until end-2007

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: 23 October 2003

Date of adoption of the decision: 16 March 2005

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 201/2003

Title: Regional development grants

Objective: Regional development and SME development

Legal basis: Förordning x:x om ändring i
(2000:279) om regionalt utvecklingsbidrag

förordningen

Budget: The annual budget of the scheme is 350 million SEK
(EUR 38 million).

Aid intensity or amount: Regional aid intensity ceilings for
investments carried out in regions eligible for national regional
aid 15 % for investments by small companies outside areas
eligible for national regional aid

Duration: The original aid scheme was approved until 31
December 2004

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 of the decision: 16 March 2005

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 238/04

Title: Aid scheme for the funding of new combined transport
traffic.

Objective: To promote combined transport sector with a view
to switching from road transport to alternative way of trans-
port.

Member State: Belgium — Walloon Region.

Aid No: N 247/04

Title: Aid for combined transport in the Walloon Region.

Objective: Aid to promote
Walloon Region.

combined transport

in the

Legal basis: Arrêté du Gouvernement wallon portant diverses
mesures relatives au transport combiné en exécution de l'article
5, paragraphe 1er, 2o, a) du décret du 11 mars 2004 relatif aux
incitants régionaux en faveur des grandes entreprises et de l'ar-
ticle 5, paragraphe 1er, 2o a) du décret du 11 mars 2004 relatif
aux incitants régionaux en faveur des petites et moyennes
entreprises.

Budget: EUR 3 million.

Aid intensity or amount: The total amount of the combined
transport premium and of the exemption from property tax is
limited to 30 % of the investment and may not exceed EUR
250 000. The premium for consultancy services is set at 50 %
of the consultancy fees and may not exceed EUR 50 000 per
undertaking over three years.

Duration: 2004-2006.

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/

Date of adoption: 20 October 2004

Member State: Sweden

Case number: N 253/2004

Title: Full exemption from the energy tax for energy-intensive
companies

Objective: To promote an effective use of energy

Legal basis: Richtlinie zur Förderung neuer Verkehre im
Kombinierten Verkehr auf Schiene und Wasserstraße

Legal basis:

Budget: EUR 45M

Aid intensity or amount:

Start-up aid: a maximum of 30 % of the operating costs of the
new transport service.

Investment grants: A maximum of 30 % of the investment.

Duration: three years

‘Lag (1994:1776) om skatt på energi’

‘Lagen om program för energieffektivisering’

Budget:

Annually: ca. SEK 180 million (ca. EUR 20 million).

In total: ca. SEK 1 800 million (ca. EUR 198 million).

Duration: 10 years

Other information: Annual report

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

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confiden-
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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Official Journal of the European Union

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Date of adoption of the decision: 11 February2 005

Title: Western Investment Fund

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 260b/2004

Title: Prolongation of the scheme to promote the use of insu-
lating material
from renewable raw materials by simplified
procedure.

Objective: Environmental aid aiming at increasing the use of
insulation material from renewable raw materials

Legal basis: Leitlinien zur Förderung von Vorhaben, die im
Wesentlichen der ‘Verwendung von Isolationsmaterialien aus
erneuerbaren Rohstoffen’ auf der Grundlage des Gemeinschafts-
rahmens für staatliche Umweltschutzbeihilfen dienen

Objective: The notified aid measure intends to address the
lack of small amounts of risk capital by SMEs in the Western
regions of Ireland (1).

Legal basis: The Irish Western Development Commission Act
1998.

Budget: EUR 34 400 000 (This amount is the total budget of
the scheme/fund and not the aid amount as such)

Duration: 31 December 2016

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

Amount: EUR 10 million

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

Duration: 2 additional years (3.5 years in total)

Other information: Adoption by simplified procedure

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 decision: 20 October 2004

Member State: France

Aid No: N 283/2004

Title: Multisectoral framework 2002 — Regional
aid for TOTAL (Gonfreville)

investment

Objective: Regional development

Legal basis: Loi no 2002/276 du 27 février 2002 sur la démo-
cratie de proximité; Régime d'aides directes des collectivités
territoriales en faveur des projets d'investissement productif des
grandes entreprises N 440/2003

Budget: EUR 48 mio

(1) The Western regions of

Ireland are composed of

the counties
Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon and Sligo which are
all areas falling under Article 87 (3) (a) of the EC-Treaty and of the
county Clare which is an area falling under Article 87 (3) (c) of the
EC-Treaty.

Date of adoption of the decision: 19 January 2005

Member State: The Republic of Latvia

Aid No: N 380/04

Title: Latvijas Gaze

Objective: Energy (Gas)

Legal basis:

— Sale and Purchase Agreement of 2 April 1997 between the
State Joint Stock Company-Non Profit Organisation Privati-
sation Agency, State Joint Stock Company under Privatisa-
tion Latvijas Gaze, Ruhrgas Aktiengesellschaft and Preusse-
nElektra Aktiengesellschaft.

— Arbitral Award rendered in Stockholm, Sweden on 19 June
2003 between JSC Latvijas Gaze and The Republic of
Latvia.

Aid intensity or amount: NGE = 4.92 %

Budget: 10 416 689,71 EUR

Other information: Form of aid: grant

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 decision: 19 January 2005

Member State: Ireland

No of the aid: N 306/2004

Aid intensity or amount: measure as defined in the notifica-
tion by the Authorities, relating entirely to the period pre-
accession. The Commission is thus not able to consider the
measure, as notified, as new.

Duration: Immediate compensation as per Arbitral Award,
but the Republic of Latvia has refrained from effectuating the
payment as it considers the payment as unlawful state aid

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 14 December 2004

Member State: Slovak Republic

Aid No: N 505/2004

Legal basis: Section 16(1)(g) of the Industrial Development
Act

Budget: EUR 30 millions

Title: Individual aid for audiovisual production in favour of
TITANIC s.r.o.

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum intensity in conformity
with regional aid map and Regulation (EC) No70/2001.

Objective: support of film production

Legal basis:

Duration: 2002 to 2006

a) Zákon č. 303/1995 Z.z. o rospočtových pravidlách v znení

Other information: Annual implementation report.

neskoršich predpisov,

b) Zákon č. 231/1999 Z.z. o štátnej pomoci v znani zákona č.

203/2004 — §4 ods. 1, pism.d),

c) Výnos MK SR — 480/2004 — 1 o poskytovani dotácili v

pôsobnosti MK SR

Budget: SKK 8,2 million

Aid intensity or amount: 33.5 %

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/

Duration: one-off measure after approval
2004)

(31 December

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 of the decision: 30 June 2004

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 594/03

Date of adoption of the decision: 30 January 2002

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 525/2001

Title: Cluster Incubator Scheme

Objective: Support to the development of incubators for high
technology start-up firms (Firms operating in the property
development and high technology sectors)

Title: Shipbuilding — Prolongation of delivery limit for a ship
built at De Hoop Lobith Shipyard, The Netherlands

Objective: Shipbuilding

Legal basis: Besluit subsidies zeescheepsnieuwbouw

Aid intensity or amount: 9 % of contract value

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/