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: 2005-06-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Slovakia, State aid, Sweden, 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 138/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of decision: 16 March 2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 14 December 2004

Member State: Germany

No of the aid: N 34/2005

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 357/2004

Title: Seed Capital Fund for High-Tech Start Ups

Objective: The measure intends to address the lack of risk
capital funding for micro and small enterprises

Budget: approx. EUR 60 million per year

Duration: 31 December 2010

Title: Rescue aid for the FINMEK group

Objective: Rescue aid — Electronic manufacturing system
sector

Legal basis: Article 87(3)(c) of the EC Treaty and the Com-
munity guidelines on state aid for rescuing and restructuring
firms in difficulty

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

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 50 m

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

Duration: max. 6 months

Date of adoption: 20 April 2004

Member State: Sweden

Case number: N 301/2003

Title: State loan to Volvo Aero for Research and Development

Objective: To provide a risk sharing for certain R&D activities
per-formed by Volvo Aero in relation with the Trent 900 ICC

Legal basis: Regeringens beslut av den 19 april 2001 instruer-
ande Riks-gäldskontoret att förhandla villkor med Volvo Aero
för statligt deltagande i FoU-aktiviteter i samband med Airbus
A 380-program

Budget: In total: SEK 80 million (ca. EUR 8.8 million)

Intensity or amount: 39.6 % of the eligible costs

Duration: Last claim for disbursement at the latest 31 July
2005.

Other information: Annual report

Other information: Aid to be repaid at the latest 12 months
after the final payment

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: 9 December 2004

Member State: Portugal (All regions)

Aid No: N 388/2004

Title: Soft loans for investments in the tourism sector

Objective: Regional investment aid (Tourism)

Legal basis: Protocolo a celebrar entre o Instituto de Financia-
mento e Apoio ao Turismo (Ministério da Economia) e enti-
dades bancárias

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

Budget: 120 million euros (increase of 70 million euros)

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

Aid intensity or amount: 7,78 % net (variable according to
the Euribor 6M rate)

Duration: Until the end of 2006

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Other information: Annual report

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: 14 December 2004

Member State: Slovak Republic

Aid No: N 507/2004

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

Objective: support of film production

Legal basis:

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

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 3.97 million

Date of adoption of the decision:: 20 April 2005

Member State: France — Martinique

Aid No: N 516/2004

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

Objective: To offset the disadvantages caused by Martinique's
remoteness — Air transport

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

Duration:

indefinite

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

Aid intensity or amount: 21.9 %

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