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: 2005-09-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid

17.9.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 228/9

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 228/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.1.2005

Title: Gibraltar Exempt Companies

Objective: Offshore

Legal basis: Companies (Taxation and Concessions) Ordinance,
1967

Duration: Unlimited

Other information: Pursuant
the EC
Treaty, the Commission has decided to propose appropriate
measures in respect of aid scheme No E 7/2002 — United
Kingdom: Gibraltar Exempt Companies.

to Article 88(1) of

The appropriate measures were accepted on 18.2.2005

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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EUR 102,3 million from the means of the European Regional
Development Fund and EUR 34,1 million from the national
contribution means

Aid intensity or amount: Aid for initial investment — up to
50 % NGE of eligible costs plus 15 percentage points gross
bonus for SMEs;

Other investment — max. aid as in case of initial investment
plus 10 % NGE (15 percentage points gross bonus for SMEs);
up to 50 % NGE of eligible costs or up 40 % NGE (plus 10 %)
and 10 percentage points gross bonus for SMEs

Duration: From 2005 to 31.12.2006

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption: 27.7.2005

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 85/2005

Date of decision: 1.6.2005

Title:

‘Soil rehabilitation for polluted industrial sites’.

Member State: Poland (the entire territory of Poland on the
NUTS 2 level)

Prolongation and modification of
N 520/2001

the existing aid scheme

Aid No: N 20/2005

Title: Regional and horizontal aid scheme aiming at reduction
of emission from fuel incineration sources

Objective(s): Regional and environmental aid. Comments: Aid
for new investment. Aid for investments other than initial
investments

Legal basis: Ustawa z dnia 20 kwietnia 2004 r. o Narodowym
Planie Rozwoju, Art. 31 ust. 3, Dz. U. z 2004 r. Nr 116, poz.
1206;

Projekt rozporządzenia Ministra Gospodarki i Pracy w sprawie
udzielania pomocy na wspieranie inwestycji służących redukcji
emisji ze źródeł spalania paliw

Budget: PLZ 489,8 million from the means of the European
Regional Development Fund and PZL 163,3 Million from the
national contribution means;

Objective: To subsidise the rehabilitation of industrial polluted
sites

Legal basis:

‘Besluit financiële bepalingen bodemsanering’

Budget: EUR 1,13 billion grants

Intensity or
SME's 70 %)

amount: 15 % to 60 % (In the

case of

Duration: Until 31.12.2007

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Official Journal of the European Union

17.9.2005

Date of adoption: 31.8.2004

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 252/2004

Title: Programme for the promotion of human resources in
R&D

Objective: Research and Technological Development
sectors)

(All

Legal basis: Orden ministerial del Ministerio de Educación y
Ciencia: ‘Orden CTE XXX, por la que se establecen las bases y
se hace pública la convocatoria del Programa Torres Quevedo
para facilitar la incorporación de personal de I+D (doctores y
tecnólogos) a empresas, centros tecnológicos y asociaciones
empresariales’

Budget: EUR 33 600 000

Intensity or amount: For industrial research, the maximum
gross aid intensity is 50 %. For precompetitive development
activities, the maximum gross aid intensity is 25 %. Extra 10 %
bonus for SMEs. For feasibility studies previous to industrial
research and precompetitive
the
maximum gross aid intensities are respectively of 75 % and
50 %. Extra 10 % bonus for Article 87(3)(a) regions

development

activities

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.10.2002

Member State: United Kingdom — Scotland

Aid No: N 317/2002

Title: Scottish Property Support — Bespoke Development
Scheme

Objective: Supporting the development of premises and build-
ings for commercial purposes by the private sector

Legal basis: Enterprise and New Towns (Scotland) Act 1990,
as amended on 1 April 2001 by Scottish Statutory Instrument
2001 No 126. Local Government Act 1973. Section 171 of
Local Government Act etc (Scotland) Act 1994

Budget: GBP 20-23 millions annually

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum intensity in conformity
with Regulation (EC) No 70/2001

Duration: Until 31.12.2006

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Duration: From 1.7.2004 until 31.12.2007

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 9.12.2004

Date of adoption: 20.7.2005

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 253/2005

Title: No aid decision. Guarantee

Objective: Shipbuilding

Legal basis: Besluit houdende regels inzake de verstrekking
van borgstellingen ter zake van kredieten voor scheepsnieuw-
bouw (gebaseerd op Kaderwet EZ subsidies)

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Member State: France

Aid No: N 359/2004

Title: Modification of the ‘Martinique 2000-06: Interest subsi-
dies’ scheme

Legal basis: DOCUP 2000-2006 Martinique

Objective: The aim of the aid scheme is to improve the profit-
ability of local SMEs by alleviating the financial burden asso-
ciated with investment projects

Budget: EUR 3 260 000

Duration: Until end 2006

Other information: The modification involves extension of
the scheme to all sectors except sensitive sectors, fishing and
agriculture (Annex I), and reduction of the budget

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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