Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2005-09-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid

17.9.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

C 228/11

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 228/05)

Date of decision: 11.5.2005

Member State: Poland (Łódzkie)

Aid No: N 90/2005

Title: Regional aid scheme for entrepreneurs granted in the
City of Łódź

Legal basis: Art. 18 ust. 2 pkt 8 ustawy z dnia 18 marca 1990
r. o samorządzie gminnym Dz.U. z 2001 r. nr 142 poz. 1591
z późn. zm.; Ustawa o podatkach i opłatach lokalnych z dnia
12 stycznia 1991 r., Dz.U. z 2002 r. nr 9, poz. 84 z późn.
zm.; Program pomocy regionalnej dla przedsiębiorców udzie-
lanej w mieście Łodzi

Objective(s): Regional aid.

Comments: Aid for new investment and job creation linked to
the investment

Budget: PLZ 6 000 000 (EUR 1 500 000)

Aid intensity or amount: Gross: 50 %.

Comments: 15 % bonus for SMEs; 30 % of 50 % for investment
in motor vehicle sector where aid amount > EUR 5 million

Aid intensity or amount: HUF 64,3 billion (EUR 255
million)

Duration: 7 years

Other information: annual notification for the years 2007 to
2010, and annual
for 2004 due on 31
December 2005

report. 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/

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.6.2005

Member State: Slovak Republic

Aid No: N 168/2005

Title: State aid Hornonitrianske bane Prievidza

Duration: From 2005 to 31.12.2006

Objective: Inherited liabilities in the coal sector

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Legal basis: Zákon SR č. 523/2004;
č. 10/2003; zákon SR č. 231/1999; výnos č. 1/2005 MH SR

smernica MH SR

Budget: SKK 24 000 000 (EUR 630 651)

Aid intensity or amount: SKK 24 000 000 (EUR 630 651)

Duration: 2004

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision: 22.6.2005

Member State: Hungary

Aid No: N 92/2005

Title: Restructuring plan Hungarian Coal industry 2004-2010

Objective: Security of energy supply through coal production

Legal basis: A Kormány 2002. március 26-i 1028/2002. (III.
26.) Korm. határozata, és a 2002. december 29-i 56/2002. (XII.
29.) GKM rendelet

Date of adoption of the decision: 22.6.2005

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 320/2004

Title: Restructuring plan German Coal industry 2006-2010

Budget: HUF 64,3 billion (EUR 255 million)

Objective: Security of energy supply through coal production

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Legal basis: Haushaltsgesetz 2004; Gesetz über die Bergmann-
sprämie von 1956

Budget: EUR 12 billion

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 12 billion

Duration: 5 years

Other information: annual notification and 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/

Date of adoption of the decision: 14.6.2005

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 433/2004

Title: Support for enterprises with regard to environmental
protection

Objective: The aim of the scheme is to improve environ-
mental protection by reducing pollution and sound emissions
and by reducing industrial waste through its reuse in the
production process

Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 1002 del
22 aprile 2004. ‘L.R. 18/2003, art.1. Regolamento concernente
modalità e criteri per la concessione di contributi finalizzati alla
tutela dell'ambiente’

Budget: EUR 0,761 million

Aid intensity or amount: 15 % of eligible costs for SMEs in
order to comply with the new mandatory Community stan-
dards within three years after their adoption;

30 % of eligible costs for investments which exceed the Com-
munity standards (+ 5 % in Article 87(3)(c) areas and + 10 %
for SMEs)

Duration: 31 December 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 of the decision: 16.3.2005

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 622/2003

Title: Digitalisierungsfonds

Objective: To support and facilitate the introduction of digital
transmission technologies for broadcasting and the switchover
from analogue to digital television in Austria

Legal basis: KommAustria-Gesetz (KOG) BgBl. I, Nr.32/2001
idF BgBl. I, Nr. 71/2003, §§ 9a — 9e und Richtlinien über die
Förderung von Projekten durch den Digitalisierungsfonds
(Fassung vom 2.9.2004) in Verbindung mit § 21 Privatfernseh-
gesetz (PrTV-G). Die letzten Änderungen wurden durch das
Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Privatradiogesetz, das Privatfernseh-
gesetz (PrTV-G), das KommAustria-Gesetz und das ORF-Gesetz
geändert werden sowie das Fernsehsignalgesetz aufgehoben
wird (veröffentlicht am 30.7.2004 unter BgBl. I Nr. 97/2004
und in Kraft getreten am 1.8.2004) eingeführt

Budget: EUR 7,5 million per year

Intensity or amount: 50 %

Duration: not determined, review after 2 years, funding of
projects de facto limited in time

Other information: Form of aid: grants.

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/