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: 2005-09-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, 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 230/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.6.2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.12.2004

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 75/2005

Title: Aid to Volvo Trucks

Objective: Environmental Protection

Member State: Latvia

Aid No: N 360/2004

Title: Amendments to the State aid Programme ‘Risk Capital
Financing for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises’

Aid intensity or amount: SEK 85 000 000 (EUR 9 000 000)

Objective(s): Risk Capital for SMEs

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: Vienotais programmdokuments Latvijai
laika
posmam no 2004.-2006. gadam un Programmas papildinÿjums
vienotajam programmdokumentam Latvijai
laika posmÿ no
2004.-2006. gadam

Budget: The total funding of the Programme for the period
2004-2006 will be LVL 10,3 million (approx. EUR 15,4
million)

Duration: 31.12.2006

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 31.8.2004

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

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 264/2004

Title: Extension to the scheme of reliefs for the renewal of
certain urban areas (Ex N 270/2002)

Objective: Promote regional development

Legal basis: Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 as amended by
Finance Act 2004 section 26(1)(b)

Date of adoption of the decision: 3.5.2005

Budget: EUR 40 million in 2005, EUR 50 million in 2006

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with regional aid
map 2000-2006

Duration: 31.12.2004 until 31.7.2006

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: France (Limousin)

Aid No: N 382/04

Title: Setting-up of a high-speed infrastructure in the Limousin
region

Objective: Financing of a service of general economic interest

Legal basis: Article 1425-1 du Code Général des Collectivités
territoriales (JO no 143 du 22 juin 2004. Loi no 2004-575 du
21 juin 2004 pour la confiance dans l'économie numérique)

Budget: The total amount of public funding for the proposed
project is EUR 38 400 000

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting State aid

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Duration: 20-year concession

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: 1.6.2005

Member State: Lithuania

Aid No: N 425/2004

Title: Kaunas Free Economic Zone

Objective: Regional aid

Legal basis: Lietuvos Respublikos laisvųjų ekonominių zonų
pagrindų įstatymas (Žin., 1995, Nr. 59-1462); Lietuvos Respu-
blikos Kauno laisvosios ekonominės zonos įstatymas (Žin.,
1996, Nr. 109-2474

Budget: Estimated at EUR 205 million

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % NGE, can be raised with a
top-up to 15 % GGE for SMEs

Duration: The term of activity of the zone shall be 49 years.
State aid to each individual undertaking shall be terminated as
soon as the limits of State aid intensity under the scheme are
reached

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.6.2005

Member State: United Kingdom (Northern Ireland)

Aid No: N 503/2004

Title: Irish Language Broadcast Fund

Objective: To promote the production of
audiovisual works

films and other

Legal basis: Educational and Library Services Etc. Grants Regu-
lation (Northern Ireland) 1994

Budget: Overall amount GBP 12 million

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum of 75 % of production
costs

Duration: 4 years

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: 1.6.2005

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

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 580/2004 (prolongation of aid N 746/2001 and
N 530/2003)

Title: Film Production Support Scheme

Objective: Cinema and Audiovisual

Legal basis:

Wet Inkomstenbelasting 2001.

Wijziging van enkele belastingwetten (Belastingplan 2005 —
artikel XXXIA)

Budget: EUR 45 million

Aid intensity or amount: variable,
50 %

in any case minor than

Duration: 1.1.2005 until 30.6.2007

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: 24.3.2004

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 441/2003

Title: Programme for waste management
Western Pomerania

in Mecklenburg-

Objective: Environmental Aid

Legal basis: Richtlinie zur Förderung von Maßnahmen der
Kreislaufwirtschaft und der umweltverträglichen Beseitigung
von Abfällen iVm § 44 Landeshaushaltsordnung

Budget: Ca. EUR 333 400 per year

Intensity or amount: Up to 50 %

Duration: 1.1.2004 until 31.12.2006

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Date of adoption of the decision: 2.2.2005

Budget: The intended size of the fund is GBP 10 million

Member State: Greece

Aid No: N 596/2003

Duration: The initial investment phase of the SPEV fund will
be for 4,75 years from the date of its creation

Title: Extension of delivery deadline for a passenger cruise
vessel

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

Objective: Shipbuilding
Legal basis: Υπουργική απόφαση 6157/248 της 1ης Απριλίου
2002

Aid intensity: < 9 %

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: 3.3.2005

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 601/2003

Title: Special Purpose Equity Vehicle (‘SPEV’)

Objective(s): Risk Capital for SMEs

Legal basis: The Industrial Development Act 1982 (Section 8),
the Local Government Act 2000 (Section 2),
the Regional
Development Agencies Act 1998 (Sections 5 and 6) and the
Leasehold Reform, Housing and the Urban Development Act
1993 (Part 3 — Section 126)

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 23.6.2005

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: NN 24/2005

Title: Environmental
investeringsaftrek — MIA)

investment deduction scheme (Milieu-

Objective: Stimulate
material assets

investments

in environment-friendly

Legal
2005

basis: Aanwijzingsregeling milieu-investeringsaftrek

Budget: EUR 83 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 21 %

Duration: Not limited in time

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/