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: 2005-09-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Austria, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, 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 235/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.4.2005

Member State: Italy

Aid No: E9/2005

Title: RAI licence fee

Objective: Financing the public service broadcasting.

Legal basis: R.D.L. 21 febbraio 1938, n. 246 (convertito nella
legge n. 880 del 1938)

Budget: The amount varies on an annual basis

Duration: Ongoing regime for the financing of the public
service broadcasting entrusted to RAI.

Comments: Intensity as specified in the Polish regional state aid
map: 30 %, 40 % of 50 %, depending on the region. 15 %
bonus for SMEs.

Duration: From 2005 to 31.12.2006

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Other information: Commission decision declaring that the
licence fee regime constitutes an existing aid. In the light of the
measures
following the
Commission request, this regime is currently compatible with
the common market.

Italian authorities

taken by the

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of decision: 14.6.2005

Member State: Poland

Aid No: N 16/2005

Title: Regional aid scheme for new investments in the tourism
sector in Poland

Legal basis: Ustawa z dnia 20 kwietnia 2004 r. o Narodowym
Planie Rozwoju, Dz.U. z 2004 nr 16, poz. 1206;

Rozporządzenie Ministra Gospodarki i Pracy w sprawie udzie-
lania pomocy na wspieranie inwestycji w dziedzinie turystyki

Objective: Regional aid

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.7.2005

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 77/2005

Title: Fernsehfilmförderungsfonds

Objective: audiovisual

Legal basis: §§ 9f — 9h KommAustria-Gesetz (KOG) und
Richtlinien über die Gewährung von Mitteln aus dem Fernseh-
filmförderungsfonds

Budget: EUR 7,5 million p.a.

Aid intensity or amount: 20 % aid intensity;

maximum aid amount: EUR 700 000 for
films,
EUR 200 000 for documentaries and EUR 120 000 for series
(per episode)

feature

Duration: 30.6.2007

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Comments: Aid to tourism sector and recreational, cultural and
sporting activities sector

Budget: PLZ 178 700 000 (EUR 37 300 000)

Date of decision: 20.7.2004

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 90 /2004

Comments: aid in form of direct grants

Title: Particulate filters for lorries

Aid intensity or amount: Gross: 30 %, 40 %, 50 %

Legal basis: Finanslov 2004, vedtaget den 18.12.2003

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Objective: Environmental aid — Reduction of pollution (parti-
culate emissions)
for certain types of old and new lorries.
According to the danish authorities, particulate emmissions
cause araound 450 deaths a year (in Denmark).

Budget: DKK 100 000 (EUR 13 514)

Aid intensity: 30 %

Duration: From 1.1.2004 to 31.12.2005

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption: 18.5.2005

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 101/2005

Title: Aid to investment for restructuring of declining indus-
trial zones in assisted regions

Objective: Regional development — all sectors

Legal basis: Orden por la que se establecen las bases regula-
doras de la concesión de ayudas para actuaciones de reindus-
trialización

Budget: EUR 400 million for period 2005-2008

Intensity or amount:

Andalucía

Asturias

Cantabria

50%

40%

35%/30%/25%/20%

Castilla y León

40%/37%/35%

Castilla La Mancha 40%/30%

Extremadura

Galicia

Murcia

País Vasco

50%

40%

40%

20%

Duration: until 31.12.2008

Date of adoption of the decision: 3.5.2005

Member State: Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt)

Aid No: N 122/2005

Title: Aid to CSG Solar AG

Objective: Regional aid

(GA)
Legal basis: Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe
‘Verbesserung der
regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur’ vom 6.
Oktober 1969 in Verbindung mit den einschlägigen Bestim-
II des 31. Rahmenplans zur GA, zuletzt
mungen von Teil
genehmigt bis 31. Dezember 2006 durch den Beschluss der
Kommission N 642/2002 vom 1. Oktober 2003 (ABl. C 284
vom 27.11.2003, S. 2).

Investitionszulagengesetz im Jahr 2005, genehmigt durch den
Beschluss der Kommission N 142a/2004 vom 19. Januar 2005
(noch nicht im Amtsblatt veröffentlicht)

Aid intensity: 15 % (SME bonus) of EUR 37 080 000 eligible
costs

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption: 19.1.2005

Member State: Germany

Case number: N 142a/2004

Title: Law on investment premiums 2005 — standard rules

Objective: The scheme aims at regional development and
provides fiscal premiums for investment in the five new Länder
and in Berlin.

Legal basis: Investitionszulagengesetz 2005 in der Fassung der
Bekanntmachung vom 24. März 2004 unter Berücksichtigung
nachfolgender Änderungen

Budget: EUR 1 200 million

Intensity or amount: Between 12,5 and 27,5 % for initial
investment. Only in 87(3)(a) and (c) — regions.

Duration: 24.3.2004 — 31.12.2006

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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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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Date of adoption of the decision: 27.5.2005

Date of adoption: 7.6.2005

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 187/2005

Title: Modification of schemes N 596/2004, N 201/2003 and
N 646/99 — Regional development grant

Objective: Promote regional development

Legal basis: Förordning om regionalt investeringsstöd

Budget: EUR 42,4 million per year

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

Duration: 1.1.2000 — 31.12.2006

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Member States: Germany

Aid No: N 410/04 — NN 43/05

Title: Aid to Solvay Soda GmbH — grant

Objective: Research and development, environmental protec-
tion

Legal basis: Gesetz über Abgaben für das Einleiten von
Abwasser in Gewässer, 3.11.1994 (BGBl I 80 vom 18.11.94, S.
3370)

Aid intensity or amount: 50 %; 30 %

Duration: 6 months; 24 months

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of decision: 22.6.2005

Member State: Sweden (the north of Sweden)

Aid No: N 220/2005

Title: Amendments to regional policy transport aid scheme (ex
No N 146/1999)

Legal basis: Förordningen (2000:281) om regionalt transport-
bidrag

Objective: Regional transport aid

Budget: EUR 33,4 million

Aid intensity or amount: 10 to 30 % of transport costs

Duration: Till 31.12.2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.2.2005

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 452/04

Title: Scheme on innovation aid to shipbuilding

Objective: Support innovation in the shipbuilding sector

Legal basis: Rahmenbestimmungen für Beihilfen an den
Schiffbau

Aid intensity: 20 % maximum

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Duration: 6 years

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

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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