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: 2005-10-01
Institutions: European Community
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid

1.10.2005

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Official Journal of the European Union

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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 242/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 14.7.2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.8.2005

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 143/2004

Aid No: N 362/2005

Member State: Cyprus

Title: Public Service Obligation — Electricity Supply Board
(ESB)

Objective: to ensure the security of electricity in Ireland
(power generation)

Legal basis: Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (Public Service
Obligations) Order

Title in original language: Amendment of scheme for protec-
tion of environment (CY6/2004)

Legal basis: Απόφαση Υπ. Συµβουλίου 61.790, 30.3.2005

Objectives: Regional development — Environmental protec-
tion (all)

Budget: depending on the actual costs incurred, approximately
EUR 70 million is estimated for the whole duration of the PSO

Overall aid amount planned: CYP 7 900 000

Duration: from 19 February 2005 until the completion of
two generation facilities to be built on the basis of the PSO in
respect of new electricity generation capacity (State aid No
N 475/2003), expected operation dates are November 2005
and January 2006

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Duration: 31.12.2005

Other information: Aid scheme — Direct grant

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/

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.7.2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.6.2005

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 185/2005

Aid No: N 553/2004

Member State: France

Title: Aid to Vietnam (BV Scheepswerf Damen Gorinchem)/
Grant

Objective: Development aid

Title in original
les
sociétés en faveur des sociétés créées pour reprendre une entre-
prise industrielle en difficulté

language: Exonération d'impôt

sur

Legal basis: Schenking vanuit het gebonden hulpfinanciering-
sprogramma ORET/Miliev

Legal basis: Article 44 septies du Code général des impôts

Budget: EUR 11 585 875

Aid intensity or amount: 35 %

Objective: Regional development
enterprises)

(Small and medium-sized

Economic sectors:

limited to the manufacturing industry

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Annual expenditure planned (in millions of national
currency): EUR 50

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

Aid intensity or amount: 65 %

Duration: 2004 to 2006

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Other information:

1. Type of measure: aid scheme

2. Form of aid: tax advantage

3. Name and address of
générale des impôts

the granting authority: Direction

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: 22.9.2004

Member State: Slovakia

Aid No: SK 5/2004

Legal basis: Point 4.2 of Annex XIV to the 2003 Act of Acces-
sion of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania,
Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (OJ L 236 of 23
September 2003) and Act No 366/1999 Coll. On Income Tax
in Slovakia

Budget: USD 430 million

Duration: End of the fiscal year 2009 or until the aid reaches
a pre-determined amount, whichever comes first

Other information:

1. Pursuant to Article 88(1) of the EC Treaty, the Commission
has decided to propose appropriate measures in respect of
State aid case No SK 5/04 — Slovakia: Reduction of a tax
concession granted by Slovakia to US Steel Kosice. Slovakia
has accepted these measures.

2. Additionally, US Steel Kosice is required to make a tax
payment of USD 32 million to the Slovak government, to
be paid in two equal instalments during 2004 and 2005

Title: Reduction of a tax concession granted by Slovakia to US
Steel Kosice

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Objective: To reduce a tax concession

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