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: 2005-10-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, control of State aid, fishing fleet, investment aid, research and development, venture capital

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Official Journal of the European Union

7.10.2005

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 248/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 6.10.2004

Member State: France

Aid No: N 148/2004

Title: SOFIPECHE scheme

Objective: Aid for the purchase of second-hand and new
vessels, and for the modernisation and fitting-out of second-
hand vessels, by means of tax incentives for natural or legal
persons buying shares in companies to finance small-scale
fishing

en œuvre de l'article 102 de la loi du 27 février 2002 relative à
la démocratie de proximité, concernant les aides des collecti-
vités locales aux entreprises.

Protocoles d'accord signés entre les principaux actionnaires des
Sociétés d'investissement régionales, les règlements intérieurs de
ces Sociétés d'investissement régionales et
le dispositif du
Holding qui coordonne le réseau de ces Sociétés d'investisse-
ment régionales

Objective: Regional aid — Venture capital

Budget: EUR 11 000 000

Legal basis: Article 238 bis HP du Code Général des Impôts

Aid intensity or amount: Operating aid in part, otherwise
venture capital

Budget: The tax incentives amount to an estimated EUR 7,5 to
10 million a year

Duration: Until 31.12.2006

Aid intensity or amount: Within the limits laid down in the
Guidelines for the examination of State aid to fisheries and
aquaculture (OJ C 19, 20.1.2001, p. 7)

Duration: Until 31.12.2004 for the fleet renewal aid (except
in the French Overseas Departments, where the scheme applies
until 31.12.2005).

Until 31.12.2010 for the other measures

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/

Other information: Annual report

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.7.2005

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

Member State: Italy — Provincia di Trento

Aid No: N 334/2004

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

Title: Reorganisation of the local R & D system

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.2.2005

Member State: France (overseas departments)

Aid No: N 316/2004

Title: FOD — Venture capital scheme

Legal basis: Statuts de l'Agence Française de Développement,
Article L 4211-1 du Code Général des Collectivités Territor-
iales, le Circulaire du Premier Ministre du 10 septembre 2002
relative à la mise en œuvre des régimes d'aide à l'ingénierie
financière pour la période 2000-2006 et la Circulaire du Minis-
tère de l'intérieur du 16 janvier 2003 ayant pour objet la mise

Objective: Research & Development

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Budget: EUR 30 million per year

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provide the Commission with a report

information: obligation by the Member State to

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/

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Date of adoption of the decision: 11.1.2005

Member State: Germany (Land Saxony)

Aid No: N 543/2004

Title: Support of investments in non-university research facil-
ities in Saxony (Germany)

Objective: Prolongation of aid scheme NN 31/1998; The aid
increasing the efficiency of non-university
scheme aims at
research entities, which are working close to industry and
enterprises by providing aid to modernise equipment and tech-
nical infrastructure (R & D)

Legal basis: Förderrichtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsminister-
iums für Wirtschaft und Arbeit über die Gewährung von
Zuwendungen
außeruniversitären
wirtschaftsnahen Forschungseinrichtungen im Freistaat Sachsen
(Investitionsförderung) vom 7. Februar 2001

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Budget: EUR 4,4 million

Intensity or amount: Up to 80 % but max. EUR 200 000 per
year and project
(non-profit organisations might receive a
higher amount in exceptional cases)

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: 2.2.2005

Member State: Greece

Aid No: N 573/2004

Title: Incentives for private investments

Objective: Regional aid
Legal basis: Νόµος «Κίνητρα ιδιωτικών επενδύσεων»
Budget: EUR 460 000 000

Duration: 31.12.2006

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

Duration: 1.1.2005 — 31.12.2006

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