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: 2005-11-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, control of State aid

12.11.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 280/9

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 280/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 2.3.2005

Aid intensity or amount: measure not constituting aid

Member State: France

Aid No: E 20/2004

Title: The fiscal provisions applicable to mutual sickness and
insurance companies and personal protection institutions

Objective: The abolition of
tax exemption with regard to
insurance contracts concluded by ‘mutuelles et institutions de
prévoyance’

Legal basis: Articles 995-2 et 999-2 du Code général des
Impôts

Duration: Unlimited

Other information: Pursuant
the EC
Treaty, the Commission has decided to propose appropriate
measures in respect of aid scheme No E 20/2004 — France:
Dispositions fiscales applicables aux mutuelles et institutions de
prévoyance. France has accepted these measures.

to Article 88(1) of

Date of acceptance by the Member State: 7.6.2005

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential
material has been removed, can be found at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/droit_com/
index_en.htm#aides

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.7.2005

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 5/2005

Title: Tax reduction on donations to cultural institutions

Objective: culture and heritage conservation

Legal basis: Lov nr. 1389 af 20.12.2004 »Lov om ændring af
afskrivningsloven, ligningsloven og skattekontrolloven (Fradrag
for gaver til kulturinstitutioner og udvidelse af reglerne for
afskrivning på kunstkøb)«

Budget: foregone tax revenue estimated at DKK 35 million per
year (EUR 4,7 million)

Duration: as of 1.1.2005, unlimited

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: 5.7.2005

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 249/2004

Title: Aid scheme for combined transport

Legal basis:

Loi relative à la promotion du transport ferroviaire combiné de
marchandises; Arrêté royal portant exécution de la loi relative à
la promotion du transport ferroviaire combiné de marchan-
dises.

Wet betreffende de bevordering van het gecombineerd goeder-
envervoer per spoor; koninklijk besluit houdende toepassing
van de wet betreffende de bevordering van het gecombineerd
goederenvervoer per spoor

Objective: The purpose of
the aid scheme is to develop
combined rail transport for routes of 51 kilometres or more
within Belgium. The aim is to help maintain existing rail traffic
levels of 300 000 ITU (intermodal transport units), rather than
lose it to the roads, and to increase the level of rail traffic by
20 % over a period of three years

Budget: EUR 30 million per year (EUR 15 million in 2005)

Duration: The period covered by the aid scheme is from
1.1.2005 to 31.12.2007

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/