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: 2006-01-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, environmental protection, innovation, newspaper, research and development

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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

(2006/C 21/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 14.10.2004

Aid No: N 99/2004

Member State: Italy

Title: Tax incentives for small and medium-sized enterprises
which collaborate on innovative IT projects (Tecno-Tremonti
Law)

Legal basis: Articolo 1, comma 1,
lettera a), seconda frase
della legge 326/2003, che ha convertito il decreto legge
269/2003

Objective: Innovative IT projects to be undertaken by group-
ings of more than 10 small and medium-sized enterprises
(SMEs)

Budget: Estimated at EUR 208 million

Innovación 2001-2004 y modificado por

Económica 2000-2003 como en el Plan de Ciencia, Tecnología
e
el Decreto
222/2002, de 1 de octubre, por el que se establecen distintas
líneas de ayuda con fines de Promoción Económica y de
impulso de la Ciencia,
la Tecnología y la Innovación» y
«Proyecto de Orden de los Consejeros de Industria, Comercio y
Turismo y de (…) por la que se regula el programa de apoyo a
la realización de proyectos de desarrollo de nuevos productos»

Budget: EUR 9 million per year

Intensity or amount: Up to 50 % of the eligible costs of the
R&D projects.

Up to 20 % of the investment in innovation

Duration: 1.1.2005 — 31.12.2010

Aid intensity or amount: The maximum net
13 % and the maximum gross intensity 17 %

intensity is

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

Duration: 2004

Other information: Commitment by the Member State to
determine and control eligibility for the aid in question in
accordance with the Community framework for state aid for
research and development

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:

Date of adoption: 26.7.2004

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

Date of adoption: 26.7.2004

Member State: Spain (Basque Country)

Aid number: N 235/2003

‘Programa de apoyo al desarrollo de nuevos productos

Title:
(2005 — 2010)’

Objective: The scheme aims at granting aid to promote the
carrying out of projects aiming to the development of new
products

Legal basis: «Decreto 121/2000, de 27 de junio, y su modifi-
cación por Decreto 279/2000, de 27 de diciembre, que desar-
rollan normativamente el grueso de las líneas estratégicas defi-
tanto en el Plan Interinstitucional de Promoción
nidas

Member State: Spain (Basque Country)

Aid number: N 236/2003

‘Programa de apoyo al desarrollo de nuevas empresas de

Title:
base científica y tecnológica (2005 — 2010)’

Objective: The scheme aims at granting aid to support the
launching of new scientific and technology based enterprises

Innovación 2001-2004 y modificado por

Legal basis: «Decreto 121/2000, de 27 de junio, y su modifi-
cación por Decreto 279/2000, de 27 de diciembre, que desar-
rollan normativamente el grueso de las líneas estratégicas defi-
nidas
tanto en el Plan Interinstitucional de Promoción
Económica 2000-2003 como en el Plan de Ciencia, Tecnología
e
el Decreto
222/2002, de 1 de octubre, por el que se establecen distintas
líneas de ayuda con fines de Promoción Económica y de
impulso de la Ciencia,
la Tecnología y la Innovación» y
«Proyecto de Orden de los Consejeros de Industria, Comercio y
Turismo y de (…) por la que se regula el programa de ayudas
para la realización de proyectos de lanzamiento de empresas de
base científica y tecnológica»

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Budget: EUR 9 million per year

Intensity or amount: Up to 50 % of the eligible costs of the
R&D projects.

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/

Up to 20 % of the investment in innovation

Duration: 1.1.2005 — 31.12.2010

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: 19.1.2005

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

Member State: France

Aid No: N 407/04

Date of adoption: 9.11.2005

Member State: Germany

Number of the aid: N 333/2005

Title: Support scheme for R&D projects at business poles
created with a view to boosting competitiveness

Objective: R&D aid

Legal basis: Loi de Finances 2005 et ses décrets d'application

Budget: Annual cost of funding: EUR 30 million

Title in original language: ERP-Innovationsprogramm 2005

Objective: Research and development — All sectors

Aid intensity or amount: The gross aid intensity will not
exceed the thresholds laid down in the Community framework
for R&D aid

Legal basis: Beschluss der Bundesregierung vom 17.3.2005
zur Modifizierung des ERP-Innovationsprogramms; Programm-
text

Budget: EUR 250 000 000

Aid intensity or amount: 25 %

Duration: 31.12.2010

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: 23.11.2005

Member State: SlovakRepublic

Aid No: N 352/05

Title: LOAR, s.r.o., Individual aid in favour of periodical

Objective: to support minority language periodical

Legal basis: Zákon č. 523/2004 Z.z. o rozpočtových pravi-
dlách verejnej správy v znení neskorších predpisov; Zákon č.
231/1999 Z.z. o štátnej pomoci v znení zákona č. 203/2004 –
§ 4 ods. 1, písm. d); Výnos MK SR – 480/2004 – 1
o poskytovaní dotácií v pôsobnosti MK SR

Budget: SKK 1 200 000

Aid intensity or amount: 12,5 %

Duration: 2005

Duration: 3 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: 2.6.2004

Member State: Belgium

Case number: N 443/2003

Title: Second circuit water

Objective: To stimulate environmental investments

Legal basis: Programmadecreet van de Vlaamse regering van 4
juli 2003 houdende bepalingen tot begeleiding van de
aanpassing van de begroting 2003

Budget: EUR 60 million

Intensity or amount: 67 %

Duration: 10 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/

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Date of adoption: 23.11.2005

Member State: Germany (Land Saarland)

Number of the aid: N 535/2005

Title in original language: Zuwendungen zur Technologiefôr-
derung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen

Objective: Research and development All sectors

Legal basis: Programmrichtlinien

Budget: EUR 13 500 000

Aid intensity or amount: 60 %

Duration: 15.4.2006 — 14.4.2012

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 decision: 14.7.2004

Member State: United Kingdom

No of the aid: N 543/2003

Title: CIS Photovoltaic re-cladding project, Manchester

Objective: Environmental aid

Legal basis: Regional Development Agencies Act 1998

Budget: GBP 885 236 (EUR 1 329 582)

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: 9.11.2005

Member State: Denmark

Case number: N 602/2004

Title: Support to environmentally friendly electricity produc-
tion

Objective: To promote the use of wind power, combined heat
and power production and future development of certain other
renewable energy

Legal basis: Lov om elforsyning, jf. lovbekendtgørelse nr. 151
af 10.3.2003, som senest ændret ved § 1 i lov nr. 494 og nr.
495 af 9. juni 2004, som træder i kraft den 1. januar 2005

Budget: Total cost of
million (ca EUR 270 million) per annum

the fixed supplements: DKK 2 000

Duration: 2005 — 2015

Other information: Annual report

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: 14.7.2004

Member State: France

Aid No: NN 63/2003

Title: Aid for the purchase of second-hand vessels

Objective: Purchase of second-hand vessels

Legal basis: Circulaire du ministère de l'agriculture et de la
pêche

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum grant of 20 %

Duration: 2000 — 2006

Other details: Report

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/