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: 2006-02-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to undertakings, control of State aid, fishing industry, research and development, shellfish farming, venture capital

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Official Journal of the European Union

18.2.2006

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 42/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption: 28.5.2004

Legal basis:

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 46/2004

Title: Aid to the capitalization of technology based enterprises

Objective: Improving the access of technologically innovative
small enterprises to investment capital, in their initial phases of
creation and development

Legal basis: Orden CTE/349/2004, de 10 de febrero, por la
que se convocan las ayudas de la línea de apoyo a la capitaliza-
ción de empresas de base tecnológica — BOE 41 van 17
februari 2004, blz. 7383

Budget: Approximately EUR 98 million in total

Intensity or amount:

The maximum amount of investment of the financial entity
into the small technologically based enterprises will be of EUR
500 000 per six months period.

For regions assisted under article 87(3) TEC, the maximum
amounts of investment will be following:

— Regions assisted under article 87(3)(a) TEC: EUR 1 000 000

per six months period.

— Regions assisted under article 87(3)(c) TEC: EUR 750 000

per six months period

— Instellingsverordening Productschap Vis

— Wet op de bedrijfsorganisatie

— Verordening financiering mosselonderzoek 2003

— Verordening instelling van een fonds voor mosselonderzoek

Budget: EUR 564 000 for 2003

Duration: 2003 and subsequent years

Rate of aid/amount: Within the funding limits laid down in
the Community framework on State aids for research and
development (OJ C 45 of 17 December 1996, p. 6 and OJ C
48 of 13 February 1998, p. 2)

Other details: 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: 21.12.2005

Member State: Spain (Canarias)

Duration: 1.1.2004 — 31.12.2007

Aid No: N 84/2005

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

Title: Prolongation of articles 26 and 27 of Law 19/94 (N 144/
A/96) ‘Economic and Fiscal Regime of Canarias’

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

Legal basis: Artículos 26 y 27 de la Ley 19/1994 de Modifica-
ción del Régimen Económico y Fiscal de Canarias

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.4.2004

Member State: Netherlands

Aid No: N 76/2003

Objective: Regional development (All sectors)

Budget: EUR 270,46 million per annum

Duration: From 1.1.2006 until 31.12.2006

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

Title: Research activities for the benefit of the mussels sector

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

Objective: Financing of research activities for the benefit of
the mussels sector through parafiscal charges

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Date of adoption of the decision: 27.5.2004

Date of adoption of the decision: 9.11.2005

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 159/2004

Member State: France

Aid No: N 261/2005

Title: Salmon net licences buy-out scheme for netsmen oper-
ating in the Tamar, Tavy and Lynher fishery and on the
Cumbrian coast

Objective: Voluntary and permanent withdrawal from salmon
netfishing by giving up licences

Legal basis: Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act (1975)

Budget: GBP 50 000

Form of aid and intensity: Fixed after completion of compe-
titive bidding process

Title: Aid for innovative audiovisual production

Objective: Aid for writing and developing innovative audiovi-
sual works

Legal basis:

Projet de décret relatif au soutien financier à la création
d'œuvres audiovisuelles à caractère innovant.

Projet d'arrêté pris pour
relatif au
soutien financier à la création d'œuvres audiovisuelles à
caractère innovant

l'application du décret

Other information: Annual report

Budget: EUR 4 million annually

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

Intensity or amount: EUR 10 000 — 350 000

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

Duration: 30 June 2008

Date of adoption: 7.12.2005

Number of the aid: N 198/2005

Member State: Italy

Title: Potenziamento delle aree sottoutilizzate (Agevolazione
per nuove assunzioni — Deduzioni IRAP)

Legal basis:

Art. 11-ter, lett. a) del decreto legge 14 marzo 2005, n. 35,
come modificato dalla Legge di conversione 14 maggio 2005,
n. 80 (Modifica del comma 4 quater dell'articolo 11 del decreto
legislativo n. 446/97 — così come aggiunto dalla L. 311/2004
(Legge Finanziaria 2005).

Art. 11-ter, lett. b) del decreto legge 14 marzo 2005, n. 35,
come modificato dalla Legge di conversione 14 maggio 2005,
n. 80 (Modifica del comma 4 quater dell'articolo 11 del decreto
legislativo n. 446/97 — così come aggiunto dalla L. 311/2004
(Legge Finanziaria 2005)

Objective: Employment — Regional development (All sectors)

Budget: Overall aid amount: EUR 471 million + EUR 846
million

Duration: 2005-2008

Maximum aid intensity: Within the regional aid map ceilings

Other information: Scheme — Tax advantage

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/

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: 18.2.2004

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 547/2003

Title: Venture capital guarantee fund in Lombardy

Objective: To promote venture capital investment in SMEs in
certain innovative sectors

basis: Deliberazione

Legal
n.
VII/14909 del 7 novembre 2003 e Regolamento di gestione del
fondo comune d'investimento NEXT riservato agli
investitori
istituzionali

della Giunta

Regionale

Budget: EUR 20 658 276 for the guarantee fund

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: 22.3.2004

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 550/2003

Title: Prolongation of
innovation (Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania)

the programme for technology and

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Objective: Research and development; employment

Legal basis: Verwaltungsvorschriften zu § 44 Landeshaushalts-
ordnung

Objective: To increase the maximum amount of aid payable
to individual beneficiaries from GBP 142 to GBP 237 per VCU
for the full 10 month period

Budget: EUR 25 million per year

Intensity or amount: Up to 80 %

Duration: 1.1.2004 — 31.12.2006

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: 29.3.2004

Member State: United Kingdom (Scotland)

Aid No: N 639/2003

Legal basis: Scottish Statutory Instrument

Budget: No additional budget. The initial budget of
scheme was GBP 10 million (around EUR 15 million)

the

Aid intensity or amount: The maximum amount of aid
payable to individual beneficiaries is GBP 237 per VCU for the
entire 10 month period

Duration: 1 September 2003 — 31 December 2003

Other information: Annual report

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

Title: Sea Fishing (Transitional Support)
Scheme 2003

(Scotland)

(No 2)

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