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: 2006-04-11
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to undertakings, coal industry, control of State aid, energy saving, environmental protection, industrial restructuring, innovation, research and development, vocational training

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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 87/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 20.10.2005

Date of adoption: 20.2.2006

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: CZ 45/2004 and CZ 110/2004

Title: Czech Coal industry 2003 — 2007

Member States: Poland

Aid No: N 28/2006

Title: Aid to Przedsiębiorstwo Projektowania i Dostaw Trans-
portu Technologicznego i Składowania ‘Techmatrans’ S.A.; loan

Objective: Security of energy supply through coal production

Objective: Rescue

Legal basis: Usnesení vlády č. 395 ze dne 23. dubna 2003

Budget: 2,2 billion CZK (EUR 74 million)

Legal basis: Ustawa z dnia 30 sierpnia 1996 r. o komer-
cjalizacji i prywatyzacji — art. 56 ust. 1 pkt 2 oraz art. 56
ust. 5

Aid intensity or amount: 2,2 billion CZK (EUR 74 million)

Duration: 6 months

Duration: 5 years

Other information: Annual report. Report for 2004 due on
31 December 2005.

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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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Date of adoption: 22.4.2004

Member State: Germany (Lower Saxony)

Aid No: N 41/04

Date of adoption: 16.3.2005

Title: R&D Programme ‘Innovation Support Programme’

Member State: Germany (Bavaria)

Objective: To support R&D projects in Lower Saxony

Aid No: N 19/2004

Legal basis: § 44 Landeshaushaltsordnung des Landes Nieder-
sachsen

Title: Aid scheme to support of R&D projects in the field of
biomass

Budget: EUR 30 million per year

Objective: Research and development

Intensity or amount: for industrial research: max. 50 %;

Legal basis: Verwaltungsvorschriften zu § 44 Bundeshaushalts-
ordnung

for pre-competitive development: max. 25 %;

plus additional 10 %-points for SMEs;

Budget: EUR 28,9 million until 2009

plus additional 10 %-points regional bonus;

Intensity or amount: Up to 100 % for fundamental research;
up to 60 % for industrial research and up to 35 % for pre-
competitive development; up to 100 % for R&D aid concerning
products listed in Annex I of the EC Treaty

plus additional 10 %-points pursuant to point 5.10.4. a), b) or
c) R&D-framework;

altogether, including bonuses, not exceeding 75 % for industrial
research and 50 % for pre-competitive development

Duration: Until 31.12.2009

Duration: until 31.12.2008

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption: 7.4.2004

Budget: Around EUR 78 million per year

Member State: Spain (Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid)

Aid No: N 73/2004

Title: Aid for Technological
Innovation in the Aerospace
Sector. Modification of the existing State Aid Scheme N 48/03

Objective: Granting aid to firms for R&D activities in order to
develop the technological innovation in the aerospace sector in
the Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid

Legal basis: Orden de la Consejería de Economía e Innovación
Tecnológica por la que se regula la concesión de ayudas cofi-
nanciadas por el Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional para el
fomento de la innovación tecnológica en el sector aeroespacial
de la Comunidad de Madrid

Intensity or amount: 50 % for industrial research projects;
research
75 % for viability studies previous
projects; 50 % for viability studies previous to precompetitive
development projects; 25 % for precompetitive development
projects

to industrial

A bonus of 10 percentage points is foreseen for R&D projects
developed by SMEs

No bonuses are foreseen for projects developed in regions
assisted under article 87(3)(a) or (c) of the EC Treaty

Duration: 2004 — 2007

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

Budget: 12 million EUR/year

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

Intensity or amount: 50 % for industrial research projects;
25 % for precompetitive development activities; 75 % for
viability studies previous to industrial research projects; 50 %
for viability studies previous to precompetitive development
activities

The application of the following bonuses is foreseen: 10 points
for SMEs; 5 points for assisted areas following article 87.3 (c)
TEC; 15 point when the project falls within the objectives of a
Framework Programme (this bonus can go up to 25 points
when cross-border co-operation is involved); 10 points in case
of cross-border co-operation or co-operation between firms
and public research institutes or large dissemination of the
research's results

Date of adoption of the decision: 1.6.2005

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 187/2004

Title: Excise duty exemption for biofuels

Objective: Environmental aid

Duration: Four years (2003-2006)

Legal basis: Lagen 1994:1776 om skatt på energi

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Amount: EUR 16,5 million

Duration: 1 January 2004 — 31 December 2008

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

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption: 15.4.2004

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 91/2004

Date of adoption: 26.7.2004

Member State: Spain (Basque Country)

Title: R&D projects developed in Scientific and Technological
Parks

Aid No: N 234/2003

Objective: Reinforcing the structures that boost the interrela-
tion between the R&D sector and the productive sector

‘Ayudas para apoyar la realización de actividades de

Title:
desarrollo tecnológico e innovación (2005 — 2010)’

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden Ministerial de … de 2004, por
la que se establecen las bases reguladoras para la concesión de
ayudas del Plan I+D+I para proyectos de I+D realizados en
Parques Científicos y Tecnológicos

Objective: The scheme aims at granting aid to promote the
innovation activities
research, development and technological
by facilitating financial support
technological
development and innovation projects

to carry out

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Innovación 2001-2004, 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-
tanto en el Plan Interinstitucional de Promoción
nidas
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
la Tecnología y la Innovación» y
impulso de la Ciencia,
«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 tecnológico e innova-
ción».

Budget: EUR 9 million per year

Date of adoption: 7.2.2006

Member State: Sweden

Case number: N 369/2005

‘Investment aid for the conversion from direct-acting

Title:
electro heat in dwelling houses’

Objective: Energy saving and conversion into renewable
energy sources

Legal basis: Förordning (2005:XX) om investeringsstöd för
konvertering av direktverkande elvärme i bostadshus

Budget: In total: SEK 1 500 million (ca. EUR 158 million)

Intensity or amount: Up to 45 % of the eligible costs of the
R&D projects. Up to 20 % of the investment in innovation

Per year: SEK 300 million (ca. EUR 32 million)

Duration: 1.1.2005 — 31.12.2010

Intensity or amount: 30 %

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

Duration: 1.1.2006 — 31.12.2010

Other information: Annual report

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: 25.1.2006

Aid No: N 304/2005

Member State: Austria [Oberösterreich]

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.1.2005

Title: Geplante Ausbildungsbeihilfen für das Projekt ‘Dieselpro-
duktion Neu (2005-2010)’ der BMW Motoren GmbH

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 400/2004

Objective: Training (Limited to motor vehicles)

Legal basis: Richtlinie für die Gewährung von Beihilfen gemäß
§51a Arbeitsmarktförderungsgesetz

Allgemeine Förderungsrichtlinie des Landes Oberösterreich

Budget: Annual expenditure planned: EUR 1,62 million

Overall aid amount granted: EUR 7,32 million

Title: Contribution to mitigate the consequences of the reorga-
nisation of the Czech railways (České Dráhy and Spravá železniční
dopravní cesty)

Objective: Social measure for former railway employees who
lost their job during the restructuring process and who are in a
difficult social situation

Legal basis: Nařízení vlády č. 322/2002 Sb. a návrh na
prodloužení tohoto nařízení

Maximum aid intensity: 54,9 %, 29,9 %

Budget: CZK 1860 million

Duration: 2006 — 2010

Aid intensity or amount: This measure does not constitute
aid

Other information: Individual aid — Direct grant

Duration: 2005 — 2008

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

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/

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Date of adoption of the decision: 17.3.2005

węgla oraz refundowania kosztów deputatu węglowego w
naturze i rent wyrównawczych (Dz.U. nr 25, poz. 223).

Member State: Italy (Lazio)

Aid No: N 450/2003

Title: Support to research and development of new drugs and
of new therapeutic indications of existing drugs

Objective: R&D in the pharmaceutical sector

Legal basis: Legge regionale n. 20 del 22 luglio 2002 e regola-
mento attuativo

Budget: EUR 1,5 million for the first year, max. EUR 8 million
per year

Aid intensity or amount: 25 % for industrial research, 10 %
for pre-competitive development; 10 % increase for SMEs

Duration: 5 years

5. Rozporządzenie Ministra Gospodarki, Pracy i Polityki
Społecznej z dnia 11 lutego 2004 r. w sprawie pożyczek
dla pracowników przedsiębiorstw górniczych zatrudnio-
nych na powierzchni na podjęcie działalności gospodarczej
(Dz.U. nr 25, poz. 222).

6. Rozporządzenie Ministra Gospodarki, Pracy i Polityki
Społecznej z dnia 28 stycznia 2004 r. w sprawie dotacji
na finansowanie likwidacji kopalń (Dz.U. nr 18, poz. 171).

7. Ustawa z dnia 30 sierpnia 2002 r. o restrukturyzacji niek-
tórych należności publicznoprawnych od przedsiębiorców
(Dz.U. nr 155, poz. 1287 ze zmianami).

8. Ustawa z dnia 30 października 2002 r. o pomocy
publicznej dla przedsiębiorców o szczególnym znaczeniu
dla rynku pracy (Dz.U nr 213. poz. 1800 ze zmianami).

Other
provide the Commission with a report

information: obligation by the Member State to

9. Ustawa z dnia 29 sierpnia 1997 r. Ordynacja podatkowa

(Dz.U. nr 137, poz. 926 ze zmianami).

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

10. Ustawa z dnia 13 października 1998 r. o systemie ubez-
pieczeń społecznych (Dz.U. nr 137, poz. 887 ze zmia-
nami).

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 22.6.2005

Member State: Poland

Aid No: N 571/2004

11. Ustawa z dnia 1 grudnia 1995 r. o wpłatach z zysku przez
jednoosobowe spółki Skarbu Państwa (Dz.U. nr 154, poz.
792).

12. Rozporządzenie Rady Ministrów z dnia 17 lutego 2004 r.
w sprawie warunków i
trybu sprzedaży wierzytelności
Skarbu Państwa z tytułu udzielonych poręczeń i gwarancji,
zamiany tych wierzytelności na akcje (udziały), rozłożenia
ich spłaty na raty oraz umorzenia wierzytelności w całości
lub w części (Dz.U. nr 26, poz. 230).

Title: Restructuring plan Polish Coal industry 2004-2010

Objective: Security of energy supply through coal production

13. Ustawa budżetowa na rok 2004 (Dz.U. nr 17, poz. 137)

oraz na lata 2005 i 2006

Legal basis:

1. Program „Restrukturyzacja górnictwa węgla kamiennego w
latach 2004-2006 oraz strategia na lata 2007-2010” przy-
jęty przez Radę Ministrów w dniu 27 kwietnia 2004 r.

2. „Plan dostępu do zasobów węgla kamiennego w latach
2004-2006 oraz plan zamknięcia kopalń w latach 2004-
2007” przyjęty przez Radę Ministrów w dniu 7 września
2004 r.

3. Ustawa z dnia 28 listopada 2003 r. o restrukturyzacji
górnictwa węgla kamiennego w latach 2003-2006 (Dz.U.
nr 210, poz. 2037).

4. Rozporządzenie Ministra Gospodarki, Pracy i Polityki
Społecznej z dnia 11 lutego 2004 r. w sprawie dotacji na
restrukturyzację zatrudnienia w przedsiębiorstwach górni-
czych, szczegółowych zasad przyznawania i wypłacania
ekwiwalentu pieniężnego z tytułu prawa do bezpłatnego

Aid intensity or amount: Thousand PLN 6 232 725,94
(2004-2006)

Duration: 7 years (restructuring plan), 3 years (annual aid for
the years 2004 to 2006)

Other information: annual notification for the years 2007 to
for 2004 due on 31
2010, and annual
December 2005

report. 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/

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Date of adoption of the decision: 20.7.2005

Member State: France — Réunion

Aid No: N 607/2004

Title: Individual social aid scheme under Article 87(2)(a) of the
Treaty introduced for certain categories of passenger on air
services between Réunion and mainland France

Objective: To promote the opening-up of Réunion by intro-
ducing a social aid scheme for certain categories of passenger
and for residents of the island and thereby combat handicaps
connected with its insular nature — Air transport

l'outre-mer;

Legal basis: Article 60 de la loi no 2003-660 du 21.7.2003 de
programme pour
décret no 2004-100 du
30.1.2004 relatif à la dotation de continuité territoriale; arrêté
du 2.2.2004 fixant la répartition de la dotation de continuité
territoriale; délibérations no DAE/20040019 du 29 juin 2004
de l'assemblée plénière du conseil régional de la Réunion
portant dispositif de continuité territoriale et no DAE/2004-
0679 du 14 septembre 2004 de la commission permanente du
conseil régional de la Réunion portant modalités pratiques de
gestion du dispositif de continuité territoriale

Budget: EUR 8,1 million for 2005

Aid intensity or amount: 30 %

Duration: The scheme is set up on an experimental basis for
one year

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: 13.10.2004

Member State: Spain

Aid No: NN 30/2004

Title: Illegal prolongation of aid scheme N 630/2001. Aid to
the capitalization of technology based enterprises

Objective: Risk capital aid

Legal basis: Real Decreto 1002/2003, de 25 de julio, por el
que se modifica el Real Decreto 601/2002, de 20 de junio, por
el que se regulan las bases y régimen de funcionamiento de la
línea de apoyo a la capitalización de empresas de base tecnoló-
gica y se realiza la convocatoria de ayudas a que se refiere
dicha línea

Budget: 72,12 million EUR

Duration: Until 30 September 2003

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/