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: 2006-07-04
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Netherlands, State aid, coal industry, control of State aid, environmental protection, heritage protection, pollution control measures

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Official Journal of the European Union

4.7.2006

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 155/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision: 8.3.2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 19.1.2005

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 52b/2006

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 497/2004

Title: Prolongation of N 655b/2001 — Promotion of emission
reductions and climate protection in Saxony

Title: Aid to the German coal industry for 2005

Objective: Emission reduction and climate protection

Legal basis: Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für
Umwelt und Landwirtschaft über die Gewährung von Förder-
mitteln für Vorhaben des Immissions- und Klimaschutzes eins-
chließlich der Nutzung erneuerbarer Energien

Budget: EUR 15,91 million

Duration: 2006-2008

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

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Date of adoption: 20.10.2005

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 318/2005

Title: Wave and tidal stream energy demonstration

Objective: Environmental protection/Energy protection

Legal basis: Science and Technology Act 1965 (Section 5)

Objective: Support for coal production to contribute to the
objective of energy security and the continuation of the coal
industry restructuring process

Legal basis: Council Regulation (EC) No 1407/2002 on State
aid to the coal industry

Budget: Grants: EUR 2 709,8 million;
EUR 21,6 million

loss of

tax revenue:

Aid intensity: The aid for the reduction of activity and the aid
for production cover the difference between production costs
and selling price. The aid intended to cover exceptional costs
covers those arising from or having arisen from the restruc-
turing of the coal industry

Duration: 2005

Other information:

1) Form of aid: Grants and tax reduction

2) Beneficiaries: Three mining companies: RAG AG — EUR
2 704,2 million, Dr A. Schaefer Bergbau GmbH — EUR 0,5
million and Bergwerkgesellschaft Merchweiler GmbH —
EUR 5,1 million

3 Proposal: Decision not

to raise any objections to this
measure since it conforms to Council Regulation (EC) No
1407/2002 on State aid to the coal industry

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

Budget: EUR 58,8 million

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Intensity or amount: Investment aid 25 % + GBP 100 per
MWh operating aid.

Total max. aid per project GBP 9 million

Duration: Aid decision: 2005 — 2017

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.5.2006

Member State: Kingdom of the Netherlands Noord Brabant

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

Aid No: NN76/2005

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary): NV Monumenten
Fonds Brabant

Objective: Heritage conservation

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Form of aid: Direct grant — Soft loan

Legal basis: Article 158(1)
76/03B inzake uitwerking bestuursakkoord

(e) Provinciewet & Statenbesluit

Type of measure: Individual aid

Budget: Overall aid amount planned (in millions of national
currency): 4,8

Economic sectors: Limited to service activities

Name and address of the granting authority:
Gedeputeerde Staten van Noord-Brabant
Postbus 90151
5200 's-Hertogenbosch
Nederland

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

Duration: 2004-2007

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/