Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections
Date: 2006-08-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Czechia, Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, environmental protection, indemnification

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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 202/07)

Date of adoption of the decision: 12.4.2006

Date of adoption of the decision: 22.2.2006

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 95/2006

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 196b/2005

Title: Climate Change Levy: eligibility of further sectors to
Climate change agreements

Objective: Five further sectors concluded Climate Change
Agreement with the UK government. The achievement of the
energy efficiency targets foreseen by the agreements entitles the
concerned sectors/companies to a reduction under the Climate
Change Levy

Legal basis: Finance Act 2000

Title: Programme of reconstruction of air pollution sources in
the sense of the legislative requirements of the Act on protec-
tion of the air

Objective: Environmental aid

Legal basis: Zákon č. 86/2002 Sb., o ochraně ovzduší

Budget: Approximately CZK 100 million (EUR 3,5 million)
p.a.

Budget: No change in the budget foreseen for all Climate
change agreements.

Aid intensity or amount:

Higher from:

Duration: Until 31 March 2011

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 of the decision: 22.2.2006

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 196a/2005

Title: Programme to abate emissions of air pollutants at pollu-
tion sources operated in public interest

Objective: Environmental aid

Legal basis: Zákon č. 86/2002 Sb., o ochraně ovzduší

Budget: Approximately CZK 10 million (EUR 347 000) p.a.

Aid intensity or amount:

Higher from:

— 30 % or 40 % (energy savings, CHP, renewable energy)
+ 10 % or 5 % for regions supported according to Article
87 (3) (a) or (c) respectively, or

— 30 % or 40 % (energy savings, CHP, renewable energy)
+ 10 % or 5 % for regions supported according to Article
87 (3) (a) or (c) respectively, or

— regional aid rate (which ranges

from 20 % to 50 %)

+ 10 %.

The aid according to point 28 of the Guidelines on State aid
for environmental protection: 15 %.

Duration: 6 years (calculated from 1 February 2005)

Other information: Form of the aid: grants, soft loans, interest
subsidies

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 of the decision: 22.2.2006

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 196c/2005

Title: Programme to abate volatile organic compound emis-
sions

— regional aid rate (which ranges from 20 % to 50 %) + 10 %

Objective: Environmental aid

The aid according to point 28 of the Guidelines on State aid
for environmental protection: 15 %

Duration: 6 years (calculated from 1 February 2005)

Legal basis: Zákon č. 86/2002 Sb., o ochraně ovzduší

Budget: Approximately CZK 25 million (EUR 867 000) p.a.

Aid intensity or amount:

Other information: Form of the aid: soft loans, interest subsi-
dies

Higher from:

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/

— 30 % + 10 % or 5 % for regions supported according to

Article 87 (3) (a) or (c) respectively, or

— regional aid rate (which ranges from 20 % to 50 %) + 10 %

The aid according to point 28 of the Guidelines on State aid
for environmental protection: 15 %

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Duration: 6 years (calculated from 1 February 2005)

Duration: 6 years (calculated from 1 February 2005)

Other information: Form of the aid: soft loans, interest subsi-
dies

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/

Other information: form of aid: soft loans, interest subsidies

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 of the decision: 22.2.2006

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 196d/2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 22.2.2006

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 196g/2005

Title: Programme of implementation of regional programmes
to abate pollutant emissions and pollution levels

Title: Programme of best available techniques

Objective: Environmental aid

Objective: Environmental aid

Legal basis: Zákon č. 86/2002 Sb., o ochraně ovzduší

Budget: Approximately CZK 20 million (EUR 694 000) p.a.

Aid intensity or amount:

Higher from:

— 30 % or 40 % (energy savings, CHP, renewable energy)
+ 10 % or 5 % for regions supported according to Article
87 (3) (a) or (c) respectively, or

— regional aid rate (which ranges from 20 % to 50 %) + 10 %

The aid according to point 28 of the Guidelines on State aid
for environmental protection: 15 %

Duration: 6 years (calculated from 1 February 2005)

Other information: Form of the aid: soft loans, interest subsi-
dies

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/

Legal basis: Zákon č. 76/2002 Sb., o integrované prevenci

Budget: Zákon č. 76/2002 Sb., o integrované prevenci

Aid intensity or amount:

Higher from:

— 30 % + 10 % or 5 % for regions supported according to

Article 87 (3) (a) or (c) respectively, or

— regional aid rate (which ranges from 20 % to 50 %) + 10 %

The aid according to point 28 of the Guidelines on State aid
for environmental protection: 15 %

Duration: 6 years (calculated from 1 February 2005)

Other information: Form of the aid: grants, soft loans, interest
subsidies

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 of the decision: 21.12.2005

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 196e/2005

Title: Programme for support of utilisation of waste

Objective: Environmental aid

Legal basis: Zákon č. 185/2001 Sb. o odpadech, zákon č. 477/
2001 Sb. o obalech

Budget: Approximately CZK 240 million (EUR 8,2 million)
p.a.

Aid intensity or amount:

Higher from:

— 30 % + 10 % or 5 % for regions supported according to

Article 87 (3) (a) or (c) respectively

— regional aid rate (which ranges from 20 % to 50 %) + 10 %

An SME bonus of 10 % is applicable

Date of adoption: 22.12.2005

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid number: N 570/2005

Title: ‘Reduction excise duty biofuel’.

Objective: Environment: emission reduction (Biofuel producers
and fuel traders)

Legal basis: „Invoegen van een nieuw artikel 72a in de Wet op
de accijns ingevolge het wetsvoorstel houdende wijziging van
enkele belastingwetten (Belastingplan 2006)”

Budget: EUR 70 million

Duration: One year: 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:

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 5.8.2005

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.3.2005

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 579/2004

Title: Compensation scheme for salmon fishermen

Objective: The objective of the scheme is to make good the
damage caused by the sudden ban on the sale of large salmon
for human consumption

Legal basis: Aktstykke nr. 8 af 20. oktober 2004 og bekendt-
gørelse af 3. oktober 2005 om ændring af bekendtgørelse om
tilskud til visse erhvervsfiskere, der har drevet fiskeri efter laks i
Østersøen

Budget: The overall budget amount
(400 000 EUR)

is 3 million DKK

Form of aid and intensity: For each vessel there will be a
landings of
ceiling for obtaining compensation:
salmon (in kg) in 2003 + 30 %. When an individual vessel
reaches the ceiling, generally, no compensation can be obtained
for further landings of large salmon

the total

Period of assistance: The scheme is a temporary measure to
remedy losses in the period of 16 September 2004 to 15
March 2005

Member State: Italy (Province of Mantova)

Aid No: N 620/05

Title: Investment aid for the creation of biogas plants in the
province of Mantova

Objective: Environmental aid for the creation of two biogas
plants

Legal basis:

— Delibera Giunta Regionale n. 19839 of 16.12.2004 —
in Agricoltura in

rinnovabili

‘Progetto Fo.R.Agri. Fonti
Provincia di Mantova’

— Delibera Giunta Provinciale n. 20 of 3.2.2005 — ‘Presa
d'atto sottoscrizione accordo quadro sviluppo territoriale –
progetto Fo.R.Agri’

Budget: 1 million EUR

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 40 % + 10 % for SMEs

Other information: Annual report

Duration: 3 years

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/

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/