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: 2006-08-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, application of EU law, control of State aid

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C 209/7

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 209/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption: 24.5.2006

Member State: Spain (Catalonia)

Aid No: N 4/2006

Title: Programa Beatriz Pinós

Intensity or amount: Between 40 % and 50 % maximum of
additional costs

Duration: Until 31 December 2008

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Objective: Research and development

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

Legal basis: Resolución UNI/2429/2005, de 3 de agosto, por la
que se aprueban las bases y se abre la convocatoria de ayudas
posdoctorales dentro del programa Beatriu de Pinós (BP) 2005,
DOGC número 4458 de 30 de agosto de 2005

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: EUR 3 453 750

Maximum aid intensity: 75 %, 50 %, 25 %

Date of adoption: 13.3.2006

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 112/2004

Title: Energy and CO2 tax exemption for biofuels

Objective: Environment (Biofuel producers and fuel traders)

Duration: 30.6.2008

Legal basis: Lagen 1994:1776 om skatt på energi

Economic sectors: All sectors

Budget: EUR 129 million per year

Name and address of the granting authority:

Duration: until 31.12.2008

Agencia de gestión de ayudas universitarios y de investigación
(AGAUR)
Via Laietana, núm. 28
E-08003 Barcelona

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption: 13.3.2006

Member State: Germany — Saxony

Aid No: N 52/A/2006

Title: Pollution control and climate protection — prolongation
and modification of an aid scheme

Objective: Protection of environment

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 im Freistaat
Sachsen

Budget: EUR 15 910 000

Date of adoption of the decision: 16.5.2006

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 149/2006

Title: Financing of M3 Clonee to North of Kells and Limerick
tunnel

Objective: Transport

Legal basis: Irish Roads Act

Budget: No accurate estimate available; total construction cost:
EUR 600 million/EUR 400 million

Duration: 30 to 45 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/

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Date of adoption: 24.1.2006

Duration: Until 31.12.2010

Member States: Lithuanian Republic

Aid No: N 294/2005

Title: Aid for development of biofuel production

Objective: Environmental protection, sectoral development

Legal basis:

— Lietuvos Respublikos biokuro ir bioalyvų įstatymas (Žin.,

2004 Nr. 28-870),

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Date of adoption of the decision: 7.6.2006

Member State: Ireland

— Biokuro gamybos

ir naudojimo skatinimo 2004-2010

Aid No: N 478/2004

metais programa (Žin., 2004 Nr. 133-4786)

Budget: EUR 17,4 million (LTL 60 million)
2006-2011

in the period

Duration: 31.12.2011

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

Title: State guarantee for capital borrowings by Coràs Iompair
Eirann (CIÉ) for infrastructure investment

Objective: Transport

Legal basis: Transport Act 1964

Budget: EUR 800 million

Aid intensity or amount: Measure not constituting aid

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

Duration: 10 years

Date of adoption: 22.3.2006

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 339/05

Title: Funding of the construction of the waste-fuelled power
station MHKW Rothensee

Objective: Energy

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Date of adoption: 22.2.2006

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 412/2005

Title: Extension and prolongation of Waste & Resources
Action Programme

Objective: Environmental protection

Legal basis: Section 153 of the Environmental Projection Act
1990 and the Financial Assistance for Environmental Purposes
(No 2) Order 2000 (SI 2000:2211)

Budget: EUR 28 million per year

Intensity or amount: Up to 55 % for SMEs in an Art 87(3)(a)
region

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Date of adoption: 20.3.2006

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 478/2005

Title: Program COST

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu
a vývoje z veřejných prostředků, Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002
Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných pros-
tředků

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: CZK 719 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Duration: End date: 31.12.2012

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerstvo
školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption: 20.3.2006

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 479/2005

Title: Program EUREKA

Date of adoption: 20.3.2006

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 481/2005

Title: Program KONTAKT

Objective: Research and development

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu
a vývoje z veřejných prostředků, Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002
Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných pros-
tředků

Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu
a vývoje z veřejných prostředků, Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002
Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných pros-
tředků

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: CZK 749 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 50 %

Duration: End date: 31.12.2012

Economic sectors: All sectors

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: CZK 697 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %, 50 %

Duration: End date: 31.12.2012

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerstvo
školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerstvo
školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy

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

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

Date of adoption: 20.3.2006

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 480/2005

Title: Program EUPRO

Date of adoption: 20.3.2006

Member State: Czech Republic

Aid No: N 482/2005

Title: Program INGO

Objective: Research and development

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu
a vývoje z veřejných prostředků, Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002
Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných pros-
tředků

Legal basis: Zákon č. 130/2002 Sb., o podpoře výzkumu
a vývoje z veřejných prostředků, Nařízení vlády č. 461/2002
Sb., o účelové podpoře výzkumu a vývoje z veřejných pros-
tředků

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: CZK 445 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Duration: End date: 31.12.2012

Economic sectors: All sectors

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: CZK 823 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 100 %

Duration: End date: 31.12.2012

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerstvo
školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy

Name and address of the granting authority: Ministerstvo
školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy

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

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 16.5.2006

Date of adoption: 4.7.2006

Member State: Federal Republic of Germany

Aid No: N 604/2005

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 649/2005

Title: Public funding for bus operators in the rural district of
Wittenberg

Title: Mesures de dispense partielle de précompte professionnel
en faveur de la R&D

Objective: Public bus transport service

Objective: Research and development

Legal basis: Personenbeförderungsgesetz; Regionalisierungsge-
setz; Gesetz über den öffentlichen Personennahverkehr des
Landes Sachsen-Anhalt; Landkreisordnung des Landes Sachsen-
Anhalt; Nahverkehrsplan des Landkreises Wittenberg; Satzung
zur Förderung eigenwirtschaftlicher Verkehrsleistungen im
Landkreis Sachsen-Anhalt

Budget: EUR 1 million a year

Aid intensity or amount: This measure does not constitute
aid

Duration: 2007-2015

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Date of adoption: 4.4.2006

Member State: Ireland (Border Midlands and West region)

Aid No: N 639/2005

Title: Abbott Vascular Devices Ireland. R&D Capability Grant

Objective: Regional development. Research and development

Legal basis: Loi relative au pacte de solidarité entre les généra-
tions (Moniteur belge du 30.12.2005 p. 57266-57300)

Type of measure: Aid scheme

Form of aid: Tax advantage

Budget: EUR 116 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 18 %

Duration: Unlimited

Duration (end date): ‘Young Innovative Company’: 1.7.2016

Economic sectors: All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority:
Ministre de l'Économie, de l'Énergie, du Commerce extérieur et
de la Politique scientifique
Rue Bréderode, 9
B-1000 Bruxelles

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Legal basis: Research Programme NN 34/87

Date of adoption of the decision: 21.4.2005

Type of measure: Individual aid

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: EUR 14 000 000

Maximum aid intensity: 35 %

Duration: 2005-2007

Economic sectors: Limited to the manufacturing industry

Name and address of the granting authority:
Industrial Development Agency Ireland
Wilton Park House, Wilton Place
Dublin 2

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tial information has been removed, can be found at:

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

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 81/2002

Title: Compensation for traders and other operators in the fish-
eries sector following the events in Kosovo (1999)

Objective: Compensation for processing and marketing under-
takings affected by those events

Legal basis: Articolo 2 bis della
9 novembre 1999

legge n. 405 del

Budget: EUR 16 000 000

Duration: Aid paid in 2001 and 2002

Form of aid and intensity: Up to the loss incurred

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/