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: 2006-09-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, Portugal, State aid, United Kingdom, broadcasting, control of State aid, research and development, television

C 222/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.9.2006

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 222/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption: 19.7.2006

Aid No: N 193/2006

Member State: United Kingdom

Title: Large R&D aid to Rolls-Royce et al. Environmentally
Friendly Engine (EFE)

Legal basis: Science and Technology Act 1965, Section 5

Type of measure: Individual aid

Objective: Research and development

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: GBP 47 473 245

Intensity: 50 %

Duration: 31.12.2010

Economic sectors: Limited to the manufacturing industry

Name and address of the granting authority:

Department of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Defence, Invest
NI, EMDA, NWDA, SWRDA DTI,
151 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1E

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: 4.4.2006

Aid No: N 539/2005

Member State: Germany

Region: Freistaat Sachsen

Title: Forschungsplattform für Nanoelektronik Dresden

Legal basis: Bundesprogramm IT 2006;

Investitionszulagengesetz 2005;

Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Wissenschaft
und Kunst betreffend Zuwendungen für Verbesserungen der
Forschungsinfrastruktur;

Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Wirtschaft
und Arbeit betreffend FuE-Verbundprojektförderung;

Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Wirtschaft
und Arbeit betreffend Einzelbetriebliche FuE-Projektförderung

Type of measure: Individual aid

Objective: Research and development

Form of aid: Direct grant

Budget: EUR 232 500 000

Intensity: 33,21 %

Duration: 31.12.2010

Economic sectors: Limited to the manufacturing industry

Name and address of the granting authority: Finanzamt
Dresden II, Gutzkowstraße 10, D-01069 Dresden (Investitions-
zulage); Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und
Kunst, Wigardstraße 17, D-01097 Dresden; Bundesministerium
für Bildung und Forschung, Heinemannstraße 2, D-53175
Bonn; Sächsiches Staatsministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit,
Wilhelm-Buck-Str. 2, D-01097 Dresden; Sächsische Aufbau-
bank — Förderbank, Abteilung
Technologieförderung,
Pirnaische Straße 9, D-01069 Dresden

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: 4 July 2006

Aid No: NN 31/2006

Member State: Portugal

Title in original language: Reestruturação financeira da emis-
sora de serviço público RTP

Legal basis: Acordo de Reestruturação Financeira entre o
Estado Português e a Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, SGPS, S.A.
de 22 de Setembro de 2003

Type of measure: Ad hoc

Objective: Services of general economic interest

aid

Overall
planned: EUR 899,74 million
(EUR 736,67 million on the basis of the restructuring agree-
ment and EUR 163,07 million as earlier capital injections)

amount

Duration: 2003-2019

Economic sectors: Broadcasting

Name and address of the granting authority: Portuguese
Government

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/