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: 2006-12-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, France, Italy, Netherlands, Slovakia, State aid, control of State aid

C 297/14

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Official Journal of the European Union

7.12.2006

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)

(2006/C 297/06)

Date of adoption of the decision

12.10.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 53/06

Member State

Region

Title

Legal basis

Belgium

Flanders

„Proefproject van het Vlaamse Gewest voor subsidies voor het vervoer van
containers via binnenvaart en estuaire vaart van en naar de Vlaamse kustha-
vens”.

Besluit van de Vlaamse regering tot toekenning van een toelage voor het trans-
port via binnenvaart en estuaire vaart van de Vlaamse kusthavens naar het
hinterland

Type of measure

aid scheme

Objective

— to achieve the modal shift from road to inland waterway navigation;
— to compensate the external costs that road transport does not incur;
— to generate sufficiently large amounts of traffic of goods after the expiry of
the start-up period so that regular container service lines between the
Flemish coastal ports and the hinterland can be operated without any state
intervention necessary.

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Intensity

EUR 6 240 776 for three years.

For the construction or reconstruction of estuarine vessels is 20 % of the total
cost. For the start-up aid is 1,14 % and 3,16 % of the total cost of the transport
of a single TEU destined respectively to Flanders and Rhine area.

Duration (period)

2006-2008

Economic sectors

Inland navigation

Name and address of
authority

the granting

The Region of Flanders via the Agency Waterwegen en Zeekanaal S.A.

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Date of adoption of the decision:

13.9.2006

Aid No:

Member State

N 223/06

France

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Region

Title

Legal basis

Martinique

Régime d'aides sociales à caractère individuel au profit de certaines catégories
de passagers des liaisons aériennes régulières entre la Martinique et la métro-
pole, en application de l'article 60 de la loi no 2003-660 du 21 juillet 2003 de
programme pour l'outre-mer

Article 60 de la loi no 2003-660 du 21 juillet 2003 de programme pour
l'outre-mer; décret no 2004-100 du 30 janvier 2004 relatif à la dotation de
continuité territoriale instituée par l'article 60 de la loi de programme pour
l'outre-mer; arrêté du 7 février 2006 fixant pour l'année 2006 la répartition de
la dotation de continuité territoriale instituée par l'article 60 de la loi de
programme pour l'outre-mer; délibération du conseil régional de la Martinique
no 04-1012 du 15 juin 2004 portant dispositif de continuité territoriale; déli-
bération du conseil régional de la Martinique no 04-1711 du 6 octobre 2004
portant autorisation de signer des conventions avec les agences de voyage dans
le cadre de la mise en place du dispositif de continuité territoriale; délibération
du conseil régional de la Martinique no 05-1742 du 25 octobre 2005 portant
modification du dispositif d'aide au voyage aérien

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

To improve the mobility of Martinique residents between the island and metro-
politan France

Form of aid

Defrayal of 50 % of the cost of a return airline ticket

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Approximately EUR 5 million per year

50 % of the cost of a return ticket

10 years

Air transport

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Conseil régional de la Martinique — Hôtel de Région — Plateau Roy-Cluny
Rue Defferre — BP 601 F-97200
Fort-de-France

Other information

Report

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Date of adoption of the decision

4.7.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 279/06

Member State

Slovakia

Title

Legal basis

SEN Films s.r.o.

a) Zákon č. 523/2004 Z. z. o rozpočtových pravidlách verejnej správy

a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov,

b) Zákon č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci v znení zákona č. 203/2004 -

§ 4 ods. 1, písm. d),

c) Výnos MK SR - 12947/05-110/30493 zo 16. novembra 2005 o poskyto-

vaní dotácií v pôsobnosti MK SR

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Individual aid

Culture

Direct grant

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Budget

Intensity

Duration

Annual budget: SKK 9 million; Overall budget: SKK 30,6 million

29,4 %

31 December 2006

Economic sectors

Recreational, cultural sporting activities

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerstvo kultúry Slovenskej republiky, Námestie SNP č. 33, SK-813 31
Bratislava 1

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Date of adoption of the decision

12.10.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 348/2006

Member State

Title

Legal basis

Netherlands

Overgangsbudget voor de liberalisatie van de markt voor inburgeringscursussen
voor recente immigranten

Artikel 60 Wetsvoorstel
Ministeriële Regeling
Kamerstukken 2005-2006 30308 nr. 2 & 3.

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Duration

Sectoral development

Direct grant

Annual budget: 2007: EUR 62 million, 2008: EUR 40 million, 2009: EUR 20
million; Overall budget: EUR 122 million

1 January 2007 - 31 December 2009

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap
Postbus 16375, 2500 BJ Den Haag, Nederland

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Date of adoption of the decision

13.9.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 387/06

Member State

Region

Title

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Slovak Republic

Nitriansky kraj

Renty (t. j. odškodnenia za pracovné úrazy a choroby z povolania) pre Horno-
nitrianske bane Prievidza, a.s. Prievidza

Článok 7 nariadenia Rady (ES) č. 1407/2002 o štátnej pomoci pre uhoľný prie-
mysel v kombinácii s číslom 1 písm. f) prílohy k nariadeniu

individual aid

Compensation for ‘inherited liabilities’

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Form of aid

Budget

Duration

Direct payment

SKK 39,9 Million

1.1.2005 — 31.12.2005

Economic sectors

Coal industry

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision

7.06.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 622/2005

Member State

Title

Legal basis

Objective

Budget

Intensity

Duration

the Netherlands

Steunregeling voor de aanpassing van het Europese signaleringssysteem (ETCS)
in series goederenlocomotieven

Regeling, houdende bepalingen voor de subsidiëring van ombouw en type-
keuring van ETCS in goederenlocomotieven

To provide financial assistance towards the costs of fitting ETCS in series of
freight locomotives that are going to use the new Betuwe Route

EUR 15 million

50 % of the eligible costs

2006 — 2007

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Date of adoption of the decision

13.9.2006

Aid No

Member State

Title

Legal basis

Objective

Budget

Duration

NN 9/2006

Slovak Republic

State aid to the coal industry

Zákon č. 461/2003

Mines closure

SKK 191 million

2004 to 2010

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7.12.2006

Date of adoption of the decision

20.4.2004

Reference number of the aid

N. 54/2001

Member State

Region

Title

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of
authority

Italy

Provincia autonoma di Trento

Provvidenze per gli impianti a fune e le piste da sci

Deliberazione della giunta provinciale n. 6749 del 12 giugno 1998, concer-
nente provvidenze per gli impianti a fune e le piste da sci — anni 1999 e
2000

Aid scheme

Sectoral development

Direct grant

Annual budget: EUR 10,9 million; Overall budget: EUR 21,8 million

45 %

1 January 1999 — 31 December 2000

Recreational, cultural sporting activities

the granting

Provincia autonoma di Trento — Piazza Dante 15, I-38100 Trento

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