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: 2007-04-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Ireland, Spain, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, environmental protection, shipbuilding, subsidised housing

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Official Journal of the European Union

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INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

COMMISSION

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)

(2007/C 77/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

7.12.2005

Reference number of the aid

N 395/05

Member State

Region

Ireland

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Loan guarantees for social
Finance Agency (HFA)

infrastructure schemes funded by the Housing

Legal basis

Section 17 of the Housing (Miscellanous Provisions) Act 2002 in conjunction
with Section 56 of the Housing Act 1966)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Providing infrastructure elements ancillary to social housing

Guarantee and soft loan

The Minister
EUR 6 000 million

for Finance may guarantee borrowings of

the HFA up to

Intensity

—

Duration (period)

Unlimited.

Economic sectors

Not sector specific.

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Department of Finance, Government Buildings
Dublin 2
Ireland

Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government,
Custom House
Dublin 1
Ireland

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Other information

Commitments by Ireland:
— moneys provided by the HFA to the local authorities will only be used for

capital projects related to social housing and not for services;

— moneys provided by the HFA to the local authorities will not be used to
provide and or maintain shops or factories or offices except offices to
accommodate the officials of the local authorities;

— if an undertaking is granted specific rights to manage or use an infrastruc-
tural element financed by the scheme to run an economic activity, the HFA
will ensure that the contract terms on which the local authority engages the
undertaking to manage or use the facility will be market terms.

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

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

Date of adoption of the decision

21.2.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 692/06

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Large Combustion Plants National Emission Reduction Plan

Legal basis

2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, England and Wales — Statutory
Instrument 2000 No 1973; Northern Ireland — Statutory Rule 2003 No 46;
Scotland — Scottish Statutory Instrument 2000 No 323

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Environmental protection

Free allocation of tradable allowances

—

—

1.1.2008-31.12.2015

Economic sectors

Large Combustion Plants

Name and address of
authority

the granting

The Department of Environment, Food and Rural affairs, Ashdown House
123 Victoria Street
London SW 1E 6DE
United Kingdom

Other information

—

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential 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

8.3.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 760/06

Member State

Region

Spain

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Régimen de financiación para la exportación de buques

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Real Decreto 442/1994, Art. 11-14

Aid scheme

Sectoral development

Soft loan

Annual budget: EUR 38 million

—

1.1.2007-31.12.2008

Economic sectors

Shipbuilding

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio

Other information

—

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

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