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: 2007-09-27
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Czechia, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, State aid, Sweden, control of State aid

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27.9.2007

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 227/02)

Date of adoption of the decision

10.5.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 682/06

Member State

Region

Belgium

Vlaanderen

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Maatregel van de Vlaamse regering ter ondersteuning van het

intermodaal

vervoer over de binnenwateren

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Jaarlijkse decreten van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap en een toepassingsbesluit

Subsidy per container that will be transhipped to an inland container terminal
from or to an inland waterway vessel

To shift the transport of containers from road to inland waterways

Grants

EUR 11,25 million for three years

30 %

2007, 2008 and 2009

Economic sectors

Transport

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Waterwegen en Zeekanaal NV/De Scheepvaart NV namens het Vlaams Gewest
Oostdijk 110
B-2830 Willebroek

Other information

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision

10.5.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 770/06

Member State

Region

Czech Republic

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Státní záruka pro potřeby financování nákupu železničních vozů společností
České dráhy

Legal basis

Zákon o poskytnutí státní záruky České republiky na zajištění úvěru určeného
na financování nákupu železničních vozů, poskytnutého společností EUROFIMA

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Type of measure

State guarantee to cover a loan

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

To facilitate the purchase of new passenger railway rolling stock

Guarantee

The State guarantee will be granted to cover a loan up to EUR 30 million,
including interest and charges from EUROFIMA

The amount covered by the guarantee is 95 % of the loan, the remaining 5 % is
covered by Czech Railways own resources

The State guarantee will remain valid until 31 December 2019

Economic sectors

Transport

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerstvo dopravy
L. Svobody 12
CZ-110 15 Praha 1

Other information

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found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision

30.5.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 780/06

Member State

The Netherlands

Region

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Onderzoek en ontwikkeling composiet scheepsconstructie en multi-purpose
laadruim; het „CompoCaNord”-project

Legal basis

Conceptbeschikking subsidieverlening DGTL Ministerie van Verkeer en Water-
staat Beschikkingsnummer: DGTL/05.008739

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

The objective of the project is to develop an innovative, multi-purpose, light-
weight, composite inland shipping vessel. This revolutionary new type of ship
for inland navigation is called ‘the CompoCaNord’

Direct grant

EUR 610 000

30 %

2 years

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Economic sectors

Inland navigation

Name and address of
authority

the granting

—

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

10.7.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 791/06

Member State

Region

Sweden

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Business Case Norrköping

Legal basis

Privaträttsliga avtal

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Name and address of
authority

Start-up aid for new air routes from a regional airport

Measure not constituting aid

SEK 3 million

Measure not constituting aid

36 months

Aviation

the granting

Nya Norrköping

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

5.7.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 10/07

Member State

Region

Poland

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Pomoc horyzontalna na inwestycje służące redukcji emisji ze źródeł spalania
paliw (PL 12/2004)

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Legal basis

Art. 405 Ustawy z 27 kwietnia 2001 r. Prawo ochrony środowiska. Rozporzą-
dzenie Rady Ministrów z 27 kwietnia 2004 r. w sprawie szczegółowych
warunków udzielania pomocy publicznej na inwestycje służące redukcji emisji
ze źródeł spalania paliw

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Environmental protection

Direct grant, Debt write-off, Interest subsidy

Overall budget: EUR 100 million

70 %

Duration (period)

1.1.2007-31.12.2012

Economic sectors

Energy

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Narodowy Fundusz Ochrony Środowiska i Gospodarki Wodnej, PL-02-673 War-
szawa, ul. Konstruktorska 3a oraz wojewódzkie fundusze ochrony środowiska i
gospodarki wodnej

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

5.7.2007

Reference number of the aid

N 11/07

Member State

Region

Poland

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Pomoc horyzontalna na inwestycje służące dostosowaniu do wymogów najlep-
szych dostępnych technik (PL 8/2004)

Legal basis

Art. 405 Ustawy z 27 kwietnia 2001 r. Prawo ochrony środowiska. Rozporzą-
dzenie Rady Ministrów z 27 kwietnia 2004 r. w sprawie szczegółowych
warunków udzielania pomocy publicznej na inwestycje służące dostosowaniu
do wymogów najlepszych dostępnych technik

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Environmental protection

Direct grant, Debt write-off, Interest subsidy

Overall budget: EUR 120 million

30 %

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Duration (period)

Economic sectors

1.1.2007-31.12.2010

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Narodowy Fundusz Ochrony Środowiska i Gospodarki Wodnej, PL-02-673 War-
szawa, ul. Konstruktorska 3a oraz wojewódzkie fundusze ochrony środowiska i
gospodarki wodnej

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

17.7.2007

Reference number of the aid

Member State

Region

N 112/07

Germany

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

THESEUS (Technologien für Services und Effiziente Unterstützung der Suche im
Internet)

Legal basis

Jährliches Haushaltsgesetz, Einzelplan 09 — Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft
und Technologie, Titel 68664

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Research and development, Innovation

Direct grant

Overall budget: EUR 120 million

80 %

Until 31.12.2011

Economic sectors

—

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie
Scharnhorststr. 34-37
D-10115 Berlin

Other information

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found at:

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