do-me/EUR-LEX huggingface dataset:
Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid to small and medium-sized enterprises (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2008-04-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Spain, State aid, control of State aid, exchange of information, small and medium-sized enterprises

C 91/22

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.4.2008

Information communicated by Member States regarding State aid granted under Commission
Regulation (EC) No 70/2001 on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid
to small and medium-sized enterprises

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 91/08)

Aid No

Member State

Region

XS 37/08

Spain

Castilla y León

Title of aid scheme or name of
company receiving individual aid

Subvenciones para la adquisición de maquinaria para valorización energética de
biomasa.

Legal basis

Annual expenditure planned or overall
amount
the
company

granted

aid

to

of

Orden MAM/1861/2006, de 20 de noviembre, por la que se establecen las bases
reguladoras de la concesión de subvenciones para la adquisición de maquinaria
para la valorización energética de Biomasa Forestal.

Orden MAM/1967/2007, de 29 de noviembre, por la que se convocan subven-
ciones para la adquisición de maquinaria para valorización energética de
biomasa forestal (código reay med 012) — bocyl 7.12.2007

Annual overall amount

Annual overall amount

EUR 1 million

Loans guaranteed

Individual aid

Overall aid amount

Loans guaranteed

Maximum aid intensity

In conformity with Articles 4(2)-(6) and 5 of the
Regulation

Yes

Date of implementation

29.12.2007

Duration of scheme or individual aid
award

Until 15.9.2008

Objective of aid

Aid to SMEs

Economic sectors concerned

Limited to specific sectors

Other industrial sectors (only SMEs in the forestry
sector will be eligible for aid)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Consejería de Medio Ambiente

Rigoberto Cortejoso, 14
E-47014 Valladolid

Large individual aid grants

In conformity with Article 6 of the Regulation

Yes
Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.4932 — Leoni/Valeo CSB) Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2008-04-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, electrical engineering, merger control, restrictive-practice authorisation, vehicle parts

C 91/12

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.4.2008

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.4932 — Leoni/Valeo CSB)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2008/C 91/04)

On 17 December 2007, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to
declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regu-
lation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public
after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This
website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case
number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32007M4932. EUR-Lex is the

on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).
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: 2008-04-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Germany, State aid, control of State aid, environmental protection, research and development

C 91/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.4.2008

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)

(2008/C 91/03)

Date of adoption of the decision

30.1.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 365/07

Member State

Germany

Region

Sachsen-Anhalt

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Errichtung des Fraunhofer Centre for Silicon Photovoltaics

Legal basis

Landeshaushaltsordnung Sachsen-Anhalt

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Research and development

Direct grant

Overall budget: EUR 60 million

Measure does not constitute aid

1.1.2008-31.12.2010

Economic sectors

—

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt
Hasselbachstr. 4
D-39104 Magdeburg

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/

Date of adoption of the decision

10.1.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 374/07

Member State

Germany

Region

Niedersachsen

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Richtlinie über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen zur Förderung der Wieder-
Industrie- und Gewerbeflächen (Brachflächen- und

nutzung brachliegender
Altlasten-Förderrichtlinien)

12.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 91/11

Legal basis

Richtlinie über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen zur Förderung der Wieder-
nutzung brachliegender
Industrie- und Gewerbeflächen (Brachflächen- und
Altlasten-Förderrichtlinien)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Economic sectors

Environmental protection

Direct grant

Overall budget: EUR 23,1 million

75 %

2007-2013

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Investitions- und Förderbank, Niedersachsen GmbH-Nbank
Günther-Wagner-Allee 12-14
D-30177 Hannover

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/
Euro exchange rates
Date: 2008-04-12
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: euro, exchange rate

12.4.2008

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 91/17

COMMISSION

Euro exchange rates (1)

11 April 2008

(2008/C 91/06)

1 euro =

Currency

Exchange rate

Currency

Exchange rate

USD

JPY

DKK

GBP

SEK

CHF

ISK

NOK

BGN

CZK

EEK

HUF

LTL

LVL

PLN

RON

SKK

US dollar

Japanese yen

Danish krone

Pound sterling

Swedish krona

Swiss franc

Iceland króna

Norwegian krone

Bulgarian lev

Czech koruna

Estonian kroon

Hungarian forint

Lithuanian litas

Latvian lats

Polish zloty

Romanian leu

Slovak koruna

1,5833

TRY

Turkish lira

159,83

AUD Australian dollar

7,4590

0,80170

9,4120

1,5808

CAD

HKD

NZD

SGD

Canadian dollar

Hong Kong dollar

New Zealand dollar

Singapore dollar

2,0680

1,7024

1,6139

12,3320

1,9913

2,1510

116,46

KRW South Korean won

1 545,62

7,9415

1,9558

25,025

15,6466

ZAR

CNY

HRK

IDR

South African rand

Chinese yuan renminbi

Croatian kuna

Indonesian rupiah

252,73

MYR Malaysian ringgit

3,4528

0,6966

3,4336

3,6290

PHP

RUB

THB

BRL

Philippine peso

Russian rouble

Thai baht

Brazilian real

32,414

MXN Mexican peso

12,4255

11,0934

7,2626

14 539,44

4,9906

65,549

37,1340

49,980

2,6774

16,6983

(1) Source:

reference exchange rate published by the ECB.