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: 2008-08-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Germany, Lithuania, State aid, control of State aid

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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 202/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

4.6.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 538/05

Member State

Region

France

—

Title (and/or name of beneficiary)

Modification du régime de remboursement des contributions sociales patronales
dans le transport maritime

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Loi no 2005-412 du 3 mai 2005 relative à la création du registre international
français

Changes to the awarding procedure for the system of exemption from social
security contributions for seamen signed on by maritime transport vessels

Administrative simplification of the management of an existing aid scheme

Exemption from social security contributions

NA

NA

NA

Economic sectors

Maritime transport

Name and address of
authority

the granting

NA

Other information

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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

17.6.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 159/08

Member State

Region

France

—

Title (and/or name of beneficiary)

Aides d'État au démarrage et à l'exploitation de services réguliers de transport
combiné de marchandises alternatif au mode routier

Legal basis

Loi no 82-1153 du 30 décembre 1982 d'orientation des transports intérieurs,
modifiée notamment par loi no 99-523 du 25 juin 1999 d'orientation pour
l'aménagement et le développement durable du territoire

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

The objective of the scheme is to develop combined transport so that it can
provide an attractive alternative to the transport of goods by road

Form of aid

Direct grant and repayable loan

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Maximum of EUR 200 million

Maximum of 50 % of the cost of transhipment operations and 30 % of the
price of transport

5 years (2008-2012)

Economic sectors

Combined transport (rail/inland waterway and short-distance by sea)

Name and address of
authority

the granting

—

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

17.6.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 197/08

Member State

Region

Lithuania

87(3)(a)

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Regioninė pagalba energetikos sektoriui

Legal basis

„Elektros skirstymo sistemos modernizavimas ir plėtra“,

LR ūkio ministro įsakymais patvirtinti priemonių „Atsinaujinančių energijos
išteklių panaudojimas energijos gamybai“, „Gamtinių dujų perdavimo sistemos
modernizavimas ir plėtra“, „Elektros perdavimo sistemos modernizavimas ir
plėtra“,
„Energijos
gamybos efektyvumo didinimas“ ir „Šilumos tiekimo sistemos modernizavimas
ir plėtra“ aprašai; 2007–2013 m. Ekonomikos augimo veiksmų programa;
2007-2013 m. Sanglaudos skatinimo veiksmų programa; Lietuvos Respublikos
Vyriausybės 2007 m. gruodžio 19 d. nutarimas Nr. 1449 „Dėl žmogiškųjų
ištekliu plėtros, ekonomikos augimo ir sanglaudos skatinimo veiksmų programų
priedų patvirtinimo“

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Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Regional development, Sectoral development

Direct grant

Annual budget: LTL 180 million

Overall budget: LTL 900 million

50 %

Until 31.12.2013

Economic sectors

Electricity, gas and water supply

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Lietuvos Respublikos ūkio ministerija
Gedimino pr. 38/2
LT-01104 Vilnius

Other information

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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

2.7.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 252/08

Member State

Region

Germany

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Änderung der Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Wirtschaft und
Arbeit über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen zur Rettung und Umstruktur-
ierung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen im Freistaat Sachsen

Legal basis

Richtlinie über die Gewährung von Zuwendungen zur Rettung und Umstruktur-
ierung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen im Freistaat Sachsen

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Rescue of firms in difficulty, Restructuring of firms in difficulty

Rescue aid:
circumstances a grant

loan, Restructuring aid:

loan,

interest subsidy and in exceptional

Annual budget: EUR 2 million

—

Until 2015, but commitment from German authorities to adapt their scheme to
the replacing Guidelines

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Economic sectors

SMEs and — in exceptional circumstances — also large companies

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Sächsische Aufbaubank — Förderbank
Pirnaische Straße 9
D-01069 Dresden

Other information

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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/