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: 2008-12-31
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, Germany, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid, exchange of information, investment, research and development

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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 331/02)

Date of adoption of the decision

14.11.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 700/07

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

Wales

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Finance Wales JEREMIE Fund

Legal basis

Type of measure

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Section 60 of the Government of Wales Act 2006 and section 1 of the Welsh
Development Agency Act 1975

Aid scheme

Risk capital

Provision of risk capital

Overall budget: GBP 150 million

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2008-31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Finance Wales Plc
Oakleigh House
Park Place
Cardiff CF10 3DQ
United Kingdom

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

12.11.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 77/08

Member State

Region

Denmark

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Programmet for brugerdreven innovation

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Legal basis

— Lov om erhvervsfremme § 2, stk. 2 og 3, stk. 2, § 4 stk. 1 og § 22 stk. 1,3

og 4 i lov nr. 602 af 24. juni 2005

— Bekendtgørelse nr. 241 af 20. marts 2007

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration

Research and development

Direct grant

Annual budget: DKK 94 million

Overall budget: DKK 282 million

—

Until 31.12.2010

Economic sectors

—

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Erhvervs- og Byggestyrelsen
Dahlerups Pakhus
Langelinie Alle 17
DK-2100 København Ø

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

12.11.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 258/08

Member State

Region

Germany

Saarland

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) Richtlinien für die Förderung von Entwicklung, Forschung und Innovation im

Saarland — EFI Programm

Legal basis

§ 44 Landeshaushaltsordnung des Saarlandes in der Fassung der Bekannt-
machung vom 5. November 1999 (Amtsblatt Saarland 2000 S. 194), zuletzt
geändert durch Gesetz vom 15. Februar 2006 (Amtsblatt Saarland 2006
S. 474, 530) und die dazu erlassenen Verwaltungsvorschriften (VV-LHO) vom
27. September 2001 (GMBL Saar 2001, S. 553) zuletzt geändert durch Verwal-
tungsvorschrift vom 20. September 2007 (Amtsblatt Saarland 2007, S. 1889)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Budget

Research and development, Regional development, Employment

Direct grant

Annual budget: EUR 3,2 million

Overall budget: EUR 18,6 million

Intensity

80 %

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Duration

Until 31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of
authority

the granting

Ministerium für Wirtschaft und Wissenschaft
Franz-Josef-Röder-Straße 17
D-66119 Saarbrücken

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/