Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation))
Date: 2011-04-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Norway, State aid, aid system, control of State aid, exchange of information








C_2011125EN.01000801.xml










28.4.2011   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 125/8





Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General Block Exemption Regulation))
2011/C 125/08
PART I








Aid No


GBER 6/11/R&D




EFTA State


Norway




Granting authority


Name


Innovation Norway




Address







PO Box 448 Sentrum




0104 Oslo




NORWAY








Webpage


http://www.innovationnorway.com




Title of the aid measure


Forsknings- og utviklingskontrakter (Research and Development Contracts)




National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication)


Prop. 1 S (2010-2011), pp. 141-142, see
http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/nhd/dok/regpubl/prop/2010-2011/prop-1-s-20102011.html?id=618824




Web link to the full text of the aid measure


http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/Tjenester/Programmer/FOU-kontrakter-OFUIFU/
http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/Satsinger/Internasjonalisering/Finansiering/Forskningsog-utviklingskontrakter/




Type of measure


Scheme


Yes (grants to beneficiaries)




Amendment of an existing aid measure


217/94/COL — This measure will expire


 




Duration


Scheme


From 1.1.2011
Allocations are subject to the annual parliamentary budgetary procedure. The scheme has been in operation for more than 20 years and no termination is planned in the foreseeable future.




Economic sector(s) concerned


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid


All sectors




Type of beneficiary


SME


Yes




Large enterprises


Yes




Budget


Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme


NOK 285 (in millions)




Aid instrument (Article 5)


Grant


Yes




PART II









General objectives (list)


Objectives (list)


Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in NOK (1)



SME-bonuses in %




Aid for research, development and innovation
(Articles 30-37)


Aid for research and development projects
(Article 31)


Fundamental research
(Article 31(2)(a))


 


 




Industrial research
(Article 31(2)(b))


50 %. A 15 % bonus may be added to all enterprises up to a maximum of 80 % if the conditions prescribed in paragraph 4 apply.


20 % for small enterprises, 10 % for medium-sized enterprises




Experimental development
(Article 31(2)(c))


25 %. A 15 % bonus may be added to all enterprises if the conditions prescribed in paragraph 4 apply.


20 % for small enterprises, 10 % for medium-sized enterprises




Aid for technical feasibility studies
(Article 32)


65 % for studies preparatory to industrial research, and 40 % for studies preparatory to experimental development


10 %




Aid for industrial property rights costs for SMEs
(Article 33)


Same aid intensities as aid for industrial research and experimental development


 




Aid for innovation advisory services and for innovation support services
(Article 36)


NOK 1,6 million over a three-year period


 




Aid for the loan of highly qualified personnel
(Article 37)


 


 






(1)  Amounts in NOK are subject to an exchange rate EURO:NOK of 1:8.