Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV of 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: 2012-01-19
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA, Norway, State aid, control of State aid, environmental research, large business, small and medium-sized enterprises








C_2012016EN.01000701.xml










19.1.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 16/7





Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV of 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))
2012/C 16/04
PART I








Aid No


GBER 13/11/ENV




EFTA State


Norway




Granting authority


Name


Enova SF




Address







Professor Brochs gt 2




7030 Trondheim




NORWAY








Webpage


http://www.enova.no




Title of the aid measure


Programme for environmental studies for renewable energy in industry




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


The national legal basis for the support measures administered by Enova SF derives from the following sources of law.






—


The annual state budgets, which describe the energy policy and propose the budget for the coming year.










—


Parliamentary Decision of 5 April 2001 (1) on the basis of a proposition by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy of 21 December 2000 (2). The Parliamentary Decision amends the Energy Act of 29 June 1990 No 50 (Energiloven).










—


The Agreement between the Ministry and Enova. The latest version of the agreement regulates the objectives for Enova SF’s administration of the Energy Fund between 1 June 2008 and 31 December 2011.










—


Regulation (EC) No 1377/2001 of 10 December 2001, concerning the levy on the electricity grid tariff (Forskrift om innbetaling av påslag på nettariffen til Energifondet).










—


A regulation on the Energy Fund (Vedteker for energifondet) places the Energy Fund under the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and stipulates its administration by Enova.








Web link to the full text of the aid measure


http://naring.enova.no/sitepageview.aspx?articleID=4178




Type of measure


Scheme


Yes




Amendment of an existing aid measure


Prolongation


Prolongation of the environmental studies previously approved by ESA in decision No 125/06/COL




Duration


Scheme


1.10.2011 to 31.12.2014




Economic sector(s) concerned


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid


Yes, all economic sectors




Limited to specific sectors — specify in accordance with NACE Rev. 2.


 




Type of beneficiary


SME


Yes




Large enterprises


Yes




Budget


Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme


NOK 10 million




Aid instrument (Article 5)


Grant


Yes




PART II








General Objectives (list)


Objectives (list)


Maximum aid intensity in % or Maximum aid amount in NOK


SME — bonuses in %




Aid for environmental protection (Articles 17-25)


Aid for environmental studies (Article 24)


50 %


10 % for medium
20 % for small




Aid in the form of reductions in environmental taxes (Article 25)


NOK …


 






(1)  Odelstingets vedtak til lov om endringar i lov 29. juni 1990 nr. 50 om produksjon, omforming, overføring, omsetning og fordeling av energi m.m. (energilova). (Besl.O.nr.75 (2000-2001), jf. Innst.O.nr.59 (2000-2001) og Ot.prp.nr.35 (2000-2001)).

(2)  Ot.prp.nr.35 (2000-2001).