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: 2012-05-31
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: EFTA, Norway, State aid, control of State aid, environmental protection, investment aid, large business, renewable energy, small and medium-sized enterprises








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31.5.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 154/18





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 154/10
PART I








Aid No


GBER 7/12/ENV




EFTA State


Norway




Region


Name of the region (NUTS)
Level 3: County Hordaland


Regional aid status: mixed areas




Granting authority


Name


Osterfjord Næringssamarbeid, ved Industrikonsulenten på Osterøy




Address







5282 Lonevåg




NORWAY








Webpage


http://www.rup.no search for ‘Osterfjord’




Title of the aid measure


Pilotprosjekt for å utløyse ei bioenerginæring i Hordaland (Pilot project to stimulate establishing of a bioenergy sector in the Hordaland region)




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


Funding from Hordaland County Council, letter of 20 December 2006, FK06-06. Reference number: 200504724-16/3/AARN




Web link to the full text of the aid measure


http://www.rup.no/vision/vision1.aspx?hierarchyid=753&type=5




Type of measure


Scheme


Yes




Amendment of an existing aid measure


No


 




Prolongation


From 31.12.2011 to 31.12.2012




Duration


Scheme


19.12.2008 to 31.12.2012




Economic sectors concerned


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid


 




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


Article 23:
Production of energy from renewable biological energy sources within following sectors:






 


35.113 Production of electricity through biofuel, burning of waste and landfill gas (35.113 Produksjon av elektrisitet fra biobrensel, avfallsforbrenning og deponigass)










 


35.3 Steam and air conditioning supply (35.3 Damp- og varmtvannsforsyning)




Article 15: no prolongation




Type of beneficiary


SME


Yes




Large enterprises


No




Budget


Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme


For the whole period of 4 years:
NOK 2 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)


Environmental investment aid for the promotion of energy from renewable energy sources
(Article 23)


45 %


20 % small enterprises,
10 % medium-sized enterprises




Aid for environmental studies
(Article 24)


… %


 




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


NOK …