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: 2013-07-04
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, State aid, control of State aid, environmental protection, research and development, substitute fuel, sustainable mobility








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4.7.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 193/7





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))
2013/C 193/04
PART I








Aid No


GBER 16/12/ENV




EFTA State


Norway




Region


Name of the region (NUTS)


Regional aid status: National scheme




Granting authority


Name


The Norwegian Public Roads Administration




Address







Statens Vegvesen




PO Box 8142 Dep




0033 Oslo




NORWAY








Webpage


http://www.transnova.no




Title of the aid measure


Transnova




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


Parliament appropriation for the budget year 2013




Web link to the full text of the aid measure


http://www.transnova.no




Type of measure


Scheme


X




Amendment of an existing aid measure


No


EFTA Surveillance Authority aid number




Prolongation


From 2009 (GBER 17/09/ENV)




Duration


Scheme


One year




Date of granting


Ad hoc aid


Applications are now being processed and grants will be committed by the end of the year




Economic sector(s) concerned


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid


All sectors, both undertakings, public authorities and NGOs




Type of beneficiary


SME


X




Large enterprises


X




Budget


Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme


NOK 90 million




Aid instrument (Article 5)


Grant


X




If co-financed by Community funds


Reference(s):
The programme is not co-financed, but some projects might be so. Measures are in place to ensure that the sum of all relevant grants is within the support limits permitted.




PART II









General objectives (list)


Objectives (list)


Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in NOK


SME — bonuses in %




Promoting the substitution of fossil fuels in the transportation sector with sustainable alternatives


Grants will be given to projects, all below the threshold limits in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 800/2008, and the aid intensity will follow the relevant articles in the Regulation. The granting will be decided on the basis of presumed additionality, the quality of the application and national priorities.


 


 




Aid for environmental protection
(Articles 17-25)


Investment aid enabling undertakings to go beyond Community standards for environmental protection or increase the level of environmental protection in the absence of Community standards
(Article 18)
Please provide a specific reference to the relevant standard.


Max. 35 %


10 % or 20 %




Aid for the acquisition of new transport vehicles which go beyond Community standards or which increase the level of environmental protection in the absence of Community standards
(Article 19)


Max. 35 %


10 % or 20 %




Aid for early adaptation to future Community standards for SMEs
(Article 20)


Max. 15 %


 




Environmental investment aid for energy saving measures
(Article 21)


Max. 60 % or 20 %


10 % or 20 %




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


45 %


10 % or 20 %




Aid for environmental studies
(Article 24)


Max. 50 %


 




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


Aid for research and development projects
(Article 31)


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


Max. 100 %


 




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


Max. 50 %


10 % or 20 % Extra bonus for collaborative projects — 15 %




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


25 %


10 % or 20 % Extra bonus for collaborative projects — 15 %




Aid for technical feasibility studies
(Article 32)


Up to 75 % according to the conditions in Article 32