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 (EU) No 651/2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty) (General Block Exemption Regulation)
Date: 2014-11-20
Institutions: EFTA Surveillance Authority
Subjects: Norway, State aid, aid to undertakings, common market, control of State aid, electrical energy, large business, small business, tax exemption, tax on consumption








C_2014414EN.01000201.xml










20.11.2014   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 414/2





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 (EU) No 651/2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty) (General Block Exemption Regulation)
2014/C 414/02
PART I







Aid reference


GBER 9/2014/ENV




EFTA State


Norway




Granting authority


Name


The Norwegian Ministry of Finance




Postal address







P.O. Box 8008 Dep.




NO-0030 Oslo




NORWAY








Web address


http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/fin.html?id=216




Title of the aid measure


Environmental aid – reduced tax rate for certain industries




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


The Parliament’s annual decision on electricity tax
Regulation 11 December 2001 No 1451 on excise duties § 3-12-4 and § 3-12-5




Web link to the full text of the aid measure


http://lovdata.no/dokument/STV/forskrift/2013-12-05-1486#KAPITTEL_6
http://lovdata.no/dokument/SF/forskrift/2001-12-11-1451?q=elektrisk+kraft*
https://www.stortinget.no/no/Saker-og-publikasjoner/Publikasjoner/Innstillinger/Stortinget/2013-2014/inns-201314-003/




Type of measure


Scheme


 




Amendment of an existing aid scheme or ad hoc aid


 


EFTA Surveillance Authority aid reference




Prolongation


Decision No 149/04/COL




Duration


Scheme


1.7.2014 to 30.6.2024




Economic sector(s) concerned


Limited to certain sectors: Please specify at NACE group level


Standard Industrial Classification (SIC2007):
Section B – Mining and quarrying (Division 05 – 09)
Section C – Manufacturing (Division 10 – 33)
Section D – Steam and air conditioning supply (Subclass 35.300)
Section E – Recovering of sorted materials (Subclass 38.320)
Section Q – Vocational rehabilitation activities for unemployed persons (Subclass 88.993) and Individual adapted work (Subclass 88.994), as far as the electricity is used by enterprises that carry out industry production in the same way as the enterprises under Sections B and C.




Type of beneficiary


SME


 




Large undertakings


 




Budget


Total annual amount of the budget planned under the scheme


NOK 2 200 (in millions)




Aid instrument


Tax advantage or tax exemption







PART II








Primary objective – General objectives (list)


Objectives
(list)


Maximum aid intensity in % or Maximum annual aid amount in national currency (in full amounts)


SME — bonuses in %




Aid for Environmental protection
(Arts. 36-49)


Aid in the form of reductions in environmental taxes under Directive 2003/96/EC (Article 44)


NOK 2 200 million


%