Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union — Cases where the Commission raises no objectionsText with EEA relevance
Date: 2016-02-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, control of State aid








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5.2.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 46/1





Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
Cases where the Commission raises no objections
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2016/C 046/01)







Date of adoption of the decision


08.01.2016




Aid number


SA.36019 (2014/NN)




Member State


Belgium




Region


VLAAMS BRABANT


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Financiering van de weginfrastructuur in de omgeving van een vastgoedproject – Uplace/Financement d'infrastructures routières à proximité du site d'un projet immobilier-Uplace




Legal basis


—




Type of measure


Ad hoc aid


—




Objective


Regional development




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


—




Intensity


Measure does not constitute aid




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


 




Name and address of the granting authority


het Vlaams Gewest




Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


12.05.2014




Aid number


SA.37516 (2013/N)




Member State


Spain




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Deducción por inversiones en producciones cinematográficas y audiovisuales.




Legal basis


Artículo 38.2 del texto refundido de la Ley del Impuesto sobre Sociedades, aprobado por el Real Decreto Legislativo 4/2004, de 5 de marzo.




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Culture, Sectoral development




Form of aid


Tax advantage or tax exemption




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 480 (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 480 (in millions)




Intensity


18 %




Duration (period)


01.01.2014 — 01.01.2020




Economic sectors


ARTS; ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministerio de Hacienda y Administraciones Públicas




C/Alcalá 9, 28014 MADRID








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


11.06.2014




Aid number


SA.38449 (2014/N)




Member State


Germany




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Vergabeordnung der MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH




Legal basis


Vergabeordnung der MFG Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH gemäß Beschluss des Aufsichtsrates vom 25.11.2013




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Culture




Form of aid


Direct grant,




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 96 (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 16 (in millions)




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


01.07.2014 — 30.06.2020




Economic sectors


INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION, Motion picture, video and television programme activities




Name and address of the granting authority







MFG Medien und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH




Breitscheidstraße 4 70174 Stuttgart








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


02.12.2015




Aid number


SA.38863 (2015/N)




Member State


United Kingdom




Region


UNITED KINGDOM


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Emergency Services Mobile Communications Programme




Legal basis


The Home Office’s ambit given under the relevant Supply and Appropriation Act. NB This Act is renewed annually




Type of measure


Individual aid


—




Objective


Sectoral development




Form of aid


Direct grant, Other




Budget


Overall budget: GBP 500 (in millions)




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


From 15.04.2015




Economic sectors


Wireless telecommunications activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Home Office




2 Marsham Street, London, SW1P 4DF








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


07.04.2015




Aid number


SA.39089 (2014/N)




Member State


Italy




Region


BOLZANO-BOZEN


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Telefonia mobile e traffico dati in zone montuose della provincia di Bolzano (Favogna — Mazia — Alpe Guazza)




Legal basis


Delibera 3226/2007 con cui si prende atto della decisione della Commissione europea n. 3726/2007 recante l’approvazione del programma operativo ‘Competitività regionale e occupazione FESR 2007-20213’ della provincia di Autonoma di Bolzano — Alto Adige e si designano i servizi provinciali e si istituiscono i comitati coinvolti nell’attuazione del programma;




Type of measure


Individual aid


Telecom Italia, Wind, H3G, Vodafone Omnitel, RAS — Radiotelevisione Azienda Speciale




Objective


Regional development




Form of aid


Direct grant/Interest rate subsidy




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 4,1086 (in millions)




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


until 31.08.2024




Economic sectors


Wireless telecommunications activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano




Ufficio Infrastrutture




RAS




Ufficio tecnico








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


07.04.2015




Aid number


SA.39090 (2014/N)




Member State


Italy




Region


BOLZANO-BOZEN


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Telefonia mobile e traffico dati in zone montuose della provincia di Bolzano (Passo Rombo)




Legal basis


Delibera 3226/2007 con cui si prende atto della decisione della Commissione europea n. 3726/2007 recante l’approvazione del programma operativo ‘Competitività regionale e occupazione FESR 2007-20213’ della provincia di Autonoma di Bolzano — Alto Adige e si designano i servizi provinciali e si istituiscono i comitati coinvolti nell’attuazione del programma;




Type of measure


Individual aid


RAS — Radiotelevisione Azienda Speciale, Telecom Italia, Wind, H3G, Vodafone Omnitel




Objective


Regional development




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 1,1761 (in millions)




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


until 31.08.2024




Economic sectors


Wireless telecommunications activities




Name and address of the granting authority







RAS




Ufficio tecnico




Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano




Ufficio Infrastrutture








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


02.12.2015




Aid number


SA.39232 (2014/NN)




Member State


Greece




Region


NOTIO AIGAIO


Article 107(3)(c)




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


ΛΙΜΕΝΑΣ ΤΟΥΡΛΟΥ ΜΥΚΟΝΟΥ




Legal basis








1.


ΠΔ 129/2001(ΦΕΚ113Α''/6.6.2001) Μεταφορά αρμοδιοτήτων Λιμενικού Ταμείου Μυκόνου στο Δήμο Μυκόνου










2.


άρθρο 28 του Ν.2738/1999 ‘Συλλογικές Διαπραγματεύσεις στη Δημόσια Διοίκηση, μονιμοποιήσεις συμβασιούχων αορίστου χρόνου και άλλες διατάξεις’ -Δημοτικά και Νομαρχιακά Λιμενικά Ταμεία και Γραφεία










3.


Ν3316/2005 (ΦΕΚ 42Α''/22.2.2005) "Ανάθεση και εκτέλεση συμβάσεων μελετών και παροχής συναφών υπηρεσιών και άλλες διατάξεις.










4.


Ν. 3669/2008(ΦΕΚ116Α''/18.6.2008) Κύρωση της κωδικοποίησης της νομοθεσόας κατασκευής δημοσίων έργων










5.


Η υπ. αριθ. 12011/25.11.2003(ΦΕΚ1847Β''/11.12.2003) απόφαση της Γενικής Γραμματέως Περιφέρειας Νοτίου Αιγαίου "Ψήφιση Οργανισμού εσωτερικής υπηρεσίας του Δημοτικού Λιμενικού Ταμείου Μυκόνου










6.


Η υπ. αριθ. 05/οικ776/6.2.2009 πρόσκληση της ΕΥΔ ΕΠΕΠΓΙΑ ΥΠΟΒΟΛΗ ΠΡΟΤΑΣΕΩΝ ΣΤΟ ΕΠΙΧΕΙΡΗΣΙΑΚΟ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑ ‘ΕΝΙΣΧΥΣΗ ΤΗΣ ΠΡΟΣΠΕΛΑΣΙΜΟΤΗΤΑΣ 2007-2013’ ΑΞΟΝΑΣ ΠΡΟΤΕΡΑΙΟΤΗΤΑΣ Θ’ ‘ΘΑΛΑΣΣΙΕΣ ΜΕΤΑΦΟΡΕΣ — ΛΙΜΑΝΙΑ ΔΙΕΥΡΩΠΑΪΚΟΥ ΔΙΚΤΥΟΥ’










7.


Η με αρ. πρωτ. 5323/10.12.2010 απόφαση έ…








Type of measure


Ad hoc aid


Δημοτικό Λιμενικό Ταμείο (Δ.Λ.Τ.) Μυκόνου




Objective


Sectoral development, Regional development




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 10,2637 (in millions)




Intensity


100 %, 30 %




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


Sea and coastal passenger water transport




Name and address of the granting authority







Ε.Π. «Ενίσχυση της Προσπελασιμότητας 2007-2013




ΚΟΝΙΑΡΗ 15, 114 71 ΑΘΗΝΑ








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


16.12.2015




Aid number


SA.40441 (2015/N)




Member State


Hungary




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Restructuring aid or MKB Bank




Legal basis


Act XXXVII of 2014 on the further development of the system of institutions strengthening the security of the individual players of the financial intermediary system




Type of measure


Individual aid


Magyar Külkereskedelmi Bank Zrt. (MKB)




Objective


Restructuring firms in difficulty, Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Other — Impaired asset measure




Budget


Overall budget: HUF 32 044,58 (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


18.12.2015 — 31.12.2019




Economic sectors


Financial service activities; except insurance and pension funding




Name and address of the granting authority







MSZVK Zrt. — MSZVK Hungarian Resolution Property Management Private Company Limited by Shares




H-1134 Budapest, Kassák Lajos utca 18.








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


05.11.2015




Aid number


SA.41265 (2015/N)




Member State


France




Region


FRANCE


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Dispositif de réduction de l'impôt de solidarité sur la fortune pour les redevables investissant dans les fonds communs de placement dans l'innovation (FCPI) ou de fonds d'investissement de proximité (FIP), dit dispositif ‘ISF PME pour les investissements dans des FCPI et FIP’




Legal basis


Article 885-O V bis du code général des impôts
Articles L.214-30 et L214-31 du code monétaire et financier




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Aid to SMEs, Risk capital




Form of aid


Other form of tax advantage




Budget


Annual budget: EUR 145 (in millions)




Intensity


50 %




Duration (period)


01.01.2016 — 31.12.2025




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministère des finances et des comptes publics




139, rue de Bercy 75572 PARIS Cedex 12 France








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


14.07.2015




Aid number


SA.41396 (2015/N)




Member State


United Kingdom




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Film tax relief modification




Legal basis


Corporation Tax Act 2009;
Finance Act 2015




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Culture




Form of aid


Other form of tax advantage




Budget


Overall budget: GBP 1 530 (in millions)
Annual budget: GBP 335 (in millions)




Intensity


20 %




Duration (period)


until 31.03.2020




Economic sectors


INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION




Name and address of the granting authority







Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs




100 Parliament Street




London, SW1A 2BQ




United Kingdom








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


22.07.2015




Aid number


SA.41416 (2015/N)




Member State


Germany




Region


BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


NGA Scheme Baden-Württemberg




Legal basis


Verwaltungsvorschrift des Ministeriums für Ländlichen Raum und Verbraucherschutz zur Breitbandförderung (VwV Breitbandförderung)
Landesverwaltungsverfahrensgesetzes (LVwVfG), § § 48, 49 und 49a
Telekommunikationsgesetzes (TKG)




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Sectoral development




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 253,6 (in millions)




Intensity


90 %




Duration (period)


01.08.2015 — 31.12.2022




Economic sectors


Telecommunications




Name and address of the granting authority







Regierungspräsidium Freiburg




Bissierstr. 7, 79114 Freiburg i. B.




Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe




76247 Karlsruhe




Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart




Ruppmannstr. 21, 70565 Stuttgart




Regierungspräsidium Tübingen




Konrad-Adenauer-Str. 20, 72072 Tübingen








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


30.11.2015




Aid number


SA.41734 (2015/NN)




Member State


Latvia




Region


Kurzeme


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Dredging of the Port of Liepaja




Legal basis


Regulation of the Cabinet of Minister of the Republic of Latvia no 857 of 14/10/2008‘Regulation of the activity 3.3.1. Development of Infrastructure of Large Ports within the Framework of the 4 “Motorways of the Sea” under the operational programme Infrastructure and Services’




Type of measure


Ad hoc aid


Liepaja Special Economic Zone Authority




Objective


Sectoral development




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 32,3874 (in millions)




Intensity


74,27 %




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


Sea and coastal freight water transport, Service activities incidental to water transportation




Name and address of the granting authority


—




Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


18.09.2015




Aid number


SA.42405 (2015/N)




Member State


Denmark




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Prolongation of the winding-up scheme, compensation scheme, Model I and Model II — H2 2015




Legal basis


Act nr. 721 of 25. June 2010, Bill to amend the Danish Guarantee fund for Depositors and Investors Act, the Danish Act on Financial Stability and the Danish Tax Assessment Act (introduced in Parliament 29 April 2011), Act nr. 1003 of 10 October 2008 on Financial Stability, as amended by act nr. 68 of 3. February 2009 making it possible for Danish credit institutions to apply for individual government guarantees for unsubordinated, unsecured debt and for the provision of supplementary collateral by an institution issuing covered bonds




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


—




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


until 31.12.2015




Economic sectors


Financial service activities; except insurance and pension funding




Name and address of the granting authority







The Ministry of Business and Growth




Slotsholmsgade 10-12, 1216 København K








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


14.12.2015




Aid number


SA.43008 (2015/N)




Member State


Germany




Region


DEUTSCHLAND


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Förderrichtlinie für Umschlaganlagen für den kombinierten Verkehr




Legal basis


Haushaltsgesetz der BRD, Bundeshaushaltsordnung, Allgemeine Verwaltungsvorschriften zu § § 23, 44, Richtlinie kombinierter Verkehr




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Environmental protection




Form of aid


Direct grant/Interest rate subsidy




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 92,08 (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 92,08 (in millions)




Intensity


80 %




Duration (period)


01.01.2016 — 31.12.2016




Economic sectors


Freight rail transport, Inland freight water transport, Inland freight water transport




Name and address of the granting authority







Eisenbahn-Bundesamt




Heinemannstr. 6, 53175 Bonn








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


18.12.2015




Aid number


SA.43367 (2015/N)




Member State


Cyprus




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


2015 additional restructuring aid to the Cooperative Central Bank




Legal basis








1.


Restructuring Plan of the Cooperative Central Bank










2.


Provisional valuation of the Cooperative Central Bank Ltd and its subsidiary Cooperative Credit Institutions










3.


Capital Plan of the Cooperative Central Bank










4.


List of Commitments










5.


Amendment Ministerial Decree with title ‘The Recapitalisation of the Cooperative Central Bank Ltd./Central Body of 2015’








Type of measure


Individual aid


Cooperative Central Bank Ltd.




Objective


Restructuring firms in difficulty, Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Other — Recapitalisation through common shares.




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 175 (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


Financial service activities; except insurance and pension funding




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of Finance




Michael Karaoli and




Grigori Afxentiou




1439 Nicosia — Cyprus








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


14.12.2015




Aid number


SA.43404 (2015/N)




Member State


Finland




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Modifications in the aid scheme concerning high-speed broadband construction in sparsely populated areas in Finland (modification of State aid cases N 62/2010 and SA.34290)




Legal basis


The Act on Broadband Construction Aid in Sparsely Populated Areas (1186/2009)
https://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/ajantasa/2009/20091186




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Sectoral development




Form of aid


Direct grant, Loan/Repayable advances, Other




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 69,5 (in millions)




Intensity


90 %




Duration (period)


01.01.2016 — 31.12.2019




Economic sectors


Telecommunications




Name and address of the granting authority







Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA)




P.O. Box 313, FI-00181 HELSINKI








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


16.11.2015




Aid number


SA.43423 (2015/N)




Member State


Ireland




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


2nd prolongation of the Credit Union restructuring and stabilisation Scheme




Legal basis


Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Other — Under section 57 of the Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012, financial support may take the form of a payment, a loan, a guarantee, an exchange of assets, or any other kind of financial accommodation or assistance. Under section 61 of this Act, it may also include the provision of technical or financial advice.
In terms of restructuring, the recoupable funding is provided by the Minister for Finance from State resources i.e. the Central Fund. In terms of stabilisation, it is anticipated to levy the credit union sector in order to build up a stabilisation fund of up to €30 million over 6 years through a sector levy.




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 280 (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


01.11.2015 — 30.04.2016




Economic sectors


FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES




Name and address of the granting authority







Minister for Finance




Government Buildings, Merrion Street, Dublin 2, Ireland








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm







Date of adoption of the decision


17.12.2015




Aid number


SA.43745 (2015/N)




Member State


Ireland




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Eighth prolongation of the Credit Union Resolution Scheme H1 2016




Legal basis


Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) Act 2011




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Direct grant, Guarantee, Other




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 500 (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


01.01.2016 — 30.06.2016




Economic sectors


FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES




Name and address of the granting authority







The Minister, acting on behalf of the Government, in accordance with the Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) Act 2011.




Department of Finance, Government Building. Merrion Street, Dublin 2, Ireland








Other information


—




The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:
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