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: 2016-11-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, control of State aid








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18.11.2016   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 425/1





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 425/01)







Date of adoption of the decision


25.01.2016




Aid number


SA.33313 (2011/NN)




Member State


Lithuania




Region


Lithuania


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Akcizo tarifo sumažinimas biokurui




Legal basis








1.


Lietuvos Respublikos atsinaujinančių išteklių energetikos įstatymas (Official Gazette 2011, No 62-2936); 2. Lietuvos Respublikos biokuro, biodegalų ir bioalyvų įstatymas (Official Gazette 2000, 64-1940; 2004, No 28-870); 3. Prekybos naftos produktais, biokuru, bioalyva ir kitais degiaisiais skystais produktais Lietuvos Respublikoje taisyklės (Official Gazette 2003, No 36-1596; 2010, No 148-7625); 4. Lietuvos Respublikos akcizų įstatymas (Official Gazette 2001, No 98-3482; 2010, No 45-2174)








Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Environmental protection, Sectoral development




Form of aid


Tax rate reduction




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 30 (in millions)




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


01.01.2011 — 31.12.2020




Economic sectors


MANUFACTURING




Name and address of the granting authority







Lietuvos Respublikos energetikos ministerija




Gedimino pr. 38/2, LT-01104 Vilnius, Lietuva








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


08.05.2015




Aid number


SA.34528 (2015/NN)




Member State


Estonia




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Pakendi tagatisraha vabastus ja pakendiaktsiisi vabastus




Legal basis


Pakendiaktsiisi seadus; Pakendiseadus




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Other




Form of aid


Tax allowance




Budget


—




Intensity


Measure does not constitute aid




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Rahandusministeerium, Suur-Ameerika 1, Tallinn 15006;




Keskkonnaministeerium, Narva mnt 7a, Tallinn 15172








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


14.07.2016




Aid number


SA.36161 (2016/FC)




Member State


Poland




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Dofinansowanie przyznane z funduszy europejskich i budżetu państwa polskiego na budowę zakładu produkcji chemicznej




Legal basis


Rozporządzenie Ministra Rozwoju Regionalnego z dnia 7 kwietnia 2008 r. w sprawie udzielania przez Polską Agencję Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości pomocy finansowej w ramach Programu Operacyjnego Innowacyjna Gospodarka, 2007-2013 (Dz. U. Nr 68, poz. 414, ze zm.)




Type of measure


Individual aid


Zaklady Chemiczne Organika-Sarzyna SA




Objective


—




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: PLN 39,9  (in millions)




Intensity


50 %




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


Manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products




Name and address of the granting authority







Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości




ul. Pańska 81/83




00-834 Warszawa




Polska








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


25.08.2016




Aid number


SA.40197 (2016/N)




Member State


Lithuania




Region


Lithuania


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Valstybės pagalba Lietuvos oro uostų infrastruktūros projektams įgyvendinti




Legal basis








1)


Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės 2013 m. gruodžio 18 d. nutarimas Nr. 1253 ‘Dėl Nacionalinės susisiekimo plėtros 2014-2022 metų programos patvirtinimo’,










2)


Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės 2014 m. spalio 3 d. nutarimas Nr. 1090 ‘Dėl 2014-2020 metų Europos Sąjungos fondų investicijų veiksmų programos administravimo taisyklių patvirtinimo’,










3)


Lietuvos Respublikos finansų ministro 2014 m. spalio 8 d. įsakymas Nr. 1K-316 ‘Dėl Projektų administravimo ir finansavimo taisyklių patvirtinimo’.










4)


Dėl Lietuvos Respublikos susisiekimo ministro 2015 m. birželio 15 d. įsakymo Nr. 3-249 ‘Dėl preliminaraus Nacionalinės susisiekimo plėtros 2014–2022 metų programos projektų sąrašo patvirtinimo’ pakeitimo








Type of measure


Individual aid


Valstybės įmonė Lietuvos oro uostai




Objective


Sectoral development




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 34,7  (in millions)




Intensity


50 %




Duration (period)


01.09.2016 — 31.12.2020




Economic sectors


Passenger air transport




Name and address of the granting authority







Lietuvos Respublikos susisiekimo ministerija




Gedimino pr. 17, Vilnius, Lietuva, LT-01505








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


09.10.2015




Aid number


SA.40991 (2015/N)




Member State


United Kingdom




Region


UNITED KINGDOM


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Enterprise Investment Scheme and Venture Capital Trust scheme (previously SA. 33849)




Legal basis


Income Tax Act 2007




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Risk capital




Form of aid


Provision of risk capital, Tax rate reduction




Budget


Annual budget: GBP 575 (in millions)




Intensity


30 %




Duration (period)


06.04.2015 — 05.04.2025




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







HMRC




100 Parliament Street, London SW1A 2BQ








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


10.10.2016




Aid number


SA.41998 (2015/N)




Member State


Slovenia




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)








A)


podpora električni energiji, proizvedeni iz obnovljivih virov energije in v soproizvodnji ter










B)


podpora elektro-intenzivnim podjetjem v obliki znižanih prispevkov v podporno shemo za električno energijo








Legal basis








—


Energetski zakon (EZ-1) (Uradni list RS, št. 17/14)










—


Uredba o načinu določanja in obračunavanja prispevka za zagotavljanje podpor proizvodnji električne energije v soproizvodnji z visokim izkoristkom in iz obnovljivih virov energije (predlog uredbe v vladni proceduri);










—


Uredba o podporah električni energiji, proizvedeni iz obnovljivih virov energije in v soproizvodnji z visokim izkoristkom (predlog uredbe v medresorskem usklajevanju).Sklic (kjer je to primerno):
EZ-1 določa v 544. členu, da z uveljavitvijo tega zakona prenehajo veljati uredbe, ki jih navajamo zgoraj in so bile sprejete na podlagi starega Energetskega zakona, a se še uporabljajo do uveljavitve novih uredb, ki bodo izdane na podlagi EZ-1.








Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Environmental protection




Form of aid


Direct grant, Tax rate reduction




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 842,5  (in millions)




Intensity


0 %




Duration (period)


01.07.2015 — 31.12.2019




Economic sectors


Electricity; gas; steam and air conditioning supply




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministrstvo za infrastrukturo, Direktorat za energijo




Langusova ulica 4, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija








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


06.01.2016




Aid number


SA.42133 (2015/N)




Member State


Slovakia




Region


Kosický kraj


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Schéma štátnej pomoci na ochranu životného prostredia v oblasti znižovania znečisťovania ovzdušia a zlepšenia jeho kvality pre programové obdobie 2014 — 2020




Legal basis








—


Zákon č. 292/2014 Z. z. o príspevku poskytovanom z európskych štrukturálnych a investičných fondov a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov;










—


Zákon č. 39/2013 Z. z. o integrovanej prevencii a kontrole znečisťovania životného prostredia a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov v znení neskorších predpisov;










—


Zákon č. 137/2010 Z. z. o ovzduší v znení neskorších predpisov;










—


Zákon č. 231/1999 Z. z. o štátnej pomoci v znení neskorších predpisov;










—


Zákon č. 523/2004 Z. z. o rozpočtových pravidlách verejnej správy a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov v znení neskorších predpisov;










—


Zákon č. 575/2001 Z. z. o organizácii činnosti vlády a organizácii ústrednej štátnej správy v znení neskorších predpisov;










—


Zákon č. 25/2006 Z. z. o verejnom obstarávaní a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov v znení neskorších predpisov;










—


Zákon č. 431/2002 Z. z. o účtovníctve v znení neskorších predpisov;










—


Zákon č. 278/1993 Z. z. o správe majetku štátu v znení neskorších predpisov;










—


Zákon č. 502/2001 Z. z. o finančnej kontrole a vnútornom audite a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov v znení neskorších predpisov (ďalej len ‘zákon o finančnej kontrole a vnútornom audite’);










—


Systém riadenia európskych štrukturálnych a investičných fondov na programové obdobie 2014 — 2020 (ďalej len ‘systém riadenia’);










—


Systém finančného riadenia štrukturálnych fondov, Kohézneho fondu a Európskeho námorného a rybárskeho fondu na programové obdobie 2014 — 2020 (ďalej len ‘systém finančného riadenia’).








Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Environmental protection




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 94,5  (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 15,75  (in millions)




Intensity


90 %




Duration (period)


until 31.12.2020




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministerstvo životného prostredia SR




Nám. Ľ. Štúra 1, 812 35 Bratislava, Slovenská republika








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


11.08.2016




Aid number


SA.43092 (2016/FC)




Member State


United Kingdom




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Unlawful State aid complaint: Nurse Prescribers Ltd vs UK Department of Health




Legal basis


—




Type of measure


Individual aid


Producers of branded pharmaceutical products




Objective


—




Form of aid


—




Budget


—




Intensity


%




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


Other human health activities




Name and address of the granting authority


UK Department of Health




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


25.08.2016




Aid number


SA.43442 (2016/N)




Member State


Netherlands




Region


NEDERLAND


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


SDE+: Biomass cofiring — NL




Legal basis


Kaderwet EZ-subsidies — laatstelijk gewijzigd 11 november 2013, Staatsblad jaargang 2013, nr 482 dd. 5 december 2013
Besluit van 16 oktober 2007, houdende regels inzake de verstrekking van subsidies ten behoeve van de productie van hernieuwbare elektriciteit, hernieuwbaar gas en elektriciteit opgewekt door middel van warmtekrachtkoppeling (Besluit stimulering duurzame energieproductie).
Regeling van de Minister van Economische Zaken van 22 januari 2015, nr. WJZ/15000929, houdende aanwijzing van categorieën van productie-installaties voor de stimulering van duurzame energieproductie in het jaar 2015 (Regeling aanwijzing categorieën duurzame energieproductie 2015) — Staatscourant nr 2448, 6 februari 2015
Regeling van de Minister van Economische Zaken van 22 januari 2015, nr. WJZ/15000929, houdende aanwijzing van categorieën van productie-installaties voor de stimulering van duurzame energieproductie in het jaar 2015 (Regeling aanwijzing categorieën duurzame energieproductie 2015) -- Staatscourant nr 9096, 30 maart 2015
Regeling van de Minister van Economische Zaken van 29 november 2015, nr. WJZ/15148927, houdende wijziging van de Algemene uitvoeringsregeling stimulering duurzame energieproductie in verband met onthouden van subsidie gedurende perioden met negatieve energieprijzen




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Environmental protection




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


—




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


01.10.2015 — 31.12.2019




Economic sectors


Production of electricity




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministerie van Economische Zaken




Postbus 20401/2500 EK Den Haag NL








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


28.07.2016




Aid number


SA.43564 (2016/N)




Member State


United Kingdom




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Scottish Green Bus Fund




Legal basis


Section 5 of the Science and Technology Act 1965




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Environmental protection




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: GBP 3 (in millions)
Annual budget: GBP 3 (in millions)




Intensity


80 %




Duration (period)


01.01.2016 — 31.12.2016




Economic sectors


Other passenger land transport, Other passenger land transport n.e.c.




Name and address of the granting authority







Tom Davy




Transport Scotland, Area 2D North, Victoria Quay, The Shore, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ, Scotland.








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


04.08.2016




Aid number


SA.44840 (2016/NN)




Member State


Bulgaria




Region


Bulgaria


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Подпомагане на производството на енергия от възобновяеми източници в България


 




Legal basis


Закон за енергията от възобновяеми източници (ЗЕВИ) 3.05.2011




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Environmental protection, Renewable energy




Form of aid


Other — Feed-in tariff




Budget


Overall budget: BGN 13 227,144  (in millions)
Annual budget: BGN 741,525  (in millions)




Intensity


0 %




Duration (period)


03.05.2011 — 31.12.2021




Economic sectors


Production of electricity




Name and address of the granting authority







Министерство на енергетиката




гр. София, ул. Триадица, № 8








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


29.07.2016




Aid number


SA.45125 (2016/N)




Member State


Greece




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Μεθοδολογία για τον υπολογισμό του στοιχείου ενίσχυσης των κρατικών εγγυήσεων σε εταιρείες




Legal basis


Greek Law 2322/95




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Approval of a methodology to calculate the aid element in State guarantees to companies.




Form of aid


—




Budget


—




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


All economic sectors, except banks, credit institutions and large quoted enterprises.




Name and address of the granting authority







Greek Ministry of Finance




8 Kar. Servias Str.




10562 Athens




Greece








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


04.08.2016




Aid number


SA.45861 (2016/N)




Member State


Bulgaria




Region


Bulgaria


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Подкрепа за енергоемките потребители под формата на намаление на допълнителната такса




Legal basis


чл.4,ал.2,т.21 от Закон за енергетиката




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Environmental protection




Form of aid


Other — Reduction of the surcharge for renewable electricity




Budget


Overall budget: BGN 510 (in millions)
Annual budget: BGN 102 (in millions)




Intensity


0 %




Duration (period)


01.08.2015 — 31.12.2020




Economic sectors


MINING AND QUARRYING, MANUFACTURING




Name and address of the granting authority







Министерство на енергетиката




София 1042, Триадица 8








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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Date of adoption of the decision


30.09.2016




Aid number


SA.46312 (2016/N)




Member State


Romania




Region


Nord-Est, Centru


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Rescue aid to Compania Nationala a Uraniului SA




Legal basis


Emergency Ordinance of the Government




Type of measure


Individual aid


Compania Nationala a Uraniului SA




Objective


Rescuing undertakings in difficulty




Form of aid


Soft loan




Budget


Overall budget: RON 62 (in millions)
Annual budget: RON 62 (in millions)




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


01.10.2016 — 01.04.2017




Economic sectors


Mining of uranium and thorium ores




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of Energy




202 E Splaiul Independentei, district 6, Bucharest








Other information


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