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
Date: 2019-08-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: France, Ireland, State aid, United Kingdom, control of State aid








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2.8.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 261/1






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)
(2019/C 261/01)







Date of adoption of the decision


09.07.2019




Aid number


SA.44671 (2019/NN)




Member State


Ireland




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Alleged illegal state aid granted to the fossil fuel sector in the form of reduced business rates




Legal basis


Valuation Act 2001




Type of measure


Ad hoc aid


—




Objective


—




Form of aid


Tax advantage or tax exemption




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


—




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


—




Aid number


SA.48804 (2017/N)




Member State


France




Region


FRANCE


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


PLAN D''AIDES A LA MODERNISATION ET A L''INNOVATION (PAMI)




Legal basis


code des transport, article R4311-1, 2o

Décret no 99-1060 du 16 décembre 1999




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Coordination of transport, Environmental protection, Research, development and innovation




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 6.2 (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 1.24 (in millions)




Intensity


50 %




Duration (period)


01.01.2018 - 31.12.2022




Economic sectors


Inland freight water transport




Name and address of the granting authority


Voies Navigables de France (VNF)
175 rue Ludovic Boutleux, 62 400 Béthune




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


15.05.2019




Aid number


SA.52960 (2019/N)




Member State


United Kingdom




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Electricity Market Reform — Contract for Difference for Renewables — Introduction of capacity cap




Legal basis


Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Energy Act 2013 includes regulation-making and other powers, and has been used to establish the legal framework that underpins the implementation and operation of the CfD regime. The detailed rules of the CfD scheme, including those which provide for the allocation/auction processes, are established in an ‘allocation framework’ document, as required by the scheme’s secondary legislation.




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Environmental protection




Form of aid


Other — Variable premium calculated as the difference payment between an administratively prefixed price (the strike price) and a measure of the market price for electricity (the
reference price).




Budget


—




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


Production of electricity




Name and address of the granting authority


Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
1 Victoria Street, London, SW1A 0ET




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


28.06.2019




Aid number


SA.53399 (2019/N)




Member State


Ireland




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Irish Film Tax Relief Support Scheme SA 38959.




Legal basis


Section 481 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Culture, Regional development




Form of aid


—




Budget


Annual budget: EUR 105 (in millions)




Intensity


37 %




Duration (period)


01.01.2019 - 31.12.2024




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority


Department of Finance.
Department of Finance, Government Buildings, Upper 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.