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: 2020-04-17
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, State aid, control of State aid, epidemic, infectious disease








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17.4.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 125/1






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)
(2020/C 125/01)







Date of adoption of the decision


10.03.2020




Aid number


SA.44979 (2019/N)




Member State


Netherlands




Region


NOORD-NEDERLAND


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Tenderregeling Garnalenvissers (Waddenfonds)




Legal basis


Subsidieverordening Waddenfonds 2017 (Tenderregeling Garnalenvisserij Waddenzee)
Tenderregeling Garnalenvisserij Waddenzee




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Environmental protection, Fisheries and aquaculture




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 10 (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 10 (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Waddenfonds




Ruiterskwartier 121A, 8911 BS Leeuwarden








Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


30.01.2020




Aid number


SA.47089 (2016/N)




Member State


Germany




Region


DEUTSCHLAND


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Tarifermäßigung für Einkünfte aus Land- und Forstwirtschaft (einschließlich Binnenfischerei, Teichwirtschaft und diesbzüglicher Fischzucht)




Legal basis


Einkommensteuergesetz, zuletzt geändert durch das Gesetz zur weiteren steuerlichen Förderung der Elektromobilität und zur Änderung weitere steuerlicher Vorschriften vom 12.12.2019




Type of measure


—


—




Objective


Sectoral development




Form of aid


Tax base reduction




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 450 (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 50 (in millions)




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


until 31.12.2022




Economic sectors


AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY AND FISHING




Name and address of the granting authority







Finanzamt




jeweils zuständiges Finanzamt








Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


05.03.2020




Aid number


SA.54250 (2019/N)




Member State


Croatia




Region


Jadranska Hrvatska


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Državna potpora za štete na uzgajalištima dagnji




Legal basis


Zakon o akvakulturi (‘Narodne novine’, broj 130/17 i 111/18), članak 28.




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Fisheries and aquaculture




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: HRK 42 (in millions)
Annual budget: HRK 7 (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


until 31.12.2025




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministarstvo poljoprivrede, Uprava ribarstva




Ul. grada Vukovara 78, Zagreb








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


13.03.2020




Aid number


SA.55264 (2020/N)




Member State


Germany




Region


DEUTSCHLAND


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Bund: Investiver Herdenschutz




Legal basis


Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe ‘Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes’ (GAK-Gesetz — GAKG)
GAK-Rahmenplan Förderbereich 4.J, Grundsatz 1.0 ‘Investitionen zum Schutz vor Schäden durch den Wolf’ und Allgemeine Beihilferechtliche Bestimmungen




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Aid for investment in tangible assets and intangible assets on agricultural holdings linked to primary agricultural production




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 60 (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 15 (in millions)




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


until 31.12.2022




Economic sectors


Crop and animal production; hunting and related service activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Die Beihilfegewährung erfolgt durch die zuständigen Landesbehörden




Die Anschriften der Landwirtschaftsministerien der Länder entnehmen Sie bitte der beigefügten Internetadresse.








Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


04.02.2020




Aid number


SA.55469 (2019/N)




Member State


Ireland




Region


IRELAND


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Capital Investment Scheme for the Processing and Marketing of Agricultural Products




Legal basis


Industrial Development Act, 1986




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Aid for investment in connection with the processing of agricultural products and the marketing of agricultural products




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 200 (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 25 (in millions)




Intensity


30 %




Duration (period)


until 31.12.2025




Economic sectors


Processing and preserving of meat and production of meat products, Manufacture of dairy products




Name and address of the granting authority







Department of Agricutlure, Food and the Marine




EU Division, Agriculture House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2








Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


07.02.2020




Aid number


SA.55472 (2019/N)




Member State


France




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Taxe affectée au financement de l’amélioration de l’espèce équine et de la promotion de l’élevage, de la formation dans le secteur des courses et de l’élevage chevalin ainsi que du développement rural




Legal basis


Article 34 de la loi no 2010-1657 du 29 décembre 2010 de finances pour 2011; article 22 de la loi no 2013-1279 du 29 décembre 2013 de finances rectificative pour 2013; article 96 de la loi no 2016-1918 du 29 décembre 2016 de finances rectificative pour 2016; décret no 2010-909 du 3 août 2010 fixant le taux de la redevance due par les opérateurs agréés de jeux ou de paris en ligne en application de l''article 1609 tertricies du code général des impôts




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Other




Form of aid


Other




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 480 (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 80 (in millions)




Intensity


6,7  %




Duration (period)


01.06.2020 — 31.05.2026




Economic sectors


Gambling and betting activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministère de l'action et des comptes publics




139, rue de Bercy, 75572 Paris Cedex 12








Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


13.03.2020




Aid number


SA.55536 (2019/N)




Member State


Italy




Region


VALLE D'AOSTA


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Aiuti per la monticazione dei capi bovini negli alpeggi




Legal basis


art. 9 (Aiuti al settore zootecnico), commi 6bis, 6 ter e 6 quater della legge regionale 3 agosto 2016, n. 17 (Nuova disciplina degli aiuti regionali in materia di agricoltura e di sviluppo rurale), così come modificata con la legge regionale 24 aprile 2019, n. 4;
Bozza di DGR ‘Approvazione dei criteri applicativi per la concessioni degli aiuti per la monticazione dei capi bovini negli alpeggi condotti direttamente o da terzi di cui all’ articolo 9, comma 6 bis della legge regionale 3 agosto 2016, n. 17’




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Aid for animal welfare commitments




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 21 (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


Crop and animal production; hunting and related service activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta — Assessorato del turismo, sport, commercio, agricoltura e beni culturali — Dipartimento agricoltura — Struttura della zootecnia, produzioni lattiero-casearie e laboratori




Località La Maladière n. 39, 11020 Saint-Christophe (AO), Italy








Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


12.03.2020




Aid number


SA.55605 (2019/N)




Member State


Germany




Region


BAYERN


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Richtlinie zur Förderung von Investitionen in Herdenschutzmaßnahmen gegen Übergriffe durch den Wolf




Legal basis


Richtlinie zur Förderung von Investitionen in Herdenschutzmaßnahmen gegen Übergriffe durch den Wolf
Die allgemeinen haushaltsrechtlichen Bestimmungen, insbesondere Art. 23 und Art. 44 der Bayerischen Haushaltsordnung (BayHO)




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Aid for investment in tangible assets and intangible assets on agricultural holdings linked to primary agricultural production




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 6,5  (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 2 (in millions)




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


until 31.12.2022




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz




Rosenkavalierplatz 2, 81925 München








Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


18.02.2020




Aid number


SA.55709 (2019/N)




Member State


Germany




Region


BADEN-WUERTTEMBERG


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Richtlinie für die Förderung von Games in Baden-Württemberg der Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg mbH




Legal basis


Richtlinie für die Förderung von Games in Baden-Württemberg




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Culture, Heritage conservation




Form of aid


Direct grant, Soft loan




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 10 (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 0,5  (in millions)




Intensity


80 %




Duration (period)


until 30.06.2025




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Oliver Passek




Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst Baden-Württemberg, Königstraße 46. 70173 Stuttgart








Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


12.03.2020




Aid number


SA.56685 (2020/N)




Member State


Denmark




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


State aid notification on compensation scheme cancellation of events related to COVID-19




Legal basis


—




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


—




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: DKK 91 (in millions)




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


06.03.2020 — 31.03.2020




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority


Danish Business authority




Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


24.03.2020




Aid number


SA.56742 (2020/N)




Member State


Luxembourg




Region


LUXEMBOURG (GRAND-DUCHE)


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Régime d'aide en faveur des entreprises en difficulté financière temporaire




Legal basis


Régime d'aide en faveur des entreprises en difficulté financière temporaire




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Reimbursable grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 300 (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 300 (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


until 30.09.2020




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministère de l'Economie




19-21 boulevard Royal








Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


22.03.2020




Aid number


SA.56755 (2020/N)




Member State


Portugal




Region


PORTUGAL


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Guarantee schemes related to Covid-19




Legal basis


legal framework applicable to the Portuguese Mutual Guarantee System




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Guarantee




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 3 000  (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


21.03.2020 — 31.12.2020




Economic sectors


Other mining and quarrying, MANUFACTURING, Accommodation, Food and beverage service activities, Rental and leasing of motor vehicles, Travel agency; tour operator and other reservation service and related activities, ARTS; ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION




Name and address of the granting authority







SPGM — Sociedade de Investimento, S.A.




Rua Prof. Mota Pinto, 42F — 2o — Sala 211 4100-353 Porto








Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


25.03.2020




Aid number


SA.56792 (2020/N)




Member State


United Kingdom




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


UK COVID 19 measure CBILS Guarantee




Legal basis


Industrial Development Act 1982 Section 8




Type of measure


Ad hoc aid


—




Objective


SMEs




Form of aid


Guarantee (where appropriate with a reference to the Commission decision (10))




Budget


—




Intensity


%




Duration (period)


From 25.03.2020




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority


British Business Bank




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


24.03.2020




Aid number


SA.56803 (2020/N)




Member State


Spain




Region


ESPANA


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


COVID-19 — Guarantee scheme to companies and self-employed to support the economy in the current COVID-19 outbreak




Legal basis


Royal Decree-Law 8/2020 Art.29




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy, Compensation of damage caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences




Form of aid


Guarantee




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 20 000  (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


until 30.09.2020




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of Economy and Digital Transformation. General Secretariat for Treasury.




Paseo del Prado No 6








Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


30.03.2020




Aid number


SA.56804 (2020/N)




Member State


Estonia




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Loan guarantee scheme of Estonia under the Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the current COVID-19 outbreak




Legal basis


Support of Enterprise and State Loan guarantees Act; Government office decision of 19-03-2020 (including amendment of 26-03-2020). Rural Development and Agricultural Market Regulation Act (RT I 2008, 33, 202), the Fisheries Market Organisation Act (RT I, 05.12.2014, 1), the Government office decision 19.03.2020 and the Loan scheme and guarantee plan approved on 26.03.2030 by Decision of the Management Board of the Rural Development Foundation.




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Compensation of damage caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences




Form of aid


Guarantee, Interest subsidy




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 1 750  (in millions)




Intensity


%




Duration (period)


30.03.2020 — 31.12.2020




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







1. Foundation KredEx, Hobujaama 4, 10151 Tallinn, Estonia;




2. Rural Development Foundation, Oru 21, 71003 Viljandi, Estonia








Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


27.03.2020




Aid number


SA.56805 (2020/N)




Member State


Luxembourg




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Loan guarantee scheme of Luxembourg under the Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the current COVID-19 outbreak




Legal basis


Law establishing a guarantee scheme to support Luxembourgish economy during the Covid-19 pandemic




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Guarantee




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 2 500  (in millions)




Intensity


%




Duration (period)


27.03.2020 — 31.12.2020




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of Finance, 3 Rue de la Congrégation, 2931 Luxembourg, Luxemburg;




Ministry of Economy, 21 Boulevard Royal, 2449 Luxembourg, Luxemburg








Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


30.03.2020




Aid number


SA.56808 (2020/N)




Member State


Denmark




Region


DANMARK


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Liquidity guarantee scheme under the Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the COVID-19 outbreak




Legal basis


Budget Law Act on EKF Liquidity Guarantee




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Compensation of damage caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences




Form of aid


Guarantee




Budget


Overall budget: DKK 100 (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


30.03.2020 — 31.12.2020




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority


EKF (Danish Export Credit Agency)




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


02.04.2020




Aid number


SA.56843 (2020/N)




Member State


Malta




Region


Malta


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


COVID-19: Loan guarantee scheme




Legal basis


Not applicable




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Guarantee




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 350 (in millions)




Intensity


%




Duration (period)


until 31.12.2020




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Malta Development Bank




Pope Pius V Street — II Belt, Valletta, LVT 1041, Malta








Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


02.04.2020




Aid number


SA.56856 (2020/N)




Member State


Denmark




Region


DANMARK


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


State loan facility for the Danish Travel Guarantee Fund as a result of COVID-19




Legal basis


Lov om en rejsegarantifond, jf. lovbekendtgørelse nr. 1023 af 3. juli 2018




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Soft loan




Budget


Overall budget: DKK 1 500  (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


Travel agency; tour operator and other reservation service and related activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Ehvervsministeriet




Slotsholmsgade 10-12








Other information


—




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Date of adoption of the decision


02.04.2020




Aid number


SA.56860 (2020/N)




Member State


Sweden




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


COVID-19: Government guarantee programme for companies




Legal basis


Government Bill ‘Additional amending budget for 2020 — Credit guarantees for loans to companies (Govt Bill 2019/20:142) and Government decision with instructions to the National Debt Office to prepare and implement a government guarantee programme for companies (N2020/00771/EIN)




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Guarantee




Budget


Overall budget: SEK 100 000  (in millions)




Intensity


%




Duration (period)


until 30.09.2020




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







National Debt Office




SE 103 74 Stockholm, Sverige








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


04.04.2020




Aid number


SA.56873 (2020/N)




Member State


Portugal




Region


PORTUGAL


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Linha de Apoio à Economia COVID-19




Legal basis


The legal basis for the measures is the legal framework applicable to the Portuguese Mutual Guarantee System
SPGM — Sociedade de Investimento, S.A. Rua Prof. Mota Pinto, 42F — 2o — Sala 211 4100-353 Porto www.spgm.pt




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Direct grant/ Interest rate subsidy, Guarantee




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 13 000  (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


03.04.2020 — 31.12.2020




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







SPGM — Sociedade de Investimento, S.A.- Beatriz Freitas




Rua Prof. Mota Pinto, 42F — 2o — Sala 211 4100-353 Porto








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


03.04.2020




Aid number


SA.56876 (2020/N)




Member State


Poland




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Polish anti-crisis measures — COVID-19 — guarantee scheme




Legal basis


The Act amending the Act of March 2, 2020 on specific solutions related to the prevention, counteracting and combating of COVID-19, other infectious diseases and the emerging crises.




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy, Rescuing undertakings in difficulty




Form of aid


Guarantee




Budget


Overall budget: PLN 100 000  (in millions)
Annual budget: PLN 100 000  (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


03.04.2020 — 31.12.2020




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK)




Al. Jerozolimskie 7, 00-955 Warsaw, Poland








Other information


—




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