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: 2020-11-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Netherlands, State aid, control of State aid








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20.11.2020   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 397/1






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 397/01)







Date of adoption of the decision


8.10.2020




Aid number


SA.57124 (2020/N)




Member State


Germany




Region


SACHSEN


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Sachsen: Förderung der Haltung von Mutterkühen im Laufstall und auf Stroh




Legal basis


Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Energie, Klimaschutz, Umwelt und Landwirtschaft zur Förderung der Haltung von Mutterkühen im Laufstall und auf Stroh vom 25.5.2020;
Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe ‘Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes’; Rahmenplan der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe ‘Verbesserung der Agrarstruktur und des Küstenschutzes’




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Aid for animal welfare commitments




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 7,2  (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


until 31.12.2023




Economic sectors


Crop and animal production; hunting and related service activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt, Landwirtschaft und Geologie




Postfach 54 01 37, 01311 Dresden








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


25.6.2020




Aid number


SA.57153 (2020/N)




Member State


Germany




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


COVID-19 — Aid to Lufthansa




Legal basis


The participation of Germany in the recapitalisation of DLH is based on section 20 (1) sentence 2 of the Act establishing the ESF (Economic Stabilisation Fund).




Type of measure


Ad hoc aid


Deutsche Lufthansa AG




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Other forms of equity intervention — A recapitalisation for a total amount of EUR 6 billion by means of equity and hybrid capital instruments.




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 6 000  (in millions)




Intensity


%




Duration (period)


From 23.6.2020




Economic sectors


Air transport




Name and address of the granting authority


The granting authority is the Government of Germany. ESF will be the public organism responsible for administering the measure.




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


21.8.2020




Aid number


SA.57544 (2020/N)




Member State


Belgium




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


COVID-19: Aid to Brussels Airlines




Legal basis


Article 2, § 3, of the Law of 2 April 1962 related to the Federal Holding and Investment Company and to the Regional Investment companies.
Implementing Royal Decree providing a dedicated assignment to the Federal Holding and Investment Company according to Article 2, § 3, of the Law of 2 April 1962 related to the Federal Holding and Investment Company and to the Regional Investment companies.




Type of measure


Ad hoc aid


SN Group




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Loan/ Repayable advances, Other hybrid capital instruments




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 290 (in millions)




Intensity


%




Duration (period)


—




Economic sectors


Air transport




Name and address of the granting authority







Belgian State, through the Federal Holding and Investment Company Société Fédérale de Participations et d'Investissement SA, d'intérêt public / Federale Participatie-en Investeringsmaatschapij NV van openbaar nut (‘SFPI-FPIM’).




Avenue Louise 32-4, 1050 Brussels








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


12.10.2020




Aid number


SA.57668 (2020/N)




Member State


Germany




Region


BAYERN


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Bayern: Weideprämie — Tierschutzmaßnahme (KULAP-B60)




Legal basis


Förderung von Agrarumwelt-, Klima- und Tierschutzmaßnahmen in Bayern — Teil IV, Maßnahme zum Tierschutz (KULAP — B60) — Sommerweidehaltung (Weideprämie)
Art. 23 und 44 der Bayerischen Haushaltsordnung (BayHO)
Verwaltungsvorschriften zu Art. 23 und 44 der Bayerischen Haushaltsordnung (VV-BayHO)




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Aid for animal welfare commitments




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 70 (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 14 (in millions)




Intensity


%




Duration (period)


until 31.12.2024




Economic sectors


Crop and animal production; hunting and related service activities




Name and address of the granting authority







Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Forsten




Ludwigstraße 2, 80539 München








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


2.10.2020




Aid number


SA.58023 (2020/N)




Member State


Belgium




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


Prolongation du régime d'aide en faveur des modes de transport alternatif à la route et qui poursuivent des objectifs de protection de l'environnement pour la période 2014-2020




Legal basis


Articles 1er, 6, 1o, 10, 12, 15 et 16 du décret du 11 mars 2004 relatif aux incitants destinés à favoriser la protection de l’environnement et l’utilisation durable de l’énergie;
12 mars 2009 — arrêté du gouvernement wallon relatif aux incitants régionaux en faveur des grandes entreprises et en faveur des petites ou moyennes entreprises qui réalisent des investissements favorisant des modes de transport alternatifs à la route et qui poursuivent des objectifs de protection de l’environnement;
Projet d’arrêté du gouvernement wallon modifiant l’arrêté du gouvernement wallon du 12 mars 2009 relatif aux incitants régionaux en faveur des grandes entreprises et en faveur des petites ou moyennes entreprises qui réalisent des investissements favorisant des modes de transport alternatif à la route et qui poursuivent des objectifs de protection de l’environnement.




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Sectoral development




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 20 000 000  (in millions)
Annual budget: EUR 4 000 000  (in millions)




Intensity


—




Duration (period)


1.1.2021 — 31.12.2025




Economic sectors


Inland freight water transport




Name and address of the granting authority







SPW Economie Emploi Recherche — Direction des PME




Place de la Wallonie, 1 5100 Jambes








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


3.11.2020




Aid number


SA.58738 (2020/N)




Member State


Netherlands




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


COVID-19 — Support for regional and long-distance public passenger transport




Legal basis


a regulation to be issued by the State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management; Financiële verhoudingswet; Kaderwet subsidies I en M; Kaderbesluit subsidies I en M; and a subsidy decision issued by the State Secretary for Infrastructure and Water Management based on Art. 4:23(3)(d) of the Dutch General Administrative Law Act (Algemene Wet Bestuursrecht)




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Compensation of damage caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 1 550  (in millions)




Intensity


93 %




Duration (period)


15.3.2020 — 31.8.2020




Economic sectors


Passenger rail transport; interurban, Urban and suburban passenger land transport




Name and address of the granting authority







Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management




Rijnstraat 8




2515 XP The Hague








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


21.10.2020




Aid number


SA.58783 (2020/N)




Member State


Estonia




Region


Põhja-Eesti


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


COVID-19 — Estonia: aid to support businesses operating in the old town or city centre of Tallinn and modifications to SA.57014 (2020/N)




Legal basis


Decisions of the Municipal Administration of the City of Tallinn and a regulation of the City Government




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: EUR 4 (in millions)




Intensity


100 %




Duration (period)


until 30.6.2021




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority







City of Tallinn




Vabaduse väljak 7, 15199 Tallinn, Estonia








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


30.10.2020




Aid number


SA.59118 (2020/N)




Member State


Czechia




Region


—


—




Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)


COVID-19: Call 2 for the Program to support entrepreneurs affected by the spread of the COVID 19 (rental payments)




Legal basis


Act No. 218/2000 Coll., On the Budgetary Rules and the Amendments to Certain Related Acts (Budgetary Rules), as amended




Type of measure


Scheme


—




Objective


—




Form of aid


Direct grant




Budget


Overall budget: CZK 3 000  (in millions)




Intensity


%




Duration (period)


until 30.6.2021




Economic sectors


All economic sectors eligible to receive aid




Name and address of the granting authority


Ministry of Industry and Trade




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.