Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 23.10.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 376/6 |

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Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement (Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty) (General Block Exemption Regulation)

2014/C 376/06

PART I

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| Aid reference | GBER 8/2014/R&D | |
| EFTA State | Norway | |
| Granting authority | Name | Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
| Address | |  | | --- | | PO Box 8114 Dep | | N-0032 Oslo | | NORWAY | |
| Webpage | www.regjeringen.no/ud |
| Title of the aid measure | Commercial initiatives under ‘Prosjektsamarbeidet med Russland’ (Project Cooperation with Russia) | |
| National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) | http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/ud/dok/regpubl/prop/2013-2014/prop-1-s-20132014-/9/2/4.html?id=741644 | |
| Web link to the full text of the aid measure | www.innovasjonnorge.no/barentsrussland | |
| Type of measure | Scheme | Yes |
| Duration | Scheme | 4.4.2014 to 31.12.2019 |
| Economic sector(s) concerned | All economic sectors eligible to receive aid | All sectors |
| Type of beneficiary | SME | Yes |
|  | Large enterprises | Yes |
| Budget | Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme | In total NOK 62 800 000 (2014-2019)  Tentative disbursement plan:  2014: NOK 6 040 000  2015: NOK 12 415 000  2016: NOK 12 750 000  2017: NOK 12 750 000  2018: NOK 12 610 000  2019: NOK 6 235 000 |
| Aid instrument  (Article 5) | Grant | Yes |

PART II

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| General Objectives (list) | Objectives (list) | | Maximum aid intensity in % or Maximum aid amount in NOK | SME — bonuses in % |
| Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs and SME participation in fairs  (Articles 26-27) | Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs  (Article 26) | | 50 % | N.A. |
| Aid for SME participation in fairs  (Article 27) | | 50 % | N.A. |
| Aid for research, development and innovation  (Articles 30-37) | Aid for research and development projects  (Article 31) | Industrial research  (Article 31(2)(b)) | 50 %/65 %  (Article 31(4)(b)) | Where the aid is granted to SMEs, the aid intensity may be increased by 10 percentage points for medium-sized enterprises and by 20 percentage points for small enterprises and a bonus of 15 percentage points may be added, up to a maximum aid intensity of 80 % of the eligible costs |
| Experimental development  (Article 31(2)(c)) | 25 % |
| Aid for technical feasibility studies  (Article 32) | | 40 % for studies preparatory to experimental development activities/65 % for studies preparatory to industrial research activities | 10 % |
| Aid for industrial property rights costs for SMEs  (Article 33) | | 45 % for experimental development/65 % for industrial research  Article 33(2) + Article 31(3) + (4) | N.A. |
| Aid for innovation advisory services and for innovation support services  (Article 36) | | NOK 1 600 000 per beneficiary within any three-year period |  |
| Aid for the loan of highly qualified personnel  (Article 37) | | 50 % | N.A. |
| Training aid  (Articles 38-39) | Specific training  (Article 38(1)) | | 25 % | 10 % for small and 20 % for medium-sized enterprises |
| General training  (Article 38(2)) | | 60 % | 10 % for small and 20 % for medium-sized enterprises |

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