Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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| 31.1.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 31/77 |

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EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY DECISION

No 31/12/COL

of 1 February 2012

amending, for the eighty-fifth time, the procedural and substantive rules in the field of state aid by introducing a new chapter on the application, from 1 February 2012, of revised rules for assessing state aid for shipbuilding

THE EFTA SURVEILLANCE AUTHORITY (“THE AUTHORITY”),

Whereas:

Under Article 5(2)(b) of the Surveillance and Court Agreement, the Authority shall issue notices or guidelines on matters dealt with in the EEA Agreement, if that Agreement or the Surveillance and Court Agreement expressly so provides or if the Authority considers it necessary,

On 7 December 2011, the European Commission adopted a Communication on the application, from 1 January 2012, of revised rules for assessing state aid for shipbuilding ([OJ C 364, 14.12.2011, p. 9](./../../../legal-content/EN/AUTO/?uri=OJ:C:2011:364:TOC)),

This Communication is also of relevance for the European Economic Area,

Uniform application of the EEA state aid rules is to be ensured throughout the European Economic Area in line with the objective of homogeneity established in Article 1 of the EEA Agreement,

According to point II under the heading “GENERAL” on page 11 of Annex XV to the EEA Agreement, the Authority, after consultation with the Commission, is to adopt acts corresponding to those adopted by the European Commission,

The Authority consulted the European Commission and the EFTA States by letters dated 19 December 2011 on the subject,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The State Aid Guidelines shall be amended by replacing the chapter on the rules for assessing state aid for shipbuilding.

The new chapter is set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

Only the English language version of this decision is authentic.

Done at Brussels, 1 February 2012.

For the EFTA Surveillance Authority

Oda Helen SLETNES

President

Sabine MONAUNI-TÖMÖRDY

College Member

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