Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 13.3.2014 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 74/3 |

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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 74/03

PART I

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| Aid No | GBER 19/13/R&D | | |
| EFTA State | Norway | | |
| Granting authority | Name | Innovation Norway | |
| Address | |  | | --- | | PO Box 448 Sentrum | | N-0104 Oslo | | NORWAY | | |
| Webpage | http://www.innovationnorway.com | |
| Title of the aid measure | Wood-Based Innovation Scheme | | |
| National legal basis (reference to the relevant national official publication) | State Budget, Green Paper 1 (2013-2014), Chapter 1149, item 72 | | |
| Web link to the full text of the aid measure | http://www.innovasjonnorge.no/Satsinger/Landbruk/Trebasert-innovasjonsprogram/ | | |
| Type of measure | Scheme | X | |
| Amendment of an existing aid measure |  | GBER10/12/R&D | |
| Prolongation | X | |
| Modification | X | |
| Duration | Scheme | 1.1.2014 to 31.12.2015 | |
| Economic sector(s) concerned | All economic sectors eligible to receive aid | All sectors may receive aid, as long as the beneficiaries contribute to the overall aim of the scheme — to increase the utilisation of wood | |
| Type of beneficiary | SME | X | |
| Large enterprises | X | |
| Budget | Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme | NOK 25 million | |
| Aid instrument  (Article 5) | Grant | | X |

PART II

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| General objectives  (list) | Objectives  (list) | | Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in NOK | SME — bonuses in % |
| SME investment and employment aid  (Article 15) |  | | 20 % | 10 %/20 % |
| 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 % |  |
| Aid for SME participation in fairs  (Article 27) | | 50 % |  |
| Aid for research, development and innovation  (Articles 30-37) | Aid for research and development projects  (Article 31) | Industrial research  (Article 31(2)(b)) | 50 % | 10 %/20 % |
| Experimental development  (Article 31(2)(c)) | 25 % | 10 %/20 % |
| Aid for technical feasibility studies  (Article 32) | | 40 %/65 % | 10 % |
| Aid for industrial property rights costs for SMEs  (Article 33) | | 50 % |  |
| Aid to young innovative enterprises  (Article 35) | | NOK 8 million |  |
| Aid for innovation advisory services and for innovation support services  (Article 36) | | NOK 1,6 million |  |
| Aid for the loan of highly qualified personnel  (Article 37) | | 50 % |  |
| Training aid  (Articles 38-39) | Specific training  (Article 38(1)) | | 25 % | 10 %/20 % |
| General training  (Article 38(2)) | | 60 % | 10 %/20 % |

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