Source: EURLEX
Language: en
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| 5.4.2023 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 123/13 |

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State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2023/C 123/11)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:

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| Date of adoption of the decision | 7 December 2022 |
| Case No | 89590 |
| Decision No | 219/22/COL |
| EFTA State | Norway |
| Title (and/or name of the beneficiary) | Prolongation of and amendments to the Norwegian innovation and development scheme for news and current affairs media |
| Legal basis | Amended regulation on innovation and development aid to news and current affairs media. |
| Type of measure | Scheme |
| Objective | Promoting development of editorial content and development or implementation of new solutions for production, publishing or dissemination of editorial content, including projects with the aim to increase the consumption of such content in the population in general or for specific population groups. |
| Form of aid | Grant |
| Budget | NOK 30 million |
| Intensity | 40 % (75 % for small local news and current affairs media) |
| Duration | 1 January 2023 - 31 December 2028. |
| Economic sectors | NACE group levels:   |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | J58.1 - Publishing of books, periodicals and other publishing activities |  |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | J58.1.3 - Publishing of newspapers |  |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | J60.1 - Radio broadcasting |  |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | J60.2 - Television programming and broadcasting activities |  |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | J63.9.9 - Other information service activities n.e.c. | |
| Name and address of the granting authority | |  | | --- | | The Norwegian Media Authority, Nygata 4 | | NO-1607 Fredrikstad | | NORWAY | |

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website:

http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/

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