Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 23.7.2009 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 171/31 |

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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 of 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)

2009/C 171/04

PART I

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| Aid No | GBER5/09/R&D | | |
| EFTA State | Norway | | |
| Region | Name of the Region (NUTS) | Regional aid status | |
| Granting authority | Name | The Research Council of Norway | |
| Address | |  | | --- | | Stensberggate 26, 0131 Oslo | | NORWAY | | |
| Webpage | www.forskningsradet.no | |
| Title of the aid measure | Centres for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) | | |
| National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) | The legal basis for the FME-scheme is:  The budget proposal for 2009 from the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and the Norwegian Parliaments (Stortinget) decision on the budget, Budsjett-innst. S. nr. 9 (2008-2009), cf. St.prp. nr. 1. Tillegg nr. 2 (2008-2009).  The budget letter for 2009 from the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy to the Research Council of Norway (RCN), stating terms for the FME-scheme.  The budget proposal (St.prp. nr. 37 (2008-2009) Om endringer i statsbudsjettet 2009 med tiltak for arbeid) concerning changes in the budget for 2009.  The budget letter for 2009 from The Ministry of Education and Research (letter of 12.3.2009) concerning funding for 2009.  Internal documents (published on the websites from the Research Council of Norway)   |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | ‘FME — Beskrivelse av ordningen’, |  |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | ‘FME — Krav og retningslinjer’ |  |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | ‘Generelle kontraktsvilkår’ |  |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | ‘Prinsipper for Norges forskningsråds rettighetspolitikk’ |   Published in english:   |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | ‘Description of the Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research Scheme’ and |  |  |  | | --- | --- | |  | ‘FME — Requirements and Guidelines’ issued by the RCN together with RCN procedures for reporting. |   The documents can be found on: www.forskningsradet.no and  http://www.forskningsradet.no/servlet/Satellite?c=Page&pagename=energisenter%2FHovedsidemal&cid=1222932140861 | | |
| Web link to the full text of the aid measure | FME — description  http://www.forskningsradet.no/servlet/Satellite?c=Page&pagename=energisenter%2FHovedsidemal&cid=1222932140861 | | |
| Type of measure | Scheme | FME — Support to R&D | |
| Duration | Scheme | 1.3.2009 to 31.12.2013 | |
| Type of beneficiary | SME | yes | |
| Large enterprises | yes | |
| Budget | Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme | 125 NOK (in millions) | |
| Aid instrument (Article 5) | Grant | | 125 NOK (million) |
| If co-financed by Community funds | Reference(s): | Amount of Community funding 0 | NOK… (in millions) |

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 research, development and innovation (Article 30-37) | Aid for research and development projects (Article 31) | Fundamental research  (Article 31(2)(a)) | Ca 60 % |  |
| Industrial research (Article 31(2)(b)) | Ca 40 % |  |
| Experimental development (Article 31(2)(c)) |  |  |

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