Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 26.9.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 277/3 |

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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 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))

2013/C 277/03

PART I

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| Aid No | GBER 10/13/R&D | |
| EFTA State | Norway | |
| Granting authority | Name | The Research Council of Norway |
| Address | |  | | --- | | PO Box 2700 St. Hanshaugen | | 0131 Oslo | | NORWAY | |
| Webpage | http://www.forskningsradet.no |
| Title of the aid measure | Large-scale, industry-relevant Researcher Projects in biotechnology | |
| National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) | Government white paper on biotechnology (‘Nasjonal strategi for bioteknologi 2010-2011’), the programme plan for BIOTEK2021, Call for proposals for Large-scale, industry-relevant researcher projects in biotechnology | |
| Web link to the full text of the aid measure | http://www.forskningsradet.no/en/Funding/BIOTEK2021/1253977220666/p1184150364108?progId=1253973230625&visAktive=false | |
| Type of measure | Scheme | X |
| Duration | Scheme | 1.1.2013 to 31.12.2016 |
| Economic sector(s) concerned | Limited to specific sectors — Please specify in accordance with NACE Rev. 2. | Biotechnology, NACE 72.110 |
| Type of beneficiary | SME | X |
| Large enterprises | X |
| Budget | Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme | NOK 50 million |
| However, only a fraction (approximately NOK 5 million) constitutes State aid as most of the funding will be spent by research organisations for the pursuit of non-economic activities. |
| 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 % | |
| Aid for research, development and innovation  (Articles 30-37) | Aid for research and development projects  (Article 31) | Industrial research  (Article 31(2)(b)) | 50 % | X |

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