Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 28.1.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 21/36 |

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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)

2010/C 21/09

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| Aid No | GBER 11/09/R&D | | |
| EFTA State | Norway | | |
| Granting authority | Name | Ministry of Finance | |
| Address  Webpage | |  | | --- | | P.o. Box 8008 dep | | 0030 Oslo | | NORWAY | | |
| Title of the aid measure | Skattefunn | | |
| National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication) | Section 16-40 of the Norwegian law on tax (Lov 26. mars 1999 nr. 14) | | |
| Web link to the full text of the aid measure | http://www.lovdata.no/all/tl-19990326-014-074.html  http://www.skattefunn.no | | |
| Type of measure | Scheme | X | |
| Amendment of an existing aid measure | X | EFTA Surveillance Authority aid number  Decision No 171/02/COL, 16/03/COL, 366/06/COL | |
| Modification | X | |
| Duration | Scheme | The scheme is not limited in time. However, the Commission Regulation (EC) No 800/2008 (General Block Exemption Regulation) expires on 31.12.2013 | |
| Economic sector(s) concerned | All economic sectors eligible to receive aid | X | |
|  | Limited to specific sectors — Please specify in accordance with NACE Rev. 2. |  | |
| Type of beneficiary | SME | X | |
| Large enterprises | X | |
| Budget | Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme | Approximately NOK 1 130 million annually | |
| Aid instrument (Article 5) | Fiscal measure | | X Tax allowance |

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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)) | 25 % | 2,8 % |
| Industrial research (Article 31(2)(b)) | 25 % | 2,8 % |
| Experimental development (Article 31(2)(c)) | 25 % | 2,8 % |

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