Source: EURLEX
Language: en
Format: md

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| 21.3.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 82/3 |

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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))

2013/C 82/03

PART I

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| Aid No | GBER 1/13/R&D | |
| EFTA State | Norway | |
| Granting authority | Name | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway |
| Address | |  | | --- | | 7. juni-plassen/Victoria Terrasse | | Post box 8114 Dep | | 0032 Oslo | | NORWAY | |
| Webpage | http://www.mfa.no |
| Title of the aid measure | Regulating Arctic shipping: Political, technological and environmental challenges (ad hoc grant through the Barents 2020 grant scheme) | |
| National legal basis (reference to the relevant national official publication) | Parliamentary appropriation (Prop. 1 S (2011-2012)) | |
| Web link to the full text of the aid measure | Ad hoc grant through the Barents 2020 grant scheme  Information about Barents 2020 may be found at:  http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/ud/dep/tilskuddsmidler/utlyst.html?id=612816 | |
| Type of measure | Ad hoc aid | ‘The Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute (MARINTEK)’ and ‘Akvaplan-niva AS’. The grant is administered by the University of Tromsø. |
| Duration | Scheme | 1.4.2013-31.12.2016, subject to parliamentary appropriations |
| Date of granting | Ad hoc aid | 12.12.2012 |
| Economic sector(s) concerned | All economic sectors eligible to receive aid | Research |
| Type of beneficiary | Large enterprises | X |
| Budget | Overall amount of the ad hoc aid awarded to the undertaking | 2013-2016: NOK 12 544 594  2013: NOK 4 934 228  2014: NOK 4 826 680  2015: NOK 2 533 936  2016: NOK 249 750 |
| 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) | Fundamental research  (Article 31(2)(a)) | 100 % |  |

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