17.9.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 228/11

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Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 228/05)

Date of decision:

Member State: Poland (Łódzkie)

Aid No: N 90/2005

Title: Regional aid scheme for entrepreneurs granted in the City of Łódź

Legal basis: Art. 18 ust. 2 pkt 8 ustawy z dnia 18 marca 1990 r. o samorządzie gminnym Dz.U. z 2001 r. nr 142 poz. 1591 z późn. zm.; Ustawa o podatkach i opłatach lokalnych z dnia 12 stycznia 1991 r., Dz.U. z 2002 r. nr 9, poz. 84 z późn. zm.; Program pomocy regionalnej dla przedsiębiorców udzielanej w mieście Łodzi

Objective(s): Regional aid.

Comments: Aid for new investment and job creation linked to the investment

Budget: PLZ 6 000 000 (EUR 1 500 000)

Aid intensity or amount: Gross: 50 %.

Comments: 15 % bonus for SMEs; 30 % of 50 % for investment in motor vehicle sector where aid amount > EUR 5 million

Duration: From 2005 to 31.12.2006

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Hungary

Aid No: N 92/2005

Title: Restructuring plan Hungarian Coal industry 2004-2010

Objective: Security of energy supply through coal production

Legal basis: A Kormány 2002. március 26-i 1028/2002. (III. 26.) Korm. határozata, és a 2002. december 29-i 56/2002. (XII. 29.) GKM rendelet

Budget: HUF 64,3 billion (EUR 255 million)

Aid intensity or amount: HUF 64,3 billion (EUR 255 million)

Duration: 7 years

Other information: annual notification for the years 2007 to 2010, and annual report. Report for 2004 due on 31 December 2005

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Slovak Republic

Aid No: N 168/2005

Title: State aid Hornonitrianske bane Prievidza

Objective: Inherited liabilities in the coal sector

Legal basis: Zákon SR č. 523/2004; smernica MH SR č. 10/2003; zákon SR č. 231/1999; výnos č. 1/2005 MH SR

Budget: SKK 24 000 000 (EUR 630 651)

Aid intensity or amount: SKK 24 000 000 (EUR 630 651)

Duration: 2004

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 320/2004

Title: Restructuring plan German Coal industry 2006-2010

Objective: Security of energy supply through coal production

Legal basis: Haushaltsgesetz 2004; Gesetz über die Bergmannsprämie von 1956

Budget: EUR 12 billion

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 12 billion

Duration: 5 years

Other information: annual notification and annual report

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 433/2004

Title: Support for enterprises with regard to environmental protection

Objective: The aim of the scheme is to improve environmental protection by reducing pollution and sound emissions and by reducing industrial waste through its reuse in the production process

Legal basis: Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 1002 del 22 aprile 2004. ‘L.R. 18/2003, art.1. Regolamento concernente modalità e criteri per la concessione di contributi finalizzati alla tutela dell'ambiente’

Budget: EUR 0,761 million

Aid intensity or amount: 15 % of eligible costs for SMEs in order to comply with the new mandatory Community standards within three years after their adoption;

30 % of eligible costs for investments which exceed the Community standards (+ 5 % in Article 87(3)(c) areas and + 10 % for SMEs)

Duration:

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 622/2003

Title: Digitalisierungsfonds

Objective: To support and facilitate the introduction of digital transmission technologies for broadcasting and the switchover from analogue to digital television in Austria

Legal basis: KommAustria-Gesetz (KOG) BgBl. I, Nr.32/2001 idF BgBl. I, Nr. 71/2003, §§ 9a — 9e und Richtlinien über die Förderung von Projekten durch den Digitalisierungsfonds (Fassung vom 2.9.2004) in Verbindung mit § 21 Privatfernsehgesetz (PrTV-G). Die letzten Änderungen wurden durch das Bundesgesetz, mit dem das Privatradiogesetz, das Privatfernsehgesetz (PrTV-G), das KommAustria-Gesetz und das ORF-Gesetz geändert werden sowie das Fernsehsignalgesetz aufgehoben wird (veröffentlicht am 30.7.2004 unter BgBl. I Nr. 97/2004 und in Kraft getreten am 1.8.2004) eingeführt

Budget: EUR 7,5 million per year

Intensity or amount: 50 %

Duration: not determined, review after 2 years, funding of projects de facto limited in time

Other information: Form of aid: grants.

Final budgets and aid amounts depends on result of call for proposals and available state funds

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/

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