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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 235/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Italy

Aid No: E9/2005

Title: RAI licence fee

Objective: Financing the public service broadcasting.

Legal basis: R.D.L. 21 febbraio 1938, n. 246 (convertito nella legge n. 880 del 1938)

Budget: The amount varies on an annual basis

Duration: Ongoing regime for the financing of the public service broadcasting entrusted to RAI.

Other information: Commission decision declaring that the licence fee regime constitutes an existing aid. In the light of the measures taken by the Italian authorities following the Commission request, this regime is currently compatible with the common market.

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Date of decision:

Member State: Poland

Aid No: N 16/2005

Title: Regional aid scheme for new investments in the tourism sector in Poland

Legal basis: Ustawa z dnia 20 kwietnia 2004 r. o Narodowym Planie Rozwoju, Dz.U. z 2004 nr 16, poz. 1206;

Rozporządzenie Ministra Gospodarki i Pracy w sprawie udzielania pomocy na wspieranie inwestycji w dziedzinie turystyki

Objective: Regional aid

Comments: Aid to tourism sector and recreational, cultural and sporting activities sector

Budget: PLZ 178 700 000 (EUR 37 300 000)

Comments: aid in form of direct grants

Aid intensity or amount: Gross: 30 %, 40 %, 50 %

Comments: Intensity as specified in the Polish regional state aid map: 30 %, 40 % of 50 %, depending on the region. 15 % bonus for SMEs.

Duration: From 2005 to 31.12.2006

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 77/2005

Title: Fernsehfilmförderungsfonds

Objective: audiovisual

Legal basis: §§ 9f — 9h KommAustria-Gesetz (KOG) und Richtlinien über die Gewährung von Mitteln aus dem Fernsehfilmförderungsfonds

Budget: EUR 7,5 million p.a.

Aid intensity or amount: 20 % aid intensity;

maximum aid amount: EUR 700 000 for feature films, EUR 200 000 for documentaries and EUR 120 000 for series (per episode)

Duration:

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Date of decision:

Member State: Denmark

Aid No: N 90 /2004

Title: Particulate filters for lorries

Legal basis: Finanslov 2004, vedtaget den 18.12.2003

Objective: Environmental aid — Reduction of pollution (particulate emissions) for certain types of old and new lorries. According to the danish authorities, particulate emmissions cause araound 450 deaths a year (in Denmark).

Budget: DKK 100 000 (EUR 13 514)

Aid intensity: 30 %

Duration: From 1.1.2004 to 31.12.2005

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Date of adoption:

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 101/2005

Title: Aid to investment for restructuring of declining industrial zones in assisted regions

Objective: Regional development — all sectors

Legal basis: Orden por la que se establecen las bases reguladoras de la concesión de ayudas para actuaciones de reindustrialización

Budget: EUR 400 million for period 2005-2008

Intensity or amount:

Duration: until 31.12.2008

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt)

Aid No: N 122/2005

Title: Aid to CSG Solar AG

Objective: Regional aid

Legal basis: Gesetz über die Gemeinschaftsaufgabe (GA) ‘Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur’ vom 6. Oktober 1969 in Verbindung mit den einschlägigen Bestimmungen von Teil II des 31. Rahmenplans zur GA, zuletzt genehmigt bis 31. Dezember 2006 durch den Beschluss der Kommission N 642/2002 vom 1. Oktober 2003 (ABl. C 284 vom 27.11.2003, S. 2).

Investitionszulagengesetz im Jahr 2005, genehmigt durch den Beschluss der Kommission N 142a/2004 vom 19. Januar 2005 (noch nicht im Amtsblatt veröffentlicht)

Aid intensity: 15 % (SME bonus) of EUR 37 080 000 eligible costs

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Date of adoption:

Member State: Germany

Case number: N 142a/2004

Title: Law on investment premiums 2005 — standard rules

Objective: The scheme aims at regional development and provides fiscal premiums for investment in the five new Länder and in Berlin.

Legal basis: Investitionszulagengesetz 2005 in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung vom 24. März 2004 unter Berücksichtigung nachfolgender Änderungen

Budget: EUR 1 200 million

Intensity or amount: Between 12,5 and 27,5 % for initial investment. Only in 87(3)(a) and (c) — regions.

Duration: 24.3.2004 — 31.12.2006

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Sweden

Aid No: N 187/2005

Title: Modification of schemes N 596/2004, N 201/2003 and N 646/99 — Regional development grant

Objective: Promote regional development

Legal basis: Förordning om regionalt investeringsstöd

Budget: EUR 42,4 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: In accordance with regional aid map 2000-2006

Duration: 1.1.2000 — 31.12.2006

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Date of decision:

Member State: Sweden (the north of Sweden)

Aid No: N 220/2005

Title: Amendments to regional policy transport aid scheme (ex No N 146/1999)

Legal basis: Förordningen (2000:281) om regionalt transportbidrag

Objective: Regional transport aid

Budget: EUR 33,4 million

Aid intensity or amount: 10 to 30 % of transport costs

Duration: Till 31.12.2006

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Date of adoption:

Member States: Germany

Aid No: N 410/04 — NN 43/05

Title: Aid to Solvay Soda GmbH — grant

Objective: Research and development, environmental protection

Legal basis: Gesetz über Abgaben für das Einleiten von Abwasser in Gewässer, 3.11.1994 (BGBl I 80 vom 18.11.94, S. 3370)

Aid intensity or amount: 50 %; 30 %

Duration: 6 months; 24 months

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 452/04

Title: Scheme on innovation aid to shipbuilding

Objective: Support innovation in the shipbuilding sector

Legal basis: Rahmenbestimmungen für Beihilfen an den Schiffbau

Aid intensity: 20 % maximum

Duration: 6 years

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