3.3.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 68/1

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2017/C 068/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

17.03.2014

Aid number

SA.37176 (2014/N)

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

—

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Modifications to the UK Film Tax Relief

Legal basis

Finance Act 2006

Type of measure

Scheme

—

Objective

Culture

Form of aid

Tax base reduction

Budget

Overall budget: GBP 1 700 (in millions)

Annual budget: GBP 340 (in millions)

Intensity

20 %

Duration (period)

01.04.2014 — 31.03.2019

Economic sectors

Creative, arts and entertainment activities

Name and address of the granting authority

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

100 Parliament Street,

London SW1

United Kingdom

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

16.09.2014

Aid number

SA.37178 (2013/N)

Member State

France

Region

—

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Aide de l'ANR au projet de R&D ‘SuperGrid’ dans le cadre du programme d’investissement d’avenir.

Legal basis

Loi no 2010-237 du 9 mars 2010 de finances rectificative pour 2010 relative au programme d’investissements d’avenir.

Convention du 27 juillet entre l’État et l’agence nationale de la recherche portant application de l’article 8 de la loi no 2010-237 en ce qui concerne les instituts thématiques d’excellence en matière d’énergie décarbonées.

Type of measure

Individual aid

SAS SuperGrid

Objective

Research and development

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 86,66 (in millions)

Intensity

100 %

Duration (period)

From 01.10.2014

Economic sectors

Scientific research and development

Name and address of the granting authority

DGCIS

61 boulevard Vincent Auriol, 75013 PARIS

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

07.11.2016

Aid number

SA.37183 (2015/NN)

Member State

France

Region

—

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Plan France Très Haut Débit

Legal basis

—

Arrêté du 29 avril 2013 relatif à l'approbation du cahier des charges de l'appel à projets ‘France très haut débit — Réseaux d'initiative publique’;

—

Loi no 2010-237 du 9 mars 2010 de finances rectificative pour 2010;

—

Code général des collectivités territoriales, notamment les articles L.1425-1 et L.1425-2;

—

Code des postes et des communications électroniques, notamment les articles L.34-8 et L.34-8-3

Type of measure

Scheme

—

Objective

Regional development, Sectoral development

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 13 000 (in millions)

Annual budget: EUR 2 000 (in millions)

Intensity

100 %

Duration (period)

until 31.12.2022

Economic sectors

Telecommunications

Name and address of the granting authority

Direction générale de la compétitivité, de l'industrie et des services

67 rue Barbès — BP 80001 — 94201 Ivry-sur-Seine CEDEX

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Date of adoption of the decision

17.03.2014

Aid number

SA.38306 (2014/N)

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

—

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Modifications to the UK Film Tax Relief

Legal basis

Finance Act 2006

Type of measure

Scheme

—

Objective

Culture

Form of aid

Tax base reduction

Budget

Overall budget: GBP 1 700 (in millions)

Annual budget: GBP 340 (in millions)

Intensity

20 %

Duration (period)

01.04.2014 — 31.03.2019

Economic sectors

Creative, arts and entertainment activities

Name and address of the granting authority

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs

100 Parliament Street

London, SW1A 2BQ

United Kingdom

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Date of adoption of the decision

11.12.2014

Aid number

SA.39299 (2014/N)

Member State

France

Region

—

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Crédit d'impôt en faveur de la création de jeux vidéo — modifications

Legal basis

Articles 220 terdecies et 220 X du Code Général des Impôts (CGI)

Articles 46 quater-0 YZG à YZI de l’annexe III au CGI

Articles D. 331-19 à D. 331-37 du code du cinéma et de l’image animée, codifiant le décret no 2008-508 du 29 mai 2008 pris pour l'application des articles 220 terdecies et 220 X du code général des impôts et relatif à l'agrément des jeux vidéo ouvrant droit au crédit d'impôt pour dépenses de création de jeux vidéo ainsi que l’arrêté du 29 mai 2008 pris pour son application.

Type of measure

Scheme

—

Objective

Culture

Form of aid

Tax allowance

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 42 (in millions)

Annual budget: EUR 14 (in millions)

Intensity

20 %

Duration (period)

until 31.12.2017

Economic sectors

ARTS; ENTERTAINMENT AND RECREATION

Name and address of the granting authority

Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée

12 rue de Lübeck 75784 Paris cedex 16

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Date of adoption of the decision

20.12.2016

Aid number

SA.42955 (2016/N-2)

Member State

Germany

Region

—

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Netzreserve

Legal basis

Netzreserve, Artikel 6 des Strommarktgesetzes

Type of measure

Scheme

—

Objective

Other (please specify)

Form of aid

Other — siehe Anlage

siehe Anlage

Budget

—

Intensity

0 %

Duration (period)

01.01.2017 — 30.06.2020

Economic sectors

ELECTRICITY; GAS; STEAM AND AIR CONDITIONING SUPPLY

Name and address of the granting authority

Übertragungsnetzbetreiber bzw. BNetzA

Multiple addresses

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

28.07.2016

Aid number

SA.43023 (2015/N)

Member State

Italy

Region

CALABRIA

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Aeroporto di Lamezia Terme — nuova aerostazione passeggeri

Legal basis

Delibera di Giunta Regionale (DGR) no 139 del 21/05/2015.

Type of measure

Ad hoc aid

SACAL SpA

Objective

Regional development, Sectoral development

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 16,48 (in millions)

Intensity

45 %

Duration (period)

—

Economic sectors

Passenger air transport

Name and address of the granting authority

Regione Calabria — Dip.6 — Infrastrutture, Lavori Pubblici e mobilità

Via Francesco Crispi, 33 88100 — Catanzaro

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Date of adoption of the decision

22.08.2016

Aid number

SA.43182 (2015/N)

Member State

Czech Republic

Region

Czech Republic

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Promotion of electricity production from small hydro powerlants

Legal basis

Act No. 165/2012 Coll., on Promoted Energy Resources and on Amendment to the Law.

Decree No. 440/2012 Coll., on guarantees of the origin of electricity from renewable sources

Decree No 478/2012 Coll., on reporting and recording of electricity and heat from supported sources and biomethane, quantity and quality of actually acquired and used resources and to perform certain other provisions of the Act on promoted energy sources

Decree No. 350/2013 Coll. amending Decree No. 347/2012 Coll., which sets the technical and economic parameters for the production of renewable electricity and the lifetime of the supported electricity generating sources

Decree No. 346/2012 Coll. on the terms and procedures for the selection of the forms of aid, registration procedures for the support of the market operator, deadlines, procedures and changes to green bonus schemes of electricity and the date of offering electricity to the compulsory buyer

Decree No. 439/2012 Coll. on establish procedures and terms of charging and covering of the price component for the transmission and distribution of electricity a gas to cover the costs connected with promotion of electricity, decentralized production of electricity and biomethane and implementation of others provisions of Act on Promoted Energy Resources

Decree No. 436/2013 Coll. on manner of price regulation and price control procedures in power and heat sector, amending Decree No. 140/2009 Coll. on manner of price regulation in the energy sector, and price control procedures, as amended.

Price decision of the Energy Regulatory Office, which establishes support for the supported sources

Type of measure

Scheme

—

Objective

Environmental protection

Form of aid

Other — Feed-in tariffs and feed-in premiums

Budget

Overall budget: CZK 217,75 (in millions)

Intensity

0 %

Duration (period)

01.01.2016 — 31.12.2020

Economic sectors

Electricity; gas; steam and air conditioning supply

Name and address of the granting authority

OTE, a. s. (the Czech electricity and gas market operator)

Praha 8, Karlín, Sokolovská 192/79, PSČ 186 00

Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu (Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade)

Na Františku 32, 110 15 Praha 1

Energetický regulační úřad (Czech Energy Regulatory Office)

Masarykovo náměstí 5, 586 01 Jihlava

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Date of adoption of the decision

22.08.2016

Aid number

SA.43451 (2015/N)

Member State

Czech Republic

Region

Czech Republic

Mixed

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Operationing support for small scale biogas installations with capacity of up to 500 kW

Legal basis

Act No. 165/2012 Coll., on Promoted energy resources and amending certain laws as amended by Act No. 131/2015 Coll., amending Act No. 458/2000 Coll., on business conditions and public administration in the energy sectors and on amendment to other laws (the Energy Act), as amended, and other related laws.

a)

The new decree, which will be effective from January 1, 2016 and will replace the decree No. 478/2012 Coll., on reporting and recording of electricity and heat from supported sources and biomethane, quantity and quality of actually acquired and used resources and to perform certain other provisions of the Act on promoted energy sources

b)

The new decree, which will be effective from 1 January 2016 and will replace the decree No. 347/2012 Coll., which sets the technical and economic parameters for the production of renewable electricity and the lifetime of the supported electricity generating sources

c)

The new decree, which will be effective from 1 January 2016 and will replace the decree No. 346/2012 Coll. on the terms and procedures for the selection of the forms of aid, registration procedures for the support of the market operator, deadlines, procedures and changes to green bonus schemes of electricity and the date of offering electricity to the compulsory buyer

d)

The new decree, which will be effective from 1 January 2016 and will replace the decree No. 193/2014 Coll. on the methods and dates of billing and reimbursing the price for the payment of costs associated with the support of electricity and implementation of some further provisions of the Act on promoted energy resources.

e)

Decree No. 194/2015 Coll. on manner of price regulation and price control procedures in power and heat sector.

Price decision of the Energy Regulatory Office, which establishes support for the supported sources.

Type of measure

Scheme

—

Objective

Environmental protection

Form of aid

Other — feed-in premium

Budget

Overall budget: CZK 522 (in millions)

Intensity

0 %

Duration (period)

01.01.2016 — 31.12.2020

Economic sectors

Electricity; gas; steam and air conditioning supply

Name and address of the granting authority

OTE, a. s. (the Czech electricity and gas market operator)

Praha 8, Karlín, Sokolovská 192/79, PSČ 186 00

Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu (Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade)

Na Františku 32, 110 15 Praha 1

Energetický regulační úřad (Czech Energy Regulatory Office)

Masarykovo náměstí 5, 586 01 Jihlava

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Date of adoption of the decision

19.12.2016

Aid number

SA.44628 (2016/N)

Member State

Italy

Region

ITALIA

Mixed

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Marebonus — scheme to incentivise the highways of the sea

Legal basis

Articolo 1 comma 647 e comma 649 della legge 29 dicembre 2015 n. 208 ‘Disposizioni per la formazione del bilancio annuale e pluriennuale dello Stato’ (legge di stabilità 2016) pubblicatoa in Gazzetta ufficiale della Repubblica Italiana Serie Generale n. 302 del 30 dicembre 2015

Type of measure

Scheme

Maritime companies

Objective

Environmental protection, Sectoral development

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 138,2 (in millions)

Annual budget: EUR 46,13 (in millions)

Intensity

30 %

Duration (period)

until 31.12.2018

Economic sectors

Sea and coastal freight water transport

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministero infrastrutture e trasporti — Dipartimento per i trasporti, la navigazione, gli affari generali e il personale — Direzione Generale per il trasporto stradale e per l'intermodalità

via G. Caraci 36 Roma, Italia

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Date of adoption of the decision

20.12.2016

Aid number

SA.44679 (2016/N)

Member State

Germany

Region

DEUTSCHLAND

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Änderungsnotifizierung zur Genehmigung des EEG 2014 (SA.38632)

Legal basis

EEG 2014

Type of measure

Scheme

—

Objective

Environmental protection

Form of aid

Other — Ermäßigung des Beitrags zur Finanzierung erneuerbarer Energien

siehe Genehmigung der EU-Kommission zu SA.38632

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 5 000 (in millions)

Intensity

0 %

Duration (period)

23.07.2016 — 23.07.2024

Economic sectors

MANUFACTURING

Name and address of the granting authority

Keine Angabe

Other information

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Date of adoption of the decision

14.11.2016

Aid number

SA.45258 (2016/N)

Member State

Germany

Region

DEUTSCHLAND

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Richtlinie zur Senkung der Lohnnebenkosten in der Seeschifffahrt

Legal basis

Directive on the reduction of non-wage labour costs in maritime shipping 23.03.2016

Type of measure

Scheme

—

Objective

Sectorial development

Form of aid

Reduction of social security contributions

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 264 (in millions)

Annual budget: EUR 66 (in millions)

Intensity

0 %

Duration (period)

until 31.12.2020

Economic sectors

Sea and coastal freight water transport

Name and address of the granting authority

Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie

Bernhard-Nocht-Str. 78, 20359 Hamburg

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Date of adoption of the decision

20.12.2016

Aid number

SA.45461 (2016/N)

Member State

Germany

Region

DEUTSCHLAND

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

EEG 2017

Legal basis

EEG 2017

Type of measure

Scheme

—

Objective

Environmental protection, Sectoral development

Form of aid

Direct grant/Interest rate subsidy, Tax rate reduction

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 20 000 (in millions)

Intensity

0 %

Duration (period)

01.01.2017 — 31.12.2020

Economic sectors

MANUFACTURING, Electric power generation; transmission and distribution

Name and address of the granting authority

Gesetzgeber und Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie

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Date of adoption of the decision

18.07.2016

Aid number

SA.45606 (2016/N)

Member State

Italy

Region

FRIULI-VENEZIA GIULIA

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Interventi per lo sviluppo dell’intermodalità

Legal basis

Legge regionale 24 maggio 2004, n. 15, art. 21 che prevede la concessione di contributi per l'istituzione di servizi di trasporto ferroviario intermodale e di nuovi sercizi marittimi per il trasporto combinato delle merci.

Delibera n. 1970/2004 della Giunta regionale del FVG decante ‘Disposizioni applicazione della succitata legge regionale 15/2004 e che stabilisce i termini e le condizioni di attuazione del regime di aiuto notificato.’ (regolamento di attuazione)

Type of measure

Individual aid

—

Objective

Environmental protection

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 12 (in millions)

Annual budget: EUR 2 (in millions)

Intensity

30 %

Duration (period)

until 31.12.2021

Economic sectors

TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE

Name and address of the granting authority

Regione Autonoma Friuli Venezia Giulia, Direzione centrale infrastrutture e territorio

I-34126 Trieste, via Giulia 75/1

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Date of adoption of the decision

24.10.2016

Aid number

SA.45694 (2016/N)

Member State

Portugal

Region

NORTE, ALGARVE, CENTRO (P), ALENTEJO, GRANDE LISBOA, PORTUGAL

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Portugal — PO SEUR Programme for Clean Buses in urban areas

Legal basis

Order No. 57-B/2015 of 27 February 2015, amended by Order No. 404-A/2015 of 18 November 2015

Type of measure

Scheme

—

Objective

Environmental protection, Energy efficiency

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 60 (in millions)

Annual budget: EUR 20 (in millions)

Intensity

85 %

Duration (period)

until 31.12.2020

Economic sectors

Other passenger land transport

Name and address of the granting authority

Management Authority of PO SEUR — Programa Operacional Sustentabilidade e Eficiência no Uso de Recursos

Av. Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, 5 — 2.o, 1099-019 Lisbon, Portugal

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Date of adoption of the decision

12.12.2016

Aid number

SA.46308 (2016/N)

Member State

Germany

Region

 

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

INVEST — Zuschuss für Wagniskapital

Legal basis

Richtlinie zur Bezuschussung von Wagniskapital privater Investoren für junge innovative Unternehmen

Type of measure

Scheme

—

Objective

Risk finance, SMEs

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 184 (in millions)

Annual budget: EUR 46 (in millions)

Intensity

%

Duration (period)

01.01.2017 — 31.12.2020

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA)

Frankfurter Straße 29-35, 65760 Eschborn

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Date of adoption of the decision

19.12.2016

Aid number

SA.46951 (2016/N)

Member State

Ireland

Region

—

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

10th prolongation of the Credit Union Resolution Scheme H1 2017

Legal basis

Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) Act 2011

Type of measure

Scheme

—

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy

Form of aid

Direct grant, Guarantee, Other — The recoupable funding will be provided by the Minister for Finance from State Resources

Please see attached notification

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 500 (in millions)

Intensity

—

Duration (period)

01.01.2017 — 30.06.2017

Economic sectors

FINANCIAL AND INSURANCE ACTIVITIES

Name and address of the granting authority

The Minister, acting on behalf of the Government, in accordance with the Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) Act 2011.

Department of Finance, Government Building. Merrion Street, Dublin 2, Ireland

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Date of adoption of the decision

27.01.2017

Aid number

SA.47174 (2016/N)

Member State

Spain

Region

—

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Amendment of the Restructuring of Banco CEISS through integration with Unicaja Banco — Amendment to the restructuring plan of Banco CEISS

Legal basis

Ley 11/2015, de 18 de junio, de recuperación y resolución de entidades de crédito y empresas de servicios de inversión (Disposición transitoria primera).

https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2015-6789

Ley 9/2012, de 14 de noviembre, de reestructuración y resolución de entidades de crédito (art. 14)

https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2012-14062

Memorando de Entendimiento sobre condiciones de política sectorial financiera.

https://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2012/12/10/pdfs/BOE-A-2012-14946.pdf

Type of measure

Ad hoc aid

—

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy

Form of aid

—

Budget

—

Intensity

—

Duration (period)

—

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

FROB

Avda. General Perón, 38. Edificio Masters II. Plantas 16-17C.P.28020, Madrid.

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