19.1.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 16/7

Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV of 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))

2012/C 16/04

PART I

Aid No

GBER 13/11/ENV

EFTA State

Norway

Granting authority

Name

Enova SF

Address

Professor Brochs gt 2

7030 Trondheim

NORWAY

Webpage

http://www.enova.no

Title of the aid measure

Programme for environmental studies for renewable energy in industry

National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication)

The national legal basis for the support measures administered by Enova SF derives from the following sources of law.

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The annual state budgets, which describe the energy policy and propose the budget for the coming year.

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Parliamentary Decision of 5 April 2001 (1) on the basis of a proposition by the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy of 21 December 2000 (2). The Parliamentary Decision amends the Energy Act of 29 June 1990 No 50 (Energiloven).

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The Agreement between the Ministry and Enova. The latest version of the agreement regulates the objectives for Enova SF’s administration of the Energy Fund between 1 June 2008 and 31 December 2011.

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Regulation (EC) No 1377/2001 of 10 December 2001, concerning the levy on the electricity grid tariff (Forskrift om innbetaling av påslag på nettariffen til Energifondet).

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A regulation on the Energy Fund (Vedteker for energifondet) places the Energy Fund under the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and stipulates its administration by Enova.

Web link to the full text of the aid measure

http://naring.enova.no/sitepageview.aspx?articleID=4178

Type of measure

Scheme

Yes

Amendment of an existing aid measure

Prolongation

Prolongation of the environmental studies previously approved by ESA in decision No 125/06/COL

Duration

Scheme

1.10.2011 to 31.12.2014

Economic sector(s) concerned

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Yes, all economic sectors

Limited to specific sectors — specify in accordance with NACE Rev. 2.

 

Type of beneficiary

SME

Yes

Large enterprises

Yes

Budget

Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme

NOK 10 million

Aid instrument (Article 5)

Grant

Yes

PART II

General Objectives (list)

Objectives (list)

Maximum aid intensity in % or Maximum aid amount in NOK

SME — bonuses in %

Aid for environmental protection (Articles 17-25)

Aid for environmental studies (Article 24)

50 %

10 % for medium

20 % for small

Aid in the form of reductions in environmental taxes (Article 25)

NOK …

 

(1)  Odelstingets vedtak til lov om endringar i lov 29. juni 1990 nr. 50 om produksjon, omforming, overføring, omsetning og fordeling av energi m.m. (energilova). (Besl.O.nr.75 (2000-2001), jf. Innst.O.nr.59 (2000-2001) og Ot.prp.nr.35 (2000-2001)).

(2)  Ot.prp.nr.35 (2000-2001).