31.5.2012

Official Journal of the European Union

C 154/18

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 154/10

PART I

Aid No

GBER 7/12/ENV

EFTA State

Norway

Region

Name of the region (NUTS)

Level 3: County Hordaland

Regional aid status: mixed areas

Granting authority

Name

Osterfjord Næringssamarbeid, ved Industrikonsulenten på Osterøy

Address

5282 Lonevåg

NORWAY

Webpage

http://www.rup.no search for ‘Osterfjord’

Title of the aid measure

Pilotprosjekt for å utløyse ei bioenerginæring i Hordaland (Pilot project to stimulate establishing of a bioenergy sector in the Hordaland region)

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

Funding from Hordaland County Council, letter of 20 December 2006, FK06-06. Reference number: 200504724-16/3/AARN

Web link to the full text of the aid measure

http://www.rup.no/vision/vision1.aspx?hierarchyid=753&type=5

Type of measure

Scheme

Yes

Amendment of an existing aid measure

Prolongation

From 31.12.2011 to 31.12.2012

Duration

Scheme

19.12.2008 to 31.12.2012

Economic sectors concerned

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

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

Article 23:

Production of energy from renewable biological energy sources within following sectors:

35.113 Production of electricity through biofuel, burning of waste and landfill gas (35.113 Produksjon av elektrisitet fra biobrensel, avfallsforbrenning og deponigass)

35.3 Steam and air conditioning supply (35.3 Damp- og varmtvannsforsyning)

Article 15: no prolongation

Type of beneficiary

SME

Yes

Large enterprises

Budget

Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme

For the whole period of 4 years:

NOK 2 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)	Environmental investment aid for the promotion of energy from renewable energy sources (Article 23)	45 %	20 % small enterprises, 10 % medium-sized enterprises
	Aid for environmental studies (Article 24)	… %
	Aid in the form of reductions in environmental taxes (Article 25)	NOK …