13.12.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 384/11


Information communicated by the EFTA States regarding State aid granted under the Act referred to in point 1j of Annex XV to 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 384/09

PART I

Aid No

GBER 11/12/EMP

EFTA State

Norway

Region

Name of the region (NUTS)

Level 3 — Troms

Regional aid status 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement

Granting authority

Name

Troms fylkeskommune

Address

Postbox 6600

9296 Tromsø

NORWAY

Webpage

http://www.tromsfylke.no

Title of the aid measure

Regional development programme for the county of Troms 2010-2013

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

The Troms County Development Fund was established by a decision of 12 March 1985 by the Troms County Council

Web link to the full text of the aid measure

http://www.tromsfylke.no/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=qah_PB73Oyc%3d&tabid=332

Type of measure

Scheme

X

Amendment of an existing aid measure

 

EFTA Surveillance Authority aid number

Reference number ESA 2/2005

Prolongation

2010-2013

Duration

Scheme

1.1.2010 to 31.12.2013

Economic sector(s) concerned

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

X

Type of beneficiary

SME

X

Budget

Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme

NOK 8 million

Aid instrument (Article 5)

Grant

X

Interest rate subsidy

 

Loan

X

PART II

General objectives (list)

Objectives (list)

Maximum aid intensity in % or maximum aid amount in NOK

SME — bonuses in %

SME investment and employment aid (Article 15)

 

50 %

0 %