22.4.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 141/10


State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2021/C 141/10)

The EFTA Surveillance Authority raises no objections to the following state aid measure:

Date of adoption of the decision

18 December 2020

Case No

85979

Decision No

168/20/COL

EFTA State

Iceland

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Harpa tónlistar- og ráðstefnuhús ohf.

Legal basis

As for the State, the State budget act for 2020 and budget bill for 2021. As for the City of Reykjavík, the revised city budget and approved budget for 2021.

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Compensation for damage suffered as a direct consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the response measures adopted by the Icelandic Government as a result thereof.

Form of aid

Grant

Budget

ISK 400 million

Intensity

85,8 % (estimated)

Economic sectors

L68 – Real estate activities;

R93 – Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities;

N82.3 – Organisation of conventions and trade shows

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs

Arnarhvoli

101 Reykjavík

The City of Reykjavík

Ráðhúsið, Tjarnargötu 11

101 Reykjavík

ICELAND

The authentic text of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found on the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s website: http://www.eftasurv.int/state-aid/state-aid-register/decisions/