27.5.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 199/3


State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2021/C 199/03)

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

Date of adoption of the decision

18 February 2021

Case No

86231

Decision No

011/21/COL

EFTA State

Norway

Title

Temporary amendments to the tax refund scheme for employing seafarers

Legal basis

The Act on subsidies for the employment of workers at sea and the Regulation on subsidies for the employment of workers at sea

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

To reduce the costs for shipping companies employing Norwegian and EEA seafarers

Form of aid

Tax and social security refunds

Budget

Increase of NOK 230 million

Duration

1 January 2021 – 30 June 2021

Economic sectors

Maritime transport

Name and address of the granting authority

Norwegian Maritime Authority

P.O.Box 2222

N-5509 Haugesund

NORWAY

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/