5.4.2023   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 123/14


State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2023/C 123/12)

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

Date of adoption of the decision

7 December 2022

Case No

89585

Decision No

220/22/COL

EFTA State

Norway

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Production grant scheme for news and current affairs media 2023 – 2029

Legal basis

Act No. 153 of 18 December 2020 on economic support to the media and a new regulation on production grant for news and current affairs media

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Media diversity and plurality

Form of aid

Grant

Budget

NOK 400 million annually.

Duration

1 January 2023 – 31 December 2028.

Economic sectors

NACE group level:

J58.1.3 - Publishing of newspapers.

Name and address of the granting authority

The Norwegian Media Authority

Nygata 4

NO-1607 Fredrikstad

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/