29.1.2009

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/1

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 23/01)

Date of adoption of the decision	5.12.2008
Reference number of the aid	NN 40/08
Member State	France
Region	Métropole et départements d'outre-mer
Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)	Modification du régime de remboursement aux entreprises maritimes des charges sociales patronales relatives au chômage et aux allocations familiales — Modification du régime d'aide N 88/01
Legal basis	Loi no 2006-1666 du 21 décembre 2006 Loi no 2005-412 du 3 mai 2005
Type of measure	Aid scheme
Objective	Sectoral development
Form of aid	Exemption from employers' contributions to unemployment benefit and exemption from family allowance contributions
Budget	EUR 16 million
Intensity	100 %
Duration	Indefinite
Economic sectors	Maritime transport
Name and address of the granting authority	—
Other information	—

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

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29.1.2009

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/2

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 23/02)

Date of adoption of the decision	24.1.2008
Reference number of the aid	N 443/07
Member State	Germany
Region	Free State of Saxe
Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)	Maßnahmen zur ökologischen Bewirtschaftung von Teichen
Legal basis	Richtlinie AuW/2007 des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Umwelt und Landwirtschaft
Type of measure	Aid scheme
Objective	Aid to the aquaculture sector
Form of aid	Individual grants
Budget	EUR 13 323 810
Intensity	Annual payment up to EUR 392/ha for max. 7 years
Duration	From the agreement of the Commission — 31.12.2013
Economic sectors	Fisheries sector
Name and address of the granting authority	Staatliche Ämter für Landwirtschaft in Plauen, Zwickau, Zwönitz, Freiberg, Mockrehna, Rötha, Grossenhain, Pirna, Niesky, Löbau
Other information	Annual report

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

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Date of adoption of the decision

24.1.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 444/07

Member State

Italy

Region

Marche

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Aiuti per l'acquacoltura

Legal basis

Decreto Dirigente di Posizione di Funzione Pesca e Zootecnia n. 49 del 15.5.2007 — L.R. n. 11/04 e D.G.R. n. 389/2007 — Attivazione bandi regionali nel settore pesca e acquacoltura — ausili finanziari per acquacoltura

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Aid to the fisheries sector

Form of aid

Individual grants

Budget

EUR 600 000

Intensity

Max. 40 %

Duration

1.8.2007-1.8.2008

Economic sectors

Fisheries sector

Name and address of the granting authority

Regione Marche — P.F. Pesca e Zootecnia

Via Tiziano, 44

I-30125 Ancona

Other information

—

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Date of adoption of the decision

22.4.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 632/07

Member State

Italy

Region

Piemonte

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Campagne di promozione in materia di pesca e acquacoltura

Legal basis

Legge n. 41/1982 «Piano per la razionalizzazione e lo sviluppo della pesca marittima»

Decreto legislativo n. 143/1997 «Conferimento alle regioni delle funzioni amministrative in materia di agricoltura e pesca e riorganizzazione dell'Amministrazione centrale»

Deliberazione della Giunta regionale n. 80-7203 del 22.10.2007«D.lgs. n. 143/1997. Campagne di promozione in materia di pesca e acquacoltura»

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Aid to the fisheries sector

Form of aid

Individual grants

Budget

EUR 750 000

Intensity

Max. 100 %

Duration

31.3.2008-31.12.2011

Economic sectors

Fisheries sector

Name and address of the granting authority

Regione Piemonte

Assessorato Agricoltura tutela della fauna e della flora

Settore caccia e pesca

Corso Stati Uniti 21

IT-10128 Torino

Other information

Annual report

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29.1.2009

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/4

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 23/03)

Date of adoption of the decision

10.12.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 604/07

Member State

Malta

Region

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Assistance for Research and Development and Innovation Regulations

Legal basis

Malta Enterprise Corporation Act (CAP 463)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Research and development

Form of aid

Direct grant, Tax allowance

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 17 million

Overall budget: EUR 102 million

Intensity

80 %

Duration

2008-31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority

Malta Enterprise Corporation

Enterprise Centre

MT-San Gwann SGN 3000

Other information

—

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Date of adoption of the decision

11.12.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 147/08

Member State

Germany

Region

Freistaat Sachsen

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Förderung des Unternehmergeists und der Gründung junger innovativer Unternehmen im Freistaat Sachsen

Legal basis

Richtlinie des Sächsischen Staatsministeriums für Wirtschaft und Arbeit zur Förderung von Unternehmergeist und innovativen Unternehmensgründungen aus der Wissenschaft mit Mitteln des Europäischen Sozialfonds (ESF)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Innovation, Research and development, Small and medium-sized enterprises

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 5 million

Overall budget: EUR 25 million

Intensity

100 %

Duration

Until 31.12.2015

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority

SAB — Sächsische Aufbau-Förderbank

Pirnaische Straße 9

D-01069 Dresden

Other information

—

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Date of adoption of the decision

12.12.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 312/08

Member State

Netherlands

Region

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Aanvullende melding Omnibus (N56/2007): (deel 1) OOI deel

Legal basis

Kaderwet EZ subisidies [versie 01-01-1998]

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Research and development

Form of aid

Direct grant, Reimbursable grant

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 2 300 million

Intensity

100 %

Duration

Until 31.12.2012

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministerie van Economische Zaken,

Bezuidenhoutseweg 20

2500 EC Den Haag

Nederland

Other information

—

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Date of adoption of the decision

10.12.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 355/08

Member State

Hungary

Region

—

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Kockázatitőke-támogatás a 8/2007. (III. 19.) MeHVM rendelet alapján

Legal basis

8/2007. (III. 19.) MeHVM rendelet

281/2006. (XII. 23.) Korm. rendelet

2/2008. (V. 29.) NFGM–PM együttes rendelet

2001 évi CXX törvény a tőkepiacról

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Risk capital

Form of aid

Provision of risk capital

Budget

Overall budget: HUF 45 363 million

Intensity

—

Duration

2008-31.12.2013

Economic sectors

—

Name and address of the granting authority

Nemzeti Fejlesztési Ügynökség

Wesselényi u. 20-22.

H-1077 Budapest

Other information

—

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Date of adoption of the decision

4.12.2008

Reference number of the aid

N 422/08

Member State

Germany

Region

Brandenburg

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Richtlinie des Ministeriums für Wirtschaft zur Förderung von Forschung und Entwicklung von kleinen und mittleren Unternehmen im Land Brandenburg

Legal basis

Landeshaushaltsordnung Brandenburg (LHO)

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Research and development

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Annual budget: EUR 20 million

Overall budget: EUR 100 million

Intensity

80 %

Duration

1.1.2009-31.12.2013

Economic sectors

All sectors

Name and address of the granting authority

Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg (ILB)

Steinstraße 104-106

D-14480 Potsdam

Other information

—

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29.1.2009

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/8

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5360 — RBSK Group/DZ Bank Group/RZB Group/HVB Banca Pentru Locuinte)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 23/04)

On 3 December 2008, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

—	from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

—	in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32008M5360. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).

29.1.2009

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/8

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5372 — Société Générale/La Caixa/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 23/05)

On 5 December 2008, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

—	from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

—	in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32008M5372. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).

29.1.2009

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/9

Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case COMP/M.5186 — Investor AB/Altor/Lindorff JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2009/C 23/06)

On 16 July 2008, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the common market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

—	from the Europa competition website (http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

—	in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32008M5186. EUR-Lex is the on-line access to European law (http://eur-lex.europa.eu).

29.1.2009

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/10

Euro exchange rates (1)

28 January 2009

(2009/C 23/07)

1 euro=

	Currency	Exchange rate
USD	US dollar	1,326
JPY	Japanese yen	118,57
DKK	Danish krone	7,4525
GBP	Pound sterling	0,92725
SEK	Swedish krona	10,6145
CHF	Swiss franc	1,5163
ISK	Iceland króna
NOK	Norwegian krone	8,887
BGN	Bulgarian lev	1,9558
CZK	Czech koruna	27,351
EEK	Estonian kroon	15,6466
HUF	Hungarian forint	284,8
LTL	Lithuanian litas	3,4528
LVL	Latvian lats	0,7019
PLN	Polish zloty	4,345
RON	Romanian leu	4,231
TRY	Turkish lira	2,1408
AUD	Australian dollar	1,9815
CAD	Canadian dollar	1,6161
HKD	Hong Kong dollar	10,2881
NZD	New Zealand dollar	2,5024
SGD	Singapore dollar	1,9869
KRW	South Korean won	1 806,68
ZAR	South African rand	13,1241
CNY	Chinese yuan renminbi	9,0672
HRK	Croatian kuna	7,3618
IDR	Indonesian rupiah	15 016,95
MYR	Malaysian ringgit	4,7557
PHP	Philippine peso	61,67
RUB	Russian rouble	44,7265
THB	Thai baht	46,264
BRL	Brazilian real	3,0381
MXN	Mexican peso	18,6953
INR	Indian rupee	64,875

(1)

Source: reference exchange rate published by the ECB.

29.1.2009

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/11

List of natural mineral waters in Iceland and Norway pursuant to Article 1 of Council Directive 80/777/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters

(Annuls and replaces the text published in OJ C 297, 20.11.2008, p. 17 and EEA Supplement No 69, 20.11.2008, p. 1)

(2009/C 23/08)

LIST OF NATURAL MINERAL WATERS RECOGNISED BY ICELAND:

Trade Name	Name of source	Place of exploitation
Icelandic Glacial	Ölfus Spring	Hlíðarendi, Ölfus, Selfoss

LIST OF NATURAL MINERAL WATERS RECOGNISED BY NORWAY:

Trade Name	Name of source	Place of exploitation
Best naturlig mineralvann	Kastbrekka	Kambrekka/Trondheim
Bonaqua Silver	Telemark kilden	Fyresdal
Farris	Kong Olavs kilde	Larvik
Fjellbekk	Ivar Aasen kilde	Volda
Modal	Modal kilden	Fyresdal
Naturlig mineralvann fra Villmark kilden på Rustad Gård	Villmark kilden på Rustad Gård	Rustad/Elverum
Olden	Blåfjell kilden	Olderdalen
Osa	Osa kilden	Ulvik/Hardanger

29.1.2009

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/12

Calls for proposals under the work programme for 2009 of the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007 to 2013)

(2009/C 23/09)

Notice is hereby given of the launch of the call for proposals under the work programme for 2009 of the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme (ICT PSP) as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007 to 2013).

Proposals are invited for the following call: CIP-ICT PSP-2009-3.

Call documentation including content, deadline and budget is given in the call texts which are published on the ICT PSP website:

http://ec.europa.eu/ict_psp

29.1.2009

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/13

JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

of 1 February 2008

in Case E-4/07 Jón Gunnar Þorkelsson v Gildi-lífeyrissjóður (Gildi Pension Fund)

(Invalidity pension rights — Free movement of workers — Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Regulation (EEC) No 574/72)

(2009/C 23/10)

In Case E-4/07 between Jón Gunnar Þorkelsson and Gildi-lífeyrissjóður (Gildi Pension Fund) — Request to the Court by Héraðsdómur Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík District Court), Iceland, concerning rules on the free movement of workers within the EEA, the Court, composed of Carl Baudenbacher, President, Henrik Bull, Judge-Rapporteur, and Thorgeir Örlygsson, Judge, gave judgment on 1 February 2008, the operative part of which is as follows:

1.	the term ‘social security’, as it is to be understood under Article 29 EEA and Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, covers the entitlement to an invalidity benefit that arises in pension fund schemes such as the one at issue in the main proceedings, including pensions based on projected rights;

it is not compatible with Article 45(5) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 to subject the entitlement to invalidity benefits based on projected rights, such as those at issue in the main proceedings, to the condition that a member of a pension fund must have paid contributions to a fund belonging to a certain group of funds for a specific period preceding the date of an accident and thereby exclude contributions paid into social security systems in other EEA States in relation to work there;

under Regulation (EEC) No 574/72, persons shall present their claims in the State where they were resident and where they had social security entitlements at the time of their injury. However, the lodging of a claim with the relevant institution of another EEA State is without prejudice to the right to benefits under Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71. It is in any case for each institution concerned to make the final decision as to whether the claimant must be awarded the benefit claimed from that institution.

29.1.2009

Official Journal of the European Union

C 23/s3

NOTE TO THE READER

The institutions have decided no longer to quote in their texts the last amendment to cited acts.

Unless otherwise indicated, references to acts in the texts published here are to the version of those acts currently in force.

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Official Journal of the European Union		C 23

English edition	Information and Notices	Volume 52 29 January 2009

Notice No	Contents	page
	II Information
	INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES
	Commisssion
2009/C 023/01	Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections ( 1 )	1

2009/C 023/02	Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections ( 1 )	2

2009/C 023/03	Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty — Cases where the Commission raises no objections ( 1 )	4

2009/C 023/04	Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5360 — RBSK Group/DZ Bank Group/RZB Group/HVB Banca Pentru Locuinte) ( 1 )	8

2009/C 023/05	Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5372 — Société Générale/La Caixa/JV) ( 1 )	8

2009/C 023/06	Non-opposition to a notified concentration (Case COMP/M.5186 — Investor AB/Altor/Lindorff JV) ( 1 )	9

	IV Notices
	NOTICES FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES
	Commission
2009/C 023/07	Euro exchange rates	10

	NOTICES CONCERNING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA
	Standing Committee of the EFTA States
2009/C 023/08	List of natural mineral waters in Iceland and Norway pursuant to Article 1 of Council Directive 80/777/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the exploitation and marketing of natural mineral waters (Annuls and replaces the text published in OJ C 297, 20.11.2008, p. 17 and EEA Supplement No 69, 20.11.2008, p. 1)	11

	V Announcements
	ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
	Commission
2009/C 023/09	Calls for proposals under the work programme for 2009 of the Information and Communication Technologies Policy Support Programme as part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (2007 to 2013)	12

	COURT PROCEEDINGS
	European Economic Area EFTA Court
2009/C 023/10	Judgment of the Court of 1 February 2008 in Case E-4/07 Jón Gunnar Þorkelsson v Gildi-lífeyrissjóður (Gildi Pension Fund) (Invalidity pension rights — Free movement of workers — Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 — Regulation (EEC) No 574/72)	13