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Information and Notices

Volume 63
18 December 2020


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INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

 

European Commission

2020/C 439/01

Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – Cases where the Commission raises no objections ( 1 )

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(1)   Text with EEA relevance.

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II Information

INFORMATION FROM EUROPEAN UNION INSTITUTIONS, BODIES, OFFICES AND AGENCIES

European Commission

18.12.2020   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 439/1


Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 439/01)

Date of adoption of the decision

5.11.2020

Aid number

SA.54780 (2020/N)

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

SCOTLAND

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Scottish National Investment Bank

Legal basis

Scottish National Investment Bank Bill

Type of measure

Ad hoc aid

Objective

Sectorial development, Environmental protection, Regional development (including territorial cooperation), Renewable energy, Research, development and innovation, Risk finance, Services of general economic interest (SGEI), SMEs, Energy infrastructures, Energy efficiency

Form of aid

Direct grant, Other forms of equity intervention

Budget

Overall budget: GBP 1 525 (in millions)

Intensity

Duration (period)

5.11.2020 — 31.12.2025

Economic sectors

Financial service activities; except insurance and pension funding

Name and address of the granting authority

Scottish Government

St. Andrew's House, Regent Road, Edinburgh, EH1 3DG

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

25.11.2020

Aid number

SA.57371 (2020/N)

Member State

Austria

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

COVID-19 — Amendments to the existing aid scheme for the provision of rail freight services in certain forms of production and temporary support for rail freight and passenger transport

Legal basis

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Coordination of transport

Form of aid

Direct grant, Other — Other: waiver of track access charges

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 275,4 (in millions)

Annual budget: EUR 275,4 (in millions)

Intensity

100 %

Duration (period)

Economic sectors

Passenger rail transport; interurban, Freight rail transport

Name and address of the granting authority

Bundesministerium für Klimaschutz, Umwelt, Energie, Mobilität, Innovation und Technologie (BMK)

Radetzkystraße 2, 1030 Wien, Austria

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

8.10.2020

Aid number

SA.57590 (2020/N)

Member State

Czechia

Region

Jihozápad, Severozápad, Strední Cechy, Jihovýchod, Moravskoslezko, Strední Morava, Severovýchod

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

IPO Fund

Legal basis

1)

Resolution of the Government of the Czech Republic No 816 of 12 September 2016 on the programme of support risk capital;

2)

Programme of support risk capital, approved under the Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness (‘OPEIC’) 2014-2020

3)

Financing agreement between ČMZRB Investment, A.S., and the Ministry 31 January 2020

Type of measure

Objective

Risk finance, SMEs

Form of aid

Other forms of equity intervention

Budget

Overall budget: CZK 332 (in millions)

Annual budget: CZK 83 (in millions)

Intensity

Measure does not constitute aid

Duration (period)

until 31.12.2023

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic

Na Františku 32, 110 15 Praha 1

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

20.11.2020

Aid number

SA.58188 (2020/N)

Member State

Germany

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Ermäßigung der Luftverkehrsteuer für Inselflugverkehre mit bestimmten Nordseeinseln

Legal basis

§ 5 Nummer 5 des Artikels 1 des Haushaltsbegleitgesetzes 2011 (Anlage 1)

§ 11 Absatz 3 des Luftverkehrsteuergesetzes in der Fassung ab dem 1. April 2020 (Anlage 2)

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Environmental protection

Form of aid

Tax advantage or tax exemption

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 12 (in millions)

Annual budget: EUR 2 (in millions)

Intensity

Duration (period)

2.1.2021 — 31.12.2026

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Hauptzollamt

das jeweils örtlich zuständige Hauptzollamt

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

5.10.2020

Aid number

SA.58489 (2020/N)

Member State

Slovakia

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Štátna pomoc SA.37447 (2013/N) — Slovenská republika

Mapa regionálnej pomoci na roky 2014 — 2020

Legal basis

Zákon č. 358/2015 Z. z. o úprave niektorých vzťahov v oblasti štátnej pomoci a minimálnej pomoci a o zmene a doplnení niektorých zákonov (zákon o štátnej pomoci)

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Regional development

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration (period)

1.1.2021 — 31.12.2021

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Protimonopolný úrad SR

Drieňová 24, 826 03 Bratislava

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

15.10.2020

Aid number

SA.58531 (2020/N)

Member State

Romania

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Romania — Covid-19 — State aid scheme for commercial trade credit risk guarantee

Legal basis

Government Emergency Ordinance for the approval of the State aid scheme in order to support the companies’ access to trade credit for relaunching the economy of Romania” (Ordonanţă De Urgenţă privind aprobarea Programului de susținere a accesului companiilor la creditul comercial, precum și a Schemei de ajutor de stat asociată acestuia)

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy

Form of aid

Guarantee

Budget

Overall budget: RON 500 (in millions)

Intensity

%

Duration (period)

15.10.2020 — 31.12.2020

Economic sectors

Insurance

Name and address of the granting authority

THE ROMANIAN COUNTER-GUARANTEE FUND SA (‘FRC SA’)

Street Argentina no. 40-41, BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

12.11.2020

Aid number

SA.58555 (2020/N)

Member State

Greece

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

COVID-19 temporary primary residence protection scheme

Legal basis

N. 4714/2020, KYA 14120/2020

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy, Sectorial development, Social support to individual consumers

Form of aid

Direct grant/ Interest rate subsidy

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 665 (in millions)

Intensity

%

Duration (period)

12.11.2020 — 30.6.2021

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Organization for welfare Benefits and Social solidarity (OPEKA)

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

18.9.2020

Aid number

SA.58640 (2020/N)

Member State

Austria

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

COVID-19; Ausweitung der Liquiditätshilfen

Legal basis

COVID-19-Gesetz in seiner jeweils geltenden Fassung

ABBAG-Gesetz und Verordnung des Bundesministers für Finanzen gemäß § 3b Abs. 3 des ABBAG-Gesetzes betreffend Richtlinien über die Ergreifung von finanziellen Maßnahmen, die zur Erhaltung der Zahlungsfähigkeit und zur Überbrückung von Liquiditätsschwierigkeiten von Unternehmen im Zusammenhang mit der Ausbreitung des Erregers SARS-CoV-2 und den dadurch verursachten wirtschaftlichen Auswirkungen geboten sind

KMU-Förderungs- und Garantie-Gesetz in seiner jeweils geltenden Fassung

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy

Form of aid

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 19 000 000 000 (in millions)

Annual budget: EUR 19 000 000 000 (in millions)

Intensity

Duration (period)

15.9.2020 — 31.12.2020

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

COVID-19 Finanzierungsagentur des Bundes GmbH (COFAG)

A — 1020 Wien, Taborstraße 1 — 3 / OG 14

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

30.10.2020

Aid number

SA.58819 (2020/N)

Member State

Ireland

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Proposed Prolongation of the Restructuring and Stabilisation Scheme for the Credit Union Sector in Ireland under the Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012 from 1 Νovember 2020 to 30 April 2021

Legal basis

Credit Union and Co-operation with Overseas Regulators Act 2012

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration (period)

1.11.2020 — 30.4.2021

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Minister for Finance

Government Buildings, Merrion Street, Dublin 2, Ireland

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

8.12.2020

Aid number

SA.58823 (2020/N)

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

COVID-19 Temporary Framework for UK authorities

Legal basis

As per original notification.

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy

Form of aid

Direct grant, Guarantee, Interest subsidy, Repayable advances, Soft loan, Tax allowance, Tax base reduction, Tax deferment, Tax rate reduction

Budget

Overall budget: GBP 30 000 (in millions)

Annual budget: GBP 30 000 (in millions)

Intensity

Duration (period)

until 30.6.2021

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

UK (all relevant aid granting authorities)

1 Victoria Street, Westminster, London, SW1H 0ET

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

26.11.2020

Aid number

SA.59113 (2020/N)

Member State

Belgium

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Prolongation of approved measures under the Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the current COVID-19 outbreak

Legal basis

The legal bases described in the initial decisions

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Form of aid

Direct grant, Guarantee, Other

Budget

Intensity

Duration (period)

until 30.6.2021

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

The grantingauthorities described in the initial decisions

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

3.12.2020

Aid number

SA.59408 (2020/N)

Member State

Germany

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Amendment of the Covid-19 airport scheme

Legal basis

Regelung zur vorübergehenden Gewährung von Beihilfen an Flugplätze im Geltungsbereich der Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Zusammenhang mit dem Ausbruch von Covid-19 (‘Bundesrahmenregelung Beihilfen für Flugplätze’)

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy, Compensation of damage caused by natural disasters or exceptional occurrences

Form of aid

Direct grant, Tax deferment

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 1 360 (in millions)

Intensity

100 %

Duration (period)

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Federal State, Länder or municipalities

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

8.12.2020

Aid number

SA.59514 (2020/N)

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) Guarantee

Legal basis

Industrial Development Act 1982 Section 8

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy, SMEs

Form of aid

Guarantee

Budget

Intensity

Duration (period)

23.3.2020 — 30.6.2021

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

British Business Bank

8 Salisbury Square London EC4Y 8AP United Kingdom

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

8.12.2020

Aid number

SA.59515 (2020/N)

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) Grant

Legal basis

Industrial Development Act 1982

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

SMEs, Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Overall budget: GBP 1 320 (in millions)

Annual budget: GBP 1 320 (in millions)

Intensity

Duration (period)

23.3.2020 — 30.6.2021

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

British Business Bank

8 Salisbury Square, London, EC4Y 8AP United Kingdom

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

4.12.2020

Aid number

SA.59568 (2020/N)

Member State

Luxembourg

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

COVID-19 — Luxembourg — Scheme for R&D aid and investment aid for the production of COVID-19 relevant products (Modification of SA.56954)

Legal basis

Loi du 20 juin 2020 visant à mettre en place un régime d’aides en faveur des projets liés à la lutte contre la pandémie de Covid-19.

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Research and development, Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy

Form of aid

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 36 (in millions)

Intensity

100 %

Duration (period)

8.4.2020 — 30.6.2021

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministry of the Economy

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

2.12.2020

Aid number

SA.59569 (2020/N)

Member State

Luxembourg

Region

LUXEMBOURG (GRAND-DUCHE)

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Amendment to the scheme SA.56805 on loan guarantee scheme under the Temporary Framework to support the economy in the current COVID-19 outbreak

Legal basis

The law amending: (i) the law of 18 April 2020 putting in place a loan guarantee scheme to support the Luxembourg economy in the context of the COVID-19 outbreak, (ii) the law of 20 June 2020 putting in place a scheme to support projects linked to facing the COVID-19 pandemic, (iii) the law of 24 July 2020 supporting the investments of enterprises in the context of COVID-19

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy

Form of aid

Guarantee

Budget

Intensity

Duration (period)

24.3.2020 — 30.6.2021

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministry of Finance (Treasury)

3 Rue de la Congrégation, 2931 Luxembourg, Luxemburg

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

4.12.2020

Aid number

SA.59637 (2020/N)

Member State

Denmark

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Covid-19: Portfolio guarantee on trade credit insurance (Amendment)

Legal basis

Direct act on the Danish Budget Law, administrative order issued under the EKF Act (Lov om EKF Danmarks Eksportkredit).

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy

Form of aid

Guarantee

Budget

Intensity

Duration (period)

1.1.2021 — 30.6.2021

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

EKF — Denmark's Export Credit Agency

Lautrupsgade 11, 2100 Copenhagen

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

10.12.2020

Aid number

SA.59743 (2020/N)

Member State

Germany

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

Förderrichtlinie Ladeinfrastruktur für Elektrofahrzeuge (Funding Guidelines for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure in Germany)

Legal basis

Der Bund gewährt die Zuwendungen nach Maßgabe dieser Förderrichtlinie, der § § 23 und 44 der Bundeshaushaltsordnung (BHO) und der dazu erlassenen allgemeinen Verwaltungsvorschriften (VV).

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Environmental protection

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration (period)

1.1.2021 — 30.6.2021

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

BAV

Schloßplatz 9 26603 Aurich

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

3.12.2020

Aid number

SA.59744 (2020/N)

Member State

Portugal

Region

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

COVID-19 — Prolongation of the existing aid scheme SA.57494 in accordance with the fourth amendment of the Temporary Framework

Legal basis

Protocol between Instituto de Desenvolvimento Empresarial da RAM and SPGM Sociedade de Investimento, S.A.

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Aid to SMEs

Form of aid

Budget

Intensity

Duration (period)

1.1.2021 — 30.6.2021

Economic sectors

All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

Name and address of the granting authority

Instituto de Desenvolvimento Empresarial da RAM

Avenida Arriaga, 21-A, Edifício Golden Gate, 3o piso 9000-060 Funchal

Other information

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

http://ec.europa.eu/competition/elojade/isef/index.cfm.

Date of adoption of the decision

4.12.2020

Aid number

SA.59755 (2020/N)

Member State

Italy

Region

ITALIA

Title (and/or name of the beneficiary)

FUND REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 182, PARAGRAPH 1, OF DECREE LAW 19 MAY 2020, No. 34, with amendents for travel agencies and tour operators.

Legal basis

Article 182 (1) of Decree-Law No 34 of 19 May 2020 on urgent measures in the field of health, support for work and the economy and social policies linked to the COVID-19 epidemiological emergency, converted, with amendments, into Law No 77 of 17 July 2020, and subsequently amended: a) Article 77 of Decree-Law No 104 of 14 August 2020 on urgent measures to support and revitalise the economy, converted, with amendments, into Law No 126 of 13 October 2020; b) Article 5 (2) of Decree-Law No 137 of 28 October 2020 on ‘Further urgent measures on health protection, support for workers and businesses, justice and security related to the COVID-19 epidemiological emergency’.

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Remedy for a serious disturbance in the economy

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Overall budget: EUR 625 (in millions)

Annual budget: EUR 625 (in millions)

Intensity

Duration (period)

until 30.6.2021

Economic sectors

Travel agency; tour operator and other reservation service and related activities

Name and address of the granting authority

MINISTERO DEI BENI E DELLE ATTIVITA' CULTURALI E DEL TURISMO — DG TURISMO

VIA MARGHERA 2 — ROMA

Other information

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