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Document E2021C0617(05)

State aid – Decision to raise no objections 2021/C 234/08

IO C 234, 17.6.2021, p. 9–9 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

17.6.2021   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 234/9


State aid – Decision to raise no objections

(2021/C 234/08)

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

Date of adoption of the decision

26 March 2021

Case No

86598

Decision No

023/21/COL

EFTA State

Iceland

Title

Aid to Farice ehf. for investment in a third submarine cable

Legal basis

Parliamentary resolution No 31/149 approving the Government’s Telecommunications Policy, and parliamentary approval of the state budget to finance the project with public funds

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

To enhance security and reduce vulnerability of international connectivity to and from Iceland, as well as shortening the digital distance between Iceland and Europe

Form of aid

Share capital increase

Budget

Estimated EUR 50 million

Intensity

100 %

Economic sectors

International connectivity services

Name and address of the granting authority

The Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs

Arnarhvoli

101 Reykjavik

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/


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