2013/487/EU: Commission Decision of 17 July 2013 on State aid SA.33412 (12/C) (ex... (32013D0487)
2013/487/EU: Commission Decision of 17 July 2013 on State aid SA.33412 (12/C) (ex 11/N) which Italy is planning to implement for the development of logistics chains and the upgrading of intermodality (notified under document C(2013) 4392) Text with EEA relevance
- COMMISSION DECISION
- of 17 July 2013
- on State aid SA.33412 (12/C) (ex 11/N) which Italy is planning to implement for the development of logistics chains and the upgrading of intermodality
- (notified under document C(2013) 4392)
- (Only the Italian text is authentic)
- (Text with EEA relevance)
- (2013/487/EU)
- 1.
- PROCEDURE
- 2.
- DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE MEASURES
- 2.1.
- Background
- 2.2.
- Objective of the aid scheme
- 2.3.
- National legal basis
- 2.4.
- Budget
- 2.5.
- Duration
- 2.6.
- Modifications to the State aid regime
- 2.7.
- Grounds for the modification
- 2.8.
- Cumulation
- 2.9.
- Beneficiaries
- 2.10.
- Form of the aid and aid intensity
- 2.11.
- Procedure
- 3.
- GROUNDS FOR INITIATING THE FORMAL INVESTIGATION PROCEDURE
- 3.1.
- Existence of aid
- 3.2.
- Compatibility of the aid
- 4.
- COMMENTS FROM INTERESTED PARTIES
- 5.
- COMMENTS FROM ITALY
- 6.
- ITALY'S COMMENTS ON THE INTERESTED PARTIES' COMMENTS
- 7.
- ASSESSMENT OF THE AID
- 7.1.
- Existence of aid
- 7.2.
- Lawfulness of the aid
- 7.3.
- Compatibility of the aid
- 7.3.1.
- First condition: The aid must not exceed three years in duration and its purpose must be to finance a shipping service connecting ports situated in the territory of the Member States
- 7.3.2.
- Second condition: The service must be of such a kind as to permit transport (of cargo essentially) by road to be carried out wholly or partly by sea, without diverting maritime transport in a way which is contrary to the common interest
- 7.3.3.
- Third condition: The aid must be directed at implementing a detailed project with a pre-established environmental impact, concerning a new route or the upgrading of services on an existing one, associating several ship-owners if necessary, with no more than one project financed per line and with no renewal, extension or repetition of the project in question
- 7.3.4.
- Forth condition: The purpose of the aid must be to cover up to 30 % of the operational costs of the service in question
- 7.3.5.
- Fifth condition: The aid must be granted on the basis of transparent criteria applied in a non-discriminatory way to ship-owners established in the Community. The aid should normally be granted for a project selected by the authorities of the Member State through a tender procedure in compliance with applicable Community rules
- 7.3.6.
- Sixth condition: The service which is the subject of the project must be of a kind to be commercially viable after the period in which it is eligible for public funding
- 7.3.7.
- Seventh condition: The aid must not be cumulated with public service compensation (obligations or contracts)
- 8.
- CONCLUSION
- Article 1
- Article 2
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