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Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/284/EU/ADD.1 European Union: Austria 2017 General environmental protection Loans and financing All products/economic activities
Guideline of the Federal Ministry of Finance for…
Guideline of the Federal Ministry of Finance for the Granting of Guarantees by AWS pursuant to Par. 1 and 11 of the Guarantee Act and preceding Scheme
Environment related objective
To take over part of the financial risk which includes environmental aid
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Guideline of the Federal Ministry of Finance for the Granting of Guarantees by AWS pursuant to Par. 1 and 11 of the Guarantee Act and preceding Scheme
All kind of companies
Type of measure
Guarantee
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
2013; 2014

Duration of the subsidy: State Aid Scheme, current version from July 2014 till December 2016.
Keywords
Environment
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/284/EU/ADD.1 European Union: Austria 2017
Alternative and renewable energy, Energy…
Alternative and renewable energy, Energy conservation and efficiency
Grants and direct payments, Income or price…
Grants and direct payments, Income or price support
 Energy
Promotion of electricity from renewable sources…
Promotion of electricity from renewable sources and of combined heat and power plants
Environment related objective
To increase the share of electricity from renewable sources and to increase the efficiency in the production of power and heat by promoting combined heat and power plants
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Promotion of electricity from renewable sources and of combined heat and power plants
Operators of the energy plants
Type of measure
Feed-in tariff and investment grants
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
2013 and 2014

Duration of the subsidy:
Feed - in tariff:
A given operator of a plant fuelled by solid or liquid biomass or biogas is entitled to the purchase of all electricity he exports to the grid and to the payment of the tariff applicable on the date on which the contract is concluded, for 15 years starting on the date on which the green power is being sold to OeMAG. A given operator of any other renewable energy plant is entitled to the purchase of electricity exported and to the payment of the tariff applicable on the date on which the contract is concluded, for 13 years starting on the date on which the green power is being sold to OeMAG.

Investment grant:
The investment grant shall be paid as soon as the plant has been commissioned at its full capacity and the final report has been submitted and examined.
Keywords
Renewable
Energy
Bio
Environment
Green
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/284/EU/ADD.1 European Union: Austria 2017
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Energy…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Energy conservation and efficiency
 Grants and direct payments, Loans and financing Energy Eco Special Programme District Heating
Environment related objective
The aim of the subsidy is the compensation of fossil fuel, promotion the use of Woodchips, increase local added value, reduction of CO2-emission.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Eco Special Programme District Heating
Investors who are installing a district heating plant
Type of measure
Grant, annual grant for a period of 10 years, and loan, but the loan has not been granted since 2000; the latest annual grant was granted in 1997 (for a period of 10 years)
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
2013 and 2014

Duration of the subsidy: No time limits.
Keywords
Emissions
Eco
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/284/EU/ADD.1 European Union: Austria 2017
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Energy…
Climate change mitigation and adaptation, Energy conservation and efficiency
 Grants and direct payments Other
Guideline for Environmental Aid in the Region of…
Guideline for Environmental Aid in the Region of Salzburg
Environment related objective
To reduce CO2-emissions and improve energy efficiency.
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Guideline for Environmental Aid in the Region of Salzburg
Private households and companies
Type of measure
Grants
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
2013; 2014

Duration of the subsidy: 11 January 2011 to 31 December 2013
Keywords
Emissions
Energy
Climate
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/284/EU/ADD.1 European Union: Austria 2017 Water management and conservation Grants and direct payments All products/economic activities, Energy
Directive for granting of regional funding for…
Directive for granting of regional funding for the improving of the ecological status of surface water in the province of Carinthia
Environment related objective
To enhance the ecological status of surface water and the reduction of hydromorphological pressures in order to achieve environmental objectives surface water according to the European Water Framework Directive and the corresponding national law (§ 30a Austrian water right act 1959)
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Directive for granting of regional funding for the improving of the ecological status of surface water in the province of Carinthia
The grant is provided for i) legal bodies or natural persons operating a hydro power plant or ii) legal bodies or natural persons operating another installation, which causes hydromorphological pressure by carrying on economic activity and providing products or services on the market and are therefore underlying the EU laws on state aid Art. 87.
Type of measure
Grants
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
The described directive came on the 6th of July 2010 with the notification of the European commission (registration no X290/2010) into force.

Duration of the subsidy: The Austrian subsidy according to UFG 1993 should be ended with the end of 2013, but was extended until 30.06.2014. The regional funding for river restoration will end at the same time (30 June 2014).
Keywords
Environment
Eco
Water
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/284/EU/ADD.1 European Union: Austria 2017 General environmental protection Grants and direct payments All products/economic activities
Subsidy for nature-protection-measures in…
Subsidy for nature-protection-measures in commerce and industry
Environment related objective
To support Enterprises in environmental designing of their open spaces
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Subsidy for nature-protection-measures in commerce and industry
Members of the Upper Austrian Chamber of economy and Commerce
Type of measure
Grants
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
2013

Duration of the subsidy: 31 December 2013
Keywords
Environment
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/284/EU/ADD.1 European Union: Austria 2017 Other environmental risks mitigation Grants and direct payments All products/economic activities
Guidelines of the provincial government of Lower…
Guidelines of the provincial government of Lower Austria for damages caused by natural disasters, No. 564/B/2004
Environment related objective
To support rebuilding the infrastructure of the enterprises into the original status before the natural disaster
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Guidelines of the provincial government of Lower Austria for damages caused by natural disasters, No. 564/B/2004
All enterprises independent of their size
Type of measure
Direct grants
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
2013

Duration of the subsidy: unlimited
Keywords
Environment
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/284/EU/ADD.1 2017 Other environmental risks mitigation Grants and direct payments All products/economic activities
Environment related objective
To support rebuilding the infrastructure of the enterprises into the original status before the natural disaster
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Guidelines of the provincial government of Lower Austria for damages caused by natural disasters, No. 564/B/2004
All enterprises independent of their size
Type of measure
Direct grants
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
2014

Duration of the subsidy: unlimited
Keywords
Environment
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/284/EU/ADD.1 European Union: Austria 2017 General environmental protection Tax concessions Manufacturing
Energy Tax Rebate according to the Amendment to…
Energy Tax Rebate according to the Amendment to Energy Tax Rebate Law, Federal State Gazette I No. 111/2010 of 31 December 2010 (reimbursement of previously paid energy taxes)
Environment related objective
To relieve "energy-intensive businesses" (environmental aid)
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Energy Tax Rebate according to the Amendment to Energy Tax Rebate Law, Federal State Gazette I No. 111/2010 of 31 December 2010 (reimbursement of previously paid energy taxes)
Energy-intensive business whose business is mainly the production of goods
Type of measure
Reduction of environmental taxes
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
2013 and 2014

Duration of the subsidy: The reimbursement as an environmental aid is in accordance with the Commission regulation (EC) No 800/2008 of 6 August 2008 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the common market in application of Articles 87 and 88 of the Treaty (General block exemption Regulation). The approval of the amendment by the European Commission took place in the Official Journal of the European Union, No. C 288, from the 30 September 2011, p. 21.

The approval and the regulation (EC) No 800/2008 as union legal basis for the approval were limited to 31 December 2013. The scheme itself was exempted from the expiry date of the regulation (EC) No. 800/2008 during an adjustment period of six months (Art. 44, para. 3 regulation (EC) No. 800/2008) up to and including 30 June 2014.

The validity of the regulation (EC) No 800/2008 (General Block Exemption Regulation) was extended by the Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1224/2013 of 29 November 2013 to 30 June 2014, whereby the adjustment period falling within the scope of the regulation (EC) No. 800/2008 restrictive rules in §§ 2 and 3 Energy Tax Rebate (Energieabgabenvergütung) were extended for another six months and were applicable to 31 December 2014.

(The remuneration is based on a request from the affected enterprise for a whole year in retrospect. The request can be placed not later than 5 years after the end of the mentioned calendar year.)
Keywords
Environment
Energy
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures G/SCM/N/284/EU/ADD.1 European Union: Austria 2017 Water management and conservation Grants and direct payments All products/economic activities
Lower Austrian Water Management Fund Aid…
Lower Austrian Water Management Fund Aid Guidelines 2009 - Water Ecology for Enterprises in Competition
Environment related objective
To improve the ecological status of water sources by reducing the hydromorphological burden thus reaching the environmental goals for surface water
Measure description Coverage of the measure
Lower Austrian Water Management Fund Aid Guidelines 2009 - Water Ecology for Enterprises in Competition
For enterprises in competition whose facilities cause hydromorphological burden to rivers, in as much they are eligible under the General Block Exemption Regulation.
Type of measure
Non-repayable cash grants for investments
 ICS - HS Code
Subsidy amount Implementation period
2013
Guidelines were set into force on 19 May 2009 (X594/2009)
Duration of the subsidy: From 19 May 2009 until 30 June 2014
Keywords
Environment
Eco
Water