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G/SCM/N/284/EU/ADD.1 |
European Union: Austria |
2017 |
General environmental protection |
Loans and financing |
Services |
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Environment related objective
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To achieve positive environmental developments
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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ERP Transport Programme (ERP-Verkehrsprogramm) (registered SA.33669)
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Companies of the transport sector as well as carriers (forwarding company)
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Type of measure
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Soft loan
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2013; 2014
Duration of the subsidy: State Aid Scheme, current version January 2009 till December 2016.
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Keywords
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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 |
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Environment related objective
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To take over part of the financial risk which includes environmental aid
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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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
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All kind of companies
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Type of measure
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Guarantee
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2013; 2014
Duration of the subsidy: State Aid Scheme, current version from July 2014 till December 2016.
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Keywords
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| Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/284/EU/ADD.1 |
European Union: Austria |
2017 |
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Energy |
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Environment related objective
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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
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Promotion of electricity from renewable sources and of combined heat and power plants
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Operators of the energy plants
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Type of measure
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Feed-in tariff and investment grants
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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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.
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Keywords
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Renewable
Energy
Bio
Environment
Green
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| Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/284/EU/ADD.1 |
European Union: Austria |
2017 |
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Grants and direct payments, Loans and financing |
Energy |
Eco Special Programme District Heating |
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Environment related objective
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The aim of the subsidy is the compensation of fossil fuel, promotion the use of Woodchips, increase local added value, reduction of CO2-emission.
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Eco Special Programme District Heating
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Investors who are installing a district heating plant
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Type of measure
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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)
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2013 and 2014
Duration of the subsidy: No time limits.
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Keywords
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| Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/284/EU/ADD.1 |
European Union: Austria |
2017 |
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Grants and direct payments |
Other |
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Environment related objective
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To reduce CO2-emissions and improve energy efficiency.
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Guideline for Environmental Aid in the Region of Salzburg
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Private households and companies
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Type of measure
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Grants
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2013; 2014
Duration of the subsidy: 11 January 2011 to 31 December 2013
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Keywords
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| 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 |
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Environment related objective
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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)
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Directive for granting of regional funding for the improving of the ecological status of surface water in the province of Carinthia
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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.
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Type of measure
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Grants
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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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).
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Keywords
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| 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 |
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Environment related objective
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To support Enterprises in environmental designing of their open spaces
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Subsidy for nature-protection-measures in commerce and industry
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Members of the Upper Austrian Chamber of economy and Commerce
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Type of measure
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Grants
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2013
Duration of the subsidy: 31 December 2013
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Keywords
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| 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 |
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Environment related objective
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To support rebuilding the infrastructure of the enterprises into the original status before the natural disaster
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Guidelines of the provincial government of Lower Austria for damages caused by natural disasters, No. 564/B/2004
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All enterprises independent of their size
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Type of measure
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Direct grants
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2013
Duration of the subsidy: unlimited
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Keywords
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| 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 |
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Environment related objective
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To support rebuilding the infrastructure of the enterprises into the original status before the natural disaster
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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Guidelines of the provincial government of Lower Austria for damages caused by natural disasters, No. 564/B/2004
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All enterprises independent of their size
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Type of measure
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Direct grants
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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2014
Duration of the subsidy: unlimited
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Keywords
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| Subsidies and Countervailing Measures |
G/SCM/N/284/EU/ADD.1 |
European Union: Austria |
2017 |
General environmental protection |
Tax concessions |
Manufacturing |
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Environment related objective
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To relieve "energy-intensive businesses" (environmental aid)
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Measure description
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Coverage of the measure
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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)
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Energy-intensive business whose business is mainly the production of goods
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Type of measure
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Reduction of environmental taxes
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ICS - HS Code
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Subsidy amount
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Implementation period
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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.)
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