2000/410/EC: Commission Decision of 22 December 1999 on the aid scheme which France is planning to implement in favour of the French port sector (notified under document number C(1999) 5204) (Text with EEA relevance) (Only the French text is authentic)
1. Aid for the transfer of existing equipment on the basis of open and non-discriminatory procedures and the replacement of this equipment which France is planning to implement in favour of private cargo handling companies in the 23 French ports specified in the Annex in an amount of FRF 275,94 million during the period 2000 to 2006 is compatible with the common market.
The aid is compatible provided it is linked to the investment(s) in that aid may only be granted for the fiscal year(s) when the investments in such equipment are made and during the subsequent amortisation of this equipment until the expiry of the scheme.
2. Aid for the purpose of purchasing new, additional equipment in favour of cargo handling companies in the ports of Le Havre and Dunkerque in an amount of FRF 91,98 million is incompatible with the common market.
As a result, this aid may not be put into effect.
France shall inform the Commission, within two months following the notification of this Decision, of the measures taken to comply with it.
The French authorities shall provide the Commission with appropriate annual reports about the implementation of the aid scheme, notably the public tenders, the investments, the amount of aid granted and its intensity. The first report is to be submitted within one year from the notification of this decision.
This Decision is addressed to the French Republic.
Done at Brussels, 22 December 1999.
For the Commission
Loyola De Palacio
Vice-President
(1) OJ C 233, 14.8.1999, p. 25.
(2) See footnote 1.
(3) OJ C 384, 10.12.1998, p. 3.
(4) Rec. 1991 I-, p. 5889.
(5) OJ C 74, 10.3.1998, p. 4.
(6) OJ C 283, 19.9.1997, p. 2.
(7) COM(97) 678 final of 10.12.1997, paragraphs 81 and 82.
(8) OJ C 213, 23.7.1996, p. 4.
Supplementary provisions
ANNEXSupplementary provisions
The 23 French ports covered by the decision
I. Nord-Pas-de-Calais coastal area:
1. Port of Calais
2. Port of Boulogne sur Mer
3. Port of Dunkirk
II. Normandy coastal area:
4. Autonomous port of Le Havre
5. Port of Dieppe
6. Port of Rouen
7. Port of Honfleur
8. Port of FΓ©camp
9. Port of Caen
III. Channel coastal area:
10. Port of Cherbourg
11. Port of Granville
IV. Brittany coastal area:
12. Port of Saint-Malo
13. Port of Brest
14. Port of Lorient
V. Atlantic coastal area:
15. Port of Nantes-Saint-Nazaire
16. Port of La Rochelle
17. Port of Bordeaux
18. Port of Bayonne
VI. Mediterranean coastal area:
19. Port of Port-Vendres
20. Port of Port La Nouvelle
21. Port of Sète
22. Port of Marseille
23. Port of Toulon
Source: EUR-Lex (Publications Office of the EU), Β© European Union, reuse permitted under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
