2002/936/EC: Commission Decision of 19 June 2002 on State aid which Spain is planning to grant to BBE and BBG for the construction of a power and heat supply station (Bahía de Bizcaia Electricidad - BBE) and a regasification plant (Bahía de Bizcaia Gas - BBG) in the port of Bilbao (notified under document number C(2002) 2146) (Text with EEA relevance)
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The State aid which Spain plans to grant to BBE and BBG, totalling EUR 30004000 and EUR 23212000 respectively, is compatible with the common market within the meaning of Article 87(3)(c) of the Treaty. The granting of such aid is therefore authorised.
The Spanish authorities shall take the necessary steps to ensure that should other regional aid be granted to these projects, the total should not exceed 9,9 % for the BBE project and 13,2 % nge for the BBG project.
This Decision is addressed to the Kingdom of Spain. Done at Brussels, 19 June 2002. For the Commission Mario Monti Member of the Commission (1) OJ C 231, 17.8.2001, p. 2. (2) OJ C 107, 7.4.1998, p. 7. (3) See footnote 1. (4) In the text below, reference and discount rate: 5,7 %; tax rate: 32,5 %. Straight-line depreciation over a period of 20 years. (5) In the text below, reference and discount rate: 5,7 %; tax rate: 32,5 %. Straight-line depreciation over a period of 20 years. (6) The maximum allowable intensity for a large investment project under the multisectoral framework is calculated according to the formula set out in point 3,10 of the framework. It is obtained by multiplying the regional ceiling (R) by the coefficients resulting from the competition factor (T), the capital-labour factor (I) and the regional impact factor (M) (R × T × I × M, where the result may not exceed R). (7) Source: Eurogas. (8) OJ C 74, 10.3.1998, p. 9. (9) The Commission considers that it cannot base its deliberations on the volume figures communicated by the Spanish authorities, since these do not allow a comparison with manufacturing industry as a whole, as required by point 7.8 of the multisectoral framework.
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