2004/114/EC: Commission Decision of 29 October 2003 on measures in favour of non-profit harbours for recreational crafts, the Netherlands (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2003) 3890)

• Articles: 2

Article 1

The measures in favour of non-profit making harbours for recreational crafts in Enkhuizen, Nijkerk and Wieringermeer do not constitute State aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty.

Article 2

This Decision is addressed to the Netherlands.

Done at Brussels, 29 October 2003.

For the Commission

Mario Monti

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ C 69, 22.3.2003, p. 4.

(2) OJ C 69, 22.3.2003, p. 4.

(3) OJ C 40, 12.2.2000, p. 2.

(4) OJ L 10, 13.1.2001, p. 30.

(5) EUR 7636147 - EUR 5719854 (appraised land) = EUR 1916293 + EUR 100000 (de minimis) = EUR 2016293.

EUR 2016293/69031 m2 = EUR 29,21/m2.

(6) OJ C 209, 10.7.1997, p. 3.

(7) There is no area in the Netherlands covered by Article 87(3)(a).

(8) EUR 7636147 - EUR 5333161 (construction costs) = EUR 2302986 + EUR 100000 (de minimis) = EUR 2402986;

EUR 2402986/69031 m2 = EUR 34,81/m2.

(9) Commission decision of 21.12.2000, N 258/2000 - Germany (Leisure Pool Dorsten), OJ C 171, 16.6.2001, p. 16.

(10) These figures are from ICOMIA (International Council of Marine Industry Organisations, see also http://www.icomia.com) and the report "La Nautica in cifre" of UCINA (Unione Nazionale Cantieri e Industrie Nautiche ed Affini, see also http://www.ucina.it). As there are no clear statistics available, these are rough estimates.

(11) Weighted average between fixed and daily moorings.

(12) See Judgment of the Court of 21 March 1990 in Case C-142/97 Belgium v Commission [1990] ECR I-959. See also Judgment of 14 September 1994 in Joined Cases C-278/92 to C-280/92 Spain v Commission [1994] ECR I-4103.

(13) Judgment of the Court of First Instance of 30 April 1998 in Case T-214/95 Het Vlaamse Gewest v Commission, points 46, 49 and 50

(14) Emphasis added.

(15) OJ C 107, 7.4.1998, p. 7.