COMMISSION DECISION
of 10 December 2008
concerning State aid C 15/06 (ex N 291/2000) which France plans to implement in favour of Pilkington/Interpane
(notified under document number C(2008) 7799)
(Only the French text is authentic)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2009/145/EC)
1. PROCEDURE
2. DESCRIPTION OF THE AID
2.1. The aid recipients
2.1.1. The companies concerned
Figure 1
Legal structure of the companies
2.1.2. The formation of the joint ventures
2.1.3. The partners
(EUR million) |
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Interpane group |
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|
World/Europe(8) |
France(9) |
1996 |
107 |
0 |
1997 |
114 |
0 |
1998 |
118 |
0 |
Pilkington group |
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|
World |
Europe |
France |
1996/1997 |
4 380 |
2 730 |
69,5 |
1997/1998 |
4 830 |
2 500 |
75,0 |
1998/1999 |
5 000 |
2 410 |
73,0 |
(EUR million) |
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Interpane group |
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|
World |
Europe(10) |
France(11) |
1996 |
na |
703 |
0 |
1997 |
na |
721 |
0 |
1998 |
1 748 |
732 |
65 |
Pilkington group |
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|
World |
Europe |
France |
1996/1997 |
39 100 |
24 200 |
537 |
1997/1998 |
37 800 |
23 500 |
524 |
1998/1999 |
32 300 |
20 500 |
497 |
2.2. The investment project
Figure 2
2.3. The aid measures
3. OPENING OF THE PROCEDURE
3.1. The new information communicated by the French authorities
3.2. Grounds for opening the procedure
4. COMMENTS FROM INTERESTED PARTIES
5. COMMENTS FROM FRANCE
5.1. E-mail of 2 June 2006
5.2. Subsequent information
Aid measure |
Aid amount (in EUR, nominal value) |
Aid amount (in EUR, NGE) |
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PAT (and FIL) |
2 526 740 |
|
1 623 160 |
|
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ERDF |
2 667 570 |
|
1 761 250 |
|
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Aid for land purchase |
2 816 000 |
|
2 816 000 |
|
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Real estate development |
7 974 690 |
|
6 100 300 |
|
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|
|
2 988 100 |
|
1 983 190 |
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|
|
1 753 160 |
|
1 126 820 |
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|
|
2 539 000 |
|
2 539 000 |
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|
|
694 430 |
|
451 290 |
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Business tax exemption |
986 170 |
|
593 730 |
|
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SOFIREM |
135 110 |
|
91 170 |
|
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Total |
17 106 280 |
12 985 610 |
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Aid intensity |
10,79 % |
8,65 % |