Procedure. On 1 September 2010, the Icelandic authorities notified the Authority of ad hoc State aid concerning the construction of a data centre in the municipality of Reykjanesbær, pursuant to Article 1(3) of Part I of Protocol 3, by a letter received and registered by the Authority on the same day (Event No 568140). On 22 October 2010, the Authority received a written submission relating to the case from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, dated 21 October 2010 (Event No 574691). Prior to the notification, the Icelandic authorities had submitted information relating to the case to the Authority by letter of 27 August 2010 (Event No 567872) received and registered on 31 August 2010. Pre-notification contacts between the Icelandic authorities and the Authority took place in the period from 23 December 2009 until 11 May 2010. Apart from the notification letter, the Icelandic authorities have submitted a number of annexes, amongst other various agreements entered into by the beneficiary, a memorandum of understanding and email correspondence relating to it, a letter from the beneficiary, a letter from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, a calculation of aid impact on equity returns, a letter from an investor, calculation of estimated aid amount, PriceWaterhouseCoopers Benchmark Study and a KPMG report on the socioeconomic impacts of the project.
Procedure. Title: Vormiriiete rentimine ja sellega seonduvad teenused Description: Xxxxxxx xxxxxx rentida Omniva töötajatele vormiriideid, logode lisamist, pesemise- ja parandusteenust ning rentida jaotus- ja kogumiskappe ja vormiriiete transporti hankija aadressidele Eestis (xxxxx 1 osa), Lätis (xxxxx 2 osa) ja Leedus (xxxxx 3 osa). Procedure identifier: 7916ba96-1c11-449b-9183-aa70bc31fab5 Internal identifier: 266866 Type of procedure: Open Main features of the procedure: Avatud hankemenetlus
Procedure. The Authority learned about the sale of the Lista air base by way of a report issued by the Office of the Auditor General which concludes that the Norwegian Defence Estates Agency (hereinafter the ‘NDEA’) is unable to produce reliable evidence documenting that Lista air base was sold at market value (5). On 14 September 2005, the Authority sent a letter to the Norwegian authorities requesting information regarding the sale of Lista air base located in the municipality of Farsund in Southern Norway (Event No 332322). By letter dated 28 October 2005 from the Norwegian Mission to the European Union, forwarding two letters, respectively dated 26 October 2005 from the Ministry of Modernisation and 24 October 2005 from the Ministry of Defence, the Norwegian authorities replied to the questions raised by the Authority. This letter was received and registered by the Authority on 29 October 2005 (Event No 348525). By letter dated 28 March 2007 (Event No 414743), the Autho- rity requested that the Norwegian authorities communicate additional information. By letter dated 4 May 2007 (Event No 420179), received and registered by the Authority on the same day, the Norwegian authorities provided further information.
(1) Hereinafter referred to as ‘the Authority’.
(2) Hereinafter referred to as ‘the EEA Agreement’.
(3) Hereinafter referred to as ‘the Surveillance and Court Agreement’.
(4) Guidelines on the application and interpretation of Articles 61 and 62 of the EEA Agreement and Article 1 in Protocol 3 to the Surveillance and Court Agreement, adopted and issued by the EFTA Surveillance Authority on 19 January 1994, published in OJ L 231, 3.9.1994, p. 1, EEA Supplements No 32, 3.9.1994. The Guidelines were last amended on 3 May 2007. Hereinafter referred to as ‘the State Aid Guidelines’.
(5) Report No 3:7 (2004-2005), The Auditor General' s study of the sale of Lista air base.
Procedure. 2.1. First complaint
Procedure. The General Assembly shall:
(a) meet in ordinary session every two years;
(b) meet in extraordinary session if it decides to do so itself, if at least one-third of the Member States so request, or if so decided by the Council;
(c) meet in Rome, Italy, unless the General Assembly or the Council decides otherwise;
(d) adopt its own Rules of Procedure;
(e) at the beginning of each session, elect a President and other officers;
(f) establish such committees as may be necessary for it to carry out its functions.
Procedure. The Council shall:
(a) meet:
(i) immediately after an ordinary session of the General Assembly;
(ii) immediately before the following ordinary session of the General Assembly; and
(iii) once in the interval between its sessions referred to in (i) and (ii) above;
(b) meet in Rome, Italy, unless the General Assembly or the Council itself decides otherwise;
(c) adopt its own Rules of Procedure;
(d) at the beginning of the first session following an ordinary session of the General Assembly, elect a Chairperson and other officers who shall hold office until the closure of the following ordinary session of the General Assembly;
(e) establish such committees as may be necessary for it to carry out its functions.
Procedure. (1) By decision of 14 December 2009 (1) (‘Restructuring Decision’), the Commission declared a number of State aid measures (2) granted to Royal Bank of Scotland (‘RBS’) compatible with the internal market. The conclusion was reached on the basis of the restructuring plan (‘Restructuring Plan’) and of the commitments (‘Commitments’) issued by the UK Government (the ‘UK authorities’).
(2) By decision of 9 April 2014 (3) (‘Amended Restructuring Decision’), the Commission declared that the notified amended list of commitments (4) (‘Amended Commitments’) does not constitute State aid. The Amended Commitments also do not affect the conclusion reached in the Restructuring Decision that the State aid provided to RBS is compatible with the internal market on the basis of Article 107(3)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).
(3) Since the Amended Restructuring Decision was adopted, the Commission services, the UK authorities and RBS (directly or via the Monitoring Trustee appointed pursuant to the Restructuring Decision) have had frequent exchanges, in the form of meetings, conference calls and exchanges of emails and documents.
(4) On 17 February 2017, Her Majesty's Treasury (‘HMT’) announced publicly that it would seek a formal amendment to replace the commitment to divest Rainbow (5) (‘Rainbow’) (6) with a package of measures aiming to increase competition in the SME and mid-corporate banking market (7) (‘SME and mid-corporate banking market’).
(5) On 2 March 2017, the UK authorities notified to the Commission a formal request to replace the commitment to divest the so-called Rainbow business, as identified in the Restructuring Decision (8) and subsequently amended in the Amended Restructuring Decision (9).
Procedure. 1. The United Kingdom notified the measure at hand by letter of 5 January 2004, registered on 9 January 2004.