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COLLECTION RELIEE DES DOCUMENTS 'COM'
COM (82)645
Vol. 1982/0201
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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM182) 645 final Brussels, 15 October 1982
Report of the Commission to the Council
Aid granted to shipbuilding in the EEC
C0M(82) 645 final
.Report of the Commission to the Council
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1. In approving Directive 8l/363/^3BC on State aid to shipbuilding,
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the Council asked the Commissidn to lay before, it regular reports on the aids given to this sector (Articles 3, 6, 7 and 8 of the Directive). . '
2. The report for the second half of 1981 is attached as Annex I.
3. Also attached (Annex II) is a schedule of current aid sohemes in favour of shipbuilding.
AMEX I
AID GRAFTED TO SHIPBUILDING IN THE EEC
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1. Aid to investment: Article 3 of the 5"th Directive on aid to
shipbuilding
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Period: July - December 1981
Member State | Amount of investment (millions) | Nature of aid (millions) | Effect on production capacity |
R.F. Germany | 1)DM 55.250 | DM 5.657 | Reconversion measures out of shipbuilding ("Lander" programme Lower Saxony) |
2)DM 15.120 | DM 3.024 | Construction of workshops in the engineering and electrical sector (Regions] programme Lower Saxony) | |
3)DM I6.O65 | DM 7.4OO | Rationalization measures -automation of production (National programme Investment credits 1981/82 | |
Belgium | - | - | |
Denmark | - | - | |
France | - | - | |
Greece | - | - | |
Ireland | - | - | |
Italy | - | ' - | |
Netherlands | - | - | |
United Kingdom | - ■ | - |
2. Protection aid; Articles 6 + 7 of the 5th Directive on aid to shipbuilding.
Period: July - December 1981
^Moreover, for budgetary reasons 2B eligible cases (grt. 70*320) were not aided in t.be reference period.
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Plus price guarantee, estimated at 3*4/6*
^Plus shipbuilders* Relief, 2^6*
3. Aid to shipowners : «rt. 8 of the 4th Directive on aids to shipbuilding
a) Volume of contracts
A : Contracts aided. 8 : contracts refused. C: Total volume of contracts. Period July ~ Deoember 196| .
Total volume | For buildings in national yards | For building in other EEC countri< 3 | For buildings in third country yards. | ||||||
GRT | national currency (millions | GRT | national currency, (millions] | GRT . | national currency millions | GRT | national currency (million^ | ||
R.F. Germany1 | A | 28-1.622 | 1512,65 | 28.1.622 | 1542,65 391,80 | 1 1 | |||
B | 424.829 | 391,80 | 424.829 | ||||||
C | 709.491 | 1934,45 | 709.451 | 19 34,45 | |||||
Belgium | A | 15.084 | 2839,5 | 15.984 | 2639,5 | ------ | |||
B | - | - | - | - | ----- | ||||
C | 1V»84 | 2819,5 | 15.984 | 2839,5 | |||||
Denmark | A | 127.100 | 3290 | 127.100 | 3290 | ----- | |||
B | 3.300 | 110 | 3.300 | 110 | — - | ||||
C | 130.400 | 3400 | 130.400 | 3400 | |||||
France | A | 199.037 | 795,3 | 83.757 | 480,1 | 115.280 | J18,r ‘15,2 | ||
B | - | - | - | - | 115.280 | ||||
C | 199.0 37 | 795,3 | 83.757 | 480,1 | |||||
Greece . | A | - | - | ||||||
B | - | mm | |||||||
C | - | - | |||||||
Ireland | A | - | - | — ... | — | ||||
B | - | - | |||||||
C | - | - | |||||||
Italy | A | - | - | — | 216,0? 216,07 | ||||
B | - | - | |||||||
C | - | - | |||||||
Netherlands | A | 194.694 | 882,84 | 118.694 | ">6,77 | - | - | 76.000 | |
B | - | - | - | 666,77 | |||||
C | 194.694 | 882,84 | 118.694 | - | - | 76.000 | |||
A | 114.66'; | 2 39,8 | H4.665 | 2 39,b | |||||
United g | B | - | |||||||
C | 114.665 | 2 39,8 | 114.665 | 2 39,8 |
(2) the British scheme applies only to British owners who place orders in a national shipyard
— OECD conditions. -
b) Average effect of a1dP*r contract (Full year 1981 - Yearly communication)
Member - | State | | Total Average | For building In nat.yards | For building In other EEC countries | For building In | third country yards |
R.F.A. | 9-92$ | 9.93$ | • | — |
Belgium^ | ||||
Denmark | - | |||
France | 14.62$ | 14.90$ | •J | 14.29$ |
Greece | - | - | ||
2 Ireland | ||||
Italy3 | * | |||
Neth«rlan<* | „ 5.5$ | 5.5$ | - 5.5$ a | |
2 U.K. . | t | . |
(1) Information not supplied# ■
(2) No special scheme for shipowners#
(3) The information provided ty the Italian authorities is based on different criteria than those used by the other Member States and is not oomparable#
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List of aids and interventions for shipbuilding:
Annex 2
a) Aids to shipbuilding
May 1982
Description | Level of intervention | Remarks |
Germany l) National - direct aid for building t fund of DM 660 M | Max. 20 $ of contract price (average 10 $) after 1.1.1981 max. 15 % (average 7»5 $) | For orders taken between 1.12.78 and 31.12.1981 |
2) Hamburg — allocation of DM 35 m for investment in the port of Hamburg and conversion of the shipbuilding sector to ship-repair and other sectors (1978 - 1983) | ■ | DM 31 m for investment on publioly-owned land DM 4 m for investments on private land. |
3) Lower— — subsidies up to DM 3 0 Saxony ‘ | Fbr diversification measures (out of shipbuilding) | |
Ireland • ^ direct aid for construction Prance — direct aid for construction | 24.5$ of contract price 23% of contract price | Notification of a case prolonging this scheme in 1981 Maximum, inoluding cost escalation |
Netherlands — direct aid for construction Unitid Kingdom — single refund of oertain taxes (shipbuilder's relief) | 1 2$ of oontract price (1980* 15$) 2C$ for exceptional oases 2 $ of the construction cost | The Commission opened the procedurl of Art. 93(2) EEC in respeet of the prolongation of this scheme for the period 1981/84 • |
— Direct aid for construction* Intervention Fluid of £. 55 Mio (July 1981 - July 1982) | Max. 25 $ of contract price (including shipbuilder's relief) | July 1981 - July 1982 |
Italy — direct aid for construction | 25$ of contract price (30$ for the Mezzogiorno region) | The proposed Italian aid scheme has been notified. The Commissio 1 opened the procedure of Art. 93(2; EEC in respect of this aid scheme |
Description of aid | Qualifying transactions | Level of intervention | Remarks | |
Germany | - interest rebate | All sales * • * . ■ 1 | - maximum interest rebate 2X(limit OECD conditions) (1) | special scheme for ships |
Belgium . | - interest rebate r | Sales to other Member States and third countries | - OECD conditions | special scheme « . |
Denmark | - preferential . credit | All sales | - OECD conditions | special scheme for ships |
France ' | - preferential credit | Sales to other Member States and third countries | - OECD conditions | general scheme |
Ireland | - preferential credit | All sales | - OECD conditions | special scheme for ships |
Italy l • ' | - preferential credit | i All sales | - OECD conditions | special scheme for ships |
• Netherlands | - interest rebate | All sales | - maximum interest rebate 2*(3,5X for small ships) limit OECD Conditions | special scheme for sfcips |
United Kingdom | - preferential credit | Export sales | - OECD conditions | general scheme |
c) Credit facilities for purchase involving aid to shipbuilding
Description of aid | Level of Intervention | Remarks | |
Belgium | — credit facilities for Belgian owners | - credit at 5 or 6 ^ for 15 years (with one year’s grace period)on 90 $ of contract price | |
Denmark | — credit facilities for Danish owners on purchase of ships in a Community yard | - credit at 8 # for 14 years (with 4 years moratorium on repayment) on 80 $ of contract price. | |
United Kingdom | — credit facilities for the purchase of schips by British owners in British yards (home credit scheme) | — OECD conditions of 18.7.74 - in addition, a subvention scheme has been introduced under Section 25 of the Industry Act 1975 | The application of this scheme must not result in conditions more favorable than those contained in the OECD understanding |
Prance | - Government takes responsability | — intervention relates to 80 % | |
for inorease in cost between ordering and delivery on fixed price sales to third country owners. | of the cost for an increase in excess of 6,5 %• | ||
- a premium of 0,5 % per year is paid | |||
when the threshold is not exceeded |
Description of aid | Level of intervention | Remarks | |
Italy | - Government takes responsability | — intervention relates to am | Available, but never |
for increase in cost between | annual increase between 5 | used for shipbuilding | |
ordering and delivery, — the premium is within the band 0,1 to 1,25 % of the cost of the Bhip, - this scheme is applied only to exports. | and 15 % of the cost. | to date, . |