Annexes to COM(1982)645 - - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(1982)645 - . |
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| document | COM(1982)645  |
| date | October 12, 1982 |
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, . |