ANNEX III

Form for the provision of summary information under the reporting obligation laid down in Article 9(1)

Please fill in the information required below:

PART I

Aid reference
	
(to be completed by the EFTA Surveillance Authority)	

EFTA State
	Norway	

EFTA State reference number

Region
	
Name of the Region (NUTS) (1)
	
Regional aid status (2)	

Granting authority	
Name

	Address Webpage	 

Title of the aid measure

National legal basis (Reference to the relevant national official publication)

Web link to the full text of the aid measure

Type of measure	Scheme

	
Ad hoc aid
	
  Name of the beneficiary	

Amendment of an existing aid measure		
EFTA Surveillance Authority aid number

	Prolongation		

	Modification		

Duration (3)
	
Scheme	
dd/mm/yy to dd/mm/yy  	

Date of granting (4)
	
Ad hoc aid	
dd/mm/yy	

Economic sector(s) concerned	
All economic sectors eligible to receive aid

	
Limited to specific sectors — Please specify in accordance with NACE Rev. 2. (5)

Type of beneficiary	
SME

	
Large enterprises

Budget	
Annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme (6)
	
 NOK ... (in millions)	

Overall amount of the ad hoc aid awarded to the undertaking (7)
	
 NOK ... (in millions)	

For guarantees (8)
	
 NOK ... (in millions)	

Aid instrument (Art. 5)	Grant

	Interest rate subsidy		

	Loan		

	Guarantee/Reference to the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s decision (9)

	Fiscal measure		

	Risk capital		

	Repayable advances		

	Other (please specify)

If co-financed by Community funds	
Reference(s):	
Amount of Community funding
	
NOK ... (in millions)

(1)	NUTS — Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics.
(2)	Article 61(3)(c) of the EEA Agreement, mixed areas, areas not eligible for regional aid. 
(3)	Period during which the granting authority can commit itself to grant the aid.
(4)	Aid is to be considered to be granted at the moment the legal right to receive the aid is conferred on the beneficiary under the applicable national legal regime.
(5)	NACE Rev.2 — Statistical classification of Economic Activities in the European Community.
(6)	In case of an aid scheme: Indicate the annual overall amount of the budget planned under the scheme or the estimated tax loss per year for all aid instruments contained in the scheme.
(7)	In case of an ad hoc aid award: Indicate the overall aid amount/tax loss.
(8)	For guarantees, indicate the (maximum) amount of loans guaranteed.
(9)	Where appropriate, reference to the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s decision approving the methodology to calculate the gross grant equivalent, in line with Article 5(1)(c) of the Regulation.

					PART II

Please indicate under which provision of the GBER the aid measure is implemented.

General Objectives (list)	
Objectives (list)	
Maximum aid intensity in % or Maximum aid amount in NOK
	
SME 
— bonuses in %	
Regional investment and employment aid (1)	Scheme	... %		
(Art. 13)	Ad hoc aid (Art. 13(1))
	... %		
Aid for newly created small enterprises
(Art. 14)
		…%		
SME investment and employment aid (Art. 15)
		...%		
Aid for small enterprises newly created by female entrepreneurs (Art. 16)
		…%		
Aid for Environmental protection (Art. 17-25)	Investment aid enabling undertakings to go beyond Community standards for environmental protection or increase the level of environmental protection in the absence of Community standards (Art. 18)

Please provide a specific reference to the relevant standard
	...%		
	Aid for the acquisition of new transport vehicles which go beyond Community standards or which increase the level of environmental protection in the absence of Community standards (Art. 19)
	...%		
	Aid for early adaptation to future Community standards for SMEs
(Art. 20)
	…%		
	Environmental investment aid for energy saving measures (Art. 21)
	... %		
	Environmental investment aid for high efficiency cogeneration (Art. 22)
	... %		
	Environmental investment aid for the promotion of energy from renewable energy sources
(Art. 23)
	…%		
	Aid for environmental studies (Art. 24)
	... %		
	Aid in the form of reductions in environmental taxes (Art. 25)
	... NOK		
Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs and SME participation in fairs (Art. 26-27)
	Aid for consultancy in favour of SMEs (Art. 26)
	... %		

	Aid for SME participation in fairs (Art. 27)
	... %		
Aid in the form of risk capital
(Art. 28-29)
		… NOK		
Aid for research, development and innovation (Art. 30-37)	Aid for research and development projects (Art. 31)	Fundamental research 
(Art. 31(2)(a))
	... %		

	Industrial research (Art. 31(2)(b))
	… %		

	Experimental development 
(Art. 31(2)(c))
	... %		

	Aid for technical feasibility studies (Art. 32)
	... %		

	Aid for industrial property rights costs for SMEs (Art. 33)
	... %		

	Aid for research and development in the agricultural and fisheries sectors (Art. 34)
	…%		

	Aid to young innovative enterprises (Art. 35)
	... NOK		

Aid for innovation advisory services and for innovation support services
(Art. 36)

… NOK		

	Aid for the loan of highly qualified personnel (Art. 37)
	... NOK		
Training aid (Art. 38-39)	Specific training (Art. 38(1))
	... %		

	General training (Art. 38(2))
	... %		
Aid for disadvantaged and disabled workers (Art. 40-42)	Aid for the recruitment of disadvantaged workers in the form of wage subsidies
(Art. 40)
	... %		

	Aid for the employment of disabled workers in the form of wage subsidies
(Art. 41)
	... %		

	Aid for compensating the additional costs of employing disabled workers
(Art. 42)
	… %		

(1)	In the case of ad hoc regional aid supplementing aid awarded under aid scheme(s), please indicate both the aid intensity granted under the scheme and the intensity of the ad hoc aid