For guarantee schemes, for which the EFTA Surveillance Authority has taken a non-aid decision, and especially when no solid historic data exists for the , the EFTA Surveillance Authority may request, when taking its non-aid decision for such reports to be presented, thereby clarifying on a case-by-case basis the frequency and the content of the reporting requirement.

Consequently, where a scheme only relates to guarantees for SMEs and the guaranteed amount does not exceed a threshold of EUR 2,5 million per company in that , the EFTA Surveillance Authority may accept, by way of derogation from point 3.4(d), a single yearly guarantee premium for all borrowers.

In the case where a Member State opts for the application of the various livestock aid schemes, where aid is being applied for under those aid , the timing and the minimum content of on-the-spot checks should be specified.

In this , the management committee of Fluxys SA, which will not be controlled by the parties, will be the exclusive decision maker as regards the global investment programmes concerning the regulated gas infrastructures,

Under the risk-sharing the budgetary guarantee should cover, in addition to political risks arising from currency non transfer, expropriation, war or civil disturbance, those arising from denial of justice upon breach of certain contracts by the third country government or other authorities.

Under the current risk-sharing the budgetary guarantee should cover political risks arising from currency non transfer, expropriation, war or civil disturbance and denial of justice upon breach of certain contracts by the third-country government or other authorities.

However, in the light of recent and future judgments in the cases on the 2011 and 2012 adjustment of salaries and pensions and in the case on the 2011 adjustment of the rate of contribution to the pension , the result of this adjustment may be subject to change.

However, in the light of recent and future judgments in the cases on the 2011 and 2012 adjustment of salaries and pensions and in the case on the 2011 adjustment of the rate of contribution to the pension , the result of this adjustment may be subject to change.

In its decision to open the formal investigation procedure in respect of the Unpaid R & D Labour the Authority took the view that aid granted to undertakings under the Compensation Scheme would qualify as de minimis aid under the ‘de minimis Regulation’ [12].

The question is therefore whether the alternative heating scheme has the effect of granting an indirect economic advantage to the undertakings active in the sectors of the heating technologies covered by the .The Authority does not share the view of the Norwegian authorities according to which the existence of indirect aid depends on whether the ultimate and predominant aim is to provide aid to undertakings, so that only schemes that are constructed to circumvent the prohibition on state aid can constitute indirect aid.

By limiting the temporal scope of the , the Authority considers that the Norwegian authorities have confined the potential State aid to the context of the current situation on financial markets and the serious disturbance presently existing in the Norwegian economy.

In the context of regional aid , the Authority will apply the general rules set out in its Guidelines or future amendments thereto.

For this reason, when examining regional aid , the Authority will systematically seek an undertaking from the EFTA State that the full text of the final aid scheme will be published on the internet and that the internet address of the publication will be communicated to the Authority.

For this reason, when examining risk capital aid , the Authority will systematically require the EFTA State concerned to publish the full text of all final aid schemes on the Internet and to communicate the internet address of the publication to the Authority.

For this reason, when examining R&D&I aid , the Authority will systematically require the EFTA State concerned to publish the full text of all final aid schemes on the internet and to communicate the internet address of the publication to the Authority.

For this reason, when examining environmental aid , the Authority will systematically require the EFTA State concerned to publish the full text of all final aid schemes on the Internet and to communicate the Internet address of the publication to the Authority.

As regards the one-off nature of the , the authorities responsible explained that this term was used to mean that the scheme cannot be combined with other schemes, that it is exclusively for undertakings remaining on the list and that it cannot be used for other operations: once the list has been exhausted, the scheme will no longer have any legal or financial effects.

In the case of an unlawful and incompatible aid , the Authority is not able to quantify the amount of incompatible aid to be recovered from each beneficiary.

When it adopts a recovery decision regarding aid , the Authority is normally not in a position to identify, in the decision itself, all the undertakings that have received unlawful and incompatible aid.

As regards compatibility of the Mortgage Loan , the Icelandic authorities also refer to previous arguments made to the Authority regarding the systemic importance of the savings banks in Iceland – see, for example, a letter from the Central Bank of Iceland dated 19.5.2009, confirming the necessity of the measures (Annex 5 to the notification).