ANNOUNCEMENT 23 Sep 2009
In September 2009, the government of Poland announced a change in private-sector financial support.NUMBER OF INTERVENTIONS
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Official letter from the EC to Poland on the initiation of the investigation, Brussels 10.12.2008:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/cases/228778/228778_911667_17_1.pdf
Official letter from the EC to Poland on the decision, Brussels 23.9.2009:
http://ec.europa.eu/competition/state_aid/cases/228778/228778_997189_81_1.pdf
Press release by the EC on the 23.9.2009, IP/09/1348:
http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-09-1348_en.htm
On 23 September 2009, the European Commission allowed Polish authorities to grant regional aid to the Dell Products (Poland) Sp. z o.o. The aid worth EUR 54.5 million (PLN 159.92 million) was used to build a new production line for desktops, notebooks and servers in the Lodzkie region. The total cost of the project amounts to EUR 189.58 million.
The beneficiary is the Polish subsidiary of the Dell Inc. of the United States producing personal computers, servers, smartphones televisions and peripherals.
The aid will be granted to Dell Products Poland in the form of:
Furthermore, through Commission Regulation No 1628/2006 of October 2006, the beneficiary company was granted tax exemptions worth PLN 56.445 million in the form of:
In total, the beneficiary shall receive aid between 2009 and 2017 worth PLN 216.365 million.
A state measure in the GTA database is assessed solely in terms of the extent to which its implementation affects the extent of discrimination against foreign commercial interests. The subsidy recipient produces internationally tradable goods. On this metric, the state aid proposed here is discriminatory.
Tax or social insurance relief
On 23 September 2009, the European Commission allowed Polish authorities to grant regional aid to the Dell Products (Poland) Sp. z o.o. The aid worth EUR 54.5 million (PLN 159.92 million) was used to build a new production line for desktops, notebooks and servers in the Lodzkie region. The total cost of the project amounts to EUR 189.58 million.
The beneficiary is the Polish subsidiary of the Dell Inc. of the United States producing personal computers, servers, smartphones televisions and peripherals.
The aid will be granted to Dell Products Poland in the form of:
Furthermore, through Commission Regulation No 1628/2006 of October 2006, the beneficiary company was granted tax exemptions worth PLN 56.445 million in the form of:
In total, the beneficiary shall receive aid between 2009 and 2017 worth PLN 216.365 million.
A state measure in the GTA database is assessed solely in terms of the extent to which its implementation affects the extent of discrimination against foreign commercial interests. The subsidy recipient produces internationally tradable goods. On this metric, the state aid proposed here is discriminatory.