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Taxonomy: Type of Measure - Bail out / state aid measure


U.S. Virgin Islands: Use of U.S. rum-tax revenue to subsidize rum production

Measure #1551 | Published 24 Jun 2010 ▲

Description

The government of the U.S. Virgin Islands has lured a rum producer from Puerto Rico by granting it a multi-billion dollar subsidy.

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Botswana: Subsidies and loans for textile sector

Measure #1512 | Published 8 Jun 2010 | Inception 28 Jan 2010 ▲

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In response to greater import competition from East Asia and the global economic downturn in general, the Government of Botswana decided in January 2010 to introduce an employment-related subsidy and special loans for eligibile textile companies.

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Russia: Subsidies to the domestic aircraft sector

Measure #1510 | Published 8 Jun 2010 | Inception 20 Aug 2009 ▲

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By Government Decree N 690 from 20 August 2009 Russian airlines received ¾ compensation of their lease payments for Russian aircraft and ¾ of their interest payments on credits in rubles, obtained in 2002-2005 for purchasing Russian

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Russia: Car scrappage regional project by UAZ

Measure #1502 | Published 8 Jun 2010 | Inception 8 Mar 2010 ▲

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By mid-February 2010 another pilot project of car scrappage was prepared in one of the Russian states (Ul'yanovskaya oblast) to support the car production of its car plant UAZ.

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Russia: Injection of 28 billion rubles (933 million US dollars) into the charter capital of the "Russian Technologies" to support the domestic car industry

Measure #1498 | Published 7 Jun 2010 | Inception 8 Jan 2010 ▲

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a ruling (the Government Decree # 2080-p from 25 December 2009) effective from 8 January 2010 to inject 28 billion rubles (933 million Euros) into the charter capital of State Corporation "Russian

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Russia: Car scrappage regional project by GAZ

Measure #1488 | Published 7 Jun 2010 | Inception 14 Aug 2009 ▲

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By mid-August 2009 the first pilot project of car scrappage was established in one of the Russian states (Nizhegorodskaya Oblast) to support the car production of its car plant GAZ.

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Russia: Subsidies to the Russian leasing companies to buy Russian cars

Measure #1487 | Published 7 Jun 2010 | Inception 1 Sep 2009 ▲

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A one billion rubles (33,3 million US dollars) fund was made available to leasing companies to reimburse some of the expenses incurred from loans undertaken during 2009 to 2014, where the purpose of such loans was to buy the Russian domestically p

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Russia: Subsidies to the Russian domestic car producers for technology update

Measure #1486 | Published 7 Jun 2010 | Inception 2 Jun 2009 ▲

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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a ruling (the Government Decree # 262 from 30 March 2009) to provide subsidies to the domestic car industry.

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United Kingdom: Restructuring aid to Dunfermline Building Society

Measure #1480 | Published 3 Jun 2010 | Inception 30 Mar 2009 ▲

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Dunfermline Building Society is a financial services institution based in the UK.

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Sweden: State guarantee in favour of Saab Automobile AB

Measure #1479 | Published 3 Jun 2010 | Inception 1 Nov 2009 ▲

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On 2 October 2009 Sweden notified a State guarantee measure in favour of Saab Automobile AB. Saab is currently 100%-owned by General Motors of Canada Ltd, the latter being wholly owned by General Motors Corporation.
 

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