Betekenis van:
shetland islands
shetland islands
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- an archipelago of about 100 islands in the North Atlantic off the north coast of Scotland
Synoniemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- Shetland Islands
- Investments of Shetland Leasing and Property Developments Ltd in the Shetland Islands (United Kingdom)
- The Shetland Islands Council (SIC), a public authority in Shetland, set up two trusts, the Shetland Development Trust (Development Trust) and the Shetland Islands Council Charitable Trust (Charitable Trust).
- The aid has been granted by the Shetland Islands Council from state resources.
- By letter dated 15 June 2004, the Commission was informed by a citizen of the United Kingdom of unlawful aid granted by the Shetland Islands Council, the public authority in the Shetland Islands of the United Kingdom.
- The area is defined as the mainland of Scotland, including the islands off the west coast, Orkney and Shetland.
- In that respect, the United Kingdom made reference to Commission Decision 2003/612/EC of 3 June 2003 on loans for the purchase of fishing quotas in the Shetland Islands (United Kingdom) [6] and Commission Decision 2006/226/EC of 7 December 2005 on Investments of Shetland Leasing and Property Developments in the Shetland Islands (United Kingdom) [7], stating that until 3 June 2003, the Shetland Islands Council legitimately considered the funds used for such aid to be private rather than public.
- In this respect, the United Kingdom made reference to Commission Decision 2003/612/EC of 3 June 2003 on loans for the purchase of fishing quotas in the Shetland Islands (United Kingdom) [5] as well as to Commission Decision 2006/226/EC of 7 December 2005 on investments of Shetland Leasing and Property Developments in the Shetland Islands (United Kingdom) [6], stating that until 3 June 2003 the Shetland Islands Council legitimately considered the funds used to be private rather than public.
- In that respect, the United Kingdom made reference to Commission Decision 2003/612/EC of 3 June 2003 on loans for the purchase of fishing quotas in the Shetland Islands (United Kingdom) [10] and Commission Decision 2006/226/EC of 7 December 2005 on Investments of Shetland Leasing and Property Developments in the Shetland Islands (United Kingdom) [11], stating that until 3 June 2003 the Shetland Islands Council legitimately considered the funds used for such aid to be private rather than public.
- Just as in that case, the actions of SLAP were considered to be the actions of a private company, concerning private funding from the Shetland Islands Charitable Trust.
- All continental and coastal areas within Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey except South West Shetland Islands
- By letter dated 15 June 2004, the Commission was informed by a citizen of the United Kingdom of unlawful aid granted by the Shetland Islands Council, the public authority of the Shetlands Islands of the United Kingdom.
- By letter dated 15 June 2004, the Commission was informed by a citizen of the United Kingdom that the Shetland Islands Council, the public authority in the Shetland Islands of the United Kingdom had implemented aid to the fisheries sector, which possibly concerned illegal state aid.
- Finally, as regards the loan granted to D Watt (Shetland) Ltd in 1998, the United Kingdom stated that although the original interest rate for this loan was 8 %, it had been reduced to 5 % trough an interest reduction grant of GBP 20000 paid directly to the lender by the Shetland Islands Council.
- The aid has been granted by the Shetland Islands Council from state resources and benefited Shetland Fish Products Limited, which operates in direct competition with other companies in the fisheries sector, both within the United Kingdom and in other Member States.