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| 16.12.2006 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 308/4 |
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16.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 308/4

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Authorisation for State aid pursuant to Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 308/05)

| Date of adoption of the decision | 15.11.2006 |
| --- | --- |
| Reference number of the aid | NN 76/04 (ex N 263/04) |
| Member State | United Kingdom |
| Region | Whole country |
| Title | Compulsory Scrapie Flock Scheme |
| Legal basis | The UK domestic legislation in force to enforce the requirements of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as amended by Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 260/2003 of 12 February 2003, 1915/2003 of 30 October 2003 and 1492/2004 of 23 August 2004 |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Objective | Enforcing by the UK authorities the requirements of Community veterinary legislation to eradicate transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in ovine and caprine animals |
| Form of aid | Direct grant |
| Budget | Maximum of GBP 12 600 000 per year |
| Intensity | Variable |
| Duration (period) | 2003-08 |
| Economic sectors | Agriculture |
| Name and address of the granting authority | The scheme will be administered by the National Scrapie Plan Administration Centre (NSPAC) in Great Britain and by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) in Northern Ireland as part of their respective National Scrapie Plans. The participants in NSPAC will be the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in conjunction with the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD) and the Welsh Assembly Government's Department for Environment, Planning and Countryside (DEPC). Mundane operational activities at the farm level will be conducted by the State Veterinary Service (SVS) in Great Britain and DARD in Northern Ireland |

Date of adoption of the decision

15.11.2006

Reference number of the aid

NN 76/04 (ex N 263/04)

Member State

United Kingdom

Region

Whole country

Title

Compulsory Scrapie Flock Scheme

Legal basis

The UK domestic legislation in force to enforce the requirements of Annex VII to Regulation (EC) No 999/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council, as amended by Commission Regulations (EC) Nos 260/2003 of 12 February 2003, 1915/2003 of 30 October 2003 and 1492/2004 of 23 August 2004

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

Enforcing by the UK authorities the requirements of Community veterinary legislation to eradicate transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE) in ovine and caprine animals

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Maximum of GBP 12 600 000 per year

Intensity

Variable

Duration (period)

2003-08

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority

The scheme will be administered by the National Scrapie Plan Administration Centre (NSPAC) in Great Britain and by the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) in Northern Ireland as part of their respective National Scrapie Plans. The participants in NSPAC will be the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) in conjunction with the Scottish Executive Environment and Rural Affairs Department (SEERAD) and the Welsh Assembly Government's Department for Environment, Planning and Countryside (DEPC). Mundane operational activities at the farm level will be conducted by the State Veterinary Service (SVS) in Great Britain and DARD in Northern Ireland

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

| Date of adoption of the decision | 15.11.2006 |
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| Reference number of the aid | N 153/06 |
| Member State | Spain |
| Region | Andalusia |
| Title | Aid for obligatory phytosanitary measures |
| Legal basis | Orden de ... de ... de 2005, para la aplicación de las medidas fitosanitarias obligatorias incluidas en los Programas Nacionales de control y lucha contra las plagas, en función de la declaración oficial ede la existencia de plagas en el ámbito de la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía, establecimiento de las correspondientes medidas de control y ayudas para su ejecución |
| Type of measure | Scheme |
| Objective | Risk management — plant diseases |
| Form of aid | Grant |
| Budget | EUR 1 700 000 |
| Intensity | Variable |
| Duration | 2006 |
| Economic sectors | Agriculture |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Consejería de Agricultura y Pesca |
| Junta de Andalucía |
| Calle Tabladilla s/n |
| E-41013 Sevilla |

Date of adoption of the decision

15.11.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 153/06

Member State

Spain

Region

Andalusia

Title

Aid for obligatory phytosanitary measures

Legal basis

Orden de ... de ... de 2005, para la aplicación de las medidas fitosanitarias obligatorias incluidas en los Programas Nacionales de control y lucha contra las plagas, en función de la declaración oficial ede la existencia de plagas en el ámbito de la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía, establecimiento de las correspondientes medidas de control y ayudas para su ejecución

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Risk management — plant diseases

Form of aid

Grant

Budget

EUR 1 700 000

Intensity

Variable

Duration

2006

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority

Consejería de Agricultura y Pesca

Junta de Andalucía

Calle Tabladilla s/n

E-41013 Sevilla

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

| Date of adoption of the decision | 15.11.2006 |
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| Reference number of the aid | N 167/06 et N 213/06 |
| Member State | Spain |
| Title | Aid regime for elimination of damages caused in agricultural productions and infrastructures in the agricultural sector by the passage of the tropical storm ‘Delta’ |
| Legal basis | N 167/06: | «Decreto 227/05, de 13 de diciembre, de ayudas, subvenciones y ayudas de carácter excepcional para reparar los daños producidos por el paso de la tormenta tropical “Delta” por el archipiélago canario los días 28 y 29 de noviembre.» |

Date of adoption of the decision

15.11.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 167/06 et N 213/06

Member State

Spain

Title

Aid regime for elimination of damages caused in agricultural productions and infrastructures in the agricultural sector by the passage of the tropical storm ‘Delta’

Legal basis

N 167/06:

«Decreto 227/05, de 13 de diciembre, de ayudas, subvenciones y ayudas de carácter excepcional para reparar los daños producidos por el paso de la tormenta tropical “Delta” por el archipiélago canario los días 28 y 29 de noviembre.»

| | «Orden de 29 de diciembre de 2005, por la que se convocan anticipadamente para el ejercicio 2006, ayudas a los daños producidos en las producciones e infraestructura en el sector agrario, previstas en el Decreto territorial 227/2005, de ayudas, subvenciones y ayudas de carácter excepcional por el paso de la tormenta tropical “Delta” por el archipiélago canario los días 28 y 29 de noviembre.» |
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«Orden de 29 de diciembre de 2005, por la que se convocan anticipadamente para el ejercicio 2006, ayudas a los daños producidos en las producciones e infraestructura en el sector agrario, previstas en el Decreto territorial 227/2005, de ayudas, subvenciones y ayudas de carácter excepcional por el paso de la tormenta tropical “Delta” por el archipiélago canario los días 28 y 29 de noviembre.»

| | «Borrador de convenio de colaboración entre la Consejería de agricultura, ganadería, pesca y alimentación y el excelentísimo Cabildo insular de Lanzarote con el objeto realizar las actuaciones necesarias para la reposición de los enarenados de las fincas agrícolas de la isla de Lanzarote que fueron afectados por la tormenta tropical “Delta” a su paso por el el archipiélago canario los días 28 y 29 de noviembre.» |
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«Borrador de convenio de colaboración entre la Consejería de agricultura, ganadería, pesca y alimentación y el excelentísimo Cabildo insular de Lanzarote con el objeto realizar las actuaciones necesarias para la reposición de los enarenados de las fincas agrícolas de la isla de Lanzarote que fueron afectados por la tormenta tropical “Delta” a su paso por el el archipiélago canario los días 28 y 29 de noviembre.»

N 213/06:

| | «Real Decreto-ley 14/2005, de 2 de diciembre, por el que se establecen medidas urgentes para reparar los daños causados por la tormenta tropical Delta en el archipiélago canario los días 28 y 29 de noviembre 2005.» |
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«Real Decreto-ley 14/2005, de 2 de diciembre, por el que se establecen medidas urgentes para reparar los daños causados por la tormenta tropical Delta en el archipiélago canario los días 28 y 29 de noviembre 2005.»

| | «Orden de 29 de diciembre de 2005, por la que se convocan anticipadamente para el ejercicio 2006, ayudas a los daños producidos en las producciones e infraestrucura en el sector agrario, previstas en el Decreto territorial 227/2005, de 13 de diciembre, de ayudas, subvenciones y medidas de carácter excepcional por el paso de la tormenta tropical “Delta”». |
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«Orden de 29 de diciembre de 2005, por la que se convocan anticipadamente para el ejercicio 2006, ayudas a los daños producidos en las producciones e infraestrucura en el sector agrario, previstas en el Decreto territorial 227/2005, de 13 de diciembre, de ayudas, subvenciones y medidas de carácter excepcional por el paso de la tormenta tropical “Delta”».

| | «Orden INT/4111/2005, de 29 de diciembre, por la que se determinan los municipios a los que son de aplicación las medidas previstas en el Real Decreto-ley 14/2005, de 2 de diciembre». |
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«Orden INT/4111/2005, de 29 de diciembre, por la que se determinan los municipios a los que son de aplicación las medidas previstas en el Real Decreto-ley 14/2005, de 2 de diciembre».

| | «Proyecto de Orden por la que se desarrolla el artículo 4 del Real Decreto-ley 14/2005, de 2 de diciembre, por el que se establecen medidas urgentes para reparar los daños causados por la tormenta tropical Delta en el archipiélago canario los días 28 y 29 de noviembre 2005.» |
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«Proyecto de Orden por la que se desarrolla el artículo 4 del Real Decreto-ley 14/2005, de 2 de diciembre, por el que se establecen medidas urgentes para reparar los daños causados por la tormenta tropical Delta en el archipiélago canario los días 28 y 29 de noviembre 2005.»

Type of measure

Scheme

Objective

Risk management — natural disaster

Form of aid

Grant

Budget

EUR 5 008 822,05

Intensity

Up to 100 %

Duration

Ad hoc — 2006

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority

| Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería |
| --- |
| Pesca y Alimentación del Gobierno de Canarias |
| C/José Manuel Guimerá 8 |
| E-38071 Santa Cruz de Tenerife |

Consejería de Agricultura, Ganadería

Pesca y Alimentación del Gobierno de Canarias

C/José Manuel Guimerá 8

E-38071 Santa Cruz de Tenerife

| Plaza de los Derechos Humanos 22 |
| --- |
| E-35071 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria |

Plaza de los Derechos Humanos 22

E-35071 Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

| Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación |
| --- |
| C/Miguel Angel 23 |
| E-28010 Madrid |

Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación

C/Miguel Angel 23

E-28010 Madrid

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

| Date of adoption of the decision | 15.11.2006 |
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| Reference number of the aid | N 192/06 |
| Member State | Italy |
| Region | Marche |
| Title | Compensation for the removal and destruction of poultry found dead on farms. |
| Legal basis | Deliberazione della Giunta regionale (Marche), n. 1458 del 23.11.2005 e decreto di applicazione, n. 47 del 28.12.2005. |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Objective | To compensate the costs sustained by farmers to remove and destroy dead animals |
| Form of aid | Direct grant |
| Budget | EUR 300 000 for the entire scheme |
| Intensity | Up to 70 % of eligible costs |
| Duration | Up to 31 December 2007 |
| Economic sectors | A — Agriculture (livestock farming) |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Regione Marche |
| Via Gentile da Fabriano |
| I-96100 Ancona |

Date of adoption of the decision

15.11.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 192/06

Member State

Italy

Region

Marche

Title

Compensation for the removal and destruction of poultry found dead on farms.

Legal basis

Deliberazione della Giunta regionale (Marche), n. 1458 del 23.11.2005 e decreto di applicazione, n. 47 del 28.12.2005.

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

To compensate the costs sustained by farmers to remove and destroy dead animals

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

EUR 300 000 for the entire scheme

Intensity

Up to 70 % of eligible costs

Duration

Up to 31 December 2007

Economic sectors

A — Agriculture (livestock farming)

Name and address of the granting authority

Regione Marche

Via Gentile da Fabriano

I-96100 Ancona

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

| Date of adoption of the decision | 15.11.2006 |
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| Reference number of the aid | N 366/06 |
| Member State | Czech Republic |
| Title | Aid for health checks on plant propagating material using the immuno-enzymatic and PCR methods |
| Legal basis | Zákon č. 252/1997 o zemědělství;
  Zákon č. 326/2004 o rostlinolékařské péči;
  Zákon č. 219/2003 o uvádění do oběhu osiva a sadby pěstovaných rostlin |
| Type of measure | aid scheme |
| Objective | Aid towards the costs of mandatory testing of plant propagating material |
| Form of aid | Direct grant |
| Budget | Total: CZK 48 000 000
  Annual: CZK 8 000 000 |
| Intensity | up to 60 % of testing costs |
| Duration | 2007-2012 |
| Economic sectors | Agriculture |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Ministerstvo zemědělství |
| Těšnov 17 |
| CZ-117 05 Praha 1 |

Date of adoption of the decision

15.11.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 366/06

Member State

Czech Republic

Title

Aid for health checks on plant propagating material using the immuno-enzymatic and PCR methods

Legal basis

Zákon č. 252/1997 o zemědělství;

Zákon č. 326/2004 o rostlinolékařské péči;

Zákon č. 219/2003 o uvádění do oběhu osiva a sadby pěstovaných rostlin

Type of measure

aid scheme

Objective

Aid towards the costs of mandatory testing of plant propagating material

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

Total: CZK 48 000 000

Annual: CZK 8 000 000

Intensity

up to 60 % of testing costs

Duration

2007-2012

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministerstvo zemědělství

Těšnov 17

CZ-117 05 Praha 1

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

| Date of adoption of the decision | 15.11.2006 |
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| Reference number of the aid | N 467/06 |
| Member State | Italy |
| Region | Basilicata |
| Title | Interventi nelle zone agricole colpite da calamità naturali (piogge alluvionali dal 28 febbraio 2006 al 2 marzo 2006) |
| Legal basis | Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004 |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Objective | To compensate for damage to farm structures as a result of bad weather |
| Form of aid | Direct grant |
| Budget | See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04) |
| Intensity | Up to 80 % |
| Duration | Until the final payment is made |
| Economic sectors | Agriculture |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Ministero delle Politiche agricole e forestali |
| Via XX settembre, 20 |
| I-00187 Roma |

Date of adoption of the decision

15.11.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 467/06

Member State

Italy

Region

Basilicata

Title

Interventi nelle zone agricole colpite da calamità naturali (piogge alluvionali dal 28 febbraio 2006 al 2 marzo 2006)

Legal basis

Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

To compensate for damage to farm structures as a result of bad weather

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

Intensity

Up to 80 %

Duration

Until the final payment is made

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority

Ministero delle Politiche agricole e forestali

Via XX settembre, 20

I-00187 Roma

Other information

Measure applying the scheme approved by the Commission under State aid NN 54/A/2004 (Commission letter C(2005) 1622 final, dated 7 June 2005)

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

| Date of adoption of the decision | 15.11.2006 |
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| Reference number of the aid | N 498/06 |
| Member State | France |
| Region | Limousin |
| Title | Aide à la reconstitution des prairies endommagées par la sécheresse exceptionnelle de l'été 2005 |
| Legal basis | Arrêtés du 29 septembre 2005 portant les départements de la Corrèze, Creuse et Haute Vienne sinistrés avec pertes de récolte sur les praires, pâtures et landes.
  Décision du Conseil régional du 23 mars 2006 de mettre en place un dispositif régional d'aide aux agriculteurs victimes de la sécheresse. |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Objective | To regenerate damaged grassland through aid for the purchase of seed in the Corrèze, Creuse and Haute-Vienne departments |
| Form of aid | Direct grant |
| Budget | EUR 450 000 |
| Intensity | Up to 50 % of the cost of the seed |
| Duration | Until June 2007 |
| Economic sectors | Agriculture |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Conseil Régional du Limousin |
| 27 boulevard de la Corderie |
| F-87000 Limoges |

Date of adoption of the decision

15.11.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 498/06

Member State

France

Region

Limousin

Title

Aide à la reconstitution des prairies endommagées par la sécheresse exceptionnelle de l'été 2005

Legal basis

Arrêtés du 29 septembre 2005 portant les départements de la Corrèze, Creuse et Haute Vienne sinistrés avec pertes de récolte sur les praires, pâtures et landes.

Décision du Conseil régional du 23 mars 2006 de mettre en place un dispositif régional d'aide aux agriculteurs victimes de la sécheresse.

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

To regenerate damaged grassland through aid for the purchase of seed in the Corrèze, Creuse and Haute-Vienne departments

Form of aid

Direct grant

Budget

EUR 450 000

Intensity

Up to 50 % of the cost of the seed

Duration

Until June 2007

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority

Conseil Régional du Limousin

27 boulevard de la Corderie

F-87000 Limoges

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

| Date of adoption of the decision | 15.11.2006 |
| --- | --- |
| Reference number of the aid | N 629/06 |
| Member State | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Region | Uckermark in Brandenburg |
| Title | Verein zur Erhaltung und Rekultivierung von Nutzpflanzen in Brandenburg (VERN e.V.) |
| Herbert Lohner |
| Burgstraße 20 |
| 16278 Greiffenberg-Angermünde |

Date of adoption of the decision

15.11.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 629/06

Member State

Federal Republic of Germany

Region

Uckermark in Brandenburg

Title

Verein zur Erhaltung und Rekultivierung von Nutzpflanzen in Brandenburg (VERN e.V.)

Herbert Lohner

Burgstraße 20

16278 Greiffenberg-Angermünde

Legal basis

Zuwendungsbescheid für die Durchführung eines Modell- und Demonstrationsvorhabens im Bereich der biologischen Vielfalt: „Wiedereinführung alter Salatsorten zur regionalen Vermarktung“

Type of measure

Individual aid

Objective

Biodiversity

Form of aid

Grant

Budget

EUR 39 157

Intensity

maximum 100 %

Duration (period)

28 months

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority

| Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE) |
| --- |
| Referat 514 — Projektträger Agrarforschung |
| D-53168 Bonn |

Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung (BLE)

Referat 514 — Projektträger Agrarforschung

D-53168 Bonn

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

| Date of adoption of the decision | 15.11.2006 |
| --- | --- |
| Reference number of the aid | N 689/06 |
| Member State | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Region | Brandenburg |
| Title | Promotion of performance testing and additional measures in livestock breeding |
| Legal basis | Richtlinie des Ministeriums für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und Raumordnung über die Gewährung von Prämien für die Förderung von Leistungsprüfungen und weiteren Maßnahmen in der Tierzucht |
| Type of measure | Aid scheme |
| Objective | To maintain and improve the performance and vigour of farm animals |
| Form of aid | Subsidy |
| Budget | EUR 1 200 000 |
| Instensity | Variable |
| Duration | 2007-08 |
| Economic sectors | Agriculture |
| Name and address of the granting authority | Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz |
| Ringstr. 1010 |
| D-15236 Frankfurt/O. |

Date of adoption of the decision

15.11.2006

Reference number of the aid

N 689/06

Member State

Federal Republic of Germany

Region

Brandenburg

Title

Promotion of performance testing and additional measures in livestock breeding

Legal basis

Richtlinie des Ministeriums für Landwirtschaft, Umwelt und Raumordnung über die Gewährung von Prämien für die Förderung von Leistungsprüfungen und weiteren Maßnahmen in der Tierzucht

Type of measure

Aid scheme

Objective

To maintain and improve the performance and vigour of farm animals

Form of aid

Subsidy

Budget

EUR 1 200 000

Instensity

Variable

Duration

2007-08

Economic sectors

Agriculture

Name and address of the granting authority

Landesamt für Verbraucherschutz

Ringstr. 1010

D-15236 Frankfurt/O.

The authentic text(s) of the decision, from which all confidential information has been removed, can be found at:

http://ec.europa.eu/community_law/state_aids/

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