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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

(2005/C 107/03)

Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: France

Aid No: NN 154/2003

Title: Comprehensive plan for farmers hit by drought in 2003

Objective: To compensate for losses caused by the drought

Budget: +/- EUR 664 million

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 100 %

Duration: Variable

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Spain — Murcia.

Aid No: N 404/2004.

Title: Aid for investment in the agricultural products sector.

Objective: To invest in the sector of agricultural products in order to improve environmental conditions in the fruit and vegetable processing sector.

Legal basis: 

Orden de 9 de marzo de 2004 por la que se establece las bases reguladoras de la concesión de las subvenciones a las PYMES de transformación y comercialización de los productos agrarios en el sector de la conserva vegetal para la ecoeficiencia y mejora de las condiciones medioambientales y se procede a la convocatoria de las mismas.

Budget: EUR 500 000 per year.

Intensity or amount of aid: Less than 50 % of the cost of investment.

Duration: Four years.

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: United Kingdom

Aid No: N 571/2003

Title: Extension of aid No N 480/98 — Strategy of Marketing of Red Meat

Objective: The aim of the scheme is to implement the remaining elements of the scheme N 480/98: technical aid and quality improvements. Eligible costs are those for arranging and hosting visits to Northern Ireland and of consultancy fees for quality control measures.

Legal basis: Livestock Marketing Commission Act (Northern Ireland) 1967 as amended

Budget: GBP 1,9 million (EUR 2,9 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 50 %

Duration: Until 30 June 2004

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 580/A/2003

Title: Assistance for growing citrus fruit in Italy

Objective: Aid for investment, technical assistance, quality control, promotion and publicity

Legal basis: 

Legge 2 dicembre 1998, art. 1, ‘Interventi strutturali e urgenti nel settore agricolo, agrumicolo e zootecnico’

Budget: Part of an allocation of EUR 12 911 422, which is added to the budget of EUR 60 012 290 approved under State aid N 313/01

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the measures (from 30 % to 100 %; degressive in some cases)

Duration: 3 years

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 619/2003

Title: Law No 488/92 ‘Aid for productive activities in depressed areas’ — Individual aid in favour of I.C.O. OLII SrL

Objective: to grant investment aid in order to improve the quality of agricultural products in areas eligible for regional aid.

Legal basis: 

Legge n. 488/92 ‘Agevolazioni in favore delle attività produttive nelle aree depresse del paese’ — Aiuto individuale a favore della I.C.O. OLII Srl

Budget: EUR 14 526 702

Duration: the aid will be paid in three yearly instalments

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Italy (Lazio)

Aid No: N 624/03

Title: Assistance for farmers taking part in the bluetongue vaccination plan

Objective: To compensate farmers for losses as a result of mandatory vaccination of animals

Legal basis: Legge regionale 29 settembre 2003, n. 30 — Interventi a favore degli allevatori partecipanti all'attuazione del piano di sorveglianza sierologica e del piano vaccinale per la febbre catarrale degli ovini (Blue Tongue)

Proposta di deliberazione: Interventi a favore degli allevatori partecipanti all'attuazione del piano di sorveglianza sierologica e del piano vaccinale per la febbre catarrale degli ovini (Blue Tongue) — modalità e termini per la concessione dei benefici

Budget: EUR 1 426 919,51 in 2003

Aid intensity or amount: 90 % for losses due to deaths, abortions and a decline in milk production.

EUR 60 per animal per year for making animals available (with a reduction in the aid in accordance with the period over which animals are actually made available to the plan)

Duration: Unlimited

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Germany (Sachsen).

No of the aid: N 633/2003.

Title: Aid for the costs of transporting and destroying fallen stock.

Objective: Safe disposal of animal carcasses. SächsAGTierNebG provides that the costs of pick-up, transport, storage, processing and rendering fallen stock within the meaning of Tierseuchengesetz of 11.4.2001 are borne by those having the duty of disposal. Nevertheless, SächsAGTierNebG provides that the owners of animals must pay 25 % of the disposal costs. The disposal costs of carcasses of animals that have been killed within a context of veterinary measures against an animal disease are borne by the municipal districts and cities.

Legal basis: 

Sächsisches Ausführungsgesetz zum Tierische Nebenprodukte-Beseitigungsgesetz (SächsAGTierNebG).

Budget: Approximately EUR 1,5 million per year.

Aid intensity or amount: 75 % of the costs except 100 % in case of animals killed as a veterinary measure.

Duration: Until 31 December 2013.

Other information: The German authorities have specified that one year before the expiration of the contract between the Sachsen authorities and the rendering plant a tendering procedure satisfying the requirements of Community law would be organised for future carcass disposal services.

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 782/2002

Title: 2003 budget law: Articles 66, 68 and 69 of Italian Law No 289/2002

Objective: Aid to compensate farmers and to promote preventive measures in the context of implementation of the plan for the prevention and eradication of swine vesicular disease

Legal basis: 

Legge finanziaria 2003 Sostegno alla filiera agroindustriale (Legge 27/12/2002 n. 289 (Legge 27/12/2002 n. 289, articoli 66, 68 e 69

Budget: EUR 5 million

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of eligible expenditure and income aid calculated on the basis of the gross production margin, which is the difference between the value of production and specific expenditure which has not been borne by livestock farmers

Duration: Duration of the plans for the prevention and eradication of swine vesicular disease

Other information: Articles 66 and 69 of Law No Loi 289/2002 do not provide for State aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the EC Treaty

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Italy (Molise)

Aid No: NN 2/03 (ex N 650/2000)

Title: Rules on the removal of spontaneous vegetation and crop residues

Objective: To aid investment

Legal basis: 

Deliberazione n. 1653 del 15 dicembre 2003. Proposta di legge recante norme in materia di eliminazione della vegetazione spontanea infestante e dei residui delle coltivazioni

Budget: EUR 500 000 in 2004

Aid intensity or amount: Below the ceiling for de minimis aid (i.e. not considered to be State aid) or 40/50 %

Duration: 5 years

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Germany (Bremen)

Aid No: NN 2/2004

Title: Aid for destruction of carcasses

Objective: to compensate livestock farmers for the disposal of fallen stock at farm level.

Legal basis: 

Bremische Ausführungsgesetz zum Tierkörperbeseitigungsgesetz (BremAG-TierKBG) vom 15. Juni 1981 (Brem. BGl. S. 125 — 7831-k-1)

Budget: 

Aid intensity: 100 % for removal and collection costs, 75 % for destruction costs.

Duration: until 2013

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Date of adoption of the decision: 

Member State: Italy

No of the aid: NN 151/2002 ex N 113/B/2001

Title: Aids for the BSE crisis. Law 49/2001. Articles other than Article 7-bis.

Objective: Article 1 of Law 49/2001 concerns compulsory destruction of specific risk materials, of high risk materials and of products processed/obtained/derived thereof; Article 2 concerns compulsory public storage of low risk animal proteins, Article 7 ter concerns the suspension/prolongation of tax deadlines and social security obligations for beef farmers and downstream sector.

Legal basis: 

Legge 9 marzo 2001 n. 49, ‘Conversione in legge con modificazioni del decreto legge 11 gennaio 2001, n. 1 recante Disposizioni urgenti per la distruzione del materiale specifico a rischio per encefalopatie spongiformi bovine e delle proteine animali ad alto rischio, nonché per l'ammasso pubblico temporaneo delle proteine animali a basso rischio’ come modificata dalla Legge 25 luglio 2001 n. 305.

Budget: The budget of Law 49/2001, as modified by Law 305/2001, including paragraph 1 and 2 of Article 7 ter is EUR 169 846 263,00

Aid intensity or amount: As indicated in the letter to the Member State.

Duration: Articles 1 and 2: until 31 December 2001. Article 7 ter, subsection 1: six months until 31 October 2002; subsection 2: until 15 December 2001.

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