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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2000/C 252/02)

Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Member State: Italy (Toscana)

Aid No: N 679/99

Title: Aids for the improvement of the genetic quality of livestock

Objective: Improvement of the genetic quality of livestock

Legal basis: Legge regionale 14.1.1998, n. 1

Budget: Variable, yearly allocation

Duration: Indefinite

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Member State: Italy (Lazio)

Aid No: N 696/99

Title: Three-year agricultural research programme - Article 94 of Regional Law No 6/1999

Objective: Horizontal assistance to implement the guidelines on agricultural research and experimentation policy in the Lazio multiannual rural and agri-industrial development programme (1999-2003)

Legal basis: (1) Istituzione del fondo speciale per la ricerca e la sperimentazione agricola, agroambientale, agroalimentare ed agroindustriale.

Rif: art. 94 l.r. 7.6.1999 n. 6 "Disposizioni finanziarie per la redazione del Bilancio finanziario della regione Lazio 1999"

(2) Programma triennale di ricerca agricola, agroambientale, agroalimentare ed agroindustriale della Regione Lazio 1999-2001 (PRAL).

Rif: Deliberazione della Giunta regionale del Lazio n. 5037 del 5 ottobre 1997

Budget: ITL 5700 million (approximately EUR 2,5 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Three years

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Member State: Belgium (Vlaanderen)

Aid No: N 84/2000

Title: State aid for PCB-tests for manure

Budget: BEF 2250000 (EUR 55000)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

Duration: One-off

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Member State: Italy (Lombardy)

Aid No: N 99/2000

Title: Aid towards the costs of checks on PDO and PGI products

Objective: See title

Legal basis: Allegato alla deliberazione 22 dicembre 1999, n. 47309 Criteri e modalità per l'accesso ai contributi previsti dall'azione 3 "Attivazione di un sistema di controllo sui prodotti DOP e IGP riconosciuti ai sensi del regolamento (CEE) n. 2081/92"

Budget: Unspecified

Aid intensity or amount: - 1st year: 100 %

- 2nd year: 85 %

- 3rd year: 70 %

- 4th year: 55 %

- 5th year: 40 %

- 6th year: 25 %

Duration: 31 December 2000

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Member State: France

Aid No: N 174/2000

Title: Measures to assist sheep farmers

Objective: To boost the sheep-farming sector

Budget: - technical support for sheep farmers: EUR 3811000

- genetic improvement of herds: EUR 6097000

- assistance towards investment in sheep farms: EUR 8384000

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 187/2000

Title: Compensation for storm damage in the forestry sector

Objective: To partially compensate for the damage to forest land inflicted by the storm "Lothar" in December 1999

Legal basis: Grundsätze zur Förderung von Maßnahmen zur Restrukturierung der durch den Orkan "Lothar" am 26.12.1999 geschädigten Wälder in den Jahren 2000 bis 2002

Budget: Nationally financed

- 2000: DEM 35 million

- 2001: DEM 20 million

- 2002: DEM 10 million

Aid intensity or amount: Variable, maximally 85 % of eligible costs

Duration: The measure will be valid until 2002

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Member State: Spain (Asturias)

Aid No: N 242/2000

Title: Aid to producer groups

Objective: To improve the marketing of agricultural products by means of start-up aid for producer groups

Legal basis: Proyecto de Resolución por la que se aprueban las normas que regirán la concesión de ayudas económicas destinadas a promover la constitución y funcionamiento administrativo de las agrupaciones de productores y sus uniones para el año 2000

Budget: ESP 20 million (EUR 120202,42)

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % in the first year, afterwards reduced by 20 % per year

Duration: 2000

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Member State: Spain (Asturias)

Aid No: N 243/2000

Title: Aid to purchase agricultural material

Objective: Promoting restocking and forestry work

Legal basis: Resolución por la que se aprueban las bases que regirán la concesión de ayudas para la adquisición de maquinaria para las labores de repoblación y tratamientos silvícolas

Budget: ESP 35 million (EUR 210354,34)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 35 % of the investment volume

Duration: 2000

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 303/2000

Title: Contributions to the compensation fund for farms affected by the dioxin crisis

Objective: To compensate holdings affected by the dioxin crisis

Legal basis: Projet d'arrêté royal relatif aux cotisations obligatoires dues par le secteur de l'alimentation animale au Fonds pour l'indemnisation d'entreprises agricoles touchées par la crise de la dioxine

/Ontwerp van koninklijk besluit betreffende verplichte bijdragen van de veevoedersector aan het Fonds voor de schadeloosstelling van ondernemingen getroffen door de dioxinecrisis

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % where the aid is combined

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Date of adoption of the decision: 28.7.2000

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 339/2000

Title: Measures to assist the storage of potatoes produced in 1999

Objective: To keep up the market price of edible potatoes

Legal basis: Legge n. 610 del 14.8.1982, art. 1. Delibera CIPE del 21.12.1999

Budget: ITL 4,5 billion

Aid intensity or amount: Max. ITL 14/kg/month for a maximum of 4 months for storage. Max. ITL 4/kg to the national unions of producers for services to AIMA

Duration: One year

Other information: The products in question, although they come under Annex I to the Treaty, are not covered by a common organisation of the market. Therefore the Treaty does not permit the Commission to raise objections to national aid in the sector concerned

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Date of adoption of the decision: 1.8.2000

Member State: Spain (Valencia)

Aid No: N 570/99

Title: Aid to stockfarming

Objective: To carry out investments and quality control programmes on farms

Legal basis: Proyecto de orden por la que se establecen ayudas a inversiones y programas de control de calidad desarrollados en explotaciones ganaderas

Budget: ESP11000 million (EUR 66,14 million), including Community funding under the EAGGF Guidance section

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the aid

Duration: Until 2006

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