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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2001/C 350/04)

Date of adoption of the decision: 5.11.2001

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 112/01

Title: Draft calls to tender for the grant of aid in the agricultural sector

Objective: To develop and upgrade agricultural production

Legal basis: Legge Regionale 8 aprile 1997, n. 10 che istituisce il Fondo regionale per lo sviluppo della montagna

Budget: ITL 500 million (EUR 258228,45) and ITL 450 million (EUR 232405,6 respectively)

Aid intensity or amount: 40 % for investments in the processing and marketing of agricultural products, 50 % and 55 % (young farmers) for investments in farm holdings (less-favoured areas)

Duration: One year

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Date of adoption of the decision: 5.11.2001

Member State: Portugal

Aid No: N 208/01

Title: Aid for paying insurance premiums in the stockfarming sector

Objective: To promote the acquisition of insurance policies in the stockfarming sector

Legal basis: Projecto de decreto-lei relativo ao Seguro do Sector Pecuário

Budget: Estimated annual budget: between PTE 389 million (EUR 1940324) and PTE 650 million (EUR 3242186)

Aid intensity or amount: Between 25 % and 50 % of the cost of the insurance premium

Duration: Unspecified

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Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2001

Member State: Germany (Thüringen)

Aid No: N 245/01

Title: Rescue aid for the firm "Die Thüringer"

Objective: Enable the firm to remain in business until the Commission has decided on the restructuring to be submitted by the German authorities

Legal basis: Thüringer Landes-Haushaltsordnung

Budget: DEM 1900000 (EUR 971454)

Aid intensity or amount: One-off loan for a period of six months. The interest rate is 6,6 %

Duration: Six months

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 355/2000

Title: Programme to control agricultural pollution (PMPOA)

Objective: To increase effluent storage capacity on holdings

Budget: EUR 147 million per year (EUR 885 million 2001-2006) in vulnerable areas

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum 65 % of expenditure

Duration: Until the end of 2006

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 30.10.2001

Member State: Italy (Lombardy)

Aid No: N 411/01

Title: Income support to beef farms in crisis due to BSE

Objective: Short-term interest rate subsidies for livestock farmers whose animals have not been hit by BSE

Legal basis: Intervento a sostegno del reddito delle aziende agricole di allevamento bovino in crisi per la BSE relativamente al credito agevolato

Budget: ITL 4500 million (approximately EUR 2324060)

Aid intensity or amount: 3,5 % of the amount of the loan

Duration: One year

Other information: Lombardy undertakes to submit an annual report to the Commission on the implementation of this measure

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

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Date of adoption of the decision: 5.11.2001

Member State: Spain

Aid No: N 438/01

Title: Aid for the advertising and promotion of flowers and plants

Objective: To promote marketing and consumption of the products concerned

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden del Ministerio de Agricultura, Pesca y Alimentación, por el que se establecen las bases reguladoras y la convocatoria para la concesión de subvenciones para acciones de promoción de la comercialización y el consumo de flores y plantas vivas

Budget: ESP 51500000 (EUR 309521,23) in 2001

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % of the cost of promotion and advertising measures

Duration: One year

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Date of adoption of the decision: 5.11.2001

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 566/01

Title: Project NIMF (N-Impuls: milieukundige en financiële effecten) (N-impulse: environmental and financial effects)

Objective: The aim of the project is to acquire knowledge and to disseminate information regarding nitrate reduction in the environment

Legal basis: Beschikking Gedeputeerde Staten Provincie Gelderland

Budget: NLG 1324500 (EUR 601031,90)

Aid intensity or amount: Maximum NLG 11000 per participant (EUR 4991,58)

Duration: 2001-2002, with the monitoring extending to 2003

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

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