EN Official Journal of the European Union C 90/29

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 90/05)

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Italy

Aid No: NN 54 B/2004

Title: Assistance for the capitalisation of undertakings. Legislative Decree No 102/2004, Article 17

Objective: Guarantees. The guarantee scheme has been conceived in such a way that it may be considered to involve no state aid within the meaning of Article 87(1) of the Treaty: the conditions set out in point 4.3 of the Commission Notice on the application of Articles 87 and 88 of the EC Treaty to State aid in the form of guarantees have been fulfilled

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo 29 marzo 2004, n. 102, articolo 17 e Progetto di decreto del Ministero delle politiche agricole e forestali

Budget: EUR 60 million

Aid intensity or amount: The measure involves no state aid

Duration: 6 years

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: The Netherlands

Aid No: N 155/2004

Title: Aid for the production and marketing of quality meat products

Objective: To raise the quality of meat products and to establish a more environmentally friendly and energy efficient production process

Legal basis: Verordening Heffing Fonds Onderzoek en Ontwikkeling Vleesindustrie 2003

Budget: EUR 120 000 per year, to be financed by parafiscal levies of the product board for livestock and meat

Duration: Indefinite

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Germany (Hessen)

Aid No: N 348/2005

Title: Agro-Marketing Hessen — Amendment with the Product Group Eggs

Objective: The quality scheme for promotion and advertising (N 260/A/02) should be extended to eggs

Legal basis: Hessischer Agrarmarketing-Vertrag

Budget: EUR 1 549 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % for advertising measures, 100 % for participation in trade fairs and exhibitions, 100 % for training measures and consultancy

Duration: Until 31 December 2008

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Italy (Calabria)

Aid No: N 372/2004

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas which have suffered damage (frosts in January/February 2004 in the provinces of Cosenza and Catanzaro, strong winds on 16 April 2004 in the province of Reggio Calabria)

Objective: To compensate farmers for damage to agricultural production and farming structures as a result of bad weather (frosts in the provinces of Cosenza and Catanzaro in January/February 2004, and strong winds 2004 in the province of Reggio Calabria on 16 April 2004)

Legal basis: Legge n. 185/1992 e decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Budget: See the approved schemes (C 12/B/95 and NN 54/A/04)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 % of the cost of the damage

Duration: Measure applying aid schemes approved by the Commission

Other details: Measure applying the aid schemes approved by the Commission under State aid C 12/B/95 (Commission Decision 2004/307/EC of 16 December 2003) and NN 54/A/2004 (Commission letter C(2005) 1622 final, dated 7 June 2005)

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 551/2005

Title: Model measure: ‘Multiplication-oriented and input-based advisory models in privately owned forests’

Objective: To develop models for the forestry consultancy of the enterprises of the small private forest and its associations

Legal basis: Zuwendungsbescheid des Bundesministeriums für Verbraucherschutz, Ernährung und Landwirtschaft vom 7. Oktober 2005

Budget: EUR 0,3 million

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: 4 Years

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 580/C/03

Title: Programme for combating the citrus fruit disease tristeza in Calabria

Objective: Plant disease prevention measures

Legal basis: Legge n. 423 del 2 dicembre 1998

Decreti del ministero delle Politiche agricole e forestali del 29 dicembre 2003 e del 14 luglio 2004

Budget: EUR 2 958 006,78

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % (a measure does not constitute a State aid under Article 87(1) of the Treaty)

Duration: At least one year

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Germany (Bayern)

Aid No: N 647/2005

Title: Aid for Bavarian machinery rings

Objective: to enhance the cooperation between farmers

Legal basis: Gesetz zur Förderung der bayerischen Landwirtschaft

Budget: EUR 3,2 million

Aid intensity: max. 30 %

Duration: 1 year (2006)

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