EN Official Journal of the European Union C 251/5

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 251/04)

Date of adoption of the decision 4.8.2006 Reference number of the aid NN 43/06 (ex N 331/06) Member State Italy Region Toscana Title Change to State aid scheme ‘Wine, olive oil routes and agri-food routes’ Legal basis Legge regionale n. 45 del 5 agosto 2003«Disciplina delle strade del vino, dell'olio extravergine d'oliva e dei produttori agricoli e agroalimentari di qualità» Type of measure Aid scheme Objective To provide public funding for setting up road infrastructure and carrying out a number of promotional activities with a view to enhancing agri-food tourism in the area Form of aid Direct grant Budget Up to EUR 300 000 per year Intensity See the approved scheme N 126/03 Duration Unlimited Economic sectors Agriculture Name and address of the granting authority Regione Toscana Direzione Generale Sviluppo Economico Settore Qualità dei Prodotti e Agricoltura Via Novoli, 26 I-50127 Firenze

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Date of adoption of the decision 14.8.2006 Reference number of the aid N 46/06 Member State Germany Title Acorn-fed pigs Legal basis Zuwendungsbescheid Modell- und Demonstrationsvorhaben „Eichelmast mit Schweinen“ Type of measure Individual aid Objective High quality Form of aid Grant Budget EUR 41 018 Intensity Variable Duration 4 years Economic sectors Agriculture Name and address of the granting authority Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung D-53168 Bonn Other information Publication of results of the pilot project (equal access) — specialist conference to be equally open to all interested farmers free of charge

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Date of adoption of the decision 11.8.2006 Reference number of the aid N 83/06 Member State Italy Region Puglia Title Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters (drought from 1 January to 30 June 2005 in 6 municipalities in the region of Apulia, province of Bari) Legal basis Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004 Type of measure Individual aid Objective To compensate farmers for damage to crops as a result of bad weather Budget See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04) Intensity Up to 100 % of the cost of the damage Duration Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the Commission Economic sectors Agriculture Other information Measure applying the scheme approved by the Commission under State aid NN 54/A/04 (Commission letter C(2005)1622 final, dated 7 June 2005)

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Date of adoption of the decision 11.8.2006 Reference number of the aid N 138/06 Member State Greece Title State aid programme to compensate losses resulting from fires Legal basis Πρόγραμμα κρατικών ενισχύσεων για την κάλυψη ζημιών από πυρκαγιές (σχέδιο κοινής υπουργικής απόφασης) Type of measure Aid scheme Objective Natural disasters or extraordinary occurrences Form of aid Grants Budget EUR 22 000 000 Intensity Standard amounts or 50 — 100 % of losses depending on the case Duration Up to 4 years Economic sectors Agriculture Name and address of the granting authority ΕΛΓΑ Mεσογείων 45 GR-11510 Αθήνα

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Date of adoption of the decision 14.8.2006 Reference number of the aid N 195/06 Member State The Netherlands Region Overijssel Title Subsidy arrangement: demolition of agricultural buildings in the province of Overijssel Legal basis — Nationale wet inzake Ruimtelijke Ordening — Streekplan Overijssel 2000+ — Uitvoeringsraamwerk „Rood voor Rood met gesloten beurs in Overijssel” Type of measure Aid scheme Objective To increase the spatial quality of the landscape of the province of Overijssel and to protect the environment Form of aid One-off Budget EUR 700 000 (per year) Intensity 100 % for the demolition cost and 30 % of the corrected replacement value Duration 2006-2008 Economic sectors Agriculture Name and address of the granting authority Provincie Overijssel Luttenbergstraat 2 8000 GB Zwolle Nederland

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Date of adoption of the decision 2.8.2006 Reference number of the aid N 229/06 Member State Italy Region Tuscany Title Developing the stock of local breeds and varieties of agricultural, zootechnical and forestry interest Legal basis Legge regionale 16 novembre 2004, n. 64 Objective The Region of Tuscany wants to create, as part of the regional germplasm bank, a network of ‘caretaker’ growers to cultivate the endangered plant species recorded in regional registers Budget EUR 75 000 for 2006. The budget for following years will be set by the regional Finance Act Intensity This measure does not constitute aid Duration Indefinite Economic sectors Secteur A: Agriculture Name and address of the granting authority Regione Toscana Via Cavour, 2 I-50100 Firenze

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Date of adoption of the decision 31.8.2006 Reference number of the aid N 342/06 Member State Austria Region Niederösterreich Title Investment aid for the construction of a bioethanol production facility in Pischelsdorf, Lower Austria Legal basis Umweltförderungsgesetz, Förderungsrichtlinien 2001 für Umweltförderung Inland, Regierungsbeschluss des Landes Österreich, EPR-Fonds Gesetz, Richtlinien für die Einräumung von EPR-Krediten für die Landwirtschaft, Teilbereich: Beihilfen für Investitionen zur Verbesserung der Verarbeitung und Vermarktung landwirtschaftlicher Erzeugnisse Type of measure Individual aid Objective To grant a one-off subsidy towards building a bioethanol production facility in Pischelsdorf, Lower Austria Form of aid Subsidy Budget EUR 8 million Intensity 7,2 % of the eligible costs Duration One-off Economic sectors Annex I Name and address of the granting authority Bundesministerium für Land- und Forswirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft Stubenring 1 A-1012 Wien

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Date of adoption of the decision 4.8.2006 Reference number of the aid N 375/06 Member State Italy Region Tuscany Title Programme of Protection of Local Endangered Breeds (2006) Prolongation of State aid N 174/03 Legal basis Legge regionale n. 50/97 «Tutela delle risorse genetiche autoctone» Type of measure Aid scheme Objective Protection of local endangered breeds Budget EUR 75 000 Intensity — 40 % aid for the purchase of high-quality male breeding animals registered in the relevant herd books and 25 % for the purchase of high quality female breeding animals. — 40 % aid for animal breeding projects based on specific mating programs according to the individual breeds Duration 2006 Economic sectors Agriculture, livestock farming

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Date of adoption of the decision 31.7.2006 Reference number of the aid N 388 A/03 Member State Italy Region Calabria Title Aid for bergamot cultivation Legal basis Articolo 14 della Legge regionale n. 41/2002 e Deliberazioni della Giunta regionale n. 588 e 589 del 4 agosto 2003 Type of measure Aid scheme Objective Agri-environmental aid Form of aid Direct grant Budget Up to EUR 3 000 000 per year Intensity Aid for organic bergamot cultivation: up to EUR 900/ha per year Aid under agri-environmental commitments: up to EUR 450/ha per year Duration Unlimited Economic sectors Agriculture Name and address of the granting authority Regione Calabria Dipartimento agricoltura, Caccia e Pesca Via S. Nicola I-88100 Catanzaro

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Date of adoption of the decision 4.8.2006 Reference number of the aid N 405/06 Member State Republic of Lithuania Title Support for procurement of breeding animals Legal basis — Žemės ūkio ir kaimo plėtros įstatymas (Valstybės žinios, 2002, Nr. 73–3009); — Gyvulių veislininkystės įstatymas (Valstybės žinios, 1994, Nr. 14–226; 1998, Nr. 110-3023); — Žemės ūkio ministro įsakymas dėl veislininkystės rėmimo taisyklių ir paramos 2005 m. veisliniams gyvūnams įsigyti teikimo taisyklių patvirtinimo (Valstybės žinios, 2005, Nr. 50–1656) Type of measure Aid scheme Objective Investment aid for purchase of animals of higher genetic quality Form of aid Direct grant Budget Total: LTL 18 000 000 (approximately EUR 5 200 000) Intensity 50 % Duration Unlimited Economic sectors Agriculture Name and address of the granting authority Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania Gedimino 19 LT-01103 Vilnius

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Date of adoption of the decision 26.7.2006 Reference number of the aid N 425/06 Member State United Kingdom Region England Title Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty Technical Support Scheme (England) Legal basis Parts II and VI of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 and Part IV of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 Type of measure Aid scheme Objective To provide consultancy and training on heritage conservation entirely free of charge to farmers and producer groups Form of aid Provision of services on preferential terms Budget GBP 4,25 million (EUR 6,13 million) Intensity Up to 100 % Duration 1 August 2006 until 31 March 2012 Economic sectors Agriculture Name and address of the granting authority Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Landscape Conservation, 1/03, Temple Quat House 2 The Square Temple Quay Bristol BS1 6EB United Kingdom

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Date of adoption of the decision 11.8.2006 Reference number of the aid N 438/06 Member State Ireland Title Investment aid for marketing and processing of agricultural products Modifying Aid No N 361/2000 Legal basis Non-statutory; implemented by administrative provision Type of measure Aid scheme Objective Investment aid for processing and marketing Form of aid Grants Budget New total budget of EUR 250 million Intensity — 50 % in Objective 1 regions — 40 % in other regions Duration (period) Until 31 December 2012 Economic sectors Agriculture

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Date of adoption of the decision 11.8.2006 Reference number of the aid N 446/06 Member State United Kingdom Region Northern Ireland Title Food Programme Legal basis Appropriation Order (Northern Ireland) 2002 as superseded by the Budget (No 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 and in relation to Food from Britain, Chapter 3 of the Agricultural Marketing Act 1983 Type of measure scheme Objective quality Form of aid subsidies Budget GBP 1,2 million (EUR 1,76 million) Intensity 100 % Duration 3 years Economic sectors agriculture Name and address of the granting authority Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Area 8E 9 Millbank c/o 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3JR United Kingdom

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Date of adoption of the decision 14.8.2006 Reference number of the aid N 470/06 Member State Spain Region Basque Country Title Aid for growing, storing and marketing potatoes for human consumption Legal basis «Decreto por el que se regula la concesíon de ayudas al cultivo, almacenamiento y comercialización de las patatas de la Comunidad autónoma del País Vasco» Type of measure Aid scheme Objective Agricultural product without a common market organisation Form of aid Direct grant Budget EUR 1 133 216 per year Intensity Varies according to the measure Duration Until 31 December 2009 Economic sectors Agriculture Name and address of the granting authority Comunidad autónoma del País Vasco Dirección de Agricultura y Ganadería Other information Potatoes for human consumption are a product in Annex I of the Treaty not subject to a common market organisation. In the absence of a common market organisation, Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 26 of 4 April 1962 applying certain rules of competition to production of and trade in agricultural products is still applicable to state aid relating specifically to the product in question. Article 4 lays down that only the first sentence of Article 88(1) of the Treaty shall apply to such aid. Therefore, the Member States are required to inform the Commission, in sufficient time to enable it to submit its comments, of any plans to grant or alter aid. As to the Commission, it cannot object to the granting of this type of aid; it requests Spain not to grant the aid

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Date of adoption of the decision 2.8.2006 Reference number of the aid N 558/03 Member State Italy Region Calabria Title Aid to promote the entry of young people into farming Legal basis Articolo 6 della legge regionale 8.7.2002, n. 24 Type of measure Aid scheme Objective Aid to promote the entry of young people into farming Form of aid Direct grant Budget Up to EUR 1 million a year Intensity Aid for the setting up of young farmers: EUR 25 000 Start-up aid for the formation of companies representing farmers: up to 100 % of eligible expenditure Duration 5 years Economic sectors Agriculture Name and address of the granting authority Regione Calabria Dipartimento agricoltura, Caccia e Pesca Via S. Nicola I-88100 Catanzaro

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