EN Official Journal of the European Union C 1/3

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2006/C 1/03)

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Belgium

Aid No: N 9/2005 and N 10/2005

Title:

— Draft Royal Decree fixing the contributions referred to in Article 4 of the Law of 9 December 2004 on the financing of the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (AFSCA);

— Draft Royal Decree fixing the payments referred to in Article 5 of the Law of 9 December 2004 on the financing of the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain (AFSCA)

Objective: To set up a new financing system for the Federal Agency for the Safety of the Food Chain

Legal basis:

— Loi du 9 décembre 2004 relative au financement de l'Agence fédérale pour la Sécurité de la Chaîne alimentaire (article 4)

— Artikel 4 van de wet van 9 december 2004 houdende de financiering van het Federaal Agentschap voor de veiligheid van de voedselketen

Budget: Unspecified

Aid intensity or amount: 100 % of the cost of BSE testing and of the cost of inspections likely to prove to be directly linked to production and/or marketing; financing of certain activities/inspections not constituting State aid

Duration: Indeterminate

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 45/05

Title: Measures to ensure food quality and the adoption of a quality label ‘Quality with indication of origin’

Objective: With the draft Provincial Act on Measures to ensure food quality and the adoption of a quality label ‘Quality with indication of origin’ the Italian authorities would introduce an aid scheme under which support could be granted for the marketing, promotion and advertising of quality products and a quality label ‘Quality with indication of origin’. The aid scheme would apply to the following products: products satisfying the criteria laid down in Article 24a (b) of Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, as modified by Regulation (EC) No 1783/2003, and bearing the quality label pursuant to § 3 of the draft Act; products falling under the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 2081/92, i.e. products covered either by a Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) and Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) or of Regulation (EEC) No 2082/92, i.e. Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG); Quality wines pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999

Legal basis: Misure per garantire la qualità nel settore dei prodotti alimentari e adozione del «marchio di qualità con indicazione di origine» (legge provinciale)

Budget: Ca EUR 3 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Unlimited

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:

Member State: Spain (Navarre)

Aid No: N 48/2005

Title: Aid for the repair of damage caused by flooding

Objective: To repair the damage caused by flooding in September 2004

Legal basis: Ley Foral 9/2004 por el que se establecen medidas a favor de los afectados por las inundaciones producidas en la Comunidad Foral de Navarra y Decreto Foral 333/2004 de 25 de octubre, por el que se establecen ayudas para compensar los daños materiales en estructuras agrarias y las pérdidas de renta en las explotaciones agrarias dañadas por las inundaciones de septiembre de 2004

Budget: EUR 1 110 000

Aid intensity or amount: Less than the cost of the damage

Duration: Ad hoc aid (2005)

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:

Member State: France

Aid No: N 87b/2005

Title: Aid for grubbing up vines in certain ‘appellation contrôlée’ areas

Objective: To develop the wine sector in the Loire-Atlantique department

Legal basis: Articles L 1511-5 et suivants du Code général des collectivités territoriales

Budget: EUR 2 045 000 (overall budget)

Aid intensity or amount:

— EUR 2 360 per hectare (2004/05)

— EUR 2 045 per hectare (2005/06)

— EUR 1 730 per hectare (2006/07)

Duration: Until the 2006/07 wine year

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Spain (Cantabria)

Aid No: N 102/2004

Title: Aid to offset the effects of the 2003 drought

Objective: To compensate for agricultural losses caused by the 2003 drought in the Cantabria region

Legal basis: Proyecto de Orden por la que se regulan las ayudas por pérdidas en la agricultura ocasionadas por la sequía en 2003

Budget: EUR 7 million

Aid intensity or amount: Less than the losses suffered

Duration: Ad hoc aid

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: France

Aid No: N 204/2004

Title: Investments in agricultural holdings — Bouches-du-Rhône

Objective: Aid for investments to improve agricultural holdings

Budget: EUR 50 000 to 200 000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: 25 %

Duration: Three years

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: France

Aid No: N 216/2004

Title: Aid to reduce the number of animals in Brittany

Objective: To help absorb the organic nitrogen produced by animals

Budget: EUR 2 million in 2004

Aid intensity or amount: EUR 5 per kg of organic nitrogen absorbed

Duration: 3 years

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: France

Aid No: N 245/2005

Title: Grafting aid intended to supplement the restructuring plan for cider-apple orchards, which was approved by the Commission on 11 January 2005 (scheme No N 332/2004)

Objective: Improvement and redeployment of production

Legal basis: Articles L 621-1 et suivants du Code rural

Budget: Included in the budget of scheme No N 332/2004, as approved

Aid intensity or amount: 40 %

Duration: 4 years

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Finland

Aid No: N 285/2004

Title: Amendment of the rural development aid scheme N 679/2002

Objective: The notified aid measure introduces the following amendments to the approved aid scheme

When the aid rate fixed in Commission Decision C(2004) 457fin. of 16.3.2004 (case N 518/2003) exceeds 50 % of the eligible costs (or 60 % in case of young farmers) the aid in excess of these rates would be paid in annual instalments of equal amount during the five years following the completion of the investment. This amendment is in force until 31.12.2007.

When aid is granted at the fixed rates referred to at point 1 above as a combination of grant and subsidised loan the total funding may exceed the eligible costs. The maximum aid intensities laid down in Article 7 of the Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1783/2003 or, if applicable, the aid rates specified in Annex I to the above Decision on case N 518/2003 will be adhered to. Moreover, the amount in excess must be used towards the investment in question. This amendment is in force until 31.12.2007.

Eligible investment costs will be limited to those laid down in Article 4 point 4 of Commission Regulation (EC) No 1/2004.

If an investment project consists of several parts belonging together the aid intensity is that applicable to the main part of the investment.

The aid intensity of investment aid to young farmers would be raised to 60 %.

Technical changes would be introduced in national provision governing the notified aid (Government Decree on the development of rural industries)

Legal basis: A government decree (not yet issued). The decree would modify the Government Decree on the development of rural industries (Valtioneuvoston asetus maaseudun kehittämisestä)

Budget: The budget for the investment aid scheme, as amended by the present notification, has been estimated at EUR 150 million/year. The exact budgetary impact of the proposed amendment cannot be estimated yet

Aid intensity or amount: See above under ‘Objective’

Duration: Unlimited except for certain notified amendments to the existing scheme

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

http://europa.eu.int/comm/secretariat_general/sgb/state_aids/