EN Official Journal of the European Union C 263/2

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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2005/C 263/02)

Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Italy (Apulia)

Aid No: N 469/2004

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters (tornado of 12 July 2004 in the province of Foggia)

Objective: To compensate farmers for damage to agricultural production and farming structures as a result of bad weather

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Budget: See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the Commission

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved by the Commission under State aid 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: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 470/2004

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas which have suffered damage (frosts of 23 to 25 May 2004, province of Pordenone)

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural production as a result of bad weather

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Budget: See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

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

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the Commission

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved by the Commission under State aid 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: Italy (Calabria)

Aid No: N 471/2004

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters (hail-storms of 17, 18 and 19 June 2004)

Objective: To compensate farmers for damage to agricultural production and farming structures as a result of bad weather

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Budget: See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

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

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the Commission

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved by the Commission under State aid NN 54/A/2004 (Commission letter C(2005)1622 final, dated 7 June 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: Italy (Lombardy)

Aid No: N 474/2004

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas which have suffered damage (hail-storm of 20 August 2004, province of Bergamo)

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural production as a result of bad weather

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Budget: See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

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

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the Commission

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved by the Commission under State aid NN 54/A/2004 (Commission letter C(2005)1622 final, dated 7 June 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: Italy (Campania)

Aid No: N 475/2004

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters (hail-storms of 3 September 2004)

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural production as a result of bad weather

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Budget: See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

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

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the Commission

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved by the Commission under State aid NN 54/A/2004 (Commission letter C(2005) 1622 final, dated 7 June 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: Italy (Marche)

Aid No: N 482/2004

Title: Assistance for quality certification and traceability scheme for agricultural and agri-food products

Objective: Measures to encourage quality production and the introduction of traceability and certification schemes for agricultural products and agri-foodstuffs:

Legal basis: Legge regionale 10 dicembre 2003, n. 23, articoli 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 e 9

Budget: Annual budget (estimate): around EUR 2 million

Aid intensity or amount: Variable depending on measure

Duration: Measures A and C: seven years. Measure B: indefinite

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Date of adoption of the decision:

Member State: Italy (Emilia-Romagna)

Aid No: N 484/2004

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas which have suffered damage (hail-storms in the summer of 2004, provinces of Forlì-Cesena, Piacenza, Ravenna, Ferrara and Modena)

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural production and farming structures as a result of bad weather [hail which affected the provinces of Forlì (27 July 2004), Piacenza (20 June 2004), Ravenna (27 July 2004), Ferrara (2 June 2004 and 3 August 2004), Modena (2 June 2004, 24 July 2004 and 3 August 2004)]

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Budget: EUR 50 884,37 to be financed from the budget approved under Aid No NN 54/A/04

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 80 % of the cost of the damage

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the Commission

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved by the Commission under State aid NN 54/A/2004 (Commission letter C(2005)1622 final, dated 7 June 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: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 488/2004

Title: Assistance in farming areas which have suffered damage (summers of 2003 and 2004, hail-storms and tornado in the provinces of Trieste, Pordenone and Udine)

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural production and farming structures as a result of bad weather (hail-storms in the provinces of Pordenone on 13 July 2003 and Trieste on 27 June 2004, and a tornado in the province of Udine on 26 August 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 information: Measure applying the scheme 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)

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: Italy (Sicily)

Aid No: N 490/2004

Title: Assistance in agricultural areas which have suffered damage (wind-storms in the province of Palermo in April and May 2004)

Objective: To compensate farmers for damage to agricultural production and farming structures as a result of bad weather

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Budget: See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the Commission

Other details: Measure applying the scheme approved by the Commission under State aid NN 54/A/2004 (Commission letter C(2005)1622 final, dated 7 June 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: Italy (Apulia)

Aid No: N 495/2004

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters (hail-storms of 26 July 2004 in the province of Brindisi)

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural production and farming structures as a result of bad weather

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Budget: See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the Commission

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved by the Commission under State aid NN 54/A/2004 (Commission letter C(2005) 1622 final, dated 7 June 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: Italy (Campania)

Aid No: N 512/2004

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters (hail-storms of 1, 2, 3, 6 and 25 September 2004 in the provinces of Naples and Benevento).

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural production as a result of bad weather

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Budget: See the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

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

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the Commission

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved by the Commission under State aid NN 54/A/2004 (Commission letter C(2005)1622 final, dated 7 June 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: Italy (Sicily)

Aid No: N 513/2004

Title: Assistance in farming areas affected by natural disasters (hail, tornado and torrential rain of 17 June 2004 in the provinces of Catania and Trapani)

Objective: To compensate for damage to agricultural production and farming structures as a result of bad weather

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004

Budget: EUR 22 353 000, to be financed from the budget approved under aid scheme NN 54/A/04

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: Measure applying an aid scheme approved by the Commission

Other details: Measure applying the scheme approved by the Commission under State aid NN 54/A/2004 (Commission letter C(2005)1622 final, dated 7 June 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: The Netherlands (Flevoland)

Aid No: N 516/2003

Title: School fruit project Flevoland

Objective: The aid measure has as its aim to promote the consumption of fruit (apples) at primary and secondary schools in the Dutch province of Flevoland

Legal basis:

— Decentralisatie-overeenkomst van de Staat der Nederlanden en de provincie Flevoland met betrekking tot het Enkelvoudig Programmeringsdocument (EPD) 2000-2006. (PME 000320/08, 24.1.2001)

— EPD-overeenkomst tussen de provincie Flevoland en Stichting schoolfruit Flevoland

Budget:

— Investment aid: EUR 155 000

— Technical support: EUR 144 000

— Support for Advertisement/promotion: EUR 12 500

Aid intensity or amount:

— For investment costs: 38 %

— For technical support: 48 %

— For advertisement: 25 %

Duration:

— Investment aid: One-off

— Aid for technical support and advertising: 2005-2007

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: Italy (Friuli-Venezia Giulia)

Aid No: N 525/2004

Title: Legislative Decree No 102/2004: Assistance in farming areas which have suffered damage (hail-storms of 19 and 20 June 2004 in the provinces of Udine and Pordenone)

Objective: To provide meteorological information about the bad weather that caused the damage for which compensation is to be paid as part of the scheme approved under Aid No NN 54/A/04

Legal basis: Decreto legislativo n. 102/2004 (‘Nuova disciplina del Fondo di solidarietà nazionale’)

Budget: The amount of the aid, which has still to be fixed, will be financed from the overall budget of EUR 200 million allocated to the approved scheme (NN 54/A/04)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: One-off aid

Other information: Measure applying the scheme approved by the Commission under State aid NN 54/A/2004 (Commission letter C(2005) 1622 final, dated 7 June 2005)

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/