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

Cases where the Commission raises no objections

(2001/C 374/08)

Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2001

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia-Giulia)

Aid No: N 99/01

Title: Aid for the promotion of typical products and for setting up services to farms

Objective: To promote consumption of the products concerned and make them more widely known

Legal basis: Fondo regionale per lo sviluppo della montagna

Budget: ITL 150 million (approximately EUR 75000)

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: One-off aid

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: 27.11.2001

Member State: Austria

Aid No: N 165/01

Title: Directive concerning the provision of services

Objective: To improve efficiency and product quality in animal husbandry and to prepare and support projects that are co-financed under Article 33 of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999. There are 2 parts:

1. Section "quality improvement in animal husbandry"

(a) breeding programmes;

(b) organisation of trade fairs and exhibitions;

(c) coordination of producer organisations, conducting of studies and drafting of concepts, and the organisation of congresses;

(d) management and coordination of or participation in the gene preservation programmess to maintain endangered species;

(e) combating of animal diseases

2. Section "technical assistance":

aid can be given for the preparation, assessment and assistance for Article 33 projects under Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999, to the extent this technical assistance is not already included in the financing of the project

Legal basis: Sonderrichtlinie für die Förderung von nicht investiven Maßnahmen in der Landwirtschaft (Dienstleistungsrichtlinie): Sparte Qualitätsverbesserung in der Tierhaltung (Punkt 2.10) und Sparte Technische Hilfe (Punkt 2.11)

Budget: - quality improvement for animal husbandry: ATS 120 million per year (EUR 8720740,10)

- technical assistance:

2002: ATS 25,08 million (EUR 1874959,12)

2003: ATS 25,68 million (EUR 1866238,38)

2004: ATS 29,20 million (EUR 2122046,76)

2005: ATS 29,20 million (EUR 2122046,76)

2006: ATS 29,20 million (EUR 2122046,76)

Aid intensity or amount: 1. Section "quality improvement in animal husbandry": the aid intensity amounts to maximally 70 % of the eligible costs, except for the combating of animal diseases where the aid intensity amounts to maximum 100 % (50 % of which will be paid by the Bund)(1)

2. Section "technical assistance": maximum 100 %

Duration: Indefinite, with the exception of the providing of technical assistance, which is limited until 31 December 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: 27.11.2001

Member State: Germany

Aid No: N 233/01

Title: Setting-up a computerised information system for horticulture

Objective: Setting-up an information system to improve exchanges of knowledge in the horticultural sector and make research more effective

Legal basis: The aid is granted by Zuwendungsbescheid (individual notice) on the basis of the Bundeshaushaltsordnung (Federal Budget Regulation)

Budget: DEM 1152709 (EUR 589371)

Aid intensity or amount: The aid intensiity is 67 %. The maximum amount of support per beneficiary within a three-year period is EUR 925 on an average

Duration: Until 31 December 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: 27.11.2001

Member State: Italy (Emilia Romagna)

Aid No: N 337/01

Title: Income aid to milk bovine stockfarms affected by BSE

Objective: The purpose of the aid is to offset in part the loss of income resulting from the interruption of activities on holdings hit by BSE when their animals are the subject of compulsory slaughter on health grounds

Legal basis: Decreto del ministero della Sanità, 7 gennaio 2000, pubblicato sulla GU dell'11 marzo 2000, n. 59, che prevede l'abbattimento di tutti gli animali presenti negli allevamenti, qualora si pervenga ad una diagnosi positiva di BSE all'interno degli stessi; decreto legge 11 gennaio 2001, n. 1, convertito con modificazioni in legge 9 marzo 2001, n. 49 recante disposizioni urgenti per l'encefalopatia spongiforme bovina

Budget: The maximum amount available under the regional budget for 2001 is ITL 1 billion (approximately EUR 516000000)

Aid intensity or amount: Variable

Duration: Indefinite

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: 27.11.2001

Member State: Italy (Friuli-Venezia-Giulia)

Aid No: N 408/01

Title: Aid for voluntary reparcelling in mountain areas (Article 3 of Regional Law No 8/1992)

Objective: To promote reparcelling of agricultural and forestry properties in mountain areas

Legal basis: Legge regionale n. 8/1992

Budget: ITL 2000 million (approximately EUR 1 million) per year

Aid intensity or amount: 100 %

Duration: Unspecified

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: 27.11.2001

Member State: Ireland

Aid No: N 420/01

Title: Aid for planting trees

Objective: To promote afforestation as an alternative use of agricultural land

Legal basis: Administrative provisions under Council Regulation (EC) No 1257/1999 on support for rural development as outlined in Ireland's rural development plan (RDP) 2000-2006

Budget: EUR 4000000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: 30 % increase of the co-financed income loss premium

Duration: 13-19 years

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: 27.11.2001

Member State: Spain (Cantabria)

Aid No: N 496/01

Title: Aid to horse-breeders' associations

Objective: To promote horse-breeders' associations

Legal basis: Orden por la que se regulan y convocan ayudas a las asociaciones de criadores de ganado equino

Budget: ESP 5 million (EUR 30050) in 2001

Aid intensity or amount: Varies according to the aid

Duration: Unspecified

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Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2001

Member State: Greece

Aid No: N 577/2000

Title: Aid for mergers of cooperatives

Objective: To encourage the amalgamation of and setting-up of cooperatives

Legal basis: Σχέδιο προεδρικού διατάγματος - Κίνητρα συγχώνευσης αγροτικών συνεταιρισμών

Budget: GRD 6 billion (EUR 17,5 million)

Aid intensity or amount: Up to 100 %

Duration: Three years

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Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2001

Member State: Austria (Vorarlberg)

Aid No: N 583/01

Title: Aid towards transition from cage-rearing to floor management or free-range production in poultry-keeping

Objective: Granting of investment aid towards the demolition and removal of present cages and the purchase and construction of facilities whith a view to facilitating the transition from cage-rearing to floor management or free-range production in poultry keeping in order to comply with the requirements laid down in the Regulation of the Land Vorarlberg on keeping certain animal races (Tierhaltungsverordnung, LGBl Nr. 62/1997)

Legal basis: Richtlinie der Vorarlberger Landesregierung für die Gewährung einer Beihilfe zur Umstellung von Käfighaltung auf Boden- oder Freilandhaltung bei Geflügel

Budget: Approximately EUR 300000 per year

Aid intensity or amount: Maximally 60 % of the eligible costs

Duration: Unlimited

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Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2001

Member State: France

Aid No: N 665/01

Title: Aid to grouping centres

Objective: To modernise collective livestock marketing structures, thereby improving cattle, sheep and pig gene pools

Budget: EUR 1,6 million per year

Aid intensity or amount: 35-40 % of expenditure

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Date of adoption of the decision: 27.11.2001

Member State: Italy

Aid No: N 759/2000

Title: Promotion of foodstuffs in non-member countries

Objective: To promote consumption of the products concerned in countries outside the European Union and make them more widely known

Budget: ITL 10 billion (approximately EUR 5 million)

Aid intensity or amount: 50 % of the cost of the planned measures

Duration: One-off aid

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(1) With an expected annual aid budget of approximately EUR 1200000 per year, the actual aid intensity will amount to 50 %.